If the ’00s were dominated by hip-hop, this decade looks as if it’s being dominated by electronic music. While electro-pop has had some resurrections over the years, it’s now a mainstay of popular music. Look no farther than one Lady Gaga for proof: This year, she became the first artist…
Yesterday, we mentioned the first batch of shows listed for the next few months over at Club Dada — but we still thought that Lucero’s performance set for Thursday, February 24, was worth mentioning again. Last time they came through, they didn’t really get a fair shake, playing at 1…
Seems like Daytrotter has recently taken a liking to North Texas bands. Last week, the Chicago-based website featured a live session from Old 97’s that sounded like the soundtrack to a bar-room-brawl. This week, though, they’re mellowing things out a bit with a session from Doug Burr, who performed four…
Big news out of 35 Conferette camp this morning — literally and figuratively, actually — as the Denton-hosted, pre-SXSW festival has announced that iconic Atlanta rapper Big Boi will join an already crowded and impressive group of performers at this year’s third annual go in March.The rapper, half of the…
Not a bad selection of shows this Tuesday evening…
[Over these last few days of 2010, we’ll be presenting our favorite local songs of the year, counting down from No. 25 to No. 1, one track a day. Today, we take an in-depth look at song No. 4 on the list — and, please, feel free to click after…
We’ve been following Club Dada’s progress fairly closely ever since City Tavern owner Josh Florence and some investors announced plans to buy and renovate the iconic Deep Ellum venue. Florence, you may recall, was set to open the club back in November, but due to some “red tape,” was forced…
As always, Dallas music promoters are making every attempt to pack their venues to the gills for New Year’s Eve shows. And, if the stacked bills all over town are any indication, you can be sure that the crowds at many of these shows will, no doubt, be nuts-to-butts. Never…
Not too much going on this Monday before New Year’s, but there are still a couple of shows I wanted to make sure you knew about…
[Over these last few days of 2010, we’ll be presenting our favorite local songs of the year, counting down from No. 25 to No. 1, one track a day. Today, we take an in-depth look at song No. 5 on the list — and, please, feel free to click after…
Let’s get this out of the way from the jump: No, none of these acts are from Texas.But each has one thing in common: They’re each releasing good music–right now. And, while 2010 saw handfuls of folk artist make headlines with either debut or breakthrough albums of excellent caliber (from…
That’s the story on this very slow news day, via MTV, which gets its word via a paragraph completely buried in this Associated Press piece about cheap concert tickets. In short: Someone in Lovato’s camp says that, even after entering rehab in October to deal with “emotional and physical issues”…
In this edition of This Week In Dallas Music History, former Observer music writer Matt Weitz wrote a 1996 piece on the Vas Deferens Organization — an avant garde music collective that engineered recordings so strange, they made Ariel Pink sound like The Beatles.Interestingly enough, though, it was because of…
Yes, as promised, Damon Albarn’s Gorillaz did indeed put out a new album on Christmas. only, turns out, it wasn’t a free download as anticipated, but rather a free stream (the download option, apparently, is only available for the band’s fan club members).So, sure, a bit of a bummer on…
Shows are a little skimpy this weekend, but what do you expect? It’s Christmas! There’s still a handful of things to do, though. Take these shows that we’ve already mentioned this week:On Friday, White Light presents Amplitude, a coming out party for local dance label Sub Lab records at Lizard…
A few months ago I was approached by Denton-based DJ Five Easy Pieces about doing a winter mix for the blog. And, well, when’s a more wintery time to post a winter mix than on Christmas Eve? OK, maybe the winter Solstice. But, hey, that fell on a Tuesday and,…
[Over these last few days of 2010, we’ll be presenting our favorite local songs of the year, counting down from No. 25 to No. 1, one track a day. Today, we take an in-depth look at song No. 6 on the list — and, please, feel free to click after…
In this week’s paper, you may notice a piece including some of our DC9 writers’ choices for best albums of the year. But, space being limited, we couldn’t run all of our writers’ lists. So, thanks to the power of the Internet, we’re doing just that, right here. Music editor…
In this week’s paper, you may notice a piece including some of our DC9 writers’ choices for best albums of the year. But, space being limited, we couldn’t run all of our writers’ lists. So, thanks to the power of the Internet, we’re doing just that, right here. Clubs editor…
In this week’s paper, you may notice a piece including some of our DC9 writers’ choices for best albums of the year. But, space being limited, we couldn’t run all of our writers’ lists. So, thanks to the power of the Internet, we’re doing just that, right here. Former Denton…
In this week’s paper, you may notice a piece including some of our DC9 writers’ choices for best albums of the year. But, space being limited, we couldn’t run all of our writers’ lists. So, thanks to the power of the Internet, we’re doing just that, right here. Noted Widespread…
In this week’s paper, you may notice a piece including some of our DC9 writers’ choices for best albums of the year. But, space being limited, we couldn’t run all of our writers’ lists. So, thanks to the power of the Internet, we’re doing just that, right here. In-house Americana…
