The Sonics With Mind Spiders Texas Theatre, Dallas Saturday, June 13, 2015 The best things in life are often worth the wait, but in the case of the Sonics this was an unusually long one. The legendary garage rock band, who made their first run as a band in the…
This was supposed to be the year Frank Turrentine planted rice and sorghum on his land. His garden was set to be twice as big as before, but it’s not going to happen. The May showers came and made a river of his driveway on his property out in Milsap,…
It started as a joke. About four months ago, Matt Jones was hanging out with a couple of friends at Oak Street Drafthouse in Denton when bystanders turned and started listening to his goofs. He realized at that moment that his jokes were pretty funny and could take on the…
It’s rough to be a musician living in Dallas. This is especially true for Sofia Weir, percussionist for Latin bands Supersonic Lips and Mayta. For the past few months, Weir, who’s also currently a college student, has been suffering from a stress-related illness that she’s only recently recovering from. It…
35 Denton Music Festival Denton Friday, March 13 to Sunday, March 15, 2015 When the organizers at 35 Denton revived the festival from a one-year hiatus and announced a lineup heavy little-known and local bands, there was some reason to be skeptical. The festival had appeared to be gaining momentum…
North Dallas isn’t usually the kind of place you’d go to for a fun night out on the town. Amongst the sprawling grid of lower-to-middle-class households and apartments, strip malls, pawn shops and other respectable businesses, this area has almost always been a void of culture. But, as unlikely as…
In 2015, you’d think that it’s all been done before in rock ‘n’ roll. And, yeah, it probably has. An over-crowded music landscape of sub-genres and variations can make one claustrophobic. Yet, Denton’s Dome Dwellers can give you room to breathe. They’re a rock ‘n’ roll band with a confident…
For Sandra Davalos, who goes by the stage name Moth Face, writing a good song comes naturally. First, she lays down the drum track, throws in the melody and comes up with the words to go along with the music on the spot. Overall, the average time it takes for…
