Fresh off his triumphant North Texas homecoming, the earnest Leon Bridges released a new original song this morning called “So Long” for the Will Smith-starring film Concussion, which opens December 25. Bridges teased the track on Instagram last month with a 15-second clip and as Variety reported at the time,…
Bobby Sessions is not surprised you’re reading this article. A feature in a publication like the Dallas Observer was just one of the many events the 23-year-old rapper envisioned as he came close to finishing his latest album, LOA, which will be released Friday. LOA is an acronym for Law…
Chance the Rapper With D.R.A.M., Towkio and Metro Boomin Southside Ballroom, Dallas Friday, November 13, 2015 Chance the Rapper is arguably the most charming act in hip-hop going right now. His optimistic and playful catalog of music resonates the same with children as it does with teenagers and adults. His…
Rageville Music Festival With Future, Paper Diamond, 12th Planet, Araabmuzik and KEITH APE The Bomb Factory, Dallas Friday, October 30, 2015 Future has been a lot of things in 2015. He’s been a No. 1 artist on the Billboard charts. Twice. He’s been a mainstay in clubs and on radio…
Six Shooter is a recurring feature where we highlight six new releases by North Texas-based musicians, with some extra ammo to spare. The North Texas area should be proud of its artists’ output this month. Outside of the iconic Erykah Badu, who’s currently performing her one-human show, Dallas’ most successful…
If there were ever a misleading headline, Things We Can Expect From Erykah Badu’s One-Human Show is it. We have no idea what to expect from Ms. Badu’s one-human show. Reason being? The artist herself isn’t sure of the show’s content just yet, as of a press conference she held a…
With the 27th annual Dallas Observer Music Awards just around the corner — in fact, voting is open right now at 2015musicawardspoll.dallasobserver.com — we’re looking to spend the next several weeks taking the opportunity to highlight some of the nominees for this year’s awards. And when we say these artists…
A$AP Rocky With Vince Staples, Danny Brown, Tyler, The Creator South Side Ballroom Friday, October 9, 2015 A$AP Rocky walked off the stage at the South Side Ballroom on Friday night a little too proud. His big smile and the laughs he shared with tour mate Tyler, The Creator on…
On Monday morning, superstar Kendrick Lamar teasingly posted a photo on Instagram of a flier for the 1st Annual Kunta’s Groove Sessions tour. It was accompanied with a caption that read, “8 cities. 8 nights. 8 intimate shows.” Speculation swirled as to which eight lucky cities would be treated to…
Brand New With Manchester Orchestra The Bomb Factory, Dallas Saturday, October 3, 2015 Brand New is a band that lives with many reputations. To the die hard fans, they’re known as being a frustratingly reclusive bunch who has shied away from releasing new music for nearly six years now and…
Neon Indian With the Outfit, TX and Roger Sellers The Bomb Factory, Dallas Thursday, October 1, 2015 If a little time was all Alan Palomo and the newest incarnation of Neon Indian needed to execute last night’s performance at The Bomb Factory, then so be it. From the get go,…
Six Shooter is a recurring feature where we highlight six new releases by North Texas based musicians with some extra ammo to spare. Yesterday we announced voting for the 27th Annual Dallas Observer Music Awards is now open. If you’ve been keeping up with Six Shooter you’re probably familiar with…
When Jim Smith was a teenager he met the then iconic, now infamous rapper South Park Mexican at Trader’s Village. The underground superstar from Houston was selling his music and had a row of Sony Discmans lined up and loaded with his albums and mixtapes. Flipping through the CD booklet,…
Oscar Roque isn’t the first rapper to dedicate a song to Dallas. There have been countless others before him who did the same, often releasing accompanying music videos depicting the iconic imagery of the Triple D. It’s basically a prerequisite for any Dallas rapper at this point. What makes Roque,…
Chris Brown With Tyga, Kid Ink, Omarion, Tenaya Taylor and Fetty Wap Gexa Energy Pavilion, Dallas Thursday, September 10, 2015 Six years after the fact, the mention of Chris Brown’s name will most likely always conjure up memories of his 2009 assault of then girlfriend, pop superstar Rihanna. The memory…
Six Shooter is a recurring feature where we highlight six new releases by North Texas based musicians with some extra ammo to spare. The biggest Dallas-related release of August was undoubtedly Dr. Dre’s grand finale, Compton. Debuting at No. 2 on Billboard and selling over 295,000 units in its first week,…
J. Cole With YG, Jeremih and Big Sean Gexa Energy Pavilion, Dallas Sunday, August 23, 2015 The hip-hop hierarchy is being shaken up, and J. Cole is doing the shaking. The North Carolina rapper returned to Dallas on Sunday night — barely two months after fans flocked to his surprise…
Snow Tha Product Trees, Dallas Saturday, August 15, 2015 Snow Tha Product deserves to be a star. That much has been beyond doubt since she released the video for “Holy Shit” in 2011, a video that was so impressive it got her a contract with Atlantic Records. In the 90-second black-and-white…
