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Tripping Daisy

  • Blogs

    February 28, 2012

    Watch the Video for School of Seven Bells' "Lafaye"

    It's a big day for School of Seven Bells. The band's third and most industrial-influenced album, Ghostory, is released today. The band, located in New York, was formed when longtime Dallas musician Benjamin Curtis (UFOFU, Tripping Daisy, Captain Audio) was on tour with his band Secret Machines, open ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 10, 2012

    MP3 Dig: Mon Julien Releases Full-Length Debut Today, Streams "Punchline"

    ​A few years ago, Black Tie Dynasty were one of the biggest bands in DFW. The band broke up, but former lead singer Cory Watson wasted little time jumping into his next project, Mon Julien, which also features former Black Tie keyboardist Brian McCorquodale.Today, the Mon Julien project comes to f ... More >>

  • Music

    January 5, 2012

    Fever in the Funkhouse go back to their original recipe

    ​A few years ago, Black Tie Dynasty were one of the biggest bands in DFW. The band broke up, but former lead singer Cory Watson wasted little time jumping into his next project, Mon Julien, which also features former Black Tie keyboardist Brian McCorquodale.Today, the Mon Julien project comes to f ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 6, 2011

    Drue Mitchell Rides the Airwaves From DFW to L.A.

    Welcome to Local Music 'Mericans, where we get to know the people behind the scenes in Dallas/Fort Worth music. ​ Drue Mitchell has worked for 97.1 KEGL in promotions, as on-air jock at (old frequency) 94.5 KDGE and 89.7 KVRK, and now does television for a Christian music network in Los Angele ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 10, 2011

    Good Records Recordings Relaunches Tomorrow, Adds Grandaddy's Jason Lytle to Roster

    A screenshot of the Good Records Recordings website​For the last few months, the Good Records Recordings website has been an ominous black screen with "11-11-11" displayed in white in the middle. In a way it's served as the answer to the question we've been asking Tim DeLaughter, the label's owner ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 18, 2011

    Listen: New Music From Preteen Zenith

    ​Late on Friday, Preteen Zenith tweeted a message to its followers to visit its newly designed website, on which there is a sneak peak of an outro of a song called "Abstraction."We jumped at the chance to hear a little bit more from the band, seeing as all we've had to go on so far is a little fou ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 11, 2011

    This Week In Dallas Music History: Tripping Daisy Leaves Island Records, Goes Independent

    ​It turns out that Tripping Daisy getting dropped from Island Records was the best thing that ever happened to Good Records Recordings. It's hard to know, though, if Tim DeLaughter knew that back in 1999, when the brand new indie label was launched and Tripping Daisy was on the cusp of recording i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 23, 2011

    Fort Worth's Saint Marie Records Opens Up Shop With Two Swedish Releases

    ​Saint Marie Records, the newest record label in town, launched its website just two days ago. But, rather than stacking the artist roster with local acts, Wyatt Parkins, the man behind the label, has chosen to take a different approach entirely. The first two releases on Saint Marie Records are f ... More >>

  • Music

    December 23, 2010

    Hagfish, Riverboat Gamblers, The American Fuse

    Saturday, December 25, at Trees

  • Blogs

    September 27, 2010

    This Week In Dallas Music History: Course Of Empire Headlines Trees Outdoor Music Festival

    ​In this week's edition of This Week In Dallas Music History, former Dallas Observer music editor Gilbert Garcia answers a popular question among Dallas music fans in 1992: What's going on with Course Of Empire?Seems the guys in COE had basically disappeared from the local music scene for almost a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 3, 2010

    Tracklist: The Local Hang, Vol. 11

    ​Had another good time at The Libertine last night for the first-Monday-of-the-month "DJ" night/party/bad decision called The Local Hang, where your ears get stuffed with nothing but local music, because those are the rules. At least, I hope it was a good time. This throbbing sensation between my ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 8, 2010

    Tracklist: Local Hang with Playlister P, Vol. 9

    ​Many thanks to all who came out to the ninth rendition of the little monthly event I throw in conjunction with The Libertine every first Monday, The Local Hang. It's been a good time since the jump--and last night was no exception. I mean, c'mon, a legit crowded room of people sitting around, enj ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 4, 2010

    Tracklist: The Local Hang with Playlister P, Vol. 8

    ​A huge, huge, huge thank you to everyone who came out to The Local Hang last night at The Libertine. Biggest crowd we've seen yet. Lots of area musicians fans and industry types. Also: Random drinkers who didn't seem to mind having their turf infringed upon. A special thanks to them. After the j ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 22, 2010

    The Great Gordo and the Earnest Hemingways

    This morning, I stumbled across this freshly posted video of The Hemingways performing at the Rhythm Room on August 21, 1991. This gift was bestowed upon the Internet by one Doug Baxter, lead guitarist for the group and, apparently, its chief archivist. But you're no doubt more interested in the bes ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 5, 2010

    Tracklist: The Local Hang With Playlister P, Vol. 4

    This comes up when you google "local hang." Go figure.​Kind of a crazy night last night at The Libertine for the fourth go 'round of the once-a-month local music love-fest we're still calling The Local Hang with Playlister P. It featured the biggest crowd we've seen to date, for one. And it was a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 25, 2009

    The Polyphonic Spree To Perform Free Concert On Sept. 24 at Palladium Ballroom

    It's raining Polyphonic Spree members.​On Thursday, September 24, Dallas' own The Polyphonic Spree will perform a free concert at the Palladium Ballroom, as part of Southern Comfort's national underCOVER concert series. Oddly enough, the opening act on the bill will be Public Enemy's DJ Lord, who, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 28, 2009

    I Remember, Way Back in '96 ...

    Bedhead's Kris Wheat and Matt Kadane, long ago but not far away​Ah, and speaking of local nostalgia ... An old Friend of Unfair Park just sent me a link to Michael Pyeatt's YouTube page, to which he's been posting in recent days clips from the likes of Funland, Bedhead, UFOFU, Tripping Daisy, Tabl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 6, 2009

    A Salute to Those About to Hard Rock, At the Far End of Victory Park

    Patrick MichelsThe decor recalls great moments in Texas music history. Also, that time Kelly Clarkson sang at a Cowboys game. The Hard Rock Cafe is finishing up its preparations for a soft opening next week, but invited press to take a look around their new digs today, at the south end of Victory Pa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 6, 2009

    From Jess and Kelly to Dimebag and Willie, the New Hard Rock Cafe Finds Wallspace for Plenty of Local Favorites

    Patrick MichelsA signed guitar from Tripping Daisy, to their friends at the Hard Rock Cafe. Dallas' new Hard Rock Cafe is a week away from its opening at Victory Park's southern end--forming, along with the nearby House of Blues and Hooters, a mecca in three parts for a particular sort of music fan. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 21, 2008

    Echoes and Reverberations: Allen Ginsberg’s East Dallas Drive-By

    Allen Ginsberg and Karen X. Minzer at the Starck Club in Dallas in 1986 Driving through East Dallas the other day I had the odd impulse to swing by the old KNON studio. Kind of depressing to see an empty lot taking up that space now. The studio was formerly located upstairs in a wooden 50’s-e ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 25, 2008

    Go Psycho

    Allen Ginsberg and Karen X. Minzer at the Starck Club in Dallas in 1986 Driving through East Dallas the other day I had the odd impulse to swing by the old KNON studio. Kind of depressing to see an empty lot taking up that space now. The studio was formerly located upstairs in a wooden 50’s-e ... More >>

  • Music

    September 4, 2008
  • Calendar

    August 14, 2008

    Waxing Nostalgic

    Kettle Art showcases the good ol' days

  • Blogs

    August 1, 2008
  • Blogs

    July 9, 2008

    DOMA XX: Best Label Nominees

    Kettle Art showcases the good ol' days

  • Blogs

    April 8, 2008

    Videos: Polyphonic Spree at House of Blues

    Kettle Art showcases the good ol' days

  • Music

    January 4, 2007

    The Polyphonic Spree's Sonic Bloom

    In 2006, the band's Wait EP helped build A Fragile Army and start a digital revolution

  • Music

    July 28, 2005

    Odds & Ends

    Good Records affixes its label on the city of Dallas

  • News

    April 18, 2002

    2002 Dallas Observer Music Awards

    These are your choices, not ours, for the best musicians in town

  • Music

    February 28, 2002

    Various Artists

    The Guys of the Big "D" Jamboree (Dragon Street)

  • Music

    December 28, 2000

    Why 2K?

    Nine is better than none this year

  • Music

    June 22, 2000

    Dots and loops

    The Kadanes celebrate The New Year, One Ton Records sticks its head in the Buzz-Oven, and oh-so-much more

  • Music

    March 16, 2000

    Across the Bar

    Comet sighting; Clumsy in Motown; Grand Street redubbed; Bar of Soap brings in road grime

  • Music

    February 3, 2000

    Scene, heard

    Good/Bad beauty pageant; Storefront Daisy; Zac loves Caulk; Plus, plugs a plenty

  • Music

    July 29, 1999

    Scene, heard

    Darlingtons bass-less again; Vibrolux takes the stage once again; Deep Blue Something cracks the top 50

  • Music

    July 1, 1999

    Blowing his Cover-up

    We don't want to tell One Ton how to run its business, but...

  • Music

    February 25, 1999

    My name is Weener

    A Dallas supergroup forms to play...Weezer songs?

  • Music

    January 28, 1999

    Tele like it is

    George Reagan ponders grown-up life during -- and after? -- Hagfish

  • Music

    December 31, 1998

    Homewardsounds

    Picking the best locally made records of 1998 was easy. Who knew?

  • Music

    December 24, 1998

    Out Here

    Picking the best locally made records of 1998 was easy. Who knew?

  • Music

    December 24, 1998

    More Top 10 lists, sort of

    Picking the best locally made records of 1998 was easy. Who knew?

  • Calendar

    June 11, 1998

    Night & Day

    June 11 - 17, 1998

  • News

    April 30, 1998
  • Music

    April 24, 1997

    Out Here

    June 11 - 17, 1998

  • Music

    May 9, 1996

    College rock

    UFOFU brings 'alternative' to ETSU and wins the talent show

  • Music

    December 14, 1995

    Silver linings

    Rainmaker Records gets the credit line it deserves

  • Music

    December 7, 1995

    Out Here

    Rainmaker Records gets the credit line it deserves

  • Music

    July 27, 1995

    Off the record

    After seven wacky years, 14 Records prepares to close its doors

  • Music

    June 15, 1995

    Shock rock

    Hagfish tries to figure out if they're punk, pop, or just plain horny

  • News

    April 13, 1995

    1995 Dallas Observer Music Awards (Part II)

    Hagfish tries to figure out if they're punk, pop, or just plain horny

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