Adele was originally set to play the House of Blues back in June in support of her phenomenal, surefire album of the year contender, 21. Everyone seemed super stoked on it at the time, too. But, because of laryngitis, that gig got canceled. It was soon rescheduled, though, and this…
Welcome to our 2011 Dallas Observer Music Awards breakdown, wherein we’ll use the weeks leading up to the DOMA showcases on Saturday, October 15 (which is also when voting ends), to explain the nominees in each category Today, we look at the nominees in the Best Album, Best Electronic/Dance and Best Punk…
Robert breaks the news: An arrest has been made in connection with the August 13 death of 19-year-old Matthew Allen of Grandview. Police have arrested 19-year-old Skylar Brandt on felony charges alleging that she supplied Allen the drugs he took and eventually overdosed on.And that’s just the start. The city…
Ever since the release of the free When Pigs Fly album back in March, we’ve been consistently fed with new tracks from the fellas in A.Dd+ — “loosies,” they’re calling them, tracks that didn’t quite fit When Pigs Fly and aren’t quite in line with the band’s next planned release,…
Let’s be real: If you’ve never heard of Duran Duran you clearly haven’t been paying attention for the last three decades. Love ’em or hate ’em, the supergroup wrote some of the most memorable songs of the ’80s: “A View To A Kill,” “The Reflex” and “Hungry Like The Wolf”…
It’s hard to say how influential DJ and producer David Guetta has been to today’s pop music. I’d argue in his defense. He first broke into American charts in 2009, when he produced “When Love Takes Over” with Kelly Rowland. Then there was that whole annoying Black Eyed Peas, “I…
BRAIDS’ members are young — all four members are in their (very) early 20s — but the Canadian band is already earning quite a bit of critical buzz for their cool and collected, and heavily influenced by Animal Collective, brand of experimental pop. Led by the talented Raphaelle Standell-Preston, BRAIDS…
Welcome to our 2011 Dallas Observer Music Awards breakdown, wherein we’ll use the weeks leading up to the DOMA showcases on Saturday, October 15 (which is also when voting ends), to explain the nominees in each category Today, we look at the nominees in the Best Group, Best Blues and Best Hard…
At this stage of things, Thrice has survived a couple of generations of punk and hardcore fans. A thinking-man’s band since their debut ten years ago — even that album featured a blend of hardcore, emo, electronica and full-on rock — it’s no surprise to see the group still at…
We’ve really been getting a kick out of learning what many artists consider to be their all-time top five things of various topics are since we kicked off this recurrign feature a few months back. It’s a simple enough concept: For the most part, we look to connect a top…
We’re getting in a Dallas Observer Music Awards tizzy here at DC9 at Night headquarters. The whole thing will come to a head just two weeks from tomorrow, when we announce the winners during the free-to-attend awards ceremony at the House Of Blues on Tuesday, October 18.On that note, this…
For nearly 15 years, California’s Thrice has been one of the more intriguing alternative rock bands going. With an attitude of constant growth, the four-piece has incorporated elements of punk, metal and electronica into their heady and literate stew. Thrice’s highwater mark would have to be The Alchemy Index Volumes…
Roky Erickson, Dim LocatorKessler TheaterSeptember 30, 2011Better than: languishing away in a state hospital.There’s a difference between the psychedelic music that comes from Texas and that which comes from other scenes. Our state’s brew has got a whole lot more soul to it, plus a slight dusting of twang. Most…
Phife Dawg, The Gritz, A.Dd+, Big Hud Palladium Ballroom September 30, 2011 Better than: just about any other rapper in the world’s debut with a live band. The Palladium Ballroom opened its doors to a legend on Friday night as A Tribe Called Quest’s Phife Dawg headlined a wholly stimulating…
It’s difficult to pick the top show this weekend. There’s just a lot going on. All over the place, too. For instance, if you take the elevator up to the thirteenth floor, you’ll probably run into troubled genius, Roky Erickson, who is headlining at The Kessler Theater tonight. However, if…
Earlier this week, Sarah Jaffe released The Way Sound Leaves a Room, a new EP/DVD release that features footage from her Wyly Theater performance from back in February, as well as eight never-before-released songs from the popular area singer-songwriter. The eight songs are particularly interesting: They include two covers (Cold…
This news comes as something of a surprise: With almost no fanfare, the New York City-based Kemado Records has announced that it will release next week a new five-song, 12-inch release from Dallas “stonegaze” trio True Widow. Called I.N.O., the album, which comes just seven months after the release of…
As you no doubt recall, the Fort Worth Music Festival (nee Jazz by the Boulevard) kicks off tonight in Cowtown with something of a new vendetta at play. The festival, while still pandering somewhat to its jazz roots, will this year expand to include more a rock and indie rock…
Speaking of local musicians offering up takes on the 2011 Dallas Observer Music Awards nominees: After performing a live mashup with Mount Righteous at last years awards and then watching LehtMoJoe digitally combine his band’s efforts with that group’s, local rapper GalleryCat has taken matters into his own hands this…
Last year, you may recall, sometime Observer photographer contributor David Wilson shared with us quite the treat by covering all of the 2010 Dallas Observer Music Awards nominees for Best Song on his ukelele and synthesizers.This year, Wilson’s done it again, offering up some fun, borderline Aquedeuct-like covers of the…
A Tribe Called Quest is without a doubt one of the most hailed groups in the storied past of hip-hop. And 2011 marks an important cathartic time for the group as we look back 20 years to the date that the group released its seminal album, The Low End Theory. This…
Incubus, Young the Giant Gexa Energy Pavillion September 29, 2011 Better than: sitting at home playing a bongo shirtless… by myself. riving up to Gexa Energy Pavillion last night was greeted with an impressive light show. Not only was the iconic Texas Star Ferris Wheel illuminated to mark the beginning of the…
