DOMA XXI: Compilation Disc Details and Tracklisting

At last year’s 20th Anniversary Dallas Observer Music Awards, we brought back an old tradition from previous DOMAs: a compilation disc featuring tracks from some of the year’s nominees. This year, the compilation’s back once again–and it’s a pretty sweet little compilation, too, if I may so so myself. Check…

PlayRadioPlay! and The Secret Handshake Team Up For Frienemies Tour

Not to keep harping on mall punk all day long, but this is worth pointing out, if only because it’s hilarious: Earlier this week, noted area mall punk rivals PlayRadioPlay and The Secret Handshake announced that they’d be hitting the road together under the banner of “The Frienemies Tour.”Why frienemies?…

DOMAXXI: The Showcase Lineup REVEALED!

Yup: On Saturday, July 18, we’ll be taking over Lowest Greenville yet again–for the third year in a row, I believe–to offer up a lineup of 39 Dallas Observer Music Award-nominated acts performing six different venues, all for the low, low cost of five dollars. Check the entire DOMA Showcase…

Paul McCartney To Play Cowboys Stadium On Wednesday, August 19

Another coup for that spaceship out in Arlington: It’s the Beatle’s first Dallas show since 2005, and his sole Texas stop on his current North American tour. Perhaps most impresively, though, the press release announcing the show indicates that the concert should last a solid 2.5 hours. Tickets go on…

Singer To Receive John Lennon Prize At Tomorrow’s Brian McKnight Show

Granted, this is hardly a local story–but it’s kinda interesting, and it’s happening tomorrow night at the Meyeson Symphony Center so cha-ching!Anyway: At tomorrow night’s Brian McKnight show at the Meyerson, McKnight will present his tour support, Matt Cusson, with the Maxell Song of the Year prize from the 12th…

‘Big News’ In Store From VEGA

Neon Indian’s Psychic Chasms isn’t the only record anticipated from the Alan Palomo camp. July 1 came and went without the promised release of the now-still-forthcoming VEGA EP, Well Known Pleasures. But it’s not without good reason: Palomo let us know that, while he isn’t ready to publicly divulge the…

Ten Things I Learned At This Year’s Vans Warped Tour

1. God damn, Texas is hot in July.Even with cloud cover and a bit of a sprinkle, walking around Superpages.com Center on Sunday was like strolling with Dante through Hell. Outdoor festivals in the middle of summer just don’t seem like the brightest of ideas.2. Bikini tops should only be…

Dorrough Sets July 28 Release For Debut Disc

At least in the confines of my office, where the above song gets played, on average, twice a day (a low estimate), this comes as pretty exciting news: Dorrough’s debut abum, Dorrough Music, will see its official release on July 28.More reasons why you should consider this something of a…

Neon Indian Details, Album Info Revealed

Maybe you’ve seen some of the to-do surrounding Neon Indian? Perhaps on another Dallas-based blog? They’ve got a pretty cool sun-drenched sound–kinda like the audio equivalent of the visuals in Soundgarden’s “Black Hole Sun” video, only not as nightmarish and much poppier than that description would imply.Anyway, the “secretive” group’s…