John Dufilho

Looking Back on 15 of Our Favorite 2012 North Texas Releases

The 15 Best North Texas Releases of 2012

In a year when Kickstarter efforts have ballooned from humble requests to egocentric slaps in the face, the recording, funding and distribution of albums has taken on a different hue, as the chasm between what you can do "yourself" and what labels are offering gets wider and deeper. A few of the art ... More >>

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

We're taking over Deep Ellum on Saturday. Come along, will you?

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 >>

Preview: Sarah Jaffe, Zhora, John Singer Sergeant at Granada Theater

Saturday, May 5, at Granada Theater

The Olivia Tremor Control - Sons of Hermann Hall - 4/27/12

The Olivia Tremor Control, Woods, Deathray Davies Sons of Hermann Hall Friday, April 27 Odds are, if you're an astute follower of the DFW music scene, you've attended a Tactics Productions or Parade of Flesh event at some point. So when they co-conspire to put on the same show, expect good things. ... More >>

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

Mixtape Monday: Power Trip, Charlie B and More DFW in Your Monitors

There are quite a few notable local albums coming down the mountain, either now or in the near future. Look, I even made a short list: Power Trip, "Brainwave" Dallas finest thrash mechanics just released their three-song EP on Lockin' Out Records, and one of the songs is a Prong cover. Remember Pr ... More >>

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 >>

Neon Indian, Atmosphere, Jacuzzi Boyz, Erasure and This Weekend's Other Top Shows

Alan Palomo's take on Max Headroom.​With the recent release of their new record, Era Extraña, the once-Denton-dwelling members of Neon Indian are blowing up once again, which means now's as good a time as any to catch them. You can do just that tomorrow night, as they headline the Granada Theater ... More >>

Bonus MP3: Darstar -- "Trapdoor Spider"

​Being as this year marks the 20th anniversary of the release of such seminal albums as Nirvana's Nevermind, Pearl Jam's Ten, Pixies' Trompe Le Monde, and Smashing Pumpkins' Gish, the sounds of early '90s grunge and alt-rock are once again becoming fashionable. From its meteoric rise in 1991 to su ... 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 >>

Giveaway: Two Pairs of Tickets to Tonight's Apples in Stereo Show at the Granada Theater

In this week's paper, I catch up with the Apples in Stereo's Robert Schneider -- and interesting guy, to be sure -- who, in addition to founding the Apples and the ridiculously influential Elephant Six collective, has recently become a darling on the mathematical speaking circuit and has, as you can ... More >>

Tonight, Tonight: The Apples in Stereo at The Granada, Tyler Hilton at The Loft and Nonpoint at Trees

Back to the drudge of the work week. But, hey, at least you have a couple of nice musical options this evening...

The Apples in Stereo Dance Along the Space-Time Continuum.

Watch: Apples In Stereo -- "Floating In Space"

No, the Denver-based, Elephant Six-associated Apples in Stereo are not locally based. They're from Denver. We already said that.But the band does boast a major local connection: Local musician/all-around good dude John Dufilho, frontman for local long-timers The Deathray Davies and I Love Math, is t ... More >>

New Additions to the 2010 Fun Fun Fun Fest Lineup Includes One Act With Dallas Ties

John Dufilho & Apples In Stereo​We've been doing lots of talking about this year's installment of Austin's Fun Fun Fun Festival--and with good reason. It's looking like everything good about SXSW and Austin City Limits Music Festival combined into one big party in Waterloo Park on November 5, ... More >>

Watch: John Dufilho Waves To A Confused Elijah Wood In The Apples in Stereo's New Video

Yesterday, The Apples in Stereo, which, these days, features Dallas' own John Dufilho, leader of the Deathray Davies, on drums, released the video for "Dance Floor," the first single off its soon-to-be-released newest album, Travellers in Space and Time. The fun, quirky video stars, as you'll see, o ... More >>

Good Friday: Salim Nourallah, Vic Chesnutt, Bridges & Blinking Lights, 311, Grooms, 100 Damned Guns, Air Review, Deathray Davies, Eric Hutchinson, Trivium, and Knights In Satan's Service.

​Well, the weekend's here, thank the Lord. And, as always, we're here to present you with your concert-attending plans. First, as always, the shows we've already hyped...Tonight, Bill Callahan stops by the Granada Theater, Colourmusic pops on in to The Cavern and The Edge Steals Christmas out at t ... More >>

Rhett Miller Talks To Billboard About His Upcoming Solo Disc

Speaking of the 97's, news comes today via Billboard that Rhett Miller's fourth solo record will see release on June 9. The self-titled affair, which Miller recorded over the past two months at Salim Nourallah's Pleasantry Lane studios, also features a whole bunch of familiar names backing the 97' ... More >>

Hope You Remembered To Register To Vote Today (And Other News!)

Be There: Carter Albrecht Memorial Show At Club Dada Tonight

I Love Math

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

Bonus MP3s: Two Unreleased Cover Tracks From I Love Math

Good News/Bad News: I Love Math To Release New Disc, Tour

Dear Deathray Davies

Thank you, Deathray Davies, for not breaking my heart

Random Notes

It's the Weekend, Music for Our Ears

2006 Dallas Observer Music Awards

The Local List

John Dufilho

John Dufilho (Glurp)

Death Before Dying

The Deathray Davies' "Box Series" faces some fears

They Are the Champions

The unofficial music awards

Home Brew

Local dispatches from SXSW

Tsunami Benefit Concert

Saturday, January 15, at the Granada

Road Rules

The Deathray Davies remember a few of 500 shows

Rock and Roll High School

An honest critic is your best friend, and other lessons from a teenage Battle of the Bands

Brave New Combo

D'oh! The Simpsons animate Dallas' favorite polka band

Ray Day

Newest Deathray Davies disc is bigger and better

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.

2001 Dallas Observer Music Awards

Narrow margins remind us that everyone's a winner

Set to stun

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

Nothing's changed

For Jeff Whittington, forming another band was inevitable

Winners by default

First Fridays at The Galaxy

Singing in his sleep

The many bands of John Dufilho

Out Here

Put up a fight

With bands like these, who needs Austin anyway?

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