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March 22, 2012
Preview: KXT's Triple Play at the Kessler
Thursday, March 22, at the Kessler Theater
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March 22, 2012
Tonight: KXT's Triple Play Part Three Hits the Kessler with People on Vacation, Little Black Dress and Andrew Tinker
The third installment of KXT's Triple Play series tops itself with tonight's DFW uppercut. People on Vacation, the Dallas duo of Bowling For Soup's Jaret Reddick and Smile Smile's Ryan Hamilton, take to the Kessler stage for story time. The two have a natural knack for writing great pop songs -- pee ... More >>
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January 23, 2012
Smile Smile Still Smiling Even After Merch Was Stolen
Smile Smile's big new-album-new-website-announcement today was unfortunately overshadowed by an unlucky occurrence over the weekend, when Ryan Hamilton and Jencey Hirunrusme lost all of their merchandise on Friday night. According to Hamilton, the two were reorganizing their merchandise inventory ... More >>
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December 29, 2011
Good ~~Friday~~ Thursday: New Year Edition
Last weekend was a little dead, y'know with Christmas and all, but this weekend is the opposite. In fact, there are so many New Year's Eve events worth checking out that we've got a separate massive list here.The biggest one, though, is easily the Dallas Observer-sponsored Lights All Night festiv ... More >>
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December 2, 2011
DJ Contest at Artopia and the Best Shows in Town This Weekend
As we mentioned on Tuesday, this year's edition of the Dallas Observer-sponsored Artopia event on Saturday at Dallas Contemporary will have a music angle. Three DJs -- Skrause, DJ-O and The Latin House Krew -- all compete for a chance to perform at Lights All Night, December 30 and 31. If you wan ... More >>
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November 22, 2011
People On Vacation Ready Debut The Carry On EP, Offer Free Christmas Song
People On Vacation have been a thing for some time now -- almost two years according to the introductory band video we posted earlier this year. Billing themselves as a sort of local supergroup, Smile Smile's Ryan Hamilton and Bowling For Soup's Jaret Reddick have been working on their debut The ... More >>
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October 25, 2011
Carissa Hughes Went From Local Music Fan to Label Rep to Her Current Gig at the AAC.
Welcome to Local Music 'Mericans , where we meet some of the people behind the local music scene -- those who aren't necessarily members of local bands, but more the people who make the scene move.Carissa HughesAt the moment, Carissa Hughes works for American Airlines ... More >>
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July 6, 2011
Okkervil River, Chromeo and a Ton of Other Show Announcements
One of the many incarnations of Okkervil RiverStill fresh from the release of their new album I Am Very Far, Austin's Okkervil River seems to be working quite hard to let everyone know about it. The album is quite solid, thanks in part to the production work of local producer John Congl ... More >>
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June 6, 2011
Watch: Bowling For Soup -- "Turbulence"
Bowling for Soup's Jaret Reddick in his sweet, sweet ride. Back in April, Chelsea Upton caught up with Bowling For Soup frontman Jaret Reddick in the wake of Denton band releasing its whopping 11th album, Fishin' For Woos. The disc also serves as the band's first release since splitting from its ... More >>
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April 29, 2011
Bowling For Soup's Jaret Reddick Talks His Band's New Album, New Label and What It Was Like To Have One of His Songs Played in Space
Jason JanikBowling for Soup in a lake? Why not?In the wake of their recent split with Jive Records, the record label home to such artists as Usher, Justin Timberlake, Cage The Elephant, and Britney Spears, Bowling For Soup could have very easily slipped into a tumultuous time of uncertainty. Inst ... More >>
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January 28, 2011
Giveaway: Two Pairs of Tickets to See People on Vacation's Dallas Debut Tomorrow Night at the House of Blues' Cambridge Room
Scott ColePeople on VacationWe've already mentioned -- more than a few times -- the show happening tomorrow night in the House of Blues' Cambridge Room. Did so earlier today, even.For decent reason, we think: Hey, it's not every day that a side project featuring the most recognizable faces of two ... More >>
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January 19, 2011
Unexpected Influences: Smile Smile's Ryan Hamilton Can't Hear Enough Frank Sinatra, John Mellencamp or Third Eye Blind.
Smile Smile's Ryan HamiltonDelightfully catchy.That's exactly how you can describe the folk-flavored indie pop being made by the boy-girl duo Smile Smile. Members Ryan Hamilton and Jencey Hirunrusme are riding high on the success of their Kirtland Records-released sophomore offering Truth on Tape ... More >>
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January 19, 2011
Video Premiere: People On Vacation -- "Better Off Dead"
Scott ColePeople on VacationWe've spent a good chunk of space here in the past few weeks talking about People on Vacation, the new collaborative project from Smile Smile's Ryan Hamilton and Bowling for Soup's Jaret Reddick -- probably too much space, considering that the band has yet even to make ... More >>
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January 12, 2011
Watch: New Local Super-ish Group People On Vacation Would Like To Introduce Itself...
Oh, like you're surprised that a Bowling for Soup offshoot already has merch printed up?We've mentioned People on Vacation briefly in this space before, and now that the super-ish group of Bowling for Soup's Jaret Reddick and Smile Smile's Ryan Hamilton is gearing up for its first tour, it seems ... More >>
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December 15, 2010
Bonus MP3: Smile Smile -- "Silent Night"
Smile SmileNo strangers to cover songs, the his/her duo of Smile Smile's released at least two this year by our count. The first? That came back in October, when the band passed along our way its version of Blink-182's "Dammit" for DC9 reader consumption.Earlier this week, meanwhile, the band rel ... More >>
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November 18, 2010
Where Have All The Bassists Gone?
Smile SmileNo strangers to cover songs, the his/her duo of Smile Smile's released at least two this year by our count. The first? That came back in October, when the band passed along our way its version of Blink-182's "Dammit" for DC9 reader consumption.Earlier this week, meanwhile, the band rel ... More >>
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October 18, 2010
Listen: Bowling For Soup's Jaret Reddick and Smile Smile's Ryan Hamilton Offer The First Taste of Their New Project, People on Vacation
Last week, we briefly mentioned the a collaborative project from Bowling for Soup's Jaret Reddick and Smile Smile's Ryan Hamilton, a venture called People on Vacation. And, this week, the twosome appears closer to revealing the full fruits of their labor. On the duo's just-launched web site this ... More >>
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October 12, 2010
Bonus MP3: Smile Smile -- "Dammit (Blink-182 Cover)"
Oh, just smile, Smile Smile.The guy and gal of Smile Smile have been staying pretty busy of late: The duo just got back from tour and is now gearing up for another one that leaves this week, which will take the band up the east coast to New York City to perform at the CMJ Festival, and then on th ... More >>
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August 24, 2010
Video Premiere: Smile Smile -- "Truth on Tape"
Back in February, Ryan Hamilton and Jencey Hirunrusme, the duo that makes up local indie pop act Smile Smile, put their history as an engaged and then broken-up couple out for all to see--or, as the title of the album they released that month implies, placing their Truth on Tape, so to speak.A coupl ... More >>
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April 30, 2010
Smile Smile To Release Limited Edition EP at Tonight's House of Blues Show
Tonight in the House of Blues' Cambridge Room, local indie-pop duo Smile Smile will headline an all-local bill that also features Dovetail and Pale Horse. Expect the headliners to be in a celebratory mood at this show--and for good reason: Today is band member Ryan Hamilton's birthday. But what's re ... More >>
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February 11, 2010
Smile Smile's Hearts Are Broken--But Its New Record Is Solid
Tonight in the House of Blues' Cambridge Room, local indie-pop duo Smile Smile will headline an all-local bill that also features Dovetail and Pale Horse. Expect the headliners to be in a celebratory mood at this show--and for good reason: Today is band member Ryan Hamilton's birthday. But what's re ... More >>
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February 9, 2010
Bonus MP3: Smile Smile -- "Beg You To Stay"
Today marks the first day in which audiences can head on out--or just sit in and click over to iTunes or your digital download store of choice, whatever--and purchase the new Smile Smile disc, Truth on Tape. And, in many ways, the title of the disc explains exactly what can be heard within. That' ... More >>
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January 14, 2010
Watch: Smile Smile -- "Beg You To Stay"
The love lost between Smile Smile's Ryan Hamilton and Jencey Hirunrusme ain't exactly a secret: Hamilton proposed to Hirunrusme, she said yes, and, later, she broke off the engagement. But the break-up, in turn, did something else: It inspired Hamilton and Hirunrusme each to write the most revealing ... More >>
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July 15, 2009
DC9 in SPACE, Ep. 11: Smile Smile
...and for ye of the Youtube generation, here's your link.Last week, Ryan Hamilton and Jencey Hirunrusme, better known 'round these parts as the indie pop duo Smile Smile, stopped by SPACE Studio for the latest installment of our ongoing DC9 in SPACE--or episode No. 11, for those of you keeping scor ... More >>
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June 26, 2008
Freddie Prinze Jr. Sounds So Much Better When Scored to Smile Smile
...and for ye of the Youtube generation, here's your link.Last week, Ryan Hamilton and Jencey Hirunrusme, better known 'round these parts as the indie pop duo Smile Smile, stopped by SPACE Studio for the latest installment of our ongoing DC9 in SPACE--or episode No. 11, for those of you keeping scor ... More >>
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June 25, 2008
Smile Smile's "Anymore" Gets Plucked For A Film Soundtrack
...and for ye of the Youtube generation, here's your link.Last week, Ryan Hamilton and Jencey Hirunrusme, better known 'round these parts as the indie pop duo Smile Smile, stopped by SPACE Studio for the latest installment of our ongoing DC9 in SPACE--or episode No. 11, for those of you keeping scor ... More >>
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September 21, 2007
Smile Smile Talks CMJ with DC-9
...and for ye of the Youtube generation, here's your link.Last week, Ryan Hamilton and Jencey Hirunrusme, better known 'round these parts as the indie pop duo Smile Smile, stopped by SPACE Studio for the latest installment of our ongoing DC9 in SPACE--or episode No. 11, for those of you keeping scor ... More >>
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September 21, 2007
A Reason to Smile Smile
...and for ye of the Youtube generation, here's your link.Last week, Ryan Hamilton and Jencey Hirunrusme, better known 'round these parts as the indie pop duo Smile Smile, stopped by SPACE Studio for the latest installment of our ongoing DC9 in SPACE--or episode No. 11, for those of you keeping scor ... More >>
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August 9, 2007
2007 Dallas Observer Music Awards Showcase
...and for ye of the Youtube generation, here's your link.Last week, Ryan Hamilton and Jencey Hirunrusme, better known 'round these parts as the indie pop duo Smile Smile, stopped by SPACE Studio for the latest installment of our ongoing DC9 in SPACE--or episode No. 11, for those of you keeping scor ... More >>
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October 19, 2006
Stripped Down
Sometimes too much is way too much
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April 6, 2006
Smile Smile
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