Title Fight’s Shane Moran Totally Played Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out!!

Pennsylvania’s Title Fight come to Dada on Tuesday, November 13, with Pianos Become the Teeth, Power Trip and Single Mothers, in support of latest album Floral Green. Guitarist Shane Moran took time out to share the band’s musical influences, his first show, and remind us Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out!! existed. A…

Converge

One of the best shows this fall will be on a weeknight, when Converge and Torche, two of the finest, loudest metal bands out there, tackle Dada. Both bands put out fantastic records this year, Converge with All We Love We Leave Behind and Torche with Harmonicraft, and will most…

Bobby Patterson Speaks About His Life Off the Airwaves

Not much has changed about Bobby Patterson since his dismissal from KKDA-AM 730 this past May. Strolling into a Pappadeaux in Duncanville for this interview with one of his favorite walking sticks in hand, the 68-year-old cracks jokes and flirts with all the women in sight. The one-liners come and…

Get To Know Your 2012 DOMA Nominees: Bad Design

Leading up to our November 10 showcase, we’ll be getting you familiar with some of our Dallas Observer Music Awards nominees, either via past features we’ve done on them, or new ones. As always, you can vote for your favorite acts, venues and more right here. This piece originally appeared…

RTB2, Nervous Curtains, Ice Eater at LaGrange

With their newest album, 2, out on the streets, Denton rock two-piece RTB2 will headline a very well-balanced set at LaGrange. You have Fort Worth’s Ice Eater, a promising five-piece that blends the bounce of Talking Heads with the melodies of Sting’s early solo records. Then it’s Dallas’ Nervous Curtains,…

California Wives on Vagrant Records and the Musée d’Orsay

Chicago’s California Wives, featured most recently in a commercial for Sharpie, will grace Dallas on Saturday, when they open for Stars. Jayson Kramer took some time out to share with us about being on Vagrant Records, museums and touring with Stars. Since you’re on Vagrant Records, I’m curious as to…

Bryan Street Tavern’s Big Fucking Anniversary Party – 10/6/12

Bryan Street Tavern’s Big Fucking Anniversary Party Bryan Street Tavern Saturday, October 6 For what was billed the “big fucking anniversary party” at Bryan Street Tavern on Saturday, a host of local acts, mixed in with a handful of bands from Tennessee and Brooklyn, had the attention of plenty as…

Ben Folds Five – Palladium Ballroom – 9/23/12

Ben Folds Five Palladium Ballroom Sunday, September 23 For a band that hasn’t toured together in over a decade, Ben Folds Five certainly didn’t play like one last night. In the span of nearly two hours, the trio had plenty of random moments, flubbed notes, impromptu songs, and even a…

Riot Fest – Gexa Energy Pavilion – 9/22/12

Riot Fest Gexa Energy Pavilion Saturday, September 22 Though the inaugural Dallas edition of Riot Fest was a mild success, here’s something the festival’s organizers should consider if it returns next year: give the audience some kind of clue when bands are going on. While the Heineken Pavilion stage (curated…

Riot Fest

Riot Fest, a Chicago-based event in years past, is expanding into Dallas for the first time, and judging by the lineup, this is more of what the Warped Tour should be. You’re not going to find phony boy bands dressed up in Hot Topic gear with sleeve tats. Instead, the…

Is Venomous Maximus “The Maleveller of Houston”?

This weekend, Houston’s Venomous Maximus will bring the metal to the mostly punk Riot Fest, featuring Rise Against, the Descendents and more. Sonic brothers with Dallas’ own Maleveller, we talked about dubbed cassettes, worst show experiences, and what their parents think of their music. Venomous Maximus was described to me…

Pujol, Soviet, and the Longshots

Nashville’s Daniel Pujol brings his project to town behind June’s Saddle Creek full-length, United States of Being, an album loaded with the three-chord new-wave punk that’s been Nashville’s calling card in the last few years. Supporting is local revolving door act Soviet, who shook up their lineup recently and, after…

Ice Eater on Street Cats and Mr. Freeze

Fort Worth’s Ice Eater have played around the area for the last few months, but Thursday’s set at Dada will be their Deep Ellum debut. We caught up with members Jordan Kline and Zach Edwards about the first Ice Eater gig and who plays a better Mr. Freeze. You guys…