Musicians are undoubtedly influenced by the music they listen to. An artist’s musical selections can sometimes even foretell what a next album might sound like. So if you’ve ever wondered what the artists who grace your stereo are getting funky to, here’s your chance to find out. Every week, I’ll…
Blink-182, My Chemical Romance, Matt & KimGexa Energy PavilionSeptember 27, 2011Better than: seeing SR-71 right now. They’re a little older and wiser at this point, but make no mistake: On the night in which their new album, Neighborhoods, earned its release, Blink-182 proved themselves still crass as ever. Never mind…
Panda Bear, Silent Diane, BotanyGranada TheaterSeptember 27, 2011Better than: staring into a blinking strobe light while listening to anything else. In some regards, it’s kind of hard to see why Noah Lennox, the man behind Panda Bear, is the king of the blogosphere these days. It’s not like the guy…
It would be a stretch to say that this week’s show announcements are all that strong. There are some notable ones — though perhaps not for the right reasons. For instance: On Sunday, November 20, the Palladium Ballroom has Korn and a handful of opening acts with names that don’t mean…
Over on Unfair Park today, Robert’s got quite the treat — an exclusive chat with freshly announced Dallas Observer Music Awards Ceremony performer Erykah Badu on the subject of the late, great Jerry Haynes on the subject of how the man behind the Mr. Peppermint moniker helped inspire her as…
No, that’s not a new Astronautalis music video in the clip above. That’s just a snippet of the rapper’s oh-so-impressive performance at the Homegrown Music and Arts Festival back in May. But the clip does feature the SMU grad born Andy Bothwell debuting to Dallas audiences his song “Contrails,” which…
Last week we ran a quick item about American Idol contestant, Tim Halperin, and his publicity stunt leading up to the release of his new record, Rise & Fall. He was to sit in a mock jail cell at Plano’s Shops At Legacy for 28 hours leading up the expiration…
Some exciting news out of Rihanna camp last week: Her new album is scheduled to release on Monday, November 21. The announcement came in conjunction with the release of her latest single with electronic music producer Calvin Harris.”We Found Love” is Harris’ latest collaboration with a British Commonwealth diva. (He…
If you’ve been to a themed DJ night like The Lollipop Shoppe or The Smoke, chances are good you either saw Scott McCullough DJing or dancing on the floor. These days, he does a regular Wednesday night gig at La Grange called The Thing?, showcasing plenty of Northern soul along with…
Sure, you already know all about the Dallas Observer Music Awards Showcase on Saturday, October 15, at venues and stages all throughout Deep Ellum. Some big names lined up for that sucker, for sure: Toadies, Old 97’s, Centro-matic, Sarah Jaffe. 51 others, too.But what of the actual awards ceremony set…
Tomorrow night at Gexa Energy Pavilion, things will come full circle for Blink-182: The San Diego-sprung outfit will celebrate the release of their new album, Neighborhoods, their first release in eight years and their first since their ugly split in 2005, which saw the band publicly airing their grievances and…
The duo of honeyhoney, consisting of Suzanne Santo and Ben Jaffe, is one of those acts that, in recent years, have found themselves just on the cusp of breakthrough stardom. They made some noise in 2008 when their jaunty, edgy single “Little Toy Gun” found its way into the mainstream,…
Sixteen years ago this week, Lisa Loeb was suffering a massive fame hangover. She was a year removed from her one and only hit song, “Stay” clogging the radio waves and the charts. It started as a cute, sweet number; morphed into a record-breaking hit; then it devolved into a…
ErasureHouse of BluesSeptember 25, 2011Better than: Staying home and watching The Tank, The Swan, and The Balloon Live. Roadies placed mysterious steaming white ceramic mugs on the Gargoyle-infested, Gothic-looking stage at the House of Blues. What could it be? Apple cider? Coffee? Tea? Questions abounded as techno music thumped over…
Neon Indian, Com Truise Granada Theater September 25, 2011 Better than: a heat wave. Com Truise and Neon Indian each took the stage of the Granada Theater Saturday night as a pair of the flag-bearers championing the genre of chillwave. What amounted to a state of the union address of…
With the recent release of their new record, Era Extraña, the once-Denton-dwelling members of Neon Indian are blowing up once again, which means now’s as good a time as any to catch them. You can do just that tomorrow night, as they headline the Granada Theater tomorrow night along with…
Daniel Hunter doesn’t yet have a name or a release date planned for his next Analog Rebellion release, the formal follow-up (not counting various B-Sides collections and EPs) to his 2010 full-length debut under that moniker, the great Ancient Electrons. But he does have his first single — a guitar-heavy…
The Music Business program at Dallas Baptist University is growing — and fast. Last year, the program boasted just over a hundred students, This year, enrollment has ballooned to 175. There’s good reason for the uptick, too: Next week, DBU will formally introduce its latest entity, Joan and Andy Horner…
Quite the deal going on for, oh, the next 57 hours or so: Our sister entity, Voice Daily Deals, is offering a steal on tickets to the 2011 Dallas Observer Music Awards Showcase on October 15, selling the passes for just $7. The event, as you already know, will feature…
Right this very moment, as I type this, Sarah Jaffe and her band are over in Oak Cliff at John Congleton’s Elmwood Recording Studio, working on recording their full-length follow-up to Jaffe’s 2010 breakthrough, debut LP, Suburban Nature. Not sure when we can expect it — early 2012 perhaps? Regardless:…
Hello Lover, Jim Suhler, The Mike Haskins Experience, The Marfalites, Dog Company, Here Holy Spain, The Assassins, The Phuss and Houston’s The Sellouts are the first nine bands confirmed for the first annual 45 Fest, which will honor late Spector 45 members Frankie Campagna and Adam Carter, on Friday, October…
Throughout each week, droves of Dallasites enjoy the plethora of clubs, lounges, bars and restaurants that our city has to offer. It seems simple enough, no? Call up your friends, choose a spot, get dressed up and commence an evening of drunken memories accompanied by elaborate lighting systems and good…
