Black Tie Dynasty

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Burning Hotels at Granada, Triple Play at the Kessler and Your Weekend Shows

​There's a good handful of shows in town this weekend, including The Local Edge's showcase with Burning Hotels, Mon Julien (Cory Watson of Black Tie Dynasty), Air Review and Menkena at the Granada Theater tomorrow night.Triple Play: Hunter Hendrickson, Spooky Folk, Exit 380Friday, January 13, at t ... More >>

Looking For A Way To Get Rid Of Those Old, Crappy Local CDs? Give 'Em to Club Dada.

​If you look around your place long and hard enough, chances are, considering that you do in fact read this blog, you've got a whole bunch of local albums somewhere. And, in this digital age of mp3s (or, worse, download cards!), you've probably also toyed with the idea of simply tossing the discs ... More >>

Idol Records Releases New Chris Holt Christmas Jam, Preps Sophomore Album From The O's

"Um, I actually ordered a Tuaca?"​2010 wasn't the biggest year Idol Records has ever seen. The once-dominant local label responsible for past releases from area favorites such as the Old 97's, Centro-matic, Chomsky, [Daryl], The Crash That Took Me, Black Tie Dynasty, PPT, The O's and others releas ... More >>

Picture Show Tracklist: The Local Hang's One-Year Anniversary at The Libertine

All photos by Eric GarciaSpector 45, always the showmen.​Well, last night, as promised, we indeed celebrated the one-year anniversary of The Local Hang at The Libertine, with some help from top-notch local performers The O's, Leg Sweeper, Spector 45 and A.Dd .Our one regret? Not bringing ear plugs ... More >>

Good Friday: Mike Dillon & Earl Harvin, Grassfight, The Phuss, Tera Melos, Black Tie Dynasty, Ishi, Bassnectar, Eisley, Sorta Dylan, Clint Black, Dignan & more

Earl Harvin​This weekend has some pretty interesting shows. One of the most exciting is Jazz at The Kessler with The Mike Dillon & Earl Harvin Show at The Kessler Theater. Dallas drumming legend Earl Harvin makes his return to town after several years of living in Los Angeles and Berlin, with ... More >>

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 Theatr ... More >>

Tracklist: The Local Hang with Playlister P, Vol. 8

​A huge, huge, huge thank you to everyone who came out to The Local Hang last night at The Libertine. Biggest crowd we've seen yet. Lots of area musicians fans and industry types. Also: Random drinkers who didn't seem to mind having their turf infringed upon. A special thanks to them. After the j ... More >>

The Crash That Took Me Readies Its Sophomore Release

Tracklist: The Local Hang With Playlister P, Vol. 2

​Thanks again to all who stopped by The Libertine last night for the second installment of my monthly local music sermon called The Local Hang.The plan was pretty simple: No repeats from last month. But, oh well, I screwed that up--like embarrassingly early on, too, actually, if you wanna compare ... More >>

Telegraph Canyon Constructs Something Special On Its Sophomore Release

Good Friday: VEGA, Til We're Blue Or Destroy, Pinebox Serenade, Record Hop, Ella Minnow, Matthew Gray Delves..., ST 37

​This is one of the biggest music weekends in recent memory, and it seems like there's something for everyone regardless of budget or musical taste. First up is the Bob Dylan/Willie Nelson/Johnny Cougar show at Quiktrip Park in Grand Prairie. There are still tickets available, according to the Air ... More >>

Good Times: St. Vincent Gets Some NYT Love

Annabel MehranIt's Annie Clark's Times, we're just living in them. The New York Times checked in with St. Vincent yesterday, a day after her sophomore album, Actor, earned its official release--mostly, it seems, because the NYT wants in on the hype, dammit. The piece is mostly a straight up feature ... More >>

Good Friday: The Friday The 13th and Valentine's Day Edition

OK. First off, sorry if this is coming a little late in the day and if our descriptions of these shows are a little shorter than usual. A couple unanticipated developments (like the SXSW complete schedule announcement, for instance) got us a little derailed this afternoon. But enough handcuffing. O ... More >>

Black Tie Dynasty, What Made Milwaukee Famous, The Boxing Lesson, PVC Street Gang

Saturday, January 17, at the Granada Theater

Good Friday: Vance Gilbert, Whiskey Folk Ramblers, Patrice Pike, Eleven Hundred Springs, Salim Nourallah, Hendrick, John Lewis Band

Weekend time!First, the shows we already hipped you to...Tonight, there's Marcia Ball at the Granada, Dale Watson at the Pearl Dancehall and Saloon in Fort Worth, Lou Gramm at the House of Blues, and, finally, at the Double Wide, there's a nice bill with Johnny Lloyd Rollins, Bridges & Blinking ... More >>

Good Friday: Starhead, Lucky Tubb, Mustache Pageant And Not Much Else

If you can overcome the dreary weather, Black Friday shopping exhaustion and post-Thanksgiving hangover, there are a few noteworthy shows to choose from this weekend. First, a reminder of what we've already mentioned. Tonight, you can catch Gojira, 36 Crazyfists, In Flames and All That Remains at ... More >>

Scary As Ever, the Cover Bands Come Out on Halloween

Who knew tributes would be a Halloween thing? Also: the New Frontiers break up and Ricky Bobby returns

Pet Peeves

The Beach Boys are popping up everywhere this year in music but don't seem to be getting their due

DOMA XX: Best Label Nominees

DC9 on Unfair Park. Or: Old Music Editors Never Die, They Just Put Music Content On News Blogs

Good Friday: Red Monroe, Ultraviolet Benefit, Whiskey Folk Ramblers

MySpace Stalking Dallas Music

There are things you can learn on MySpace, and there are things you can't

Rock ‘n’ Rumble: Gloomadeers vs. the Latter Day Taints

Hourly Radio Guitarist Quits

P.P.T. and BTD May Be Up for Grammys

Walled In

The Wall of Sound undercard examined

Label Mates

While the bottom drops out for the big boys, many locals are doing just fine

No DOMA Drama

This is s'posed to be fun, remember?

D vs. d

Wild 'n' Out

The latest on summer fests, a CD release and a Party party

Eat, Drink and Be Merry

Gorge yourself on the good stuff

River Town

Chairmen of the Board

Erik Wofford and John Congleton on the art of production

The Lowdown

Music tidbits from the Big D

Flying Solo

Saturday, November 4, at The Cavern

Do It, Dallas

Sam signs off

All Smoke, No Fire

You're just an invite away from private, drug-sponsored concerts around town. But what's behind the rock and the glitz?

The Dish Ran Away With the...

Texas Toe Jam

The days of great summer music festivals in Dallas are history. Aren't

Odds & Ends

On Pantera's Behind the Music special, Phil Anselmo offers fans two equally pleasing options

Odds & Ends

Assuming Josh Venable's recent anti-Observer e-mail to fans was honest, he'll never read this article anyway

Odds & Ends

Arm your lyrical swords and prepare your Suge Knight jokes--it's rap battle time at TexasGigs.com

A Better Jukebox

Feeling like only one local band of the week is paltry? Try four instead.

Odds & Ends

Radiant goes Over There, Ward Richmond goes to jail and every band in Dallas gets put on hold

Best City Ever

If you think Dallas' music scene is slipping, then you're obviously missing the shows

Spanking New

The Spree set off fireworks, Corn Mo might be a giant and more

It's a Draw

In the Dallas music scene, who brings the biggest crowds?

Behind the Music Awards

Artists' secret riders reveal true character, fascinating pickle relish fetish

Sum 36

DV8 could be the standout at the North Texas New Music Festival