Last Sunday night, a local institution for music lovers took a massive hit as high winds and rain battered the area. Grand Prairie’s Forever Young Records lost a layer of its roof — designed to be rain-proof — in the storm, which caused the building to flood and resulted in…
Chris Lewellyn has worked with bands for almost 20 years, be it selling merch at shows, screenprinting posters, creating T-shirt designs or silk-screening said designs on apparel. But in the past year, he’s used this experience to create a hub for local musicians and artists at the corner of Elm…
In April, Pearl Jam will be inducted to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Noticeably absent from the lineup of inductees? Drummer Dave Abbruzzese, who was born in Connecticut but grew up in Mesquite and played with the Seattle band from ’91 to ’94. Since Pearl Jam’s induction was…
As the year comes to a close and movie critics look back at the films released in 2016, they are citing Manchester by the Sea as one of the best. The Casey Affleck and Michelle Williams vehicle has so far earned nominations for the Independent Spirit Awards and Golden Globes, and it has…
If you’ve caught Jeremy Snead’s Video Games: The Movie on Netflix and want to see a deeper exploration of the world of video games, he’s about to release a project that’s much bigger in scope. Unlocked: The World of Games, Revealed is an eight-part documentary series that will be available…
The Grammys are routinely slagged and often called an irrelevant pep rally for a music industry in decline. But when an awards ceremony that is broadcast to millions worldwide recognizes acts from our own neck of the woods, it’s still nice to see. It means other local acts will get…
It’s been five long years since Bravo, Max! released a new album. Now, the critically-acclaimed band has finally turned out a new album, Bullfighter Blues, and they have a handful of dates around town this year, including a release party planned for Nov. 25 at Double Wide. Frontman and Dallas native…
There had been whispers in the DFW radio market about it for months, but yesterday, it became official. The alternative rock staple KDGE 102.1 the Edge has ceased to exist after 27 years on the air. In between repeat plays of Semisonic’s “Closing Time,” there were teases of a new…
Have you ever wished to pour gravy all over someone? Love or hate the person, you have a desire to do such? Well, right before Thanksgiving cooking begins this year, you have the chance if you’re still in the Dallas area on Tuesday, Nov. 22. As a joint show between…
Mike Burkett, known as Fat Mike since he was in college, has been busy for the last few decades as a singer and bassist for NOFX and co-owner of independent record label Fat Wreck Chords. In that time he’s played all over the world and affected millions with his love of…
Last week an employee of the Texas Musicians Museum told us the museum may not be long for this world due to lack of traffic. But after talking with Tom Kreason and George Gimarc, two of its founders, and looking around at its expanded exhibit on a sunny Saturday morning,…
A year after it happened, Chris Penn is still in a slight state of disbelief that the original Alice Cooper group reunited and played the record store he co-owns, Good Records. On October 6, 2015 the man born as Vince Furnier played with surviving members drummer Neal Smith, bassist Dennis…
Richard Kelly hasn’t written or directed a film since 2009, but his three features Donnie Darko, Southland Tales and The Box have done plenty to cement him in the hearts of fans forever. And those fans will get a chance to revisit Kelly’s challenging and imaginative work with the man himself this…
Joshua Balis might have a familiar last name, but with the release of his debut EP, Modern Gospel, he is quickly gaining his own musical identity. The 24-year-old son of Danny Balis — Dallas musician, radio personality on The Ticket and co-owner of Twilite Lounge — has grown up…
With very little money, William Kaufman was able to convincingly turn Dallas into a city devastated by a plague, where citizens must fend of zombie-like vampires to survive. The filmmaker lives in Los Angeles these days but says Dallas will always be home, and he thought it was the perfect…
Explosions in the Sky With Preoccupations The Bomb Factory, Dallas Monday, August 22, 2016 Before Monday night, it had been five years since Explosions in the Sky played in Dallas. Their last show here had been at the Winspear Opera House, and since the much has changed for the band,…
Chris Robinson finally had the lineup of his band Caterpillars he always wanted. After years of lineup changes, the Dallas vocalist and guitarist had recorded an album called The Other Side with drummer Stephen O’Sicky, guitarist Drew Black and bassist Ben Love. They had some great opportunities in front of…
There is no shortage of startups that aspire to be the next Uber. Entrepreneurs the world over are hungry to develop the next app that will revolutionize how we deal with a common hassle, whether it’s buying groceries or hiring a babysitter. One new idea that seems to be catching…
Dallas still has a ways to go to be considered bike-friendly. But while it’s no New York, Chicago or Portland, there are definitely signs that the bike culture here is growing, and especially in Deep Ellum. Since the neighborhood connects downtown and the White Rock Lake area, plenty of bikers…
Author Justin Cronin has lived in Texas for almost 14 years, and living here had a major impact on his best-selling trilogy, The Passage. The final book, The City of Mirrors, came out late last month. “I never would have written the books unless I had moved here,” Cronin says…
Kurtz Frausun and Scott Alan Wilcox are chatting in a corner of Glass Half Full, the bar inside the Alamo Drafthouse, on yet another night of expected hail and thunderstorms in North Texas. Only a few weeks prior, on May 4, a five-minute short film they made called The Balance…
Another Texas Frightmare Weekend is upon him, but founder Loyd Cryer is calm and collected. This year is the convention’s 11th installment, and per usual the multi-day event will take place at the Hyatt Regency near DFW Airport. Not only is it the sole horror-themed convention in Texas, it’s considered…
