This week has seen some real drama in Dallas music news, although none of it had to do with Kanye West. (Well, okay, some of the news did, but not the dramatic stuff.) No, the drama had to do with Grand Prairie native Selena Gomez. Fortunately, there was also some…
-Topic knows how to think outside the box. For the past two years, the Dallas rapper has turned his birthday into a giant party where all his friends play, called Cake Jam. He even made a mixtape and coffee table book to pay tribute to his favorite sweaters. But -Topic’s…
It started as a meme, and then the meme became reality. Kristian Nairn — the actor who played Hodor on HBO’s Game of Thrones until earlier this year — performed at The Bomb Factory over the weekend, and the fans sure showed up. The show gave them a whole new reason…
The last time Disturbed were in Dallas, things got a little testy. Well, singer David Draiman did anyway, when he called out a fan for being on her cel phone during the show. (She was calling home to check on a child.) So it’s probably a good thing that one…
Leon Bridges and Barack Obama — you know, the President of the freaking United States of America — go way back. Well, maybe not way back, but they’ve sure met before, and the president’s admiration for the Fort Worth singer’s music is well documented. Now Obama has given Bridges an…
Allen Falkner is as Deep Ellum as they come, but his name is known around the world. He’s known as the father of body suspension, in which people suspend themselves in the air with the aid of hooks inserted in their flesh. Faulkner already owns the Fade Fast tattoo removal…
Where do you go after touring with Justin Bieber? That’s the question that Post Malone has known he’d eventually have to answer. And now he has an answer: Headlining this year’s Outbreak Tour, presented by Monster Energy drinks. Whether or not you have a problem with the corporate branding slapped…
There’s no good way to say it: It hasn’t been a good year for Denton music venues. The first closure of 2016 had come virtually before the year had even started, as Hailey’s Club closed after one final night of business on New Years Eve. Then came Rubber Gloves, which…
Oaktopia is still about six weeks away, but it’s already shaping up to be a pretty good festival this year. What started as the little-hip-hop-festival-that-could just a few years ago has developed a pretty eclectic lineup of indie and emerging rap talent, from Rae Sremmurd to Andrew W.K. to the…
Guns N’ Roses With the Cult AT&T Stadium, Arlington Wednesday, August 3, 2016 The elephant had been in the room the whole night. For the first time in 24 years, Axl Rose and Slash were on stage together in North Texas, but they were keeping their distance. They would pass…
Football season is almost upon us, and with the kickoff of the Cowboys’ training camp Dallas football fans are one step closer to erasing the words “Blake Weeden” from their memories. Tony Romo will rebound. They’re still in the junk pile known as the NFC East. 9-7, here we come…
Steve Shein just can’t stay away from music. A Dallas veteran who was on the ground floor of Deep Ellum in the 1980s, he was a behind-the-scenes player at some of the city’s biggest music milestones — from the beginning of The Prophet Bar to the demise of The Bronco Bowl. …
Could there have been any other candidate to headline Billy Bob’s 35th anniversary concert? Even though Willie Nelson picked up and moved his annual 4th of July party back down to Austin, the Red Headed Stranger will always be synonymous with the World’s Largest Honky Tonk. In fact, in the…
When Richard Haskins showed up to court on Thursday morning, he had no idea that he was going to receive his sentence. Arrested in December 2012 for attempting to rob the Well Fargo bank on University Drive in Denton, the Wee Beasties singer has been in jail since last March…
Kris Kristofferson’s return to the stage at Newport Folk Festival last weekend was a landmark in the country music legend’s career. It was there in 1969 that he made his debut as a guitarist for Johnny Cash, who had just discovered Kristofferson after hearing his demos. Forty-seven years later, Kristofferson…
There’s more than one way to build a music scene. Supporting artists, multiple venues and large-scale events like festivals are necessary ingredients. But for many in Dallas, the presence of quality recording studios is the key pushing the city’s stature to the next level. It’s not just the folks who…
Living in Texas during the summer is a real beating. When you can’t just spend all day in a swimming pool, you’ll have no choice but to seek out some air conditioning. But that shouldn’t keep you from doing the things that make life worth living, like enjoying live music…
Jordan Richardson is no stranger to late night television. The Grammy winning Fort Worth producer and front man of the band Son of Stan, who’s toured with Ben Harper and Ringo Starr, has played them all: David Letterman, Jay Leno, The Daily Show, Craig Ferguson and Conan O’Brien (all three…
Mark Cuban is no stranger to the spotlight. The outspoken Dallas Mavericks owner, Shark Tank star and Dancing With the Stars alum usually isn’t too far from the public eye. He’s no stranger to music, either, thanks to the concert booking of his company AXS. But he’s never really combined the two…
Willie Nelson, Texas’ favorite import, is the nation’s most famous pot smoker. (Sorry Snoop.) You may not be able to toke with him at his 4th of July picnic, but thankfully you’ll have a chance to smoke his weed. Starting this month, his long-anticipated brand of cannabis, Willie’s Reserve, will be for…
There may be hope yet for Lower Greenville. Long after the once rough-and-tumble live music neighborhood gave way to rooftop bars and valet service, the closure of Ships Lounge last summer looked like the final sign of the changing tide towards Uptownization. But now there’s a plot twist. Tomorrow, almost…
Tommy Delano spoke to Patrick Zamarripa the night before the police officer’s murder. Every Wednesday for six months, Zamarripa, an officer with the Dallas Police Department, worked off duty at the Candle Room, Delano’s Knox-Henderson bar. Last week, a gunman in downtown Dallas shot and killed Zamarripa, a 32-year-old Iraq War…
