Selena Gomez

The Spring Breakification of the Disney Princess Complex

Spring Breakers is Harmony Korine's most accessible -- and yet his most experimental -- movie yet.

Harmony Korine Explains the “Beauty in Horror” of Spring Break

Spring Breakers’ provocative director on the darkness beneath college partiers’ booze, boobs, and bad decisions.

In Hotel Transylvania, A Comic Dracula Still Kills

From Selena Gomez and Justin Bieber to the SMU Rowing Team, Carly Rae Jepsen's "Call Me Maybe" Has Been Around

See also: The problem with Carly Rae Jepsen's "Call Me Maybe" Carly Rae Jepsen's "Call Me Maybe" is one of those songs that tricks you. You only have to hear it once to know all the words. Not just the chorus, ALL OF THE WORDS. Who knows where you even heard it the first time? The problem is you ... More >>

Welp, It Looks Like Justin Bieber's Coming To Town

Justin BieberMonday, October 29, at American Airlines Center, $52.71-$103.90Though he's one of the most disliked artists in the world, I predict this show will sell out quicker than it takes load the video for "Baby." Of course, Dallas has a special place in Biebs' heart. His girlfriend Selena Gomez ... More >>

The Problem With... Carly Rae Jepsen's "Call Me Maybe"

Every wave of music coming out of Canada is quite the "melange." In the most recent one, Drake's fame is pulling up Toronto R&B artists The Weeknd and Melanie Fiona. We also have elves like Grimes and Purity Ring tinkering around with their precursors, from Skinny Puppy to Nelly Furtado. Conversely ... More >>

Vocal Coach Linda Septien Is In the Business of Making Stars

Welcome to Local Music 'Mericans, where we get to know the people behind the scenes. In 1984, Linda Septien was performing opera in Italy. Inspired, she flew to Nashville to do her own recordings. "You suck," the producer told her. "You have no feeling at all." She put the brakes on and decided ... More >>

The 20 Best Concert Photos of 2011

Mike MezeulBroken Social Scene at the House of Blues​The number of good shows and exciting, inspiring, heartbreaking moments in the Dallas music scene this year were, to put it SO very mildly...numerous. It probably can go with out saying. Except we're going to say it. We're going to talk about it ... More >>

Tim Halperin Reaches No. 1 on iTunes, Sly Stone Is Now Homeless and Other News and Notes...

Tim Halperin​Last week we ran a quick item about American Idol contestant, Tim Halperin, and his publicity stunt leading up to the release of his new record, Rise & Fall. He was to sit in a mock jail cell at Plano's Shops At Legacy for 28 hours leading up the expiration of his dreaded American ... More >>

Last Night: Selena Gomez at Gexa Energy Pavilion

Selena Gomez Gexa Energy Pavillion August 31, 2011 Better than: hearing your 12-year-old sing lyrics about probing aliens and ménage a trois.Rachel ParkerSelena Gomez playing to her hometown crowd at the Gexa Energy Pavilion last night. For more photos, check out the slideshow.​To the sounds of ... More >>

Selena Gomez Says She's Almost Done With Music

First Move From 11-Year-Old Mayor of Forney? Changing Main Street to Justin Bieber Way.

Begrudgingly, yes.​Dallas has a serious case of Bieber Fever, y'all. In addition to the fact that we can expect a nude statue of Bieber and his Grand Prairie-raised girlfriend, Selena Gomez, to be housed inside of the city limits at the end of the month, today comes the news that the City of Forne ... More >>

Selena Gomez On The Nude Statue Featuring Her, Justin Bieber: "Yeah, It's A Little Weird."

Selena Gomez​It's been kind of a weird week for Selena Gomez. And, thing is, it started out so great, too. At Sunday night's Teen Choice Awards, the Grand Prairie native took home five surf boards (used instead of trophies, naturally), second only to Taylor Swift, who won six. But Gomez, let's fac ... More >>

Nude Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez Statue's Sculptor Tells Us The Motivation For His Piece

"Justin and Selena as One."​The announcement yesterday from 46-year-old Connecticut-based sculptor Daniel Edwards -- that he'd created a (mostly) nude sculpture of teenage music superstars Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez, and that it would soon be put on public display in an adult store right here ... More >>

Nude Selena Gomez and Justin Bieber Statue: It Not Only Exists, But It's Coming Our Way Soon.

​ Not sure whether this is creepy, amazing or both, but, alas, a "famed" sculptor named Daniel Edwards -- responsible for such past classics as a nude Paris Hilton playing with her dog and a nude Britney Spears giving birth on her hands and knees -- has gone and created a bronze statue of Grand Pr ... More >>

53 Years Into The Billboard Hot 100's History, A Look At Every Dallas Song To Make The Chart

Yesterday marked the 53rd anniversary of the Billboard Hot 100 pop chart. Launched in 1958, the chart combined statistics gleaned from both radio airplay and sales of individual singles to determine a single's popularity. Today, the Hot 100 chart is topped by LMFAO's "Party Rock Anthem" -- proo ... More >>

Music Video Monday: Demi Lovato, Fungi Girls and Gaston Light Each Release New Clips...

It's been about a month since we wrote off Colleyville's Own Demi Lovato, saying that she'd been officially overtaken as Disney's top starlet by her BFF, Grand Prairie's Own Selena Gomez. Last week, though, Lovato struck back. Well, not really. But she did release the music video for her new single ... More >>

Video Explosion: Centro-matic, Selena Gomez, Virgin Wolves and Four Others Release Clips

One small step for local music. One giant leap for local music videos.​Can't really pin down a specific reason for this, but there sure have been a lot of local music video releases in the past few weeks. Good ones, too, and featuring bands that run the entire local gamut. There's a new Centro-mat ... More >>

Forget Demi: It's Grand Prairie's Own Selena Gomez That Disney's Pushing Now.

​Can you smell it? That intoxicating blend of corporate America, young Hollywood and mall food courts wafting around town today -- that's from one Selena Gomez, who is indeed back home in Dallas today, promoting the two fairly major projects on her immediate horizon, her FOX studio film called Mo ... More >>

Tortillas and Trannies at Dallas Taquerías

Transgender "travesty shows" help fill the seats at Dallas taquerías.

Watch: Some Creepy Old Dude From Colorado Has A Weird Fascination With Selena Gomez

Now this is just weird: The above video is just one of many, many clips that Jay Herrod of Colorado has posted to YouTube, obsessing over Disney starlet and Grand Prairie's Own Selena Gomez.Welcome to the downside of celebrity, Selena! Seems somewhat reminiscent of the very creepy documentary I Thi ... More >>

Good Friday: Black Friday Edition

Eisley​If you've already picked up a copy of this weeks Dallas Observer, you might have noticed our music feature on Tyler band Eisley, who will be in town at The Loft on Saturday night with Ives The Band, and Christie DuPree. The story sheds light on the ups and downs that the band has experience ... More >>

Demi Lovato Is A Fan of Neon Indian and, Allegedly, Fighting and Cocaine

​We now have two new factors in our ongoing "Demi Lovato vs. Selena Gomez: Who's Hotter?" discussion: party ability and fighting ability.According to the Huffington Post, which reported last week that the 18-year-old Disney starlet Lovato entered into rehab for "emotional and physical issues," the ... More >>

Now That They're Both 18, Let's Finally Discuss It: Who's Hotter, Demi Lovato or Selena Gomez?

​ Earlier this week, we shared with you Selena Gomez's new music video for "A Year With No Rain," a clip that finds the freshly 18-year-old Grand Prairie native touting her new of-age appeal. Meanwhile, on Sunday night at the Superpages.com Center, Gomez's BFF and fellow Disney Channel-approved st ... More >>

She's All Growns Up and She's All Growns Up: Watch Selena Gomez's New Music Video, "A Year Without Rain." (She's 18, Swear.)

Grand Prairie's Own Selena Gomez has a new album called A Year Without Rain due out later this month, and, late last week, she debuted the new music video for that album's lead single and title track. And, in case there was any doubt as to whether Disney was gonna change up its marketing of is one-t ... More >>

Houston Press Writes Blog Post Saying Dallas Music Sucks, Presumably Because There Was No Interesting Houston Music News To Report.

​Listen: I'm not one to get into too many Internet flame wars. Especially not inter-city ones. (We've got plenty of petty bullshit to put up with here, thanks.) But, OK, since these dudes think I should say something about the post written yesterday by our pals at the Houston Press music blog call ... More >>

Ramona and Beezus

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 >>

Nick Jonas and The Aging Of The Area Disney Crop

Watch: Disco Curtis's New Video for "Ashley"

The local mall punk scene? Not in danger of dying, folks. Not any time soon, at least. Look no further than Dallas' own Disco Curtis for the proof. The band just released the above video for its song "Ashley," and, for a brief moment on Saturday afternoon, it was the most-watched video on MySpace, b ... More >>

March of the Merry

Weekend Roundup: Erykah Badu with Yo Gabba Gabba Live!, Selena Gomez

Erykah Badu with Yo Gabba Gabba Live! at Dr Pepper Arena on Saturday, November 28Erykah Badu, mother of three, did a dancey-dance with the Yo Gabba Gabba! gang at the Dr Pepper Arena over the weekend. I don't have kids, so I'm out of the loop. But Wikipedia tells me Andy Samberg appeared on the TV s ... More >>

Suburban tweeners rock out to mall punk, DFW's hottest musical export. No, really.

Forever The Sickest Kids Collaborate With Selena Gomez... For A Remix? (Uh-Huh.)

Since Disney teen star Selena Gomez is apparently all about promoting local produce (seen her Borden milk commercials yet?), I guess we can return the favor and mention this: The Grand Prairie native has joined forces with her fellow Dallas suburbanites in Forever the Sickest Kids to record a remix ... More >>

You Can Blame Barney For The Area Tween Star Glut.

Or so one can glean from the Associated Press piece, datelined in Carrollton, that ran in the Morning News and in countless other outlets this past weekend. (No big deal, but we've already covered this ground, AP! Only, well, not so gushingly...) This piece, which compares Barney to The Mickey Mouse ... More >>

In Barely Music-Related Local Music News: George Steel Ditches Dallas Opera, Erykah Badu Backs Out Of Black Forest Theater, The Jonas Brothers Continue To Exist...

A few brief notes to pass along that some DC9 maybe, kinda, sorta, might, could possibly be interested in...Over on Unfair Park, Robert's got the goods on an item that the New York Times and others are all over: George Steel, the man who was tapped to lead the Dallas Opera five months ago, has alrea ... More >>

The Biggest Stories in North Texas Music, Circa 2008

In a year that saw Ozzy, the Jonases and The New York Times storm through North Texas, which area music stories will go down as the most important of 2008?

MTV Brings Us The Year In JoBromances

MTV News this morning has a delightful little feature looking back on the year that was 2008--in Jonas Brothers romances. Seems Westlake's own abstinence-pledging JoBros have had themselves quite the year in love, having been seen about town with tween music starlets Miley Cyrus, Selena Gomez and T ... More >>

Chart News: Lovato, Simpson Rock Billboard's Hot 100

Disney Channel Fits Colleyville's Demi Lovato For A Glass Slipper

She's now lined up to be the next Hannah Montana.

Hannah Montana, the Jonas Brothers and ... Dallas' Demi Lovato?