Josh “CuriousJosh” Reiss If there is any lingering question about the mass popularity of electronic music, one need look no further than Electric Daisy Carnival. We’d be remiss to call EDC the “Woodstock of EDM,” because even one of rock’s most iconic festivals doesn’t hold a candle to the production,…
If you ever see Ice Eater, pay attention. Partly because the futuristic rock band puts on an incredibly dynamic live show – their relatively early show at Sunday’s Fort Worth Weekly Music Showcase was the most well-received I saw all day. A Weekly staffer got onstage afterward and called it…
Beyonce’s massive world tour kicks off this week in Los Angeles and stops at American Airlines Center on July 6. That show is, unfortunately, sold out. But the Queen has just announced a second appearance in town this year: She’ll be making her way back on December 9. Tickets go…
Ke$ha | Pitbull Gexa Energy Pavilion June 23, 2013 As the music wafted over Gexa Energy Pavilion’s lawn, a tanned twentysomething sporting the uniform of the day (cutoff jean shorts, a sleeveless blouse, a drink in hand) was so overcome by the music that she managed to lose her balance…
When I do get around to going to a country concert, Tim McGraw is never a bad bet, as he proved again on Saturday night. When the Two Lanes of Freedom Tour (which is named after McGraw’s latest album) hit Gexa Energy Pavilion on Saturday night, the 46-year-old Tim McGraw…
A new feature this year at Electric Daisy Carnival is a wedding chapel, which is not actually a chapel but an outdoor deck area tricked out with an arch made of fake flowers. Here couples can legally tie the knot — or just take part in a commitment ceremony and…
Credit: Josh “Curious Josh” Reiss Electric Daisy Carnival is crazy, guys! We’re all out here scorching in the heat of the desert by day and trekking out to the Las Vegas Motor Speedway (16 miles north of the Strip) at night to experience the full-on sensory overload that is EDC…
Electric Daisy Carnival started yesterday in Las Vegas, bringing the EDM generation out en masse to celebrate its love of sensory overstimulation and all things electronic. Last night the scene inside the Las Vegas Motor Speedway, where the festival is being held, was a sight to behold, with fireworks, complex…
There are wheezing old rock stars, cashing in on the long-gone fire of their youths. And there is Robert Plant, who is older than them and still more colossal onstage than pretty much all the kids who owe him their careers. The most famous living front man made a stop…
I don’t know why grownups get to have all the fun, I would wager it has something to do with financial independence and tastes for whiskey and cold beer, but kids, they need to let loose too. And not just in a get out the stress on a tire-swing kind…
Janiva Magness is familiar with success. At this year’s Blues Music Awards, she won her fourth Contemporary Blues Female Artist of the Year award, along with Song of the Year for “I Won’t Cry.” Magness can add those to her long list of accomplishments, which includes the 2009 Blues Music…
What is good for any music in North Texas is pretty much good for all music in North Texas. So this weekend’s Fort Worth Weekly Music Showcase is undoubtedly a cause for celebration. The free festival is this coming Sunday, June 23, and features 48 bands from Fort Worth and…
On Monday, Dallas’ own A.Dd+ dropped a new track on Spin.com. “Where You Been” is a laid back, candy paint drippin’ holdover for the fans featuring production from DJ Burn One. With an insanely catchy hook, and a heavy bass to get the shoulder swingin- the single is solid. Slim’s…
On Wednesday, the front doors of the Renaissance Dallas Hotel were busy, and guests were offered a complementary glass of champagne upon their entrance. The Renaissance Dallas Hotel was one of 155 Renaissance hotels in 35 different countries to participate in the hotel’s second annual Global Day of Discovery, part…
Earlier this year, we could barely contain our excitement over the news that Dallas’ favorite Stone-gazing trio, True Widow, had signed to the well-regarded label Relapse Records. Sure, it was cool that DH Phillips, Nicole Estill and drummer Slim TX landed on yet another legit label (they had previously recorded…
I’m not gonna lie, you guys, Robert Plant is one of my longtime idols, so anything below the blurb that Gavin Cleaver wrote below about him and his new band, The Sensational Space Shifters, is purely filler (KIDDING!). The important thing here is that Robert Plant is legend. He is…
Before every pitch in a major league baseball game, there’s a moment of stillness. The pitcher nods to the catcher, then maybe he goes through a ritualistic hat tug or arm shake. Before he winds up, he stops and he prepares. The eyes of the crowd rest on him, waiting…
The Lone Star State has long produced some of the greatest blues legends to ever pick up a guitar or stand behind a microphone. Legends like Albert Collins from Leona, Sam “Lightnin'” Hopkins from Centerville and Johnny Winter from Beaumont all have found the blues in Texas. Hell, we even…
Well, with all of the recent concert announcements we’ve been getting in, this is shaping up to be a quite promising, non-shitty winter this year. After you read this post, you should take some time to review the ones you may have missed…
Red Bull’s Sound Select program has announced a new set of shows in a handful of U.S. cities in late July. The program is designed to showcase local talent, and the Dallas show (on July 26 at Prophet Bar) is exemplary: Erykah Badu will be joined by Larry G[ee] and…
How do you differentiate an Ariel Pink fan from others? Take a snap shot of any average street corner in your downtown area and pretty much anyone in frame would fit into last night’s crowd at Trees. From the average goth kid to the plain-clothed middle-aged suburbanite, you cannot pigeon-hole…
Here at the Observer, we come across hundreds of photos a week. You’d be surprised how often styles are repeated. You’ve all seen the cliche band in a wintered field photo, or the antique furniture set outdoors photo. Well, here are a group of photos that don’t fit the mold;…
