Salim Nourallah

Winston Edmonson is Using Apps and Corporations to Get Local Music Heard

Winston Edmonson has had his hands in local politics (he ran for Mayor of Lewisville a couple years ago), AM talk radio (on a couple different outlets) and, fortunately for us, is a big fan of unharvested local music talent. He's a big fan of Salim Nourallah, Chris Holt and Razim Quazi, and has been ... More >>

Nicholas Altobelli is Betting Everything on His New Album

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 >>

The Six Best Concerts In Dallas This Weekend, January 31-February 3

Toro Y Moi Friday, February 1, at Trees, $17 Fans of Toro Y Moi have been eagerly awaiting their January release, Anything In Return. Buzz from the album leak earlier this year was that Chaz Bundick, Toro Y Moi's frontman-producer, had created a piece of pop art that will take the chillwave movement ... More >>

Scenes From the 2012 Dallas Observer Music Awards Ceremony

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Tabula Rasa, the Chemistry Set, Sunward

Saturday, August 25 at Dada

Shelby Lynne at the Kessler and the Best of Your Weekend

Shelby Lynne​It's kind of hard to look the other way when you see that Shelby Lynne's coming to Dallas, and the Kessler Theater of all venues. Should be a great, intimate place to catch a handful of the country star's hits.That's just the start.We already mentioned Daniel Hart at El Sibil on Satur ... More >>

Friday's Triple Play at the Kessler Polishes the Golden Triangle

As we excitedly mentioned last week, the Observer's inaugural Triple Play series, brought to you in part by KKXT-FM 91.7 and the Kessler, goes down this Friday, January 13. The idea is to showcase emerging acts from Dallas, Denton and Fort Worth; Hunter Hendrickson, Spooky Folk and Exit 380 rep each ... More >>

10 Cocktail Suggestions While Listening To Dallas Bands

​Earlier this week we came across the website, Drinkify, which claims to "generate the perfect cocktail recipe to accompany any music." Naturally, as fans of both music and all types of alcohol, the site proved to be the perfect happy hour time kill. Our findings? The site is not only pretty com ... More >>

And the Winners Are ... You

Our 23rd annual Dallas Observer Music Awards showcase a scene ready for the spotlight.

DOMAXXIII: Announcing Your 2011 Dallas Observer Music Awards Winners...

Stephen MaskerErykah Badu headlined last night's DOMAXXIII. More photos in our slideshow: Scenes from the 2011 Music Awards ​Another year, another Dallas Observer Music Awards season down the drain. Gotta say, though, this year's season felt especially epic. Many thanks to the Toadies, the Old 97' ... More >>

Taylor Swift, Toro Y Moi, Portugal. The Man, and The Rest of The Weekend's Top Shows

​Unless you've got a teenage daughter -- or maybe if you are someone's teenage daughter -- you probably haven't paid much attention to Taylor Swift, the headlining performer in this weekend's biggest show. The young country superstar will be at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington on Saturday night along ... More >>

Korn, Boots Electric, Pure X, and This Week's Show Announcements

​It would be a stretch to say that this week's show announcements are all that strong. There are some notable ones -- though perhaps not for the right reasons. For instance: On Sunday, November 20, the Palladium Ballroom has Korn and a handful of opening acts with names that don't mean anythi ... More >>

SeaLion

Keep The Camera Rolling Self-released

Good Friday: Wilco Performs in Denton, and the Rest of This Weekend's Shows

Autumn de WildeWilco​As we enter a pretty solid weekend of shows, we can't help but look to Saturday night as the best of them all. That's when Wilco performs at the University of North Texas. The tickets for the show have been sold out for weeks. But, starting tomorrow at noon, according to the b ... More >>

2011 Barefoot at the Belmont Series Includes Rhett Miller, Jason Isbell, Mike Doughty

​Not sure when it started being specifically "KXT 91.7's annual summer concert series," as the National Public Radio-backed music-centric station KKXT-91.7 is so proudly calling it today on its website, but, hey, here we are, heading into another summer, and, as has been the case for a few years n ... More >>

Good Friday: Sons' 100-Year Anniversary, All Time Low, Dierks Bentley, Guster and More!

David WilsonSons Of Hermann Hall turns 100​There are lots of shows happening this weekend -- and most of them are pretty good, too. But perhaps the most notable happens all day on Saturday, when Sons of Hermann Hall will officially celebrate their 100-year anniversary. Festivities will include per ... More >>

Trashcan Sinatras, Salim Nourallah

Friday, March 4, at The Loft

My First Show: Maleveller's T.J. Prendergast's Worried Parents Dropped Him and His Brother Off To See Metallica As Young Children.

Welcome to My First Show, where we give bands a chance to talk about the first shows they ever attended -- no matter how uncool and embarrassing those tales may be. Maleveller​T.J. Prendergast of Maleveller has played drums for a variety of acts over the years -- Sons of Sound, Pegasus Now and S ... More >>

Tonight, Tonight: The Posies at The Granada, The Expendables at House of Blues and Atreyu at South Side Music Hall

Not a bad selection of shows for the evening before the gluttony begins. The Posies, Aqueduct and Salim Nourallah at The Granada Theater Back in the 80's, Seattle's The Posies were always on the verge of major success. When the band signed to Geffen Records in 1989, it looked as if main Posies K ... More >>

Good Friday: Heavy Make-Up With Edie Brickell, Dresden Dolls, Kurt Vile & The Violators, Hayes Carll, Stars, Black Mountain, Black Angels, Social Distortion, Misfits, Comrade, Marc Cohn, Pomegranates, Roger Waters & more

Edie Brickell​Certainly not the biggest, but the most notable show coming to town is Heavy Make-Up at The Kessler Theater on Friday night. The group features Edie Brickell, fellow New Bohemian Kenny Withrow and Spin Doctors drummer Aaron Comess. This improvisational band is certain to recall th ... More >>

Bonus MP3: Old 97's -- "The Grand Theatre"

​The past couple of months have found us talking a lot about the new, upcoming release from the Old 97's, The Grand Theatre, Volume One. And we've been lavishing that sucker, which is due out on October 12,  with all sorts of praise.Rightfully so, we think. The disc, as we've said before, is ... More >>

Old 97's Release Free Three-Song EP Of Live Sons of Hermann Hall Recordings

The 97's ain't flushing anything away these days.​Not to beat you dear readers over the head with Old 97's coverage this week or anything, but the news just keeps on coming in, man. Not our fault, OK?A reminder: Earlier this week, we passed along word that, yes, it's looking more and more like the ... More >>

Wreckless Eric & Amy Rigby

Wednesday, June 16, at Bryan Street Tavern

Bonus MP3: Smiling at the Ceiling -- "Nostalgia Company"

​Smiling at the Ceiling just might be the best kept secret to emerge from the plenteous Denton jazz scene. And while they can't quite be called a supergroup, per se, it's still safe to say the group's members are still probably best known for their other projects. Formed in 2007 as Dr. Mobutu, the ... More >>

Stu Discious

Stu Discious (Self-released)

Hash Over: New Year's Eve Brings Out Champagne Toasts, Party Favors And Bands

​As you probably know by now, the decade comes to an end this week, and just about every restaurant or nightclub in town has some kind of New Year's Eve celebration planned for Thursday night. But let's say you're thinking beer budget shindigs... First of all, sibling pubs The Old Monk, The Idle R ... More >>

Busy Monday Gig Alerts: Old 97's, Neon Indian, Better Than Ezra and John Lefler

It was good living with you, wah-oh.​Not a bad Monday night platter of concerts this evening as the Old 97's continue on with their four-night stay at Sons of Hermann Hall (tickets are still available here for both tonight and tomorrow nights' shows), Neon Indian headlines an impressive bill at Th ... More >>

Old 97's To Record New Record in January, Play Unique Sets At Upcoming Sons of Hermann Hall Residency

Caught up with Rhett Miller this morning over the phone--and overseas too, actually, as Miller's currently in the UK, out on tour as the opening act for Steve Earle. The bulk of the conversation focused largely on Miller's upcoming gig at the Grnada Theater on Saturday, November 14, as part of the ... More >>

Good Friday: Brent Best, Bridges & Blinking Lights, Days of the New, Babyface, Pitbull, Doug Burr, All That Remains, Binary Sunrise, Rhett Miller, RTB2, Saboteur, The Sounds, Shinedown

​The weekend's here, which is good news for anyone hoping to catch up on sleep and boost their immune systems so they don't catch that darn H1N1 virus going around. And good news for music fans, too, as there's enough rock going on to melt both your face and all potential germs it might be keeping ... More >>

Bonus MP3: The Farstar - "The Healing Kiss of a Blowtorch"

Farstar takes the whole bunny-ears-in-pictures deal to the next level. ​Michael Maney, multi-instrumentalist for the local act The Farstar, is super hyped over his band's upcoming EP--so much so that he just sent over a yet-to-be-mastered cut from said EP for the edification of DC-9 readers. And, ... More >>

Dallas Observer Music Awards

Good Friday: The Good Friday Edition.

...because a picture of Jesus on the cross might be a little inappropriate for a music blog.Happy Good Friday, everyone! Wait--is this a happy holiday? Hell if this Jew knows. Oh well. Onto the weekend!First, the shows we've already hyped...Tonight, the big 'un is happening over at the Palladium, wh ... More >>

Rhett Miller Talks To Billboard About His Upcoming Solo Disc

Speaking of the 97's, news comes today via Billboard that Rhett Miller's fourth solo record will see release on June 9. The self-titled affair, which Miller recorded over the past two months at Salim Nourallah's Pleasantry Lane studios, also features a whole bunch of familiar names backing the 97' ... More >>

Six Locals Named As Finalists In International Songwriting Competition

Salim NourallahYep. An international songwriting competition quite cleverly named the International Songwriting Competition, in fact. Anyway, as the header implies, six locals made the cut to get a "finalist" nod from the ISC. Who? For what songs? In what categories? And, just for good measure, wher ... More >>

Good Friday: Vance Gilbert, Whiskey Folk Ramblers, Patrice Pike, Eleven Hundred Springs, Salim Nourallah, Hendrick, John Lewis Band

Weekend time!First, the shows we already hipped you to...Tonight, there's Marcia Ball at the Granada, Dale Watson at the Pearl Dancehall and Saloon in Fort Worth, Lou Gramm at the House of Blues, and, finally, at the Double Wide, there's a nice bill with Johnny Lloyd Rollins, Bridges & Blinking ... More >>

Our 20th Music Awards

1988-2008: Two Decades of DOMA

DOMA XX: The Showcase Lineup

No Excuses, Listen to Salim Nourallah

Laying the Foundation: Or, Carter Albrecht's Dad Needs Your Help

Pop Art

On J.D Whittenburg's new disc, everything adds up

Why, Wide, Why?

Celebrated indie-rock dive the Double Wide announced its closure on Monday. Or did it?

Re: Mediocrity

Show Up, This Weekend

Odds & Ends

Raise a final beer (or seven) to the boys in Speedtrucker at their farewell shows

Odds & Ends

The holiday spirt begins with gifts from The Feds, Good Records and Texasgigs.com

Band of Brothers

All families are complicated. The Nourallah Brothers are more complicated than most.

Helping Out

Granada benefit show to help tsunami victims

But Will It Fly?

A report from the launching of the renovated Granada Theater

Dallas on Display

Area acts get their share of shout-outs