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The Five Best Concerts In DFW This Week, January 22-24

Calexico, Bahamas Tuesday, January 22, at Granada Theater, $18-$29 The last time Calexico rolled through Dallas for their 2008 release, Carried to Dust, they were as effortless as a tumbleweed, but harnessed the power of a sand storm. It's no news that since the mid '90s, Tucson, Arizona's Calexico ... More >>

The Dallas Observer Music Awards Showcase: A User's Guide

We're taking over Deep Ellum on Saturday. Come along, will you?

A Guide to the 2012 Dallas Observer Music Awards Showcase

It occurred to me recently that, within the DFW music scene, people really love to draw county lines. So what we were trying to illustrate with our 2012 Dallas Observer Music Awards nominees is that Dallas, Fort Worth and Denton aren't three separate entities, but rather one big music community that ... More >>

Get To Know Your 2012 DOMA Best DJ Nominees

Leading up to our November 10 showcase, we'll be getting you familiar with some of our Dallas Observer Music Awards nominees, either via past features we've done on them, or new ones. You can vote for your favorite acts, venues and more right here. They are all hunched over the jukebox, scanning ti ... More >>

Good Sons, Pinkish Black

Saturday, October 20 at Double Wide

Lost Generation Moves to the Roof of Sundown at Granada

See also: This Sunday's the final night of Lost Generation at Arcade Bar Back in June, we mentioned the dust-up involving Wanz Dover's long-running Lost Generation DJ night at Arcade Bar, and its abrupt end. Since then, he's kept himself plenty busy with DJ gigs at Nova, the Foundry and Bryan Stree ... More >>

The Black Dotz, New Fumes, Peopleodian at Bryan Street Tavern

Saturday, July 21, at Bryan Street Tavern

This Weekend's Best Bets: Roky Erickson, Mark Farina, Quintron & Miss Pussycat and More

Roky Erickson, James Hall & The Futura BoldFriday, July 13, at The Kessler TheaterPsychedelic rock pioneer Roky Erickson will be at the Kessler tomorrow night with opening act James Hall, who is legendary in his own right, and one of the greatest front men I've ever seen. Easily the top bill of ... More >>

Farewell to Fallout Lounge

Marina was her name. She had a short, dark mod haircut, and knew how to bring out her blue eyes with layers of teal scarves. We were Myspace friends. Still are, I think. But I never knew what became of her. Last I heard, she went north to try her luck in New York. Some of the best times of my life h ... More >>

Cool Out Returns to Mondays, Plus More Weekly DJ Nights To Fill Your Dance Card

There are a few regular gigs we all miss: the Party at Zubar, the impromptu Sunday night DJ sessions at the old MINC, the Cavern's Monday night Cool Out sessions. They have all given way to new DJ nights, but sometimes when you love something it really does come back to you. Such is the case with ... More >>

Blixaboy's Steady Electro Journey Through Futro City

My First Show: 2011 Edition

Mike BrooksScratch Acid at Trees​ Since this Sunday is Christmas, we decided to do something a little different with this week's edition of My First Show. Checking back in with a number of the people we interviewed this year, we wanted their takes on the best shows they saw, and to also get a ... More >>

Demi Lovato, Ray Benson and This Weekend's Top Shows

​A lot of people are home for Thanksgiving nursing food hangovers and hanging out with family, which explains why most of this weekend's shows are from local acts. That doesn't mean there aren't some big shows happening this weekend, like the one from Dallas' own Demi Lovato tomorrow at Verizon Th ... More >>

And the Winners Are ... You

Our 23rd annual Dallas Observer Music Awards showcase a scene ready for the spotlight.

Get To Know Your DOMAXXIII Nominees: Best New Act, Best DJ, Best Rap/Hip-Hop Act

​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 New Act, Best DJ, an ... More >>

Your 2011 Dallas Observer Music Awards Showcase Performers

A closer look at all 52 acts playing this weekend's Dallas Observer Music Awards Showcase in Deep Ellum

Notes: Black Tie Dynasty Members Form New Band, Laptop Deathmatch Returns and More!

Lots of small items of note worth passing along today before we wrap up the week. So, let's tackle 'em -- in brief form!For starters, lest you haven't already heard, the love-'em-or-hate-'em Black Tie Dynasty is back, sort of! Two ex-BTDers -- frontman Cory Watson, keys man Brian McCorquodale -- hav ... More >>

My First Show: Wanz Dover Saw Fugazi -- But Not From Inside The Venue.

Welcome to My First Show, where we give bands a chance to talk about the first shows they ever attended -- no matter how uncool and embarrassing those tales may be. Wanz Dover, performing as Blixaboy.​Mwanza "Wanz" Dover has been a fixture around the Dallas area for what feels like forever at th ... More >>

Good Friday: The O's, The Hope Trust, Reverend Horton Heat, The Sword, Jonathan Richman, Lynch Mob, The Boom Boom Box, Dax Riggs, Max Bemis, Plain White T's & More!

Allison V. SmithThe O's​It's hard to put your finger on an actual date when The O's will officially celebrate the release of their new album, Between The Two. The hilarious duo, who we caught up with in this week's print edition, have already played a handful of release shows this week, but Club D ... More >>

The Best Songs in Dallas Music, 2010: Blending A Whole Slew of Sonic Elements, Blixaboy Reaches His Tantalizing Potential at No. 19

[Over the next few weeks, we'll be presenting our favorite local songs of the year, counting down from No. 25 to No. 1, one track a day. Today we take an in-depth look at song No. 19 on the list -- and, please, feel free to click after the jump to grab the song as a free download. Also after the ju ... More >>

Blixaboy

Kliks & Politiks Astroblaque

This Week In Dallas Music History: Wanz Dover Bends Genres in the '90s... Kinda Like He Still Does Today.

​In this edition of This Week in Dallas Music History, former Dallas Observer music editor Zac Crain talks with longtime Dallas musician Wanz Dover about his Melodica Festival in 1999. The festival, which was heavy on Texas space-rock, started in Dallas. And, at this point, Dover was planning to p ... More >>

Bonus MP3: Blixaboy -- "Lion Eyes (featuring Emil Rapstine of The Angelus)"

Wanz Dover, aka Blixaboy​ Continuing along with our promise to stuff you full with free mp3s from promising new local artists this week, we now point your eyes and ears in the direction of Wanz Dover's new(ish) project, Blixaboy. Dover, local music fans surely know, is hardly a newcomer to the sce ... More >>

DC9er Mixtape: The Flashback Episode

​Since DJs are frequently juggling projects, picking up new nights, creating new mixes, and, well, always trying to stay on top of the game, we thought that, before moving forward to our next batch of local DJs, it'd be fun to re-cap the first lot and see what some of them have been up to since be ... More >>

DC9er Mixtape, Vol. 8: Wanz Dover

​This week's DC9er presents readers and listeners with not one, but two very different mixes from seasoned area musician, dubstep producer and DJ, Mwanza Dover. And not by accident, either. Dover voraciously admits that there was no way he could "really make one mix that would make sense for what ... More >>

A Couple New DJ Mixtapes Worth Checking Out...

​A couple of area DJs released some impressive mixtapes this week--good listening, I'd say, especially as you count down the minutes until, your weekend officially gets started. First up, check out the latest from Wanz Dover, aka Blixaboy, called, quite simply enough, "Summer Bass Mix." Like most ... More >>

Good Friday: RTB2, Tantric, The Weight, MATAS, This Old House, The Gourds, Grant Jones, Hawk Vs. Dove, Shaolin Death Squad, Bad Veins, The Black and White Years

​Another week bites the dust, which leads us to this weekly inevitability of us offering up our top choices for musical entertainment each weekend. And, well, there's a lot this weekend, actually, so hold on tight. First up, as always, a reminder of the shows we've already hyped up plenty...Tonigh ... More >>

Wanz Dover Offers Free Download Of Blixaboy EP

Wanz Dover, a.k.a. Blixaboy. Stereo On Strike's Wanz Dover is on pace to digitally release six EPs of his dub-influenced Blixaboy project in advance of a planned June album release for The Geek. They're all available for purchase through Amazon, iTunes, Digital Tunes and Emusic; the album will be re ... More >>

The Frenz Go "Nude" On Radiohead Remix

Melodica Festival Self-Indulgent, But Still Positive for Dallas

If a festival happens in Exposition Park and only the built-in crowd shows, does it make a sound?

Good Friday: Melodica, El Gato, Bob Dylan, Black Lips

Melodica Music Festival Out to "Light a Fire Under Dallas' Ass"

Wanz Dover Brings Melodica 2008 to Expo Park

The Frenz, Tyson Meade, Ezra Furman and the Harpoons

Thursday, August 2, at the Cavern

Live Blog

Odds & Ends

The Golden Falcons are reeling after their encounter with a super trooper

Best Karaoke Night

Scaraoke at XPO Lounge

Best Jazz Club

Sambuca

The Falcon Project

Lights Karma Action (Idol Records)

Out Here

Mazinga Phaser

Worth the wait

After a brief affair with Austin, the annual Melodica Festival comes back home

Scene, heard

Centro-matic docs; Daisy Radio rocks; North Texas Music Festival drops; The Groobees cop; And so much more

Out Here

The Tomorrowpeople
Mazinga Phaser

Out Here

Super Sonic

Don't call it space-rock, even if the Falcon Project's new record is set in...outer space

Night & Day

October 15 - 21, 1998

Winner's circle

All the bands that fit,and one that quit

Back to the future

Mazinga Phaser's neon glories

Welcome to Hell's Lobby

The area's best--maybe only--real "music scene" can be found in Denton