The Secret Machines7:15 p.m.Outdoor Stage The sun had long since baked Deep Ellum’s concrete into a considerable second source of heat by the time the Secret Machines graced the outdoor stage at the DOMAXXII Showcase on Saturday. Knowing this and, like their counterparts on this stage, quick to point it…
Dallas-based graphic designer Aaron Eiland’s clearly got a nice eye, as both his above poster design for The Octopus Project’s Texas tour and his extensive collection of other poster designs show. It’s a pretty simple design, sure, but it’s in its clever re-appropriation of the human head (in this case,…
You already know the deal: The Dallas Observer Music Awards Showcase takes over Deep Ellum tomorrow with 46 bands on seven stages for 10 hours (starting at 4 p.m.). Wristbands are $10 a pop–you can get them here–and, let’s face it, for a number of reasons, that’s a hell of…
On Tuesday night, each and every nominated person on this year’s Dallas Observer Awards Ballot was invited to attend an awards season pre-party/photoshoot meant to help us capture some images for next week’s cover package on the awards winners.It was a grand ole time, featuring performances from Matthew Gray (of…
Just got finished with some due diligence over on Unfair Park, letting the folks who care about things like local news and the like know about this year’s DOMAXXII Showcase. Even handed out a few pairs of free wristbands out to ’em. No worries, DC9 devotees: I haven’t forgotten you…
Hello, Unfair Park. It’s nice to be here. Thanks for having me. Sorry to say, though, it’s just a short stay–a follow-through on a promise I made yesterday to Robert, y’know. That promise? That I’d roll on through to this side of the fence for a moment to tell you…
Regular DC9 readers already know where we stand on Aledo’s Dan Hunter, the artist formerly known as PlayRadioPlay!, who, these days, goes by the name Analog Rebellion. Basically: We dig. Very much.Which makes this announcement kind of a good news/bad news thing: Come fall, the 20-year-old Hunter’s gonna be enrolling…
We’ve made no secret of our in-house excitement for School of Seven Bells’ sophomore full-length, Disconnect From Desire, which earned its release this week. Ambient, grandiose and a little wistful, too, the album’s an almost-prefect summer companion. And, turns out, we’re not the only ones who think so. “Windstorm,” one…
Hope y’all are ready to rage this week. After all, it’s a pretty big one. Why? Well, ’cause this week we unabashedly celebrate the local music scene. Which, we hope you agree, is something that shouldn’t just be a one-week-a-year deal. We certainly don’t look at it as such. It’s…
The above clip features footage of San Diego’s Delta Spirit in its recording studio as it prepared its newest offering, the June-released Histroy From Below, and felt like waxing poetically about its headspace and things like that. It’s a solid second offering from the seemingly super-consistent, country-tinged, jangly rock outfit.When…
For the past couple of weeks, our marketing department here at the Observer has been running a special Wednesday-only promotion on tickets to this weekend’s Dallas Observer Music Awards Showcase. A steal already at $10 per wristband for 10 hours of music and performances from 46 bands, the Wednesday deals…
Yet another local-on-local cover to share with you all today: This one comes courtesy of the Best Blues-nominated Tweed EQ, who’ve tackled the task of turning Air Review’s “Chasing Corporate” anthem into a blues jam. It just might be the most interesting cover we’ve seen yet, too. Give it a…
We’ve got a couple more local-on-local cover songs to share with you today, adding to our growing catalog, which already includes covers from Air Review (doing Ishi), Ishi (doing Sarah Jaffe) and Shiny Around the Edges (doing Neon Indian). First up this afternoon? The above clip from the multiple DOMA-nominated…
Just a few months after we openly pondered what will surely go down as great question of our time (“Is the D-Town Boogie dead?”) it seems as if we’ve received a temporary answer, courtesy of a collective of west coast rappers known as the Cali Swag District. In short: No,…
Frankie Campagna of Spector 45 passes along word today of a benefit taking place tonight to help the man known as “Rockin’ Ralph” of Expo Park retail outfit Hollywood 5 and Dime. Last week, Ralph sustained several injuries while in an accident on his motorcycle. A benefit concert, where all…
Speaking of mash-ups, it seems Datahowler (formerly Objektiv One), though now a chillwave artist, hasn’t given up on the mash-up front where he originally made his name and caught our attention. Earlier this month, the man born Ross Edman debuted two new mash-ups (one pitting Kanye West against Stars; another…
Yesterday, the folks in Shiny Around The Edges passed along a Neon Indian cover to help promote DOMAXXII. Today, they pass along bigger news: Before the band hits the road with Dust Congress in August, it will spend a four-day run in Texas opening up for Phosphorescent on that band’s…
We’re just gonna keep bashing you over the head this week with more information and more reasons to attend Saturday’s 10-hour, 46-band DOMA Showcase in Deep Ellum (example: buy your $10 all-access wristbands here), but, for now, a quick dalliance from that vendetta so we can bring some information on…
Not to rely too heavily on the folks at Pitchfork this morning, but they just keep breaking stories with local ties today. And this latest one is a pretty exciting one, too: Neon Indian has announced its touring plans for the rest of the summer and into the fall–and, included…
So far, this DOMAXXII season, Ishi, which is up for four awards this year (Best Group, Best New Act, Best Song and Best Electronica/Dance Act) has received a whole lot of love, standing on on the receiving edge of not one, but two covers of its irresistible “Pastel Lights” track…
Mini KissJuly 9, 2010Jaguars Gold ClubBetter than: watching a Dr Pepper commercial on loop. In this TV-placement-is-a-necessity-to-survive era, many a band has established itself by getting its songs placed into television commercials. In that sense, Mini KISS, which has earned a small modicrum of fame from its Dr Pepper commercial…
A couple weeks back, we announced the initial, tentative lineup for this year’s Dallas Observer Music Awards showcase, which will run from 4 p.m. on Saturday, July 17, until the wee hours of Sunday, July 18, at six venues–not to mention an outdoor stage–in Deep Ellum. We really couldn’t be…
