So I meant to post this earlier in the day but, alas, we were facing server problems all morning long. Hence the fact that all of our posts today came after three o’clock this afternoon. Sorry about that. Anyway… Looks like the new Sorta disc–the posthumous Carter Albrecht release and…
Austin City Limits is still over two months off, but you’d never know that based on the ACL Fest-based Myspace pleas flying around the Web these days. At least four local acts by my count–did I miss any?–have been shooting out Myspace spam, angling for fans to vote for them…
Tomorrow night, you can turn on VH1 and catch VH1 Rock Honors: The Who, a star-studded tribute to Daltrey, Townshend and Co. But if live performance is more your thing, you might prefer this note: On August 27, Dallas Theater Center will open a month-long run of The Who’s Tommy…
Like a bat outta hell. At a concert in the United Kingdom last night, Meat Loaf apparently…well…OK, according to this report, he really sucked. Like really sucked. Like streams of cars were seen leaving the show only minutes after it started. Read this: “Responding to previous stories and taking advantage…
For a gal from Australia, country singer Audrey Auld sure sings with an authentic Texas twang. Check out this new song, “Last Seen in Gainesville,” from her most recent CD Music with the Dirt Left On. Bonus mp3: With a vocal style that faintly recalls local fave Lisa Loeb, Auld’s…
There Greggo is again! As we told you Monday, the Dallas Observer Music Awards ceremony will feature huge celebrity presenters like Burton “We don’t care how you git here, folks, just git here!” Gilliam, who we surely chose because of his extensive knowledge and support of the Dallas-Fort Worth music…
Hal Samples snapped some shots of Mount Righteous for us… You had plenty o’ options to choose from this past weekend, but it seems like a good deal of you–as seen in this slideshow from Hal Samples–chose Mount Righteous’ performance at Space for your entertainment needs. Click the link, and…
Will Johnson, at the Granada a few weeks back. (Brian Harkin) Speaking of Dan’s Silverleaf, the Captain’s Dead music blog–which, really, is about as close as there is to a Centro-matic-specific blog out there–has a nice little live recording from Centro-matic’s performance at Dan’s that took place a few weeks…
Is Brian Lane back in town for an impromptu Slobberbone reunion? 6’ 7” Slobberbone bassist Brian Lane was sighted last weekend taking in an American Werewolf Academy show at the Barley House. Kind of hard to miss him, really. And while it’s not surprising that the current Florida resident would…
Lucero’s Ben Nichols growled his way through an hour-and-a-half set for a packed house at Dada last night (Gloria R. Levario) Ben Tapia, the new co-owner at Club Dada, caught a little flak in our comments section when, in the piece I wrote about him trying to revamp the club’s…
People in office jobs find ways to make cubicle dwelling tolerable. Humble three-wall enclosures often feature weird toys, movie/music posters and photos of good times had elsewhere. Lulls in activity often result in the sending of YouTube videos, cute photos of animals that are photoshopped and links…like this one I…
Someone asked about this earlier today…so, sure, why the hell not? Let’s announce the lineup for our Tuesday, July 22, awards show ceremony at the Granada Theater right now! Well, OK, how about after the jump? Yeah? Cool. LET’S DO THIS!…
It’s not really that difficult a question when you think about it. C’mon, I know you can do it… Yep: The Old 97’s’ “Dance With Me” video, as directed by Keven McAlester. If you, like I, were awake at, oh, 2:11 last night/early this morning, you woulda seen it, too…
Whenever my parents would ground/spank/ridicule me, I’d run off to my room, jack up the volume and put “Runaway Train” on repeat. I’d cower under the bed and softly mouth the lyrics, “Runaway train … Never comin’ back,” over-and-over. For some reason, my folks never found this threatening enough to…
George Michael American Airlines Center July 14, 2008 Better than: Sitting at home being increasingly taunted by the Project Runway countdown permanently imprinted on the Bravo channel’s lower right corner. George Michael is pop music’s prodigal son and, according to him, he’s returned to the stage to give thanks. In…
The second guy on the left in Hymns really oughtta consider some kind of facial moisturizer. We’ve already mentioned Peter Murphy Saturday at House of Blues, Lil Wayne at Nokia Saturday for Summer Jam, George Michael Sunday at the AAC and Cute is What We Aim For Sunday at the…
Me, I’m a big Radiohead fan. I couldn’t get tickets to the recent show here in Dallas, but I was fortunate to see them at the Woodlands the night before, which turned out to be one of the best concerts I’ve ever seen. It doesn’t get much better than seeing…
You might recall a while back when I reviewed I Don’t Know Where I’m Going But I’m On My Way, Old 97’s bassist Murry Hammond’s fine solo debut. I, like a lot of other folks, went ga ga over the album’s potent mix of old school religion and psychedelic folk/pop…
In an interview posted earlier this week to Billboard’s Web site, Brandon Curtis, frontman for former Dallas act Secret Machines, discusses his band’s new record label (World’s Fair instead of Reprise), new record (currently set for an October release) and new “hard to describe” sound. He also discusses continuing on…
On Saturday, July 19, we’re gonna be taking over a large chunk of Lowest Greenville to bring you 31 of the best acts in town–all of which are nominated somewhere in our ballot for this year’s 20th anniversary awards. This isn’t our awards show; that’s happening three days later at…
The “Argh”.I.A.A. strikes again! This NBC 5 report says the yesterday’s bust on a CD and DVD pirating operation not too far from TCU in Fort Worth is apparently “the largest such pirating operation ever taken down in the U.S.” Which, turns out, is fairly surprising… mostly ’cause the FWPD…
I think it’s safe to say that Observer photographer Brian Harkin hit this assignment out of the park. Amazing stuff. –Pete Freedman…
