Sean Kirkpatrick, keyboard player for The Paper Chase, frontman for his own eponymous side project and DOMA XX Best Instrumentalist nominee, has two free downloads up for grabs on his Myspace page. There’s also a gloomy new song from Kirkpatrick up on the page (but just for streaming) called “Losing…
The Boston Phoenix, a weekly I truly enjoy and grew up reading, might’ve overstepped its bounds with this one: In celebration of July 4th, the paper decided to go ahead and name each state’s greatest band of all time, the greatest solo artist of all time, and the best current…
With our DOMA ballot online and ripe for your votin’, we figured we’d give you some help: a daily breakdown of each category’s nominees. Best Folk/Acoustic Act: Doug Burr Sarah Jaffe Glen Farris Matthew and the Arrogant Sea Collin Herring This one’s wide-open, really, and features some pretty intriguing match-ups…
Less than four months after the release of Texas, Aledo-based PlayRadioPlay is no longer affiliated with Island Records or the label’s distributor, Universal Music Group. Dan Hunter, the man behind the bubblegum electro-pop, announced the release with a two-page letter outlining how things went sour between him and his label…
Denton’s beloved independent music, books, movies and more store, Strawberry Fields, reopens tonight at its new location next to Rubber Gloves Rehearsal Studio. Last month, a rent hike forced the venue out of its former Oak Street location, which had been the home of many a DIY rock show. The…
…Finally. So, time to put up or shut up: The 2008 Dallas Observer Music Awards ballot is now up and running online. You know, vote or die. And all that jazz. –Pete Freedman…
Just got word from Good Records’ C.J. Davis: Shearwater’s running a bit late and won’t go on for its in-store performance until 6 p.m. today. So, while you can still feel free to ditch work early and head on over to Greenville, you can now take your time in doing…
Proof that the ’90s are truly back: Rolling Stone gives the Toadies some love on a blog post today and Spin continues showering the Toadies with hype, this time filming some exclusive acoustic rooftop sets in Manhattan with the Fort Worth boys. –Pete Freedman…
Doug Burr, with Glen Farris in the background. (Robert Hudson) Next week’s paper will feature a running diary of sort from Dave Sims in his weekly Denton-focused North of the Dial column. The piece focuses on a recent weekend-long recording session from Doug Burr, his band members and a few…
The Party rock the party that rocks the body. (Matt Hawthorne) Having dominated Dallas’ dance floors for two years with their unique approach to “party rock”, The Party continues to roll deep with an entourage of loyal jitterbugs. Celebrating the two-year anniversary of the creation of their wildly popular DJ…
Dallas’ Play-N-Skillz, a duo of half-Venezuelan, half-Argentinian brothers who both rap on their own songs and produce tracks for others, aren’t exactly newcomers to the national hip-hop game–they produced and co-wrote Chamillionaire’s huge hit “Ridin'”, and they’re the beatsmiths behind “Got Money,” one of the sure-to-be hits off Lil Wayne’s…
Oh, to be that guitar! I never imagined this job would ever lead to opportunities like interviewing a former Hillary Duff tourmate and Seventeen cover boy, but Teddy Geiger was kind enough to tell us about upcoming Peter Cattaneo film The Rocker. Starring Rainn Wilson, Josh Gadd, Emma Stone and…
As if tomorrow afternoon’s event, with Mayor Tom Leppert running a town hall meeting in Deep Ellum, wasn’t a little weird to begin with, there’s this: Frankie Campagna of Spector 45 will be opening for the mayor. In other news, I’m gonna be auditioning bands to open for all of…
In case you were curious about what Smile Smile’s scene was like, or if you’ve been wondering if Freddie Prinze Jr.’s acting chops have improved since She’s All That, we present the following clip from Jack and Jill vs. The World: …and your answers are: “Brief!” and “No!” Still, Smile…
Thanks to the Friend of DC9 who pointed this Pitchfork review out to us before we got around to our own daily surfing this morning. It’s a review of Denton’s Pyramids’ debut, self-titled record. And according to the ‘forker who wrote this piece, the record’s, oh, a 6.5 (which, case…
Two weeks ago, The Cavern began hosting a new weekly Wednesday night series that showcases visual artists and DJs alongside live music performers. Called Detour, tonight’s take on the event features Black Tie Dynasty performing an acoustic set, local photographer Sally Glass showcasing her works on the venue’s walls and…
Seems like the former Talking Heads frontman is working with a Richardson-based robotics expert on an art exhibit currently on display in Spain. Wilonsky’s got the story over on Unfair Park. –Pete Freedman…
I doubt anyone will mistake the straight-to-DVD release Jack and Jill vs. the World as a great movie (the above trailer certainly doesn’t imply as much), but that’s not why I bring it up. This is: You’ll find Dallas indie pop act Smile Smile’s sweet little ditty “Anymore” (a choice…
Let’s say a) you’re lazy and haven’t run out to your nearest Observer pickup spot yet, or b) you live in one of the more outlying areas of our circulation and you won’t get your copy of this week’s paper until later today (or early tomorrow)–and yet, despite this, you…
Sneed’s taking off. (Wade Griffith) Local folk singer/songwriter Dylan Sneed says he’s had enough of Dallas. So, at the end of August, he plans on relocating to South Carolina. After spending most of the past year touring with Kristy Kruger, Sneed was getting set to record the follow-up to 2007’s…
The Disney Channel musical Camp Rock (as seen in the above trailer)–which features tween sensations the Jonas Brothers and potential Disney star-in-the-making Demi Lovato and focuses on the happenings at a music-centric summer camp–raked in a whopping 8.9 million viewers on its Friday night debut, making it the second-highest Disney…
…and, in turn, the album draws a 6.9 rating. Which is…OK by Pitchfork standards, and far more than a sentence like “Dual Hawks is, for lack of a better word, a double album” (as seen in the review) would itself merit, considering that, even in the writer’s usage, “double album”…
