Photo by Julian BajselNote: may not be same sasquatch as quoted below … but come on.Angelica Leicht and Marco Torres report back with the most outrageous sound bites they overheard at Weekend 1 of the 2013 Austin City Limits Music Festival. “I think Bigfoot just copped a feel!” “Um, these…
Dallas’ own Dorrough has officially put his mark on the city in creating the new Dallas Cowboys theme song. The track, “Our Time,” will be the official walk out music and promotional audio for America’s team. Stadium DJs played the song during last week’s game against the Denver Broncos, but…
The last time we spoke to Evan Weiss, he had only done solo tours as Into It. Over It. Not too long after that, he started performing with a full band. Then he formed two other bands: Their/They’re/There and Pet Symmetry. With a new band lineup of Into It. Over…
With a concert ticket in hand to see a notoriously reclusive legend of the past, one never really knows just what to expect. An artist like Shuggie Otis is an especially curious case. After creating some of the most singularly influential albums of the early seventies, the psychedelic R&B pioneer…
Photo by Angelica LeichtI just really wanted to use this photo on something.Seeing all the ACL kids running around in the Zilker Park grass, playing football with pierced and tatted dads, or showing off their dancing skills with mom, was a bit of a surprise. By Angelica Leicht But it…
Photo by Julian BajselEditor: Our friends at Houston Press’ Rocks Off music blog are tackling the first weekend of Austin City Limits, and they’re bringing us these dispatches. THE CURE The Cure was one of the acts, if not the act, that I was really looking forward to seeing in…
Have you ever walked into the Travis? It’s one giant flash-bang, a sensory blitz of polished stone, metal pillars, and wall-to-wall mirrored glass, which when paired with the club’s retina-shattering strobes, imparts a sense of infinite dimension. One 360 look around, and you feel like an insignificant speck, a small…
Taylor Momsen and her Pretty Reckless pals made a stop in Dallas on Friday night on their Going to Hell tour. The band has a new music video now and a sophomore full-length due out sometime next year. They brought with them Heaven’s Basement and Russian band Louna, who would…
Photos by Marco TorresAnother year, another ACL Music Festival. This is a magical time in Texas, when the blazing summer makes way for a pleasant autumn. The weather and the promise of world-class musical wonders draws thousands to Zilker Park, ready to let loose and jam over the three day…
Photo by Julian BajselEditor: Our friends at Houston Press’ Rocks Off music blog are tackling the first weekend of Austin City Limits, and they’re bringing us these dispatches. ARCTIC MONKEYS I spent a good part of the mid-’00s torturing every passenger in my car with the Arctic Monkeys’ album Whatever…
Theft from touring bands happens a lot all over the world, but if there’s a chance to help a band out, especially if they’re from another country, spreading the word never hurts. Louna, a Russian five-piece, was in Dallas yesterday for a show at the House of Blues. As the…
Our Busking series with Globe Trek Productions hit the Belmont this week, a hotel located in singer Ray Wylie Hubbard’s childhood neighborhood of Oak Cliff. In the second part of our series with the venerable artist, he sings “Mother Blues,” a long story about the Dallas club. It is told…
Earlier this week, we announced this year’s Music Award nominees. There are some 200 artists, bands and music industry moves and shakers represented, selected by our panel of experts. Who actually takes home trophies is up to you. Voting is now open: Dallas Observer Music Awards 2013: Official Ballot…
Earth, Wind and Fire are one of those legendary bands that are beyond genre identification. Throughout the ’70’s, ’80s and ’90s, the band’s mixture of R&B, soul, jazz, rock, funk, disco and gospel challenged radio programmers and sold more than 90 million albums. From a tour stop in Los Angeles…
Well people, this is not a drill. We are in a full-fledged government shutdown, for the first time in 17 years. Have you noticed how people keep saying that like 17 years is a really long time? Seventeen-year-old people were born in 1996. Think about that, lamestream media. We were…
If the title of Charlie Robison’s brand-new album, High Life, is to be taken literally, it would make a great deal of sense. The Bandera-raised Robison continues to do things on his own terms. With a dedicated fan base and a stellar album yet again reminding people why he’s one…
Portland’s the Helio Sequence has been hanging around the fringes of mainstream rock for 15 years. In that time, the duo of Brandon Summers and Benjamin Weikel has released five outstanding albums, including 2012’s Negotiations. From his home studio in Portland, Brandon Summers talked with DC9 about the trials and…
Richard Buckner Thursday, October 3, at Rubber Gloves Rehearsal Studios, Denton Listening to the music of singer/songwriter Richard Buckner is like reading a good, challenging novel. Dense one minute, delicate the next, Buckner’s music is filled with lyrical metaphors and beautiful acoustic and electric underpinnings. Over the course of nearly…
It’s a cool, breezy September night as Danny Balis and Jess Barr watch the Saints/Dolphins game on the patio of their new Deep Ellum spot, Twilite Lounge. They drink beer, and snack on some leftover pizza as the boys in black and gold dominate in the Superdome. Balis is the…
Since Hart Ward penned his classic “Dallas Blues” in 1912, the city has established a proud tradition in the blues genre with its performers, venues and documentarians. Today, Dallas’ blues legacy remains in the hands of a smaller number of people than it has in years past. But some, like…
We here at DC9 fully recommend the restorative power of live music. A good concert can wipe away the doldrums and the frustration and make you feel like a part of something bigger. But sometimes you need the kind of catharsis that only comes from being on the other side…
For the 25th year, The Dallas Observer will honor the fine work of North Texas musicians (and a few behind-the-scenes people as well) with the Dallas Observer Music Awards. We’ve asked experts of all stripes to help us compile a list of the area’s best talent in 40 categories, which…
