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How to Hit On Your Bartender

Let's just say you've found a new watering hole and decide to pop in for a drink. The bartender is so adorable you're salivating. It seems like you have two options: A) Brazenly ask him/her out in front of God and every other drunk asshole in the place or B) quietly leave a note with your phone nu ... More >>

The Five Best Concerts In Dallas This Weekend, February 28-March 3

Home by Hovercraft, Datahowler, Bethan Saturday, March 2, at Dada, $10-$15 Five-piece classical-meets-pop band Home by Hovercraft are finally releasing Are We Chameleons? this week, an album we've been waiting for since the unique operatic group popped up on our radar after announcing they were crea ... More >>

The Whigs Think We Should All Stop Being Jerks to Kings of Leon

Hailing from Athens, Georgia, the garage rock trio known as The Whigs has been plying their craft for over a decade. In that time, they have released four amazing records including last years' Enjoy the Company. Speaking from a tour stop in Los Angeles and in anticipation of Friday's show at the Pr ... More >>

The Five Best Concerts In Dallas This Week, November 12-15

The Sea and Cake Thursday, November 15, at Trees, $13/$16 Chicago's electro-jazz group The Sea and Cake has been around, in many forms, since the mid-'90s. The band just released its airy, tenth LP, Runner, a companion album to its 2011 release, The Moonlight Butterfly. The album's single, "Harps," ... More >>

Dallas Rapper J. Rhodes On How Oak Cliff Huxtable Is His College Dropout

Dallas rapper J. Rhodes will join Playdough on October 26 at the Prophet Bar to celebrate the release of his new project, Oak Cliff Huxtable. We shot him a few questions about the new release. See also: -The philosophy of Playdough Name a few hip-hop artists who've had a lasting effect on you. ... More >>

Dinosaur Jr. - The Prophet Bar - 10/6/12

Dinosaur Jr. The Prophet Bar Saturday, October 6 It's a tale that's been repeated throughout the history of rock: a washed-up band comes to town to promote new album, fans demand the familiar old stuff and a journalist writes a negative review. At Saturday night's Dinosaur Jr. show, this old spell ... More >>

Ask a Failed Musician: Go Where The Successful Musicians Go

Welcome to Ask a Failed Musician, in which I will help struggling musicians make sense of their careers and even offer some advice. Whether or not it will work, who knows? It obviously didn't work for me. But then again, I was on Kimmel once, so there's that. Hello, I'm an R&B/gospel singer and ... More >>

Eight of This Weekend's Best Shows: Starring Untapped Festival, Ab-Soul and Jay Rock, Ariel Pink and More

Consult our shiny new concert calendar for more goings-on this weekend and beyond. Untapped FestivalSaturday, September 8, at Trinity Groves ParkIt's hard to tell what the biggest draw will be at Saturday's Untapped Festival. It's a music/beer festival that pairs bands like Givers, The Antlers, Akro ... More >>

The Shins, Yeasayer, Big Freedia and More of This Week's Show Announcements

The ShinsThursday, October 11, at House of Blues, $39.50The Shins were sort of indie-rock darlings until they got Braff-ed in the mid-Aughts. That's when they blew the eff up. We haven't heard much from them since 2007's Wincing the Night Away, but now that they've got a new one under their belts -- ... More >>

Reptar - The Prophet Bar - 2/24/12

Reptar, Quiet Hooves, Zhora The Prophet Bar Friday, February 24 "We are about to get nasty," said Graham Ulicny moments before "Sebastian," a standout from Reptar's self-titled album. The Athens, Georgia group didn't disappoint. Combining the nerdy dance vibe of early Talking Heads with the more mo ... More >>

Cheers Meets the Cotton Club: Sandaga 813 Bridges the Old and New in Expo Park

The doors just opened on January 3 and the paint is barely dry, but Sandaga 813 has a long history leading up to their current revival of the former Minc space in Exposition Park. Co-owner Darryl "Sandaga" Thomas has been in Dallas 26 years and spent a portion of that time hosting an underground j ... More >>

A.Dd Plans a Texas Takeover With the Red Bull Skooled Tour

​Local rap duo A.Dd continue their ascent, this time enlisting corporate support from Red Bull, who's sponsoring an early February tour that will see them hit six Texas cities in the span of seven days. This will be a coming-out party of sorts, with A.Dd playing shows with some of Texas' mo ... More >>

MP3 Dig: Brain Gang Blue

The new EP from producer and former Sore Loser Brandon Blue is discordant, slowed down, spaced out, chopped up. After a few listens, you definitely feel the effects. Numb's release was preceded by an "experimental" short film of the same name, and Blue, now affiliated with Dallas hip-hop collective ... More >>

Giveaway: One Pair of VIP Tickets to the Fourth Annual Unsilent Night Music Festival

The mall punk scene is still going strong here in Dallas, and Saturday, December 10, marks the fourth annual Unsilent Night Music Festival, put on by ZH Entertainment and Third String Productions. Anyone who has been to any of these mall punk shows in recent years knows  that they are not small ... More >>

Holy Ghost! Frontman Alex Frankel Talks About Being Labeled a Singles Band

Holy Ghost!​Brooklyn-based electro-pop act Holy Ghost! had both an instant and gradual rise to fame. The electro-pop duo Alex Frankel and Nick Millhiser began releasing remixes of acclaimed indie songs such as MGMT's "Of Moons, Birds and Monsters" before debuting their first piece of original mat ... More >>

Guns N' Roses, We Were Promised Jetpacks & the Best Shows in Town This Weekend

Axel Rose​Welcome to the jungle! The one comfortably located just inside the walls of the Gexa Energy Pavilion. After carefully parking your car on someone's lawn, you'll be ushered into said jungle if you purchased your tickets to see what's left of Guns N' Roses -- Axel Rose and some dreadlocks ... More >>

10 Excellent Photos from Beirut at the Prophet Bar

Mike BrooksZach Condon, not in East Harlem​Zach Condon and crew packed 'em in at the Prophet Bar last night for Tactics Productions' Beirut show. The band is touring for their August-released album The Rip Tide, which, as the pictures by contributor and roving photographer Mike Brooks indicate ... More >>

Your 2011 Dallas Observer Music Awards Showcase Performers

A closer look at all 52 acts playing this weekend's Dallas Observer Music Awards Showcase in Deep Ellum

Dick Valentine of Electric Six Calls Himself An Asshole, Asks Why Americans Love Maroon 5

Detroit's Electric Six is all about one Dick Valentine. Also known as Tyler Spencer, Valentine has led some form of his band since 1996. And he's been largely successful: The band has become renowned for its chaotic live shows and interesting mixture of punk, funk and alternative rock. Electric Si ... More >>

Get To Know Your DOMAXXIII Nominees: Best Experimental/Avant Garde Act, Best Talent Buyer, Best Local Music Advocate

​Welcome to our 2011 Dallas Observer Music Awards breakdown, wherein we'll use the weeks leading up to the DOMA showcases on Saturday, October 15 (which is also when voting ends), to explain the nominees in each category Today, we look at the nominees in the Best Experimental/Avant G ... More >>

Thrice's Ed Breckenridge Remembers How His Band Built Up Anticipation for Their First Show

​At this stage of things, Thrice has survived a couple of generations of punk and hardcore fans. A thinking-man's band since their debut ten years ago -- even that album featured a blend of hardcore, emo, electronica and full-on rock -- it's no surprise to see the group still at it. (Plus, have to ... More >>

Go To the Prophet Bar On A Wednesday Night. It's Good For You. Trust Us. You'll Enjoy It.

Mike BrooksR.C. Williams, host of the weekly jam session at the Prophet Bar, at last week's event.​Another show not mentioned here, but that's worth noting nonetheless, is happening tonight. Happens every Wednesday night, actually -- the weekly jam session at the Prophet Bar hosted by Erykah Badu ... More >>

Peter Murphy, Bobby Brown, Johnny Gill and Other Noteworthy Show Announcements

Hey Peter Murphy, there's something on your face. Yep, you got it!​Seems that the big acts in this week's show announcements were even bigger some 20 years ago. Much bigger. You might think we're talking about Morrissey, or Wilco (who still seem to be on the fringe of their prime) or Thi ... More >>

Last Night: Active Child, Com Truise at The Prophet Bar

Active Child, Com Truise The Prophet Bar September 1, 2011 Better than: doing then homework at the local coffee shop Active Child​There's a stark difference between electronic music that is made for partying and electronic music that is made for listening. Last night at The Prophet Bar that differ ... More >>

Good Friday: Record Store Day, Lil' Wayne, and The Rest of A Busy Weekend of Shows...

Record Store Day!​Tomorrow marks one of our favorite days of the year: Record Store Day. If you're still undecided on how to spend your day, check out our Record Store Day breakdown for more information. We'll make the rounds, but, more than likely, we'll park it at Good Records, which seems to ha ... More >>

Giveaway: Three Pairs of Tickets To See Alejandro Escovedo & The Sensitive Boys at The Prophet Bar Tomorrow Night

Alejandro Escovedo​Original Texas punk rocker Alejandro Escovedo has built a good living for himself and an even better following (these days, at least) with his blend of punk and alt-country. The highly influential Texas-born star has mellowed out a bit since his days in the California punk scene ... More >>

Q&A Giveaway: Johnny Flynn Talks America, Roadside Bears, and Overproduction in Advance of His Monday Night Show at The Prophet Bar

London's Johnny Flynn released his debut album, A Larum, in 2008 when he was just 24-years-old -- although you'd never guess it. Though credited as a release from Johnny Flynn & The Sussex Wit, that disc saw Flynn at the far and away front-and-center, his flair for traditional British folk music ... More >>

Good Friday: Trees' Anniversary, Ace McNeely Memorial Concert, Doug Burr, Monco Poncho, Airline, Loretta Lynn, Jackson Browne, Record Hop, Spooky Folk, The Beaten Sea, More.

​The Granada Theater's not the only venue around town celebrating an anniversary this week: On Saturday night in Deep Ellum, Trees will celebrate its own one-year anniversary. Tough to believe that it was just a year ago that the venue re-opened, but, hey, time flies. And the venue will be celebra ... 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 >>

Gig Alert: Evan Dando Solo Gig at The Prophet Bar Tonight

Hailing from the same town myself, I may be a biased, but, man, do I love Boston's The Lemonheads. Have ever since the first time I heard the band's fifth release, 1992's It's A Shame About Ray, actually--which, OK, probably made me a late adopter, but, sue me, it was the band's big breakthrough rel ... More >>

Poster of the Week: Les Americains At The Prophet Bar Thursday

​The Prophet Bar will be really busy for Thursday's New Year's Eve show, with free beer, free Champagne and a dozen bands including Jeremy Megert, Hats And Statues, Michael Grey, Jacob Metcalf and more all playing the Big Room, plus more in the bar.Among those bar bands is Les Americains. The Amer ... More >>

Good Friday (The 13th!): Rob Zombie, My Son My Exeutioner, The Phuss, Dove Hunter, RTB2, THe BAcksliders, The Golden Boys, LIONS, Peter Bjorn and John, The Swell Season, Goatwhore, The Slow Burners, Chris Brown

​Well, it's Friday the 13th again, folks. Hope you've planned ahead and set aside 13 bucks for a "13" tattoo at Oliver Peck's Elm Street Tattoo. As for your show-going plans. Well, we've got your collective procrastinating backs. First, the shows we've already hyped.Tonight, for instance, has a to ... More >>

Poster Of The Week: Aftertraces and More At The Prophet Bar Friday

Clay Hervey​This week's featured poster spiffs the Friday Aftertraces show at the Prophet Bar with Legacy Fails, The Room Sounds, Book of Sounds and Kirk Thurmond. Clay Hervey, drummer for Dallas indie/alt-rock band Aftertraces, designed this one. I like how the coloring of the overlapping figures ... More >>

Gig Alert: Moving Mountains Tonight at The Prophet Bar

​The guys in Moving Mountains prefer the terms "indie rock" and "post rock" instead of "emo" in describing their sound. And why shouldn't they? Gregory Dunn and Frank Graniero lead Moving Mountains into sonic territory never imagined by most bands of the emo contingent. Hell, the guys in Movi ... More >>

Giveaway: A Pair Of Tickets To Catch Ian Moore Tonight at Lola's Stockyards

It's a surprisingly busy Wednesday night around the region this evening. Take a look around: There's Propagandhi's at The Prophet Bar; the Pitchfork-approved Isis, Pelican and Tombs date at the Granada; the Indigo Girls at the Lakewood -- and even the Crystal Method at the House of Blues with L.A. R ... More >>

Video: Erykah Badu Surprises The Crowd At The Prophet Bar

Last Wednesday night, per a report from Pegasus News (which they, in turn, got from via V's Vibe Spot), Erykah Badu, who was celebrating her birthday, stopped in to say hey at the weekly Jam Session held every Wednesday night at the Prophet Bar. And, after the crowd sang "Happy Birthday" to the f ... More >>

Bonus MP3: The Semifinals -- "Yr Fists"

In my review of the debut EP from local rockers The Semifinals in this week's print edition of the Observer, I applauded Andrew Strickland and crew's efforts fuse cute Emo with some old-school post-punk a la Gang of Four--and the results are pretty damn cool. Here's "Yr Fists," the best song from th ... More >>

Echoes and Reverberations: Anthony and Flea's Tube Sock Diaries

When you're 23 years old, it's all about smoking dope out of an empty beer can, having sex in the backseat of your car, and watching Soul Train the next morning with a hammer-to-the-forehead hangover. At least, it would've been for me, if I had actually owned my own automobile. That period of my lif ... More >>

Echoes and Reverberations: Loco Gringos Vivir Para Siempre en Nuestros Corazones

For more photos, album art and show posters, check out our slideshow here.Dallas bands are usually judged within the context of their efforts and accomplishments. Some spend stupid money on hair care products and aspire to a label deal; other bands actually rehearse and wanna make an important art ... More >>

The Biggest Stories in North Texas Music, Circa 2008

In a year that saw Ozzy, the Jonases and The New York Times storm through North Texas, which area music stories will go down as the most important of 2008?

Good Friday: Rockett Queen, The O's, Blackheart Society, Miser, Menkena, Odis, Calhoun, Dan Dyer, The King Bucks, Chris Masterson of Son Volt, Here in Arms, Sunward, Fight Bite, Nicholas Altobelli

It's a big big BIG couple nights and days of shows all around the DFWd region this weekend. So, no point in pussyfootin' around. Let's jump right in. First, the show's we've already dropped on ya...On Friday night, there's the Eagles of Death Metal show (sans Josh Homme, remember) at the Prophet Bar ... More >>

Echoes And Reverberations: Hitchhiking Along Post-Industrial Boulevard

Noise is not for everybody. Some people hear a jackhammer on the street corner and promptly cover their ears; others hear a subsonic melody and random harmonic movement in the staccato repetition of mechanized machinery. “Industrial music” is the umbrella term used to describe artists who e ... More >>

Good Friday: Holy Crap, There's A Lot Going On!

Dashboard Confessional, Fun Fun Fun Fest, Tom Gabel, and The Prophet Bar are Full of Surprises

A Dashboard Confessional member actually chose to live in Dallas. Also: Austin's Fun Fun Fun Fest Brings another Spillover, and—Hey—have you seen the Prophet bar's upcoming show calendar?

Catch Old School Punk Warriors GBH This Weekend at The Door’s Prophet Bar

Junior Circuit

There exists a world much like our own where emo pop-punk acts reign supreme over the Dallas music scene

The Door and Prophet Bar Owner Russell Hobbs Deserves Credit for Booking Brother Ali

Ladies and Gentlemen, Your Local American Idol Angle...

Con for the City

Bid high, cheapskates

Deep Sixed

Reports of Deep Ellum's death are exaggerated, but not by much