Scott Danbom

Robert Gomez Talks Poetic Beheadings (Just Don't Ask Him to Make You a Vegas Bomb)

It's impossible to discuss the magnitude of the Denton music scene without including Robert Gomez as one of its pivotal players. Since 1993, Gomez has been everywhere from Denton to Istanbul, and the list of musicians he's played with include Norah Jones, Philip Glass and Tico da Costa. He'll perfor ... More >>

Sarah Jaffe, Screaming Females, Ynfynyt Scroll and More Under the Supermoon

There's been a bit of collective chatter lately, about how Dallas in 2007 or 2008 was the last time there was this feeling of momentum in the music and arts scenes. I can't speak to that, but there was definitely a similar wave hitting Austin during that span of time: Red River was turning into a mo ... More >>

Fearless Leader: Rubber Gloves' Josh Baish

Welcome to Local Music 'Mericans, where we get to know the people behind the scenes in Dallas/Fort Worth music. Josh Baish is the head honcho at Denton's Rubber Gloves Rehearsal Studios, perhaps one of the most important venues in DFW's music scene since opening in 1997. Baish owes its success to ... More >>

Jason Isbell on Social Networking: "You Can Pretty Much Be Antisocial."

Alabama-raised Jason Isbell has pretty much met, if not exceeded, the expectations of just about any interested party following his departure from the beloved band of southern-rock story-tellers, The Drive By Truckers. Each of Isbell's three albums since leaving his former band in 2007 has progres ... 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 >>

An Oral History of the Dallas Music Scene

Some of Dallas' most successful musicians recount the rebirth of its most storied entertainment district: Deep Ellum.

Over The Weekend: Drive-By Truckers and Centro-matic at the Granada Theater

Drive-By Truckers, Centro-maticGranada TheaterSeptember 2Better than: "Freebird."Drive-By Truckers​In the Drive-By Truckers documentary The Secret to a Happy Ending, a young female fan jokes that she often wears diapers to DBT shows, just so she won't miss any of the show waiting in a bathroo ... More >>

Last Night: Centro-matic and Sarah Jaffe at Dan's Silverleaf in Denton

Centro-matic, Sarah JaffeJuly 7, 2011Dan's SilverleafBetter than: listening to old-timers go on and on about the "glory days" of local music.Matt PenceCentro-matic still has plenty of fun these days.​It's abundantly clear at this point: Sarah Jaffe is a big deal around these here North Texas parts ... More >>

Centro-matic Offer Up a Year-End Candidate

Over The Weekend: Sarah Jaffe at the Wyly Theatre

Sarah Jaffe, Bosque BrownWyly TheatreFebruary 12, 2011Better than: another show in another bar, as Jaffe so put it early on in her performance on Saturday night.Melanie GomezSarah Jaffe​Once upon a time, she was a shy performer, perhaps too concerned with making any on-stage mistakes before her at ... More >>

Watch: Sarah Jaffe Covers Robyn's "Hang With Me"

​ A nice little treat this morning, courtesy of the folks at Sleepover Shows, who, like so many others on the Internet today, film artists in intimate settings, playing their songs for the camera. But this assortment of clips, actually, is a bit different: In addition to performances of "Clementin ... More >>

The Best Songs in Dallas Music, 2010: Sarah Jaffe Reaches Her Potential, and "Clementine" Is The Best Song of the Year.

[Over these last few weeks of 2010, we've presented our favorite local songs of the year, counting down from No. 25 to No. 1, one track a day. Today, we end our countdown by revealing the top song of the year. Click after the jump to watch the song's official video. There, y ... More >>

Over The Weekend: Sarah Jaffe at the Granada Theater

Sarah Jaffe, Seryn, Jonathan Evan ClarkGranada TheaterSeptember 11, 2010Better than: Jaffe's CD release show at Sons of Hermann Hall back in May.There still remain a sign or two of her youth and inexperience--like when, just a few songs in to her headlining slot at the Granada Theater on Saturday ni ... More >>

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 >>

Our 22nd annual music awards honor a thriving, collaborative scene that's finally getting its due.

Centro-matic, Matthew and the Arrogant Sea

Friday, May 7, at the Granada Theater

The Best Area Album Releases of the '00s

Bonus MP3: Molina and Johnson -- "Twenty Cycles To The Ground"

The cover of Jason Molina and Will Johnson's new collaborative disc.​We've been waiting on this one for a while--pretty much a year and a half now, actually--so pardon us if we geek out here for a moment. But, this week, we finally heard some official news on the new collaborative project from Cen ... More >>

Centro-matic To Tweet Tomorrow Night, Whilst Rocking Your Robin.

As I retweeted just moments ago (check out our Twitter-log in the right-hand column on this page...and follow me, too, if ya want), Centro-matic's got a gig tomorrow night at the Granada Theater with the fine fellows of The Crash That Took Me and Austin's The Monahans. And while that's fine and goo ... More >>

Gig Alert: The BS Art Fusion Show At Rubber Gloves Tonight

Live (mostly) nude models, body paint and music. What more do you need to hear about tonight's BS Art Fusion Show at Rubber Gloves Rehearsal Studios? Well, for starters, Scott Danbom of Centro-matic and South San Gabriel will be playing a solo set, and Gazelles frontman Adam Bertholdi is scheduled t ... More >>

Clearing Out the Mailroom: Tuesday, March 3, 2009

We've got quite a backlog of CDs we've never gotten around to, so we're going to try to chip away at the pile with this regular feature. The plan: to take four or five at a time and play each CD for as long as I can stand it.People In Planes (Cardiff, Wales)Beyond The HorizonUnderneath some intere ... More >>

Rock On

Centro-matic's balls-out show at the Granada topped off a big week for the local scene

Last Night: Centro-matic, The Kadane Brothers and The Theater Fire at the Granada Theater

Centro-matic's Will Johnson is a Study in Opposites

...just like the Texan president who fascinates him

Over The Weekend: Centro-matic, All-Con, Texas Guitar Competition

Drew Glackin Memorial Show With Brent Best, Scott Danbom and Matt Pence

Wednesday, February 13, at Dan's Silverleaf

Centro-Matic, Dove Hunter, Pleasant Grove, Sarah Jaffe

Friday, July 13, at the Granada Theater

Patience for the Ride

Centro-matic began as a one-man band. Ten years later, it's Denton's greatest quartet.

Will Johnson

Friday, September 30, at Bend Studios

The Starlight Mints, the Baptist Generals, Rosebuds

Friday, October 1, at the Gypsy Tea Room

The State of Ohio

Dylan Silvers tears a hole through [DARYL]'s old walls

Forever and Now

When Little Grizzly comes to an end, they will not stand alone

Bar Exam

Slobberbone is the best bar band in America. Here's proof.

Give a Little

Area benefits look to raise money for cats, kids and a music man, too

Fugazi

The Argument (Dischord)

Scene, Heard

We'll take most of the blame, but not all of it.

Scene, Heard

More band-related news for our 11 friends

Dallas Stars

Revisiting the best local albums of 2000

Scene, Heard

London ain't so great

Centro-matic

South San Gabriel Songs/Music (Idol Records)

Out Here

Centro-matic

Hometown heroes

Home groans

Will this year's best local records survive the millennium?

Out Here

Centro-matic

Out Here

Blue notes

Centro-matic's second album is so good, it will break your heart

Corporate rock sucks

Or: Bobgoblin and Centro-matic prove why you should never sign to a record label, big or small

Pay attention

Meredith Miller decides to say folk it and goes rock

Exile on Fry Street

Slobberbone is still a little bit country and a lot rock and roll

Stylistic etouffee

Hippie Gumbo gets it right