The liner notes to Dave Berman’s sixth full length outing with his Silver Jews come complete not only with lyrics but with friggin’ guitar chords. It’s a strange touch, but an appropriate one, as Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea might be the tightest and most sing-along friendly set he’s crafted yet…
Dallas singer/songwriter Lisa Mickelsen’s playing the Tipperary Inn tomorrow night, cramming another live set into her fairly busy daily schedule, which consists of homeschooling her daughters and volunteering at the Unitarian Church. And, actually, that’s a pretty odd chore list, considering that Mickelsen writes dark and intriguing blues/folk numbers–stuff that’s…
In celebration of Black Music Month (proclaimed by someone who doesn’t care about black people, if you ask Kanye) and Juneteenth, Black Cinematheque presents a free screening of Stephanie Black’s award-winning film Africa Unite on Friday night. Africa Unite follows family members of the late reggae legend Bob Marley as…
We’re so into metal right now. Have to be–Ozzfest is only, what, like seven weeks away or something? Right! So that’s why we’re pointing this out: Somewhat frequent Observer contributor D.X. Ferris just penned himself a book on Slayer’s Reign In Blood. It’s the 57th book in Continuum’s lauded 33…
There’s something quite Freudian about this shot. (Steve Thornton) Dallas-based country artist Zane Lewis, who has been the subject of a heated debate in our comments section since we discussed his sound back in April, has been nominated for the Independent Artist Of The Year award in the 6th Annual…
Death Cab for Cutie, Rogue Wave Nokia Theatre, Grand Prairie June 17, 2008 Better Than: getting stuck in traffic on I-35E on the way home. There were two bad accidents, so it took 45 minutes to get to Nokia, but one hour and 45 minutes to get home… Is that…
Idolator heps us to the fact that Dallas’ own Norah Jones’ “Sunrise” (see above video) has been included on the March of Dimes benefit CD, Stork Tunes, a disc that aims to relax soon-to-mothers as they go through labor. Awesome! No, it’s not as cool as, say, Rockabye Baby!: Lullaby…
Power to Badu’s people. Yeah, when Erykah Badu released New Amerykah: Part One a few months back, we were pretty high on the music. But we also dropped our jaws pretty hard for the artwork (designed by Emek), too–if not more. And that’s why we’re pretty stocked about this news:…
A video of the bratty emo pop-punk act has been put up on this national Web site, where it currently resides on the front page as the featured item… VIMBY – A Bird A Sparrow I think it makes sense to compare these bands to Gremlins. They keep multiplying, and…
On Sunday night, Memphis in Addison will host a benefit concert for the three surviving children of Eric and Deborah Stuer, who died earlier this month in a car crash. The event starts at 7 p.m. and boasts a whole slew of scene vets: Stuer’s former band, the Buster Brown…
One pair. First person to email me with “I Will Possess Your Death Cab Tickets” in the subject gets ’em. Have at it Update: Contest is over. Congrats to our winner. Update: Nevermind! Contest back on! Update: Contest is over–this time for reals, yo. Congrats to our winners.–Pete Freedman…
Eef Barzelay hits Dan’s Silverleaf in Denton this Thursday and one could do much worse than check out the former leader of Clem Snide. Lose Big, Barzelay’s second solo effort, comes out tomorrow and it’s a conflicted/confessional mess of a record that should come across well at a cozy venue…
We just received the sad news that the Dallas drumming community lost one of its spiritual leaders on June 6, when Eric “Stu” Stuer and his wife died in a single-vehicle wreck on I-49 south of Shreveport on their way home from RhythmWeb drum circle engagements in Mississippi. Stuer, 55,…
What better place to start this week’s Weekend Roundup than with last week’s Aural Ambush victims, er, subjects, Grand Ole Party, who played The Cavern on Saturday night?…
Abilene-based country-tinged crooner Micah P. Hinson, whose played more than his fair share of DFWd gigs over the years, got himself a write-up on Stereogum’s The ‘Gum Drop today. Check it. –Pete Freedman…
Rilo Kiley The Palladium June 15th, 2008 Better Than: Anything thing else happening on a sweltering Sunday night. Almost a year since the release of 2007’s Under the Blacklight, the Los Angeles based indie-pop gang, Rilo Kiley, stopped through Dallas last night on the final leg of their North American…
The Strange Boys play Dada tomorrow. We’ve already spotlighted a few of tonight’s shows (Evangelicals/Frog Eyes), Saturday’s shows (The Cats & Dogs Benefit, Eric Hutchinson, Corey Smith, Justin Townes Earle, Grand Ole Party/Man Factory, Fight Bite) and Sunday’s shows (Rilo Kiley). So here’s the best o’ the rest… Menkena 9…
What you missed this week on DC9 as our nation collectively poked its noses way too far into the Hogan family’s business… – We rocked out with Robert Smith and The Cure. Or was it The Joker and his henchmen? – We got schooled at Booker T. Washington’s homecoming event…
The Spree take a stand…against injustice! (Hal Samples) A new twist on an old joke… Q: How many members of the Polyphonic Spree does it take to file a lawsuit? A: One to file it…and 27 to sing about how beautifully litigious it is. New developments on the TVT Records…
These days, when so many of us get much of our music digitally, it’s easy to overlook interesting album artwork and innovative packaging. To commend musicians, artists and record labels that create a good reason to buy a hard copy, we’re spotlighting their work in this randomly recurring feature…
Forever the promotional push. (Evan Hunt) Dallas’ own Forever the Sickest Kids, who are about to head out on the road as part of this summer’s Warped Tour, performed on Late Night with Conan O’Brien last night… … I know. Believe me, I know. We’ll have the video as soon…
Yep. We got your tix right here. First person to email me with…hmmm…”You’ve Got Your Moneymaker” in the subject line gets the tickets. Update: The contest–which took all of five minutes–is over. Congrats to our winner. –Pete Freedman…
