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  Unsilent Night at the Plano Centre
  The Plano Centre hosted the second Unsilent Night Festival Sunday, December 28, for a little post-holiday noise-making, headlined by Forever the Sickest Kids and Scary Kids Scaring Kids.
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  The 15 Hottest Gig Posters at Flatstock 20
  The poster show in the Austin Convention Center gave SXSWers a break from all the noise -- and the chance to check out some erotic messiness.
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  Night Moves: Bunny Ears and Groping Between Friends at Fallout and Zubar
  Keith P and Blake Ward spun at Fallout Saturday, and Zubar hosted the Orchid Bar Five-Year reunion party. Photos by Ray and Peter Lek.
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  Coachella 2012: Weekend Two, Day One
  As the second weekend of Coachella kicked off, we checked out performances by Other Lives, Kendrick Lamar, EMA, James, Neon Indian, Gary Clark Jr, Girls, DoLab, Arctic Monkeys, M. Ward, Pulp, The Rapture, The Black Keys, M83, Refused, Swedish House Mafia, and Amon Tomin. All photos by Timothy...
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  Night Moves: Christmas at Green Elephant
  Christmas at the Green Elephant, with Acid & Tribal music versus Psytrance music. Photos by Ray and Peter Lek.
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  Night Moves: The Year in Club Photos
  OK, well it's more like three months -- but since the Lek Brothers began covering the club scene for us, Dallas nightlife just hasn't looked the same. We're also including other standout shots from other nightlife galleries this year.
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  Coachella 2012: Temperatures Rise
  As temperatures broke triple digits at the Polo Fields, Coachella attendees had to get creative to beat the heat. The basic mantra: the less you're wearing, the better. All photos by Timothy Norris.
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  Night Moves: 11:36 at Zubar
  The Lek Brothers headed to Zubar Saturday night, December 20, and caught photos of the crowds who turned up for DJ Love, who spun in the front room, and Redeye, Kelle Marie and James Warren in the back.
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  The Year in Photos: 2008
  Step into the wayback machine for a look back at the year's top news, as seen through Observer photographs.
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  The Best Off-the-Radar Music Festivals
  With Coachella next week, the summer music festival season is officially beginning. And for outdoor live music, this country offers a lot more than just sweaty hipsters in Southern California. There are sweaty metalheads in Maryland, sweaty EDM dancers in Las Vegas and sweaty reggae lovers in...
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  Lil Wayne at the American Airlines Center
  Lil Wayne impressed the crowd at the AAC by showing up Friday night, December 19 -- and the pyro effects didn't hurt, either. After you check out the photos, you can read our review here. Photos by Caity Colvard.
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  Top Concert Photos of 2008
  A look back at the best concerts of the year we covered on DallasObserver.com.
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