Edie Brickell

Jeff Liles Tells Stories From Dallas' Past and Looks to its Bright Creative Future

There it is. Nestled in South Dallas, rescued by caring souls of our local arts. The beacon that is The Kessler. A majestic Texas juke joint, pampered with TLC and vision that only a handful of true music fans could bring. The Kessler (or rather, "The Kessler X " as our subject refers to it) is o ... More >>

The Joy Formidable - Trees - April 29, 2013

The Joy Formidable Trees April 29, 2013 Taking the stage around 9:30, the Joy Formidable came out one at a time, starting with drummer Matt Thomas, who threw his enthusiasm at the crowd before sitting behind a picturesque kit, complete with gong. The kit was positioned on the right edge of the sta ... More >>

The 15th Anniversary of The Old 97's Too Far to Care and Rhett Miller's Solo Album: Does Anyone Still Care?

Fifteen years ago this month, the Old 97's released their major label debut, Too Far to Care. Last week, frontman Rhett Miller released his latest solo record, The Dreamer. Darryl Smyers and Eric Grubbs sat down and talked about the legacy of Too Far to Care, and whether or not it's a bigger deal th ... More >>

16 Memorial Day Weekend Shows: Homegrown Festival, Father John Misty, Float and More

Homegrown Music & Art FestivalSaturday, May 26, at Main Street Garden ParkFor the third annual installment of Homegrown Music & Arts Festival, the margins for bands have expanded to include all Texas acts. So this year's bill will feature Black Joe Lewis, Hayes Carll, Octopus Project and man ... More >>

A Not-So-Vulgar Discussion of Pantera's Vulgar Display of Power

In honor of the recent 20th anniversary reissue of Pantera's Vulgar Display of Power, two music writers sat around a kitchen table and talked about it. One is clearly older than the other one. Eric Grubbs: When that record came out in 1992, what do you remember, aside from grunge and Nirvana being ... More >>

Curren$y, Method Man, Big KRIT, GWAR and This Week's Show Announcements

Curren$y​Louisiana' Curren$y's been around for nearly a decade at this point, but it's only been in the last few years that the rapper really seen his stock rise. Maybe it has something to do with the fact that he's released more than 14 mixtapes since 2007? Probably. Anyway, he'll be coming to to ... More >>

Deep Ellum Blues: How Come These Influential Dallas Acts Don't Have Deep Ellum Murals?

​Deep Ellum is in many ways the music capital of Dallas. Yes, the area has had its ups and downs. No, it hasn't always been the center of the music scene, especially with Denton consistently pumping out artists at a rapid rate. But, fact is, without a doubt, Deep Ellum has for over a century now b ... More >>

Houston Press Writes Blog Post Saying Dallas Music Sucks, Presumably Because There Was No Interesting Houston Music News To Report.

​Listen: I'm not one to get into too many Internet flame wars. Especially not inter-city ones. (We've got plenty of petty bullshit to put up with here, thanks.) But, OK, since these dudes think I should say something about the post written yesterday by our pals at the Houston Press music blog call ... More >>

Show Announcements: Dawes, The Soft Pack, Glen Campbell, Magic Kids, Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit, GWAR, Earl Harvin, Aaron Neville, Archeology, Gaslight Anthem and More!

The softer side of The Soft Pack​Just north of Dallas, in Frisco, something is brewing at Lochrann's Irish Pub & Eatery. The bar's enlisted the help of Spune Productions to help diversify the music scene, who, so far, has done a bang-up job. More proof: On Thursday, October 14, garage rock ac ... More >>

Our 22nd annual music awards honor a thriving, collaborative scene that's finally getting its due.

Good Friday: The Christmas Edition

Rest up, old man. You've earned it.​So your Christmas festivities are coming to a close. For hours, you've been sitting around with family for hours, eating and hearing about Uncle Harold's increasingly aggravating bunion problems. You're getting anxious. Antsy. You need to get out.Well, friend, y ... More >>

Carter Albrecht's Final Disc; Raised By Tigers' Sendoff

Echoes and Reverberations: Anthony and Flea's Tube Sock Diaries

When you're 23 years old, it's all about smoking dope out of an empty beer can, having sex in the backseat of your car, and watching Soul Train the next morning with a hammer-to-the-forehead hangover. At least, it would've been for me, if I had actually owned my own automobile. That period of my lif ... More >>

Our 20th Music Awards

1988-2008: Two Decades of DOMA

Charlie Sextion Talks Working With Dylan, Struggling To Find His Own Sound

Laying the Foundation: Or, Carter Albrecht's Dad Needs Your Help

Ay, Anonymous

Bloggers say byte me

Who Stole the Soul?

Paul Simon

Surprise (Warner Bros.)

Letters

Paul Simon

You're the One (Warner Bros.)

The Content Partners

Any major dude will tell you a Steely Dan story is not to be trusted

Scene, heard

The Immaculates party like its 1999; Bicycle Thief moves On; Tripping Daisy/Centro-matic split; And much, much more

Home groans

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

The preacher and the Prophet

Why can't we all just get along? The history, or not, of Russell and Jeff's Deep Ellum

Liberation front

Two local Web sites hope to bring Dallas music to the world

1999 Dallas Observer Music Awards

Major Mistakes

Signing to a record label can be bad for a band's health. So why do they keep doing it?

Steady breakin'

Jeff K and Kelly Reverb put the needle on the record and dance, dance, dance

Not fade away

Two garage-rock compilations raise The Esquires, Irving's psychedelic-rock greats, from the dead

The Truth is out there

Erykah Badu profits from her role as soul music's last, best prophet

1998 Dallas Observer Music Awards Nominees

Born again

Rickie Lee Jones leaves Chuck E. behind and looks toward tentative tomorrows

Events for the week

Pop mart

South by Southwest '97: Will guitars give up the ghost? Yes and no, but mostly no

Spirit of '96

Last year showed pop still has more than a ghost of a chance

To be or not to bop

Texan Jazz unveils the Lone Star contribution to jazz

Events for the week

Fifteen nailsin the coffin

Or: Rock and roll isn't dead, it just doesn't smell bad

Don't call it a comeback

Meredith L. Miller sleeps with Elvis and dreams with Buddy

Good and messy

Tripping Daisy's Firecracker explodes with riches

Scene, not heard

A few clubs and a few bands do not a "music town" make

Home, sweat, home

New Bohemians reunion heals old and new wounds

Survivor, alive

Two decades after stardom, John Nitzinger tries to prove he ain't "D.O.A."