AltWeeklies Wire
Dreamlike Soundnew
Oceanographer's guitars, synthesizers and spare strings melt together like a Phil Spector wet dream.
Dallas Observer |
Sam Machkovech |
02-07-2006 |
Reviews
Headed to Memphisnew
A team of legendary Memphis producers, including the Hodges Brothers, fill The Greatest with country and soul sounds unlike any Cat Power record before it.
Dallas Observer |
Sam Machkovech |
01-31-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Cat Power, The Greatest
Truly Solonew
The Rilo Kiley singer's solo debut is a darling, introspective look at a young woman making sense of her spirituality.
Dallas Observer |
Sam Machkovech |
01-23-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Jenny Lewis, Rabbit Fur Coat
Wild Apenew
If your taste in music is so safe, bland and generic that you think Christian rock can get a little too "saucy," then you're in luck, thanks to Dallas' latest clones Belafonte.
Dallas Observer |
Sam Machkovech |
01-17-2006 |
Reviews
The Loggersnew
As a Dallas club closes, some possibilities for its future are put on the table.
Dallas Observer |
Sam Machkovech |
01-09-2006 |
Recreation
Tags: belmor corp., trees
Near Clonesnew
A review of Suburban Kids' first full-length might only require five words -- "Swedish version of Magnetic Fields."
Dallas Observer |
Sam Machkovech |
12-22-2005 |
Reviews
Take Me Homenew
England has been raving about half-Texas, half-Manchester band The Earlies for two years. Now it's Texas's turn.
Dallas Observer |
Sam Machkovech |
10-24-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
The Hot Spot in Dallasnew
Deep Ellum is a strip in Dallas full of rowdy bars and clubs and a dying music scene. Violence and break-ins scare bands and patrons away, so one writer investigates a typical night, topped off with cops and mace paintball guns.
Dallas Observer |
Sam Machkovech |
08-22-2005 |
Recreation
Tags: bars & clubs
