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Dallas Rapper Buffalo Black Sees Modern-Day America as a Real-Life 1984

By H. Drew Blackburn
Jul 16, 2015

Unless you've been living under a rock that's been living under a rock that's 300 feet underground and cut off from all electricity, you're aware that America is in the midst of some form of social upheaval and much of it is centered on race. Ferguson. Baltimore. Charleston. Those cities...
The Best Concerts In Dallas This Week: Judas Priest, Nicki Minaj and More

By H. Drew Blackburn
Jul 13, 2015

This week is an especially packed one in the Dallas music circuit. Judas Priest has a show on Monday. Smashing Pumpkins and Marilyn Manson play together on Wednesday. Nicki Minaj has a show on Friday with Dej Loaf, Tinashe, Rae Sremmurd and her beau Meek Mill. Death Grips have a...
The Best Concerts in Dallas This Weekend: SZA, the Tontons and More

By H. Drew Blackburn
Jul 10, 2015

Sadly, this weekend hasn't gotten off on the right foot: The Yasiin Bey show got canceled because the artists formerly known as Mos Def got ill. You'll have to catch him at The Bomb Factory August 29th instead. Regardless of that canceled show, there's some great stuff still happening this weekend...
The Best New Music In Dallas: Midsummer Edition

By H. Drew Blackburn
Jul 9, 2015

Six Shooter is a recurring feature where we highlight six new releases by North Texas based musicians with some extra ammo to spare. Last week, we took a look back at the year to date in Dallas music. We picked out the best North Texas concerts and raised a glass...
The Ultimate List of Fourth of July Concerts

By H. Drew Blackburn
Jul 2, 2015

I've got a theory: Every American holiday is just an excuse for us all to get really, really, wasted and gorge ourselves with food. You can also hang out with family, but too. Over here, we like to celebrate with a little bit of live music. Especially the type of...

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