Two blocks away from the Dallas Convention Center for Lights All Night, and that rumbling, white noise roar of a crowd pre-concert is already audible.The colossal sonic happenings inside – thousands of feet removed, and buffered by countless layers of stone and steel – vibrate the downtown concrete architecture both…
There’s one week until Lights All Night, and co-founder Scott Osburn is sick. It always happens this way, right when you can ill afford time spent laying around, recuperating, foggy from medicine. Things are ramping up quickly now. They’re already working on the massive, elaborate staging inside the Dallas Convention…
Sometimes when you make an expensive purchase you take on a second job to pay for it. So when Kevin Russell of the Gourds bought his family a new car in 2007, he looked for a way to make about $500 a month on the side. Instead of throwing newspapers,…
Another Christmas has come and gone, but the eggnog hangover lingers. Hopefully, you had a nice and restful holiday, because we’re getting right back to business as usual. There’s a few more gems on our concert calendar before we wrap up 2013. Perfect Pussy hits Three Links, Denton Does The…
Dallas, do you need a Winn-Dixie grocery bag full of money right now to the VIP section? If you want to ring in 2014 feeling like Jay Z or Scott Disik, or even mid-2000s Paris Hilton, there are options for you too. We’ve put together a list of the five…
Dallas nightlife tends to get a little unsavory as you venture out toward Harry Hines and Northwest Highway. It would be fair to call Carnaval Night Club off the beaten path. Most people head out that way to peruse the seedy strip clubs and other adult-themed activities that populate the…
Even before the stage lights came on at American Airlines Center on Saturday night, the stage set-up was noticeably sparse, with minimalist scaffolding that looked downright reserved compared to other arena acts such as Kanye West’s elaborate, Las Vegas-style Yeezus mountain. The audience immediately stood as Shawn Corey Carter walked…
Dallas, if you want to ring in 2014 with some good live music, look no further. We have compiled comprehensive guides to all of the city’s best New Year’s Eve shows, for every different kind of music fan’s budget. Today, we bring you the best offerings with cover charges a…
The Prophet Bar has removed next weekend’s Public Enemy show from its calendar, and the ticket link on the band’s web site is now dead. No word on the reason for the cancellation, but they’ll still be playing in Houston on December 27. Original post from November 19 follows… The…
Dallas, if you want to ring in 2014 with some good live music, look no further. We have compiled comprehensive guides to all of the city’s best New Year’s Eve shows, for every different kind of music fan’s budget. Today, we bring you the best offerings with cover charges up…
Last week on Fox News, anchor Megyn Kelly took it upon herself to advise the children of America that Santa is in fact Caucasian. Tasteless? Yes. Unnecessary? Absolutely. Racist? Of course. But no one could’ve predicted how wrong she’d be proven when just a few days later, Santa would prove…
I reviewed a lot of concerts this year. Partly I love live music, and partly it was a way to get out the house for cheap. Really though, I was excited to spend the year exploring every musical experience this part of the world has to offer. From shows I…
Nothing says Christmas like the members of Unconscious Collective, in body paint and loin cloths, bashing through elaborate improvisations. That was Chad D’s 14th Annual Toy Drive and Cancer Benefit, this year expanded from one very boisterous Libertine to four stages on Lower Greenville. There was hip-hop at the Bottle…
By now you are aware that St. Vincent’s self-titled fifth album comes out in February and that she’ll play a hometown show at House of Blues Friday, March 14. Well, tickets are on sale as of this morning. I don’t know if this is a situation where you need to…
“I had this spot on my neck. I thought it was a pimple or something,” says composer Curtis Heath. It wasn’t big — just 1.2 millimeters across. But it didn’t go away for a couple months, and his girlfriend insisted he get it checked out. The dermatologist told him it…
Punk rock is an unusual genre. Punk shows can be exhilarating, enthralling, chaotic, confrontational and offensive. Last night at the House of Blues, it was all of those and less. I’ve been going to see punk bands for more than three decades and I thought I had just about seen…
Dallas is currently undergoing one of the busiest concert seasons in some time. Between the KISS FM Jingle Ball, Kanye West, Beyoncé, Justin Timberlake, and next week’s Jay-Z show- the good folks over at Ticketmaster are certainly earning their Christmas bonuses this year. In the midst of arena-tour fever, this…
Beyoncé is somewhere near her eighth outfit of the night, and the fabric of this one is made to look like so many brass pipes. She’s singing “Crazy in Love,” which is appropriate, because no one has ever resembled a human horn section as much as Beyoncé on “Crazy in…
Spillover Music Festival, Parade of Flesh’s annual festival featuring of some of the best bands at SXSW with 1000% less nonsense to deal with, has just announced the first portion of its 2014 lineup. Featured bands include pop shit-starter Ty Segall, Sup Pop’s Dum Dum Girls, Minneapolis rapper Astronautalis and…
A foreboding, shadowy and sinister figure lurks at the edge of an enormous white mountain top. Buzzing synths permeate the arena, and the masked man of the hour saunters below. “Hold My Liquor,” one of the standout tracks of Kanye West’s most recent album, stirs over the ravenous crowd. He…
The holiday season is upon us in North Texas, and there is no better time of year to give back. Every December, Dallas promoters and musicians come together to organize all kinds of charity benefit live music events. What could possibly be a more fun way to do a good…
Every week more and more shows are added to the Dallas Observer live music calendar –here’s how to make sure your show is included. And you can always peruse every upcoming concert on our calendar. Below are the best of last month’s additions. The newest are in bold…
