Dave Willingham

The Echo Lab Is An Extension Of Denton's Scene

Forever and Now

When Little Grizzly comes to an end, they will not stand alone

2003 Dallas Observer Music Awards

When Little Grizzly comes to an end, they will not stand alone

Brave Combo

Joe Cripps and Barrett Martin ride a Fast Horse to record-label utopia

Wide Open Spaces

Mandarin proves it's not where you're going, but how you get there

2001 Dallas Observer Music Awards

Narrow margins remind us that everyone's a winner

Sub geniuses

Denton's Sub Oslo is the best band you've never paid attention to

Out Here

Mazinga Phaser

Out Here

Stumptone

Scene, heard

Two Ohm Hops to it ... eventually; Last Beat signs ... Vibrolux?

Home groans

Will this year's best local records survive the millennium?

Scene, heard

Will this year's best local records survive the millennium?

My Uzi weighs a ton

Uzigato is caught between rock and a soft place

Scene, heard

Jet is in labor on the WWW; Notes from KNTU's underground; Return of the Children of the Corn Mo; Prescription: Mark Ridlin; Rotating drum stools

Rock and roll eyes

For Matt Barnhart, Quality Park Records is job one

Built to last

Last Beat Records creates its own scene with a new studio and rehearsal facility

Learning Curve

Clutch Cargo doesn't have to suck in front of its friends anymore

Candy corn

Or: What do cake walks, the Backstreet Boys, and Jon Cunningham have in common?

Truly, deeply

With the long-awaited release of Stumptone, Denton loses a true talent but gains a cool album

Comes to mind

Even on album, Sivad's just making it up as it goes

1999 Dallas Observer Music Awards

Even on album, Sivad's just making it up as it goes

Jailhouse rock

Erik Thompson is a one-man Lo-Fi Chorus, but looks are deceiving

Blue notes

Centro-matic's second album is so good, it will break your heart

Budokan rock

Floor 13 wants you...to want...them

Built it, and they will indie-rock

Josh Baish and Denton fit together like a band and Rubber Gloves

Old-soul music

Budapest One is a brand-new band making some venerable -- and tremendous -- rock and roll

Super Sonic

Don't call it space-rock, even if the Falcon Project's new record is set in...outer space

Out of time

Matthew Duncan made an amazing record. Then he had no idea what to do with it.

Legendary stardust cowboy

"Groovy" Joe Poovey dies just as his Greatest Grooves are set for release

Art-pop explosion!

Go Metric USA makes pop music for smart people

Let's go to the Hop

Two Ohm Hop hits a triple with Light Bright Highway, Sub Oslo, and Stumptone

Take me home, country roads

Producer Dave Willingham makes noise in the middle of nowhere

Vote the rock

Just call these the Old 97's Observer Music Awards

1998 Dallas Observer Music Awards Nominees

Just call these the Old 97's Observer Music Awards