It’s November 2012 and John Stewart has just uploaded a remastered version of Danger Mouse’s legendary The Grey Album to SoundCloud. In a matter of hours it’s gone viral; glowing receptions litter the internet, from blogs to top shelf music publications and magazines. But something about the original never sat…
Denton-based hip-hop artist and magician Ritchy Flo spent the bulk of this year resting after writing, producing, recording and mixing his double album D.I.C.K., an onslaught of music, comedy and magic videos, completely by himself in 2015. But he’s about to come back onto the scene with a new album, and…
How incredible would it be if dogs were toilet trained? There would be no getting up, putting on their leash and being forced to go outside for “fresh air” or whatever the preferred euphemism. Denton musician Ace Hampton and his dog aren’t quite there, but almost. Hampton’s dog, Pablo, at…
Flickering lines jump and crawl across the faces of a trio of darkwave musicians at RBC as Evan Henry is on deck with his analog video electronics. He manipulates the video art in real time and projects it onto the stage, bathing the band, Troller, in colorful abstract light. An…
In the perpetual hot today/cold tomorrow world of the nightlife industry, party themes are a common way to carve out a niche. But few have been able to garner the cult-like following of the All/Everything Sunday night series at RBC, which launched in February. If you don’t believe the hype,…
In September Blue, the Misfit hosted a listening party for his upcoming album Perfect Night For A Funeral at Dallas’ Alamo Drafthouse Cinema. It was the type of grand, first-of-its-kind event befitting of an artist who has always operated outside of the norm. In the sold-out theater of invited guests…
In recent years, Kelcy Warren, the billionaire CEO of Energy Transfer Partner, has been best known for building fun things. In 2007 it was folk label Music Road Records; four years later, it was a music festival on his property in Cherokee, Texas; and in 2012 it was the popular downtown…
For the past nine years, DJ Soi has been carving out his niche in the Dallas scene as part of the Faded Deejays. Rooted in a diverse musical background, Soi has grown into more of an open format DJ with a funky twist. For this week’s short but action-packed mix,…
Preparations for the 2016 Dallas Observer Music Awards are getting into the home stretch. Voting for this year’s ballot wraps up at the end of the week, and the showcase takes place this Friday. Then, come Tuesday, it all comes to a grand finale with the awards ceremony. But what,…
Six Shooter is a recurring feature where we highlight six new releases by North Texas-based musicians. It’s easy to give thanks when the North Texas music scene is so obscenely rich with diverse talent. This month’s new music came from famed local instrumentalists, avant-garde rappers, thrash-metal stalwarts, tongue-in-cheek country stars…
Shamar Willis took a big risk when he quit his corporate job to pursue his childhood dream of working in the music industry. But less than two years later, he has a successful business, Legna Entertainment, to show for it. Willis grew up in Dallas without much in the way…
Dallas is changing and the music scene in North Texas is changing with it. 2016 has been one of the most turbulent years in recent memory, with police killings, protests, an ugly presidential election and seemingly endless series of beloved musicians’ deaths. On the surface, Dallas’ music scene is the…
Four years ago a trio of musicians came together in the sleepy college town of Denton by happenstance, and decided they wanted to work together. The trio of singer Roy Robertson, bassist Pablo Burrell, and drummer Ramon Muzquiz didn’t see a future in the usual trajectory of a local band…
What is the Age of Aquarius, exactly? Since popularized by the band The 5th Dimension and the play Hair, the moniker is now associated with the ideals of 1960s hippie drug culture. And North Texas cosmic country band Atlantis Aquarius wants to live in it, forever. “I want this project to…
It’s been five long years since Bravo, Max! released a new album. Now, the critically-acclaimed band has finally turned out a new album, Bullfighter Blues, and they have a handful of dates around town this year, including a release party planned for Nov. 25 at Double Wide. Frontman and Dallas native…
There had been whispers in the DFW radio market about it for months, but yesterday, it became official. The alternative rock staple KDGE 102.1 the Edge has ceased to exist after 27 years on the air. In between repeat plays of Semisonic’s “Closing Time,” there were teases of a new…
Have you ever wished to pour gravy all over someone? Love or hate the person, you have a desire to do such? Well, right before Thanksgiving cooking begins this year, you have the chance if you’re still in the Dallas area on Tuesday, Nov. 22. As a joint show between…
Matt Haag is a perfect example of the hardcore music nerd primed for the ritualistic music selection behind deep-crate DJ-ing. Armed with a breadth of knowledge that stretches from the outer regions of techno to the primal thump of punk to the downtempo vibes of trip hop, Haag has led…
The 28th annual Dallas Observer Music Awards are less than a month away, and the real fun is just getting underway. Voting for the awards’ 40 categories has been open for more than a month, and the dates have been set for the showcase and the awards ceremony. Now it’s…
Mike Burkett, known as Fat Mike since he was in college, has been busy for the last few decades as a singer and bassist for NOFX and co-owner of independent record label Fat Wreck Chords. In that time he’s played all over the world and affected millions with his love of…
Last week an employee of the Texas Musicians Museum told us the museum may not be long for this world due to lack of traffic. But after talking with Tom Kreason and George Gimarc, two of its founders, and looking around at its expanded exhibit on a sunny Saturday morning,…
Dallas-Fort Worth started with five, but now we’re down to one contestant from left on The Voice. Austin Allsup calls himself a “country boy but rock ’n’ roller at heart.” He sang “Wild Horses” during his blind audition and he and coach Blake Shelton chose each other — more accurately, Shelton…
