In September Blue, the Misfit hosted a listening party for his upcoming album Perfect Night For A Funeral at Dallas’ Alamo Drafthouse Cinema. It was the type of grand, first-of-its-kind event befitting of an artist who has always operated outside of the norm. In the sold-out theater of invited guests…
Six Shooter is a recurring feature where we highlight six new releases by North Texas-based musicians. It’s easy to give thanks when the North Texas music scene is so obscenely rich with diverse talent. This month’s new music came from famed local instrumentalists, avant-garde rappers, thrash-metal stalwarts, tongue-in-cheek country stars…
Ticket holders coming to Bric’s Block Party, Friday’s event at The Bomb Factory, knew they were in for a star-studded night of hip-hop. After all, the headlining sets included superstar rapper Wiz Khalifa and up-and-coming sensation D.R.A.M. But little did they know that a slew of surprise guests were waiting…
Dallas rapper Nate Joubert, also known as Nature Nate, isn’t sure who laced a blunt he was smoking with PCP, and he’s really not concerned with finding out. The 20-year-old has his suspicions, but for the last nine months his primary focus has been regaining his mental health since inadvertently…
There are no peaks and valleys at a Matt and Kim show. Every set the Brooklyn duo performs is one long climax bathed in smiles, dancing, crowd participation and pure raucousness. Last night at The Bomb Factory they delivered on that reputation with a high energy performance that felt just…
Dorrough Music is now the only hip-hop artist in the world whose merchandise is sold at an NFL team’s official pro shop. Last week the Dallas Cowboys announced a collaborative merchandise deal to sell the rapper’s hat and t-shirts. This partnership is only the third of its kind, following Drake’s…
Six Shooter is a recurring feature where we highlight six new releases by North Texas-based musicians. The month of October is supposed to bring in the fall weather but that didn’t really seem to happen. You can, however, start to hear the fall mood in some of this month’s releases,…
Nine months after their messy public break up, popular Dallas hip-hop duo A.Dd+’s final project will receive a posthumous release later this month. The 12-song Nawf America, featuring a star-studded cast of local rappers and producers, is out Friday, Oct. 28 via their former label High Standardz. It’s the locally-acclaimed duo’s…
Six Shooter is a recurring feature where we highlight six new releases by North Texas-based musicians Post Malone – “Deja Vu” Not long after wrapping up a nationwide tour together, Post Malone and Justin Bieber team up once again for their music collaboration “Deja Vu.” The melodic track featuring similar…
YG With Sad Boy, RJ, Slim 400 and more South Side Music Hall, Dallas Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2016 YG’s Fuck Donald Trump Tour is a battle cry that the West Coast rapper has adopted at the peak of campaign season. But on Tuesday night at South Side Music Hall, politics…
Post Malone With Jazz Cartier and Larry June House of Blues, Dallas Wednesday, September 21, 2016 Moments after stepping off stage at House of Blues Tuesday night, Post Malone tweeted his appreciation to his hometown fans. “Dallas you have my heart,” the former Grapevine resident wrote to his 260,000 followers. “Nights…
Bad Boy Family Reunion Tour With Puff Daddy, Erykah Badu, Lil Kim and more American Airlines Center, Dallas Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2016 When the notes from “Victory” rang out through the American Airlines Center on Wednesday night, the crowd on hand jumped out of their seats looking for Puff Daddy…
Gensu Dean likes to stick to the basics. A veteran Dallas hip-hop producer, Dean is all about the old-school, right down to his analog equipment. But above all else, his likes to make collaborative records: Dean’s role is ideally as one half of a duo. And in his latest collaboration,…
Six Shooter is a recurring feature where we highlight six new releases by North Texas-based musicians. Quick, thank your lucky stars because it’s finally September. That means you can convince yourself that the weather’s about to be tolerable now that August is over. (It’s not, but still.) On the music…
Snoop Dogg With Wiz Khalifa, Kevin Gates, Jhene Aiko and Casey Veggies Gexa Energy Pavilion, Dallas Friday, Aug. 19, 2016 Snoop Dogg and Wiz Khalifa are hip-hop’s Cheech and Chong. It’s official. They already call themselves that, and on Friday night their High Road Summer Tour at Gexa Energy Pavilion…
Last week was good for Dallas rapper David Morgan. On the spur of the moment, he decided to record a response to superstar Chicago rapper Chance the Rapper’s #SoGoneChallenge, a viral meme that involves freestyling over Monica’s 2003 hit song, “So Gone.” Within a week, Morgan’s rendition had garnered almost…
Pat Averhart believes Dallas’ underground music scene can become a flourishing, self-sufficient culture — it just needs a little help. That’s where Dallas Week comes in. Running today through Sunday, the second annual Dallas Week will include 15 local events that Averhart helped organize. He hopes to not only create awareness…
JayHawk Walker goes right for the jugular on the opening track of the Outfit, TX’s latest mixtape, Green Lights: Everythang Goin’. Aggressive and menacing, his verse sets the tone for the 13 tracks that follow. This is the year the Dallas trio of Mel Kyle, Dorian Terrell and Walker…
Six Shooter is a recurring feature where we highlight six new releases by North Texas-based musicians. The summer is never an easy time to be in Dallas, but the tragedy that rocked the city in July makes it one month that most likely aren’t sad to see go. All the…
Blink-182 With A Day to Remember and All-American Rejects Gexa Energy Pavilion, Dallas Friday, July 29, 2016 Bands change lineups all the time; that’s nothing new. But when a lineup change happens 24 years into a band’s existence and without the members’ consent? That’s interesting, and it added a neat…
Brand New With Modest Mouse Verizon Theatre, Grand Prairie Friday, July 22, 2016 So deciding to host your first-ever outdoor concert in the middle of July doesn’t exactly fit with conventional wisdom — or, well, common sense. But for Verizon Theatre and AEG, it worked surprisingly well on Friday night…
Drake With Future and DVSN American Airlines Center, Dallas Thursday, July 21, 2016 There is no time for apologies when exacting revenge. That message rang loud and clear as Drake appeared on stage at American Airlines Center Thursday night, rapping the opening lines to “Summer Sixteen” with the word “Revenge”…
