Christina Aguilera

The 11 Busiest (and Buzziest) Days in Texas Music

From 35 Denton to SXSW, Snoop to Spillover, traversing Texas in search sonic bliss.

The 12 Best Things About SXSW 2013

This year, Dallas Observer music blog DC9 at Night and Houston Press music blog Rocks Off teamed up to bring you only the greatest moments from last week's SXSW madness. Here are the 12 best shows and moments we saw. See also: -There's an App to Get You Laid at SXSW, But You Absolutely Don't Need t ... More >>

Jessica Simpson's TV Show Means She's Finally Famous for Being Famous for Being Famous

Jessica Simpson's TV show--that is, her new TV show, a sitcom set to air on NBC--is going to be about her life as a celebrity. You should immediately be able to spot the problem, here: Her life as a celebrity is already about her life as a celebrity. The first 22 episodes are going to be board-room ... More >>

The Destiny's Child Comeback is Proof: Beyonce is the Invincible Pop Star

Destiny's Child released their first major-label song on the soundtrack to Men in Black, which came out on CD, cassette, and MiniDisc; they became famous shortly before Monica Lewinsky. This is the kind of thing a pop star less secure than Beyonce wouldn't want to draw attention toward, which is one ... More >>

Marriage Proposals, $16 Margaritas and Other Things Seen and Overheard at Chris Botti's Verizon Theatre Show

​Let me make myself clear: I love Chris Botti's music. Not in an ironic or tongue-in-cheek way. Yes, Botti, the trumpet player who's played with everyone from Sting to Josh Groban to Steven Tyler. He's the kind of guy your parents love, along with Celine Dion and Barbra Streisand. This admis ... More >>

A Spune Christmas, Moby, Man Or Astro-man? and a Very Solid Weekend of Shows

Telegraph Canyon headlines A Spune Christmas at Dada​It's a big weekend for shows any way you cut it. Tonight's A Spune Christmas party at Dada with Telegraph Canyon and Air Review is certainly one of your better options, especially if you like free tacos and free beer. Saturday night, however, is ... More >>

Switch Turns on Rio Room with a Less-Than-Edgy Set

DJ Dave Taylor, aka Switch.​The Winter Night Lights series at Rio Room is the staff's attempt to bring edgier, more underground (for lack of a better word) DJ's to town. At least edgier and more underground than the Vegas-style top 40 or electro house sets that can typically be heard at Rio Ro ... More >>

Selena Gomez Says She's Almost Done With Music

Good Friday: Homegrown Music & Art Festival, and the Rest of This Weekend's Shows

Seriously: Does anyone have any new photos of Neon Indian?​This weekend's biggest show will give local music fans a good reason to get outside: On Saturday, Homegrown Music & Art Festival will feature performances from Neon Indian, School of Seven Bells and a handful of other bands with local ... More >>

The Grammy Awards: My Top 10 Observer-ations

​10. Was it just me or did Puff Daddy/P. Diddy/Sean Combs sound just like Mike Tyson? 9. Acceptance speeches are always fascinating. Last night Lady Gaga thanked Whitney Houston and Arcade Fire thanked all of Canada. But strangest of all, Train lead singer Pat Monahan gave a shoutout to Howar ... More >>

An exciting Super Bowl game couldn't rescue North Texas from a disastrous Super Bowl week.

Packers 31, Steelers 25: My Top 10 Observer-ations

​10. Can't believe I just watched Troy Polamalu play like Alan Ball. And James Harrison like Anthony Spencer. I know Harrison had a sack, but for the most part those playmakers were non-factors. 9. Biggest play of the game was Rashard Mendenhall's fumble at Green Bay's 36 on the first pl ... More >>

Let's Not Complain About Super Bowl Weekend.

Grace Potter's Bringing Sexy Back

The Problem With... Nicki Minaj's "Your Love"

Count me among the thousands who've been charmed by Nicki Minaj's eyelash-batting. I swear, it's like she's that eyelash-implants girl from The Simpsons. Nicki has been making rounds this past year releasing mixtapes and guesting on a bunch of tracks, including Luda's "My Chick Bad" -- where she ... More >>

The 15 Worst ...and Friends! Albums Of All-Time

​It's hard not to remember Santana's 1999 album Supernatural. Besides just the Rob Thomas collab "Smooth," which we've spent the past decade trying to erase from our memories, the album received a lot of attention at the time for being one of those records that featured a different collaboration w ... More >>

Idol Rich: And the Winner Is...

​This is, essentially, a "closure" post. I think we all have to come terms with the fact that Fort Worth/Cool's Casey James was let go in favor of the inferior Lee DeWyze. Whether or not I think CJ should be the American Idol, I've blogged the finale because he and a couple of other North Texans w ... More >>

Project Recap: Cher-iously, Not Another Bridal Gown Challenge?

As long as Richardson's Shirin Askari is on the show, we'll watch. But if she's auffed, we're so off.​This week on Project Runway, which we're one local contestant auffing away from turning off forever, Heidi Klum flounced out on the runway and announced that the designers would have to pick new m ... More >>

Ticketmaster and Livenation Merger Hearings Reveal a Hell of a Secret: Bands Get a Cut of Service Fees

"An Unfilled Hole": CBS Dallas VP Explains Movin' From Dance Music to Spanish Pop

These have been busy days over at CBS Radio Dallas: First, it turned chatty Live 105.3 into the sportsy The Fan. Then, mid-song yesterday, all-day dance party Movin' 107.5 became the puro Español Mega 107.5, described by Kurt Johnson, VP of programming for CBS Radio Dallas, as "Dallas's first and o ... More >>

Pole Dancing—Good for the Body, But What About a Woman's Soul?

How powerful can a woman be when she's dangling by a leg and touching her "teaser"?

In Shine a Light, Seniors Scorsese and The Stones Together Again

Tube Boobs

American Dreamz's nation

of idiots lands a little close

to home

Pirates of Conspiracy

The artists of Oh6 turn assassination into comic revelry

This Week's Day-By-Day Picks

Method Rocking

Minnie Driver and Juliette Lewis have started bands. Come on, you know you're curious.

Capsule Reviews

Our critics weigh in on local theater

Capsule Reviews

Our critics weigh in on local theater

20 Bands 7 Days

For one week, Sarah Hepola saw every band that invited her. God help her.

Dance Off

Local dance troupes prove it's a small world after all

Bad Boy

Peer Gynt is a cautionary tale in tights

This Week's Day-By-Day Picks

Anatomy Lesson

At Kitchen Dog, Hedwig proves size does matter; Flower Drum Song sounds lovely at Fair Park

How You Doin'?

Plus: Never Been Kissed; Wanted

Minority Report

Hispanic Expo offers diversity, free stuff

Phight Phair

Liz Phair is once again an exile in guyville

Idol Worship

From Kelly to critics: I ain't going nowhere, darn it

Avril Lavigne

Performs May 4

Scavenger Hunt

The best was hard to find, harder still to ignore

Blonde Ambition

Princess Superstar could be the first white-girl rapper to break through to the mainstream

Bang to Hype

At SXSW, it's all about the buzz, not the Buzz Band

Scene, Heard

Don't put Trees in a pine box just yet.

Best Reason Only Johnny Cash Should Be Allowed to Sing Johnny Cash Songs

Colin Boyd

Ring my Bell

The BellRays lay the groundwork for a soul-punk revolt

Body shots

Mariah Carey's new video is an insult to your intelligence, but it's much more than that

The other F-word

Eminem's mind-blowing Marshall Mathers LP promises to spark feverish free-speech debates

Hot and bothered

The city's ordinance governing topless clubs is a joke. But Bachman Lake-area residents are determined to get rid of the clubs by any means necessary.

Freaks of the industry

A guide to music on the Web that the RIAA isn't worried about

Yule be sorry

All we want for Xmas is Jessica's two front teats

Girl trouble

Rock and roll is still a man's, man's, man's, man's world