Neon-laced Texan trill was the theme of the night at Cowboys Dancehall in Arlington, where RiFF RaFF served as ringleader for a live set featuring Texas hip-hop legends, glow-in-the-dark twerking ballerinas and hundreds of entranced pre-spring breakers. It just might have been the greatest show on Earth, and it happened…
Festivals bring out the best in people. So, whenever there are four days and nights of independent films, a wide spectrum of music and Denton streets filled with every variation of plaid, there’s bound to be some interesting things being whispered to a friend or screamed to the entire crowd…
This week 10 years ago, an anxious producer from Chiraq (Chicago), Illinois had just released his debut into the rap arena, College Dropout. Heavily manipulating the hip-hop scene musically, stylistically, and socially even at the time, a far more subconscious Kanye West went on to gain international acclaim, travel through…
Naughty farmers, contagious dance routines, hyper real costumed comedy, and lots of stretchy pants all come to mind when thinking of part-time viral sensation and full-time musical group Turquoise Jeep. And on their January 26 stop in Dallas for the Turquoise Dreams Tour, both the group and fans expressed why…
Before 2014, the Thin Line Film Festival was Texas’ only documentary film festival fest that prided itself on conceptually blurring the ever-thinning line between fact and fiction. But after six progressive years as the internationally known 10-day short film party, Thin Line will blur even more lines as five-day film…
Dallas is in for a techie treat with upcoming concerts by two of hip-hop’s most promising internet by-products: Childish Gambino (March 7 at South Side Ballroom) and Vic Mensa (February 1 at House of Blues). With Gambino’s release of Because the Internet and Mensa’s full-length solo debut, Innanetape, 2013 introduced…
Fresh off the January 14 release of their awaited sophomore album, Darkest Hours, Dallas’ premier folk rock collective, Fox & the Bird, opened their melodic minds to the Dallas Observer about the band’s collaborative Texas sound, juggling life as part-time musicians, and how shadowy realities can still shine with harmonious…
Last summer, Houston’s one-woman pop monopoly Beyoncé Knowles introduced the world to one of her grittier alter-egos with the unleashing of Third Ward Trill. With chopped-and-screwed rap deliveries, à la promotional single “Bow Down/ I Been On,” fans received a taste of the hip-hop influences to follow on Jay Z’s…
