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​Alright: Another weekend! No sense in beating around the bush. Let's just jump right in and check out the show-going options on the DFW plate for the next couple of days. First, as always, the sh...

Pete Freedman ​Alright: Another weekend! No sense in beating around the bush. Let's just jump right in and check out the show-going options on the DFW plate for the next couple of days. First, as always, the sh...

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It was back in early September when we first posted the above unofficial video for Dallas-based electronic outfit Ishi's "Pastel Lights," set to the '80s not-quite-classic movie Solarbabies, and ...

Pete Freedman It was back in early September when we first posted the above unofficial video for Dallas-based electronic outfit Ishi's "Pastel Lights," set to the '80s not-quite-classic movie Solarbabies, and ...

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​Not sure how we missed this when it was published back in October, but allow us to point you in the direction of a pretty fascinating blog post by the FADER--one which explores the backstory behi...

Pete Freedman ​Not sure how we missed this when it was published back in October, but allow us to point you in the direction of a pretty fascinating blog post by the FADER--one which explores the backstory behi...

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​We've spent plenty of time in recent weeks sharing our excitement for the artist formerly known as PlayRadioPlay!'s new disc under the Analog Rebellion moniker. And, every time we hear a new le...

Pete Freedman ​We've spent plenty of time in recent weeks sharing our excitement for the artist formerly known as PlayRadioPlay!'s new disc under the Analog Rebellion moniker. And, every time we hear a new le...

Continue reading "Bonus MP3: Analog Rebellion -- "Marla Singer Doesn't Take Standardized Tests (Disposable Smile)"" > ]]> 0 tag:blogs.dallasobserver.com,2009:/dc9//73.264812 2009-11-20 15:28:20 2009-11-20 16:05:21

​You'd think that, in most instances, after scoring a major, nationwide hit with a song called "Ice Cream Paint Job," a rapper might consider avoiding the subject of frozen treats for a little wh...

Pete Freedman ​You'd think that, in most instances, after scoring a major, nationwide hit with a song called "Ice Cream Paint Job," a rapper might consider avoiding the subject of frozen treats for a little wh...

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​A cursory Wikipedia search tells me that the City of Sherman has at least a little musical history--well more than I was a aware, at least--as the hometowns of Big Band and Jazz Hall of Fame sax...

Pete Freedman ​A cursory Wikipedia search tells me that the City of Sherman has at least a little musical history--well more than I was a aware, at least--as the hometowns of Big Band and Jazz Hall of Fame sax...

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​Austin-based solo blues-rock performer Dax Riggs has quite the musical past, having fronted various sludge, metal and indie bands in the '90s and '00s before debuting his own material as a solo a...

Pete Freedman ​Austin-based solo blues-rock performer Dax Riggs has quite the musical past, having fronted various sludge, metal and indie bands in the '90s and '00s before debuting his own material as a solo a...

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Your daily dose of national music news for Friday, November 20, 2009...It doesn't take The Dead Weather long to make records. The band just released its first album and it's already ready to rele...

Lance Lester Your daily dose of national music news for Friday, November 20, 2009...It doesn't take The Dead Weather long to make records. The band just released its first album and it's already ready to rele...

Continue reading "Today In Music News: The Dead Weather Works Fast, Wavves Pick Up New Members And Morrissey's Fans Apparently Don't Like Him" > ]]> 0 tag:blogs.dallasobserver.com,2009:/dc9//73.264391 2009-11-19 16:55:32 2009-11-20 12:37:07

​Over the last decade or so, a prominent trend in gig poster design has been the retro-modern, minimalist approach, as seen attached to a lot of indie-rock and post-alternative groups. Classified ...

Alexander Flores ​Over the last decade or so, a prominent trend in gig poster design has been the retro-modern, minimalist approach, as seen attached to a lot of indie-rock and post-alternative groups. Classified ...

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​It was a couple weeks back now that KDGE-102.1 FM The Edge announced the lineup for the 2009 version of its annual How The Edge Stole Christmas show. And, uh, you'll have to pardon us for missin...

Pete Freedman ​It was a couple weeks back now that KDGE-102.1 FM The Edge announced the lineup for the 2009 version of its annual How The Edge Stole Christmas show. And, uh, you'll have to pardon us for missin...

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​Since 2006, Denton-based artist Bryce Isbell's been steadily self-releasing experimental recordings--51 full-length albums and EPs worth of self-released material to date (according to this Faceb...

Daniel Rodrigue ​Since 2006, Denton-based artist Bryce Isbell's been steadily self-releasing experimental recordings--51 full-length albums and EPs worth of self-released material to date (according to this Faceb...

Continue reading "Denton's FUR Offers Up Two Free Electro-Trance Downloads For Your Futuristic, 1980s Vision Of The Modern Ultralounge Scene." > ]]> 0 tag:blogs.dallasobserver.com,2009:/dc9//73.264369 2009-11-19 15:38:42 2009-11-19 17:32:02

​It's an intimate lineup tonight at The Hydrant in Denton for Spune's folk-themed, Thanksgiving-inspired affair. (And, oh yeah, a reminder: Thanksgiving is a week from today.) Indeed, this lineup ...

Pete Freedman ​It's an intimate lineup tonight at The Hydrant in Denton for Spune's folk-themed, Thanksgiving-inspired affair. (And, oh yeah, a reminder: Thanksgiving is a week from today.) Indeed, this lineup ...

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Detroit-based Deastro, born Randolph Chabot, like everyone else these days, revels in an electronic realm. But let's not write off his electro-pop tunes completely. Rather, they're rather catchy-...

Pete Freedman Detroit-based Deastro, born Randolph Chabot, like everyone else these days, revels in an electronic realm. But let's not write off his electro-pop tunes completely. Rather, they're rather catchy-...

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In this week's paper, Tom Murphy extols the virtues of Champaign, Illinois, indie pop outfit Headlights. Says Murphy:Headlights writes upbeat melodies that are so catchy it's often easy to miss t...

Pete Freedman In this week's paper, Tom Murphy extols the virtues of Champaign, Illinois, indie pop outfit Headlights. Says Murphy:Headlights writes upbeat melodies that are so catchy it's often easy to miss t...

Continue reading "Giveaway: A Pair Of Tickets To Tonight's Headlights Show At Rubber Gloves" > ]]> 0 tag:blogs.dallasobserver.com,2009:/dc9//73.264298 2009-11-19 13:26:21 2009-11-19 14:00:25

Norah Jones popped up on The Colbert Report last night, as promised, and talked to Colbert about the supposed change in direction of her new album The Fall, one Robert really couldn't find too muc...

Pete Freedman Norah Jones popped up on The Colbert Report last night, as promised, and talked to Colbert about the supposed change in direction of her new album The Fall, one Robert really couldn't find too muc...

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