Shit got weird at Three Links when Captured! By Robots showed up recently If there's one thing we can say about Three Links, it's that they'll book just about anything and everything -- and, more often than not, what they book is pretty great. Es...
In like a Snoop Lion, out like a Snoop Lamb? HOT 93.3 has already quit its classic hip-hop format And then there was one. The debate over which of Dallas' two new classic hip-hop stations is the best has already reached its (perhaps inevitable) c...
Dimebag Darrell (far right) with Pantera at the height of their powers in the mid '90s Music is all about the immortals. We talk about them all the time: the Ozzy Osbournes, the James Hetfields, and so on. We let these people into our lives. They ...
This weekend we're doing our Dallas Observer Music Awards showcase and you should definitely do that. Otherwise there are a slew of great things to catch. Ryan Adams plays at SMU, which makes tons of sense. Caspa does the dubstep at Trees. Blackalici...
Pinkish Black hit a milestone today in signing with Relapse Records Fort Worth experimental metal band Pinkish Black has signed with Relapse Records. This is a monumental achievement for the band, consisting of the Daron Beck and Jon Teague, as Re...
LiveNation have plans for an ambitious theater and amphitheater in Irving called The Pavilion So apparently the suburban dream isn't dead. It's just that it's moved from Plano to Irving. Last week, fans of the Suburbia Music Festival, which enjoye...
Sealion are familiar faces on the stage of Club Dada. They'll be there again on Saturday It's the most wonderful time of the year, isn't it? No, we're not talking about the holidays, although those are OK too. We're talking about the 26th annual D...
Dome Dwellers are among the artists featured on Hand Drawn's new Holiday Record 'Tis the season for locally crafted holiday compilation records. That's how it goes, right? Er, never mind. Dallas label Hand Drawn Records just put out a holiday-th...
Flaming Lips lead the way as Austin Psych Fest relaunches as Levitation in 2015 Austin has an embarrassment of riches when it comes to music festivals. In the past two months alone, the capitol city has hosted Austin City Limits and Fun Fun Fun Fe...
The Old 97's are bound to be on this list. But who will be No. 1? Oh, Dallas. You give us all the feels. Sometimes we love you, sometimes we get tripped up on your oversized ego. But mostly we just love you, and in particular, we dig your music. ...
Josh Kynd setting the pace on the decks. This week's mixtape brings the focus onto scene vet Josh Kynd. As a DJ, producer, promoter, label owner and vinyl retailer, he has been a cornerstone of the Dallas scene for two decades. Along with his pa...
Dimebag Darrell (left) with the members of Damageplan in 2003, a year before his death Some say he was larger than life, a legend who always stood up for the underdog. He was the type of legend who'd walk into a club in some random city, join a l...
Blue, the Misfit in action at Fun Fun Fun Fest in Austin on November 7 It's late on a Thursday evening in early November, and as the setting sun fills the sky, an old gray sedan glides down Interstate 35. Tiny Texas towns whisk by: Abbot, Milford ...
The folks at the Granada Theater will be hosting next weeks DOMA Ceremony In just a few more days, it all happens: The 26th annual Dallas Observer Music Awards. This coming Saturday, we'll round up more than 60 of our favorite bands from North Tex...
Gregg Prickett dressed to the nines at an Unconscious Collective concert One of the most challenging periods in the development of any musician is known as "the plateau." It's when the musician's initial approach to his instrument leads to a dead ...
Melanie Martinez busked around Dallas when she visited town last month Oftentimes when we feature an artist on the ongoing Globe Trek Productions busking series, it's someone who's local or whom at least has ties to Texas. That could mean local r...
Kessler Theater's artistic director Jeffrey Liles captured in elegant repose Tonight the Kessler Theater plays host to small bit of North Texas music history as Centro-matic embark on their last together as a band. As things stand, it's set to b...
-topic played a late-night set upstairs at Crown & Harp on Sunday night Crown & Harp 18th Anniversary Party Lower Greenville, Dallas Sunday, November 30, 2014 In Dallas, catching shows with stacked bills is normally confined to the few hallowed b...
Lana Del Rey performing at Coachella last April Lana Del Rey and Courtney Love go way back. All the way back, in fact, to that time that LDR did her cover of Nirvana's "Heart Shaped Box" and Love tweeted, "You know the song is about my Vagina, ri...
Slim Gravy ventures out into the crowd during a typically entertaining A.Dd+ performance With the 26th annual Dallas Observer Music Awards just around the corner -- in fact, the band showcase happens this Saturday night all around Deep Ellum -- w...
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