It’s been a while since we’ve heard from New York dance band The Rapture; their last release Pieces of the People We Love came out five years ago. But now they’re back with a new album, In the Grace of Your Love, which will earn its release on September 6.In tandem…
We can practically hear you groaning. “Enough with the A.Dd+ dudes already!” Yeah, yeah. Hey, we admit it: We’ve been giving the duo of Paris Pershun and Slim Gravy all sorts of love since the release of their When Pigs Fly album back in March. But, listen, if we’re going…
Dallas has a serious case of Bieber Fever, y’all. In addition to the fact that we can expect a nude statue of Bieber and his Grand Prairie-raised girlfriend, Selena Gomez, to be housed inside of the city limits at the end of the month, today comes the news that the…
Two project albums from prestigious hip-hop duos have been released this summer. Jay-Z and Kanye West, of course, released Watch The Throne last week. But, back in June, there was another: Eminem and collaborator-turned-enemy-turned-friend-once-more Royce Da 5’9″ released Hell: The Sequel under the name Bad Meets Evil. Both albums have…
Welcome to My First Show, where we give bands a chance to talk about the first shows they ever attended — no matter how uncool and embarrassing those tales may be. The Globes return to Dallas this week, only a couple of months since they were last in town. Back…
Just when you thought the NBA lockout was taking all of the shine away from Your Dallas Mavericks and their 2011 NBA Championship, news like this comes along: Atlanta rapper Young Jeezy booked Jason Terry and his preemptive Larry O’Brien Trophy bicep tattoo to star in his brand-spankin’-new music video…
Good news and bad news on the Lance Yocom front today. The good news? After showing positive signs last week, Yocom, who has been suffering from severe pneumonia for going on three weeks now, is awake and responsive in his Arizona hospital bed, answering yes/no questions, and appearing to have…
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, this is old news: Rio Room is kind of killing it these days. Forget the fact that Playboy named it one of the best clubs in the states last month; the Travis Street hotspot has played host to the likes of Erykah Badu…
We’ve spent much of the morning today trying to track down more information on what happened to Matthew Allen, the 19-year-old who died in an Irving hospital on Saturday morning after apparently using ecstasy while attending at Club Afterlife on Northwest Highway on late Friday night, but to very little…
Rock The Bells Tour with Mobb Deep, Raekwon, Ghostface and Vicious Cycle Sunday, August 14 House of Blues Better than: an unrequited longing for Golden Age hip-hop. Sunday night was an unabashed nostalgia fest for the crowd at House of Blues, particularly for those whose school days, much like this…
It’s hard to remember a time when Pleasant Grove weren’t stalwarts of the Dallas music community. But, this week in 1998, former Observer writer Christina Rees penned a piece about the band’s start, which took place only a few months before the story was written. So, for this edition of…
That charmer singing about a broken heart in the above clip is one Sunny Sweeney, a resident of Longview (just a short jaunt east along I-20, past Miranda Lambert’s Lindale and Eisley’s Tyler). Now, here’s the impressive thing: In addition to the above video, released just two weeks back, having…
Trae Tha Truth, JMack, Big HudTreesAugust 13, 2011Better than: trying to act like Dallas has a hip-hop pedigree to compete with Houston. There wasn’t much of a build-up to Trae The Truth’s entrance at Trees on Saturday night. After a particularly high-energy set from JMack and a funny offering from…
Maleveller, Eagle Claw, The House Harkonnen Double Wide August 13, 2011 Better than: teaching your nephew how to play Mastodon songs. Last year, Maleveller could only play a certain amount of songs live. Because, well, they only had those songs to choose from. During one particularly memorable set back in…
Death Cab for Cutie, Frightened RabbitVerizon TheatreAugust 13, 2011 Better than: sweating in the heat only to watch a band implode. After living through the nightmare that was the Kings of Leon show a few weeks back, it was nice to be in the cool confines of Verizon Theatre Saturday…
Big Business, Torche, Thrones Club Dada August 12, 2011 Better than: 10 million pounds of sludge from New York and New Jersey Big Business was the third and final band to take the stage at Dada on Friday night. But with the way things played out, their hour-long set felt…
There was a time when Death Cab For Cutie would have Centro-Matic in the support slot of their regional shows. But those days are long gone. On Saturday, Death Cab will be at the Verizon Theatre in Grand Prairie with Frightened Rabbit. But if a Centro-Matic-less Death Cab doesn’t sound…
Miles Fisher is becoming something of a renaissance man. The actor and musician, born and raised in Dallas, and the son of Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas president Richard Fisher, stars in Final Destination 5, the latest in the long-lasting film series, which will be released in theaters nationwide today…
Back in May, we posted a clip of Neon Indian debuting a new song during their performance at the second annual Homegrown Festival in downtown Dallas. The clip was quickly taken down — like, within a day — by the band and their management. Seems that, though the band was…
It’s been kind of a weird week for Selena Gomez. And, thing is, it started out so great, too. At Sunday night’s Teen Choice Awards, the Grand Prairie native took home five surf boards (used instead of trophies, naturally), second only to Taylor Swift, who won six. But Gomez, let’s…
In last week’s print edition, we ran a piece by noted hip-hop scribe/LA Weekly music editor/longtime Observer contributor Ben Westhoff that plays catch-up The D.O.C., perhaps Dallas’ greatest hip-hop export — and greatest hip-hop curio — of all-time. It was a great piece, one that offered great insight into the…
If you’ve been to the Double Wide in the past week or so, you’ve probably seen a much bigger version of this above image hanging in a couple different spots throughout the bar and venue. It’s an eye-catching design, to say the least, even if it relies perhaps too heavily…
