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Lance (Big Mouth) Bassnew
The former 'N Syncer spills the beans in a surprisingly good bio.
Dallas Observer |
Ben Westhoff |
10-29-2007 |
Music
Funky Big J Rocks the Partynew
The Clever Monkeys' Big J brings a new spin to hip-hop in Dallas.
Dallas Observer |
Jonanna Widner |
10-29-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Big J
Ghosthustler Resurrects '80s Synth Beatsnew
Ghosthustler does not have a publicist, a website, a label or even a record. What they do have is attitude, luck, the internet, one hell of a video and one hell of a song.
Dallas Observer |
Jonanna Widner |
10-15-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Ghosthustler
The Hard Choices at Austin City Limitsnew
The organizers of this year's festival generally did an excellent job, dealing with headliner cancellations, fires and dehydrated sorority girls, but they really gave us a doozy of a decision to make on Friday afternoon: M.I.A. or LCD Soundsystem?
Dallas Observer |
Jonanna Widner |
09-25-2007 |
Concerts
Conscious Rap Roster Should Drop Taleb Kwelinew
Eardrum is a heaping mess, neither smart nor groundbreaking, and loaded with clichés.
Dallas Observer |
Ben Westhoff |
09-10-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Eardrum, Talib Kweli
Dallas Struggles with the Bizarre Death of Carter Albrechtnew
Member of Texas-based Sorta, Albrecht's death was sudden, and it wasn't pretty.
Dallas Observer |
Jonanna Widner |
09-10-2007 |
Music
Tags: Carter Albrecht
Li'l Cap'n Travis Refuses to Tie Up in Any Particular Genrenew
With its mix of good times, old times and high times, Twilight is the perfect hair of the dog after a night of drinking away lost loves and lazily chasing new ones.
Dallas Observer |
Keith Plocek |
07-23-2007 |
Reviews
Roky Erickson is Miles from Homenew
The story of his 60th birthday tour is just about the last story anyone expected to tell about the former 13th Floor Elevators frontman.
Dallas Observer |
Robert Wilonsky |
07-16-2007 |
Music
Tags: Roky Erickson
Sanctifiednew
We know her as Annie Clark, but the world knows her as St. Vincent.
Dallas Observer |
Robert Wilonsky |
07-09-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: St. Vincent
The Polyphonic Spree: Armed and Readynew
Tim DeLaughter and company do battle at the Granada in their hometown.
Dallas Observer |
Jonanna Widner |
07-02-2007 |
Concerts
Tags: The Polyphonic Spree, concerts
On Rock Reunions & Nostalgia Concertsnew
Somehow the Police's reunion has coincided with rock reunions of all types, and this is not a good thing.
Dallas Observer |
Jonanna Widner |
06-04-2007 |
Music
White Drugs Makes Iggy Pop Seem Like a Folk Singernew
Listening to Harlem, it's easy to envision an intense live show, the stage covered in beer and saliva and maybe blood.
Dallas Observer |
Jonanna Widner |
05-29-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Harlem, White Drugs
It's a Badu World ... the Rest of Us Just Live In Itnew
Erykah Badu's new project, the Cannabinoids, is a collection of 10 other musicians intended to "put some fire up under the ass of hip-hop in Dallas."
Dallas Observer |
Jonanna Widner |
05-08-2007 |
Music
Laptops Change the Way We View Music. Duh.new
In an environment where even audience response is calculated by a computer and the music -- and don't get me wrong, it is music -- is made solely of ones and zeroes, what does the visual matter?
Dallas Observer |
Jonanna Widner |
04-24-2007 |
Music
An Uncharacteristically Lively Albumnew
It seems dating fellow Drag City artist Joanna Newsom has worked out exceedingly well for the enigmatic singer-songwriter formerly known as Smog.
Dallas Observer |
Noah W. Bailey |
04-24-2007 |
Reviews
