… then allow us to point you in the direction of this new Tumblr account we just found: Fuck Yeah, Alan Palomo. Yes, it’s real. And no, we had nothing to do with it. But, hey, it’s a pretty awesome site if you want to see photos of the Neon…
On Friday afternoon, the folks at KDGE-102.1 FM The Edge announced the bill to the 21st edition of their recurring Edgefest concert series. And, after years of disappointing bill after semi-disappointing bill, this one, finally, packs an actual punch.At Pizza Hut Park in Frisco on Saturday, April 30 (yes, the…
This morning, our parent company, Village Voice Media formally announced the 2011 lineup for our annual SXSW party, which this year will take place on Thursday, March 17, from 5 p.m. to 2 a.m. at Austin Music Hall. The all-ages affair, co-sponsored by Frank 151, will feature performances from Wu-Tang…
Wanda Jackson, The King Bucks, LalagrayKessler TheaterFebruary 26, 2011Better than: a normal Saturday night spent with a 73-year-old. Just before the clock struck 11 on Saturday night, Wanda Jackson sauntered, quite slowly, onto the stage at the Kessler Theater, ushered in by a standing ovation — one that, quite literally,…
Last night, to celebrate Black History Month, President Barack Obama invited a whole cast of big name musical performers to the White House to participate in a tribute to Motown. Among those invited to perform? Stevie Wonder, Smokey Robinson, Martha Reeves and the Vandellas, Terrell’s Own Jamie Foxx, Seal and…
Lucero, Robert Ellis & The Boys and Somebody’s DarlingClub DadaFebruary 24, 2011Better than: recent shows at Club Dada, at least sonically. Some 90 minutes into their Thursday night set at Club Dada, Lucero frontman Ben Nichols glanced out into the crowd, mid-song, and became a little overwhelmed.”It’s like karaoke night…
You know what I like? A show poster that isn’t just about the artist or about a unique illustration, but one that takes the setting of the show into account…
Well, that didn’t take long at all. After we just posted earlier this week a live performance clip of local darling Sarah Jaffe performing one new song from her upcoming The Way Sound Leaves a Room EP, we now have a legitimate music video to share with you for a…
Well, it finally came to pass: Just before noon today, the folks at Denton’s upcoming four-day music festival the 35 Conferette (formerly the NX35 Conferette) posted the full schedule of events for their deal — or, well, at least the night-time goings-on for its third year of existence.No word at…
There’s little doubting the impact that the Elephant 6 Collective has had over the indie-rock landscape of the past 20 years. A quick scan of affiliated acts provides all the jaw-dropping proof you could need: The Apples in Stereo, Olivia Tremor Control, Neutral Milk Hotel, of Montreal, Elf Power and…
It happened at last: Dallas hip-hop finally started realizing its potential. Kinda went down exactly how we expected it to, too, right in the shadow of Super Bowl XLV coming to Arlington earlier this month. No worries if you missed it—it happened quickly, and in the shadow of about a…
Here’s what we know about local hip-hop duo The Mohicans at this point. First and foremost, they frickin’ love the movie The Last of the Mohicans — so much so that their upcoming release is named Uncas, in reference to the Mohican chief whose role is so prominent in the…
Last Monday night, on Commerce Street in Deep Ellum, a first not only for Dallas but for the world: A museum dedicated to eight-track tapes celebrated its grand opening. Go figure, right?Maybe it’s not so weird, though: Sure, the grand opening of the Eight-Track Museum, the vision of one Bucks…
Hayes CarllThe Double WideFebruary 22, 2011Better than: standing around, watching a show in a cramped space four times the Double Wide’s size. A little more than halfway through his two-hour performance at the Double Wide last night — the first of his five-day small-club jaunt through North Texas, which, in…
Looks that way, if Twitter is to be believed. And when has Twitter ever done us wrong? Oh. Never mind.But, hey, this actually seems fairly legit — that the North Texas-sprung Neon Indian and beloved New York City-based post-ironic hip-hop group Das Racist have worked on a song together. That’s…
A few times now, we’ve mentioned that beloved area folkie Sarah Jaffe seems fairly intent on moving her music into a new sonic direction — something that became especially clear during her recent Wyly Theatre performance, where she debuted some of her newest songs.The differences revealed by those new songs…
It was back in March of 2010 when we first stumbled upon the first-rising, confusingly named local hip-hop duo A.Dd+, impressed with the stylings of their Power of the Tongue mixtape and intrigued by the possibilities surrounding their planned full-length debut. But, much as we were ready to hear it…
SwansSouth Side Music HallFebruary 19, 2011Better than: a stirring live reading of The Ugly Duckling. Considering that its name conjures images of immense, flowing beauty, seminal New York City No Wave outfit Swans sure makes some ugly music. And painstakingly ugly music at that.Which is all part of the band’s…
Grace Potter & The Nocturnals, Jonathan Tyler & The Northern LightsHouse of BluesFebruary 18, 2011Better than: watching Almost Famous yet one more time. Sometimes, tour pairings just make perfect sense. And so it was that Dallas’ own Jonathan Tyler & The Northern Lights came to join Vermont’s Grace Potter &…
At this very moment, The O’s are somewhere in Europe, touring around and soaking up the Old Country’s adoration for all things American. But, before heading across the Atlantic, as part of the band’s whirlwind of promotion for their new album Between The Two, the twosome of Taylor Young and…
Dallas’ Hormones are still a relatively new outfit, having released their debut EP, Look Out Below, back in July. But, as tends to happen with bands that get called “erratic” yet “promising” early on, the band just now seems to be shaping its identity. Or at least that’s what the…
Last year’s Dallas Observer Music Awards, if you don’t mind us saying, were pretty amazing. The winners were pretty great, the nominations on point, the ceremony a great time and, oh, the showcase.Yep, last year’s DOMA showcase was especially awesome, with Deep Ellum just feeling overrun with local music support…
