Dallas Music News: The Mask Mandate Is Over, So Mask Up!

Perhaps the biggest story in local music news has to do with Gov. Greg Abbott’s decision to lift the statewide mask mandate and open Texas back up entirely while the pandemic is still very much going on and this state is ranked 48th in vaccine rollout. The owners and operators…

The DFW Legacy Series Is Resurrecting Local ’00s-Era Music

On Wednesday, Feb. 10, the members of SouthFM met via Facebook Live to announce the re-release of their 2003 album Drama Kids, which will be available for the first time on vinyl on May 7. But that’s not the story. This is. One of those members, former guitarist G.I. Sanders,…

Dallas Music News: Mountain of Smoke Covers Enya, Local Christmas Songs

Dallas sludge metal masters Mountain of Smoke have a brand new album out called Replicated, which reimagines versions of songs as disparate as Deftones’ “My Own Summer (Shove It)” and “Only Time” by Enya. The latter features backing vocals by avant-pop composer Lorelei K. All songs are filtered through Mountain…