You’ll have to pardon Ben Tapia’s giddiness. Club Dada still has something of a “new club smell” to him. Whenever he speaks of the venue (or his upcoming plans to help revamp it), a smile takes over his face. He’s excited, and it’s not hard to see why. Tapia, a…
Two weeks ago, The Cavern began hosting a new weekly Wednesday night series that showcases visual artists and DJs alongside live music performers. Called Detour, tonight’s take on the event features Black Tie Dynasty performing an acoustic set, local photographer Sally Glass showcasing her works on the venue’s walls and…
Seems like the former Talking Heads frontman is working with a Richardson-based robotics expert on an art exhibit currently on display in Spain. Wilonsky’s got the story over on Unfair Park. –Pete Freedman…
I doubt anyone will mistake the straight-to-DVD release Jack and Jill vs. the World as a great movie (the above trailer certainly doesn’t imply as much), but that’s not why I bring it up. This is: You’ll find Dallas indie pop act Smile Smile’s sweet little ditty “Anymore” (a choice…
Let’s say a) you’re lazy and haven’t run out to your nearest Observer pickup spot yet, or b) you live in one of the more outlying areas of our circulation and you won’t get your copy of this week’s paper until later today (or early tomorrow)–and yet, despite this, you…
Sneed’s taking off. (Wade Griffith) Local folk singer/songwriter Dylan Sneed says he’s had enough of Dallas. So, at the end of August, he plans on relocating to South Carolina. After spending most of the past year touring with Kristy Kruger, Sneed was getting set to record the follow-up to 2007’s…
The Disney Channel musical Camp Rock (as seen in the above trailer)–which features tween sensations the Jonas Brothers and potential Disney star-in-the-making Demi Lovato and focuses on the happenings at a music-centric summer camp–raked in a whopping 8.9 million viewers on its Friday night debut, making it the second-highest Disney…
…and, in turn, the album draws a 6.9 rating. Which is…OK by Pitchfork standards, and far more than a sentence like “Dual Hawks is, for lack of a better word, a double album” (as seen in the review) would itself merit, considering that, even in the writer’s usage, “double album”…
…we figure that’s as good an excuse as any to re-post the now-award-winning video for Badu’s “Honey.” –Pete Freedman…
I imagine Future Audio’s equipment is more advanced than this. Just guessing. A Friend of DC9 clued us into this Craigslist ad this afternoon, which promises “one of Dallas’s [sic] top” and “first rate” recording studios in exchange for a cool two hundred grand. And, yeah, it made us curious,…
Make sure you grab your hard copy of the Observer tomorrow, folks. It’s kind of a big issue. Inside it, you’ll find our 2008 Dallas Observer Music Awards ballot. That’s right: We’re fast-approaching our 20th annual DOMAs. So grab your copy and send in your votes. Or follow the instructions…
Keven, with some dude name Roky. ‘member when we posted the new Old 97’s video for “Dance With Me” a few weeks back? Well, at the time, Robert promised us a Q&A with the video’s director Keven McAlester. And now he’s got it up on Unfair Park. Check it out…
So this may seem slightly promotional right now, but it’s for a bloody good cause. (Get it? Bloody! It’s a blood drive! Damn, we’re good.) Anyway, KZPS-FM Lone Star 92.5’s 34th Annual Blood Drive is in full swing. (And yeah, we know what you’re thinking: 34th annual?! Well, think back…
Literally, just last week, Noah Bailey and I were whining to one another about the lack of in-store performances at Good Records of late. Basically, it meant our weekend days had become really boring. Now, I can’t speak for Noah, but my weekend days had basically devolved into a weird…
The local pop rockers in Roy Bennett have just issued a new single and accompanying video–and both show a surprising amount of sophistication for a trio of slackers from Lake Highlands. Actually, Ben Templeton, D. Hayes Smith, and Collyer Spreen all work at area music studios as engineers, so it…
Tom Waits Palladium Ballroom June 23, 2008 Better than: Waiting out the post-show traffic. It was hot as balls, there was no opening act, the crowd was filled with braying jackasses and a single ticket cost ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS. So was An Evening With Tom Waits on his Glitter and…
Denton gothic folk-rock collective Pinebox Serenade has finally completed Let The River Take Them Home, the follow-up to the band’s 2005 self-titled LP, and the band has a little incentive for you to get your order in now. The album won’t be officially released until next month, with a July…
Patty Larkin. (Jana Leon) Last year, I got the pleasure of interviewing singer/songwriter/guitarist Patty Larkin. Besides being friendly and funny, Larkin was also unafraid of claiming equal status with some of the best (predominately male) guitar players. And her 11th CD, Watch the Sky, which was released earlier this year,…
Ruthie Foster popped onto the Texas music scene a few years ago with a powerful voice and an acoustic accompaniment. Her new album, The Phenomenal Ruthie Foster, diverges into soul music, complete with an all-star band. Will the change drown out her lovely pipes? Or will the album be a…
It’s the freakin’ weekend. And it couldn’t come quickly enough… So, let’s get started: It’s a particularly big weekend in Deep Ellum on Saturday night–biggest in a while, by my estimation–with a bunch of shows that we’ve already clued you into: Dove Hunter’s CD Release, the last Red Blood Club…
Here’s what you might’ve missed this week on DC9 as you poured one out for your boy Tim… – We mourned the loss of Eric and Deborah Stuer and found out about the upcoming benefit concert for their children. – We wondered why on earth France finds itself fit to…
The Morning News and this Shreveport TV station seem to have things fairly well covered on this front, so we’re not gonna add any more to the story, really, other than to point it out, in case you missed it. Here’s the bare-bones basics behind the Garland’s Zion Gate recording…
