There’s a lot to enjoy about the above video bio for Sarah Jaffe, which the folks at Kirtland Records had been sneakily keeping under wraps until they released it on Friday as part of a little love sent Jaffe’s way from the folks at Teen Vogue. For starters: The line,…
It’s been a couple months since the DEA conducted an early morning raid on the Dallas home of Lancaster native Dorwin Demarcus Dorrough, only to come up empty in their search and to leave the premises without arresting anyone.At the time, a spokesperson for the platinum-selling rapper — known simply…
Tomorrow, we’ve been promised, the folks behind the Austin City Limits Music Festival will unveil the lineup of bands playing their 2011 offering, which, this year, for its 10th anniversary, will take place in Austin’s Zilker Park on the third weekend of September.And credit where it’s due: The organizers are…
Hey, remember back in April when we debuted our new, free, monthly concert series called Locals Only? Of course you do.That first run was a damn good time, too, with pretty stellar performances courtesy of Whiskey Folk Ramblers and Kirby Brown.Now it’s time to do it all over again: On…
Sad news today, as the word has spread that Cali Swag Disctrict member M-Bone was killed in a drive-by shooting this morning in Inglewood, California. The 22-year-old rapper was one-fourth of the group behind last year’s massive hit single, “Teach Me How To Dougie,” in which the California-based crew shouted…
In this week’s print edition of the Observer, we’ll have more — much, much more — on this past weekend’s Homegrown Music and Art Festival in downtown Dallas’ Main Street Garden Park. But, for now, some brief notes…
Well, things sure are getting down to the nitty-gritty for Fair To Midland, who are now just about a month off from the release of their long-awaited, fourth full-length album release, Arrows and Anchors. And, as we approach that date, it’s no surprise that more and more information is leaking…
Seryn just keeps getting more and more and more and more love from the national media these days. Last week, it came once again courtesy of the folks at Paste, whose editor-in-chief and co-founder, Josh Jackson, just can’t get enough of those inspiring kids from Denton. After already naming the…
We’ve known for about a month at this point that Erykah Badu and fellow funk space cadet Flying Lotus were up to something together. And not just a music video, either — although the two do already have two such shared projects under their collective caps. This one, we’ve been…
Tomorrow night may be Friday the 13th, but there’s nothing altogether frightening about this design from Dallas-based graphic designer Antonio F. Mondragon-Becker aimed at promoting a Kessler Theater bill featuring Zoe Keating and Tiger Darrow…
OK, that’s a lie. We don’t really know who broke Adele’s heart and propelled her to write the already-gone-platinum break-up album that is her 21. But we do know that the disc is pretty phenomenal. And, as such, yeah, we got a smirk or two watching the above clip from…
The folks at Good Records sure are having some fun with all the news breaking out of their camp over the past couple of days. But, rest assured, most of it is just that: Fun.That cryptic tweet and Facebook post the store made today? The one about being “a part…
He’s the chipper one in the band, the one who wears the iconic coke-bottle glasses and the one who can’t get through an entire set without smiling ear to ear and greeting the crowd with a hearty, “Hey, everybody!” But, let’s face it, when it comes to the Old 97’s,…
Seem everybody is doing the soul revival thing these days. And, while that’s true to an extent, there’s a couple of acts out there who are really doing the resurgent genre some justice — like, say, Mayer Hawthorne of Ann Arbor, Michigan. The 32-year-old soul singer and Austin City Limits…
It’s a fair question: With Brandon Curtis off playing in Interpol, Benjamin Curtis long gone and in his own School of Seven Bells project (who’ll play the Homegrown Fest in Dallas this weekend), Josh Garza reportedly spending his 2010 working with members of Elefant and Monster Magnet, and, as of…
Yesterday marked the release of Denton indie pop favorite Fishboy’s sixth studio full-length, Classic Creeps (the band’s seventh release if you count 2009’s Nom, for which the Om Nom Noms re-recorded some of mastermind Eric Michener’s songs). Per usual, it’s an enjoyable collection of pop-rock gems that toe the line…
Well, we thought this would be the case, and, turns out, we were right: Tim DeLaughter’s new band will indeed make its debut at the Gorilla Vs. Bear Festival taking place at the Granada Theater on Saturday, July 23. Says so, even on the Facebook page for the new band,…
March was a big month for the Tyler-based family band of Eisley, what with the release of The Valley, their third full-length and first-ever independent release, and all. April was kind of a big month, too, what with the band embarking on a tour in support of the album and,…
Hey, remember back in February when Tim DeLaughter confirmed a whole bunch of rumors to us? Namely, that he was starting a new band, and also that he’d be releasing new Polyphonic Spree material and some solo efforts in the near future? Well, good, because that information is pretty pertinent…
Some cool news coming out of the HomeGrown Music and Art Festival’s pipeline today — and not just the performance schedule, which, you’ll see after the jump, finds the day starting off a little bit country and ending off a lot electronic.The second-year fest, which this year will again take…
The Little Mavericks sure have local basketball fans in a tizzy now that they’re up two games to none on the Los Angeles Lakers in the NBA Playoff’s Western Conference Semifinals. And even one Erykah Badu is getting in on the fun — just moments ago, she tweeted a little…
Back in March, we shared with you quite the treat — a clip of legendary axe man J. Mascis covering Edie Brickell & The New Bohemians’s “Circle” during an in-store performance in Boston. Since then, the song’s kind of become a standard in the Mascis’ solo sets.Funny thing about these…
