Over The Weekend: Pleasant Grove at the Kessler Theatre

Pleasant GroveKessler TheatreAugust 7, 2010Better than: Ignoring the past.The trend of bands booking a show for the purpose of playing a seminal album in entirety hit home this past weekend, as the revered, but, for the most part, dormant, local heroes in Pleasant Grove took to the Kessler Theatre on…

Picture Show: The Toadies at the Palladium Ballroom

With Feeler, the Toadies’ new (but not really) record in tow, the local hard rock icons stopped by the Palladium Ballroom for a set of material spanning the band’s almost 20-year career. Danny Hurley was there, in the pit, taking in the festivities. See his collection of photos from the…

Watch: Kanye West — “Power”

The above 102-second clip from Kanye West, touting the sometimes-controversial, but generally all-kinds-of-awesome rapper’s new Symbolyc One-produced single made its debut on MTV last night–to massive results, blowing up all over the Internet within moments of its airing and spilling over quite nicely into conversational pieces this morning.It’s a “moving…

Poster of the Week: Fun Fun Fun Fest’s Lineup Reveal

Is it a cop out to pick a winning poster that a) isn’t for a local show, and b) won’t be taking place for another three months? On both counts: Probably. But, folks, it was a weak week for submissions. And the above design met our biggest criteria when judging…

Watch: Lil Twist feat. Bow Wow — “Lil’ Secret”

Speaking of new music videos, the Dallas contingent of Young Money Entertainment, Lil Twist, has a mew one for his Bow Wow-featuring song called “Lil’ Secret,” which pretty much follows the same formats as most of the old Bob Wow video’s before he dropped the “Lil” from his name. Which…

Watch: School of Seven Bells — “Windstorm”

School of Seven Bells’ sophomore effort, Disconnect from Desire, earned its release last month after the early leaking of two singles from the disc, “Babelonia” and “Windstorm.” It’s the latter of those two early leaks that’s earned the official single release treatment from band management, though, with the release of…

Giveaway: A Pair Of Tickets to See Happy Birthday, Residual Echoes and Fungi Girls Tomorrow Night at The Nightmare. Also: A Free Copy of Happy Birthday’s Self-Titled Debut.

We’ve made no secret of our approval of either Cleburne’s Fungi Girls or Vermont’s Sub Pop-approved Happy Birthday here at DC9. So, yeah, of course we’re looking forward to tomorrow night’s show at The Nightmare, which finds the two bands sharing what we’re thinking is the best-looking bill in an…

HBO’s Boardwalk Empire Gets A Lift From Jonathan Tyler & The Northern Lights’ “Devil’s Basement.” Also? MTV Still Likes The O’s.

Lest there still remained any doubt about the cool factor backing up Jonathan Tyler & The Northern Lights and, specifically, it’s icy-cool, blues jam freak-out “Devil’s Basement,” some pretty solid arbiters of cool–among them HBO, Martin Scorsese and, uh, Al Capone–have given the band and song a fairly impressive stamp…

Watch: Dorrough — “Get Big”

Seems Dorrough doesn’t think you have enough money–which is to say that you definitely don’t have as much as he has. Or, for that matter, as much as Mark Cuban has. The Dallas Mavericks owner–who just may soon own Your Texas Rangers, too–makes a quick appearance in an alternate take…

Picture Show: Jump Smokers at Lizard Lounge on Friday night

The Chicago-based techno jocks in Jump Smokers rolled on through to the Lizard Lounge on Friday night to celebrate the release of their modestly titled new album, Kings of the Dancefloor. I guess that’s what a collaboration with Pitbull gets you.Nonetheless, the so-called Kings’ court danced the night away in…

Tracklist: The Local Hang, Vol. 11

Had another good time at The Libertine last night for the first-Monday-of-the-month “DJ” night/party/bad decision called The Local Hang, where your ears get stuffed with nothing but local music, because those are the rules. At least, I hope it was a good time. This throbbing sensation between my ears deserves…

Gig Alert: The Local Hang, Vol. 11, Tonight at The Libertine

Well, folks, it’s that self-serving time of the month again–y’know, the time when I remind you that, tonight, at The Libertine, as I do every first Monday of the month, I’ll be taking over the Lower Greenville establishment’s PA system and filling your ears with the best that local music…

The Dallas Music Scene Is Back, Y’all.

Deep Ellum was on fire on Saturday. And, no, that’s not some sort of lame-ass reference to the heat (which, let’s be honest, was fairly oppressive). Rather, it’s a lame-ass reference to the incendiary performances offered up by the 46 acts that played our fourth annual Dallas Observer Music Awards…

DOMAXXII: Announcing Your 2010 Dallas Observer Music Awards Winners!

Well, we made it through the madness. Many, many, many thank yous to everyone who attended last night’s awards ceremony and/or Saturday’s showcase. Both were shockingly well-attended, and both were, really, fun beyond our highest expectations.Also, real quick: A special shout-out to Observer marketing director Jennifer Robinson for all her…