Sarah Jaffe

35 Denton Outdoor Stages Being Evacuated Because of Severe Winds and Hail: Live Blog and Schedule Updates

Update: Killer Mike will also be performing at The Hive, at 8 p.m. There is a severe thunderstorm warning in effect in Denton right now, possibly bringing with it high winds and a risk of hail. A.Dd is performing in their scheduled, 5 p.m. slot at one of the outdoor stages, but the Cannabinoids ha ... More >>

Jeff Ryan, Drummer for Sarah Jaffe, St. Vincent and Others, Releases a Solo Album This Week

You might not recognize Jeff Ryan's name, but you've probably heard his drumming on a number of acclaimed releases in the past few years. Playing on albums by Sarah Jaffe, St. Vincent, Pleasant Grove and Crushed Stars, he's also had time to do an ambient side project called Myopic. Myopic's second r ... More >>

Join The Overserved at the Sundown at Granada and Watch Sarah Jaffe on Jimmy Kimmel Live

Sarah Jaffe is making her national television debut on Jimmy Kimmel Live, this Tuesday, December 11. And because we're always looking for a reason to have a party, our nightlife columnist, The Overserved, has put together a watching party in conjunction with the Granada Theater. The details: There w ... More >>

"Oak Cliff, That's My Hood": Saturday Night At Studio 410

You were out on Saturday, Dallas, playing nice and paying no mind to moderation. A fair amount of you were responsible for the sold-out showing at the Granada for Sarah Jaffe, John Singer Sergeant and Zhora. But at midnight, after a sun-drenched afternoon of day-drinking, you could tell the party wa ... More >>

Who Is That Awesome Dancing Girl In Sarah Jaffe's New Video?

After watching the new video for Sarah Jaffe's first single, "Glorified High," which premiered Friday on MTV, I was reminded of the video for "Open Your Heart," namely the scene at the end, where Madonna and that kid who came to watch her peep show dance around in matching outfits. However, the mo ... More >>

The 10 Best Moments at This Year's Dallas Observer Music Awards Showcase

Mike BrooksMind Spiders on the rooftop of The Bone.​ It's tough to look back on an event like Saturday night's Dallas Observer Music Awards showcase and try to come up with a conclusive best-moments list. With 52 bands playing 10 stages over the course of a ten-hour period all throughout Deep Ellu ... More >>

Get To Know Your DOMAXXIII Nominees: Best Instrumentalist, Best Radio Show, Best Blog/Website

​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 Instrumentalist, Bes ... More >>

Giveaway: Four Pairs of VIP Passes to Saturday's Dallas Observer Music Awards Showcase!

​Got some Dallas Observer Music Awards Showcase details to pass along to you this morning.For starters, the updated schedule of performers can be found here, and you can read up on all 52 acts playing this deal on Saturday right here. Might as well check out an oral history of the past 25 years of ... More >>

DOMAXXIII: Schedule of Performers For The Music Awards Showcase in Deep Ellum

​A little less than a month back, we passed along the ticket information and lineup of performers for our 2011 Dallas Observer Music Awards Showcase on Saturday, October 15, in Deep Ellum. In total, 54 bands will be performing on 10 different stages throughout the vaunted music neighborhood.  ... More >>

Local on Local: GalleryCat Samples Sarah Jaffe, Seryn, Ishi and Others on New, Free Mixtape

​Speaking of local musicians offering up takes on the 2011 Dallas Observer Music Awards nominees: After performing a live mashup with Mount Righteous at last years awards and then watching LehtMoJoe digitally combine his band's efforts with that group's, local rapper GalleryCat has taken matters i ... More >>

The Conversation: North Texas Bands on Tour!

Time to load up the van and hit the road, bros.​Going on tour is pretty much the funnest thing that a band can do, ever. On the road with your bros, drinking during the day, making tons of money, and so on and so on.Well, probably not that part about making money. Not early on in a band's career, ... More >>

Gini Mascorro Sneaks Local Acts Into KXT's Rotation, But Knows She Can't Please Everyone.

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.Gini Mascorro​Gini Mascorro's humble musical beginnings came as a shy East Fort Worth junior high ... More >>

Centro-matic Releases Free "Only In My Double Mind" MP3. Plus, Oh, 24 More Songs...

In case it isn't already, go ahead and circle Thursday, July 7, in bright red ink on your nearest calendar. That, of course, is the night when Centro-matic will return to North Texas as part of their summer tour in promotion of their new album release, Candidate Waltz, for a gig at Dan's Silverleaf ... More >>

Eisley Debuts Official Video For "Smarter"

Andrew ShepherdEisley performing at Good Records back in March.​March was a big month for the Tyler-based family band of Eisley, what with the release of The Valley, their third full-length and first-ever independent release, and all. April was kind of a big month, too, what with the band embarkin ... More >>

The Best Performer of All at This Year's SXSW? Seryn, If You Ask Paste.

Seryn​ Regrettably, we didn't make it out to Paste's Thursday day party featuring North Texas' own Sarah Jaffe and Seryn (fellow North Texans Eisley played the magazine's Wednesday party), and, to hear Paste tell it, boy, did we miss out: The venerable and regrettably now online-only music rag cla ... More >>

Tonight, Tonight: Astronautalis at Club Dada, The Extraodinaires at Rubber Gloves, Diafanes at La Grange and The Royal Heist at Lola's

As is typical for this time of the year, SXSW backwash results in a nice slew of bands hitting our area tonight...

Last Night at 35 Conferette: Big Freedia Brings Boatloads of Booty, Blows Denton's Mind.

Stephen MaskerBig Freedia wants you to shake your ass.​ Big Freedia7 p.m., Main Stage TwoThere's no doubt an element of empowerment at play within Big Freedia's thumping, bass-heavy offerings of so-called "sissy bounce" hip-hop. Freedia, the self-proclaimed "Queen Diva" of bounce music, is a rarit ... More >>

Watch: Seryn -- "River Song"

Seryn​ There's been a whole heckuva a lot of buzz lately for Denton's Seryn of late -- and especially from the folks at Paste, who in particular seem to have a raging hard-on for the chamber folk five-piece.Us? We've been following the band for some time now, impressed with their pleasing output a ... More >>

Seryn Comes To Grips With Their Place.

Erykah Badu, Midlake Earn Multiple Year-End Nods Across The Country and The World

​Sarah Jaffe isn't the only local receiving national attention this year with year-end nods. In a not very surprising turn, hometown heroes Erykah Badu and Midlake have also received honors around the world.

Local Music 'Mericans: Cindy Chaffin

Welcome to Local Music'Mericans, where we'll be meeting some people behind the local music scene who aren't musicians, but more behind-the-scenes folk.Jason JanikCindy Chaffin​Once upon a time, Cindy Chaffin was the mastermind behind Texas Gigs, a blog and database that ... More >>

The Daylights Are Making Up For Lost Time.

Watch: Seryn Once And For All Settles How To Pronounce Its Name In A New Clip

​Looks like our friends at You Dallas (by which we mean our co-workers moonlighting at other outlets) have gone ahead and filed another clip of their "Downbeat Dallas" web series, which they've already used to feature Sarah Jaffe and Doug Burr. This episode features Seryn, whose long-awaited debut ... More >>

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Watch: Sarah Jaffe Wows Morning Show Host With In-Studio Performance of "Vulnerable"

Sarah Jaffe has been out on the road for the last few weeks wowing audiences with the help of local super-musicians Scott Danbom and Robert Gomez. We're assuming that she's making fans left and right, but we know for sure that she can add the over-caffeinated host of Seattle's morning show New Day N ... More >>

Local Musicians Tell Us Why They're So Excited About The State of the Scene.

Locals on Locals: Ryan Thomas Becker Covers New Science Projects' "The Train"

We've got a couple more local-on-local cover songs to share with you today, adding to our growing catalog, which already includes covers from Air Review (doing Ishi), Ishi (doing Sarah Jaffe) and Shiny Around the Edges (doing Neon Indian). First up this afternoon? The above clip from the multiple DO ... More >>

Locals on Locals: Ishi Covers Sarah Jaffe's "Clementine."

So far, this DOMAXXII season, Ishi, which is up for four awards this year (Best Group, Best New Act, Best Song and Best Electronica/Dance Act) has received a whole lot of love, standing on on the receiving edge of not one, but two covers of its irresistible "Pastel Lights" track. Today, Ishi's retur ... More >>

Tracklist: The Local Hang with Playlister P, Vol. 10

​Another month, another Local Hang at the Libertine, where, every first Monday of the month, bar owner Simon McDonald lets me take over his room's P.A. and fill his patrons' ears with nothing but local music. And, despite an especially long, trying weekend of partying, people still showed. Go figu ... More >>

Watch: David Wilson Adds An Ishi Cover To His Collection, Promises More To Come...

Turns out that David Wilson, the guy responsible for the sweet synth and ukulele cover of Sarah Jaffe's "Clementine" that we posted this morning, has more where that came from. Check the above clip to hear his cover of Ishi's "Pastel Lights," paired with some sped-up driving clips from around town. ... More >>

Giveaway: A Pair Of Three-Day Passes, Drink Tickets and a Parking Pass to This Weekend's Wildflower Fest

The Polyphonic Spree's next video set.​This weekend, for three days, a festival born out of the celebration of wildflowers will be three days of music to Richardson. Empirical proof that people will take any excuse to turn something into a party? Naturally. But, also, a sneakily enticing option fo ... More >>

Good Friday: Sarah Jaffe, Doug Burr, Beaten Sea, Ishi, Fox & The Bird, The Burning Hotels, Minus The Bear, John Lamonica and More!

​OK, yes, we've been blowing up Sarah Jaffe this past week, but with good reason. It's all in anticipation of her album, Suburban Nature, which earns it's release on Friday, May 14 at the Son's Of Hermann Hall. She's not the only one we've been blowing up this week,though. Check out some of this w ... More >>

Gig Alert: The Middle East's Impromptu Show at Dan's Silverleaf Tonight

For a band that by some accounts had broken up over a year ago--and with only a five-song EP to show for its efforts--The Middle East should consider its current US tour nothing less than triumphant. An impromptu showing at NX35 elicited the sort of enthusiasm from a Dan's Silverleaf crowd usually r ... More >>

Selena Gomez Becomes The Latest North Texan on The Kinda Impressive Lilith Fair Tour Lineup.

Past her prime already?​Another month, another North Texan gets added to the kinda impressive Lilith Fair tour lineup...Yep: Today comes the news that Grand Prairie's own Dis-kid, Selena Gomez (who our sister paper down in Houston is already pegging as past her prime at just 17 years old), has bee ... More >>

10 Must-See Acts To Catch at NX35

Stream Smile Smile's Truth on Tape In Full

​The folks at Kirtland Records/Sonar Management sure are busy these days, what with today's release of the new Eleven Hundred Springs album today (be sure to check our story on the new EHS disc in this upcoming Thursday's of the Observer) and all those announcements its been making about the new S ... More >>

Picture Show: Sarah Jaffe, Robert Gomez and Seryn at St. David's Episcopal Church in Denton

Matt NagerSeryn opened up Friday evening's St. David's Episcopal Church show.​Friday night's show at St. David's Episcopal Church in Denton mightily lived up to its promising billing, featuring uplifting and tender sets from Denton-based talents Seryn, Robert Gomez and Sarah Jaffe. We'll have a li ... More >>

Super Busy Eve of New Year's Eve Gig Alert: Toadies, Old 97s, Slobberbone, Sarah Jaffe, True Widow and La Grange's Grand Opening

​Judging by the slew of good shows going on in our area this evening, the musical gods are indeed shining down upon us. Check out this list...First off, as you already know, tonight marks the final night of the Old 97s four-night run at Sons of Hermann Hall. It also marks the first of the Toadies' ... More >>

Now, the Voices of KXT

Gini Mascorro ​We've already told you when KERA-FM's all-music offshoot, KXT, launches -- November 9 at 7 a.m. But the question remains: Who's gonna do the talkin' while the station gets to rockin'? This morning, we have some idea: Jeff Ramirez, veep of radio, sends word that former Ticket traffic ... More >>

ACL '09: Neon Indian To Replace The Raveonettes, Sarah Jaffe To Debut New Eight-Piece Band and Jonathan Tyler Gets Some Love From Paste.

​The Toadies may take the stage tomorrow afternoon in a prime 4 p.m. slot on one of the festival's two main stages, but make no mistake: Today is DFW's day at ACL. As I write this, Sarah Jaffe is preparing to take the Austin Ventures stage, performing for the first time with her band as an ei ... More >>

Hash Over: Bolsa And Smoke Celebrate, Dine On The Line, Raiser Grazer Resumes And More

​It's hard to believe Bolsa has only been open for a year, as it already feels like a Dallas institution for locavores and  those who enjoy fascinating food creations at reasonable prices. It's gotta be true, though, as the restaurant will celebrate its first year of business with "Bands, Bru ... More >>

St. Vincent's Actor Set For May 5 Release

Annabel Mehran 4AD has announced the release date of St. Vincent's sophomore release, Actor, and, as the header to this post implies, we can expect the disc about two and a half months from now. The disc, produced here in Dallas by The Paper Chase's John Congleton, also features North Texas musician ... More >>

BreakThruRadio Features Denton In Its "Spotlight On The City"

Over on BreakThruRadio.com, there's oh, about 80 minutes of pure bliss for Denton music fans.The web site has decided to feature good ol' Denton, TX, this week in its "Spotlight On The City" feature, which you can stream at BTR's site. Or, since its basically just a podcast, you can get it and down ... More >>

A Short Film About Someone for Whom We Are Thankful, Sarah Jaffe

Friend of Unfair Park Bill Holston, author of the Veterans Day essay to which we linked earlier this month, was kind enough to forward our way this mini-doc about Sarah Jaffe, winner of multiple Dallas Observer Music Awards in July. As photographer Allison V. Smith notes on her blog, it was made ... More >>

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Photos: NX35 Showcase of Denton Bands

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