A few weeks back, you surely recall, we passed along word that the Toadies would serve as the headline performers at this year’s annual, Observer-hosted St. Patrick’s Day concert, which, this year, will take place at the Energy Square Parking Lot on Greenville on Saturday, March 12.Now we can pass…
In Dorrough’s words, his day yesterday “started off fucked up.” But that’s just how things tend to go when your home earns an unannounced visit from the Drug Enforcement Agency.Yesterday morning, a group of DEA agents raided the Dallas rapper’s home on suspicions of drug trafficking. The rapper, who has…
Two years ago, Fleet Foxes blindsided indie-rock fans with a self-titled debut record full of four-part harmonies and folk songs that were both melancholy and triumphant. The self-made record, which was done on a shoe-string budget, went on to sell over 300,000 records worldwide. Now, the band plans to release a…
Smith Westerns, YuckThe LoftFebruary 9, 2011 Better than: the Black Eyed Peas halftime show… Last night’s impressive showing for Chicago’s Smith Westerns and UK counterparts Yuck was especially significant considering it was not only a Tuesday, but a night where threats of a repeat of last week’s ice and snow…
Tonight’s a fairly packed Tuesday evening, featuring some Irish punk, a triple-bill of Americana, a pretty high-profile local CD release performance and some garage rock out of Chicago. What more could you want?…
We’ve been following the efforts of Dallas rapper Trai’D for some time now — since the summer of 2009, even, when he first caught our ears with his summer-loving jam “Summertime” and followed that single up with his local radio-enjoyed “Gutta Bitch.”These days, though, the G4 Muzik-affiliated rapper really seems…
Many of us around here were introduced to The Smith Westerns back in 2009 when Gorilla vs. Bear posted a link to the band’s fuzzed-out first single “Be My Girl.” The song, a jangly, glammy, garage-rock number with a huge, unforgettable chorus, and the self-titled album it was on, made…
It’s been almost a year to the date since we posted, for your viewing pleasure, the music video for Sore Losers’ “The Deadly Intro,” the song that served as the lead track on the hip-hop duo’s still-awesome late 2009 mixtape, Free Loaders: The Soundtrack.And, far as we’re concerned, 2010 was…
Welcome to Unexpected Influences, where we talk to musicians about the music no one expects them to like. Local hip-hop trio Dem Southernfolkz have provided a breath of fresh air in the local scene, laying down the groundwork for the current fire-hot trend that has seen artists such as Sore…
With all the Super Bowl parties now over and various venues still in the process of being cleaned up, there’s only really one option this Monday evening. But it features a nice collection of locals, so if you’re willing to hang out in Denton for the night, it’s a pretty…
OK, so it isn’t quite like what Kanye West did with his “G.O.O.D. Fridays” series, where he released new music unto the public every week. No, the Old 97’s aren’t doing that. But they are, as they did a few times late in 2010 when they offered up some old…
We’ve been impressed with pretty much everything we’ve heard so far from Killa MC, the young Fort Worth-based rapper with a slacker drawl and a bevy a impressive beats courtesy of Sore Losers beatsmith Brandon Blue.A couple weeks back, you may recall, we shared with you a music video featuring…
In this edition of This Week In Dallas Music History, we turn the page back to 2001, when former Observer writer Russell Lyday chronicled the rise of Lift To Experience. When the story was written, the band was about a year removed from its career-altering performance at SXSW, when former…
This week, The O’s will release their anticipated sophomore effort, Between The Two, once again on Idol Records and, lest anyone forgot, also on eight-track via Bucks Burnett’s new Cloud 8 label. And, in the coming days, fans of the band will have three chances to mingle with O’s men…
Last we heard, Midlake was back at work, writing some material for a follow-up to 2010’s The Courage of Others, a disc that scored pretty much as highly as possible in Europe but gained little traction in the States. As intent as they may be on following up that release,…
D’Drum with the Dallas Symphony OrchestraMorton H Meyerson Symphony CenterFebruary 5, 2011Better than: Getting hit by the ice falling off Cowboys Stadium There were no Packers or Steelers fans at the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center on Saturday night, the night before the Super Bowl. Thankfully, the crowd that showed…
Wild Nothing, Abe Vigoda, Soft Environmental CollapseSons of Hermann HallFebruary 5, 2011Better than: enduring another day cooped up at home and off work because of the icy weather. There was very little between-song banter from any of the acts on Saturday night’s bill at Sons of Hermann Hall. No crazy…
Hey, the Big Day is here! And, with it, those highly anticipated music performances! It’s all so exciting. I’ll be honest: I didn’t pay too much attention to the pre-pregame stuff — meaning Maroon 5’s and Keith Urban’s performances in tents outside of Cowboys Stadium in Arlington. I caught some,…
Not much chance you’d run into an ET camera crew, an Entourage cast member or Cee Lo at Samuel Lynne Galleries last night. But, then you also wouldn’t walk out of the place smelling like Axe.The gallery hosted its $600-a-head Super Bowl Eve “Super Soiree” in the otherwise empty Design…
Diplo, Cee Lo GreenAxe Lounge (normally Rio Room, formerly Suite)February 5, 2011Better than: hanging out in a lounge filled with Axe body spray. Fortunately, this sponsorship was in name only. Seems the scene at the Axe Lounge in Uptown was quite different from the one downtown at the Bud Light…
WHAT IT DO D-TOWN?? LOL.First off, let me say that I am real fuckin’ glad we didn’t have to wait in that three-block line to get into the BUD LIGHT HOTEL last night! Corbin from Rhino’s friend’s broker scored us sweet VIP tix and we were inside that bigass tent…
So, the ice finally thawed. Honestly, the weekend was looking a little disappointing right around the Prince cancellation, but the warmer weather brought out the big Super Bowl parties on Saturday. Downtown was buzzing. So was Uptown. Hell, so was everything. Over at the Maxim party in Fair Park, Wyclef…
