Parade of Flesh presented Lightning Bolt, Indian Jewelry, and Best Fwends Sunday at Trees–and they’re still reverberating in the walls after a deafening rock performance filled with smoke, sweat and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle shirts. See more of the night’s thumping show, and crowd madness in Kevin Todora’s slideshow…
Taste of Dallas ran from Friday through Sunday at Fair Park, featuring the best of the best of Dallas food–including some manhole cover-sized discs of chicken fried steak–and a Gilley’s stage of music. The acts included Le Cure, the Quebe Sisters Band and, pictured above, the Old 97’s. It was…
Continuing the tradition of manifest destiny’s from Houston to Dallas, Perry’s Steakhouse and Grille is the focus of the week’s Dish Column (in good ol’ fashion print). While Perry’s didn’t journey on a lawnmower, they did import three-decades-old Houston tradition to the corner of McKinney Avenue and North Olive Street…
Another Independence Day party for you. July 4th at the Green Elephant showcased a variety of Dallas’ Hip Hop culture for Elements of Hip Hop presented by Rec Shop, Poor Vida and Vigilante Music Group. The style of acts and performances ranged from rap to reggae (see Ugly Lion, pic…
Before Fair Park’s Fourth of July on the Fifth, the Double Wide threw a mullet-inspiring party for fireworks day with Springsteen, Replacements, and Neil Diamond cover bands. To complete the redneckiness, the Double Wide featured kiddie pools to splash around in with some wicked floaties.See more of the weekend’s party…
On Saturday, at the Superpages.com Center in Dallas, Warped Tour brought its particular brand of headbang rock to rain-soaked Dallas. Bands included Andrew W.K., Motion City Soundtrack, Sum 41, Maxwell Smart and a whole host of mohawked fans–enough to worthy a slideshow featuring just you fans. See for yourself: Chances…
This weekend was particularly warped. Aside from the Hurricane, and the Fourth of July being on the Fifth, and the Vans Warped Tour 2010 bringing sometimes bloody-nosed Andrew W.K. (and more) to Dallas, there was Joan Jett and Black Tie Dynasty at Que Fest . Oh, and MC Hammer at…
Wednesday night (June 30) at Gilley’s, Tinker, Sherman and Blues Traveler played a pre-Independence Day set. John Popper’s harmonica was also there, and performed vigorously during the “Run Around” solo.See more of Blues Traveler’s night in Dallas in Evan Clinton’s slideshow…
On Friday, June 25, our photographers Ray and Peter Lek hit up Zubar for DJ Eleven and DJ Sober. DJs Tyrone Smiley, Genova, and DJ Shwa also tag-teamed Zubar, mixing MJ tunes in memory of his death. Then, the feet-beatened Lek Brothers headed to the Lizard Lounge for some drum…
Sadly, the United States was eliminated from the World Cup Saturday afternoon, June 26. Before that, fans packed into local bars like The Idle Rich and Trinity Hall Pub, along with a cooled-down Angelika Theater, to scarf down cheesy burgers and throw back mimosas and Miller Lite. The super fans,…
Sarah Johnson reported in this week’s Appetite for Instruction on how to slather corn with beautiful chipotle-ancho mayo and cotija cheese (try not to claw at the screen, you’ll only damage a nail), as demonstrated by Cosme Alcantar of Blue Mesa Grill. To further your desire to eat your keyboard,…
In this week’s print, our Food Critic Hanna Raskin dove in Ristorante Nicola for some Calamari fritti and Amatriciana and wasn’t exactly blown away. While you’re deciding whether to agree with us or chunk some juicy tomatoes our way–check out Sara Kerens’ slideshow featuring the foods and atmosphere of Nicola…
In this week’s cover story, Jesse Hughey and the editorial monks working in the stoney basements of the Dallas Observer have cataloged 50 bars and clubs happy hour specials.The really, really awesome ones. But wait! Yes, of course, there are more than 50. We got a thing for that too…
This ain’t no video game. Wednesday, June 23rd at the Loft in Dallas, Rock Star Karaoke brought out the shy singers (no Rhett Miller this time) to the stage–backed by real lights and a real band. Judges this week were Reid Robinson from KNON’s Sonic Assembly, Charming Garden’s Amy Curnow…
Before that bullshit movie G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, there were real G.I. Joes. You know the ones with the plastic AK-47s, the jangling dog tags and the rubber military-issue boots? No, not the tiny, plastic dudes with the spring-loaded guns–we’re talking about the 12-inch bad boys with the…
It shocked Passion Pit (playing with openers Tokyo Police Club) to see a 3,500 capacity ballroom filled to the brim Monday night. But, as Pete pointed out in his review, the crowd’s energy was even more remarkable. See more of the night’s energetic performance, and bustling crowd, in Andrew Shepherd’s…
Maybe we can all come together and agree on something: The foods in this list were already delicious, horrifyingly so, but have recently become gourmet’d to some DEFCON- one level of decadence. You can rarely order a simple cheddar-based grilled cheese or macaroni and cheese dish anymore — now they…
So hot right now: Fashion designer Elia De Leon showed off her new clothing line, Rebirth, for the Rockin’ The Runway event on Friday, June 18, at Plush. DJ Pollux spun the tunes for the, uh, runway models dancing on the bar. See more from this night of models in…
This week’s Dish by Hanna Rasking pits Avila’s recent updates to the freshly opened Mextopia. It’s a guacamole battle to the finish. See more of how Avila’s Tex-Mex challenges Mextopia’s in Sara Kerens’ slideshow…
Driving down McKinney Avenue, past Idle Rich and Black Friar, is a familar site for Dallas residents : a bustling Sfuzzi patio. Once a Dallas chain back in the nineties, Sfuzzi reopened its doors for a soft opening May 1 (continuing with full lunch and dinner the past two weeks,…
The World Cup 2010 began Friday morning, but from the “USA”-chanting crowds in Uptown Dallas it seemed like the United States vs. England game was the opening ceremonies. With orders of iced beer buckets, fried chicken, buffalo wings and enormous-quantities of french fries (did we mention beer?), USA Soccer fans…
Friday night at the House of Blues, Ruby Revue presented their “Burlesque on the Go-Go” tour featuring Anita Cookie, Clams Casino, Darlinda Just Darlinda, Gigi La Femme, Minnie Tonka, and local performers Ginger Valentine and Black Mariah. As you can see, their June 11 performance “Dangerous Curves Ahead,” was aptly…
