Old 97's

The Five Best Concerts In Dallas This Week, February 18-21

Ra Ra Riot, Pacific Air Tuesday, February 19, at The Kessler Theater, $18-$25 Since Ra Ra Riot popped up on the radar in 2006, they've entertained crowds large and small with their poppy, instrumental sets. The group's third effort, Beta Love, just dropped last month, but because cellist Alexandra L ... More >>

Five of This Week's Top Show Announcements: Sigur Rós, Bon Jovi and More

Sigur Rós Monday, April 8, at Verizon Theatre, $42.75 In a follow-up to their run of summer festivals, Sigur Rós have announced their largest North American tour to date, set to kick off next spring. Although the Icelandic band put out its most ambient-leaning album, Valtari, earlier this year, t ... More >>

Rigor Mortis Printing Co. Screenprint Till They Drop

Rigor Mortis Printing Co. Screenprint Till They Drop

Four box fans buzz away inside Napkin Art Studios as Jonathon Kimbrell screenprints a batch of business cards for Rigor Mortis Printing Co., a new venture he launched with Richard Reed in May. The motto etched into the card's skull logo ("Print to the death!") seems fitting for a company operating o ... More >>

The Best Story You'll Hear Involving Rhett Miller, The Texas Rangers and The DOMAs.

​ In case you were wondering, the above tweet from Old 97's frontman Rhett Miller on Saturday afternoon was not a joke. Honestly, we thought it was at first, too. Then we ran into Miller in the backstage area for Saturday's main stage."No," he told us, "it's totally true."

This Weekend Only, Dallas Observer Music Awards Showcase Tickets Are Just Seven Bucks

​Quite the deal going on for, oh, the next 57 hours or so: Our sister entity, Voice Daily Deals, is offering a steal on tickets to the 2011 Dallas Observer Music Awards Showcase on October 15, selling the passes for just $7. The event, as you already know, will feature performances from the Toadie ... More >>

Finally, A Murry Hammond-Penned Song Gets The Old 97's Some Accolades...

Chris StrotherMurry Hammond​He's the chipper one in the band, the one who wears the iconic coke-bottle glasses and the one who can't get through an entire set without smiling ear to ear and greeting the crowd with a hearty, "Hey, everybody!" But, let's face it, when it comes to the Old 97's, Murry ... More >>

Sons of Hermann Hall Turns 100

Good Friday: Bro Fest, Kessler Theater Turns One, Peter Murphy, Roman Numerals, Tombs, Robert Earl Keen, Third Day, Rural Alberta Advantage, Ray Wylie Hubbard, Toro Y Moi, Snoop Dogg, Valient Thorr & More!

The Greenhornes headline Bro Fest 2011​This weekend is all about South By Southwest spillover, and the entity that is taking advantage the most is Parade of Flesh, who will be hosting the third annual Bro Fest all day on Sunday at Club Dada. For more information on the 22-band, half-indie, half-me ... More >>

Carrollton Announces Full Inaugural Festival At The Switchyard Bill. Lineup Includes Old 97's, Polyphonic Spree, Robert Earl Keen, Others.

​Even though we wrote about Frisco in this week's paper in anticipation of tomorrow's Oysterfest, it looks like that city's got some competition on the horizon in its attempt to bring the rock to the suburbs. The City of Carrollton has just announced their lineup to this year's inaugural Festival ... More >>

Giveaway: Two Pairs of Tickets to Tomorrow Night's Jonathan Tyler & The Northern Lights CD Release Show at the House of Blues

Pardon Me's album cover.​Saturday's looking like an especially busy one around the Metroplex, what with Record Store Day happening and the Old 97's playing a not-so-secret show and, I dunno, Owl City playing out at the Nokia Theatre, if that floats your boat. Surely, though, one of the bigger even ... More >>

Over The Weekend: Seryn, Doug Burr, Telegraph Canyon and the Old 97's at MusInk 2010's First Night

Seryn, Doug Burr, Telegraph Canyon & the Old 97'sFair Park Centennial BuildingApril 9, 2010Better than: getting a forehead tattoo like one of the guys I saw get ink last night.Patrick MichelsRhett Miller, rocking the eff out at Fair Park​A bringing together of skin and ink wasn't the only atte ... More >>

Old 97's To Start Recording New Album at Sons of Hermann Hall Next Week. And Producer Salim Nourallah Offers Us Some Insight...

Time, once again, to bust these gems out.​Rhett Miller, if nothing else, should be commended for being quite the active reader. Dude does his homework, that's all I'm saying. First time he and I ever spoke, just a few weeks into my gig here at the Dallas Observer, just how curious an information-s ... More >>

Tracklist: The Local Hang with Playlister P, Vol. 7

Kind of amazing.​Another month, another Local Hang at The Libertine. Thanks to everyone who came out. It was great to see you. You all rock. I hope it was a good time. If not, well, at least I know I enjoyed it. So, y'know, there's that.Anyway, I hope to see you all out next first Monday of the mo ... More >>

Tracklist: The Local Hang With Playlister P, Vol. 4

This comes up when you google "local hang." Go figure.​Kind of a crazy night last night at The Libertine for the fourth go 'round of the once-a-month local music love-fest we're still calling The Local Hang with Playlister P. It featured the biggest crowd we've seen to date, for one. And it was a ... More >>

Not a Lump of "Coal" at All

'Bout a week ago over on DC9, Pete posted some new Christmas carols from the likes of Dorrough, THe BAcksliders and A Bird A Sparrow, which, yet again, prompted me to dust off my copies of the long-out-of-print Honkey-Tonk Holidays: Christmas in Deep Noellum (released in '95) and 2000's Electric Orn ... More >>

Clearing Out the Mailroom: Tuesday, June 2, 2009

We've got quite a backlog of CDs we've never gotten around to, so we're going to try to chip away at the pile with this regular feature. The plan: to take four or five at a time and play each CD for as long as I can stand it.The Jones' (Dallas)down in my dreamsFrat-friendly acoustic Americana. The ... More >>

Giveaway: Two More Pairs Of Tickets To See The Old 97's at Saturday's St. Patrick's Day Parade After-Party

Alright. We did this once before, and they went in less than ten minutes, so let's do it again now...Wanna see the Old 97's, Eleven Hundred Springs, The Drams and The O's on Saturday... for free? OK, then. Email me right now with the phrase "Four Leaf Clover" in the subject line of your email, and t ... More >>

Gig Alert: Tonight's Americana Dilemma

Quite the packed night-before-New Year's Eve we have tonight, huh? You may have already read my interview with Kevin from The Gourds as they play (along with the great Two Tons of Steel) this evening at The Granada, but the bill at the House of Blues is also quite mighty: Old 97's, The Drams and The ... More >>

The Old 97's Wish You A "Holly Jolly Christmas"

A little blast-from-the-past treat this mornin': Eleven mighty years ago, way back in 1997, local label Big Iron released a now-out-of-print little Christmas gem called Honky-Tonk Holidays: Christmas in Deep Noellum. And included on that release, this gem: Old 97's -- "Holly Jolly Christmas".Suh-wee ... More >>

ACL Fest, Day One: Delta Spirit, Jamie Liddell, Hot Chip, Gogol Bordello and Yes, Even Louis XIV

Director Keven McAlester Talks About The New Old 97's Video

Dance With the Surreal, Brilliant, Galacticious New Old 97's Video

Because "The Joyful Sounds of Hanukkah" Just Doesn't Sound Right

Getting 'Non-Uncomfortable' with Dave Little

Digging Deep Holes for the Future

Odds & Ends

Get your recommended weekly allowance of three Dallas staples--down-souf hip-hop, cheeky alt-country and hot chicks

Crowe's Songs

Plus: Sleepy Hero History, Tull Tag

Swinging Steaks

Sunday Best (First National)

Macon Greyson, Austin Collins

Saturday, May 28, at Double Wide

Miller Time

Old 97's front man talks about the past, the present and the future

Odds & Ends

The Chemistry Set, the Old 97's and Five Questions With Steve Burns

Best Alternative Club

Trees

Best Rock Bar

Barley House

What's New

Here's the scoop on some local releases--big, small and in between

2001 Dallas Observer Music Awards

Narrow margins remind us that everyone's a winner

Scene, Heard

Disaster strikes. Or does it?

Best live music venue

Gypsy Tea Room

The sound of Deep Ellum

Or: How I went to London to find the next Jam, and found Rhett Miller instead

Across the Bar

Rockville Music closes shop; Puerto Rico gets DJ Nature's call; Rubber Gloves still waiting for the Old 97's other shoe to fall; Pantera plays Detroit Rock City; Buck Jones Blushes

Blowing his Cover-up

We don't want to tell One Ton how to run its business, but...

1999 Dallas Observer Music Awards

Letters

Dream a little dream

During South by Southwest, the harsh reality is always a free drink away

Yuletide resuscitation

Big Iron comes back for another round

Winner's circle

All the bands that fit,and one that quit

The 1997 Dallas Observer Music Awards

Town and country

Whiskeytown and No Depression pour into town

Grading on a curve

This was the year local music broke, but was it fixed?

1995 Dallas Observer Music Awards (Part I)