Music Awards

Three Things The 2013 mtvU Woodie Awards Results Can Tell Us About Pop Music Right Now

The 2013 mtvU Woodie Awards were handed out on Thursday, March 13, and though it was happening right in Austin I'll forgive you for not noticing. In any case I'm not sure how you can have an awards show at SXSW without handing out a prize for Least Essential Social Media App To Receive Venture Capit ... More >>

The Grammys: In 2013, They're Just a Means to Antagonize Twitter

Against all odds, the 2013 Grammys are not irrelevant--or, if you believe they've always been irrelevant, they've not become more irrelevant. They haven't become more relevant, either, to be sure; their recent attempt to rationalize the increasingly abstruse and parochial categories was worthwhile-- ... More >>

Staff Faves of 2011

Foster the People is Living Out a Fairy Tale

Lady Gaga's VMA Performance Art: 2012-2016

Wait, Lady Gaga has a tattoo? She's edgy!​One year after showing up on the red carpet in a dress made of raw meat, pop singer Lady Gaga arrived at this year's MTV Video Music Awards dressed as a man, and she remained in character throughout the duration of the show.Most critics agree that the perf ... More >>

Fourteen Texans Walked Away From the 2011 Grammy Awards With Trophies To Bring Home

The big winner at the Grammy Awards on Sunday night? That, surely, was The Arcade Fire, who, whether you've heard of them or not, walked with the coveted Album of the Year title at this year's festivities. But, really, Texas as a whole didn't do too bad as the Texas Music Office in Austin has remind ... More >>

Arbitrarily Grading The Year That Was: A Look Back At The Major Music Happenings of 2010.

Not quite an A . But 2010 was still a pretty good year for music.​If the '00s were dominated by hip-hop, this decade looks as if it's being dominated by electronic music. While electro-pop has had some resurrections over the years, it's now a mainstay of popular music. Look no farther tha ... More >>

Some People Call Steve Miller A Space Cowboy, Others A Rock Blues Album of the Year Nominee

​Back in June, Steve Miller and his Band released a new album called Bingo!, it's first studio release since 1993's Wide River, believe it or not. Of course, it didn't exactly feature new material -- instead, it featured cover songs from artists such as B.B. King, Lowell Fulson and Jimmy Reed. The ... More >>

Lady Antebellum Isn't Country's First Pop Sensation.

Big Balls In...Richardson?

Makin' Whoopi

Indigo Folk Is The Least Complicated

Jazz, Man

Interesting Quartet: Who's Your Pick?

​Didn't see much at'tall of The Grammys. But I see that Beyonce won six awards and Lady Gaga is an alien and Taylor Swift took the evening's biggest prize: Album of the Year. Swift also, however, apparently sang horribly on a "Rhiannon" duet with Stevie Nicks. Which c ... More >>

Finally, Thomas Jefferson High's Mike Nesmith Makes It Into Texas Film Hall of Fame

​The Austin Film Society just sent word: After inducting the likes of Morgan Fairchild, Rushmore, the director of Twilight and most everyone else who's ever made a TV show or rented a movie in Texas, it's getting around to putting Mike Nesmith in the Texas Film Hall of Fame come March. Per the pre ... More >>

Today In Music News: Adam Lambert Is Racy, Dr. Dre Helping Us Out And Blink-182 Head To The Studio

Your daily dose of national music news for Tuesday, November 24, 2009...Adam Lambert is a bit miffed that his lip-lock with his male keyboardist and head shoving of a male back-up dancer into his crotch was edited out of the west coast feed of last night's American Music Awards.  Good to know ... More >>

Last Night: Buddy Guy at House of Blues

​Buddy GuyHouse of BluesOctober 15, 2009 Better than: hob-nobbing at the foundation room bar upstairs. "Hi, can I ask you a question?" your author said to the sound engineer at the front of the house. "Yes?" "I'm a journalist for the Dallas Observer, here to cover the show. I was wondering if t ... More >>

DOMAXXI: The Winners! Announced!

So last night's 21st annual Dallas Observer Music Awards kinda kicked some serious ass. All ten of our performers stunned with their live sets, and the crowd really couldn't have been more outstanding--at one point, during Telegraph Canyon's set, it was tough to move about the room, it was so c ... More >>

The Not-So-New Kids On The Block

Play-N-Skillz Among Winners at 22nd Annual ASCAP Rhythm & Soul Awards

Congratulations are in order for Dallas-based production duo Play-N-Skillz, whose work on Lil Wayne's "Got Money" was honored, along with 12 other 2008 rap songs, as the tops in its genre at this year's ASCAP Rhythm & Soul Music Awards on Friday night.Granted, it was just one of four songs from ... More >>

Dr. John, The Neville Brothers

Friday, February 6, at House of Blues

Buyer Beware: Lil Wayne's Got a Crappy Record at Live Performances

Our 20th Music Awards

1988-2008: Two Decades of DOMA

DOMA XX: And The Nominees Are...

17-Year-Old Blues Prodigy To Perform Saturday At Free Blues Fest

Last Night: Jay-Z and Mary J. Blige at Superpages.com Center

Miranda Lambert

Saturday, April 12, at Lone Star Park, Grand Prairie

Trying to Understand Justice's Gaspard Augé

Augé does his best to grant us an interview. We try out best to understand him.

Who Says Dallas Observer Music Awards Are Worthless? 'Cause They Ain't.

Kilt Funk

The Beat Goes On

Stewart Copeland's been busy the past 25 years

Chicks with, uh, Grammies

The Beatdown

Have your ID handy, because Peter Rauhofer's tracks are suitable for Adults Only

Arcadia Fire

Bosque Brown, Tenlons Fort

Saturday, May 20, at AllGood Café

The Volebeats

Like Her (Turquoise Mountain)

'Saur Spot

2005 Dallas Observer Music Awards

Case Solved: Killer musicians captured, thanks to your tips

Pleasantly Surprised

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

2003 Dallas Observer Music Awards

Listen Up, Write In

We say listen to Deadman, but what do we know? We're screwing up everything.

Music: Response

You may only know him from Madonna's Music, but Mirwais has been around for years

Scene, Heard

Holiday schmoozing

Out Here

Try, try again

Those Crazy kids

A talented cast transcends teen film's familiar, cheesy formula

1999 Dallas Observer Music Awards

1998 Dallas Observer Music Awards

Roadshows

1996 Dallas Observer Music Awards (Part I)

Uncle Whopelo?

Slobberbone is the dumbest name for the best new band in town