There are some things you just don’t do in Deep Ellum. You don’t mess with Keyboard Bob, you don’t harass the bar staffs and you sure as hell don’t fuck up any of the artwork. Those are the sorts of things that were supposed to have been confined to the…
Deep Ellum is most definitely on the upswing. A ghost town a half-decade ago, the neighborhood has seen the return of venues like Club Dada, Trees and The Bomb Factory alongside the emergence of new ones like Three Links and Twilite Lounge. The coming months look set to witness a…
Best known for his epic run hosting the ’80s night at Hailey’s Club in Denton, Jonathan Graham has been a staple DJing as DJG in North Texas for the past few decades. Due to an older brother that was involved with the DJ scene in his younger years, he was…
When’s the last time you left your house? Was it for a beer run? (If so, c’mon, you can get that shit delivered.) Or maybe it was for a concert (because, nope, you still can’t do that from home). If the latter, we may have just the thing to get…
Denton’s Rubber Gloves is going through a badly-needed facelift. To hear owner Josh Baish tell it, it’s actually more like reconstructive surgery following blunt trauma for the 19-year old venue, which makes it one of Denton’s oldest. “Rubber Gloves is going through something of a rebirth at the moment,” Baish…
Bruce Corbitt isn’t ready to die. It’s not that he’s afraid of death; e says he just has too much to live for. A popular local metal singer for bands like Rigor Mortis and Warbeast for decades now, the 52-year-old Dallas native recently finished a display of Texas metal at…
Been wondering when Index Festival is going to announce its 2015 lineup? For last year’s festival, which took place in September, organizers Spune held a big to-do at Trees in the springtime to reveal the first round of bands. Here we are in August but still there’s been no word…
There’s been some short-notice news at Dallas’ beloved volunteer-run community radio station, KNON 89.3 FM which calls itself “The Voice of the People.” The station has to move out of its 5353 Maple Avenue location by the end of September. The space, a garish brown office building next to the…
If you’ve been waiting for the Elm St. Music & Tattoo Festival to come around to get that (next) Friday the 13th tattoo, then you’re getting a pretty good exercise in patience. Now in its third year, the annual music, tattoo and burlesque marathon has made it a habit of…
Dallas has a long and somewhat hidden history of electronic dance music producers that have made their marks far beyond the Texas borders. House, techno and drum and bass all have deep roots here that tie directly to the larger international scene. Producers from here have caught the ear of…
Staying in one place just isn’t in Edwin Cabaniss’ nature. Before he reopened The Kessler Theater six years ago, Cabaniss had been a successful businessman — so successful that he could afford to retire in his early 40s. Now that his “retirement” has seen him rebuild The Kessler into one…
Dr. Dre releasing a new album is big news for any hip hop fan, but for his new (and supposedly “final” album) Compton: The Soundtrack it’s especially big news for Dallas fans. Compton will feature the long-awaited release of material Dre recorded with Dallas rapper Justin Mohrle, who it turns…
Very early yesterday morning word started to leak out that Fort Worth’s favorite son, newly minted next big thing, and apple of Dallas’ eye Leon Bridges was making his way around Deep Ellum after a brief appearance at the Bomb Factory earlier in the night. The way the story goes…
The members of KISS have done just about all there is to do in rock ‘n’ roll. After selling millions of records thanks to hit songs like “Detroit Rock City,” Rock ‘N’ Roll All Nite” and “I Was Made for Lovin’ You” over the past 40 years, the band was…
Michael Roos is not only a veteran of the DJ scene, but also the definition of a working DJ. Straddling that barrier between commercial DJ, working wedding and private parties, and club DJ, he makes a living and manages to push his craft by integrating the latest technology into his…
Last week, the results of the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission’s “Bottoms Up” sting revealed that in at least a few bars across Texas, you might not be getting that top-shelf booze that you ordered. The operation, the first ever of its kind, identified that at least five Dallas-Fort Worth Bars…
Something tells us that in the not-too-distant future we’ll look back on 2015 as a vintage year for Erykah Badu. Dallas’ Queen of Neo-Soul has been riding a hot streak this year with some pretty memorable public appearances: ushering in the new era at The Bomb Factory, performing an epic…
In your face, Jerry Jones. The Cowboys owner may get to boast the biggest indoor concert venue in the state of Texas, but Garth Brooks can sell plenty of tickets in Dallas without it, thank you very much. His strategy? Play seven — yes, seven — shows at the American…
The Texas Musicians Museum has been more than a decade in the making. The brainchild of Tom Kreason and local radio legend George Gimarc, the privately run museum has previously been housed in Hillsboro and Waxahatchie, but this weekend it opens with new digs in Irving and an impressive collection…
Allen McDonald is a staple in the Dallas house and techno community mostly know for his affiliation with the Soundslike crew and one half of the DJ duo Dragonlazer. Dragonlazer was the first mixtape in this run of the Observer mixtape series almost a year ago. Allen is overdue for…
One of Texas country’s biggest stars is in some serious trouble. As News 9 in Oklahoma City first reported, Stoney LaRue was arrested on Monday, July 20 for domestic violence. According to Oklahoma City police, LaRue (whose real last name is actually Phillips), threw his girlfriend down a flight of…
Yesterday, Robert Wilonsky ruined all our mornings in short order. The Dallas Morning News reporter had decided to head to Ships Lounge on Lower Greenville for a morning-beer, and via a quick discussion with owner Charlie Red, learned that the bar would be on a short hiatus. Wilonsky reports that…
