Email Author Pete Freedman

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• 2009 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published November 27, 2008

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2011 Stories by Pete Freedman

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  Mark Hoppus on Blink-182's Past: "We Thought That We Needed To Be Unified As Three People With One Vision, When We're Not."

  published Sep 26, 2011

  Tomorrow night at Gexa Energy Pavilion, things will come full circle for Blink-182: The San Diego-sprung outfit will celebrate the release of their new album, Neighborhoods, their first release in eig... More >>

• DBU Rolls Out New $5 Million Building, State-of-the-Art Studio For Music Business Program

  published Sep 23, 2011

  The Music Business program at Dallas Baptist University is growing -- and fast. Last year, the program boasted just over a hundred students, This year, enrollment has ballooned to 175. There's good re... More >>

• This Weekend Only, Dallas Observer Music Awards Showcase Tickets Are Just Seven Bucks

  published Sep 23, 2011

  Quite the deal going on for, oh, the next 57 hours or so: Our sister entity, Voice Daily Deals, is offering a steal on tickets to the 2011 Dallas Observer Music Awards Showcase on October 15, selling ... More >>

• While She Records Her Next LP, Stream Sarah Jaffe's New The Way Sound Leaves A Room EP

  published Sep 23, 2011

  Right this very moment, as I type this, Sarah Jaffe and her band are over in Oak Cliff at John Congleton's Elmwood Recording Studio, working on recording their full-length follow-up to Jaffe's 2010 br... More >>

• Nine Bands Confirmed For First Annual 45 Fest Set To Take Place on October 21 at Dada

  published Sep 23, 2011

  Hello Lover, Jim Suhler, The Mike Haskins Experience, The Marfalites, Dog Company, Here Holy Spain, The Assassins, The Phuss and Houston's The Sellouts are the first nine bands confirmed for the first... More >>

• Former American Idol Contestant Tim Halperin To Lock Himself In Pop-Up West Village "Jail"

  published Sep 22, 2011

  Remember the Band in a Bubble promotion a few years backr When that one band with that one song got a reality show backed by MTV and Dr Pepper and were tasked with staying in a bubble and spend 20 day... More >>

• Austin City Limits Goes Mainstream

  published September 22, 2011

  A few lessons learned at the 2011 Austin City Limits Music Festival this past weekend, just a three-hour dive south on Interstate 35: Kanye... More >>

• Bad Sports

  published September 22, 2011

  On their second full-length and first for the North Texas punk-adoring, Portland-based Dirtnap Records, the three-piece behind Denton's Bad... More >>

• Rolling Stones Ready Plans To Theatrically Release Film of 1978 Fort Worth Concert

  published Sep 20, 2011

  No date has yet been announced -- just a "Coming Soon!" promise -- for the stateside release of the new Rolling Stones concert film, The Rolling Stones: Some Girls -- Live in Texas. But, starting... More >>

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  Almost Two Years After Opening, Deep Ellum Venue and Restaurant La Grange Is Up For Sale

  published Sep 19, 2011

  Stephanie Schumacher balks a little when admitting that, yes, she is putting La Grange up for sale less than two years after opening her Deep Ellum music venue, restaurant and bar."Well," she says wit... More >>

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  Sarah Jaffe Covers Drake & The-Dream, Cold War Kids On Suburban Nature Follow-Up

  published Sep 16, 2011

  If it seems like we've been waiting forever for the new Sarah Jaffe release, it's because we kind of have been. Or, at least, we've sure been reporting on it for a while -- dating back to July 2010, w... More >>

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  Todd Rundgren Dedicates His Latest Album to Memory of the Late Frankie 45

  published Sep 16, 2011

  There are at least two notable local music connections to noted pop experimentalist Todd Rundgren. The first is the fact that Neon Indian's chillwaves rode not one, but two Rundgren samples on their d... More >>

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  Kessler Theater Artistic Director Jeffrey Liles Accuses Granada Theater of Stealing Shows

  published Sep 16, 2011

  Earlier this week, the Granada Theater announced a new show coming to its room on Saturday, October 8. The show will feature touring headliners Portugal. The Man, plus an opening set from Dallas local... More >>

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  Last Night (and Picture Show): Smith Westerns and Sundress at Dada

  published Sep 15, 2011

  Smith Westerns, SundressDadaSeptember 14, 2011Better than: High School Musical.rThere are times when the five members of Chicago's Smith Westerns very much look their age -- like, just two songs into ... More >>

• Go To the Prophet Bar On A Wednesday Night. It's Good For You. Trust Us. You'll Enjoy It.

  published Sep 14, 2011

  Another show not mentioned here, but that's worth noting nonetheless, is happening tonight. Happens every Wednesday night, actually -- the weekly jam session at the Prophet Bar hosted by Erykah Badu m... More >>

• What To Expect From Neon Indian's Late Night with Jimmy Fallon Performance Tonight...

  published Sep 14, 2011

  Earlier this afternoon, the Denton-sprung Neon Indian posted a note to its Facebook page teasing their return performance tonight on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon: "I think Fallon is joining the band..... More >>

• Chromeo Postpones House of Blues Gig, But It's Still a Crazy Busy Wednesday Night of Shows...

  published Sep 14, 2011

  Sad news out of Paris yesterday, as French electronic producer Dj Mehdi died at the age of 34 after a roof collapsed in his home. The Ed Banger Records-backed DJ had collaborated with a number of big ... More >>

• Jamming on Dallas Music History's Doorsteps

  published September 15, 2011

  If you read much about the history of downtown Dallas, an unsettling truth comes to light: Deep Ellum, for the most part, has long been... More >>

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  No, Turns Out Dave Navarro Was Not In Town To Play The Open Mic Circuit This Weekend...

  published Sep 12, 2011

  Inkmaster judges Chris Nunez, Dave Navarro and familiar face Oliver PeckrLots of Dave Navarro-related excitement in the local Twittersphere this weekend, as the Jane's Addiction guitarist and band me... More >>

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  DOMAXXIII: 2011 Dallas Observer Music Awards Showcase Tickets Now Up For Sale

  published Sep 12, 2011

  It's coming up on two weeks now since we dropped the above bomb on you and announced that we'd somehow cobbled together the above four bold-faced names -- Toadies, Old 97's, Centro-matic and Sarah Ja... More >>

• Wanna Get Into Tomorrow Night's Gym Class Heroes Show at the Granada Theater for Freer

  published Sep 09, 2011

  Have you seen the above billboard around townr I haven't, but apparently it exists, and for the sole purpose of telling AT&T mobile customers how they can get into tomorrow night's Gym Class Hero... More >>

• Notes: Black Tie Dynasty Members Form New Band, Laptop Deathmatch Returns and More!

  published Sep 09, 2011

  Lots of small items of note worth passing along today before we wrap up the week. So, let's tackle 'em -- in brief form!For starters, lest you haven't already heard, the love-'em-or-hate-'em Black Tie... More >>

• Spune Moves Fall Social Out of Denton, Signs Bethan and Welcomes Home Its Boss

  published Sep 09, 2011

  Lots of Spune news to share today, the first of which being that the company is hosting its "Fall Social" and return-to-school bash tonight, but in a new location. In Deep Ellum. At Dada. And, notably... More >>

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  Last Night: Erykah Badu, Mos Def and Talib Kweli at the Prophet Bar Jam Session

  published Sep 08, 2011

  Erykah Badu, Mos Def, Talib Kweli, The GritzProphet BarSeptember 7, 2011Better than: an after-school special.After-parties can be funny things considering that, by definition, they're supposed to take... More >>

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  DOMAXXIII: Open Voting For The 2011 Dallas Observer Music Awards Starts... Now.

  published Sep 07, 2011

  Go here to vote online. Grab a paper ballot in the print edition out today if you prefer. You can vote over text-messaging, too. Those details are in the paper as well. Point is: Vote early, vote oft... More >>