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  What You Missed at the DOMA Showcase

  December 10 at 4 a.m.

  The Dallas Observer Music Awards showcase took place this Saturday night in Deep Ellum and even though we nominated the acts, they exceeded even our own expectations. Over 40 nominated bands played in various locations. The streets were already exciting. Present were the usual weekend crowds, but members of the...

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  Dickies Arena Was the Perfect Host for KISS FM’s Jingle Ball

  December 4 at 11:42 a.m.

  iHeartRadio’s annual Jingle Ball (or 106.1 KISS FM’s Jingle Ball, as far as DFW is concerned) made its way through Fort Worth’s Dickies Arena on Tuesday night, and as tradition has it, half a dozen of the hottest names in pop music played 20-30 minute sets with five minute intermissions...

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  The 1975’s Grand Prairie Show Defied the Division Between Music Genres

  November 29 at 1:39 p.m.

  Tom Waits once said: "This whole division between genres has more to do with marketing than anything else. It's terrible for the culture of music. Like anything that is purely economic, it ignores the most important component." Progress. The “important component” the venerable Waits was referring to in the above...

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  Rufus Wainwright, Even in Red Ruby Slippers, Isn’t Looking to Go Back

  November 25 at 11:23 a.m.

  Time seemed more slippery than usual this past Friday night at the Majestic Theatre. Standing before a near-capacity audience, Rufus Wainwright, clad in a Western shirt, black jeans and glittering ruby slippers, sang in his ageless voice — rich, resonant and riveting — of youthful hedonism and domestic pleasures, collapsing...

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  The 10 Best Concerts of the Week: Frankie Leonie, Remy Reilly, Allison Moorer and More

  November 18 at 4 a.m.

  This week is chock-full of badass shows to go to in North Texas. If you're planning to attend the Dallas Observer Music Awards Showcase though, you might want to clear your schedule for Monday, Thursday and Saturday so you can get a little taste of some of the acts on...

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  The Black Keys Rocked Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, But Tastefully

  November 15 at 1:54 p.m.

  Dan Auerbach, an electric guitar slung around his neck, stood just to the side of center stage. “Let’s go back to Akron right now, down in the basement, and play some basement music,” he said to the howling audience arrayed before him, glowing phones and overpriced plastic cups of beer...