Rachel Gollay’s music is deceptive. What seems at first blush to be deliberate, exacting and polished (which, make no mistake, the Fort Worth singer-songwriter’s songs are very much all of those), actually contains a riot of human feeling, messy and complicated emotions roiling beneath that considered surface. It’s tempting to…
Alexander Lewis is an EDM and hip-hop producer based in Los Angeles, who’s created beats for notable artists, including Yogi, Krane, Juice WRLD and Chief Keef. In 2017, he performed at Coachella, and last year he went on a multidate tour in Australia. Over the last couple of years, his…
The word alone makes them laugh. O. Deletron, a Fort Worth-based band comprised of seven music veterans, has heard the word “supergroup” thrown around, but the musicians are not too keen on that descriptor. “I find it a little humorous,” pianist Thomas Horton says. “If you go to our shows,…
The word “therapy” is defined as the “medical treatment of impairment, injury, disease, or disorder.” Of those four, it would seem injury — primarily of a reputational sort — was being most thoroughly addressed Saturday night at Dos Equis Pavilion, as Hootie and the Blowfish brought its Group Therapy tour…
On Friday night, Paul McCartney played Arlington Globe Life Park’s first rock show. The stadium’s staff seemed unprepared to manage such a regal occasion, directing people to the wrong seats in the floor section, where rickety folding chairs were zip-tied together so closely that there was no wiggle room to…
Some things never change. Although the Observer has a new Clubs Editor, and things are certainly changing for him, these posts will still be here every Monday because there’s no end in sight to good live music in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. There are plenty of local acts to choose…
Gather ’round and observe this week’s collection of local concert announcements. As the summer is finally settling in to rest, the announcements become a little fewer and further between. There are still some interesting things to behold, however, so check forth and see what strikes an interest. Despite being a ubiquitous…
You may have seen her name dropped a few times over the last year thanks to her tireless efforts creating visuals for shows, photographing bands and putting together music videos for Rosegarden Funeral Party’s “Ill and Getting Worse” or just a few days later, Upsetting’s new video for “Form/Foul.” Who…
For nearly a decade, Fort Worth duo Pinkish Black’s music has been hard to categorize. Some have called it “doom rock.” (We labeled it heavy metal.) Kerrang! referred to it as “sci-fi synth doom,” like a collaboration between John Carpenter and Rush. Their latest album, Concept Unification, sounds like a…
In his own words, Anderson .Paak “demands respect, is signed to Dr. Dre, plays drums and sings, has no face tattoos, and got a nice smile.” There’s a lot to unpack there but it’s a pretty succinct, self-aware summation of one of the more dynamic artists of the moment. .Paak’s…
Denton-based psych rock group Pearl Earl is back with a new single and a music video to go along with it. The video is a collaboration between Pearl Earl and videographer Kylie McLaughlin. The single, “Something’s Gotta Change,” is about knowing a certain lifestyle can’t continue as it is, but…
Danny Tenaglia has a yellow sticky note on his refrigerator, “3 p.m. interview with Elvis from Dallas Observer.” A 3 o’clock call to Tenaglia is unanswered. A text from Tenaglia comes over about 45 minutes later, “Hey Elvis, so sorry, I’m just waking. Had an unexpected marathon in the studio…
Opened in May 1984 and closed in July 1989, the Starck Club has gone down in local lore as a glimmering temple of excess.
Oppressive Texas summer temperatures may already be bearing down on us, but on the plus side, if we survive for the next 100 days, we’ll get to visit our favorite perennial event. That’s when the State Fair of Texas opens. We can’t wait to consume copious amounts of fried-whatever-the-hell-we-want as…
We sure missed Anberlin. Although the band called it quits in 2014, not a day has passed without us thinking about them. All right, we might be slightly exaggerating. Nevertheless, it’s been five years since Anberlin broke up, and their absence was clearly felt in Dallas, as proved by the…
The first night of Juice WRLD’s two-night stand at The Bomb Factory took place on the 15-year anniversary of My Chemical Romance’s breakout album Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge, and nothing could be more fitting for such an occasion. Speaking as someone who listened to the band during his formative…
The demise of a three-year relationship, marred by physical and emotional abuse, fueled Rosegarden Funeral Party’s newest release. The rock band is unquestionably one of Dallas’ best, and Leah Lane serves as an enigmatic bandleader as lead singer, guitarist, songwriter and the force steering the group’s creative direction. The tumultuous…
Main at South Side is brimming with fans for its two-year anniversary celebration as Polydogs take the stage. The Fort Worth rock band — consisting of frontman Matt Tedder, bassist Kris Luther, drummer Matt Mabe and rhythm guitarist Nick Tittle — has recently released a self-titled debut album and is…
It’s fitting that this Beatles-loving Clubs Editor’s last weekly roundup of best concerts would include a Beatle. After all, it’s thanks to the iconic British band that I even got into music — in a digging-through-record-crates kind of way — in the first place (and named my son Harrison after George, and played…
A year after going dark, Mattie Michelle is back with a new track meant to make you plumb the depths of your soul. Michelle, a hairdresser by day and a musician by always, says her new track “Running” reflects her growth as a person, and creating it took her all…
At 8:30 PM, just a few hours before Weyes Blood (aka Natalie Mering) was to set foot on stage at Club Dada in Deep Ellum, the sky turned a muted pinky-orange in the distance behind downtown. Thick rain appeared in uneven waves, and the weather app read, “Unsafe Air…
In Chasing Happiness, a new documentary on Amazon Prime Video, the Jonas Brothers look back on their rise to fame and then their inevitable fall. What started out as just three brothers playing guitar and singing together turned into a deal on Disney’s record label and a starring part in…
