St. Vincent, The Nowhere Inn and the Rockumentary Conundrum

It’s hard to make a good music documentary.The film genre usually boils down to two different types: sanitized “peeks” into an artist’s personal life – inevitably and regrettably gatekept by those same artists (see Katy Perry’s Part of Me) or unnecessarily unfiltered portraits of raging egomaniacs (such as Madonna’s Truth or Dare).

Lucy Dacus Returns to Dallas with New Songs and New Perspective

Few musicians capture the hidden minutia of life and its emotionally devastating moments of banality in such a comforting manner as Lucy Dacus. The 26-year old singer/songwriter returns to Dallas for a show at Trees on Friday, Sept. 17. We had the opportunity to talk with Dacus from her home…

30 Years Later, We Realize Use Your Illusion Is Axl Rose’s Magnum Opus

In honor of both Guns N’ Roses’ return to North Texas on Wednesday, Sept. 1, two weeks ahead of the 30th anniversary of the release of Use Your Illusion, it’s worth revisiting the album that marked both the artistic peak and beginning of the end of Guns N’ Roses – and taking a closer look at the creative madman behind the album.

RIP Dusty Hill, the ‘Rock’ in ZZ Top’s Texas Rock ‘n’ Roll

There’s a moment 2 minutes and 22 seconds into ZZ Top’s masterpiece “La Grange” that often goes unnoticed. It’s something normally only hardcore music nerds would catch, but it’s worth pointing out because anyone who has ever danced, driven, drank, deviated or created children to “La Grange” has felt the…