Dylan Hollingsworth

Last Night: TV On The Radio And The Dirtbombs At The Lakewood Theater

Picture Show: Eagles Of Death Metal At The Door

Dylan HollingsworthYou've read the review. You've seen the video. Now check the slideshow, courtesy Dylan Hollingsworth. --Pete Freedman

Picture Show: ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead at the Granada

Dylan Hollingsworth...And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead took over the Granada last night, preceded by Funeral Party and Midnight Masses.Be sure and check out Jesse's Last Night review, but if you're looking for more on the show, we've got photos, courtesy photographer Dylan Hollingsworth, in ... More >>

Pretend Planet

Dylan Hollingsworth...And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead took over the Granada last night, preceded by Funeral Party and Midnight Masses.Be sure and check out Jesse's Last Night review, but if you're looking for more on the show, we've got photos, courtesy photographer Dylan Hollingsworth, in ... More >>

Picture Show: Brian Jonestown Massacre at the Granada

Dylan HollingsworthThe Brian Jonestown Massacre played the Granada Theater on Monday night, hurling an intensely back-lit psych rock performance at fans who made it out for the night. If you missed it yesterday, be sure and check out our Last Night review, in which Lance emphatically proclaims ... More >>

Picture Show: St. Vincent at the Granada Theater

Dylan HollingsworthAnnie Clark shreds on stage. Shred, Annie. Shred. See Annie shred. My review of last night's show at the Granada Thater is already up. So, y'know, go read it and marvel at my prose--I think the review reads quite pretty, if I may say so m'self.Unfortunately, my words don't hold a ... More >>

Video: They Were Stars -- "Every Now And Then"

Check out the new Evan Kaufmann-directed video for Dallas power pop quintet They Were Stars. It's the first single off the band's debut record, Own Your Atoms (which features a sweet art photography shot from our own Dylan Hollingsworth on the cover).It's a nice little video to go with a pretty sol ... More >>

Set Your DVR: St. Vincent To Appear On Letterman Tonight

Dylan HollingsworthLast week, the Granada. This week, Ed Sullivan Theater. Speaking of media blitzes, St. Vincent's recent tear of publicity continues tonight on The Late Show with David Letterman, where she'll make--get this--her national television debut, and where shell perform after Dave spends ... More >>

Download: They Were Stars -- "Every Now and Then"

Dylan HollingsworthMaybe you're like me, and maybe you've been listening to a lot of mall punk lately (by choice or not)? And maybe you remember last week when we posted that new video for They Were Stars' new single, "Every Now and Then," perhaps? Well, either way, I kinda dig the song. Can't help ... More >>

Picture Show: The Granada's Five-Year Anniversary Party

Dylan HollingsworthSlobberbone headlined Friday's festivities.​The folks at the Granada Theater must've been pleased as pie on Friday night, having sold out of tickets for its fifth anniversary celebration an all.Of course, it helps that the venue had some local favorites on the bill to help draw ... More >>

Tomorrow Night in Deep Ellum, Kettle Art's Selling Local Pieces to the Highest Bidders

One of the Richard Ross pieces that will be up for auction tomorrow at The Whole Show in Deep Ellum​Those with blank walls and no Saturday night plans had best take note: Kettle Art down in Deep Ellum's the site of The Whole Show tomorrow, a silent auction during which ... lessee if I counted this ... More >>

Danny Balis' Solo Debut Almost Cracks Amazon's Top 100 Download Chart, Still Sits Comfortably In Top 200.

Dylan HollingsworthDanny Balis at his CD release show, which doubled as the Granada Theater's five-year anniversary party.​Got an excited call last night from one Danny Balis. Mostly, Balis--he of The King Bucks and formerly of Sorta--was flabbergasted by what he was looking at on his computer, an ... More >>

The Best Songs in Dallas Music, 2009: The Paper Chase and "What Should We Do With Your Body? (The Lightning)" Scare Us Into Submission at No. 12

[Editor's Note: Over the next couple of weeks, I'll be presenting my favorite local songs of the year, counting down from No. 25 to No. 1, one track a day. Right now, though, we take an in-depth look at song No. 12 on the list--and feel free to click after the jump for a free download of the track. ... More >>

Over The Weekend: Nick Jonas & The Administration at the House of Blues

Nick Jonas & The Administration, Diane BirchHouse of BluesJanuary 2, 2010Better than: covering a Jonas Brothers show.Dylan HollingsworthNick Jonas, swaggering away. Check out more photos here in our slideshow.​The smell of hundreds of competing perfumes and shrill shrieks, squeals and screams ... More >>

Picture Show: Looking Back On The Best Concert Photos of 2009

Dylan Hollingsworth​ Our intrepid web editor, Patrick Michels, has gone ahead and done us all a solid, putting together this slideshow of the best concert photos we took way back in the year 2009. From St. Vincent (see above) to Forever the Sickest Kids and everything in between, the 60-picture se ... More >>

Picture Show: Nick Jonas Debuts The Administration In Dallas

Dylan Hollingsworth​ It's been a big couple of weeks indeed for the Dallas-born, Westlake-dwelling Nick Jonas, the youngest and seemingly least bro-ish of the JoBros. On Saturday, his new side project Nick Jonas & The Administration made its live performance debut at the House of Blues. On Tue ... More >>

Yes, Captain Underpants Would Like a Seat

Dylan Hollingsworth​Sure hope those convention planners were aboard Dallas Area Rapid Transit yesterday, when Improv Everywhere's No Pants! wingdingus made its Dallas debut. If not, our Dylan Hollingsworth was along for the ride and has the slide show to prove it. Bare-Legged Performance Art Terro ... More >>

When MLK Visited SMU

Courtesy SMUMartin Luther King Jr. addressing a standing-room-only crowd at McFarlin Auditorium in the spring of '66​Yesterday, of course, was the Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service; hence, Emmitt Smith and family's visit to Congo Street, where they joined Brent Brown and bcWORKSHOP. But SMU ha ... More >>

Midlake Backs John Grant (formerly of The Czars) On New Album Due Out 4/6

Dylan HollingsworthJohn Grant's backing band. Also known as Midlake.​Midlake fans still curious about why The Courage of Others took so long to finish receive a partial answer in a press release that arrived this morning, promoting a new album from John Grant, formerly of The Czars. The new album ... More >>

The End Is Near

Dylan HollingsworthJohn Grant's backing band. Also known as Midlake.​Midlake fans still curious about why The Courage of Others took so long to finish receive a partial answer in a press release that arrived this morning, promoting a new album from John Grant, formerly of The Czars. The new album ... More >>

Midlake Wins Best Live Act Award From MOJO

Dylan HollingsworthMidlake​MOJO, the UK-based, self-proclaimed "world's best music magazine," announced yesterday the musicians who took home the top prizes in their 2010 Honors List (finalists were announced back in early May). And look at this: Denton's own Midlake took home "Best Live Act" hono ... More >>

Picture Show: Outtakes from the DOMAXXII Photoshoot

Dylan Hollingsworth and Andrew WilliamsMembers of Spooky Folk, Mount Righteous, galleryCat and The Beaten Sea revel in the greatness that is the state of local music.​ On Tuesday night, each and every nominated person on this year's Dallas Observer Awards Ballot was invited to attend an awards sea ... More >>

An Observer Photographer Discovers a "Wasteland" of Trash Along White Rock Creek

Photos by Dylan Hollingsworth​Observer contributor Dylan Hollingsworth was out at White Rock Creek yesterday shooting his nieces Autumn Hollingsworth and Chassidy Levassuer when he came across this -- "a wasteland of debris," as he put it when we spoke this afternoon. This is the spot: Goforth Roa ... More >>

Days After Discovering "Wasteland" Along White Rock Creek, the Sunday-Afternoon Clean-Up

Photos by Carissa Byers​As promised, photographer Carissa Byers and many others spent yesterday afternoon cleaning up the trash wasteland Dylan Hollingsworth discovered along White Rock Creek last week. KXAS-Channel 5 documented their doings -- and interviewed the photographer for the story withou ... More >>

Over the Weekend: Slayer, Megadeth and Anthrax at Superpages.com Center

Slayer, Megadeth, AnthraxSuperpages.com CenterSeptember 24, 2010Better than: getting sick from fried Oreos at the State Fair. Dylan HollingsworthSlayer's Kerry King was beaming on Friday night.​Usually, it's a proving ground when a band plays before Slayer. And, if you're worthy of sharing the s ... More >>

Take It Easy At Plush

Slayer, Megadeth, AnthraxSuperpages.com CenterSeptember 24, 2010Better than: getting sick from fried Oreos at the State Fair. Dylan HollingsworthSlayer's Kerry King was beaming on Friday night.​Usually, it's a proving ground when a band plays before Slayer. And, if you're worthy of sharing the s ... More >>

Over The Weekend: Deerhunter, Best Coast at the Granada Theater

Deerhunter, Best CoastGranada TheaterNovember 5, 2010 Better than: forgetting that Deerhunter are shoegazers at heartDylan HollingsworthDeerhunter's Bradford Cox​ "You win some and you lose some" said Deerhunter frontman Bradford Cox as he ended an impromptu solo jam taken when his bandmates an ... More >>

The Best Songs in Dallas Music, 2010: Midlake Wants To Be Left To Its Own Ways at No. 13

[Over the next few weeks, we'll be presenting our favorite local songs of the year, counting down from No. 25 to No. 1, one track a day. Today, we take an in-depth look at song No. 14 on the list -- and, please, feel free to click after the jump to grab a free download of the track. Also after the ... More >>

One's Trash Hurts Another's Treasure

[Over the next few weeks, we'll be presenting our favorite local songs of the year, counting down from No. 25 to No. 1, one track a day. Today, we take an in-depth look at song No. 14 on the list -- and, please, feel free to click after the jump to grab a free download of the track. Also after the ... More >>

Watch: Midlake Performs Three Songs For France Television Program, One Shot Not.

Dylan HollingsworthMidlake​ We repeat it like broken records, but, yes, very much so, Denton's Midlake is big overseas. And now we have more proof, in the form of a nice set of performances from the folk-rock heroes on the French TV show One Shot Not, which broadcast the band's three-song set of " ... More >>

On the Scene at Burger Street Shootings

Dylan Hollingsworth The scene outside Burger Street, shortly after last night's shooting over what appeared to be a robbery involving a 30-pound bag of marijuana​By now you've no doubt heard: Two men were killed and two more were arrested last night following what appears to be a drug-related robb ... More >>

Homecoming Dance: Erykah Badu Returns to Arts Magnet to Raise Money (and, the Roof)

Dylan HollingsworthErykah Badu does know how to make the dramatic entrance, performing a capella before cracking the curtain to reveal the full band behind​State Sen. Royce West was there; so too Cindy and Howard Rachofsky, former mayoral candidate and "homeless czar" Tom Dunning, Arts District ex ... More >>

Q&A: Midlake Invite Us Into Their Denton Studio, Talk Their Recent Recording Sessions

Dylan HollingsworthMidlake in their studio, just after wrapping The Courage of Others.​That first step into Midlake's new studio is a tricky one -- especially at night. The entry way is actually a sectioned-off sitting room, and it's pitch black, forcing one to step lightly to avoid knocking over ... More >>

One Day Before Its "Open 24 Hours" Sign Goes Dark, Metro Postcards (From Gaston Avenue)

Photos by Dylan Hollingsworth James Adams, in front of the iconic Gaston Avenue diner he opened more than four decades ago​Tomorrow at 2 p.m., Wayne Adams will do something he hasn't done since The Great Remodel of '97: He will lock the front door to the Metro Diner on Gaston Avenue. Which is why ... More >>

One Last Cup of Coffee at the Metro

Photos by Dylan HollingsworthShortly after 2 p.m. yesterday, Wayne Adams locked the door to the Metro Diner for the first time since 1997 -- and for the final time.​When we got to the Metro Diner yesterday, a little after noon, the Gaston Ave. greasy spoon was packed. TV crews were in the back, in ... More >>

Ishi Splits In Two: Half Of Ishi Bolts To Form New Band; Other Half Recruits New Members

Dylan HollingsworthTaylor Rea's out, but John Mudd says Ishi will soldier on.​ This weekend, when Ishi performs its as-scheduled set at the Double Wide on Sunday night, fans will no doubt notice something missing: Earlier this week vocalist Taylor Rea and guitarist Rob Bastien announced that they' ... More >>

How Banksy Forced Hal Samples to Finish Doc About Homeless Man Living Outside L.A.

Tachowa Covington and his former home in a still from Hal Samples's in-progress Something From Nothing. The whole trailer's after the jump.​Over the years photographer Hal Samples has shown me bits and pieces of his in-progress documentary about Tachowa Covington, who turned an abandoned water tan ... More >>

What Do The Kessler, the Trinity River Toll Road, Forest Lane Have In Common? This Item.

Photo by Dylan HollingsworthA certain "sleepy-eyed Dr Pepper addict with grizzled blond dreadlocks"​That's a mighty nice piece about The Kessler in The New York Times this morning; nice illustration too, courtesy the great Paul Rogers. The story's by local boy Ben Fountain, the att'y-turned-author ... More >>

Sure, the West Fork of the Trinity Looks Beautiful From the Freeway. But Up Close ...?

Photo by Steven Wallace​On the way out to the ballpark a couple of weeks ago, as we drove down 30 over Belt Line, the boy noticed for the first time how close the Trinity River runs next the freeway. I told him that's known as the West Fork of the Trinity, which merges with the Elm Fork when it hi ... More >>

Loft and South Side Music Hall Talent Buyer Kris Youmans Launches Independent Company

Dylan HollingsworthKris Youmans​ After a year and a half spent working as talent buyer for the Gilley's Complex on South Lamar, focusing on South Side Music Hall, The Loft and the Jack Daniel's Saloon, Kris Youmans has announced today the formation of his own, independent talent buying agency. In ... More >>

Over The Weekend: Ishi, The Burning Hotels and Air Review at Trees

Ishi, The Burning Hotels, Air ReviewTreesJune 24, 2011Better than: Twitter beef.Dylan HollingsworthThe former co-vocalists of Ishi.​In usual fashion, Dallas came out on Friday night to dance. It's just what's happened around these part for the past year and a half: When Ishi headlines Trees it has ... More >>

Last Night: Sundress, Dove Hunter at The Double Wide

Sundress, Dove Hunter, Chris CatalenaDouble WideAugust 4, 2011Better than: Vice's Dos and Don'tsDylan HollingsworthSundress doesn't always hang out with animals. But when they do, they prefer unicorns.​ To be clear: Last night's show at The Double Wide, despite boasting The Black Angels' name in b ... More >>

Neither A Phoenix Project Nor Nu-Metal Band, Maleveller Ventures Into The Metal Unknown

Dylan HollingsworthMaleveller​ Heavy metal is a genre that is famously and often unintentionally self-parodying. Bands that are in on the joke, but that take their craft seriously, are rare. Local metal masters Maleveller seek to fill that void. Since their first show in 2009, they have careful ... More >>

Over the Weekend: Maleveller, Eagle Claw, The House Harkonnen at the Double Wide

Maleveller, Eagle Claw, The House Harkonnen Double Wide August 13, 2011 Better than: teaching your nephew how to play Mastodon songs. Dylan HollingsworthMaleveller​Last year, Maleveller could only play a certain amount of songs live. Because, well, they only had those songs to choose from. Durin ... More >>

Kessler Theater Adds Second St. Vincent Show

Dylan HollingsworthSt. Vincent in her last hometown performance, at the Granada Theater in 2009.​Seems like we've been waiting weeks -- far longer than we expected -- for the scheduled Sunday, October 23, performance at the Kessler Theater from Dallas product Annie Clark, better known as St. Vince ... More >>

Have a Coke and a Frown: Another Win for Libertarian Robber Barons Eating the Planet

​Here is where this libertarian bullshit -- the propaganda foisted on us by Koch-brothers, Harold-Simmons-style polluter robber barons -- just makes suckers, fools and chumps out of us if we believe it. A story in today's New York Times reports that the top national park system official killed ... More >>

From the Drainage Tunnel at the Foot of the Castle on Stemmons, a Merry Christmas

Photos by Dylan Hollingsworth​Late yesterday, friend of the show and Observer contributor Dylan Hollingsworth posted to Facebook the photo you see above; a second followed a little later, and it's after the jump. He offered no explanation for either, only a title: "Oh, Christmas Tree." And the dat ... More >>

Pants? They Don't Need No Stinkin' Pants to Ride Dallas Area Rapid Transit Light Rail.

I'd forgotten all about Dylan Hollingsworth's shoulda-been classic photo taken in January 2010, during what turned out to be the First Annual No Pants! Ride on Dallas Area Rapid Transit light rail. Then a Friend of Unfair Park shot me this video from yesterday's third-annual balls-out trip on a trai ... More >>