Last week, we alerted you to our 2012 Dallas Observer Music Awards nominees. Today, we’ve got the yankin’ lineup for our showcase on Saturday, November 10, which serves as the big ol’ drunken party in Deep Ellum before our November 13 awards ceremony at House of Blues. Take a look…
Dinosaur Jr. The Prophet Bar Saturday, October 6 It’s a tale that’s been repeated throughout the history of rock: a washed-up band comes to town to promote new album, fans demand the familiar old stuff and a journalist writes a negative review. At Saturday night’s Dinosaur Jr. show, this old…
Def Rain, Cool Womb, Know Nothing Party, Gravies and the Main Dish Sauce Macaroni Island Sunday, October 7 About 30 bodies huddled in the converted garage at 2311 Houston Place on Sunday night for Macaroni Island’s second house show. With its concrete floors, track lighting and egg-crate foam padding, the…
St. Vincent and David Byrne McFarlin Auditorium Sunday, October 7 Musical collaborations among established artists usually don’t work. Sometimes there’s too much baggage of past success to overcome, or the resulting product is just a novelty that didn’t bring out the best of the artists involved or satisfy any fanbase…
Bryan Street Tavern’s Big Fucking Anniversary Party Bryan Street Tavern Saturday, October 6 For what was billed the “big fucking anniversary party” at Bryan Street Tavern on Saturday, a host of local acts, mixed in with a handful of bands from Tennessee and Brooklyn, had the attention of plenty as…
UPDATE 10:30 a.m.: Congrats to Tracy Halliday, who is the lucky winner of Index Festival tickets and the loot from the Good Records challenge. Have fun out there, Tracy! Here we go now, get busy! It’s time for another Good Records Challenge. I wish I had a whistle to blow…
By Rebecca Haithcoat You may have heard the term “trap music.” You may even realize that what people are calling “trap music” today, which sounds a whole lot like dubstep, is not necessarily what people were calling “trap music” a few years ago. So, what the hell is trap music?…
Another season has come and gone, and with a 10-degree temperature drop comes the jones for new playlists. Dallas rap fans have much to look forward to. Things already kicked off toward the end of the summer with the release of the long-awaited TyCity mixtape, Good Look On the Listen…
Astronautalis, Friday, October 5, at Granada Theater This time last year, former North Texas rapper Astronautalis had just released his 11-track gem, This Is Our Science. This Friday, he opens for Flobots, a Denver-based prog hip-hop group signed to Motown Records. On his website, Astronautalis encourages you to be proactive:…
Guitarist David Ponder is sitting in a bar on Lower Greenville, feeling cautiously optimistic. His band, Somebody’s Darling, just released its sophomore album, Jank City Shakedown, and he thinks it’s something special. “I don’t know if I would call this album a make-it-or-break-it record,” Ponder says, “but I do feel…
Welcome to Thunderdome. The 2012 Dallas Observer Music Awards poll is now live, and you can go right here and do what America does best: vote on their computer. Or you could go “old school” and find a paper ballot, like the one in this week’s issue, then bring it…
Getting to see Fuxa, the longtime electronic project of Detroit’s Randall Nieman, in an intimate space like Good Records should be enough to get the synth-heads out. The group’s latest release, Electric Sound of Summer, features vocal contributions from Dean Wareham and Britta Phillips and a cover of Fun Boy…
Dallas-bred singer Vanessa Peters released her Kickstarter-assisted album, The Burn The Truth The Lies, over the summer, and we’re still absorbing its lovely folk songs, namely standout “A Good Judge.” This Patio Sessions show pairs her with fellow singer-songwriter Nicholas Atlobelli. Free and BYOB. Audra Schroeder…
Spune’s latest festival adventure blocks off Elm Street for two days, as GZA, Cold War Kids, Washed Out, Grimes, Heartless Bastards and more welcome the fall. See our preview on page 46. Audra Schroeder…
Bryan Street Tavern, that East Dallas outpost of gin and sin, is marking its sixth year with a big fucking party, which will feature two stages and is FREE. Parade of Flesh is providing the entertainment for the night, including locals the Black Dotz, Spookeasy, We’ve Come For Your Daughter,…
With the September release of I Bet On Sky, Dinosaur Jr.’s 10th full-length album since 1985, the trio is proving they’ve still got the volume. It’s no secret the hardcore punk band has been known to have issues, primarily between guitarist J. Mascis and bassist Lou Barlow, but since reforming…
Love This Giant, the debut collaboration between Dallas-bred guitarist Annie Clark (St. Vincent) and NYC icon David Byrne, could have gone totally outre, considering both of their more left-leaning musical paths, but they meet somewhere in the middle. The duo trades vocals with ease, Clark’s heavenly wisp picking up where…
With the arrival of fall, we’re knee-deep in festival season, and Spune Productions is testing its fest powers in the heart of Deep Ellum with this weekend’s first-ever Index Festival. The roster features a handful of locals (Yells At Eels, The Cush, Datahowler, The Angelus, Telegraph Canyon, A.Dd+, Low Dark…
Guitarist David Ponder is sitting in a bar on Lower Greenville, feeling cautiously optimistic. His band, Somebody’s Darling, just released its sophomore album, Jank City Shakedown, and he thinks it’s something special. “I don’t know if I would call this album a make-it-or-break-it record,” Ponder says, “but I do feel…
We’d like to point you to this Tweet from Mavs guard Delonte West, in case you needed another reason to love him. He’s down with SWV. Delonte, so am I. You single? In his downtime this summer, he’s been prepping a new mixtape as his rap alter ego, Charlee Redz,…
The last ten years have seen singer-songwriter Vanessa Peters roaming the globe, living in Italy, and touring across Europe and the States. That nomadic lifestyle is reflected in her lyrics, like those of “Drowning In Amsterdam,” from 2009’s Sweetheart, Keep Your Chin Up: “Well it could rain for days/and then…
