Saturday night, I will take stage with a band I’ve never played with before: Silver Saint Guitar Army, the brainchild of Wanz Dover, and I will be one of over a dozen guitarists. Dover still speaks highly of his time in New York with Glenn Branca’s guitar orchestra and he…
It’s no secret that Denton’s Robert Gomez is one of North Texas’ true artisitic treasures. Currently, he has a few irons in the fire that prove as much. As he tours with Sarah Jaffe as her guitar palyer, he’s also released an EP that is as unique of a concept…
Just ask any of the regular performers at the Dallas Comedy House or any long-form improv comedy center and they’ll tell you that scenes come and go in their head as fast as the last night traffic on the U.S. 75 overpass that runs over Commerce Street (during non-rush hour…
This year marks thrash metal’s 30th anniversary, and what better way to celebrate than watching one of the Big Four bands that helped to bring it to the masses? Tonight, Slayer will bring their pulse-pounding metal to the South Side Ballroom at Gilley’s in Dallas. It’s their first tour since…
Pleasant Grove were one of Dallas’ most treasured bands in the early 2000s. Their four albums earned them devoted fans here at home and a record deal with European label Glitterhouse. They earned the attention with a folk band’s command of melody and a psych band’s command of reverb and…
George Fuller and Maylee Thomas said their new concert space The Sanctuary is the result of a dream the two have had long before they first opened their music store in McKinney. They didn’t just want to build a stage where musicians could play. They wanted to create a place…
Update: Kanye’s LED pyramid has been righted. He’s just announced the modified tour route. Several cities have been rescheduled, a few have been cancelled altogether, but Dallas is right where it was before: December 6 with Kendrick Lamar as support. Original post follows… Shortly after Kanye West cancelled the Yeezus…
Incredibly, Japan’s Melt-Banana has been making a hell of a noise since 1992. The band’s experimental take on punk rock is made even more bizarre by the vocal antics of Yasuko Onuki. Shrieking in a maniacal sing-song manner, Onuki yelps out her English lyrics like a banshee randomly choosing words…
As we have every year for the last quarter-century, we present the Dallas Observer Music Awards. This year, our panel of music experts and industry veterans nominated 200 artists, venues and organizations. Over 4,000 people voted on those nominees, and their selections are the 40 winners listed here. They’re a…
There is no better music snob than the DJ. I have said it before: Keep your lead singers and your emotional bass players, stick me at a table with the DJs and I am in eavesdropping heaven. That’s where I was a few days ago, when some of our Best…
For anyone paying attention, the term “prodigy” has been linked to Sarah Jarosz for years now. Such easy labeling is perhaps fair when you’re an insanely talented teen or a college student with a fantastic album under your belt. But Jarosz, who grew up in Wimberley, Texas and now makes…
“Daniel Folmer is playing to a packed rooftop at Reno’s.” There’s always something going on in Dallas, so we thought it’d be fun to live vicariously through your adventures. Each week look for our #Dallas Instagram recap of people, places, events, food, and more. Usually, this post can be found…
The 2013 Dallas Observer Music Showcase came and went this weekend in eight hours of North Texas’ most interesting music. The unique thrill of this thing is walking from a delicate show by a singer-songwriter to the thrash of a punk band to the beats of an electronic act, on…
The good folks over at Dream Work Conquer Films have dropped a little hotness on your Monday morning with this behind the scenes look into the making of Eminem’s new The Dividends-produced track, “Bad Guy”. The Jeff Adair-directed clip gives us a look into the creative process of newly formed…
It’s the 25th Anniversary of the DOMA. And while it’s true that bands and venues come and go, many of the people behind them have been here all along. We asked a few of these long standing music veterans — now behind the scenes at DOMA nominated venues The Kessler,…
For 25 years we here at the Dallas Observer have celebrated local music by offering an award that not only highlights are awesome local talent but also allows you, our readers, to decide the winners. It’s a nerve-racking month as we prepare for the award show, write the articles and…
The Dallas Observer Music Showcase is Saturday, November 2 (tomorrow). It’s our annual celebration of North Texas music, some version of which we’ve been doing for 25 years now. Here’s what you should know before you head into Deep Ellum:…
Editor: This year, we’re celebrating the 25th Dallas Observer Music Awards. Our coverage will include recollections from last quarter century of North Texas music. Here, our clubs editor remembers the radio show that’s won more DOMAs than any other. When I was growing up, radio had so much power. I…
IN BLOOM by Greg Schroeder Directed by Josh David Jordan from TWO CANS & A STRING on Vimeo. Since 2008, with his ever-present beard and hat, Greg Schroeder has been one of the great country-folk singer songwriters in the area. Schroeder’s tunes are the kinds that can make the simple…
Thoughtful and meticulous, the songs of singer/songwriter David Wilcox belie their simple presentation. For the better part of three decades, Wilcox has been touring the States playing just about any coffee house that would have him. Wilcox hit his commercial peak with 1989’s How Did You Find Me Here, but…
This Saturday, Deep Ellum will become a North Texas music family reunion for the Dallas Observer Music Showcase, with 58 bands on eight stages. The lineup ranges from experimental noise bands to hypnotic singer-songwriters. There are rappers playing damn near their first gigs and rock bands returning from cross-country tours…
It all comes down to this. We came up with 200 nominees for the 2013 Dallas Observer Music Awards. Over 2,000 of you have voted so far (though the polls are still open!), and this coming Tuesday, November 5, we’ll announce the winners at House of Blues. The DOMA Ceremony…
