Tagged: posteroftheweek

This past weekend, sometime blink-182 frontman Tom DeLonge's other band, Angels & Airwaves, released its third studio full-length, an album called LOVE. Which is fitting, of course, since tha... Continue reading "Poster Design Contest Announcement: Design The Poster For Angels & Airwaves' Dallas Stop, Get Hooked The [Expletive Redacted] Up." >

​Well, it's great to see people answering the DC9 Admiral's call to arms last week; we got the most submissions I've seen in weeks! We see a lot of cool artwork out there, but if you don't actuall... Continue reading "Poster Of The Week: Billingham's Defense System & Bangs Tonight at Fallout Lounge" >

​No winner this week. Sorry, folks.I just got word from POTW Captain and Observer art director Alex Flores that this week's submissions were rather... um, how can I put this lightly... meager. So,... Continue reading "Poster Of The Week: Well, Not Really. But A Pretty Cool Announcement, We Think!" >

​It's been a mostly soggy and groggy week since our last winning POTW announcement. Just look outside: It's beautiful. I'll admit, I'm pretty fond of these dreary days, that's just my style (I cou... Continue reading "Poster Of The Week: Bowerbirds, Julie Doiron & Fox And The Bird, Friday at House Of Blues" >

​It's that time of the week again. Time to sift through poster submissions from all over DFW and make a choice based not on musical merit of the bands, venue preference, production company, but so... Continue reading "Poster Of The Week: The Spune 2K10 Winter Dance Party, Saturday at Hailey's" >

​Alright team, let's huddle: I know I've been away for a little while, but I'm back, and ready to make this week's pick for DC9's Poster of the Week. So let's not waste any time, OK? Ready... BREA... Continue reading "Poster Of The Week: Gutterth Live Episode XL with Shiny Around The Edges, Drink To Victory, Kampfgrounds & Picc Line at Hailey's on Saturday" >

​POTW captain/Dallas Observer art director is under the weather today, the day in which he was supposed to make his triumphant return to the ship after a couple week's of much needed vacation. So ... Continue reading "Poster Of The Week: Doug Burr and The Fox & The Bird at AllGood Cafe on Saturday Night" >

​Even if it weren't cold enough outside to make using a stringed instrument for kindling seem like a reasonable idea, this beautiful drawing by Sarah Canavan would be an easy choice for Poster of ... Continue reading "Poster of the Week: Jacob Metcalf, Baruch the Scribe, Seryn and Spooky Folk at Trees Tonight" >

​The Prophet Bar will be really busy for Thursday's New Year's Eve show, with free beer, free Champagne and a dozen bands including Jeremy Megert, Hats And Statues, Michael Grey, Jacob Metcalf and... Continue reading "Poster of the Week: Les Americains At The Prophet Bar Thursday" >

​Observer art director Alex Flores, who's kind of a big deal, is taking some well-deserved time off. So I'll be at the helm of Poster of the Week until his return, which means you can expect crit... Continue reading "Poster Of The Week: Center Divider, Emil Rapstine, Dim Locator At Dan's Silverleaf Tuesday" >

​Ho ho ho-ly frijole! What devil am I looking at? It's the poster of the week... Or is it?Well, if you take a photo of this very meticulously crafted three-dimensional installation on plywood and ... Continue reading "Poster Of The Week: Christmas Spectacular featuring RTB2, Manned Missles, Spooky Folk, Eaton Lake Tonics, Damaged Goods, Yeah Def, Dharma, & The Record Hop at RGRS & Bees Manor, Saturday December 19" >

​Talk about apropos. This week's selection is not only for Gutterth Production's release show for its Compilation Two sampler disc, but it also heralds another collection of local fine art of the ... Continue reading "Poster Of The Week: Dead Week Print Show with Sleep Whale, Dust Congress, Eyes & Ears Tonight at Rubber Gloves" >

​'Tis the season! Just look around you, we're all sufficiently waste-deep in the trite tidings of holiday decor and decorum, as it all started about two days before Halloween. It can all be a bit ... Continue reading "Poster Of The Week: A Spune Christmas '09 at Hailey's, Saturday December 5" >

​If any of you out there are awake and recovering from tryptophan-fueled post-pig-out regrets or the early-morning Black Friday brouhaha, take a look at this week's serene selection. Brought to yo... Continue reading "Poster Of The Week: Unwed Sailor, Native Lights, and This Old House At Dan's Silver Leaf, Sunday Novemeber 29" >

​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 ... Continue reading "Poster Of The Week: PVC Street Gang, TV Torso, New Fumes, Cocky Americans at Project House, Friday November 20" >

​¡OLÉ!Esta cartel es muy magnifico... er, sorry, I mean, this poster is very magnificent! It's Chelsea Callahan's birthday, and with it comes another fabuloso poster for "Cha-Cha's 6th Annual Rock... Continue reading "Poster Of The Week: ¡CINCO de CHA-CHA! with Bridges & Blinking Lights, Heart Eyes Open, The Boom Boom Box, Cocky Americans at The Double Wide Tonight" >

As far as sheer design deliciousness goes, this poster is truly above and beyond...​Beautifully designed by "the menchildren" Conor and Matt of Magnificent Beard, this poster begs to be framed and... Continue reading "Poster Of The Week: Half Handed Cloud with Little Birds and Younger Sons at Dan's Silverleaf Tonight" >

​ I must say, this is pretty impressive. Reminiscent of what some refer to the golden age of rock posters (i.e, Bill Graham's Fillmore days, et al) with labor-intensive hand-drawn illustrations th... Continue reading "Poster Of The Week: The Rocketboys With The City Lives and Halleluja The Hills at Trees on Tuesday, November 10." >

​For a year-and-a-half now, our clubs editor, Jesse Hughey, has dutifully handled that task of selecting the winners and writing the accompanying blurbs for our Poster of the Week items. (Check th... Continue reading "Starting Tomorrow, "Poster of the Week" Gets Re-Worked A Bit." >

​Round Rock artist Todd Slater designed this week's featured poster, which promotes tonight's bill of Built To Spill, Dinosaur Jr. and Lou Barlow and the Missingmen at The Granada. Look closely an... Continue reading "Poster of the Week: Built To Spill, Dinosaur Jr. and Lou Barlow And The Missingmen At The Granada Theater Thursday" >