Dan Phillips

Thurston Moore, Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra and More Riffs For Your Weekend

One of the most anticipated shows of the last few months has definitely been Thurston Moore at the Texas Theatre tonight. The Sonic Youth guitarist has been carving out a nice little solo career with last year's Demolished Thoughts and 2007's Trees Outside the Academy (I always sort of thought of hi ... More >>

Art/Music Road Trip!

Sunday at Webb Gallery: Get Your Groove On With Jad Fair, Tim Kerr, Will Johnson and Dan Phillips

Sunday afternoon at the Webb Gallery promises to be quite the feat of synergy, which seems to be a keyword on the blog this week. The Waxahachie gallery and Good Records are combining forces to bring you Groove, a fusion of Texas music and art. The art part comes via Jad Fair and David Fair of Half ... More >>

Get To Know Your DOMAXXIII Nominees: Best Song, Best Metal Act, BestFunk/R&B Act

​Welcome to our 2011 Dallas Observer Music Awards breakdown, wherein we'll use the weeks leading up to the DOMA showcases on Saturday, October 15 (which is also when voting ends), to explain the nominees in each category Today, we look at the nominees in the Best Song, Best Metal Act ... More >>

Finally, KZEW-FM Founder Ira Lipson Will Take His Place in the Texas Radio Hall of Fame

98kzew.comIra Lipson​I was talking to George Gimarc last night (more about that later ... ish) when he mentioned that the Texas Radio Hall of Fame has announced its 2011 class of inductees. Among them is a local great who won't be able to attend the October ceremony: the great Cuzzin' Linnie, who ... More >>

Picture Show: True Widow and Dunes Play an Early Evening Garage Show in Lakewood

All photos by Pete Freedman​ Good times last night in Lakewood, as Dallas rockers True Widow, fresh off their tour of the West Coast, were joined by their sorta labelmates in Dunes (Dunes' Mexican Summer label is an imprint on Kemado Records, to which True Widow is signed) for an early evening gar ... More >>

Taking a Look at the Best Local Releases in 2011 So Far

True Widow Has All Sorts Of Goodies to Hand Out at Good Records' Party Tomorrow...

True Widow's new limited-run T-shirt designs.​Good news and bad news, True Widow fans. First, the bad news: A family matter is taking bass playing Nicole Estill out of town this weekend, thus forcing the band off of the bill for tomorrow's Record Store Day and 11th anniversary celebration at Good ... More >>

True Widow Settles In and Gets Louder

Local News and Notes: Pitchfork Reviews Fergus & Geronimo, Stereogum Premieres New True Widow Song, Gene Simmons To Get Key to Dallas and A Local Scores on American Idol.

What with all this puppet-, 35 Conferette-, Wilco-, Starplex- and KXT-related excitement of late, we've let a few other noteworthy news items slip through the cracks. After the jump, we remedy that -- bullet-point style!

My First Show: True Widow's Dan Phillips Saw A Decapitated Alice Cooper At The Bronco Bowl

Welcome to My First Show, where we give bands a chance to talk about the first shows they ever attended -- no matter how uncool and embarrassing those tales may be.That's Dan over there on the couch.​As impressive as their 2008 self-titled debut was, expect plenty of good things to come from Tru ... More >>

Carve Out Time for the Webb

Watch: Video Director Captures True Widow Frontman Preparing His Waxahachie Art Show

Steve VisneauTrue Widow​If there's one record coming out in 2011 that we already might be in danger of over-hyping, it's True Widow's upcoming sophomore effort, which, yes, will be released by Kemado Records in March after all. And though March is still some time away, the band's currently hard at ... More >>

True Widow Gets Its Biggest Bit Of Publicity Yet Thanks To Oliver Peck, Kat Von D and InTouch.

Do you recognize this man?​Last week, True Widow's Dan Phillips was taking a nap, only to be awoken from a text message from one Jim Heath, aka The Reverend Horton Heat. The text kind of took Phillips by surprise."I think," it read, "there's a picture of you puking in InTouch magazine."Yes, the Re ... More >>

Last Night: Vivian Girls, True Widow and The Uptown Bums at The Cavern

Vivian Girls, True Widow, The Uptown BumsThe CavernOctober 15, 2009 Better Than: flying around in my mom and dad's homemade hot air balloon...Vivian Girls​ Vivian Girls started its first ever Dallas set Thursday night at the Cavern with a song consisting of four words: "Sound check one two." A ... More >>

Last Night: Slowride at Elm Street Tattoo

SlowrideElm Street TattooOctober 15, 2009Better than: going under the needle. Hal SamplesSlowride reunited at Oliver Peck's Elm Street Tattoo last night.​ It'd been some time since the fellas in Slowride had played an actual show together--but with an upcoming gig slated at local tattoo artist Ol ... More >>

Gig Alert: Slowride To Perform Special Reunion Show At Elm Street Tattoo Tonight

Slowride​Well, it's 6:27 p.m.--or three hours and 33 minutes before the secret reunion show we mentioned earlier today on Twitter is set to begin--which means we can now break the silence we promised the band and announce that, at 10 o'clock this evening, Slowride will play a reunion show at Elm S ... More >>

Can't-Miss Dallas-Area Bands to Catch at SXSW

The Best Albums In Dallas Music, 2008: True Widow's Self-Titled Debut Comes In At No. 9

Editor's Note: Over the next 10 days, I'll be presenting my favorite local records of the year, counting down from No. 10 to No. 1, one album a day. Keep checking back to see how the list pans out, and, in the meantime, click after the jump to see albums No. 20-11 in the Top 20 list that will update ... More >>

Slowride

C/S (Deep Elm)

On Their Own

Slowride isn't waiting around for Dallas to finally pay attention

Hear Here

Local music was better than ever in 2001

Not Just Yet

Upcoming music happenings offer much to anticipate

Dream On

For Todd Deatherage, the waiting is the hardest part

Scene, Heard

Another drummer steps to the mike

Scene, Heard

Trees closes its doors...for a while

Petty larceny

Todd Deatherage takes up residency at the Lakewood Bar & Grill

Scene, heard

North Texas by South by Southwest

Out Here

The Mag Seven
12Lb. Test

Go fish

Every local band that broke up this year, take one step forward. Not so fast, Hagfish.

Slick 57

Drunk Life (Deuce-Hi Records)

Collyers of the wild

Lone Star Trio offshoot sprouts deep country roots