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  Exclusive: Listen to Dead Flowers' New Single, 'We Aren't Satisfied'

  October 9 at 4 a.m.

  Dead Flowers’ fourth album, Let's Get Angry, won’t be out until Jan. 11, but we have an exclusive premiere of the first single, “We Aren’t Satisfied.” As evidenced here, the band continues its punky style from the previous album, Let Me Be. The song won't be available to stream everywhere...

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  Song Premiere: Salim Nourallah's "February 23" is About Two Women With the Same Birthday

  September 25 at 4 a.m.

   As a veteran of the local scene, Salim Nourallah has worked with an eclectic array of artists, many of whom have passed through the doors of his Pleasantry Lane Studios. You’ll see his name on the credits of albums by Old 97’s, Deathray Davies and Nicholas Altobelli, and it’s likely you’ve seen...

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  Video Premiere: Salim Nourallah's "The Bullies Are Back" is a Sobering Reminder of America's Violent History

  April 4 at 4 a.m.

  The Dallas Observer is proud to premiere the video for Salim Nourallah’s “The Bullies Are Back.” His double-album, Somewhere South of Sane, will be released this fall on Palo Santo Records. Nourallah will also DJ the Palo Santo Showcase at the Armoury D.E. on April 28.  As gun violence, political...

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  John Pedigo Pours One Out for His Late Father With a New Set of Songs Inspired by Tragedy

  March 1 at 4 a.m.

  If you’ve been even remotely plugged into the Dallas music scene, you’ve probably encountered John Pedigo. The Dallas native has spent time playing grunge, rockabilly and punk rock for rowdy and inebriated audiences of 10 and massive festival and theater stages where the crowds swelled to thousands. Most recently, he’s...

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  Observer Exclusive: The Delzells' 'Repopulate' from New Yellow Jacket EP

  February 16 at 4 a.m.

  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...

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  Rob Viktum Releases New Hip-Hop Record, 15 Years in the Making

  Friday, February 24, 2017 at 2:58 p.m.

  Fifteen years ago Rob Viktum began putting together Shoot The Messenger. “This record is the first time that everything has come together and felt perfect,” Viktum says. “My whole career I’ve been making music, but I’ve never really made a record that was 100 percent and totally me. I’ve either been pulled...