Steve Visneau

Play-N-Skillz Go Fully Electro, Release Free Download With Akon, Pitbull and Nelly Collabs

Steve VisneauPlay-N-Skillz​We've seen this coming for quite some time now -- that the Dallas-based, Grammy-winning hip-hop production dup of Play-N-Skillz was going to be taking things in a more electronic direction at some point.We saw it in the videos they've released, in their (highly successfu ... More >>

Early Look: Play-N-Skillz-Coached Episode of MTV's Made Set To Air Tomorrow Afternoon

Steve VisneauPlay-N-Skillz​Juan and Oscar Salinas, the Grammy-winning production duo and brothers behind the Play-N-Skillz moniker, have a lot going on these days: a lawsuit against Lil Wayne; a recently released mixtape and single (with Bun B) to promote; a new mixtape on the way; a celebratory M ... More >>

Tony Harper Remembers Seeing KISS. His First Slobberbone Gig Memories Are A Little Hazier.

Welcome to My First Show, where we give bands a chance to talk about the first shows they ever attended -- no matter how uncool and embarrassing those tales may be. Tony Harper​Tony Harper has bee ... More >>

Picture Show: The Nighty Nite Make Their Live Dallas Debut at the Double Wide

All photos by Steve VisneauJohn Congleton and the live Dallas debut of the Nighty Nite on Saturday at the Double Wide.​ On Saturday night, as you no doubt already know, John Congleton's new band, The Nighty Night, made their live Dallas debut with a performance at the Double Wide. It was quite the ... More >>

Play-N-Skillz Sue Lil Wayne -- And His Entire Posse -- For $1 Million Over "Got Money" Rights

Steve VisneauPlay-N-Skillz​For two years now, Juan and Oscar Salinas, the Dallas-based production duo known as Play-N-Skillz, have publicly and repeatedly claimed that they had never received payment for their work on the 2009 Grammy-winning T-Pain and Lil Wayne collaboration, "Got Money," from L ... More >>

Play-N-Skillz's New Collaboration With David Guetta Has Already Charted In 18 Countries

Steve VisneauCollaboration swag.​Late last week, we passed along word that the latest single from French house producer David Guetta (the man behind, among other songs, the Black Eyed Peas' "I Gotta Feeling") to blow up the Internet was actually a Play-N-Skillz co-production -- and the first of a ... More >>

My First Show: Steve Visneau Saw Plenty of Folk and Bluegrass Festivals, But His First Show With A Ticket Stub Came When He Saw KISS.

Welcome to My First Show, where we give bands a chance to talk about the first shows they ever attended -- no matter how uncool and embarrassing those tales may be. Steve Visneau​Whether you've seen him behind a drum kit or a camera (which he sometimes uses as a contributor in the pages of the O ... More >>

Play-N-Skillz To Produce Again For Lil Wayne: Duo Confirms That Tha Carter IV Will Feature Wayne, T-Pain Collaboration Over Their Beat.

Steve VisneauPlay-N-Skillz​Dallas-based hip-hop super-producers Play-N-Skillz have wasted no time making good use of their G4 Muzik label's freshly created blog. Over the past few weeks, they've shared some new music, revealed that they're shooting a music video with Bun B in town today, and, well ... More >>

Show Announcements: True Widow, 35 Conferette Schedule, The Hope Trust, Bill Frisell, KT Tunstall, Portugal. The Man, Black Label Society, Slobberbone & More!

Steve VisneauTrue Widow​It's been three years since local slow-grinding act True Widow released their self titled debut album to local acclaim. But their debut grabbed the attention of Kemodo Records, who signed the band just last year. And now they are poised to release their follow up, the ridic ... More >>

Watch: Video Director Captures True Widow Frontman Preparing His Waxahachie Art Show

Steve VisneauTrue Widow​If there's one record coming out in 2011 that we already might be in danger of over-hyping, it's True Widow's upcoming sophomore effort, which, yes, will be released by Kemado Records in March after all. And though March is still some time away, the band's currently hard at ... More >>

Dallas' Play-N-Skillz Are Getting An MTV Reality Show--And Want You Be On It, Maybe!

Steve VisneauP-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-play-N-Skillz!​I was lucky enough to spend some QT with Dallas hip-hop super-producers (not to mention two-time Grammy winners) Play-N-Skillz last week on the set of Tum Tum's new music video for his Salinas brothers-produced track "Smoke Something" off his excellent n ... More >>

Last Night: Slowride at Elm Street Tattoo

SlowrideElm Street TattooOctober 15, 2009Better than: going under the needle. Hal SamplesSlowride reunited at Oliver Peck's Elm Street Tattoo last night.​ It'd been some time since the fellas in Slowride had played an actual show together--but with an upcoming gig slated at local tattoo artist Ol ... More >>

Gig Alert: Slowride To Perform Special Reunion Show At Elm Street Tattoo Tonight

Slowride​Well, it's 6:27 p.m.--or three hours and 33 minutes before the secret reunion show we mentioned earlier today on Twitter is set to begin--which means we can now break the silence we promised the band and announce that, at 10 o'clock this evening, Slowride will play a reunion show at Elm S ... More >>

SXSW Dispatches: The O's Let Us Read Their Diary

[Last week, we asked a few bands to check in with us from time to time over the course of the week to tell us about their SXSW experiences. Now, with the fest over, those diatribes are starting to show. Here's The O's' take on SXSW...]Steve VisneauThursday, March 19, 2009Dear O's Journal, It's 10:3 ... More >>

The War Within

Justin Wilson has led three of Dallas' best hard rock bands in the past year. Is anyone listening?

Refuse to Lose

Musician Christy Darlington could have—and perhaps should have—quit years ago. So why didn't he?

Getting Louder

Latest Darlington disc is a joyride through the band's recent past

On the Town

We endured nine straight nights of booze and smoke to bring you this news. You can thank us later.

On Their Own

Slowride isn't waiting around for Dallas to finally pay attention

Dream On

For Todd Deatherage, the waiting is the hardest part

Scene, Heard

More band-related news for our 11 friends

Scene, Heard

Another drummer steps to the mike

Scene, Heard

Holiday schmoozing

Scene, Heard

New Chanukah songs

Scene, heard

Darlington disolves; Rubber Gloves gets booked; Mandarin time; Club anniversaries; Shabazz 3 heads north; Plus, much, much more

Out Here

Darlington and Todd Deatherage

Scene, Heard

Todd Deatherage's newest up for grabs; Buzz-Oven reheats; New info on Centro-matic and Polyphonic Spree discs

Across the Bar

Darling ton comes home; KNON gets The Filth and The Fury; Mandarin debuts; Captain Audio heads East; Good Records keeps it coming

Darlington/The Huntingtons

Split (Melted Records)

The Queers

Scene, heard

The Darlingtons live at Laser Trax

Tele like it is

George Reagan ponders grown-up life during -- and after? -- Hagfish

Hope floats

Three compilations later, Chris Lewellyn is one of Dallas music's last, best friends

Junkyard jazz

The Calways go a little crazy

Dance this Mess around

They're punk, they're pop, and in love with teen queens and Marcia Brady