This weekend will see the debut live performance in Dallas and the release of a three-track improvised-experimental EP collaboration between Denton-based Dahlia Knowles and Paul Slavens as Lorelei K x Kill the World. The Lorelei K x Kill the World EP marks the first recorded collaboration between Knowles, an up-and-coming…
Jeremy Word has been a trailblazer among Dallas dance music promoters. He’s been a behind-the-scenes player responsible for countless electronic acts coming through Dallas and the infamous Meltdown Festival, which was the city’s premier electronic music festival for most of the ’00s. On top of all that, he remained a…
While performing at the Aragon Ballroom in Chicago on Saturday night, Dallas R&B and neo-soul legend Erykah Badu made some controversial remarks regarding the widespread allegations of sexual assault against R. Kelly. “I don’t know how everybody else feel about it, but I’m putting up a prayer right now for…
Poppy Xander had $100 in her bank account when she quit her job as a music teacher. Armed with a dream and all the neon she could find from her neighborhood Michael’s, Xander, a pianist, locked herself in her closet and made her first transmission from the moon. “It was a…
In recent years, music critics have argued the existence of “festival fatigue” and have attributed this phenomenon to the saturated presence of music festivals in the country. Despite this economic impediment, organizers of Del Mar, California-based music festival KAABOO have made it a point to deviate from the cookie-cutter curation…
The new year has gotten off to a rough start for Dallas metal fans. Local metal legend Bruce Corbitt has entered hospice care. The former lead signer of Rigor Mortis and Warbeast, the 56-year-old Corbitt has been battling stage 4 esophageal cancer since early 2018. He’s been chronicling this battle…
Linda Septien knows a thing or two about talent. As the founder of Septien Entertainment Group, Septien has coached and developed Texas superstars Selena Gomez, Demi Lovato and many more. She’s earned her title as the Kingpin of Pop Talent, yet she shows no signs of slowing down. SEG boasts a loaded…
Dance music has always had a contentious relationship with mainstream Dallas culture. Going out in the city’s nightlife hot spots like Deep Ellum and Uptown, you might think this is the land of trap, top 40 and hip-hop with not much room for anything else. But underneath the surface, local…
Following this past weekend’s premiere of Lifetime’s docuseries Surviving R. Kelly, two Dallas-based hip-hop and R&B radio stations have pulled R.Kelly’s music from their rotations. As of now, listeners will no longer hear R. Kelly’s catalog on KRNB (105.7 FM) or K104 (104.5 FM). Surviving R. Kelly details the R&B…
While some teenagers might feel lucky to make it out to concerts every weekend, for Tippy Balady it’s slowly becoming her career. The student at Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts is still sending out college applications but has already made her mark on the…
On Wednesday night, the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival unveiled its 2019 lineup, which includes headlining sets from Ariana Grande, Tame Impala and Childish Gambino. There are plenty of other big names on the lineup, including Janelle Monae, Kid Cudi, Aphex Twin, Kacey Musgraves, Anderson .Paak, Pusha T and…
As Rolling Stone reports, former President Barack Obama continued his annual tradition of highlighting his favorite books, movies and songs at the end of the year. This year, Fort Worth musician Leon Bridges made the cut with his song “Bad Bad News” and is listed along with other artists, such…
For the fifth year in a row, we are pleased to have DJ Santa drop a set for the holidays for the Dallas Observer Mixtape series. He’s out once again to prove that Christmas music does not have to suck. It can come in the form of punk, funk, dance…
Since early December, Spotify listeners have been able to use a feature called Spotify Wrapped that shows the top artists, songs and genres they’ve listened to throughout the year. It also reveals how many minutes were spent listening to music through the service and even puts the user’s top 100…
It’s that time of year when music fans everywhere reflect on the best releases of the last 12 months. Publications’ top-album lists have started to populate the internet to celebrate the standout albums and singles of 2018. With streaming music taking over as the dominant conduit for most listeners, sorting through…
Between a consistent stretch of residencies and dipping his toes into the production realm, Chrs Roze has come a long way since he last popped up on Mixtape three years ago. Roze has a long history as a musician but has focused on expanding his craft as a DJ the…
Nathan Adamson got some devastating news Monday. Ferralog Recording Studios, the studio he has invested many hours and dollars in for the past seven years, is in danger of closing if he doesn’t find a new investor in time. If a new one does not appear between now and next…
On Friday, The Recording Academy dropped its list of nominations for the 61st Annual Grammy Awards ceremony, scheduled to take place Sunday, Feb. 10, 2019, at Los Angeles’s Staples Center. Over the years, North Texas has been given proud representation from artists that would win or be nominated for the…
The 30th annual Dallas Observer Music Awards marks three decades of celebrating incredible local music. Some hometown heroes have gone on to play arena shows, some pack up their bags and head to Nashville or L.A. or New York, and some find that DFW is the perfect home for creating…
Wow, last night was something. Something. We assume. We’re writing this at 12:47 p.m. Tuesday, just hours before the Dallas Observer Music Awards ceremony at Canton Hall, but we’re going to go ahead and assume it was something. Good or bad. Hopefully good and a lot of fun. (Editor’s note:…
Hello. Today is Cyber Monday, which for everyone older than 98, that means the websites on the worldwide web typically offer discounts for online shoppers. We want to be cool and hip like Amazon and Target.com and other websites, so we are offering a super special deal for DOMAs tickets…
Celebration: “the action of marking one’s pleasure at an important event or occasion by engaging in enjoyable, typically social, activity.” That’s what just popped up when we Googled “celebration definition.” Celebration: a time of celebrating. Pleasure: feeling good. Important event: DOMAs. Enjoyable, social activity: drinking and listening to music. Cellllllebraaaate…
