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Frightened Rabbit at Trees, 3/13/13: Review and Photos

It is impossible to understand what Scott Hutchison is saying, but that's part of the charm. On Saturday night at Trees, the Frightened Rabbit front man bantered with the audience between songs, but unless you managed to squeeze your way to the front of the sold out room, his thick Scottish accent b ... More >>

The Eleven Must-See Concerts in DFW This Week: April 11-17

We've got some good ones for ya this week--a nice, healthy blend of genres and artists, ranging from gigantic pop stars to local unknowns; Young DJs to old classic rock legends. This week in April, Dallas is yours for the taking. See also: -The 100 Best Texas Songs: The Complete List -The Ten Most ... More >>

The Postal Service are Coming to Dallas: Presale Starts Tomorrow

Update, 2/20, 9:50 a.m. The pre sales have started for East Coast dates. The link goes live to the right of the date, where it currently says On Sale Soon. Once you click, you get put in a queue for tickets, so I'd try and click as close to 10 a.m. as you humanly can. As in, start refreshing your br ... More >>

The Grammys are Good for Something, at Least: Dallas Record Stores Get a Sales Bump

This is not your everyday Billboard chart. Each week, we'll tell you which bands are selling in the fine record shops in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex, where we consumers of music have impeccable taste. CD Source owner Lance Price says the Grammys still seem to be effecting who is rising to the t ... More >>

Dawn Richard Makes Local Appearance and Reaches Top 10

This is not your everyday Billboard chart. Each week, we'll tell you which bands are selling in the fine record shops in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex, where we consumers of music have impeccable taste. Lance Price, CD Source owner, was exhilarated to have Dawn Richard make an appearance at his s ... More >>

Ten Indie Artists Poised for Pop Stardom in 2013

We now live in a world where major corporate radio routinely features songs by Phoenix, M83, The Black Keys, Passion Pit, The Lumineers, Mumford & Sons, Kings of Leon and Macklemore. These were largely independent artists who for the most part built critical acclaim over the years by producing quali ... More >>

Over the Weekend: Death Cab for Cutie and Frightened Rabbit at the Verizon Theatre

Death Cab for Cutie, Frightened RabbitVerizon TheatreAugust 13, 2011 Better than: sweating in the heat only to watch a band implode. Death Cab for Cutie​After living through the nightmare that was the Kings of Leon show a few weeks back, it was nice to be in the cool confines of Verizon Theatre Sa ... More >>

Good Friday: Death Cab, Rock The Bells, Torche, Trae and The Rest of Your Weekend

Death Cab For Cutie​There was a time when Death Cab For Cutie would have Centro-Matic in the support slot of their regional shows. But those days are long gone. On Saturday, Death Cab will be at the Verizon Theatre in Grand Prairie with Frightened Rabbit. But if a Centro-Matic-less Death Cab doesn ... More >>

Concert Fouls No. 15, 27 and 64: Because, Sometimes, It's The Venue That's To Blame...

​As we've noted in recent weeks, there are a good bit of things that a live-show patron can do to keep other concert-goers from enjoying a given show. All too often, these things are carried out with an air of obliviousness that's probably just as offensive as the actual concert foul itself is. I ... More >>

Show Announcements: Death Cab, Arctic Monkeys and 110 New Show Announcements

It's a tight squeeze in the Death Cab.​With only about a month until Death Cab For Cutie releases their seventh album, Codes And Keys, it's a good time to ask yourself: "What would Zach Braff do?" Easy answer: He'd buy tickets for their upcoming concert. Death Cab, as they're known by those "in th ... More >>

Made a Playlist, Now Checkin' it Twice: By Request, Last Night's Christmas Music Show

​Many thanks to the many folks who tuned in and called in during last night's late-night Christmas-music spectacular, which gets a replay on KTCK-AM (1310, The Ticket) beginning, why, right this very moment. (That'll be just the three-hour yuletunes special, not the two hours of pirate-radio non-h ... More >>

Like Burr, Jaffe and Crushed Stars Before Them, The Orbans Get Some Love From Magnet

​Back in September, we lamented the death of Paste magazine's print edition, partially because we rather enjoyed it's coverage, but mostly because we very much enjoyed the constant love it threw North Texas' way. And we asked the question: With Paste gone, where will our local folkies get their na ... More >>

Last Night: Frightened Rabbit, Plants & Animals and Bad Veins at The Loft

Frightened Rabbit, Plants & Animals, Bad VeinsThe LoftOctober 19, 2010Better Than: How most people spend random Tuesday nights. Frightened Rabbit​Scott Hutchinson, the lead Scotsman for Glasgow-based indie band Frightened Rabbit, is one sensitive dude. Sure, it doesn't take a brain surgeon t ... More >>

Tonight, Tonight: Frightened Rabbits at The Loft, Javelina at The Nightmare and Bettie Serveert at The Prophet Bar

Triple-bills are the order of the day on this busy Tuesday evening.

Giveaway: Two Pairs of Tickets to Tomorrow Night's Frightened Rabbit Show at The Loft

It's a tough week to make a case for a rock show--what with some baseball team clogging up most locals' night-time plans and all--but The Loft's got a compelling argument tomorrow night when it hosts Frightened Rabbit in its friendly confines. The Scottish indie rock outfit made quite the splash wit ... More >>

Frightened Rabbit, Plants and Animals, Bad Veins

Tuesday, October 19, at The Loft

Show Announcements: Dr. Dog, Sharon Jones And The Dap Kings, Neon Indian, The Vaselines, Frightened Rabbit, The Apples In Stereo, Kiss, Dandy Warhols, Fergus And Geronimo, Slayer, Megadeth, Blonde Redhead and others

Jason NocitoDr. Dog defies gravity​Dr. Dog has the innate ability to spin out quality record after quality record thanks to the band's duel songwriters Scott McMicken and Toby Leaman. Along with a distinct Beatles influence, there's some Lennon/McCartney competition going on between the two singer ... More >>

Video: All Quiet on the Middle Eastern Front

Frightened Rabbit canceled its performance at The Loft last night due to the Icelandic volcano. But, even as tornadoes carved a path through North Texas, the show ended up being free and natural disaster-less.Though originally supposed to open this show, The Middle East performed and brought their ... More >>

Frightened Rabbit's Less Scared These Days

Frightened Rabbit Cancels Its Gig at The Loft. But The Middle East And MATAS Will Still Play (And Now For Free).

See these dudes for free at The Loft tonight with The Middle East.​After a few days of speculation in the wake of its canceled performance at Coachella, Frightened Rabbit finally circumvented the Icelandic volcanic ash cloud and arrived stateside yesterday afternoon. The bad news? The band landed ... More >>

Gig Alert: The Middle East's Impromptu Show at Dan's Silverleaf Tonight

For a band that by some accounts had broken up over a year ago--and with only a five-song EP to show for its efforts--The Middle East should consider its current US tour nothing less than triumphant. An impromptu showing at NX35 elicited the sort of enthusiasm from a Dan's Silverleaf crowd usually r ... More >>

It's Good To Make Time For A Bro, Even After SXSW and NX35.

SXSW 2010 Video: Frightened Rabbit, Justin Townes Earle and Band of Skulls

Alright, folks, let's wrap all this South by Southwest coverage up finally--and do so in style, yeah? OK, then! Here are the last few videos we've uploaded from our trip down to Austin, starting with the above performance of Frightened Rabbit doing its new single, "Swim Until You Can't See Land" off ... More >>

What It Was Like: Eighteen Bands In Twelve Hours.

Pete FreedmanLA's Local Natives offered up the finest set of SXSW's second day.​ The second day of SXSW 2010 proved quite the copious one--and, for this here showgoer, a fortunate one. Seemed every time I popped into a different venue, another band was just cuing up its set. In total, SXSW brought ... More >>

What It Was Like: Here We Go Magic, The Middle East, We Were Promised Jetpacks, Frightened Rabbit and Those Darlins

Night One of SXSW 2010 saw things kick off on quite the bitchin' note--and not just because of the big names. They were around, sure--Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings, Broken Bells and Spoon all shared a stage at Stubb's (and a massive line to get in, natch)--but there was plenty else to see without ... More >>

We Were Promised Jetpacks Makes The Most of Its Debut

Show Announcements: Three Dog Night Coming To Arlington, More

​As Three Dog Night's website boasts, "From 1969-1974, nobody had more Top 10 hits, moved more records, or sold more concert tickets." But just because the band is some four decades beyond its glory days doesn't mean it isn't keeping busy. The group--including original members Cory Wells and Danny ... More >>

The End Of The End Of Year Lists: Pete Freedman's Favorite Albums And Singles Of 2008

Sure, 2008 may be done, but the list-making still continues... This year, five contributors to the Dallas Observer's music section were asked to participate in the Village Voice's annual Pazz & Jop critics' poll, which compiles the lists of hundreds of music critics across the country into one m ... More >>

Frightened Rabbit, The Spinto Band, Grassfight

Saturday, November 8, at Hailey's Club, Denton

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