Bad news, Denton-based math-rock fans: Dear Human, an actual instrumental band worth a damn, will be calling it quits this weekend, playing its final show ever on Saturday night as part of a free affair in the ol’ dirty basement of J&J’s Pizza with some support from fellow Denton-dwelling acts…
Speaking of shows going on tonight, there’s one more you should know about: Starting tonight and running every Thursday evening through the end of June, we, along with the fine folks at the AT&T Performing Arts Center, will be bringing you yet another free series of shows featuring local artists…
Another night, another solid selection of shows in our fair region…
All of two days have passed since we shared with you the news that, yes, the Electric Daisy Carnival will be returning to Dallas this summer with yet another impressive bill, and, already, we’ve got some news of a competing festival coming to the region…
Lest you doubted our note from way, way, way, way back in March — y’know, that the Old 97’s were going to release the second installment of their two-part Grand Theatre release on July 5 — well, now the folks putting out the record, New West Records, have confirmed as…
At the beginning of this month, KNON-89.3 FM “The Voice of the People” recently launched its second pledge drive of the year. It’s a necessary evil: The community station depends on pledges from listeners to fund the station and keep them on air. Unlike other stations that hold pledge drives,…
California folk-rock act Dawes has had a whirlwind couple of years. Since abandoning the more hard-charging rock vibe they boasted before the departure of former co-songwriter Blake Mills, the SoCal act has gained steam, interestingly enough, by becoming more musically laid-back. And there’s been plenty of steam, too: The quartet,…
Maybe you knew this, and maybe you didn’t, but there exists a noise ordinance law in Texas that specifically designates the times in which music can be amplified — something most often skirted around due to the fact that, in most cases, when music is being played after 10:30 p.m…
Listen: I know I’m probably not the demographic Dublin band The Script has in mind for their songs — pretty much all of which appears to be targeted toward women who seek out media aimed at making them cry. In other words: These guys are like the Nicholas Sparks of…
On a recent afternoon, the two Dallas-based members of instrumental post-rock act This Will Destroy You, bassist Donovan Jones and drummer Alex Bhore, stand in the middle of a bamboo forest. As a warm breeze moves through the canopy above, they savor the moment with a joint before heading back…
Very few bands have the convoluted but fascinating history of Los Angeles’ Dengue Fever. Inspired by a trip to Cambodia, brothers Ethan and Zac Holtzman went about forming a band that would pay tribute to that country’s pop music from the 1960s. Somehow, the brothers even stumbled across Chhom Nimol,…
Christopher Mercer, better known as dubstep purveyor Rusko, isn’t really interested in drawing connections between electronic beats and the spaced-out sounds of Jamaican dub. He just wants to party. His take on the rapidly expanding genre is closer to the intersection of trunk-rattling bass music and pop, a concoction mixed…
Los Angeles post-rock duo El Ten Eleven isn’t your run-of-the-mill indie-rock two-piece. For starters, their live sound isn’t stripped down like fellow duos Matt & Kim or The White Stripes. And they don’t have to rely on drum machines or pre-recorded backing tracks to faithfully reproduce their recordings, like The…
Walking into The Labb on Oak Street, just off Denton’s Courthouse-on-the-Square, you’d hardly guess that the space is a music venue. A space for DJ nights, maybe. But never a place for bands to play, much less touring ones. Enter Bryan Denny. The main talent buyer for Rubber Gloves Rehearsal…
We get it. Fleet Foxes aren’t just another indie band anymore. They are FLEET FOXES! So when we tried to get a few words in with frontman Robin Pecknold, we weren’t surprised that his handlers didn’t make him available to discuss the group’s new record, Helplessness Blues, or the band’s…
“The significance of any building is what we put into it. A building is just bricks and mortar. But 508 Park Avenue is one of two buildings that has a connection with and is part of the story of two of the most important recording sessions in American history. I…
You’ve no doubt heard the long and sordid tale of Wilco told ad nauseam by now, so we’ll spare you a blow-by-blow retelling. After all, we’re sick of it, too, though most of us here at the Observer still love the band. In fact, “love” might be an understatement. If…
The most accomplished area musician in the realm of film and television? C’mon, that’s an easy one. It’s Toadies guitarist Clark Vogeler, long an Emmy winner thanks to his work on the editing team behind TV’s Project Runway.And, now, another cool feather in the guitarist’s cap: The documentary film, Bombay…
Last time Matthew Houck performed in Dallas under his Phosphorescent moniker, it was back in July for a well-received show at the Kessler Theater. DC9’s Kelly Dearmore was there, too. Here’s part of his take on the night:Matthew Houck and his five Phosphorescent bandmates took the stage at 11:20 p.m…
Late last week, we passed along word that the latest single from French house producer David Guetta (the man behind, among other songs, the Black Eyed Peas’ “I Gotta Feeling”) to blow up the Internet was actually a Play-N-Skillz co-production — and the first of a couple Play-N-Skillz and Guetta…
Is it just us, or has this week been a deceptively awesome one for shows around town?…
It’s only been a few years since The Prophet Bar started serving booze — a change that took place when the long-running Christian rock venue The Door changed its name to The Prophet Bar and moved into the space once occupied by The Gypsy Tea Room. The new space for…
