Will Johnson

The Rock Royalty Behind Denton's Bars

The Five Best Shows in Dallas This Week

Will Johnson Monday, October 1, at Good Records/Tuesday, October 2, at Texas Theatre We chatted with Centro-matic frontman Will Johnson last month about his new excellent solo album, Scorpion, and how he finds time to record while also being in a bajillion side projects. He'll be celebrating the rel ... More >>

This Week's Top Show Announcements: Ben Kweller, Will Johnson, Kreayshawn, Sleigh Bells and More

KreayshawnFriday, November 2, at Palladium Ballroom, $17.50The controversial rapper, whose proper debut album Somethin' 'Bout Kreay is out in late September, will be here in early November. It's one of Parade of Flesh's biggest shows yet.

The 100 Best Texas Songs: The Complete List

100. Tripping Daisy, "Sonic Bloom" Before this album, the band had a grunge-pop affectation, but this song, from 1998's Jesus Hits Like the Atom Bomb, was more heartfelt than anything they'd done before. - Daniel Hopkins 99. Pleasant Grove, "The Plaque at 16ft" Bret Egner wrote "The Plaque at 16ft, ... More >>

The Best Texas Songs of All Time: #79-60

Best Texas songs, #100-80 The Spotify playlist for songs #79-60 79. Lift to Experience, "Falling From Cloud 9" From one of the best albums of any North Texas act in recent history, "Falling From Cloud 9" is one of the more accessible songs on 2001's The Texas-Jerusalem Crossroads. It's probably t ... More >>

Will Johnson Is the Where's Waldo of Folk Supergroups

Yesterday, various social media outlets were literally on fire with the news of Centro-matic singer Will Johnson's "supergroup" with the Kadane Brothers and Pedro the Lion's David Bazan. That almost made us forget about his other other band, New Multitudes, which features Jay Farrar, Anders Parker ... More >>

Thurston Moore, Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra and More Riffs For Your Weekend

One of the most anticipated shows of the last few months has definitely been Thurston Moore at the Texas Theatre tonight. The Sonic Youth guitarist has been carving out a nice little solo career with last year's Demolished Thoughts and 2007's Trees Outside the Academy (I always sort of thought of hi ... More >>

Sunday at Webb Gallery: Get Your Groove On With Jad Fair, Tim Kerr, Will Johnson and Dan Phillips

Sunday afternoon at the Webb Gallery promises to be quite the feat of synergy, which seems to be a keyword on the blog this week. The Waxahachie gallery and Good Records are combining forces to bring you Groove, a fusion of Texas music and art. The art part comes via Jad Fair and David Fair of Half ... More >>

Love and a 45: Fate Lions Talk Favorite Wax Tracks

Fort Worth five-piece Fate Lions just dropped a new three-song 7-inch and and are celebrating with a show at the Kessler on Friday. With that in mind, I asked guitarist Jerko Dabelic and singer/guitarist Jason Manriquez about some of their favorite 45s growing up. Jason Manriquez Barry Manilow "A ... 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 >>

The 10 Best Moments at This Year's Dallas Observer Music Awards Showcase

Mike BrooksMind Spiders on the rooftop of The Bone.​ It's tough to look back on an event like Saturday night's Dallas Observer Music Awards showcase and try to come up with a conclusive best-moments list. With 52 bands playing 10 stages over the course of a ten-hour period all throughout Deep Ellu ... More >>

Dixie Chicks, Willie Nelson, Lyle Lovett Join Impressive Bill for Central Texas Fire Benefit

​Just got off the phone with Will Johnson a few minutes ago for an upcoming story related to the upcoming, pretty epic-looking Dallas Observer Music Awards Showcase. He's a good dude -- you may recall his, Centro-matic and South San Gabriel's efforts a few weeks back to do what they could to help ... More >>

News and Notes: Seryn Gets More Paste Love, Will Johnson Gets NPR'd and Much, Much More

Stand up and take a bow, Seryn.​Got a whole grab-bag of local music notes to pass along today, but none is bigger than this: Yesterday, Paste announced its list of the year's best albums so far, and coming in at No. 4 on their list was Denton's Own Seryn's album, This Is Where We Are. The baroque ... More >>

Centro-matic, Slobberbone, RTB2

Friday, December 31, at the Kessler Theatre

Sarah Jaffe: "I Just Think Nosebleeds Are Cool."

​ Perhaps you, like the rest of us, had questions when watching Sarah Jaffe's beautiful, if somewhat confusing, debut music video for her song "Clementine." Questions like, say..."Hey, where was this shot anyway?""Why is Sarah's nose bleeding at the end?""Is that Will Johnson?""Wouldn't it be funn ... More >>

ACl Day Two: Zilker Park Is Heating Up...

Patrick MichelsLots of tough choices to make today--like Bear in Heaven (above) or Pete Yorn early on.​ A busy afternoon session in Austin had heads spinning on Saturday afternoon--and that much is still the case, as The XX finishes up its set against the Temper Trap, leading into a three-way deat ... More >>

Centro-matic/South San Gabriel

Eyas (Self-released)

Watch: Sarah Jaffe -- "Clementine"

Well, folks, as promised, here it is, the first video from Sarah Jaffe, featuring her song "Clementine," off her full-length debut, Suburban Nature. Directed by Jon Todd Collins, whose work you might remember from recent videos from Doug Burr and The Orbans, the video debuted during Jaffe's performa ... More >>

This Week In Dallas Music History: Reverend Horton Heat Goes To Russia, Will Johnson Looks Like a Stoner

​In this edition of This Week In Dallas Music History, we turn our eyes back to September 12, 1991, which was a big week for the Reverend Horton Heat. He and his band were preparing to embark on a tour of Russia and Scandinavia that they were calling the "Arctic Border Blues Festival." The Rev was ... More >>

Good Friday: Homegrown Festival, Annuals, Will Johnson, Wynonna, Vanilla Ice, Sundress, The Glitch Mob and others...

​This weekend's concert calender is pretty heavy on local acts--thanks, especially, to the inaugural Homegrown Music and Arts Festival on Saturday at the Main Street Gardens Park in Downtown Dallas. Homegrown's stacked bill is almost certainly the highlight of the weekend, thanks to scheduled perf ... More >>

Collin Herring

Ocho (Self-released)

DC9 in SPACE, Ep. 13: Telegraph Canyon

...and for the relics still stuck on Youtube, here's your link.On its upcoming album, The Tide and The Current (set for an August 18 release), Telegraph Canyon pushes itself far beyond the "promising" tag it had dutifully earned with its 2006 full-length, All The Good News. Indeed, the new disc, pro ... More >>

Eleven Hundred Springs: Live and Boozy

Eleven Hundred Springs took to the Double Wide to record a live show worth remembering (even if few in the audience will)

Last Night: The New Year At The Granada Theater

Stereogum Chews Up And Spits Out An Unreleased Centro-Matic Track For This Week's 'Gum Drop

Good Friday: Just-Announced Bun B Show, Tony Joe White, Ella Minnow, Scott McCurry, The Smoke!, Pimpadelic, Chris Flemmons, Big Daddy Kane, And Much More!

Will Johnson Only Wants 2 See U Laughing in the "Purple Rain"

First, the Good News: Jandek's Coming to Town. And Wayne Coyne Shops IKEA!

Offbeat

You won't find any Justin Timberlake on this list, as we check the top albums for those who like it weird, noisy and experimental

The Decemberists

Wednesday, October 25, at the Gypsy Tea Room

Good Lovin'

American Werewolf Academy

Tell Them Right Now! (self-released)

The Local List

Safe at Home

Don’t forget the local boys...and girl

Scene, Heard

Local bands release a few more albums this week -- though not necessarily in the U.S.

2001 Dallas Observer Music Awards

Narrow margins remind us that everyone's a winner

Dallas Stars

Revisiting the best local albums of 2000

Scene, Heard

Prize Money's back, kinda

Hometown heroes

Scene, heard

New releases from Last Beat, Darlington, Centro-matic, and Lift to Experience; Black Sabbath tribute night

Scene, heard

Across the Bar

Bill's Records get Hitchcock; Quality Park fills Centro-Matic; Tripping Daisy headlines and mainlines Joe Butcher; Go Metric stays

1999 Dallas Observer Music Awards

Built it, and they will indie-rock

Josh Baish and Denton fit together like a band and Rubber Gloves

Old-soul music

Budapest One is a brand-new band making some venerable -- and tremendous -- rock and roll

Rock bottom

Tucked away in the cellar of a Denton pizza shack is a club that offers punk rock bands a place to re-discover why they make music in the first place

Vote the rock

Just call these the Old 97's Observer Music Awards

Every which way but loose

The Dallas scene flourishes beneath the chaos

Out Here

Bronco hole

Dallas' last great concert hall suffers growing pains