For her latest solo show, Becoming Colette, multimedia artist Colette Copeland has switched alter egos, assuming the identity of French author Colette. As a teen, Copeland naturally gravitated toward the novels of the famous French author who used her first name as a pen name. Over the years, she found…
Fort Worth singer-songwriter Brandon Marcel sits down in a booth at the Live Oak Music Hall & Lounge. He opens up the menu and notices the name of a sandwich, “The Bridges Blues Burger.” His roommate, Leon Bridges, is not home often, yet he remains ubiquitous. He was on Jimmy…
It still seems hard to believe that David Bowie is gone. The great master of shape shifting, he never really seemed human — much less mortal. Many of us are listening to Blackstar, the goodbye album released just a couple days prior to his passing, as well as our many…
By curating Saturday shows at Red Light Lounge called Stereo on Strike, Wanz Dover is trying to draw attention to the local underground dance music sounds, particularly techno. It’s also an attempt to raise awareness with people who can’t tell the difference between techno and house. Today he is also…
It’s exciting to have Moody Fuqua working as a talent buyer in Deep Ellum with the recent rebranding of RBC. His eclectic lineups and commitment to highlighting local hip-hop and electronic music are already a breath of fresh air in the neighborhood. But what about Crown & Harp on lower…
Club Dada will celebrate the fifth “birthiversary” of its second chapter this weekend with a showcase of local talent. The Deep Ellum club first opened 30 years ago. Since the reopening, Dada, along with its neighbor Trees, has played a crucial role in the resurgence we are seeing in the…
Daniel Markham is a big fan of black metal. Now, that’s not exactly the first thing you’d expect from a guy who admires Vic Chesnutt and wrote a song about the day REM called it quits. But the Denton singer-songwriter likes to keep busy: He recorded his new album over the…
The City of Dallas Office of Cultural Affairs has announced the recipients of the third-round of its Special Support Grants. Seven artists were awarded up to $5000. There were only twenty-three applicants this time around, but the next call for applicants already began this week. The grants aim to foster…
Guided by a belief that anything not backed by science or hard math is mythology as always, Dallas multimedia artist Celia Eberle explores love in her latest solo show. The Mythology of Love references music, poetry, movies, animals, and the love goddess herself. Eberle’s work is well known throughout Texas,…
Who says playing video games is a waste of time? They got TekForce through some hard times; he even learned how to make beats on a Playstation. Besides, people respond to nostalgia. An Atari 2600 reference can take someone back to when they were a little kid. Some video games…
Making a Murderer has only been out for two weeks and the Internet is already lit up by intense reactions from angry viewers who managed to binge watch all ten episodes of the documentary series, holiday season be damned. Set in Wisconsin, the protagonist is Steven Avery, who was released…
Sikwitit’s mom may have saved his life over the weekend. The Dallas producer started off his holiday with a familiar routine: Meet his sister and brother-in-law at their house in Rowlett and make the trip together to visit their mother in Carthage. The plan was to return the day after…
Back in April, the Something Wonderful Festival at Fair Park seemed to document the end of an era, like Gimme Shelter with the Dallas Police Department stepping in for the Hell’s Angels. But that simply isn’t the case. Starting tonight, the two-day EDM festival, Lights All Night, is back and…
At first glance, Death Stairs sounds like bleak post-punk, which in itself is a unique addition to the DFW music scene. But a closer inspection reveals a surprising sense of humor. Not only that, but Death Stairs play heavy music without guitars. This is especially odd for a band made…
Gilmore Guys is a comedy podcast with a devoted following reminiscent of the TV show it chronicles. Kevin T. Porter and Demi Adejuyigbe are dissecting all seven seasons of Gilmore Girls, devoting a podcast for each episode. Hundreds of thousands of listeners tune in each week and live recordings have…
Production for Rigor Mortis’ documentary, Welcome to Your Funeral, started in 2007. The original idea was to make a film about the birth of the DFW metal underground. But after Rigor Mortis guitarist Mike Scaccia died in 2012, the focus shifted solely to the band, which was mixing metal with…
Los Patos Poderosos make celebratory Latin dance music you have never heard before, but only one of them speaks Spanish. Made up of a diverse group of musicians from UNT, some of them are classically trained, studied jazz and even have hip-hop projects. Robert Hokamp plays guitar for the band…
Owners Missy and Brent Finger are listening to Christmas music while relocating in lieu of having Christmas this year. PDNB is leaving Dragon Street to go be with the Dallas Contemporary on Glass Street. “I’m not having Christmas, I’m moving,” says Missy Finger. “I have to listen to the music…
Denton’s Thin Skin made a lot of noise during their set at Double Wide over the weekend. The music is sloppy in the best way possible; bassist Ashley Givens and guitarist Katie Reese have wild vocals and the band has a cutesy punk sound that is fun. Seriously fun. Thin…
Jazz in the Atrium, the longtime weekly source of live jazz music at the Dallas Museum of Art, is calling it quits after this Thursday, December 17, with a performance by the Freddie Jones Jazz Group. The series is a local tradition, a place where up-and-comers from Booker T. Washington…
Ben Stevenson’s The Nutcracker is a stunning production with choreography exquisite enough to bring a Christmas dream to life and accentuate Tchaikovsky’s melodies. With athleticism and grace set to music, a story is magnificently told without words. Every performance makes use of 200 exotic costumes and there are three different…
Ritchy Flo doesn’t care about anything but making music. Going into the final round of Master of the Mic DDFW this Saturday, he likes the idea of winning simply because it would reward him with the opportunity to make music with the D.O.C. But he isn’t otherwise concerned about competing…
