Denton-based psych rock group Pearl Earl is back with a new single and a music video to go along with it. The video is a collaboration between Pearl Earl and videographer Kylie McLaughlin. The single, “Something’s Gotta Change,” is about knowing a certain lifestyle can’t continue as it is, but…
Danny Tenaglia has a yellow sticky note on his refrigerator, “3 p.m. interview with Elvis from Dallas Observer.” A 3 o’clock call to Tenaglia is unanswered. A text from Tenaglia comes over about 45 minutes later, “Hey Elvis, so sorry, I’m just waking. Had an unexpected marathon in the studio…
Opened in May 1984 and closed in July 1989, the Starck Club has gone down in local lore as a glimmering temple of excess.
Oppressive Texas summer temperatures may already be bearing down on us, but on the plus side, if we survive for the next 100 days, we’ll get to visit our favorite perennial event. That’s when the State Fair of Texas opens. We can’t wait to consume copious amounts of fried-whatever-the-hell-we-want as…
We sure missed Anberlin. Although the band called it quits in 2014, not a day has passed without us thinking about them. All right, we might be slightly exaggerating. Nevertheless, it’s been five years since Anberlin broke up, and their absence was clearly felt in Dallas, as proved by the…
The first night of Juice WRLD’s two-night stand at The Bomb Factory took place on the 15-year anniversary of My Chemical Romance’s breakout album Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge, and nothing could be more fitting for such an occasion. Speaking as someone who listened to the band during his formative…
The demise of a three-year relationship, marred by physical and emotional abuse, fueled Rosegarden Funeral Party’s newest release. The rock band is unquestionably one of Dallas’ best, and Leah Lane serves as an enigmatic bandleader as lead singer, guitarist, songwriter and the force steering the group’s creative direction. The tumultuous…
Main at South Side is brimming with fans for its two-year anniversary celebration as Polydogs take the stage. The Fort Worth rock band — consisting of frontman Matt Tedder, bassist Kris Luther, drummer Matt Mabe and rhythm guitarist Nick Tittle — has recently released a self-titled debut album and is…
It’s fitting that this Beatles-loving Clubs Editor’s last weekly roundup of best concerts would include a Beatle. After all, it’s thanks to the iconic British band that I even got into music — in a digging-through-record-crates kind of way — in the first place (and named my son Harrison after George, and played…
A year after going dark, Mattie Michelle is back with a new track meant to make you plumb the depths of your soul. Michelle, a hairdresser by day and a musician by always, says her new track “Running” reflects her growth as a person, and creating it took her all…
At 8:30 PM, just a few hours before Weyes Blood (aka Natalie Mering) was to set foot on stage at Club Dada in Deep Ellum, the sky turned a muted pinky-orange in the distance behind downtown. Thick rain appeared in uneven waves, and the weather app read, “Unsafe Air…
In Chasing Happiness, a new documentary on Amazon Prime Video, the Jonas Brothers look back on their rise to fame and then their inevitable fall. What started out as just three brothers playing guitar and singing together turned into a deal on Disney’s record label and a starring part in…
An eclectic lineup of artists have announced local shows for this week’s batch of concert announcements. The fall calendar continues to take shape, so start marking dates and begin your planning for the months ahead. Jeff Tweedy recently wrapped a solo tour, one that saw him put on quite a…
A comedian, a musician, an emcee and a rapper/magician walk into a bar and order sparkling water. There is no punchline. This is a true story based on four of our local performers from different parts of the entertainment scene who have one thing in common: sobriety. Staying sober may…
Hip-hop album sales reached commercial supremacy in the mid-’90s. It was the most decadent era in hip-hop culture, and music producers took home a substantial share of profits. It’s the era that made Kanye West, Just Blaze, The Neptunes and Swizz Beatz household names and filthy rich. Even the original…
When thinking about how significant a length of time 25 years is in the music industry, Bowling for Soup lead singer Jaret Reddick points to the evolution of how their music has been released since it began. “We released out first album on cassette tape,” he says over the phone…
Ramon Mallow is a self-proclaimed hippie who says he’s been living like a 19-year-old for the last 50 years. People know him as Mr. Troll in the Dallas-Fort Worth music scene, a moniker from his biker days. Faye Price, his sister, says that family calls him Danny, after his middle…
In Part One of this series, we looked back on 10 significant North Texas concerts that took place between the ‘60s and the ‘80s. It was a different time, and given the importance of radio and the revolutionary introduction of MTV, the music world progressively became more of a monoculture…
We will be seeing the end of an entire decade in a mere seven months, and that warrants reflection. What artists of the ’10s captured the zeitgeist? What were some of this generation’s most defining cultural milestones? When VH1 starts airing I Love the ‘10s, what events, artists, films or…
Seventeen artists from nine countries came together to record Song Dynasty’s debut album Searching. The band’s music blends American jazz with Chinese influences to create a sound that’s out of this world. Sharp notes burst from a three-piece brass section. Electric guitars scream and whistle, floating over roaming lines on…
It’s been about a decade since the disbandment of Ghosthustler and the beginning of Noah Jackson’s solo career. We haven’t heard much from him since then, but now, after years of reinventing himself and searching for his sound, Jackson says he’s found it and that a new EP is just…
Mitski Miyawaki is at the top of her game. The Japanese American singer-songwriter has curated a distinct brand of indie rock, a style she is taking to audiences across the country on her Be the Cowboy tour to promote her latest release, by the same name. The album, hailed by…
