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The Beaches Are Bringing Back Rock ’n’ Roll Unapologetically

The Beaches Are Bringing Back Rock ’n’ Roll Unapologetically

Beauty Bar's New Location Opens in Deep Ellum

Beauty Bar's New Location Opens in Deep Ellum

Dallas Taught Flogging Molly's Dave King That Shit Happens. Life Taught Him to Enjoy It Anyway.

By Eric Grubbs
Feb 28, 2018

Flogging Molly plays March 10 at the Southside Ballroom for our St. Patrick's Day Concert. “Enjoy life,” Dave King says once. Then again. And again. He repeats the words at least three times during a 20-minute interview. Whether he’s talking about his mother (who died more than a year ago)...
Techno DJ-Producer ANNA Is a Lady in the Streets and a Freak With the Beats

By Elvis Anderson
Feb 27, 2018

Not all global DJ-producers leave a wake of trashed hotels rooms and one-night stands. It’s a little-known secret in the music industry that many artists are in fact (gasp) responsible. Ana Miranda, also known as ANNA, and some others even eat clean, exercise, drink in moderation, show up on time...
Observer Exclusive: The Delzells' 'Repopulate' from New Yellow Jacket EP

By David Fletcher
Feb 16, 2018

The long-awaited first release from Dallas’ booze-fueled garage-rock outfit The Delzells is finally here. To kick things off, we’re debuting an exclusive new track, “Repopulate,” before the band’s EP release show Friday night at Double Wide. Yellow Jacket is the eighth — and possibly most eclectic — release on the...
Armoury D.E. is a New Bar Coming Soon to Deep Ellum

By H. Drew Blackburn
Apr 16, 2015

Just last week we were getting our feathers in a ruffle, heading out onto our lawn in Deep Ellum and screaming "GIT, GIT OFF." We were shaking a stick at development deals coming to Deep Ellum in the form of retail space and lofts. But, it comes from a place...
Country Music's Next Big Thing Plays Letterman Tonight and City Tavern on Thursday

By Amy McCarthy
Apr 14, 2015

To use an analogy, compare Chris Stapleton to Sturgill Simpson. Not necessarily in terms of sound or aesthetic, but in terms of what is about to happen to this relatively unknown country-folk artist. You may not have actually heard of Chris Stapleton, but you have undoubtedly heard a few of...
Wade Bowen and Randy Rogers Argue That Texas Country Is Just Better on "Standards"

By Amy McCarthy
Apr 9, 2015

Even though they're not actually from Dallas, Wade Bowen and Randy Rogers have a pretty substantial following in our fair city. There is likely no genre of music that is more popular than Texas country in the area (or the state, even), and these two guys have been a fixture...
Spinster Records Will Be a True Hi-Fi Store, and It Will Be Awesome

By Jeff Gage
Sep 12, 2014

Record stores all the rage this season. Normally the fall is the time for bands and labels to roll out new albums and promotional tours, but in Dallas it's the record stores making the moves. Off the Record, which opened a couple weeks ago in Deep Ellum, is a bar...