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Five Stray Thoughts From Wildflower! Festival

1. When you're the rebellious band all the kids listen to so they can annoy their parents, forty years on after those kids grow up you're going to be playing family-friendly sets to them and their kids. And so it was with Blue Oyster Cult, still remarkably retaining two (almost) original members fro ... More >>

This Week's Top Show Announcements: Divine Fits, Blue Oyster Cult, Ben Folds Five, Rob Zombie and More

As we sit in our cubicles, school chairs or desks today, the Texas sky is relentless with its 73-degree beauty, tempting all of us to turn on some tunes, throw up our hands and have recess. Texas has just reached the perfect time of year when all of the alchemy is correct for hosting a plethora of m ... More >>

This Week's Best Concert Posters: Social Studies and a Valentines Bash Throwback

Talented artists are spreading their works of art all across the great city of Dallas through magnificent music flyers. Each week we'll spotlight our favorite poster picks for upcoming shows in the Metroplex. This week's poster picks include a flyer promoting a melodic mix of artists; such as Soci ... More >>

Up To 11 Entertainment Puts DFW Bands On the Books

Josh Pitts and Ben Piche were in the punk band Captain Incredible a ways back, and got so frustrated with the way their band was getting booked, they decided to concentrate on doing it themselves, hence their five-man outfit, Up To 11 Entertainment. Pitts has performed with DFW notables Darstar, He ... More >>

Crushed Stars on Seeing KISS, Prince and The Replacements

Crushed Stars' newest record, In the Bright Rain, came out this week, and to celebrate, we asked band mastermind Todd Gautreau and drummer Jeff Ryan about their first shows. What was the first show you remember seeing? Were you with your parents? Todd Gautreau: My first show was KISS. I must have b ... 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 >>

Next To The O's, The Reverend and Ronnie Dawson, Madison King Gets Deep Ellum Mural

Madison King will watch over you when you park at Deep Sushi. Or at least this mural will.​ Pop quiz, hot shot: Name all the artists who're currently honored with murals depicting their likeness in Deep Ellum.Hmm. Tough one. Off the top of my head, let's see: Erykah Badu, The Reverend Horton Heat, ... More >>

True Widow Gets Its Biggest Bit Of Publicity Yet Thanks To Oliver Peck, Kat Von D and InTouch.

Do you recognize this man?​Last week, True Widow's Dan Phillips was taking a nap, only to be awoken from a text message from one Jim Heath, aka The Reverend Horton Heat. The text kind of took Phillips by surprise."I think," it read, "there's a picture of you puking in InTouch magazine."Yes, the Re ... More >>

Fall Indie Fest Announces Three-Day Bill That Includes Reverend Horton Heat, Sarah Jaffe, Telegraph Canyon, Others

​OK, now this is getting ridiculous. Seriously: We like the suburbs just fine (The Suburbs, too, actually), but, c'mon, we're past that part of our lives, and we really don't want to be dragged back out there every weekend. Doesn't seem like we're being given much choice in the matter, though. Dan ... More >>

Show Announcements: Eisley, Ishi, Jonathan Tyler and the Northern Lights, Merle Haggard, Uncle Kracker, Brave Combo, Bosque Brown, Frontier Ruckus, Aaron Lewis, Reverend Horton Heat & more

Eisley--not so green anymore.​After spending the better part of a decade on the rollercoaster ride that comes with being on a major label, the Tyler-based band Eisley is back on the road. And much has happened for them in the last two years: "We had four weddings in 14 months," says band manager a ... More >>

Show Announcements: Kings Of Leon And Lupe Fiasco Coming To Dallas, Original Music Coming To Frisco, But Sting Ticket Sales Are Suspended

​Kings Of Leon couldn't quite sell out the American Airlines Center last time they came through town, so the band is aiming a tad lower this year, scheduling its 2010 Dallas tour stop for the intimate-by-comparison Superpages.com Center.The band performs Thursday, September 23, with doors opening ... More >>

Picture Show: Reverend Horton Heat at the Granada

Gloria Levario​Reverend Horton Heat took the Granada Theater stage Saturday night, along their tour supporting the band's latest release, Laughin' & Cryin' With The Reverend Horton Heat.The band kept the energy running high, joined onstage for a few songs by Eleven Hundred Springs' Matt Hillye ... More >>

The Used Added To Dallas MusInk Bill

The Used can get a slightly more professional-looking tat at MusInk than depicted on the cover of their latest.​As we mentioned a couple of weeks ago when Lucero and Telegraph Canyon were added to the bill, the lineup for the MusInk Tattoo & Music Festival April 9 through 11 looked like it wou ... More >>

Good Friday: The Mother's Day Weekend Edition

We already reminded you once, but what the heck, let's do it again: Sunday is Mother's Day. Remember it. Write it in permanent ink on your hand. Don't spend the next year in the doghouse with mom, because, really, moms rock. Now, onto some actual rock. As always, let's lead with the show's we'v ... More >>

Frank Campagna To Enshrine The O's With Mural In Ongoing Deep Ellum Music Series

Steve Visneau Yep. You read that right. This weekend, Frank Campagna will unveil the next mural in his Deep Ellum music series--which includes the likes of Rhett Miller, The Reverend Horton Heat, Lisa Loeb and others. Right next to Deep Sushi, alongside images of Erykah Badu and Ronnie Dawson, will ... More >>

The Old 97's Wish You A "Holly Jolly Christmas"

A little blast-from-the-past treat this mornin': Eleven mighty years ago, way back in 1997, local label Big Iron released a now-out-of-print little Christmas gem called Honky-Tonk Holidays: Christmas in Deep Noellum. And included on that release, this gem: Old 97's -- "Holly Jolly Christmas".Suh-wee ... More >>

Astronautalis and The Riverboat Gamblers Return to Town

OK, so we have a pretty expansive definition of "local"

Echoes and Reverberations: The Trouble With Screamin' Jay Hawkins

Our 20th Music Awards

1988-2008: Two Decades of DOMA

Summer In The City

Art around in Downtown Dallas

Hindersome Burden

This band of brothers falls into rock 'n' roll limbo

2004 Dallas Observer Music Awards

You voted. We counted. It's your favorite local acts, amplified.

2003 Dallas Observer Music Awards

Will Rock for Food

Here's a crash course on local music

Scene, Heard

A near encounter with Reverend Horton Heat's fists

Scene, Heard

Just in case you missed it

Mandarin Makes Its Debut

Chomsky, Brutal Juice and others make the news

Hijinks at Trees

Long-overdue debuts

Across the Bar

Rocket Summer, Toadies break out, Solex gets Good, Live at the Hootenanny, and more

Out Here

Reverend Horton Heat

Scene, heard

The Rev. is a Fun-Guy; Floor 13 is still downunder; Bedwetter has dried up; Pimpadelic are Southern Devils; Plus, much, much more

Scene, heard

New New Bohemians, Tomorrowpeople part with manager, The Eagle does fashion, and more

The preacher and the Prophet

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

Homewardsounds

Picking the best locally made records of 1998 was easy. Who knew?

Redrumm is the case

Local rap label gets no love at home and takes its show on the road

Vote the rock

Just call these the Old 97's Observer Music Awards

Too cool for us

According to Spin, Columbus, Ohio, is more of a music town than Dallas-Fort Worth

Out Here

Time captured in its flight

James Bland's postcards from the edge of a scene

Aged in the can

Vanity, thy name is cheese

Out Here

Station to station

Ranger Rita tries to find a new voice of and for the people

Roadshows

Noise annoys

Compilation of "experimental music" skirts the line between art and nausea

End of an era

After seven years and hundreds of thousands of miles, Killbilly calls it quits