Kendrick Lamar and the Wesley Theory With Jay Rock South Side Ballroom, Dallas Thursday, October 29, 2015 Kendrick Lamar wasn’t even on stage last night for the most memorable part of his visit to South Side Ballroom — and that’s saying something. As the Compton rapper and his backing band,…
If there were ever a misleading headline, Things We Can Expect From Erykah Badu’s One-Human Show is it. We have no idea what to expect from Ms. Badu’s one-human show. Reason being? The artist herself isn’t sure of the show’s content just yet, as of a press conference she held a…
The chilling winds and dreary rain this past weekend were no coincidence — even Dallas weather has been preparing to bring out its Halloween best as the greatest of all holidays is upon us. The city’s warlocks have pulled out all the stops to whip up a whole cauldron of…
Performing under the name Left/Right, producer and DJ Chris Lund has established himself as one of the more prolific electronic artists in Dallas over the past decade. Lund recently added his own label BRØKEN to his list of musical responsibilities. Over the course of 19 releases (around 50 Tracks) Lund has…
Jessie Frye is obviously in her twenties, but she appears as though she could have stepped into the present through a rip in time from 1994, when The Crow was in theaters and Brandon Lee’s death was fairly recent news. Frye laughs at the notion, but admits that she is…
Hoodybaby has been navigating his way through a hip-hop career in the most peculiar way. A producer and writer first, he is also an artist who needs to operate under three different names, and very different characters, to tell his story. After humble beginnings in Oak Cliff, he now spends…
Everyone’s favorite former-Disney-star-duo-turned-record-label-business-partners are going on tour together next year and we are pumped, you should be too. If you’re older than 17, there’s a good chance you aren’t aware who we are referring to, but Nick Jonas and Demi Lovato announced on Good Morning America on Monday that they…
With the 27th annual Dallas Observer Music Awards just around the corner — in fact, voting is open right now at 2015musicawardspoll.dallasobserver.com — we will spend the next several weeks highlighting some of the nominees for this year’s awards. And when we say these artists are the “Best,” don’t just…
Every season on The Voice, it always seems like there is plenty of talent from Dallas and the surrounding areas. We’d like to think that’s because people who live here are just better at singing than everyone else, but that’s probably not true. This season, as Guidelive notes, three of…
We’ve got bad news, folks. You know all of those Halloween plans you made? Well, they’re all garbage now because Kendrick Lamar, Future, Marilyn Manson and R. Kelly are playing this weekend. You have an undisputed King, a mixtape machine, the antichrist and a rhyming legend. But don’t fret, your costumes are…
My Morning Jacket Verizon Theatre, Grand Prairie Saturday, October 24, 2015 On Saturday night in Grand Prairie, Kentucky’s My Morning Jacket served up a show designed for the most hardcore of their famously loyal fan base. If there were any in the barely half-full Verizon Theatre who arrived as either…
It’s been a long time since the Dixie Chicks have made headlines in country music, but maybe that’s because they got tired of all that attention. You might recall a teeny-tiny, pretty minor little incident where Chicks lead singer Natalie Maines criticized then-President George W. Bush while performing in London,…
The Prophet Bar 30th Anniversary With Soul Asylum, Meat Puppets and Form of Truth The Prophet Bar, Dallas Saturday, October 24, 2015 As 2015 nears its end, the days of a venue like The Prophet Bar — one that started all the way back in 1985 — sometimes feel numbered…
Chris Stapleton With Quaker City Night Hawks Gas Monkey Live, Dallas Thursday, October 22, 2015 Country music is in a strange state of transition. As Luke Bryan sits at the top of the charts, a new crop of refreshing artists are repeating country’s classic sound in a modern way. For…
Alan Govenar has spent the last quarter century focusing on writing books and making movies, but he knows how to put on events. It’s been a while though. Before launching his Museum of Street Culture music series with a live performance after a screening of his new film last week,…
“If you really want to see what Deep Ellum is about, The Prophet Bar is the best place to do it.” That’s the advice you’ll get from Russell David Hobbs about visiting one of the most popular neighborhoods in Dallas. He may be a little biased, though: He founded the…
As a member of the Our House Crew, Jason Ramirez is a major cog in the Dallas house machine. With two decades of experience behind the decks, he brings a depth of knowledge to his mixes. Ramirez has had a front seat to the highs and lows of Dallas DJ…
What’s a guy to do when he’s not recording award-winning albums or producing ones for other artists at his own recording studio? Why, start up a side project, that’s what. For anyone familiar with Salim Nourallah’s body of work, which most recently includes manning the knobs on the Old 97’s…
Mac Demarco House of Blues, Dallas Monday, October 19, 2015 America’s current favorite Canadian Mac Demarco returned to Dallas last night and he brought all of his synthy, dad rock hits with him. The wunderkind who is no longer 22 or booking free shows like he did at Bryan Street Tavern way…
With the 27th annual Dallas Observer Music Awards just around the corner — in fact, voting is open right now at 2015musicawardspoll.dallasobserver.com — we will spend the next several weeks highlighting some of the nominees for this year’s awards. And when we say these artists are the “Best,” don’t just…
Once he starts singing, it doesn’t take long for Dallas-based country singer-songwriter Troy Cartwright to sink his artistic simplicity into the listener’s consciousness. In his excellently galloping country noir tune “Next Flight Home,” the Berklee College of Music grad offers a simple, heartfelt image of longing. When Cartwright sings “I’ll…
Just in case you haven’t noticed, North Texas has an enormous and rich community of music studios. It certainly helps to have one of the best studio designers on the planet, Bob Suffolk, working tirelessly in the area. And we have countless local producers who keep drawing interest from the…
