Over The Weekend: Fair to Midland’s Wreck Benefit at Curtain Club

Fair to Midland Wreck Benefit with House Harkonnen, Serosia, Bronze Whaler and Moving Atlas Curtain Club February 14, 2009Better Than: watching this year’s very underwhelming Olympic opening ceremonies. (Great job, Canada!)  When asked what was on Fair to Midland’s mind the moment its van tumbled through the Arizona desert back…

Over The Weekend: Erykah Badu, Jamie Foxx At The Palladium Ballroom

Erykah Badu, Jamie FoxxPalladium BallroomSaturday, February 12, 2010Better Than: Any other All-Star event going on that night–especially considering it was free. It was a night of opposites. Crowd-pleasing pandering and natural creative energy. R&B loverman showboating and organic, funky soul. Jamie Foxx and Erykah Badu may both be Texas-born icons,…

Good Friday: Nouvelle Vauge Postponed, Vic Chesnutt Tribute Canceled, But You’ve Still Got True Widow, Louis Moholo-Moholo, The J.C. Experience, American Werewolf Academy, Baruch The Scribe, Collin Herring and More

Aside from the snow, the big story this weekend is, of course, the NBA All-Star Game and the musicians, celebrities, models, gold-diggers and hookers swarming the city. This week’s cover story tells you why this is such an important weekend for Dallas’ mainstream-leaning hip-hop artists, and the All-Star Guide inside…

Ballers and Shotcallers: Play-N-Skillz’s Welcome To All-Star Affair

Play-N-Skillz’s Welcome to All-Star AffairPlushSeemed it was a late-arriving crowd at Plush, for the first of Play-N-Skillz’s four nights of events at the downtown ultra-lounge: The party was scheduled to kick off at 10 p.m., but even after 11 o’clock, there just weren’t many people there–aside from the hosts and…

Ballers and Shotcallers: Zo & Magic’s 8-Ball Challenge

Zo & Magic’s 8-Ball ChallengeCentennial Building in Fair ParkThe red carpet walks kicked off at 7.30 p.m., with Mourning’s appearance leading the way. Early attendees were held in a “reception area,” separated from the pool tables by a blue carpet and curtains. Everyone was pretty much told to hold the…

Watch: Neon Indian Performs “Terminally Chill” and “Ephemeral Artery” on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, Kicks Ass, Takes Names

As promised, Neon Indian played Late Night with Jimmy Fallon last night to the above effect, playing a medley of sorts, blending its song “Terminally Chill” into a rather badass rendition of Psychic Chasms’ most badass track, the album-closing “Ephemeral Artery.” Kind of a brilliant performance, too.And the band received…

Night Moves: Big Boots, No Pants

This past weekend, our nightlife photo crew ventured to the Lizard Lounge late in the evening for Dirty South — it was also local DJ Willie Trimmer’s record release party of his remix of Andy Caldwell’s “Scream” — after hitting the Green Elephant for 16 Bit from the UK along…

Behind The Scenes: Dallas Hip-Hop Prepares For The NBA All-Star Game

…and for you relics still stuck on YouTube, here’s your link.Many thanks to Observer Web editor Patrick Michels for popping by a certain unnamed area high school gymnasium this past Saturday morning to join photographer Steven Visneau, art director Alex Flores and yours truly as we welcomed Play-N-Skillz, Treal Lee…

Watch: Bone — “Homegurl”

We’re admittedly a little D-Town Boogie-focused this weekend, what with the NBA All-Star Game in town and all the local hip-hop events planned around it in hopes of busting the scene out of its regional bubble. The way to do that–or so says every local hip-hop proprietor from Play-N-Skillz to…

NX35’s Rolling Out Its Nightly Schedules…

Over at the NX35 blog, the March 11-14 festival’s organizers has started rolling out the nightly schedules and venue homes for each of its performers. Already, the site’s posted its schedules for Thursday, Friday and Saturday night. Gotta figure Sunday’s right around the corner, so keep checking back there for…

Gig Alert: Rosie Flores Tonight at Double Wide

San Antonio’s Rosie Flores makes a stop in our fair city this evening, bringing her brand of hardcore honky-tonk and rockabilly to the Double Wide. She’s been a fixture of the South Texas scene for decades, earning accolades in whatever city she decided to call home–hell, even the mayor of…

Show Announcements: Three Dog Night Coming To Arlington, More

As Three Dog Night’s website boasts, “From 1969-1974, nobody had more Top 10 hits, moved more records, or sold more concert tickets.” But just because the band is some four decades beyond its glory days doesn’t mean it isn’t keeping busy. The group–including original members Cory Wells and Danny Hutton…