It was a great weekend to stay indoors. With the heat being so murderous, we sent photographers Ray and Peter Lek to the dance the indoor floors of Campus Pub in Denton for Ed Crunk and DJ Titan (Friday, June 30) and Trees for DJ Breakage from London–a drum &…
Shakespeare would’ve been awful damn proud of last night’s party at the Aura Lounge, which was decked out with sparkly balls and a lot of plants. DJ Rev and DJ Avi were spinning for the night, while costumes ranged from the last-thing-you-see-before-you-die-scary, to…oddly poignant. See more of the Uptown Lounge’s…
Ok! You can officially ignore MTV. Aside from vintage Pizza Hut commercials, YouTube has become the newest, best, most badass way to show off one of two things: your music with lyrics set in scrolling Comic Sans or your music under some cool, never-before-seen animator / puppeteer’s work. Back in…
We didn’t exactly love the Common Table, as Hanna Raskin points out in her Dish Column, but it sure is a good place to drink some beer. In their well-curated selection you can find a bottle-conditioned Maudite (priced at $89) and American micro-brews like Dogfish Head and Dale’s. Read Hanna’s…
While we were busing sweating eyeballs at Lucero, Dallas friends St. Vincent and Neon Indian were in Chicago for Pitchfork Music Festival. We certainly weren’t ignoring them. It was just too hot to blog (or do much of anything but watch the outdoor stage) from the outdoor stage. If you…
DJ Reid Speed, a multi-genre DJ specializing in dubstep, drum and bass and electro, played the Lizard Lounge Saturday, July 24, for the Play Me Records Party (out of California). DJ Titan was also on the rooftop of the Lounge. See more night moves photos in the Lek Brothers’ slideshow…
Neko Case joined the New Pornographers at Gilley’s Saturday July 24, making the indie pop group look more like a team of Marvel Super Heroes than a great band. As always, the Pornographers were exacto-knife pitch perfect for songs like “Challengers” and “Sing Me Spanish Techno,” among the tracks from…
Let’s get right to it. Thursday night, July 22nd, Lady Gaga and Semi Precious Weapons played the American Airlines Center for the first night in Dallas. These are the costumed fans who lined up to enjoy the show (see the full list after the jump).Also, see photos of the Gaga…
Defying gravity, Andre Natera’s rooftop garden for Pyramid sits two floors above the restaurant, but does the restaurant transcend its surroundings? You can read the full review of Pyramid (and decide for yourself) in food critic Hanna Raskin’s dish column: The Pyramid Restaurant & Bar: Chef Andre Natera Excels at…
The DOMAXXII Winners have been announced, as you might have seen from Pete earlier, but that’s not the only thing we did last night. In some sort of web 2.0ish exercise in being meta, we also took some photos of our own event, and we want to show you all…
You get up in the morning and immediately beat The New York Times’ crossword. You watch an episode of House and drive to work. Excel spreadsheets hold you over for a couple of hours, building the perfect model, but you crave more puzzles. You, mind-bending-puzzle-lover, demand that even your foods…
So, we have a lot of photos of DOMAXXII. We want to show you all of them. Somewhere in between the heat and The Cool Kids were the performances at The Bone and Reno’s Chop Shop Saloon, featuring bands VIDEO, Phuss, Nervous Curtains, Spector 45, The Backsliders, Bad Sports, Dear…
Warning: This is not an official Dallas Observer Music Award. If it was, we might break it down into something like–Best Grimace, Best Contortion, Best Scream, Best “Stage Dump.” But that’s not what we’re not doing. No, we’re gonna countdown, without preference or bias, our favorite “stage faces” of the…
Under twinkling lights at The Bone rooftop, where some were beginning their hangovers, Spooky Folk played a seven-minute-plus closing song at onetwo a.m: a perfect way to cap off the over-a-hundred degree summer day. See more of the night’s moves in the slideshow…
We have more photos and reviews of our showcase in Deep Ellum coming right up, but in the meantime here’s a few videos of Seryn at La Grange, Air Review at The Door and Jonathan Tyler & the Northern Lights at the Outdoor Stage behind Trees to hold you over…
Early Sunday morning (or very late Saturday, however you wanna look at it), DOMA nominee Mariachi Quetzal took the stage at Reno’s Chop Shop Saloon in Deep Ellum for the stage’s last performance of the night. Certainly, we have more show reviews, photos, slideshows and video) upcoming, but we thought…
While Secret Machines played the sunset at the outdoor stage, the Hope Trust lit up Trees bright red. More photos and reviews coming soon, of course, but for now enjoy these pics of Secret Machines and The Hope Trust after the jump…
So, it’s really hot. Like, really hot. Lucero’s Ben Nichols put on sunglasses because “his eyeballs were getting sun burnt.” We’ve got more photos and video and coverage coming, of course, but to get this started: here are some photos (and a glorious youtube video after the jump!) of Lucero…
This week’s Dish column covers Los Cabos: the Mexican that all you Oklahomianians love. You can read Hanna Raskin’s full breakdown of the ritzy, downright sexy Mexican food (and see if she enjoyed it’s steamy qualities) her writeup Los Cabos: Okie-Mex is About What You’d Expect.. See more of Los Cabos’…
Dawes, Telegraph Canyon Casa Mañana, Fort WorthJuly 14, 2010Better Than: Missing Dawes entirely–several times–at SXSW. There was a lot of pride under the Casa Mañana bubble last night–mostly for Telegraph Canyon. The rest beamed off Taylor Goldsmith’s guitar strap. Let’s say you’re from out of town. Say, Minneapolis or Toronto–somewhere…
Friday, July 9, was Dub Assembly’s four-year anniversary at the Green Elephant and featured special guest performances Hatcha from the UK, as well as Mundo, Royal Highnuss, Jimmy B and more. On Saturday, July 10, Sons of Hermann Hall featured another rendition of Lollipop Shoppe, with its go-go dancing with…
Taste of Dallas, the ultimate sample-athon, took place July 9-11 in Fair Park’s beautiful (rainy) Esplanade. Local chefs, joined by a slew of vendors, provided some of their favorite dishes. The Mavs ManiAACs (and later Saturday, The Old 97’s) were also on hand to cook in an Iron Chef Competition,…
