Music

On Friday night, with a gig at The Moon in Fort Worth, The Burning Hotels will celebrate the release of its sophomore album Novels, an album we reviewed in last week’s print edition. Also last week, we offered you a free mp3 of the new album’s lead single, “Austin’s Birthday.”But…

In this week’s paper, Darryl Smyers gave The Happy Bullets’ preview EP for its Hydroponic at the Natatorium LP a spin–and dug what he heard. Seriously. Writes Smyers:The effort is good enough to bring some much-deserved attention to The Happy Bullets once again. Continue reading…Like the days when the band…

Last time Colorado electro artist Pretty Lights rolled through town for a gig at the Granada, Lance Lester spoke with the artist over the phone, getting to the bottom of why he gives all his music away for free and how he hopes to keep audiences engaged despite the fact…

Today is the release date for Krush The Enemy, the debut CD from a new thrash band featuring some old Dallas metal pros. In case you haven’t read my review yet, Warbeast features singer Bruce Corbitt, best known from his days in the legendary Rigor Mortis, as well as Gammacide’s…

The eccentric folk of Megafaun headlined Denton’s Hailey’s last night with supporters Breathe Owl Breathe, and the band brought its cardboard animal face masks  to boot. Seriously. See photo No. 2 in Spike Johnson’s weird folk slideshow from last night…

Our photographers Ray and Peter Lek experienced the following activities on Saturday night: The Windmill on Maple for DJs Woody Rosen & Richard Thomas’ soulful house.The Fallout Lounge for DJ Big J for everything from R&B to ’90s classics.The Lizard Lounge for Morgan Page on his Believe album tour. Cue…

Tonight, on the eve of releasing Pardon Me, its major label debut for Atlantic Records, Dallas’ Jonathan Tyler & The Northern Lights will stop by Good Records to give the new disc one last local push. Starting at 9 p.m., the band will host a CD release party at the…

Spindrift has been generating a lot of buzz lately with its droned-out, slightly creepy spaghetti western rock. Surely, it hasn’t hurt that the band’s comprised of members from the Warlocks and Brian Jonestown Massacre. Tonight, the tiny stage at the City Tavern will be a tight squeeze as seven-piece psychedelic…

The last time Megafaun, an Americana act with experimental flair and an offshoot of now-defunct DeYarmond Edison, was at Hailey’s, it was opening up for the Bowerbirds in August of 2009. Doug Davis gave his take on the band:Megafaun is a trio who might be described as post-rock meets bluegrass…

This summer, we’ll celebrate the 22nd year of our annual Dallas Observer Music Awards. And we’ve come a long way from the first ceremony taking up only one venue.The April 28, 1988 edition of the Observer had Brad Bailey reviewing our first annual Dallas Observer Music Awards ceremony on April…

Bryce Isbell’s kind of an unassuming guy when you meet him. So maybe that’s why he’s donning a mask (of what, though, we couldn’t tell you) in FUR’s debut music video for “Clears Throat,” the lead single off his recently released (and well received by us and Pitchfork) Waaga Records…

As always, where there’s Vimeo, we give you YouTube too.At this point in their careers, the Old 97’s are always on the lookout for fresh challenges. Take, for instance, the recording scheme they’ve cooked up for their next album. They recorded 2008’s Blame It On Gravity at Salim Nourallah’s Pleasantry Lane…

At 3 p.m. on Sunday, Dierks Bentley and a crew of about 200 bikers pulled into Billy Bob’s in Fort Worth. Dierks–along with a staggering lineup (as promised) of Brandon Rhyder, Kristen Kelly, Roger Creager, Eli Young Band, Jack Ingram and Stoney LaRue–continued his nationwide tour that benefits Children’s Medical…

First off: Let’s all say a prayer for Bret Michaels.Now let’s take a gander at what’s in store for this weekend. First, the shows we’ve already discussed.Saturday sees our poster-winning show from The Slider Pines, Kirby Brown and Glen Farris coming to life at the Double Wide. But, for the…

Twenty-something years ago, Merritt was just your average high school kid, hanging out and throwing keggers. But, one Saturday afternoon, on his way to help set up a party, Merritt witnessed a series of life-changing events which transformed him into DJ Merritt–pretty much over night. Now, with over two decades…

Frightened Rabbit canceled its performance at The Loft last night due to the Icelandic volcano. But, even as tornadoes carved a path through North Texas, the show ended up being free and natural disaster-less.Though originally supposed to open this show, The Middle East performed and brought their sometimes-timid, baroque folk…

So. Two North Texas musicians pop up in this video. One should be obvious–hell, she’s part of the damn song. But can you find the other?…

OMFG! Did anyone else hear the new Usher single, “OMG?” It makes me ROFLMAO. I know Usher is going through a tough time this year, but he must have been burning something to write a single such as this…..