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The Dallas Observer Music Awards Showcase: A User's Guide

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A Guide to the 2012 Dallas Observer Music Awards Showcase

It occurred to me recently that, within the DFW music scene, people really love to draw county lines. So what we were trying to illustrate with our 2012 Dallas Observer Music Awards nominees is that Dallas, Fort Worth and Denton aren't three separate entities, but rather one big music community that ... 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 >>

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 No-Holds-Barred Salim Nourallah/John Dufilho Interview You've Always Wanted To Read

John Dufilho to Release Album With Vocals From Ben Kweller, Chris Walla and More

John Dufilho​John Dufilho is a busy man. Always has been. When he's not playing in his band Deathray Davies, he's drumming in Apples In Stereo and producing records, including local act Sealion's next one.But, sometime early next year, he plans to release his most interesting project to date. Dufi ... More >>

This Week In Dallas Music History: The Deathray Davies Are Set To Stun

​Just over a decade ago, when The Deathray Davies got their start, they were sort of a reverse supergroup; just about everyone in the band has since moved on to perform with bigger acts. Lead singer John Dufilho now drums for Apples In Stereo; Jason Garner and Dylan Silvers are now in Polyphonic S ... More >>

Despite A Late Start and An Early End, Preteen Zenith's Live Debut At GVB Fest Still Impressed

Mike MezeulDallas' Preteen Zenith make their live debut at GVB Fest. For more photos from the event, check out the slideshow.​It's impossible to extricate the actual Preteen Zenith, a distorted-pop sextet with all of a week's worth of full-band practice under its belt before its first gig, from th ... More >>

John Congleton Puts The Paper Chase To Bed

Over The Weekend: True Widow, The Nighty Nite and Joey Kendall at the Double Wide

True Widow, The Nighty Nite and Joey KendallDouble WideJune 11, 2011Better than: killing a litter of kittens.A few minutes before acclaimed area rock producer and former Paper Chase frontman John Congleton took to the stage at the Double Wide with his new band, The Nighty Nite, for their much-antici ... More >>

True Widow, The Nighty Nite, Joey Kendall

Saturday, June 11, at the Double Wide

John Congleton Talks The Paper Chase's Tragic First Show, The Nighty Nite's Early Goings.

Michael BriggsJohn Congleton​John Congleton is a name you've long associated with his roles as a producer and as the leader of The Paper Chase. But be ready to hear more from his new band, The Nighty Nite, in the coming months.As the band, which also features Jason Garner of the final Paper Chase ... More >>

New John Congleton Band The Nighty Nite Releases EP, Free Download Of First Single

Merritt MartinJohn Congleton and a cat.​Back in March, The Paper Chase's mastermind and frontman, John Congleton, gave us the scoop: His old band was all but dead. But a new one, called The Nighty Nite, was coming up to replace it. As for what people could expect: "I don't think anybody's going t ... More >>

It's Official: Tim DeLaughter's New Band, Preteen Zenith, Will Make Its Debut in July.

And so it is.​Well, we thought this would be the case, and, turns out, we were right: Tim DeLaughter's new band will indeed make its debut at the Gorilla Vs. Bear Festival taking place at the Granada Theater on Saturday, July 23. Says so, even on the Facebook page for the new band, which, DeLaught ... More >>

Between Production Work With St. Vincent and David Byrne, Paper Chase Mastermind John Congleton Launches New Band Nighty Night

John Congleton​Just a few minutes ago, local producer John Congleton confirmed to DC9 that he is indeed currently producing St. Vincent's third, as-yet-unnamed album at his Elmwood Recording Studio in Oak Cliff. No surprise there: Congleton played a major role in Dallas native Annie Clark's sophom ... More >>

Last (Work) Night: The Posies, Aqueduct, Salim Nourallah at the Granada Theater

The Posies, Aqueduct, Salim Nourallah Granada Theater November 24th, 2010 Better than: staying home with your Posies records and trying to figure all of the various guitar tunings. Julian OchoaThe Posies​ Given that it was the night before Thanksgiving, Wednesday's show at the Granada coul ... More >>

October's Music Offerings Are Unrelenting. And We Likey.

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: Cursive at Hailey's Club

Cursive, Capgun Coup, Old Canes, The Timeline PostHailey's ClubNovember 27th, 2009 Better than: realizing that the Black Friday deal you got was a Black Friday bust. Cursive​Watching the four-band bill on Friday was like watching many Dallas Cowboys' wins: Everything came together in the last ... More >>

Dallas Observer Music Awards

The Paper Chase Avert Disaster with New Disaster Album.

The Paper Chase's New Record Begins To Leak...

Dylan Hollingsworth We've already gone on record as saying that The Paper Chase's Someday This Could All Be Yours, Vol. 1 is one of our most anticipated records of the year here at DC9, and it's not just because we're aching for new material from John Congleton, Sean Kirkpatrick, Bobby Weaver and Ja ... More >>

I Love Math

Getting to the Point Is Beside It (Summer Break/Glurp)

Bonus MP3s: Two Unreleased Cover Tracks From I Love Math

I Love Math's Getting All Leaky And Stuff

Guiding Big D's Sonic Pilgrims

Enough with the turkeys, now for a little locally baked dessert

Travis Hopper

All the Lights in the City Tonight (Self-released)

Home Brew

Local dispatches from SXSW

Road Rules

The Deathray Davies remember a few of 500 shows

2004 Dallas Observer Music Awards

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

Shallow Graves

Budapest One's Keith Killoren and Chad Stockslager find their future in the past

Ray Day

Newest Deathray Davies disc is bigger and better

2003 Dallas Observer Music Awards

Happy Freakin' Valentine's Day

Some local CD-release shindigs make this horrible holiday a little more tolerable

Group Sounds

The Deathray Davies used to be John Dufilho. That's not true anymore.

Scene, Heard

Robert Jenkins is getting the word out

Dallas Stars

Revisiting the best local albums of 2000

Scene, Heard

Persistence pays

Scene, Heard

Budapest One, Bobgoblin & Adventures of Jet

Set to stun

The Deathray Davies love math, drunk ventriloquists, Chinese checkers, and Devo records

Across the Bar

Adventure Club's b-day bash; "Surreal" multi-act bills; Funland reunited (sort-of); Get a job

Across the Bar

Comet sighting; Clumsy in Motown; Grand Street redubbed; Bar of Soap brings in road grime

Hometown heroes

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

Thank God it's Monday

Matt Hillyer and Eleven Hundred Springs look a little bit rock 'n' roll, but they're all country

Put up a fight

With bands like these, who needs Austin anyway?

Out Here

Night & Day

March 11 - 17, 1999

Built it, and they will indie-rock

Josh Baish and Denton fit together like a band and Rubber Gloves