They may be in San Francisco, but it looks like Giggle Party left their heart in Dallas. At least, that’s the conclusion I’m drawing from this fun new song by the band who brought us “Jason Bought A Hatchet,” the Expo Park DIY space Handsome Kitten and taught us that…
Rosi Golan is an Israeli-born singer songwriter who just happens to play beautifully country-tinged pop. Besides speaking English, French and Hebrew, Golan has managed to have her songs featured in the film Dear John as well as in television programs such as Brothers and Sisters, Private Practice and Scoundrels. Golan’s…
Rhett Miller’s solo career has had its ups and downs, but overall, he’s one of the most successful artists to come out of Dallas. His most recent self-titled album is his third solo effort, released last year to mixed reviews. He’s still touring in support of it, and he’ll be…
Perhaps you read Darryl Smyers’ Q&A with Peter Case and are still wondering just what about the songwriter that could inspire so many other notables, including Hayes Carll, Victoria Williams and Chuck Prophet, to put together a tribute album, A Case for Case, just a few years ago. Well, you…
One-time street musician Peter Case has come a long way since entering the San Francisco music scene way back in 1976. Case’s first band, The Nerves, had a regional hit with “Hanging on the Telephone,” a song Blondie would later make famous. Case’s next band, The Plimsouls, did a bit…
Dallas rapper Tum Tum, who claimed notable success in the rap game over the past few years, even having the video for “Caprice Musik” run on MTV for a short time in 2006, is set to drop his latest mixtape, Purp Kobain, on Saturday. Purp Kobain? That sounds oddly familiar….But…
Your daily dose of national music news for Wednesday, July 28, 2010…Gorillaz have announced their North American tour date, and guess what? They have a Dallas date.Rihanna is going to star in the movie Battleship… based on the board game.So, Wyclef Jean may run for president of Haiti?…
While we were busing sweating eyeballs at Lucero, Dallas friends St. Vincent and Neon Indian were in Chicago for Pitchfork Music Festival. We certainly weren’t ignoring them. It was just too hot to blog (or do much of anything but watch the outdoor stage) from the outdoor stage. If you…
Gorilla vs. Bear has been a proponent of instant photography almost from the start. The recent Dallas Observer Music Award winner for Best Blog has Polaroid galleries full of the world’s most popular underground artists. With instant photography becoming increasingly more prevalent in the music community, it’s fair to say…
We’ve got quite a backlog of CDs we’ve never gotten around to, so we’re going to try to chip away at the pile with this regular feature. The plan: to take a few at a time and play each CD for as long as I can stand it. Paper Tongues…
One reviewer once described the sound of Austin’s Yellow Fever as “haunted house surf music” and although that’s a bit cryptic, it’s not far off the mark. Jennifer Moore and Adam Jones have been doing their oddball mix of girl group harmonies and Velvet Underground-inspired noise for several years now,…
Frisco Irish eatery and bar Lochrann’s has gained significant recognition in the last six months as it’s teamed up with Spune to host some pretty cool local live performances. This September they’ll pull out the big guns to establish Main Street as a competitive arts district with Lochrann’s inaugural Oysterfest…
For those guitar wankers who want to revel in some real greatness, Ottmar Liebert brings him impressive “nouveau flamenco” style to the House of Blues this evening. Besides being nominated for five Grammy Awards, Liebert has released a mind boggling 30 albums since his debut in 1989. The guy’s played…
Tokyo avant-garde hard-n-heavy rockers Boris are making a highly anticipated tour stop tonight at The Loft in Dallas. That’s reason enough for excitement, but the icing on the cake is that Chicago’s Russian Circles are also on the bill, adding some slow-building, heavy-riffing instrumental madness that sounds something like Godspeed…
Judging by the above tour trailer, Sigur Ros lead singer Jonsi’s solo show Monday, October 25, at the Verizon Theatre in Grand Prairie will be something like an apocalyptic Mardi Gras. He’ll be touring in support of his newly released album, Go, which is vastly different from his previous solo…
Your daily dose of national music news for Tuesday, July 27, 2010…I thought hip-hop guys had people in their posse to do everything from roll joints to fetch dry cleaning…you would think Dr. Dre has someone who can remember to pay his bills.Really, Jon Bon Jovi was pissed because he…
This week, we’re featuring a flashback of a flashback in which Robert Wilonsky gets to wax poetic about one of his favorite Texas acts: The Judy’s. Though the act hailed from Pearland, The Judy’s had a strong local following thanks to radio play and opening for touring acts like Devo,…
DJ Reid Speed, a multi-genre DJ specializing in dubstep, drum and bass and electro, played the Lizard Lounge Saturday, July 24, for the Play Me Records Party (out of California). DJ Titan was also on the rooftop of the Lounge. See more night moves photos in the Lek Brothers’ slideshow…
Singer/songwriter Andrew Belle resides in both Chicago and Nashville and he incorporates themes from both cities into his brainy pop rock. Belle’s debut full length, The Ladder, was released in February and has drawn comparisons to Coldplay, The Fray and John Mayer. Certainly on the conservative side on the indie-rock…
Over in Unfair Park a few weeks ago, Robert briefly introduced everyone to Dallas’ newest media company (one that I’ve done some work for), Youplusdallas.com.Well, while we were probably having a little too much fun at the Dallas Observer Music Awards ceremony last Tuesday night, they were there filming the…
I got an e-mail last week from Lindsay Lenehan over at Gorilla Productions asking if I knew of any bands that might be available for a Battle of the Bands to occur at The Curtain Club on Sunday, September 5. Normally, I’m not much of a fan for such occasions,…
It turns out that while Neon Indian has been blowing up stateside, the folks in the UK haven’t heard a peep out of Alan Palomo. That won’t be the case much longer. Neon Indian just announced a massive UK release of their debut record, Psychic Chasms, scheduled for September 20…
