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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 Relatives, Pleasant Grove, Seryn - Dallas City Performance Hall - 9/14/12

The Relatives, Pleasant Grove, Seryn Dallas City Performance Hall Friday, September 14 See also: More behind-the-scenes photos from opening night There was a moment backstage at the Dallas City Performance Hall on Friday night, when we were being led stage left before the 10 p.m. show started. W ... More >>

Farewell to Fallout Lounge

Marina was her name. She had a short, dark mod haircut, and knew how to bring out her blue eyes with layers of teal scarves. We were Myspace friends. Still are, I think. But I never knew what became of her. Last I heard, she went north to try her luck in New York. Some of the best times of my life h ... 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 >>

Over The Weekend: Pleasant Grove at the Kessler Theatre

​Pleasant GroveKessler TheatreAugust 7, 2010Better than: Ignoring the past.The trend of bands booking a show for the purpose of playing a seminal album in entirety hit home this past weekend, as the revered, but, for the most part, dormant, local heroes in Pleasant Grove took to the Kessler Theatr ... More >>

Giveaway: Two Pairs of Tickets For Pleasant Grove, Mike Graff And Derek Rogers At The Kessler Saturday

​Pleasant Grove will be at The Kessler in Oak Cliff Saturday for a very special performance. Not only is it a rare (reunion?) show for the band that for years has been either broken up or on the verge of breakup, depending on who you ask, but they'll be performing their album Auscultation of the H ... More >>

Show Announcements: Christina Aguilera Cancels, But Chromeo, Josh Pierson, ZZ Top, Blues Traveler, Lady Gaga and Others Are Coming...

Christina, clearly frazzled by a busy tour schedule​In last week's show announcements post, we made a big to-do about Christina Aguilera's forthcoming album, Bionic, and the tour she has planned to support it. Well, in a press release we received yesterday, Aguilera's people informed us that the t ... More >>

The Best Area Album Releases of the '00s

Update On Marcus Striplin's Dallas Appearances

Good Friday: Centro-matic, Beach House, Pleasant Grove, Sean Kirkpatrick

Good Friday: Pleasant Grove, Airline, Marilyn Manson, Record Hop

New Tracks From Pleasant Grove...

MySpace Stalking Dallas Music

There are things you can learn on MySpace, and there are things you can't

Weekend Recap: Draknastula, Albrecht, Modern Art

Because You Really Don't Have Anything Better To Do Tomorrow Night

A Farewell from His Friends

Back in Time

While Centro-matic revisited the past, Sarah Jaffe showed us the future

T.C.B. or T.Y.A. Saturday Night, Y'all

Another Brick in the Wall of Sound Preview

They Are the Champions

The unofficial music awards

Home Brew

Local dispatches from SXSW

Tsunami Benefit Concert

Saturday, January 15, at the Granada

The End Is Near

Growing older with The New Year

Only a Mountain

Pleasant Grove prepares for its next challenge: the rest of the country

Good Vibrations

Changes at Good Records, plus news on the Polyphonic Spree and a royalmea culpa

Pleasantly Surprised

A Dallas fave looks forward to the release of a new album

The Sheep Are Listening

Plus: Low Blow, Tragic Tale

2002 Dallas Observer Music Awards

These are your choices, not ours, for the best musicians in town

Hear Here

Local music was better than ever in 2001

Safe at Home

Don’t forget the local boys...and girl

Heart to Heart

On its new album, Pleasant Grove is happy to be sad

Greatest Hits

Regina Chellew flies solo as Chao

Totally Hits

A great year for local music gets better

Scene, Heard

Selected songs disappear from the playlists at Clear Channel stations

Scene, Heard

Getting some closure

Scene, Heard

We'll take most of the blame, but not all of it.

Scene, Heard

Trees closes its doors...for a while

Scene, Heard

Persistence pays

Across the Bar

Rick's Place burns; Chomsky is still looking to be Born on the Web; Tony Edwards makes a break; Baboon shows us their cans; Plus, much, much more

Out Here

Merge Local Access Sessions: Vol. 1

Scene, heard

Cheap tricks, SXSW, record releases, and lots of words in bold type

Teahouse of the former Moon

Defunct space gets a new lease on life

To every season

The times they are a-changin' at the Sons of Hermann