And so it ended. Last night almost two decades of brotherhood came to a close at sold-out Dan’s Silverleaf amidst cheers, tears, smiles and hugs. It’s hard to sum up the importance of Centro-matic to Denton (and to North Texas as a whole), but I think the clearest indication is…
“Music videos are dead!” Or so says the asshole who is too old to understand how the internet works. Yes, MTV is dead, but that does not mean that the backbone of its original format is dead. Sure, TRL is long gone, and no one spends millions on shoots anymore,…
After almost 18 years as a group, the four gentlemen who make up Centro-matic are on their very last tour together. Scott Danbom, Mark Hedman, Matt Pence and Will Johnson are spending the brunt of December in a van, driving across the country to play farewell sets in venues they’ve…
It starts with a bang, or rather with a hell of an uppercut. Oil Boom’s latest album, Red Metal, launches you into jangly jubilation with “45 Revolutions Per Minute,” the band’s highly praised single from last year. The New York Times singled it out as a highlight in the often-cluttered…
“I’ve got a great ambition to die from exhaustion rather than boredom” — Thomas Carlyle What our Scottish philosopher friend is trying to say is that instead of being bored you need to be out there making the most of life instead of being that person no one wants to…
Chive Fest Southfork Ranch, Parker Saturday, November 1, 2014 On the battleground of providing viral content to users on the internet one website has risen above all others when it comes to repeatedly scraping the bottom of the barrel to get eyes on the digital prize. The Chive, aka Buzzfeed…
Jason Aldean With Florida Georgia Line Gexa Energy Pavilion, Dallas Saturday, October 25, 2014 Ebola causes you to leak fluids from your body’s orifices and bleed internally until your body starts to slowly shut down. Then you die from a combination of low blood-pressure and organ failure. If you have…
A cottage industry has popped up to help sate the nation’s unending appetite for the undead. Everything from brain shaped candy, to “Zombie Squad” customizations for vehicles are readily available for consumers who want to show that they’re ready for the not really upcoming zombie apocalypse. Lucky for those North…
Another October means movie theaters yet again rolling out the orange carpet for their Halloween themed programming, and since we are the foremost experts of Halloweenocity in the area, we pulled all the best screenings together for you. Weirdly enough no one is showing John Carpenter’s Halloween this year, which…
Yesterday afternoon social media started to fill with laments when word trickled out that one of North Texas’ most lauded and best loved artists, Centro-matic, would be calling it quits after their upcoming December tour. The group’s fervent fan base is sure to make their 14 remaining dates as a…
Oaktopia Festival With Neon Indian, Immortal Technique and more Denton Friday, September 19 and Saturday, September 20, 2014 For a line-up that didn’t really move the needle much, Oaktopia sure as hell brought out the kids. Which is a fantastic thing if you were a venue who could charge people…
I’m standing in Danny Rush’s house in Denton sipping a beer, occasionally taking a swig from a bottle of Old Granddad and admiring a collection of country music star paintings he commissioned from local artist Clay Stinnett. There are Freddy Fender, Hank Snow, Hank Williams and Gary Stewart, all done…
Last night, as the Philadelphia Eagles stormed back against the Indianapolis Colts, and the ESPN hype machine kicked into high gear in support of the NFL, Jack MacDonald, the owner of Plano’s craft beer haven Jack Mac’s Swill and Grill, took to the restaurant’s facebook to proclaim his distaste for…
Isaiah Rashad With the Outfit TX, Blue the Misfit and Buffalo Black, 7 p.m. Thursday, September 11, at Trees, 2709 Elm St., 214-741-1122 or treesdallas.com, $3 In 2013, L.A.-based indie label Top Dawg Entertainment found a new wave of Southern trill in their newest affiliate, Isaiah Rashad. Deep from the…
Tonight in Denton at Dan’s Silverleaf local author Darin Bradley will officially release his second novel Chimpanzee complete with a live rendition of the audioplay of the novel. Bradley released his first novel, Noise, through Random House in 2010 while he was still working as a lead video game writer…
It seems like we’ve been here before: On Saturday afternoon, Club Dada will be taken over by 13th Floor Music for a “music fest” that includes 15 local bands. As you may recall, a very similar thing happened last Saturday, when King Camel Productions put on its own little showcase…
Islands With TEEN, 7 p.m. Thursday, September 4, at Dada, 2720 Elm St., dadadallas.com, $12-$14 For better or worse, this is the type of future Zappa saw for pop, a contraption as regressive as it is disarming, music as sour candy. Rising from the ashes of cult act the Unicorns,…
Grouplove and Portugal. the Man With STRFKR South Side Ballroom, Dallas Saturday, August 30, 2014 If there’s one thing Dallas/Fort Worth does right, it’s long weekends. Venues, cities, promoters, party throwers and citizens — they all tend to seize on the idea and go all-out to throw the wildest shows…
Yesterday we got the ball rolling on our picks for the best musical cameos from The Simpsons’ first 25 years on the air, in honor of the show’s ongoing marathon of 552 episodes on FXX. We went through the first half of our list of 30 episodes, meaning it’s time…
Can there be too much of a good thing? Perhaps. Fans of The Simpsons have likely been asking themselves that question for years now, given that the beloved Fox TV show has been on the air for 25 years now and, arguably, past its best for quite some time. But…
Bilal 8 p.m. Friday, August 29, at Dada, 2720 Elm St., dadadallas.com, $25-$30 Fun fact about critically acclaimed neo-soul singer Bilal (born Bilal Sayeed Oliver): He was discovered in his teens by none other than the drummer of the Spin Doctors. Did you also know that the band that would…
As you might have noticed, we’re a bit obsessed with traveling here at the Observer. We’ve given you weekend getaways, food centered trips, and hidden road trips. So it was only a matter of time before we got in on the fun here at DC9. Being that we live and…
