Scenes From the 2012 Dallas Observer Music Awards Ceremony
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Showing 8845 - 8866 of 26491The Winners of the 2012 Dallas Observer Music Awards Are…
Best Group Act A.Dd+ Best Song “Wait For Us,” Mind Spiders Best Solo Act Sarah Jaffe Best Album Sarah Jaffe, The Body Wins Best New Act Blackstone Rangers Best Blues Act Jason Elmore Best Country Act Somebody’s Darling Best Americana/Roots Act The O’s Best Electronic Act Cutter Best Experimental Act…
Want To Be the Observer‘s Spring 2013 Music Intern?
Will you be enrolled in classes at a local college or university next spring? Are you interested in a writing career, possibly one focused on music? We’re looking for a few good interns for spring. These are unpaid positions, but you will earn course credit (given that your college or…
Tonight: The Dallas Observer Music Awards at House of Blues
After weeks of voting and stump speeches, and a Saturday showcase that left us with hangovers of epic proportions, we’re finally here. Cue mood music. Tonight we celebrate with emcee Paul Varghese, and sets from the Cannabinoids, the O’s, Luna Matto and Memphis punks Lucero. Tickets are still available, so…
Street Style: Dallas Observer Music Awards Showcase Edition
When we see you on the street and think you put some thought into your style, we may take your picture and ask you things. See also: A group of trendsetters rock their Saturday best at Dada Name: Lacy Beckman Age: 23 Occupation: Sales support specialist for Fossil Style influences:…
A Polaroid Journey Through the 2012 Dallas Observer Music Awards Showcase
Following the Polawalk in Fort Worth on Saturday, armed with three different analog instant film cameras, I set out to document some of my favorite performances, people and moments of the 2012 Dallas Observer music awards showcase. The shots with an orangey-yellow hue were shot using a Polaroid Spectra SE…
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The Five Best Concerts In Dallas This Week, November 12-15
The Sea and Cake Thursday, November 15, at Trees, $13/$16 Chicago’s electro-jazz group The Sea and Cake has been around, in many forms, since the mid-’90s. The band just released its airy, tenth LP, Runner, a companion album to its 2011 release, The Moonlight Butterfly. The album’s single, “Harps,” focuses…
10 Awesome Photos From Saturday’s Dallas Observer Music Awards Showcase
What a night it was. Saturday’s music awards showcase on Elm Street left our web editor Nick Rallo voiceless, a man at Reno’s toothless, and accounted for some epic hangovers the next day. It was a glorious night filled with memorable sets, and those little moments of bodily chaos, as…
A Journey Through the Dallas Observer Music Awards Showcase in 12 GIFs
Before Tuesday, which is when we’ll be handing out the Observer music awards at House of Blues (with our emcee, comedian Paul Varghese, the Cannabinoids, Lucero and more), we’d like to present some GIFs. They’re from photographer Catherine Downes, who was roaming the streets of Deep Ellum and capturing moments…
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#doma2012: Your Instagrams from the Dallas Observer Music Awards Showcase
So, the Dallas Observer Music Awards showcase is a total voice-stealer. Somewhere between the Atomic Tanlines’ primal howl of a show at Reno’s and downing an entire box of Triscuits in bed, I lost the ability to speak out loud. My point is, it was a helluva time. It was…
Last-Minute Giveaway: Tickets to Tonight’s White Denim Show at Lola’s
We clocked this Bonnaroo365 gig with White Denim and Maps & Atlases on our list of the best shows this weekend, but Spune has been nice enough to offer up a pair of last-minute tickets to tonight’s show at Lola’s, which also promises a “special guest.” Hit us up here…
Jens Lekman On Why He Doesn’t Sing in Swedish, and Why He Loves Standup Comedy
It’s not even November and Jens Lekman is enduring the “shittiest snowfall ever,” which is blanketing his hometown of Gothenburg, Sweden. Proclaiming it “completely useless,” Lekman knows it’s a short-term nuisance. In days, he’ll be in Dallas promoting I Know What Love Isn’t, his first full-length release in five years…
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Tum Tum and Big Tuck – Dada – 11/8/12
Tum Tum, Big Tuck, A.Dd+, Dustin Cavazos Dada Thursday, November 8 While Top Shelf Shows has plenty to be proud of lately, last night really proved the fairly new local booking upstart a force to be reckoned with. Though marketed as “The Day Dallas Stood Still,” Dallas rap fans did…
[UPDATED] Giveaway: Two Tickets to Tomorrow’s Tum Tum and Big Tuck Show at Dada
Update 11/8: Congrats to Dustin Stanford, who won the tickets to tonight’s show. There’s a killer Dallas hip-hop show tomorrow at Dada, featuring Tum Tum and Big Tuck, formerly of Dirty South Rydaz, joining forces for one smoke-filled night on the outdoor stage. They’ll be joined by A.Dd+, Dustin Cavazos,…
First Round of SXSW 2013 Acts Announced, Including Blackstone Rangers and The Relatives
With the announcement of 35 Denton’s initial lineup, it was only a matter of time before you felt that tightening in your chest, aka the first round of SXSW acts. North Texas’ Blackstone Rangers, Ronnie Fauss, the Relatives, Somebody’s Darling, Sarah Jaffe and Tedashii are all represented. Thurston Moore looks…
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The Eight Best Concerts In Dallas This Weekend, November 8-11
Dallas Observer Music Awards Showcase Saturday, November 10, in Deep Ellum, $10 The 2012 Dallas Observer Music Awards are here! We’re inviting you to come party with us at our 24th annual local-music showcase, which celebrates the North Texas music community and its various contributions this past year. More than…
A Guide to the 2012 Dallas Observer Music Awards Showcase
It occurred to me recently that, within the DFW music scene, people really love to draw county lines. So what we were trying to illustrate with our 2012 Dallas Observer Music Awards nominees is that Dallas, Fort Worth and Denton aren’t three separate entities, but rather one big music community…
Your 2012 Dallas Observer Music Awards Bingo Card
Instructions: 1) Go to our Saturday showcase 2) Get drunk 3) See live music 4) Play this Bingo card 5) Wake up in Reno’s bathroom…
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Scenes From Our 2012 DOMA Nominee Photo Shoot
In late October, we had a party for our 2012 Dallas Observer Music Awards nominees, in which we loosened them up with free drinks and made them take photos. Here are a few of our favorites. See more of this craziness on Saturday, as we take over Deep Ellum with…
The Day Dallas Stood Still
Dirty South Rydaz Tum Tum and Big Tuck come together for the first times in years Thursday, on Dada’s outside stage, so there will no doubt be an appropriate amount of smoke. Joining them are fellow locals Dustin Cavazos and A.Dd+, plus a DJ battle between Sober and Q…
R. Kelly
Look, we’re all upset R. Kelly’s much-anticipated October “Love Letter Cruise” has been canceled. What better way to experience the white-hot firehose of sexuality that is R. Kelly than on a cruise to the Bahamas with thousands of other women? Now we’ll just have to settle for seeing him on…
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Crooks
Austin’s never been short on stellar roots bands or hardcore honky-tonkers, thanks in part to some young acts that perform way beyond their years. Mike and the Moonpies, Whiskey Shivers and Shakey Graves are but a few of the promising names to reveal themselves recently. Add Crooks to that list…