North Texas has been spoiled for choices when it comes to local talent making it on late-night TV. St. Vincent, Selena Gomez, Demi Lovato and Leon Bridges have all become regulars in recent years. So it’s almost hard to believe that viral singer and Justin Bieber tour mate Post Malone…
Matthew Parks is a highly trained technician behind the decks. His humble demeanor is misleading, given the very aggressive style with which he mixes techno. Usually very banging techno, at that — the kind that often has more appeal to fans of industrial, noise, experimental, punk or even metal than…
You may never recognize Siamese from one show to the next. The Dallas band is an avant-garde dream-pop experiment whose members try on different personas seasonally. By changing their concept every few live appearances and rotating themes according to their latest inspiration, the band’s like a DIY Cirque du Soleil,…
Gabe Reed was supposed to be a ghost. The Dallas-based owner of Gabe Reed Productions brought together the Rock N’ Roll Allstars for a South American tour in 2012, but the promoter had disappeared on the third stop of the tour, hidden under sheets like a ghost, his former publicist…
EDM’s not dead. Not in Texas, anyway, and certainly not in Dallas. For all of last year’s talk about the genre’s supposedly waning popularity and predictions of a bubble that’s about to burst, Lights All Night — Dallas’ biggest EDM festival — is still in rude health. In fact, this…
The Fort Worth edition of Untapped Fest is bigger than it’s ever been. Returning to its perfectly picked home at Panther Island, this year’s festival has more than 80 breweries offering 300 different elixirs, with indie icons Built to Spill and Lone Star songwriting great Hayes Carll headlining the musical…
For country music legend Charlie Pride, the death of longtime friend Muhammad Ali is a deeply felt blow. The 82-year-old will head to Louisville on Friday for the funeral. The Observer caught up with him backstage in Nashville, shortly before his appearance at a Darius and Friends show at the Wild Horse Saloon…
Børns With Lewis Del Mar and Beau Granada Theater, Dallas Monday, June 6, 2016 You might never guess, from the way Børns took the stage Monday night at his sold-out show at Granada Theater, that he’s new to the fame game. Only a year and change has intervened since he…
Dallas has plenty of places for kids to see concerts. Sure, you probably won’t be getting a bracelet because you are too young to drink and may even have to suffer X’s from a black marker on the back of your hand. But going to shows is crucial for aspiring…
Rubber Gloves’ Farewell Shows With Lift to Experience, Record Hop, Slobberbone and more Rubber Gloves, Denton Friday to Sunday, June 3 to 5, 2016 Rubber Gloves Rehearsal Studios closed their doors for good this morning, but not before giving three days packed with 37 bands — all but one of…
Kenny Chesney With Miranda Lambert AT&T Stadium, Arlington Saturday, June 4, 2016 Making an emotional connection is what music is about. But it’s still embarrassing to get caught up in the moment and feel much of anything for an artists when you’re just one in a crowd of 50,000 people…
The Dixie Chicks have never been ones to shy away for calling out politicians — even (or maybe preferably) if it stirs up a little controversy. But as the three Dallas ladies embark on their worldwide reunion tour, they’re not wasting any time in getting back to it. In fact,…
With the Texas June temperatures upon us, we can be more thankful than ever that the best concerts this week are all taking place in a cool, air conditioned venue. And for the 30-something crowd, not only is this a comfort often taken for granted by youngsters, the end of…
C. Struggs is not Dallas’ Biggie Smalls, but it’s a tempting comparison. Struggs came from a tough background, dragged himself out of it, and got sucked back in. A proud father and a hip-hop artist for a decade, Struggs’ life has been marked by tragedy. But he keeps making make…
Dallas artist Jon Theory, who performed at the Crown and Harp over the weekend, has only played a handful of hip-hop shows. Despite this, he’s very comfortable in front of a crowd. He doesn’t care what anybody thinks, and it totally works. He even rapped about the Jonestown Massacre. Like…
John Stewart is emerging from the shadows. Although the DJ and producer is more accustomed to working behind the scenes, he now curates one of Dallas’ most popular weekly dance parties every Sunday in Deep Ellum, with the help of hip-hop artist and collaborator Blue, the Misfit. Stewart serves as…
A little less than a month ago, Rubber Gloves Rehearsal Studios announced that they’d be closing their doors on June 5. Rubber Gloves has been called the CBGB of Texas; it is a venue that has been crucial to North Texas music over the past 20 years. But it’s also…
Red alert, Dallas: the pug petting zoo isn’t happening this weekend. Blame Mother Nature, or blame the inscrutable ambivalence of the cosmos, but the dream of dressing up pugs with wings (thereby creating a “pugasus,” apparently) is dead. That’s because the first-ever Bulladora Music Experience has been canceled. The Experience…
Lift to Experience made big news for North Texas music fans, especially for those who attended high school in the Clinton-era, in March when the band announced it would reunite for a show in London. the trailblazing psych-tinged act, led by Josh T. Pearson, also announced plans to perform three…
Luke Sardello is so much more than just a veteran DJ. Sardello is the epitome of an old school Dallas vet, but he is also a music connoisseur, curator and part of the brains behind Josey Records. As a DJ he’s largely associated with house music, but — as a…
Six Shooter is a recurring feature where we highlight six new releases by North Texas-based musicians, with some extra ammo to spare With Memorial Day behind us and the heat (and humidity) on the rise, this set of brand-new material from North Texas artists is the perfect accompaniment for your…
He attacked like a ninja from the shadows, wielding a 9-inch Rambo knife. The small brown-skinned Ecuadorian wasn’t built like Sly Stallone, but he was as quick as he was silent. Appearing as though from nowhere, and taking Jeff Smith, a Dallas music publicist, completely by surprise as he prepared…
