See also: Ronald Shannon Jackson live at the Kessler Ken Shimamoto gave you the word earlier this week, but here is some visual confirmation of one of the best shows North Texas may have seen this year. It’s one I find myself thinking about days later, which is always the…
As news of Ghostbar’s closing came earlier today, so did word that Wade Randolph Hampton, the “creative force” behind the club, would be jumping into another venture. He’s taking on the role of Creative Director at M3 Films, which will produce The Starck Project, a documentary on the famed ’80s…
Dallas industrial duo Frausun came to my attention a few months ago, after I read they were doing a reinterpretation of Phantom of the Opera. Then I came across some of their videos. I found Kurtz and Paloma Frausun’s music (which invokes Norse mythology, among other things), and their live…
More fest lineups coming down the festival slide today: No Age, Unknown Mortal Orchestra and Fergus & Geronimo were just added to 35 Denton’s September 1 Hot Wet Mess, solidifying the lineup in addition to Reggie Watts, Big Freedia, RTB2, DJ Sober and the Black Lips…
Fun Fun Fun Fest announced this morning that NYC hip-hop pioneers Run-D.M.C. will reunite for the November fest for the first time in a decade, with surviving members Joseph “Run” Simmons and Darryl “D.M.C.” McDaniels. The join a lineup including Rakim, Danny Brown, David Cross, Bob Mould and Against Me!,…
See also: Daniel Folmer strikes a balance with Brown and Blue The new Danny Rush and the Designated Drivers Violitionist Session is up now, featuring three songs from the Denton group, as well as a thoroughly entertaining interview, in which leader Daniel Folmer and his band talk about the new…
Over on Unfair Park earlier this week, we told you about Duncan Brannan, the God-fearing voice actor behind the Chuck E. Cheese mascot, who was let go after close to 20 years of service to the Irving-based chain. How did he find out? He heard “Chuck’s Hot New Single,” which…
Atlanta worsdmith Rittz raps like he’s either a lost member of Three 6 Mafia or Yelawolf’s psychic twin, and he owes a bit to both his Southern counterparts. He dropped his White Jesus mixtape last year, and followed it up with White Jesus: Revival this year, pairing his rapid-fire flow…
This show is being touted as “a night of decadent and debaucherous Moon Rulers celebrating their descent from the womb,” and it’s at Queen City Hall, which has been showcasing some of the more interesting and challenging local music as of late. To wit: Cleric, Small Talk, Deflowered Electric Flesh…
Free shows at The Common Table are one good reason to hang out in Uptown, and this lineup of Denton regulars is another. Ryan Thomas Becker seems to play Dallas pretty frequently, but you don’t get to see Tony Ferraro’s impeccably named Denton “supergroup” Satans of Soft Rock that often…
The summer I bought The Breeders’ Last Splash on cassette at the mall was the summer I dyed my hair with Kool-Aid, and woke up with ants on my pillow. It was the summer I lost my grandfather, though my mother swears that was him making our lights flicker every…
In this week’s Dallas Observer, we profile 30 of the metro area’s most interesting characters, with new portraits of each from local photographer Mark Graham. See the entire Dallas Observer People Issue here. Claudia Feliciano has lived in Fort Worth for the past three years, but she’s flown under the…
In this week’s Dallas Observer we profile 30 of the metro area’s most interesting characters, with new portraits of each from local photographer Mark Graham. See the entire Dallas Observer People Issue here. Brooke Humphries is standing outside the entrance of It’ll Do Club on Elm Street a few weeks…
See also: Scenes from the H20 Music Festival As an extension of the inaugural H20 Music Festival at the Cotton Bowl earlier this month, which featured regional favorites like Paulina Rubio and Bobby Pulido, as well as national acts like Weezer, Spanish-language station Recuerdo 107.9 was changed to Radio H20…
As we wind down the month of June and find ourselves square in the middle of 2012, there’s that old familiar nudge to gather, quantify, qualify and categorize the local music we’ve enjoyed so far this year. Here are some of of favorites…
Willie Nelson’s 39th annual Fourth of July picnic returns to Fort Worth, with some of his closest friends in tow: Ray Wylie Hubbard, Stoney LaRue, Billy Joe Shaver, Ray Price, Johnny Bush, Asleep at the Wheel, Deadman, Jamey Johnson and more. If you’ve never seen Nelson (it’s OK, we won’t…
With the inaugural session of Girls Rock Dallas about a month away, seems like they should go ahead and throw a pool party. They’re taking over FOE for the day, and in addition to live performances from lady-centric bands Zappos, Skating Polly, Static Mind and Faded Grace, there will be…
This night unfolds sort of like a local map of heaviness. Headlining the night is Oak Cliff duo Akkolyte, who just returned from a short U.S. tour and will no doubt lay down a spring-loaded set of charred, primal thrash. Fort Worth duo Pinkish Black, on the other hand, slow…
A few weeks ago, a freak hailstorm hit the East Dallas neighborhood I live in, taking out nearly every windshield on my street, including my own. It was one of those events that makes you snap out of whatever haze you’re in and go, “OK, nature, I get it. It’s…
George Gershwin’s “Summertime” has racked up thousands of covers since it appeared on the soundtrack to Porgy & Bess is 1935, and while several jazz and blues artists covered it in the 20th century – Billy Stewart’s version being perhaps the most goosebump-inducing, next to Janis Joplin’s – its appeal…
Dallas rapper Miss TB’s ladies anthem is what’s up. The video was shot in Kiest Park a few months ago, and you can catch her live at Club Copa on July 4, with former Three 6 Mafia affiliate Gangsta Boo…
The iStandard Producers Showcase hits Dallas tonight, starting at 8:30 pm at the Den and Rumor Lounge (2710 McKinney), before moving on to Houston tomorrow. The event will showcase 15 of Dallas’ best new producers, and judges include locals Play-N-Skillz and Symbolyc One (aka S1), as well as Houston cats…
