I don’t think we have really gotten in the weeds about my feelings for Kanye West, but know this about me: My name is Deb and I am a West apologist. He is temperamental and sensitive in ways that feel vintage rock star in today’s cookie cutter world of celebrity…
Were you hoping for some time travel this afternoon? Well, aren’t you in luck. Dallas booty shaker and party maker DJ Sober is on tour right now gracing the East Coast with his presence and those smooth fades. Sober assures me we won’t lose him to those New York cool…
It’s only a modest card table and a couple of folding chairs. Just past the newly placed jewelry cases, the gaudy and beautiful rings and brooches sit nearby a wall of crowns waiting for an Easter service or a Derby party. You will pass a dog and there sits Melinda…
Shabazz Palaces | TheeSatisfaction Granada Theater May 2, 2013 I don’t remember the exact moment that the concert turned into a party, which I suppose is a good sign, but it’s how the night felt inside the warm belly of the Granada last night. Before TheeSatisfaction, the crowd was thin,…
In a town that pays actual respect to the glitteriest, shiniest new thing on the block, it’s easy to take the classics for granted. I generally regard my distaste for nostalgia as a positive thing, but the test of time is not easy to pass and must therefore be honored. Like…
I thought it would be a private relationship between me and my record player. Music collections, no matter what they are made of, can be so intimate they border on embarrassing. Not sure what to buy, I clicked on review after review, talking myself into and out of nearly every…
Danny Brown’s high-pitched flow is so distinct I hear it waft across Elm street into the back patio of Black Swan Saloon, so I know to run across the street. Sprinting into Trees during the opening bars of Witit, the crowd is already jumping along, even the kids I judgmentally…
“How does anyone even get to Dallas?” It wasn’t a question my friend was asking over dinner. It came across more like a statement. It doesn’t feel transient here to me, but as I start to mentally take inventory of my social circle, I realize how many are from California,…
Every year something happens that nearly prevents me from going to South by Southwest. This year was no different. A professional obligation on Thursday was threatening my travel plans, and I was considering giving it all up, joining in the chorus, of “It’s too crowded,” or whatever and staying in…
A friend picked me up to take me to the airport. She cracked the window, lit a cigarette and turned down the music. I was chatty, the pre-vacation adrenaline already swirling through my veins. It was just a long weekend, not quite the escape of a European sabbatical. But dreams…
I support 2013 getting a little more analog. I’m not one to get sentimental about the past, I like a new thing but a new monthly event at Design District gallery Circuit 12 has me very literally waxing nostalgic. Those of you who made it out to Circuit 12’s winning…
She worked the room with a certain kind of magic. A blonde, tiny slip of a thing, she walked from table to table greeting each guest. Sometimes offering a small token, sometimes complimenting a patron, and generally just being effusively charming. I knew she didn’t own the place because she…
Who says wishes don’t come true? Last year, as I thought what could I do more of in this town in the new year, a few things came to mind. A Riff Raff live performance. Check, thank to March’s South by So What bill. A late-night coffee option where I…
Were you feeling like maybe you were about to get a little break, like your calendar was freeing up after this week? Maybe you were going to stay home and cook dinner or get back to some creative project you have putt off? I know that feeling, like the cultural…
Poster by CJ DeMarx CJ DeMarx and Mattie Stafford are known around the Dallas underground scene as a bit of a power couple when it comes to throwing a party. Last summer, their contribution to The Compound after-parties didn’t go unnoticed, but it all started six Valentine’s ago with a…
Those end of the weekend blues. As the sun sets on a Sunday night, a Super Bowl Sunday in this case, you take inventory of your successes and failures at the 48 hours of free time you may have been granted this week. Maybe there was a birthday, or a…
The Definitive Jux crew is having a pretty good year. The latest from the collective to touch down in Dallas is underground rap king Murs. Murs’ name — “Making the Universe Recognize and Submit” or “Making Underground Raw Shit” — has changed over the years, but his lyrical prowess and…
Friday night’s sold-out Toro Y Moi from Spune and presented by Gorilla vs. Bear at Trees had only built in anticipation since the release of Anything in Return last month. As the building slowly filled, Dog Bite was finishing a strong set. The new project from Washed Out’s Phil Jones…
The Dallas DJ’s star is shining brighter and brighter, but the only way to try to soak in a little bit of their light is to keep up with the rotating and new weekly and monthly gigs on the calendar from all of our favorites and the emerging heavy hitters…
Some weekends are just an exercise in multiplicity. When the raining turns to pouring there is really only one decision to make: stay in and away from water or jump right in the puddle? In 2013, if we are to keep Dallas excessive, we might have to jump in more…
Fans of Toro Y Moi have been eagerly awaiting their January release, Anything In Return. Buzz from the album leak earlier this year was that Chaz Bundick, Toro Y Moi’s frontman-producer, had created a piece of pop art that will take the chillwave movement into smoother and groovier directions. You…
Poster by Arma of Sour Grapes. Sometimes a Sunday Funday just happens to you, but this week Oak Cliff’s Studio 410 has your plans on lock, so you have do some planning ahead. And you’ll be pleased because the afternoon includes fajitas. Dustin Cavazos and Studio 410 are hosting a…
