The Toadies

Rock Lottery 11

Saturday, November 17, at Dan's Silverleaf, Denton

The Good Show's Tom Urquhart: "Robyn Hitchcock Says Music Is Communion, and I Believe That"

Tom Urquhart's Saturday KTCU FM 88.7 radio show, The Good Show, is up for another nomination in this year's Dallas Observer Music Awards, for Best Radio Show. It's exactly what Fort Worth needs a little more of: A vehicle to make their local music scene all the more cohesive and accessible. Urquhar ... More >>

Fort Worth Sound's Bart Rose on Learning "Eruption" and Loving the '90s

Starting at age 19, Bart Rose ran First Street Audio in Forth Worth. That was 1989. In 2008, he took over a facility called Digital Post & Production, changed the name to Fort Worth Sound, and has since worked with The Toadies, Spot and many more. He's hosted outside producers like Mike MClure (Cros ... More >>

Ume's Lauren Larson on the Band's Future and Getting a Mohawk in the Eye

Might sound like skipping record coming from us, but Austin's Ume is back in town this weekend. And if you've never seen them play, do yourself a favor and see this trio. Frontwoman Lauren Larson, her husband, bassist Eric Larson, and drummer Rachel Fuhrer play the Ambhar Stage on Saturday afternoon ... More >>

Picture Show: Toadies, The Phuss and Sealion at Rockin' Rodeo

These three bands have been rolling around Texas on a mini-tour: They just got in from Beaumont, did last night's show in Denton, spent a couple hours in their own beds, then off to Abilene. The Toadies/Phuss collaboration goes beyond this small tour, as Toadie Vaden Todd Lewis helped produce the Ph ... 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 >>

DOMAXXIII Showcase Stage Banter: The Best On-Stage Quotes From This Weekend

Rachel ParkerThe Toadies' Vaden Todd Lewis at Saturday's DOMA Showcase.​With the huge choice of groups performing at the DOMA Showcase this past weekend, it was nearly impossible to see every performer on your preferred list. The zombies and turtle-lovers trying to be zombies along Deep Ellum prob ... More >>

This Week In Dallas Music History: Leap Frogging Through History With The Toadies

The beginning of history as we know it​In this edition of This Week In Dallas Music History, we look back at an infographic we here at the Observer published to chart the career arc of The Toadies, following the release of their seminal record Rubberneck and through the production of their at-the- ... More >>

Over The Weekend: The Toadies, Ume, Ishi, True Widow and Here Holy Spain at Saturday's Dallas Observer St. Patrick's Day Concert

The Toadies, Ume, Ishi, True Widow and Here Holy Spain at the Dallas Observer St. Patrick's Day Party Saturday, March 12, 2011 Energy Square Better than: Sitting for hours in one spot, getting drunk and watching the parade. Danny FulgencioThe Toadies' Vaden Todd Lewis​The sea of green stretched ... More >>

Dia De Los Toadies III

Friday, August 27, and Saturday, August 28, at Whitewater On The Horseshoe in New Braunfels

Today In Music News: Wilco Out At Nonesuch, The Toadies Are Givers And Drake Gets The Boot

Your daily dose of national music news for Friday, July 9, 2010...At this point in its career, starting a label is probably the smartest thing Wilco could do.The Toadies are offering up on of their "new" Feeler for free download over at Spin.com.Drake just can't catch a break in the NYC: His Good Mo ... More >>

A One-Night Stand With the Past

No doubt we'll call it an early day -- I can tell the Friends of Unfair Park have better things to do, and good for you. But before we say, "Till next year," a few words, very few, about a night spent in Deep Ellum -- my first since, well, I can't really can't recall. At first blush, standing amongs ... More >>

Toadies, LIONS, Descender

Wednesday, December 30, at Trees

THE PHUSS

Wanted (Battle Flag)

Jonathan Tyler and the Northern Lights Made the Best of a Rainy Saturday at ACL.

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 >>

Toadies, The Secret Machines, Ben Kweller, Bowling For Soup, Eleven Hundred Springs, The Boom Boom Box

Saturday, August 29, at Rough Creek Ranch, Glen Rose

Dallas Observer Music Awards

Here Holy Spain

Manic (Idol)

Echoes and Reverberations: You Shoot, We Score

Texas music looks great. It provokes the imagination and illustrates the intangible. For years, we've been providing the necessary flavor to help filmmakers tell their stories. It's what we do; we're obviously good at this kind of thing. And it goes both ways: Movie soundtracks are the kind of thin ... More >>

The Basement Club Regulars To Hold Reunion

Looks like the recent trend of 1990s music reunions isn't limited to bands. On Saturday, April 18, The Lakewood Theater will hold a reunion for The Basement, the venerable metal nightclub that rocked out on the corner of Greeenville Avenue and Park Lane from the mid 1980s until it closed its doors i ... More >>

Pardon, But What New Radio Show?

Stand and Deliver

WIth No Deliverance, The Toadies revert to the bare bones of their past

Gerard Dirkx Offers His Take On The Greatest DFW Rock Artists

The Speculation's Over: New Toadies Disc Scheduled For August 19 Release

The Videos Of The Toadies In The Studio: Clearly Just Viral Marketing, Right?

For The Toads

Amphibians hop into Fort Worth

The Sounds of Deep Ellum

Toadies Getting Back Together. For One Day Only. Again.

Deaf Pedestrians

Deaf Pedestrians (Dotpointperiod)

Dig A Hole

When the bass player split, the Toadies split up

Hell Freezes Over

It took seven years to make a new record. It took five months for The Toadies to call it quits.

2001 Dallas Observer Music Awards

Narrow margins remind us that everyone's a winner

Scene, Heard

We admit it. We screwed up.

Scene, Heard

Just in case you missed it

Scene, Heard

Dallas-Denton-Forth Worth bands make their biggest impact yet at SXSW

Dallas Stars

The Toadies haven't put out an album in a few years. Really. It's true.

Scene, Heard

Where there's glass, there's theft

Hijinks at Trees

Long-overdue debuts

Best evidence that the local music scene is better than Austin's (Despite what Texas Monthly says)

Best threat to Sam Paulos' empire (Part II)

Last Beat music complex

Playing Possum

After six years, The Toadies' new album is finally finished, and it's good. So why isn't it out yet?

Across the Bar

End hits

Across the Bar

Rocket Summer, Toadies break out, Solex gets Good, Live at the Hootenanny, and more

Finally final

Who had May in the pool? The Toadies' new album is finished.

Scene, Heard

The Toadies finish off Liberty; Deep Ellum Center for the Arts gets Musically Incorrect; Broose bows out

Winner's circle

All the bands that fit,and one that quit

Roadshows

Grading on a curve

This was the year local music broke, but was it fixed?

Rushes