It’s okay if you aren’t making the trek on down to Austin for Austin City Limits Festival. You won’t miss out on much — other than the much beloved stop in West for some delicious Czech Stop kolaches — because there’s more than enough shows to catch at home this…
Kacey Musgraves With John and Jacob Granada Theater, Dallas Wednesday, October 1, 2014 Kacey Musgraves and I come from similar backgrounds. Musgraves grew up in East Texas, Mineola to be exact, and I come from a little town just about 75 miles north of there. Musgraves’ debut album, Same Trailer…
Dallas rapper Jenny Robinson and her partner 8earcub’s performances are unlike any other live experience in town. Jenny Robinson is notorious for enacting orgasms on stage and for rolling around on the ground. 8earcub, whose real name is Gerardo Cortez, wears a brown faux fur bear coat/cape that has a…
This weekend, the minds behind The Double Wide are planning a seriously fucking epic party to celebrate 11 years of bringing trailer-trash kitsch and a lot of great bands to Exposition Park. Outside of the fact that they’ve gotten permission from the City of Dallas to host their party across…
Festival season has really gotten into full swing of late in Texas. Those peak summer months have finally given way to (slightly more) seasonable weather, and suddenly the big music events have been coming seemingly every weekend: Oaktopia was two weeks ago, then came Index, and now Austin City Limits…
Well, that was a hell of a weekend, wasn’t it? In its third go-around, Index Festival spread out to three days of music with nearly 100 bands, all situated on its new, larger festival grounds between Cesar Chavez and Elm St., directly across from Epocha and The Prophet Bar. There…
For the past decade Marcos Prado has been at the center of The Smoke, one of the longest-running DJ residencies in Dallas. The Smoke is the only DJ weekly in the area (possibly the state) that focuses exclusively on northern soul, a particular brand of soul music popularized in northern…
It was three days before Christmas when guitarist Mike Scaccia took the stage for his final performance. He’d reunited with the original members of local metal legends Rigor Mortis earlier that year to record their first album in more than two decades, and tonight they were performing in celebration of…
Hold onto your butts, Dallas; it’s that time of year again. Dallas Observer Music Awards time. DOMA time has moved back to its latest time of year ever, but we couldn’t be more excited about it. This year, our annual music awards showcase — Chevy Music Showcase North Texas Presents…
Austin City Limits music festival is just around the corner, kicking off its first weekend this Friday and running through Sunday. With eight stages, two weekends and over 150 acts, ACL is one of the largest music festivals in the country. Lucky for us, it’s practically in our backyard. Sure,…
“Where am I gonna end up? There’s so much notoriety today, it’s astounding,” says retired photographer, Jeffrey Kliman. “It’s worse than Andy Warhol’s statement. You’re gonna be famous for 15 minutes. Now you’re gonna be famous for a nanosecond. Or three pixels.” Kliman’s lens has been capturing small portions of…
At the age of 14, most of us were just sitting around and picking our noses while watching Boy Meets World and listening to our N*SYNC albums. Adolescence is usually when most of us do our slacking off, but Kelli Mayo, one-half of the Oklahoma-based sister duo Skating Polly, was…
Plunge started as just a name, and the band that later formed under it sought to replicate the sound of the word itself. The chugging, sludgy doom-metal band that resulted is pretty spot-on. In bassist Cade Bundrick’s room before a show at Gatsby’s Mansion, the house venue he lives at…
Index Music Festival Deep Ellum, Dallas Friday, September 26 through Sunday, September 28, 2014 There’s something particularly thrilling about seeing Local Natives perform as the Dallas skyline shines brightly. If you’re going to have a festival in a major American city, this is the way to do it. The band’s…
By Steve Watkins Last Monday’s premiere of The Voice introduced the world to Luke Wade, a voice already familiar with fans all over North Central Texas. At least six separate watch parties were underway in various area venues where Wade has been a regular performer. Although a native of Dublin,…
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers American Airlines Center, Dallas Friday, September 26, 2014 When the iconic opening riff to “Mary Jane’s Last Dance” soared through the American Airlines Center on Friday night to begin the Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers’ second number, it was clear the night would be a…
If you’re looking for something to do other than the State Fair, you’ve come to the right place. (If you’re looking for some deep-fried food stuffed inside some other deep-fried food, then yes, the State Fair is your ticket.) As always, DC9 has a few music suggestions to get you…
Since 2004 Chicago-based post-metal trio Russian Circles have pounded out one brutally brilliant album after another. Last year, the group, consisting of guitarist Mike Sullivan, drummer Dave Turncratz and bassist Brian Cook, released the epic Memorial. Between headlining their own global tour and hitting the road with the Chelsea Wolfe,…
Mike Schoder is calmer than a well-fed cat in the ‘burbs, but don’t let that fool you. There’s nothing complacent about him. The owner of the Granada Theater and the adjoining Sundown at Granada, Schoder could easily be mistaken for a surfer bro, thanks to his long golden hair that…
The hottest ticket in town is gonna be Index Fest. There’s no doubt about this. The lineup includes Future Islands, Local Natives, Foxygen, the Cool Kids and more. We already gave you a list of the can’t-miss shows to see at Index. However, if you aren’t doing the festival thing…
There’s something special about the Beauty Bar come Saturday nights. Amidst the 1950s-themed decor and glittery, soft-hued color scheme, the tiny Knox-Henderson bar has two very important ingredients: Good drinks and even better music. In the case of the latter, that’s all thanks to Blake Ward. “DJs facilitate the human…
Gabriel Mendoza has built a reputation in Dallas over the past decade for being one of the must adventurous DJ’s in the city. Mendoza made this reputation not by sticking to any particular genre, but for playing that new favorite song you never even knew existed. From psychedelic turkish funk…
