The Black Keys

The Six Best Concerts In Dallas This Week, February 25-28

Tame Impala Wednesday, February 27, at Granada Theater, $22/$24 There is no edge to the earth, but if there were, Perth, Australia, would probably be in spitting distance of it. So it's unexpected for a band to overcome such geographic remoteness to find a place on the world stage. Tame Impala have ... More >>

Ten Indie Artists Poised for Pop Stardom in 2013

We now live in a world where major corporate radio routinely features songs by Phoenix, M83, The Black Keys, Passion Pit, The Lumineers, Mumford & Sons, Kings of Leon and Macklemore. These were largely independent artists who for the most part built critical acclaim over the years by producing quali ... More >>

The Kessler's Melissa Hennings Tends Bar and Shoots Your Favorite Bands

See also: Kessler front-of-house man Paul Quigg finds a niche in Oak Cliff Melissa Davis Hennings stumbled into photography, really: Her first shot was The Black Keys. But taking photos of local bands isn't how she makes ends meet. She's the bar manager at The Kessler, an ideal gig for someone with ... More >>

A Journey Through Lollapalooza in 25 GIFs

BY REED FISCHER See also: What your Lollapalooza outfit says about you Are you ready for some GIFs? To quote Ozzy Osbourne, "I can't fucking hear you!" I said, ARE YOU READY FOR SOME GIFs?! This past weekend's running of Lollapalooza in Chicago was intense. The heat, the monsoon-like storm on S ... More >>

Pizza Hut Just Goes Ahead and Releases Garlic Bread Pizza

Just a few weeks after announcing the P'Zolo, which is a Pizza Sandwich the size of The Rock's forearm, and then being hosed by The Black Keys, Pizza Hut has gone ahead and announced their newest Pizza Thing: the Garlic Bread Pizza. They just didn't want to sit on it any longer, you know? Also, the ... More >>

ACL 2012 Announced: Red Hot Chili Peppers, Neil Young, Iggy & the Stooges and More

The Austin City Limits Music Festival line-up was announced at midnight, and I'm kind of miffed that RHCP are billed above Neil Young. Beyond that, you've got the usual ACL formula: the top tier of tried and true go-to festival acts (no surprise seeing the Black Keys or Jack White on this bill).Then ... More >>

Edgefest 22 at FC Dallas Stadium

Sunday, April 22, at FC Dallas Stadium

Of Course Our Dream Edgefest Lineup Includes Ol' Dirty Bastard and Steely Dan

With the 22nd annual Edgefest approaching this Sunday, we started to get a little cultural vertigo looking at the lineup: Garbage, Cake, Evanescence? The Black Keys are the big draw, sure, but it brought us back into that late '90s vortex, where the pants were wide and pop music was at its cavity-ti ... More >>

Record Store Day Comes Early This Year as Record Stores Celebrate Black Friday

​If you're reading this blog, it's likely you frequent a record store, and there are several good ones in the area to choose from.  But, if you didn't realize that purchasing music online is a mild sin, and if your record store of choice is the iTunes store or Amazon.com, you might be out of ... More >>

Jessica Lea Mayfield

Tuesday, July 26, at Dada

The Black Angels Tell Us That "Entrance Song" Isn't About Dallas. But It Was Written Here.

The Black Angels​ There's a definite aesthetic at play with Austin-based psych rockers The Black Angels -- a droney, swirling sheen present in almost everything the band does. It's very much intentional: Vocalist Alex Maas doesn't like to say that his band is in the music industry so much as he li ... More >>

Oil Boom

Black Waxy (Self-released)

If You Want to See What It's Like to Be Thrown in Dallas County Jail Without Getting Arrested

The Dallas County Sheriff's Department rarely posts videos to the YouTube, and when it does it's usually something unusual -- like, say, this eerie dash-cam smash-em-up. And then there's this morning's find, initially posted a few weeks ago: a mini-doc in which you follow along as a man (actor Ferna ... More >>

Arbitrarily Grading The Year That Was: A Look Back At The Major Music Happenings of 2010.

Not quite an A . But 2010 was still a pretty good year for music.​If the '00s were dominated by hip-hop, this decade looks as if it's being dominated by electronic music. While electro-pop has had some resurrections over the years, it's now a mainstay of popular music. Look no farther tha ... More >>

Our Critics' Year-End Top Tens: Music Editor Pete Freedman Finds Plenty Beautiful About Kanye West's Dark Twisted Family

In this week's paper, you may notice a piece including some of our DC9 writers' choices for best albums of the year. But, space being limited, we couldn't run all of our writers' lists. So, thanks to the power of the Internet, we're doing just that, right here.​Music ed ... More >>

Erykah Badu and Sarah Jaffe Land On Some Early Year-End Best Album Lists

Sarah Jaffe's had a big year, in case you didn't know.​It's officially December, which means 2010 is almost over, which means it's time for the overzealous music critics of the world to rush out their year-end best music lists, even though, hey, the year isn't over and there are still albums comin ... More >>

Clearing Out The Mailroom: Monday, November 1, 2010

​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 a few at a time and play each CD for as long as I can stand it.Bertell (Houston, TX) Goin Hard (EMI) We often get some odd items sent to u ... More >>

A Blow-by-Blow Field Report From Austin City Limits 2010.

ACL 2010 So-Far Superlatives: The Best Performers, Songs and Movements of Days One and Two.

Here we are, final morning of Austin City Limits, and we're getting all wistful and whatnot. It's a busy day ahead filled with North Texas connections like whoa: 15-year-old Dallas-born fiddle wunderkind Ruby Jane kicks the entire day off with her 11:15 a.m. set; Midlake will somehow have to physica ... More >>

ACL Day One Recap: Hipsters, Hippies and The Poor Schlubs Stuck In Between.

Patrick MichelsJulian Casablancas wears his sunglasses at nights.​ Well, Austin City Limits, you redeemed yourself. After a slow start to the festivities, things picked up very quickly, as predicted, and, by three o'clock, things were in full swing. But Night One--despite names like Miike Snow, Gi ... More >>

Picture Show: And So Austin City Limits Begins...

All photos by Nick RalloThe fans are already shirtless, dancing for GIVERS.​So it begins. Austin City Limits 2010 kicked off its heels this morning with Asleep at the Wheel, GIVERS and Charlie Mars. Thanks to the crisp, clear weather, we can show you some beginning pics. Of course, they'll be ... More >>

ACL '10: So Far, So Not Very Impressive. But Things Are Gonna Get Better Real Soon.

​It's the very early goings in the 2010 installment of Austin City Limits, and, apologies to all you die-hard Blues Traveler fans, but, so far, nothing's really blown us away. Well, nothing except Those Darlins, who we already knew we loved.Oh, and the weather, which indeed is proving to be the sm ... More >>

Last Night: Kings of Leon, The Black Keys at Superpages.com Center

Kings of Leon, The Black KeysSuperpages.com CenterSeptember 23, 2010Better than: the last time Kings of Leon came through town.Rachel ParkerThe Brothers Followill. See more in our slideshow.​It just felt so comfortable--all of it, from the band's performance to their crowd's reaction and their own ... More >>

Kings of Leon, The Black Keys, The Whigs

Thursday, September 23, at Superpages.com Center

Tonight, Tonight: Kings of Leon, The Black Keys and The Whigs at Superpages; Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings and Grace Potter and the Nocturnals at Palladium; Semi-Precious Weapons at the Loft; Torche at The Nightmare; and More!

Crazy busy night, huh? Thursdays really must be the new Fridays...

For Your Weekend Listening Pleasure: Joe Walsh Brings the Funk (#49) to Reunion Arena

​No need to rehash my feeling about The Eagles -- if only I'd kept that fax Don Henley sent me back when I was at the Dallas Times Herald and he tried to bar me from his Starplex show. Though, on second though, I guess he was trying to do me a solid. Still, I would have missed opener Susanna Hoffs ... More >>

Blue Notes

Q&A: Cadillac Sky's Bryan Simpson Tells Us About Working With Dan Auerbach, And Worrying About Getting Beat Up By Zac Brown. Also, He Gives Us A Bonus MP3.

It warms my heart to see some good boys from Texas doing well for themselves--and Cadillac Sky heats this ol' ticker just fine. Originally from Fort Worth, Cadillac Sky has gone on to considerable recognition and praise from bluegrass, roots, and folk fans across the nation for their genre fusing an ... More >>

Austin City Limits Announces 2010 Lineup...

​It's that time of year, again. The Austin City Limits Festival line-up was unveiled early this morning via the fest's official website. There isn't any question: This year's docket will have people gabbing--whether it's vitriolic hate or nostalgic, warm-fuzzies. Sure, for many, bashing on the cho ... More >>

Listomania: Five Failed Musician-Celebrity Collaborations

​Last month, She & Him's Volume Two hit stores, featuring the "unlikely dynamic duo" of actress Zooey Deschanel and M. Ward. Since then, many celebrities have become jealous to achieve this same intellectual-indie success. Last year, Scarlett Johansson & Pete Yorn made a little CD called B ... More >>

Tweed EQ

Harmonisizer (Self-released)

Jessica Lea Mayfield

Wednesday, July 22,at the House of Blues' Cambridge Room

Dan Auerbach

Keep It Hid (Nonesuch)

Annuals,Jessica Lea Mayfield,What Laura Says

Saturday, february 14, at House of Blues' Pontiac Garage

Today In Music News: Jeff Tweedy's Son Has A Blog, Kelly Clarkson Has A New Single, Glastonbury Has A Blurry Headliner, The Black Keys' Dan Auerbach Has A Solo Album

Your top national music stories for Tuesday, December 23, 2008: Jeff Tweedy's 13- year-old son Spencer has a blog. There, you can read a 13-year-old tell you about the newest technology, politics and music. Because, if 13 year old's know anything, it's politics. Kelly Clarkson and her tiny nose r ... More >>

Weekend Roundup: Ben Kweller, Hot Chip, Del Tha Funky Homosapien, The Black Keys, Psycho Pony

ACL Sunday: Octopus Project, The Kills and Questioning My Existence

ACL Fest, Day One: Delta Spirit, Jamie Liddell, Hot Chip, Gogol Bordello and Yes, Even Louis XIV

Spiritualized at ACL Fest

Last Night: The Black Keys at the Granada Theater

The Black Keys, Jessica Lea Mayfield

Friday, September 26, at the Granada Theater

Austin City Limits Music Festival Announces Lineup

What It Was Like: The Black Keys, The Little Ones, Helio Sequence, British Sea Power

Listen and Learn: The Black Keys

Dallas Observer SXSW Concert Lineup Announced

The Heartless Bastards

Saturday, January 20, at Good Records, 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. and Sons of Hermann Hall, 8 p.m., with Pleasant Grove

Familiar Chord

Blues rock duo intoxicates with Magic Potion

Dallas Observer's top DVD picks for the week of October 4

The Willowz

Tuesday, July 19, at Rubber Gloves

The Black Keys

October 25