We’re not sure why it took so long, but it’s safe to say that we’re in the midst of a golden age when it comes to dine-in movie theaters. Sure, there have been a couple of chains offering less than stellar bar food with what has historically been a ho-hum…
Although it’s a craft beer hotbed these days, there was a time not too long ago that Dallas’ Design District at least seemed like an odd place for a craft brewery. Of course, the area, filled with all sorts of available warehouse space, makes sense for a new brewer to…
Admit it, you love playing online quizzes, the kind where you pick your favorite potato and find out which kind of ocean plankton you should be rinsing your colon with. We have something much better: a fun quiz that will also teach you something of value. Also, it’s the shortest…
A cursory glance at Bob Mould’s latest record Sunshine Rock almost tells you everything you need to know about where the alternative rock legend’s head is at these days. The album cover features a simple but bright, retro-riffic red and yellow swirl with his name and album title spelled out…
For its eighth annual edition, the Big Texas Beer Fest in Dallas felt like the biggest one ever. On Saturday afternoon, a sold-out crowd of 5,000 filled Fair Park’s Automotive Building to take a shot at around 100 brewers offering nearly 500 different beers. Add in the 2,100 that festival…
On her new self-titled EP, Kylie Rae Harris mines a wide swath of seriously adult terrain. Not that dealing with the sometimes-shocking twists and turns in life’s post-college road is anything new for the Wylie native, mind you. But more than even in the past, Harris is intent upon employing…
If you’re not paying close attention, you’ll drive right by the entrance for Outfit Brewing. Even with the help of your phone’s map app, it’s reasonable to wonder if you entered the wrong address as you pull into the parking lot for Standard Insurance just off of Highway 114 in…
You won’t find any trendy NEIPAs or spontaneously fermented sours on Steam Theory Brewing’s taproom menu, but what you will find is fantastic, straightforward Dallas craft beer.
Celestial Beerworks, which opened in fall 2018 in the Medical District, is a friendly little brewery on a rather pleasant trajectory. Along with its easily accessed, central location, the brains behind the beer offer enthusiasts plenty of reasons to put this place on their schedules. Owner Matt Reynolds is a…
Although they had performed in Dallas three times the year before, there was something different about the March 3, 1994, Green Day concert at Trees in Deep Ellum. The Bay Area punk trio had just released Dookie on Reprise Records, its first major label release. The fans, zines and artists…
Perhaps the most common question one can overhear from another table when visiting one of the dozens of local brewery taprooms is “Ooh, now what’s that I’m tasting here?” Thanks to the ever-expanding number of craft breweries in North Texas, each with its own ever-expanding list of selections both permanent…
With the release of Forever, Josh Fleming has now led the Vandoliers for four years, spanning three full-length albums of country punk raucousness. The twangy, genre-bending group has become one of the best countrified outfits in town, which is a considerable feat, given that before he created the Vandoliers, Fleming…
When a child of an accomplished musician makes his own leap into the artistic wild, it’s near impossible to keep from wondering how dear old dad influenced the music, and more functionally, did he lend a musical hand in any way? For Oscar DeLaughter, the 18-year-old son of Polyphonic Spree…
You don’t hear it often, but it’s kind of refreshing when a musician admits to something few fellow artists dare utter in public. “I actually like the business part of the music business,” admits country singer-songwriter Rob Baird. Chatting before his December concert at the Kessler in Oak Cliff, where…
“Unattractive” by Toadies in The Cable GuyWhen The Cable Guy was released in 1996, it made headlines for two key reasons: star Jim Carrey’s $20 million price tag for the film, and the movie’s less-than-glowing reviews. But local music fans back then were likely thrilled regardless of what critics were…
Jason Roberts and Amy Cowan of Better Block, Oddfellows and AJ Vagabonds open a new Oak Cliff small-batch coffee roaster — Rabble Rousers Coffee Co. — in Dallas’ Bishop Arts District.
Local sports radio titan 1310 The Ticket will celebrate its 25th birthday in much the same way it celebrated its very first birthday back in 1995 — in front of thousands of its most devoted listeners for yet another edition of the station’s signature event, Ticketstock. This year’s two-day event…
With the release of his third album, When I Was Yours and You Were Mine, Fort Worth-based songwriter Charlie Shafter has his first record since his self-titled album in 2012. Fueled by an eventful set of personal peaks and valleys, Shafter’s new set of songs simply had to be recorded…
Beer cocktails are a pretty common sight on many of the menus and chalkboards of North Texas’ favorite craft beer destinations. And any Mexican joint worth its Tajin has some form of michelada available come brunch time. By flipping the script, Peticolas Brewing just introduced something far more rare to…
For the third year in a row, beloved local rock band the Toadies have teamed up with Martin House Brewing in Fort Worth to brew something they can crush on stage. And indeed, the sudsy hits keep coming as the two beers released on Sunday, Hell Below, a strong black…
Strokers Dallas is known as the “Disneyland for Bikers,” and with good reason. A simple drive past the funky, sprawling complex provides a clear glimpse into the oddball appeal of the place. Opened in 1996 by revered custom bike builder Rick Fairless, Strokers is a multi-faceted, one-stop shop for the biker lifestyle…
The Fort Worth edition of Untapped Fest is bigger than it’s ever been. Returning to its perfectly picked home at Panther Island, this year’s festival has more than 80 breweries offering 300 different elixirs, with indie icons Built to Spill and Lone Star songwriting great Hayes Carll headlining the musical…
