Grizzly Bear (Band)

Ten Must-See Concerts in DFW This Week: April 4-10

Editor: April showers, right? But a little water isn't stopping anyone, which is good because there are excellent shows happening this week. Including the blissfully strange Danny Brown, touring with beat master and unexpected meme star Baauer. -topic and his TeamFromNoWhere are throwing a party on ... More >>

The Best Part of Being in a Band is the Broke, Sloppy Beginning: Enjoy it

[Are you a musician? Is your group having issues? Ask Fan Landers! Critic Jessica Hopper has played in and managed bands, toured internationally, booked shows, produced records, worked as a publicist, and is the author of The Girls' Guide to Rocking, a how-to for teen ladies. She is here to help you ... More >>

Spotify and the Future of the Independent Artist

Spotify and the Future of the Independent Artist

On August 31, Todd Gautreau, the brains behind excellent area dream-pop act Crushed Stars, took to the band's Facebook page to sound off on a topic that's turned into a national debate among artists, record labels, music consumers and various streaming services, specifically and most notably Spotify ... More >>

Get To Know Your 2012 DOMA Nominees: Vanessa Peters

Leading up to our November 10 showcase, we'll be getting you familiar with some of our Dallas Observer Music Awards nominees, either via past features we've done on them, or new ones. You can vote for your favorite acts, venues and more right here. This piece originally appeared on October 3. The ... More >>

Ask Fan Landers: Is My Band A Make-A-Wish Style Charity For Marginally Ambitious Bassists?

Are you a musician? Is your band having issues? Our new advice columnist, Fan Landers (aka Jessica Hopper), is ready to give you Real Talk about any problems your musical outfit might be having -- whether professional, practical or sartorial. Send your problems here; confidentiality is assured, unle ... More >>

Vanessa Peters On Kickstarter, Grizzly Bear and Keeping Her Chin Up

The last ten years have seen singer-songwriter Vanessa Peters roaming the globe, living in Italy, and touring across Europe and the States. That nomadic lifestyle is reflected in her lyrics, like those of "Drowning In Amsterdam," from 2009's Sweetheart, Keep Your Chin Up: "Well it could rain for d ... More >>

The Kessler's Melissa Hennings Tends Bar and Shoots Your Favorite Bands

See also: Kessler front-of-house man Paul Quigg finds a niche in Oak Cliff Melissa Davis Hennings stumbled into photography, really: Her first shot was The Black Keys. But taking photos of local bands isn't how she makes ends meet. She's the bar manager at The Kessler, an ideal gig for someone with ... More >>

Preview: Plants and Animals at Dada

Sunday, May 27, at Dada

Gorilla Vs. Bear Fest II Sets a Date, Plus More Show Announcements

Gorilla Vs. Bear Festival IISaturday, July 28, at Granada TheaterHard to believe we're almost a year removed from the first Gorilla Vs. Bear Festival, which took place in an ice-cold Granada Theater during the hottest part of last summer. You can expect this year to be another oasis, both physically ... More >>

Listomania: The 15 Most Unexpected, Unlikely, and Downright Awkward Collaborations of All Time

Beck​Yesterday Beck announced that he had been "recording some tracks" with country singer Dwight Yoakam. And yeah, we guess we could kind of see that, as Beck has run the gamut of styles during his career, touching on hip-hop, electronic, folk, and mariachi. But, even though it makes sense when ... More >>

Do You Believe In Here We Go Magic?

Karina Longworth's Top 10 Movies of 2010

The Best Songs in Dallas Music, 2010: Neon Indian Gets Corporate Backing and Pens Its Strongest Track to Date at No. 3

[Over these last few days of 2010, 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. 3 on the list -- and, please, feel free to click after the jump for a free download of the track. Also after ... More >>

Q&A Giveaway: The Morning Benders' Chris Chu Explains His Band's Ever-Changing Sound, How To Eat Healthy On The Road And Why He's Jealous of Bon Iver

​Earlier this week, in advance of the Morning Benders's upcoming performance at the Kessler Theatre on Saturday night, we caught up with the Northern California-based band's frontman Chris Chu. His band had just returned from the European leg of their tour, and was preparing to travel the US in s ... More >>

Local Natives

Wednesday, October 6, at House of Blues

Jamie Lidell, Twin Shadow

Saturday, September 25, at the Granada Theater

Last Night: Here We Go Magic and Beach Fossils at The Loft

Here We Go Magic, Beach FossilsThe LoftAugust 4, 2010Better than: Seeing these headliners open in a hot and crowded Granada, as was the case last time around.Here We Go Magic​ Last summer, Brooklyn's Here We Go Magic opened for Grizzly Bear in what many considered to be one of the concert highli ... More >>

10 Awesome Indie Music Videos Starring No Humans

Ok! You can officially ignore MTV. Aside from vintage Pizza Hut commercials, YouTube has become the newest, best, most badass way to show off one of two things: your music with lyrics set in scrolling Comic Sans or your music under some cool, never-before-seen animator / puppeteer's work. Back i ... More >>

Listomania: 10 Bands That Suck Outdoors

​Let's start this off right: We're absolutely not saying these bands suck. We're saying they suck in the heat and humidity of an overpacked, porta-potty using festival. And, with ACL approaching fast and other festivals that people like coming up real soon, there's a lot of choices in that butt-sw ... More >>

Maybe The Eagles Aren't So Bad, Actually.

Watch: Neon Indian -- "Sleep Paralysist"

Seems there are some advantages after all to being signed up as part of the Mountain Dew-backed Green Label, as Denton/Dallas ex-pats Neon Indian were for the release of their post-Psychic Chasms, free-to-download single, "Sleep Paralysis." Namely? Getting a budget to give the song, co-produced by N ... More >>

Local Natives, Suckers

Thursday, April 22, at Sons of Hermann Hall

From Swelter To Snow

One Last Year-End List: 2009's Best Concerts

​Listen: My job description requires me to see a lot of concerts. More than is probably healthy, to be honest. I'm out at least three nights a week (often more like five or six) seeing local or national shows around town. Believe me, I'm not complaining. But, when you see that many shows a year, y ... More >>

The Best Songs in Dallas Music, 2009: Neon Indian and "Deadbeat Summer" Get Us All Hot and Bothered at No. 9

[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. Today we take an in-depth look at song No. 9 on the list--and, please, feel free to click after the jump for a free download of the track. Lastl ... More >>

Listen Closely For The Latest Local Music Trend

Checking In With St. Vincent, Neon Indian and Nick Jonas. Because, Duh, We're Obsessed.

Because it's OK to kill three birds with one stone...Check the above video, posted to Stereogum this morning, of St. Vincent performing her song "The Party" in Basel, Switzerland, with a little help from her European tourmate, Daniel Rossen of Grizzly Bear. It's an impressive take--for a few reason ... More >>

Jonathan Tyler and the Northern Lights Made the Best of a Rainy Saturday at ACL.

ACL '09: Grizzly Bear Offers Sunshine On A Dreary Day

​Banter is not Grizzly Bear's strong suit--not in the slightest. Rather this is a band propelled by meticulous instrumentation and harmonies. And though the band failed in the first count, its moot apologies to the crowd for putting up with the rain falling flat, the band succeeded glorious o ... More >>

Sunnybrook's Paul North Follow's In His Big Brother's Foot Steps.

VEGA Loses Gear, Asks For Your Help

Richard CardThat cassette tape might be gone now, too...​VEGA got jacked.According to a blog post the band put up on its MySpace page yesterday, someone stole the band's gear on Wednesday night as the band toured through Sacramento, California.As of yet, Alan Palomo and Co. have not canceled VEGA' ... More >>

Gig Alert: Harlem at Rubber Gloves Tonight

Harlem, in its best Back to the Future III gear.​Formed in Tucson, Arizona, but now residing in Austin, the band Harlem makes its way to our area quite often, delivering a unique brand of noise that takes inspiration from the fuzziest bands of the late '60s. Often erroneously compared to Nirvana a ... More >>

Dallas Observer Music Awards

The Future of Used MP3 Sales

Last Night: Grizzly Bear at the Granada Theater

Grizzly Bear, Here We Go MagicGranada TheaterJune 15, 2009 Better than: pretending I wanted room to dance anyway... There's nothing like a false start to a song to gauge an audience's mood at a concert. Take what happened seven songs into Grizzly Bear's set at the Granada Theater l ... More >>

Grizzly Bear's Chris Taylor Is On A Roll