Locals on Locals: Air Review Covers Ishi’s “Pastel Lights”

Listen: Dallas Observer Music Awards season can be a trying time for the nominees. It’s a touchy thing, getting nominated. If you wanna win, you’ve gotta tell your fans to vote–but, at the same time, you don’t wanna over-promote and annoy your fans in the process. Air Review, up for…

Tracklist: The Local Hang with Playlister P, Vol. 10

Another month, another Local Hang at the Libertine, where, every first Monday of the month, bar owner Simon McDonald lets me take over his room’s P.A. and fill his patrons’ ears with nothing but local music. And, despite an especially long, trying weekend of partying, people still showed. Go figure,…

This Will Destroy You to Tour With Deftones

Early in the morning on the Fourth of July, Alex Bhore, drummer for Dallas’ This Will Destroy You, tweeted, “I CAN’T BELIEVE WE’RE GOING ON TOUR WITH DEFTONES.” Kind of surprising, considering the last time they played in Denton, it seemed like the band was in the middle of a melt-down…

Welcome MyDallasMusic.com to the Neighborhood

MyDentonMusic’s been covering the goings-on in the Denton music scene for some time now, and, today, they’re celebrating the launch of MyDallasMusic.com. The Denton version of the site has been popular thanks to its focus on social networking–kind of like a Facebook for the Denton music scene–and now the folks…

Watch: Dondria Performs at the BET Awards Pre-Show With Jermaine Dupri.

Sachse’s own budding R&B star, Dondria, performed at Sunday night’s BET Awards–well, OK, the pre-show, but still–offering up “You’re The One,” the lead single to her upcoming full-length debut, Dondria vs. Phatfffat, to a crowd of fans nestled just off the award show’s red carpet. Check out the performance, which…

Riverboat Gamblers To Play Double Wide’s Warped Tour After-Party on Saturday. Also: They’re Running a Remix Contest. And They Played Daytrotter. And They Have An App.

In this week’s paper, which is almost out (but not quite), Eric Grubbs talks to the Double Wide’s Chelsea Callahan and Kim Finch about their venue’s annual post-Warped Tour party, which, this year, will celebrate its fourth year of existence and second as an open-to-the-public affair. Unfortunately, before press time…