This past Friday, Dallas rap fans got to experience a moment in pop culture together. In crowds upwards of 300, they took to the streets to watch Kanye West’s latest experiment in new media marketing: guerilla public screenings of the video for his single “New Slaves.” Deb Doing Dallas &…
When I first saw She and Him were playing at Verizon Theater, in Grand Prairie’s desolate “entertainment district,” I wondered why for the group’s first ever stop in Dallas, they didn’t play a venue like Granada Theater or Palladium Ballroom. But once their set was done, and the almost all-couple…
Anyone who has ever watched college sports has seen more than their fair share of those NCAA commercials emphasizing the ‘student-athletes who are going pro in something other than sports.’ After all, they’re shown during every single commercial break. So, I decided to look into some of the NCAA’s student-athletes…
And on the fourth day, Yeezus walked onto the Internet. Kanye West’s sixth studio solo album has officially leaked onto the Internet, preceding its June 18 release. The 10-track project titled Yeezus is here, and it is good. But that’s not all for Dallas rap fans. West has announced a…
Really, in terms of appreciating material at live concerts there are two distinct paths – bands you go and see because you like their current stuff, or to hear new things or unashamed nostalgia fests where we all collectively suspend the clear evidence that, well, it ain’t like it used…
This year’s Bonnaroo music and arts festival is officially underway. From June 13-16, nearly 80,000 Bonnaroovians, as they call themselves, will gather at a 700 acre farm in Manchester, Tennessee. For three days, the Bonnaroo farm will become the seventh largest city in Tennessee. The lineup features the expected caliber…
Remember last Halloween when Kendrick Lamar played Southside Music Hall just nine days after his critically acclaimed major label debut dropped? Well, If you were lucky enough to attend, you’ll probably tell your grandkids about it one day. The era of catching Kendrick in intimate venues is officially over. There…
Jonathan Buchner’s 45 was screened for the public for the first time last night. And for those who came to either screening at 8 or 10, it was hard to walk back out onto a muggy night without having a strong mix of emotions floating in your mind. Assembled in…
Overnight Success, the title of McKinney’s Zane Williams’ new album, is meant to be ironic — he spent years getting to this point. But the time has been worth it. Success is one of the year’s strongest statements from a masterful country songwriter hitting his stride. His music career almost…
Dan’s Silverleaf is the town hall of Denton music. The art scattered around the venue is purposefully random, but one of the first things you’ll see is above the merch table: a striking six-foot-tall painting of a naked woman clutching her chest. A winding bar stretches from the stage back…
I know I say this every week, but Dallas REALLY DOES have a little something for everyone this week, including a local band’s EP release, an underground hip-hop show, a gig from a country singer-songwriter, a national folk-pop duo, a metal and hardcore show, a gigantic ’90s music concert and…
Though pre-millennial generations may not always connect the dots between hip-hop and academics, things have come a long way since Biggie Smalls’ crack rock & jump shot career options mentality of the mid-nineties. Now that rap has grown into a global, billion dollar industry, the culture has made major strides…
We’re seeing a couple repeat performances/announcements this week. Guess they just can’t get enough of Dallas, y’all. Speaking of which, what’s the shortest amount of time you’ve seen a national band play a city and then turned around to come back through and do it again? See you in the…
There’s a new music festival coming to Dallas. Well, Frisco, technically: It wil held at FC Dallas Stadium. But there are plenty of reasons to make the trip for the inaugural Breakaway Music Festival. The lineup, which hasn’t been finalized, includes Empire of the Sun, Wu-Tang Clan, Big Gigantic, Juicy…
Mumford & Sons, scheduled to play tonight at Gexa Energy Pavilion, have postponed their next three shows. Dallas, Woodlands and New Orleans are affected. Bassist Ted Dwane has a blod clot on the surface of his brain that requires emergency surgery, as the band has informed fans in its official…
We’ve talked about this documentary before, and now it will be shown to the public on Wednesday, June 12 (tomorrow). 45, a film by Jonathan Buchner, will be screened twice tomorrow night at 2625 Main Street. The first showing is at 8 p.m. and the second is at 10. Seating…
Every day, thousands of bands play in every corner of the globe — it takes a lot to stand out from the crowd. Here is a list of 10 DFW bands who you’ll never forget seeing, according to the esteemed live music lovers at DC9 at Night. Our panel of…
The plethora of beatmakers, producers and DJs in Dallas are bussin’ the local music scene wide open. We here at the Observer wanted to showcase that talent through bi-weekly mix’s made by the best in the business, and made especially for DC9 at Night. So stream, download and share this…
Since it opened in late October 2012, Klyde Warren Park has offered plenty of entertainment – from movies, concerts and fireworks to food trucks, dog training and fountains to chess, foosball and putting greens (oh, and possibly an ice skating rink in the winter). But the best entertainment, I discovered…
It doesn’t matter what kind of festival you are attending, the most fun is always the side events you have to travel down a less beaten path for a less obvious offering. The Oak Cliff Film Festival kicked off last night at the Texas Theater and has plenty to offer…
I find it entertaining when there’s some ambiguity over a band’s name. CHVRCHES, with that V incongruously placed into the vowel space, is a perfect example. Churches? Cher-ver-ches? It’s a lot more fun for it to be the second one. Of course, as the band themselves reveal two songs in,…
Earlier this week, Texas country singer-songwriter Josh Abbott wasn’t feeling as well as he wanted to be during an interview. To be fair, the Texas Tech graduate-turned-festival headliner underwent a root canal the day before we spoke, a pain that many other artists would gladly accept before being subjected to…
