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  • Music

    April 26, 2012

    Starck Contrast

    Another new documentary on the Starck Club revisits the storied Dallas nightclub of the '80s

  • Blogs

    January 18, 2012

    The Problem With... Train's "Drive By"

    When reviewing previous Train songs in my column, I imagined lead singer Pat Monahan as one of those guitar-playing guys on college campuses who hasn't grown out of it. A few years later, I'm starting to understand Train's target demographic might be the women who were captivated by these jerks when ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 11, 2012

    Darstar Fondly Recall The Smashing Pumpkins, Foo Fighters

    Usually with this column, we might interview one or two people from a band. With Darstar, all five members were kind enough to share the first shows they saw and played. And, if you wanted a reminder of how effective Smashing Pumpkins were in their heyday, listen to what Lisa Hardaway has to say.

  • Blogs

    December 7, 2011

    M83 at Granada Theater, Andrew Bird at Majestic Theatre, and More Show Announcements

    M83​As we approach the end of the year like a car full of people not wearing seat belts unknowingly drives toward a brick wall, it's time to start thinking of year-end top-ten album lists. A shoe-in for ours is M83's Hurry Up, We're Dreaming. So, you can imagine our excitement when we receive ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 10, 2011

    Collaboration-Crazy Erykah Badu To Perform With Yo Gabba Gabba! Cast Tonight on Fallon

    ​Erykah Badu seems like a pretty awesome mom. I got a solid glimpse of as much first-hand about a week back when interviewing the famed Queen of Neo-Soul and proud Dallasite as part of a Dallas Observer Music Awards preview story that's going to run as the cover in this week's paper. About halfway ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 15, 2011

    The Conversation: 1991 Was a Damn Good Year, But Was It The Best Music Year of The '90s?

    ​Something happened this week 20 years ago, and music hasn't been the same since: Nirvana released "Smells Like Teen Spirit," the lead single from Nevermind, which would itself come out later in the month. With the song came a new movement in music, a new era. But plenty of other influential acts ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 12, 2011

    No, Turns Out Dave Navarro Was Not In Town To Play The Open Mic Circuit This Weekend...

    Inkmaster judges Chris Nunez, Dave Navarro and familiar face Oliver Peck​Lots of Dave Navarro-related excitement in the local Twittersphere this weekend, as the Jane's Addiction guitarist and band mercenary (Red Hot Chili Peppers, most notably) was apparently bouncing all around town, hitting Bil ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 5, 2011

    Patricia Rodriguez Still Relies On The Pre-Show Advice Ian MacKaye Once Gave Her Band

    Patricia Rodriguez​Given her DJ nickname of Tigerbee, maybe it's not surprising that Patricia Rodriguez is a very busy person. When she isn't working on her artwork, she serves as one of the main people behind the theme-party DJ troupe, The Lollipop Shoppe. She's also spent time playing bass with ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 24, 2010

    DC9er Mixtape, Vol. 25: DJ Sean Michaels

    Having grown up in the '80s, DJ Sean Michaels gives credit to the era for the his diverse taste in music, and he claims that much of his inspiration came from the time period as well."My music pallet is not just one type of music," he says. "Some of my favorite stuff was the '80s alternative stuff l ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 20, 2010

    This Week In Dallas Music History: Russell Hobbs Remembers Deep Ellum's Beginnings

    Russell Hobbs​This is the week that the Dallas Observer will release its annual Best Of issue, so it seems appropriate to open the vault and look back at a Best Of issue from September 2000. During this week 10 years ago, staff writer Jimmy Fowler shed light on Russell Hobbs' then 15-year legacy a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 27, 2010

    Good Friday: Dia De Los Toadies, AllGood Cafe's 10-Year Anniversary Party, Spooky Folk, Little Black Dress, Ween, Frankie Muniz, Dead Confederate, The Cush, Bowling For Soup, Milton Hopkins, Florene, Spector 45, B.B. King and More...

    ​This weekend marks the third annual (and biggest yet) Dia De Los Toadies Festival.Each year the location of the festival changes, so The Toadies and nine other Texas bands will take over Whitewater On The Horseshoe in New Braunfels tonight, and all day tomorrow. This year's most exciting new addi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 26, 2010

    The Mansion's Bruno Davaillon
    On Food Trends and His Need for Speed

    Photo by Robert BostickBruno Davaillon​Yesterday posted a short profile of chef Bruno Davaillon of The Mansion on Turtle Creek in which he discussed his farm background and rise to success as a chef. Today we ask the chef a few questions to get an idea of some of his passions in life. Tomorrow ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 12, 2010

    Part 2: Chef John Tesar on Fatherhood, Sushi and Anthony Bourdain's Drinking Skills

    Photo by Robert Bostick​In part two of our continuing three-part chef's series we asked chef John Tesar a few questions while we visited with him at Dallas Fish Market. Chef Tesar was more than happy to discuss the birth of his son, Kim Pierce's secret spot and Anthony Bourdain's drinking habi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 3, 2010

    The Top 10 Best Concerts I've Been To In Dallas

    ​Saw Blue October Friday night at House of Blues. Good. But not the best I've seen them. That would've been the show back in the summer of 2004 at the Lakewood Theater when lead singer Justin Furstenfeld - bum knee and crutches be damned - was as passionate as any singer I've ever seen. Got m ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 15, 2009

    Last Night: Rx Bandits at The Granada Theater

    Rx Bandits, Dredg, Good Old WarGranada TheaterJuly 14, 2009  Better Than: Staying in to watch that overrated jackass on Hell's Kitchen. Rx BanditsThey look unwashed, unshaven, lazy and listless.     They're wearing what looks like the same clothes they pulled on days ago. &nb ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 30, 2009

    Get Out Your "Flashlight"

    Rx Bandits, Dredg, Good Old WarGranada TheaterJuly 14, 2009  Better Than: Staying in to watch that overrated jackass on Hell's Kitchen. Rx BanditsThey look unwashed, unshaven, lazy and listless.     They're wearing what looks like the same clothes they pulled on days ago. &nb ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 7, 2009

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    November 6, 2008

    Echoes And Reverberations: The Ghosts Of The Longhorn Ballroom

    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 >>

  • Music

    August 21, 2008

    It's Evolution, Baby

    With such a diverse roster on its bill, Projekt Revolution might be the closest thing out there to the old Lollapalooza days. Just ask Chris Cornell.

  • News

    June 28, 2007

    Band Campers

    15 aspiring rockers look for 15 minutes of fame

  • Music

    March 1, 2007

    Millennium Man

    Richard Thompson doesn't let his guitar playing get in the way of his songwriting

  • Music

    June 15, 2006

    Texas Toe Jam

    The days of great summer music festivals in Dallas are history. Aren't

  • Music

    August 25, 2005

    Turner's Twilite

    An Austin funk-punk pioneer is remembered by the '80s Dallas music scene he blew away

  • Music

    June 23, 2005

    Pioneer Days

    Jeff Swaney celebrates 20 years of Club Clearview by spilling somedirt

  • Calendar

    February 5, 2004

    Living Word

    Strike your book and cry no more

  • Music

    July 17, 2003

    On the Download

    Is the online music store the Apple of digital music's eye? It should be.

  • Music

    July 3, 2003

    All Aboard the Wagon

    Evan Dando is back from rock star excess hell. Don't expect apologies or explanations.

  • Music

    April 17, 2003

    Autograph Hound

    Buy some music memorabilia and help out a good cause

  • Music

    July 25, 2002

    Red Hot Chili Peppers

    By the Way (Warner Bros.)

  • Music

    July 5, 2001

    The Nobody

    Marilyn Manson won't destroy the world, but he just might save it

  • Music

    October 19, 2000

    Out & About

    Fishbone

  • News

    August 24, 2000

    Ride 'Em, Surferboy

    As coastal Texans head inland to escape heavy weather, landlocked beach boys are catching waves and sitting on top of the world

  • Music

    September 9, 1999

    Summer suns and some aren't

    Going steady with the singles of the summer

  • Music

    September 9, 1999

    Name dropping

    Does a Bicycle Theif by any other name sound as sweet?

  • Music

    February 18, 1999

    Budokan rock

    Floor 13 wants you...to want...them

  • Music

    November 26, 1998

    Too high. Period.

    Curt Kirkwood, now living in Austin, is still a Meat Puppet. His brother Cris is a missing-in-action junkie

  • Music

    August 13, 1998

    Out Here

    Curt Kirkwood, now living in Austin, is still a Meat Puppet. His brother Cris is a missing-in-action junkie

  • Music

    June 4, 1998

    The Lizard king

    David Yow's got balls--he just doesn't want to show them to you anymore

  • News

    April 30, 1998

    1998 Dallas Observer Music Awards Nominees

    David Yow's got balls--he just doesn't want to show them to you anymore

  • Music

    April 2, 1998

    The million-dollar record

    Four years after its debut, Slowpoke makes its major-label bow on Geffen

  • Music

    August 21, 1997

    BJ's Rocket

    A year after some tasty national press, Buck Jones releases its second album

  • Music

    October 17, 1996

    Time captured in its flight

    James Bland's postcards from the edge of a scene

  • Music

    April 11, 1996

    Roadshows

    James Bland's postcards from the edge of a scene

  • Calendar

    February 1, 1996

    Events for the week

    James Bland's postcards from the edge of a scene

  • Music

    February 1, 1996

    Blues with a feeling

    Paul Size, ex-Red Devil guitarist and one-time Jagger sideman, leaves L.A. and returns home

  • Music

    December 28, 1995

    Who gives a Hootie?

    Farewell to 1995, a year in music we'd rather forget

  • Music

    December 14, 1995

    Fifteen nailsin the coffin

    Or: Rock and roll isn't dead, it just doesn't smell bad

  • Music

    May 18, 1995

    West Texas waltz

    Pop-rockers return from the dark side of the Moon Festival

  • Music

    March 9, 1995

    A better man

    Drummer Dave Abbruzzese considers life after Pearl Jam

  • Music

    November 10, 1994

    Reviews

    Drummer Dave Abbruzzese considers life after Pearl Jam

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