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The Eight Best Concerts In Dallas This Weekend, November 8-11

Dallas Observer Music Awards Saturday, November 10, in Deep Ellum, $10 The 2012 Dallas Observer Music Awards are here! We're inviting you to come party with us at our 24th annual local-music showcase, which celebrates the North Texas music community and its various contributions this past year. More ... More >>

Rigor Mortis Printing Co. Screenprint Till They Drop

Rigor Mortis Printing Co. Screenprint Till They Drop

Four box fans buzz away inside Napkin Art Studios as Jonathon Kimbrell screenprints a batch of business cards for Rigor Mortis Printing Co., a new venture he launched with Richard Reed in May. The motto etched into the card's skull logo ("Print to the death!") seems fitting for a company operating o ... More >>

Gorilla Vs. Bear Fest II Takes a Minimalist Approach

Five Local Venues That Need To Step Up Their Game

Not sure if you caught last week's Show Announcements post. There was some pretty good stuff in there, especially now that we're entering live music's busy season, but week after week the House Of Blues listings catch my eye. It's one of the best venues in town. In fact, we gave it a Dallas Observer ... More >>

White Denim - The Granada - 4/5/12

White Denim, Hundred Visions, Soviet The Granada Thursday, April 5 White Denim has a history of stealing the show for me. I first saw them what feels like one million years ago at Pastime Tavern. The Internet tells me this was actually 2009: I got there early to catch openers PVC Street Gang, but a ... More >>

White Denim Are Having A Moment

East Soid! Join the Inaugural East Dallas Indie Crawl Tomorrow.

Remember when the city was divided into two sides and it was all East side versus West side? Just when you thought that violent feud was over, BAM, East Dallas hits hard with the first ever East Dallas Indie Crawl. The bar-hopping event starts at the AT&T Performing Arts Center, where Calhoun an ... More >>

Poster of the Week: White Denim at the Granada

I know it's only Tuesday, but this poster from Justin Blanks for White Denim's Thursday show reminds me of one of those coming-of-age movies from the '80s where a boy has a mythical, imaginary friend that helps him defeat a bully and learn the value of being himself. Let's ask Mr. Blanks what his in ... More >>

The Worst Moments from SXSW 2012

The last few days, our indefatigable music critic staff has been regaling you with stories of the best from SXSW 2012. In the midst of these discoveries, we've been culling another list: the worst shit. The acts that ranged from huge bore-fests, to down-right lame. Below, you'll find their submissio ... More >>

Staff Picks: Top Ten Local and National Albums of 2011

​I'm not one for New Year resolutions, but at the beginning of 2011, I made one I was actually pretty excited about keeping. My goal was to listen to more music this year than any other year before. Thanks to the help of some generous publicists, Spotify and some solid purchases over at Good Recor ... More >>

A Weekend Filled With St. Vincent. Also: 45 Fest, Manchester Orchestra, Battles and More!

Annabel MehranSt. Vincent​This is the weekend of St. Vincent. In fact, someone ought to make it a local holiday because it's going to be pretty difficult to escape the songstress over the next few days. She's set to perform in town three different times. On Saturday and Sunday night, she'll perfor ... More >>

And the Winners Are ... You

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

Manchester Orchestra Bassist Jonathan Corley: "I'm A Fan of Andy [Hull], Spiritually."

With the release of this year's Simple Math album, Atlanta's Manchester Orchestra is now three albums deep into their careers -- and the guys don't plan on slowing down anytime soon. After a quick hop, skip and jump across the pond for a tour, the band's now making their way to Dallas to perform at ... More >>

Gavin Mulloy Designed Fliers For Area Bands Before Handling The Granada's Promotions

Welcome to Local Music 'Mericans, where we meet some of the people behind the local music scene -- those who aren't necessarily members of local bands, but more the people who make the scene move. Gavin Mulloy​Gavin Mulloy is a young marketing pistol for Granada Theater, and he appears to be pois ... More >>

Over The Weekend: Gorilla Vs. Bear Festival at the Granada Theater

Gorilla Vs. Bear FestivalGranada TheaterJuly 23, 2011Better than: being in a confined space where an actual gorilla and an actual bear are fighting.Mike Mezeul Grimes was a highlight among Gorilla Vs. Bear Fest's offerings. For more photos from the night, check out our slideshow.​On Saturday night ... More >>

Despite A Late Start and An Early End, Preteen Zenith's Live Debut At GVB Fest Still Impressed

Mike MezeulDallas' Preteen Zenith make their live debut at GVB Fest. For more photos from the event, check out the slideshow.​It's impossible to extricate the actual Preteen Zenith, a distorted-pop sextet with all of a week's worth of full-band practice under its belt before its first gig, from th ... More >>

Tim DeLaughter Talks the Good and the Bad of Preteen Zenith's Live Performance Debut

Tim DeLaughter and his new band Preteen Zenith made their live performance debut on Saturday night at the Granada Theater, where over 1,000 music fans converged for the first ever Gorilla Vs. Bear Festival. But it didn't go off without a hitch: A long delay before the band's start cut off some of Pr ... More >>

Gorilla Vs. Bear's Dallas Coming Out Party

Can influential music blogger Chris Cantalini's latest venture -- a festival at the Granada -- finally put the site on his hometown's map?

The Conversation: How Is Gentrification Affecting Austin's Music Scene?

Where will we go when Austin stops being so weird?​Anyone who has visited Austin's South By Southwest music festival more than once over the last decade has noticed a huge evolution in Austin's music scene. Most of Austin's longtime music lovers repeat the same cry year after year -- that this on ... More >>

The Full Bill For Willie Nelson's Fourth of July Picnic, Plus Tons More Show Announcements

Willie​Since the mid-'70s, Willie Nelson has been doing three things: smoking pot, playing music and throwing a Fourth of July picnic. They've always been huge ordeals, attracting A-list celebrities, top country music artists and, of course, country music fans. Nelson even held the festival in the ... More >>

Gorilla Vs. Bear Announces The Full Lineup For Its Festival at The Granada Theater on July 23

Looks fun. And educational.​Last week, you may recall, we passed along word that our friends over at Gorilla Vs. Bear are going all legit and everything and throwing an honest-to-goodness music festival at the Granada Theater on Saturday, July 23. We knew, at the time, that Tim DeLaughter's new ba ... More >>

Video: Cass McCombs Goes All "Prima Donna" at SXSW

Mexican Summer and Gorilla vs. Bear's SXSW party yesterday had quite a lineup: White Denim, Fresh & Onlys, Grimes, No Joy, Toro Y Moi and Cass McCombs--who received a lot of buzz in 2009 with his damn good album Catacombs. It was a busy day, but McCombs performance was definitely a highlight of ... More >>

Among The Latest Adds To The Growing 35 Conferette Bill: Dr. Dog, Big Freedia, Dan Deacon, White Denim

​After last week's adds to Denton's upcoming 35 Conferette in March (Jessica Lea Mayfield, A Place to Bury Strangers, Nit Jewel) and the round of added performers announced prior to that one (Mavis Staples, Royal bangs, Reggie Watts, Damien Jurado) our take on the growing lineup card, as you might ... More >>

Giveaway: Five Pairs of Tickets to See White Denim, Elf Power and PVC Street Gang Tonight at The Loft

Austin's garage-y White Denim clearly like to have a good time, if the above video for its breakout 2008 hit, "Shake Shake Shake" is any indication. And it's tough to deny that, upon listen to the band, that there's a serious sense of urgency and vitality in everything it does, even if what it does ... More >>

Tonight, Tonight: Deftones at Palladium Ballroom, White Denim at The Loft and Casey Thompson at Adair's

It's a great day for Rangers fans and a crappy one for Cowboys fans. Fortunately, there are at least a couple musical offerings this evening that seem bound to either continue your euphoria or ease you out of the doldrums...

In A Piece Written For Paste, Lou Barlow Equates Good Records To A Church

​In case there was any doubt that Nic Hernandez was spot on about Lou Barlow's in-store performance at Good Records last week, Barlow himself confirmed as much today. While out on the road right now with Dinosaur Jr. and Built to Spill, Barlow, who is playing at least two sets a day on this tour ( ... More >>

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