Email Author Jesse Hughey

2006 Stories by Jesse Hughey

• Value Pack

  published August 3, 2006

  It's amazing that Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne had the idea to make Oxygentankfest free while the relatively younger dudes in Korn, who started the... More >>

• Coffee Nods

  published December 21, 2006

  Part of the first generation of hip-hop fans now approaching middle age are suburban guys who balance family time and Frank-the-Tank weekends,... More >>

• Reverend Organ Drum

  published December 14, 2006

  To see and hear a bespectacled Jim Heath play old blues and jazz standards with this side project trio is to see him lounging Clark Kent-like,... More >>

• Old Schoolin'

  published December 14, 2006

  Slick Rick, whose mellow voice and story-telling style featured on old-school rap classics such as "La Di Da Di" and "Children's Story," still... More >>

• The Unbearables, iKiLLCaRs, See the Lights Bright and Fantastic

  published November 30, 2006

  Bringing a toy for a tot will get you half off the already affordable $4 door admission at Callithump's New Music Tuesday. At two bucks, you've... More >>

• Low Line Caller, Rotary Downs

  published November 30, 2006

  Is it too early to be nostalgic for the mid-'90s? The beautiful space rock transmitting from Denton and Austin should have ushered in a new space... More >>

• Open Secret

  published November 30, 2006

  Secrecy is the key to any conspiracy, and Art Conspiracy coordinator Sarah Jane Semrad is keeping her lips sealed about the financial situation of... More >>

• Holiday Sellout

  published November 23, 2006

  Ah, yes, the holidays: A time for eggnog, good cheer and...milking the Nirvana legacy for all it's worth. That's right: Even posthumously,... More >>

• Tilly and the Wall

  published November 9, 2006

  Among the bands to explode from the Bright Eyes-anchored Omaha indie-pop scene in recent years was Tilly and the Wall. To those who haven't... More >>

• The Lollipop Shoppe Compilation Featuring The Klogz, White Drugs, Prayer for Animals, Mwanza Dover and others

  published November 9, 2006

  To make their swinging parties even more happening, '60s fetishists the Lollipop Shoppe came up with the perfect shiny accessory for their groovy... More >>

• Ghost Rock

  published October 26, 2006

  What better way to celebrate Halloween than with the devil's music? Strangely, Christmas has been much more thoroughly celebrated by rock 'n' roll... More >>

• Wilco

  published October 12, 2006

  Audiences generally respond better to the familiar than the new at big rock shows, but Wilco fans are smart enough to savor new material as Jeff... More >>

• Money Waters

  published October 12, 2006

  Money Waters is a natural storyteller who takes his sweet time telling a joke or dropping some hard-earned knowledge. You don't wanna stop him,... More >>

• Rowdy, Loud and Lucky

  published October 5, 2006

  PPT--named for members Pikahsso, Picnic and Tahiti--became the first hip-hop act ever signed to Dallas label Idol Records in August, a few months... More >>

• Back to School Bash featuring Black Tie Dynasty, Sorta, The Happy Bullets and more

  published September 28, 2006

  Spune Productions has organized another endurance-testing showcase that ensures you should spend the day in Denton. But you'll have plenty of time... More >>

• Grandpunk

  published September 28, 2006

  I don't know nothin' about this broad who's taking over the Dallas Observer's music section, but I bet the only question those Village... More >>

• KNON Hip-Hop Benefit Party with Mr. Blakes, Legendary Fritz and Devotion 420

  published September 14, 2006

  In a just world, a 23rd anniversary celebration in honor of EZ Eddie D would mark that many years that he'd been the highly paid Arbitron champ in... More >>

• Various Artists

  published September 14, 2006

  Just as Kinky Friedman the political candidate is often dismissed as a one-liner dispensing novelty, Kinky Friedman the songwriter is usually... More >>

• Spitfire Tumbleweeds

  published September 7, 2006

  Rock and roll supergroups are a tricky business. Too often, they consist of has-beens reaching the lowest common musical denominator of their... More >>

• A Mother's Love

  published September 7, 2006

  Your hipster friends will never admit they watch American Idol--at least not without adding the disclaimer that they are watching it... More >>

• Misunderstood

  published August 24, 2006

  Three months ago, Sorta accepted its first Best Act in Town distinction at the Dallas Observer Music Awards, a major validation for a band... More >>

• Mathstorm, Voot Cha Index

  published August 17, 2006

  For two suburban indie-pop bands losing members to higher education, the college town setting and former college-radio DJ acting as MC was... More >>

• Sivion

  published August 10, 2006

  A common tactic by rappers, especially positive MCs, is to declare hip-hop's state of emergency and then proclaim to be part of the solution.... More >>

• This Heat

  published August 10, 2006

  Angry guitar chatter, looping percussion, weird studio effects and strange synthesizer screeches: The sounds (if not "music") of This Heat's... More >>

• Double Trouble

  published August 10, 2006

  With Eels in town for a no-strings-attached concert (or at least no string section), it's the perfect time to examine the art of the double album.... More >>