Ola Podrida is a pretty weird name for a band–unless you grew up near the old theater of the same name in East Dallas as did singer David Wingo. Wingo split town to move to New York a few years ago, but he and the band will be back at…
Shiny Around The Edges has a lot going on these days. Aside from following Air Review’s lead and making the above video, in which they rearrange the melody and general mood of fellow Dallas Observer Music Award nominee Neon Indian’s “I Should Have Taken Acid With You,” the Best Experimental/Avant…
American writer Larry Brown was born and grew up in Oxford, Mississippi. His works caught the eye of Alejandro Escovedo, who often played back-up for Brown during his public readings. Brown passed away in 2004, but Brent Best, Chris Welch, and Isaac Hoskins will celebrate his birthday and his memory…
A few months ago, we were surprised to find that local independent record label Executive Music Group boasted a No. 1 single on Billboard’s Alternative Radio chart. It was baffling news because we’d never heard of the label, nor their SoCal-based, Sublime-sound-a-like band, The Dirty Heads, who earned the No…
The world is just now getting to know Ariel Pink. The totally out-there Los Angeles freak-folker has been stuck in the underground, making some of the world’s weirdest music for over a decade. But since his critically acclaimed indie-pop album, Before Today, earned its release back in April, people have…
Flamboyant indie-glam act of Montreal has had a busy year. They were just in town a few months ago, and they’ll be back at the Granada Theater on Tuesday, November 2, in support of their new record, False Priest. Get your tickets here for $26.In other hip, electro-pop news, Ratatat…
Early in the morning on the Fourth of July, Alex Bhore, drummer for Dallas’ This Will Destroy You, tweeted, “I CAN’T BELIEVE WE’RE GOING ON TOUR WITH DEFTONES.” Kind of surprising, considering the last time they played in Denton, it seemed like the band was in the middle of a melt-down…
MyDentonMusic’s been covering the goings-on in the Denton music scene for some time now, and, today, they’re celebrating the launch of MyDallasMusic.com. The Denton version of the site has been popular thanks to its focus on social networking–kind of like a Facebook for the Denton music scene–and now the folks…
Pool parties, cookouts and cold ones–probably the best way to celebrate the Fourth of July around here. And, as we mentioned earlier this week, the Double Wide will have all of those things on Sunday night. The pool party starts at 7 p.m. and the concert, which features Bruce Springsteen,…
Speaking of shows being canceled, DC9 just received a press release with the news that the Jonas Brothers’ July 27 performance at Superpages.com Center has been canceled.But before you tweens get all jacked up on Mountain Dew and lose it, breath easy: The show’s been rescheduled for September 12 at,…
The opening riffs of Free Energy’s lead single, the self-titled “Free Energy,” sounds strangely familiar. But it’s not a Cheap Trick deep cut. Nor is it a Thin Lizzy cover either. It just sounds like one. “We’re trying to make our own version of what we like,” says Free Energy…
October is shaping up to be a pretty solid month for great acts passing through Dallas. Already, we’ve got Vampire Weekend, The National. And now we can add Ra Ra Riot to the mix. On Thursday, October 28, at Granada Theater, the bouncy, excitable indie-pop act will be passing through…
A few weeks ago, we gave you a head’s up about Superpages.com Center’s “$10 Tickets for the Last 10 Days of June” thing. Just to recap, here’s how it works: Superpages.com Center picks an upcoming concert, and offers lawn seats for that show for $10 at LiveNation.com for a 24-hour…
The Fourth of July is just around the corner, and, for most of us, that means barbecue, a wide assortment of food that ends with the word “salad,” and, of course, fireworks. But the Double Wide is throwing a backwoods grab-bag party of their own, complete with Spingsteen (Yankee Doodle…
July 1 marks another hot, run-of-the-mill day for us here in North Texas, but for the folks directly affected by the oil spill in the Gulf, it’s another day without work. And some DFW musicians have decided to do something about it–namely, they’ll be teaming up with venues all over…
The Hood Internet is playing The Loft tonight, and as Pete explained earlier in the week, “White people really like hearing their favorite rap lines placed over their favorite indie rock anthems,” which is what The Hood Internet does really well. And since the theme of this year’s Dallas Observer…
As it turns out, there’s more to Mesquite than going to the rodeo and spending your weekend cruising up and down Galloway Avenue. Back in February, super- and ever-buzzing freak folker Ariel Pink decided to visit the East Dallas suburb to record a handful of songs at Klearlight Studio with…
As we mentioned last week, the virtual grab-bag of fun that is the Rock This Town Music Festival starts tonight at La Grange in Deep Ellum. Aside from their amazing snow cones, tonight’s “Kickoff Party” will feature a movie screening of the ’80s rock-doc Everest Rocks, hosted by its director,…
Just the other morning, Vampire Weekend announced that they, along with Beach House and The Very Best, will be coming to the Palladium Ballroom on Wednesday, October 6. Both Vampy and Beach House came through recently, and we gave both performances high marks. So, with the addition of The Very…
So, despite a virtual kick in the gut from Pitchfork, it seems that Denton’s Florene is unfazed. Sure, the above interview was filmed before the music media giant’s slogging, but that didn’t stop up-and-coming Denton bloggers WeDentonDoIt.com from posting the above well-done video to their site yesterday (and, for good…
Since last summer, Live Nation’s been ramping up their summer ticket sales by offering a promotion known as “No Service Fee June.” A brief reminder: For the entire month of June, Live Nation is kind enough to remove the ridiculous service fees from the already steep ticket prices for their…
The Orbans might be the best band to come out of Fort Worth in a short while. After years of sharpening his songwriting in various bands (Thief, The Lifters), singer, Peter Black has finally finished his best album yet: When We Were Wild. Tonight, the album (which features this song)…
