Bewitched, bothered, bewildered

--Tim Schuller

Scene, heard
Darlington (nee Mess) played their first gig last Saturday (November 15) under their new name and with Deep Ellum fixture Spyche (Glasspack) on bass. Look for former Mess member Dylan Silvers around town with his new band the Fitz...The Grand Street Cryers have landed a slot on the new AWARE compilation...Two new alt-country up-and-comers, Seconds Flat and Mount Pilot, will be at the Sons of Hermann Thursday, December 4; Mount Pilot in particular has been getting quite a bit of attention...Popular Japanese punks Lolita 18 will be at the Orbit Room on Saturday, November 29...The Zone (93.3 FM) has announced the opening of a new in-house performance studio at their offices. Behan Johnson, Abra Moore, and Matthew Ryan are among the artists currently being lined up to perform there...The Hellafied Funk Crew just released their new album...Local country artist Rick Stephens will be changing his tune a bit when he sings with the Dallas Opera in their production of Billy Budd...

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