Demi Lovato was 8 when she knew. Or in kindergarten. Hard to recall precisely. That was a long time ago. Years ago. Demi’s old now, all of 15 though sometimes she looks years older. The memory isn’t what it used to be. But the when is beside the point anyway…
His shoulders are slumped, his eyelids are heavy, and his gait is deliberate. Lil Wil, dressed in all black, looks a tired man. To his credit, the unassuming 21-year-old Dallas native, born Wil Martin, has been staying busy, working round the clock to promote his major label debut, Dolla$, TX,…
The I Love Math CD release party held at The Barley House last night was more like a CD get-together–which was perfectly OK. Nice, even. It was a relaxed, somewhat drunken affair as people kibbutzed over the sounds of the band’s yesterday-released disc, Getting To The Point Is Beside It…
Someone with the Nylon Summer Music Tour just posted this pretty funny, if wholly unnecessary, Youtube clip of the guys in Be Your Own Pet and The Virgins screwing around with a surplus of drumsticks while back stage here in Dallas for their House of Blues performance about a week…
You might’ve heard that A-Kon 19, which claims itself to be the oldest continually running Anime convention in North America, is going down at the Sheraton Dallas (formerly the Adam’s Mark) this weekend. You might’ve even heard the nerd-tastic news that the convention’s going for a doozie of a Guinness…
This week’s featured Soundcheck artist on the hip-hop-centric XXL Magazine’s Web site is Austin-based–er, rather, Garland-based emcee Bavu Blakes. Aside from the hometown nod, though, “Smiley Faces,” the song streamed alongside the Soundcheck blurb (which you can also download from Blakes’ Myspace page), has a couple of other local ties…
Carl Finch hollers into to the microphone at the 800 people in the Knights of Columbus Hall: “Everybody come out on the floor for the ‘Chicken Dance’!” The Saturday-night crowd challenged the hall’s capacity–just, it seems, to see Finch and the rest of Denton’s Brave Combo. There had already been…
…if you dare. It’s over on Unfair Park. But be warned: It kinda sucks. No wait. It really sucks. It’s like Gone Country bad. –Pete Freedman…
The big Old 97’s show on Saturday, May 31, is already sold-out. We aren’t surprised. That’s why we made sure to snag a pair of tickets ahead of time with you guys in mind. The first person to e-mail me with the solution to the following word scramble gets the…
The guys in Black Tie Dynasty sound sincerely happy about last weekend’s gig at the Granada. In a bulletin posted on MySpace they write, “That’s probably our best show ever….” So, for the non-BTD haters, here’s a video from the May 24 show featuring the band playing the new track…
So I return from the Memorial Day holiday to find a surprising announcement in my mailbox: Yaz has reunited for the first time in 25 years and is coming to the Lakewood Theater. Yeah, that Yaz (or Yazoo in the UK). Like, Alison Moyet and Vince Clarke (also of Depeche…
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. Some are left over from previous music editors, others fell by the wayside because they were trumped week after week by albums that…
The city of South Pasadena has passed an ordinance that prohibits smoking cigarettes in any public place–including sidewalks, street corners and parking lots. Mount Righteous, aghast, became aware of this reality as we pulled into the town late Thursday night. This was after we left Long Beach and went to…
Hopefully your Memorial Day weekend hangover has subsided by now…but if you’re still racking your brains to recall how you spent your long weekend, well, Observer intern Spencer Campbell’s here for the jogging. Check out his weekend video round-up after the jump…
Getting ‘Sick’ at House of Blues. (Roger Caldwell)While I was caught up getting married Saturday night (yeah, I’m totally a missus now), DC-9 freelancers took the time to hit up a couple worthwhile events. First, Roger Caldwell headed to the Forever The Sickest Kids CD release show at House of…
We mentioned a bunch of weekend shows in the paper Observer this week. Tonight, there’s Charlie Sexton, Alejandro Escovedo, Utah Saints and Knowledge. Tomorrow, there’s Ladyhawk. Here are a few other ones worth looking into… The Nicotine Fits, The Kansas City Faggots 10 p.m. on Friday, May 23, at Bar…
What you might have missed this week as you worried about Ted Kennedy’s tumor (which, as Jesse Hughey just pointed out, is a great band name ripe for the taking)… – We geeked the eff out over Radiohead’s live show. – We followed Mount Righteous’ journey westward. – We pondered…
Guy Forsyth (Deana Mason) At the Granada Theater tonight, Austin singer-songwriter and founding Asylum Street Spanker Guy Forsyth will perform songs from his latest album, which is either ten years old or brand new, depending on how you look at it. Forsyth’s Calico Girl, released Tuesday, consists of rerecorded versions…
More proof that the Dallas hip-hop scene could be on the verge of a blow-up: Fat Pimp just got a record deal with Warner Bros. The 24-year-old Fat Pimp, born Christopher Murdaugh, who made news a few months ago when his song “I’m Gettin’ Money” made the Billboard charts, is…
After regrouping in Los Angeles in the morning, the band and our good friend Mike Shapiro of Lemon Sun got in the van and headed south to Irvine, California, where we were scheduled to play in the middle of the UC Irvine campus. As is typical of the roads in…
…and, I say, “Get Live” is a good ‘un from the Waco crew. –Pete Freedman…
Ain’t nothing wrong with Carrie, Darryl. Next weekend’s three day-Country Thunder USA Festival in Waxahachie has been abruptly cancelled. Planned to take place May 30 though June 1, the event was to feature such acts as Pat Green, Tim McGraw and Carrie Underwood, along with dozens of other local and…
