In this special bonus video edition of This Week In Dallas Music History, we turn back to 1996, when Robert Wilonsky caught up with Billy Goat’s lead singer, Mike Dillon. By that point in Dillon’s career, Billy Goat, a highly talented rhythmic jazz-funk band, had formed, been stereotyped as a…
With the holidays behind us, we can welcome back our regularly scheduled touring bands. Not the best way to kick off the first weekend of the year, though, is tonight’s performance by former Creed members, Alter Bridge, at Trees. Yes, turds will be shooting from their guitars all night long…
We’re only days away from Menkena’s highly anticipated debut album, With You I’ll Travel, which will earn its release on Tuesday, January 18. Lead Singer Jimmy Menkena, whose name the band bears, built quite a buzz for himself in 2010, playing impeccable, loud shoegaze all over town. His band’s sound…
For a guy with an allegedly severe drinking and drug problem, Mastodon Singer Brent Hind sure is prolific. His biggest project is obviously Atlanta metal outfit Mastodon, but he also juggles a handful of side projects — two of which will be at Rubber Gloves Rehearsal Studios tonight. As you…
There’s no doubt about it, for the Dallas music community, 2010 was strong to quite strong. Newer acts like Ishi, Air Review, Spooky Folk and many others made waves, while long-time acts like Sarah Jaffe and Doug Burr broke out with quite a bit of national attention.You Plus Dallas, the…
In a land where 6-foot-11 mustachioed bald men are sexy, Hello Lover frontman Rob Dunlap is king. The very visible lead singer of the self-proclaimed sex-rock act demands your attention with his sheer being. But as imposing as he may be, he and the rest of the members of the…
It was a quiet affair when the Chameleon Chamber Group took to the cavernous loft called SPACE to record Live In Space, a live recording of classical treasures. Only one of the six songs from this EP was written within the last century—an adaptation of The Polyphonic Spree’s “Ensure Your…
As Robert already mentioned a few days ago, Prince will be here soon, reliving his much blogged-about 1984 concert at Reunion Arena on Friday, February 4. One minor snag, though: Reunion Arena was demolished a few years back. No matter — the show must go on. Prince will set up…
Less than a week in, and 2011 is already shaping up nicely for Tyler family band Eisley, who today are offering up yet another free download from their forthcoming album The Valley. Just over a month ago, we ran a piece about a grown-up and recharged Eisley, who were on…
In this edition of This Week In Dallas Music History, former Dallas Observer music editor Sarah Hepola offers one of the earliest stories we ever published on the late Spector 45 frontman Frankie Campagna. In 2004, when the story was written, the then-17-year-old Campagna was already a familiar face around…
We kind of jumped the gun on this weekend’s shows already — but only to help you whittle down your list of New Year’s Eve concerts before they sell out. But hey, New Year’s Eve is on a Friday night, and there’s still the rest of the weekend’s shows to…
Yesterday, we mentioned the first batch of shows listed for the next few months over at Club Dada — but we still thought that Lucero’s performance set for Thursday, February 24, was worth mentioning again. Last time they came through, they didn’t really get a fair shake, playing at 1…
Seems like Daytrotter has recently taken a liking to North Texas bands. Last week, the Chicago-based website featured a live session from Old 97’s that sounded like the soundtrack to a bar-room-brawl. This week, though, they’re mellowing things out a bit with a session from Doug Burr, who performed four…
We’ve been following Club Dada’s progress fairly closely ever since City Tavern owner Josh Florence and some investors announced plans to buy and renovate the iconic Deep Ellum venue. Florence, you may recall, was set to open the club back in November, but due to some “red tape,” was forced…
As always, Dallas music promoters are making every attempt to pack their venues to the gills for New Year’s Eve shows. And, if the stacked bills all over town are any indication, you can be sure that the crowds at many of these shows will, no doubt, be nuts-to-butts. Never…
In this edition of This Week In Dallas Music History, former Observer music writer Matt Weitz wrote a 1996 piece on the Vas Deferens Organization — an avant garde music collective that engineered recordings so strange, they made Ariel Pink sound like The Beatles.Interestingly enough, though, it was because of…
Shows are a little skimpy this weekend, but what do you expect? It’s Christmas! There’s still a handful of things to do, though. Take these shows that we’ve already mentioned this week:On Friday, White Light presents Amplitude, a coming out party for local dance label Sub Lab records at Lizard…
A surprising amount off good-looking shows are taking place tonight — so check out our Chrismukkah wish list of shows for you to attend tonight after the jump…
The thing that makes writing about music at once an exciting and frustrating endeavor is the fact that enjoyment of the art is subjective. One critic’s trash could be another critic’s treasure (see: easily the most debated album of the year, Sleigh Bells’ Treats), just as one critic’s treasure can…
It’s no secret that the folks over at AllGood Cafe have always loved the band Sorta, the now-defunct Dallas supergroup that called it quits shortly after the untimely and shocking death of Dallas music legend Carter Albrecht. Since that breakup, the band’s members haven’t disappeared from the regional limelight, though;…
The Old 97’s are have experienced a bit of a resurgence since the October release of their new record, The Grand Theatre, Volume One, which also happens, y’know, to be their best release in about a decade.And now you can get some live renditions of those tracks for free. This…
In this edition of This Week In Dallas Music History, the Dallas Observer was just days away from saying good-bye to 1999, and, to ring in the new year, former music editor Zac Crain asked the question: “Will this year’s best local records survive the millennium?”In retrospect, the question probably…
