The concert industry has truly taken a fatal hit due to the coronavirus, but to add insult to the massive economic injury, some musicians have been infected with it. It’s hard — and tiring — to keep up with individual artists who test positive, so we thought we’d streamline it for…
As you continue to go through your live music withdrawals, you can ease the pain with some of these livestreamed performances this week. Acts like The Molly Ringwalds, Remy Reilly and the Revelers Hall Band have all started performing online regularly. Venues like House of Blues have even hopped on…
As we enter uncharted territory with no actual live music venues yet allowed to open, we again turn to the internet. These are just a sampling of the many artists who are hitting the web to perform. You’d likely be witnessing many of them here in the area live and…
Remy Reilly is used to pouring her soul into subjects that she hasn’t experienced directly. Her first EP, released in 2018, was heavy on love songs about imagined relationships. Her newest release, the single “Just Stop,” also touches on a theme that she hasn’t lived firsthand. While Reilly’s family is…
Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness is Netflix’s No. 1 hit, and has become the go-to distraction this pandemic season. It stars a self-described broke-as-shit, gun-toting, gay polygamist, tiger breeder-zookeeper named Joe Exotic at the now-defunct G.W. Zoo in Oklahoma. Even by Okie standards, Joe Exotic’s white tiger mullet is flamboyant;…
We may be quarantined, but people are still finding ways to get creative from home. One popular trend on the video-sharing app TikTok has users participating in a series of dance challenges, in which one TikToker creates a dance routine, which may or may not go viral, and other TikTok…
There are two reasons we’re celebrating Bayleigh Cheek today: First, we are eternally crushing on the musician’s sophisticated brand of psych indie rock and deeply wounding vocals, and it also happened to be her birthday yesterday. Cheek is on the path to becoming just as iconic as the same powerhouse singers that…
Lesser bands might have been overwhelmed by the success of a single like “Creep.” Radiohead exploded into the public eye with its 1993 LP Pablo Honey and the ubiquitous, slow-burning ballad, which spent weeks lodged in the charts. To this day, “Creep” remains the band’s most successful single — and one the…
Say you wake up to find yourself in an early-1970s Pontiac GTO convertible, driving down an empty, boundless highway toward wherever your favorite band is playing. You have now entered the world of Nick Snyder & The Real Deal. The band’s self-titled debut EP is painted with shades of late…
For DFW musicians, the COVID-19 grind is in full effect. The bars have closed and shows have been canceled, so their revenue has been slashed. But that hasn’t stopped them from trying to supply the world with live music. Many acts are turning to livestreamed performances to keep fans happy…
Remember Matt Colvin? That guy from Tennessee who saw an increased demand for hand sanitizer, surgical masks and disinfectant wipes, and decided to stockpile them and flip them for a profit? Remember how he was initially without shame at having taken on such an endeavor, so much that he agreed…
Bob Dylan is a music superstar and pop culture icon, a symbol of intellectual progress and a counterculture hero. But, above all, he’s a Nobel Prize-winning wordsmith. His message of civil rights activism and philosophical poetry have been essential to American culture since he first emerged as a Woody Guthrie-…
More and more artists are turning to the internet for streaming concerts as the orders to stay in continue. Browse through some of the names on this list and settle in from your couch for live music. Remember that this list is fluid, so keep an ear to artists’ social…
Nobody expected that three months into 2020 we’d be locked in our homes thanks to an insidious global pandemic. Not me, not you and definitely not community-supported nonprofit organizations. Like us, nonprofits everywhere are having to come to grips with this new dystopian reality. Many are reevaluating their game plans…
Tippy Balady doesn’t cuss. “I’ve never had a place for it in my vocabulary,” she says, the “it” referring to the four-letter words others might employ with ease. “Even in high school, when your parents expect you to start cussing, I didn’t see a need for it.” Yet sometimes people…
At the risk of sounding like a broken record, the coronavirus has gotten concerts canceled faster than Kevin Spacey, and things are only expected to get worse. Thankfully, many artists are doing livestreams to help those jonesing for a live music experience, but nothing can fully replicate the experience of…
Save for the custodian buffing the already gleaming floors, the posh Southlake coworking space was empty. Or so it seemed. After a few knocks, Victoria Krath bounded to the front entrance, flanked by her husband, Matt. She wore a full face of makeup; he wore a black sweatshirt emblazoned with…
Yes, the world feels like it’s crumbling right now and we’re about to terribly mismanage what’s left of it. But, somehow, Taylor Swift, Kim Kardashian and Kanye West still managed to get their share of headlines. Let’s try to waste as little of your time with the newest Swift-West feud…
Amy Miller’s morning routine has not changed too much in the last week. She still rises and roasts, creating her own coffee like her co-worker taught her. She has an “endless supply,” so there’s plenty to enjoy before she goes to work. But now, instead of her commute, she walks…
It’s no secret that local musicians are being hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic. Bars and restaurants are closed and people are advised to avoid gathering in groups of more than 10 people. Consequently, concerts and all types of live performance have been canceled. This has sparked a trend in…
Nipsey Hussle’s music made him a star, but his message of financial empowerment and community activism propelled him into icon status. In 2013, Hussle launched his innovative Proud2Pay campaign, whereby he sold physical copies of his Crenshaw mixtape for $100. He sold 1,000 copies within 24 hours. Fans were rewarded with…
Do you remember Trapt? Their 2002 single “Headstrong” was all the rage back when white people wore chain wallets and sported dreadlocks with nary an accusation of cultural appropriation. Lately, the California alt-metal band has been having a Twitter meltdown of Azealia Banks proportions. First, it started with right-wing tirades…
