Go ahead and set your iPods to the over-used but somehow still uplifting anthem “Clocks.” Because, ladies and gents, Coldplay’s coming back to town. According to the press release that arrived in our mailbox this afternoon, the “Viva La Vida” tour (same name as the upcoming album which, unfortunately, doesn’t…
The Black Crowes land in Addison. Does Addison have good taste in music? That’s debatable, judging by this lineup, but this weekend’s food and music festival, Taste Addison, has certainly managed to secure some big names for this year’s festival, including Friday performers Switchfoot and Gavin DeGraw and Saturday headliners…
How often do we get mail from bands? Often. How often do we get an actual hand-written letter from a band? Pretty damned rarely. I remember an inspirational greeting card from witty songstress Laura Palmer around last November and Daniel Folmer has been known to keep us updated on new…
Fort Worth singer/songwriter Tim Halperin plays his final area show this Friday at the Chicken Ranch, a club located in the Stockyards. The TCU student will then be off to his hometown of Omaha for a few months to reconnect with his roots. “The guys I used to play with…
Odd that these guys wrote “You’ll Never Make It.” (Chapman Baehler) California’s Pennywise has been playing its brand of working man’s punk for nearly 20 years now, and the members show little sign of slowing down. Even after the 1996 suicide of original member Jim Thirsk, the band soldiered on,…
This is not the Sloppyworld sound system. This is just a tribute. John Freeman’s had himself a rough 2008 so far, between opening Sloppyworld, perhaps closing Sloppyworld, definitely closing Sloppyworld and trying to scrounge up the money to pay Sloppyworld’s leftover bills. Now, just four months before he heads off…
Ozzy knows how to give his mama some love.OK, boys and girls, Mother’s Day is this Sunday. That means you’ve got a mere day and a half to come up with something sweet for that lady who raised you (and maybe your grandma, too? She probably rules, too). In the…
OK, so this isn’t really news, per se–anyone who’s been to the Palladium recently has seen this on the venue’s TV screens–but My Morning Jacket, who our sister paper LA Weekly just deemed the “best live band in the world,” officially announced today its upcoming August 23 show at the…
Marquise Knox sure doesn’t sound 17… (Peter Newcomb) Elvis T. Busboy and The Blues Butchers, a Dallas cover act, are the ostensible headliners at the Blue Shoe Project’s free festival Saturday, but the real highlight will be Marquise “Big Daddy” Knox from St. Louis. Knox is just 17 years old,…
The Stars’ improbable run in the Stanley Cup playoffs continues tonight as Mike Modano and the gang head to Detroit for the first game in the western conference finals. Or so I’m told. Last time I really cared about hockey I was trying to make Gretzky’s head bleed. But, hey,…
When TVT Records filed for bankruptcy back in late February, it was easy to figure out what it would mean for artists on the label’s roster, like Dallas’ own The Polyphonic Spree: no more label obligations, monies owed, etc. But the fallout for those owed money by the label, which,…
Akkolyte, Aaron and Stefan Gonzalez’s grindcore duo (the two also perform with their father, Dennis, in experimental jazz project Yells At Eels), offers up a live show that’s about as fun as grindcore can get (it helps that it’s about as loud as any musical duo can get, too), and…
Cover art by Jayme Nourallah. Spoke with Rhett Miller earlier this week for a story about the Old 97’s new disc, Blame It On Gravity, which you’ll see in next week’s paper. In the meantime, head on over to the band’s Myspace page, where someone went ahead and added on…
I haven’t watched a single second of American Idol this season, the show’s seventh, and clearly I’m not alone; the ratings just keep dropping for the reality singing competition that made Burleson’s Kelly Clarkson a star. But area TV viewers did have a reason to watch the Fox reality show…
Or so it would seem, considering the band just announced that its last ever show will take place at an as-yet-undetermined New York City venue. So, those of you Police fans passing up on the chance to see the band for the second time in a year, might want to…
In this week’s paper, Robert Wilonsky steps up and offers his take on the new Elvis Costello and The Imposters record, Momofuku, praising both its sound (“Costello hasn’t sounded so refreshed, relaxed, engaged or enraged in years”) and the fact that Costello chose to release this disc in vinyl solely…
In case you missed his posting, Friday was Rich Lopez’s last day as the Dallas Observer’s clubs editor. Now that he is raking in the big bucks as a freelance writer and bookstore clerk, I have the formidable task of taking over for him. That means club owners, music booking…
In the late ’90s, Tomorrowpeople was on top of the local music world. Comprised of former Toadies and Brutal Juice members, the band was signed to Geffen Records and even recorded the tracks for its debut major label release. But then complications arose; the band and label parted ways, and…
Not only did rock icon Bob Dylan recently performed three sold out shows at House of Blues, but the famed songwriter seems to include Dallas as a stop on just about every tour he has. Odd then that his son Jakob would stub the metroplex for his initial solo tour…
One of the best shows to hit the Gypsy Tea Room prior to its demise was the reformed Gang of Four in late 2005. The legendary post-punkers were together for the first time in their original incarnation since 1982 and blitzed the audience with classics such as “At Home He’s…
Scottish post-rock act Mogwai is reissuing its 1997 debut, Young Team. The re-release, due May 26 from Chemikal Underground, will be available as a double-CD or limited-edition, quadruple vinyl box-set; new liner notes were penned by journalist/writer Keith Cameron. And, now, our sister paper in St. Louis is giving away…
For your Wednesday morning music fix, check out this video of The Slack performing at the Granada from May 2. — Chelsea Ide…
