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The Bone Shuts Down, Joining Dada and Daddy Jack's Among The Open Spots On Elm

​The Bone may not have been as revered as, say, Club Dada, but the venue deserves some credit for staying open as long as it did. Note the past tense, though: Earlier this month, the long-running blues venue located on the corner of Elm and Crowdus Streets, which, in recent years, had grown to inc ... More >>

They're The King Bucks, God Dammit!

Friend of the program Nico Martini, who hosts "American Highway" every Monday afternoon on the Indie-verse, put together the above short clip on Dallas' own The King Bucks, who started off as "just a bunch rock guys that were doing country music" and have grown into one of the top honky tonk outfit ... More >>

The Night Before New Year's Eve, Deep Ellum Gets Another Bar and Live Music Venue

From La Grange's Facebook page So, it is the Continental Club or La Condesa? You be the judge come tomorrow.​A very good Friend of Unfair Park was in Deep Ellum last night and noticed the sign: The King Bucks and The O's at La Grange on December 30. Turns out, tomorrow is opening night for the lat ... More >>

Super Busy Eve of New Year's Eve Gig Alert: Toadies, Old 97s, Slobberbone, Sarah Jaffe, True Widow and La Grange's Grand Opening

​Judging by the slew of good shows going on in our area this evening, the musical gods are indeed shining down upon us. Check out this list...First off, as you already know, tonight marks the final night of the Old 97s four-night run at Sons of Hermann Hall. It also marks the first of the Toadies' ... More >>

A One-Night Stand With the Past

No doubt we'll call it an early day -- I can tell the Friends of Unfair Park have better things to do, and good for you. But before we say, "Till next year," a few words, very few, about a night spent in Deep Ellum -- my first since, well, I can't really can't recall. At first blush, standing amongs ... More >>

Three New Venues Offer Up Plenty of Options

No doubt we'll call it an early day -- I can tell the Friends of Unfair Park have better things to do, and good for you. But before we say, "Till next year," a few words, very few, about a night spent in Deep Ellum -- my first since, well, I can't really can't recall. At first blush, standing amongs ... More >>

Deep Ellum Is Kinda, Sorta, Maybe Back on Top! (Maybe.)

No doubt we'll call it an early day -- I can tell the Friends of Unfair Park have better things to do, and good for you. But before we say, "Till next year," a few words, very few, about a night spent in Deep Ellum -- my first since, well, I can't really can't recall. At first blush, standing amongs ... More >>

Good Friday: Buzzcocks, Dope on Plastic, Shiny Around The Edges, Peopleodian, Hawk Vs Dove, Doug Burr, Whiskey Folk Ramblers, The O's, Babar and More!

"Goodbye!"​This weekend wishes a farewell to two Dallas gems, the supersaturated fun that is Giggle Party and the dance hip-hop twosome Sore Losers. Giggle Party is set to leave for San Francisco next week and will have its going away celebration tonight at bassist Jason Reichl's homemade venu ... More >>

Listomania: 10 Songs Dad Made Us Hate

Hey Dad, need to put old Bob Seger back on the shelf. ​Dear Dad, First of all, Happy Father's Day. OK, now that that's done, we've got something to say. Our heads our going to explode, Scanners-style, if we hear you jack up the radio to ZZ Top's "La Grange" again. Maybe back in the day, when you ... More >>

Gig Alert: Rock This Town Music Festival Starts Tonight

​As we mentioned last week, the virtual grab-bag of fun that is the Rock This Town Music Festival starts tonight at La Grange in Deep Ellum. Aside from their amazing snow cones, tonight's "Kickoff Party" will feature a movie screening of the '80s rock-doc Everest Rocks, hosted by its director, Jam ... More >>

Bow Down Before La Grange's Blessed Benedict

Photos by Andrea GrimesI started with this little number during La Grange brunch last Saturday.​Brunch is filled with marvelous B's. Let the alliteration begin -- bacon, biscuits, Benedict, baked goods, and naturally, the king of all B's: booze and its highest incarnation, the Bloody Mary. Brunch ... More >>

Anvil Pub makes anchor on expanding Elm Street

​The black-and-white sign went up in the window of 2638 Elm St. in Deep Ellum last week -- "Anvil Pub coming soon." Hey, guess what, there's an anvil on it. And the word "pub," which should verily perk up the ears of fellow East Dallasites clamoring for our very own multi-beer-walled, wood-grained ... More >>

La Grange Lunch es la Delicioso

Red wine braised chicken legs. On the bone. But barely.​Falling. Off. The. Bone.OFF. THE. BONE.That is what the red-wine braised chicken I ate for lunch was doing. The bone it was on, it was falling off of that bone. So tender. So braised. So totally what you would expect from ex-Libertine chef Ro ... More >>

More DOMAXXII Showcase News And Info Than You Can Handle. Also? Free Wristbands!

​Hello, Unfair Park. It's nice to be here. Thanks for having me. Sorry to say, though, it's just a short stay--a follow-through on a promise I made yesterday to Robert, y'know. That promise? That I'd roll on through to this side of the fence for a moment to tell you a little "something-something" ... More >>

What It Was Like: Boys Named Sue, The Naptime Shake and Fox & The Bird at the DOMAXXII Showcase

All photos by Patrick MichelsFox & The Bird kept things in line at La Grange on Saturday night.​Boys Named SueLa Grange10 p.m.What can be said now about the Boys Named Sue that hasn't been said already over their rabble-rousing course of recent history? Not much, really, but we'll give it a sh ... More >>

Cool Drinks, DOMAXXII Style

​Last week was spent building tolerance: It was the annual week of the Dallas Observer Music Awards. The tolerance of which I speak really has nothing to do with music, but of crowds, heat and hooch.Allow me to elaborate: The DOMAXXII (the 22nd year of the DOMAs) showcase took place down in fair D ... More >>

Poster of the Week: Budos Band at the Granada Theater on Sunday Night

​For the past few weeks, we've been beating the same old drum, telling you over and over again that a great image is moot if the text sucks. Well, uh, nevermind.

Photo Essay: Brunch Drunk Love in Dallas

Sara KerensThe Texas Eggs Benedict at La Grange. Check out the slideshow for more. ​Writer Andrea Grimes has been chronicling her brunch excursions across Dallas in her column Brunch Drunk Love. The meals have been so decadent and delicious that we were forced by our own foodie-obsessions to t ... More >>

Club Dada Re-Joins A Suddenly Crowded Deep Ellum

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Last Night At La Grange, Imagining A Better Block in Deep Ellum

Danny HurleyA Deep Ellum Better Block may or may not include a lane for dogs to lay down in the street. But will there be fist-pumps?Tucked into Robert's preview of Oak Cliff's Better Block sequel was Jason Roberts's passing mention of a Deep Ellum spin-off slated for September 18 -- and while we kn ... More >>

Good Friday: Kiss, Pixies, Daughtry, Drowning Pool, Harlem, Dungen, Lazer, Rusko, Sleepy Sun, STEW, Derek Webb, Cas Haley, Shonen Knife and More!

Harlem. Just your average pirate/cowboy/federale, rock band​This weekend sees a pretty stacked list of local shows and touring shows alike, but the biggest of all is probably the extravaganza happening in Frisco on Saturday. As we mentioned yesterday, Kiss, Daughtry, Pat Green, The Academy Is..., ... More >>

DC9 Live at El Sibil, Ep. 21: Lalagray

As always, we do the YouTube too.It's been a couple months since we served up a live performance video from out at El Sibil, but the release of lalagray's Devil's Nest earlier this month inspired us to get back in the game, if only intermittently for now.Pete's called the album "a confident collect ... More >>

Good Friday: Mike Dillon & Earl Harvin, Grassfight, The Phuss, Tera Melos, Black Tie Dynasty, Ishi, Bassnectar, Eisley, Sorta Dylan, Clint Black, Dignan & more

Earl Harvin​This weekend has some pretty interesting shows. One of the most exciting is Jazz at The Kessler with The Mike Dillon & Earl Harvin Show at The Kessler Theater. Dallas drumming legend Earl Harvin makes his return to town after several years of living in Los Angeles and Berlin, with ... More >>

La Grange Incites a Mob -- the Good Kind

​Which Dallas neighborhood is most supportive of green energy, locally owned businesses and grassroots solutions to pressing global problems? If the winner of the recent Carrotmob competition is any indication, it's Deep Ellum -- although organizers say the community just narrowly edged out O ... More >>

Good Friday: Festival At The Switchyard, Free Energy, Los Campesinos, Dawes, Valient Thorr, The Thermals, AC Slater, Bush, Paul Oakenfold, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, and More!

Tim DeLaughter and The Polyphonic Spree perform at Festival At The Switchyard on Friday.​Well, we've finally recovered from our Austin City Limits Music Festival hangover--and just in time, too. This weekend's Festival At The Switchyard in Carrollton is yet another suburban rock fest featuring som ... More >>

Anvil Pub's Hammering Down A Heavyweight Menu

Photos by Andrea Grimes and Man O' The HourAnvil Pub's take on sweet and savory pizza pie.​Since it opened one week ago today, there's hardly been a moment when the Anvil Pub's "OPEN" sign wasn't on that I didn't pass by and see the place brimming ever fuller with enthusiastic patrons overjoyed to ... More >>

Good Friday: Wu-Tang Clan, The O's, New Riders Of The Purple Sage, Dead Twins, Whiskey Folk Ramblers, James McMurtry, Stoney LaRue, Boys Named Sue & More!

​The biggest concert this weekend is undoubtedly the already sold-out Wu-Tang Clan show at Granada Theater tonight. With the obvious exception for Old Dirty Bastard, every member of the Wu will be at the performance except for RZA. But even without the drum machine genius, this is one of the most ... More >>

Home On La Grange: Where Service and Drinks Almost Make Up for the Food.

​The biggest concert this weekend is undoubtedly the already sold-out Wu-Tang Clan show at Granada Theater tonight. With the obvious exception for Old Dirty Bastard, every member of the Wu will be at the performance except for RZA. But even without the drum machine genius, this is one of the most ... More >>

Deep Thoughts On Deep Ellum in 2011 with La Grange's Stephanie Schumacher

Photo by Andrea GrimesRemember the tunnel? Ah, those were the days.​For the last eight months, I've lived within earshot of La Grange, this year's Observer winner for Best Bar 2010, and have come to know owners Rob and Stephanie Schumacher through the drunkest of times and the soberest of times. T ... More >>

Choose Your Choice, Choose Your Sno-Cone Tomorrow Night At La Grange Tweet-Up

facebook.com/lagrangedallasSee you and your free-wheeling ladyparts here, tomorrow night.​Do you like delicious cocktails? Do you like reproductive freedom? Do you want to drink delicious cocktails while celebrating reproductive freedom? If the answer to these questions is yes, you'll want to be a ... More >>

Kirby Schlegel Lives In a Freaking Ridiculous House And Other Super Tales

Photo by Andrea GrimesThe view from Kirby Schlegel's house is considerably better than that from, say, the Bud Light Hotel.​I gotta quit showing up to places where members of the Schlegel family live. It's bad for my morale. It makes me question whether my hard-working, up-by-their-bootstraps pare ... More >>

Picture Show: Clint Black and The Best Decorated, Best Behaved Super Bowl Party

All photos by Patrick MichelsClint Black at Samuel Lynne Galleries​Not much chance you'd run into an ET camera crew, an Entourage cast member or Cee Lo at Samuel Lynne Galleries last night. But, then you also wouldn't walk out of the place smelling like Axe.The gallery hosted its $600-a-head Super ... More >>

The JC Experience Runs From Hooligans, Asks You Check Out Their Show Tomorrow Night

Surely, you know John Pegido and Chad Stockslager, each of whom stands along as quite the player in the local music scene, the former for his work in The O's and Boys Named Sure, the latter for his work in The King Bucks and The Drams. But perhaps you're still not aware of their combined comedy vent ... More >>

Food Fight, or: Beginning Your Friday With a Chance to Get Iron Fork-ed For Free

​While awaiting several calls back about items forthcoming, allow me to dispense with these four VIP ducets to Wednesday's Iron Fork event at the Fashion Industry Gallery, where chefs John Tesar and Scott Romano will square off whilst attendees dine on samplings from the likes of Il Cane Rosso and ... More >>

Priory's Brandon Johnson Talks The Ups and Downs Of His Band's Potentially Religious Name

Priory​Portland's Priory only recently issued its debut effort, but main songwriters Brandon Johnson and Kyle Dieker have been collaborating for several years. It just took getting a couple of other band members in place for the band to finally hit the studio with its plethora of material. It expl ... More >>

Brian Fiegelman Runs Sound For The O's on the Road, and House Of Blues at Home

Welcome to Local Music 'Mericans , where we meet some of the people behind the local music scene -- those who aren't necessarily members of local bands, but the people who make the scene move.Brian Fiegelman​Brian Fiegelman came to DFW from the suburbs of Atlanta, Georgia. His friend Scotty Tee ... More >>

La Grange Farmhouse Ale: It's Fine If You've Got The Time, and (Nearly) 10 To Get Yourself In

​It would be quite the understatement to say that Rahr & Sons Brewing Co. has recovered from the roof collapse that shut down the brewery in February 2010. In fact, the rally of community support behind the brewery after the disaster and the resulting "To Thee" series it inspired has pushed th ... More >>

Good Friday: Lil Wayne at Gexa Energy Pavilion, and The Rest of This Weekend's Shows

Lil Wayne​It seems that The Young Money Millionaire is making up for time lost while locked up last year. Lil Wayne is returning to Dallas on Saturday at the Gexa Energy Pavilion after performing at the American Airlines Center only five months ago. And the opening acts are reason enough to check ... More >>

Winspear Opera House's Petite Sandwich Redefines "Petite." And "Sandwich."

​Last night the Winspear Opera House played host to Kathleen Edwards, a Canadian folk and country singer, and Bon Iver. The opera house, a marvel of modern architectural and sound design, makes for a life-shifting experience when the music is good. I wish I could say the same for the food a ... More >>

Brian Roberts of Ha Ha Tonka Names The Five All-Time Greatest Acts From His Native Ozarks

While there's practically an infinite number of ways a band can generate great word of mouth for themselves in this age of social networking, digital distribution and the star-making blogosphere, it seems as though good, old-fashioned touring is as reliable a generator as any. Springfield, Missouri' ... More >>

Almost Two Years After Opening, Deep Ellum Venue and Restaurant La Grange Is Up For Sale

Mike BrooksA scene from the Nekromantix show at La Grange three weeks ago. Hey, the place sure seems to be doing OK in this picture...​Stephanie Schumacher balks a little when admitting that, yes, she is putting La Grange up for sale less than two years after opening her Deep Ellum music venue, re ... More >>

La Grange Has A New Taco Menu, For Now

​Deep Ellum has always been a music hub; what's been missing is good food. Lemongrass and Local have been producing decent eats for some time, and Uncle Uber's Sammich Shop is a welcome addition to the 'hood, but for the most part Elm, Commerce and Main streets have catered to folks who put th ... More >>

DJ Scott McCullough Remembers Trying to See Pearl Jam Back When They Fought Ticketmaster

Scott McCullough​If you've been to a themed DJ night like The Lollipop Shoppe or The Smoke, chances are good you either saw Scott McCullough DJing or dancing on the floor. These days, he does a regular Wednesday night gig at La Grange called The Thing?, showcasing plenty of Northern soul alon ... More >>

Come Watch Top Chef: Texas With City of Ate at La Grange

​Bravo will premiere the newest and Texiest season of Top Chef tomorrow at 9 p.m. After weeks months of bitching about reporting on the show, your tax dollars and some quirky contestants, we're ready to watch each episode closely. We're even ready to booze it up while we do it. Want to join ... More >>

Drink for Cheap and Watch Top Chef: Texas With City of Ate Tonight at La Grange

​Later tonight, City of Ate will host the third installment of our Top Chef: Texas watching party, and the event continues to get more enticing. La Grange is extending happy hour all night, with $3 wells, domestics and drafts so you can get your drink on nice and cheap. And the taco bar is ope ... More >>

Bobbo Byrnes of the Fallen Stars Talks Making Music with His Wife, Firing Vegetarian Drummers

​ The Fallen Stars are an Americana outfit out of Orange County, California that features the talents of husband and wife team Bobbo and Tracy Byrnes. Originally from Boston, Massachusetts, the pair decided to head to warmer climes in 2000. The Byrnes decided to expand from a duo and soon va ... More >>

Dada Turns One, Willie Nelson at Billy Bob's Texas and This Weekend's Shows

Happy B, Dada!​It feels kind of weird writing the words "Dada turns one," seeing as the place has been a Dallas rock and roll institution since I spent my Friday nights watching TGIF. Granted, that was only up until a few years ago, but the place has been around forever. In 2010, however, it close ... More >>

An(other) Ode to Deep Ellum's Black Swan

blackswansaloon.comVodka and fruit medley.​On my first pilgrimage to Deep Ellum's Black Swan Saloon, I walked right past the place, thinking the small, windowed room was just an extension of La Grange. There's no sign to speak of; I had to consult my iPhone ("Siri, where the fuck am I?") and ... More >>