The bags of mulch in the front yard for new flower beds resemble any ol’ house in the suburbs. It’s a nice red brick home, and the subdivision has one of those typical names, like Canyon Lakes, Dove Ridge or Grand Oaks. Do not judge a book by its cover…
On Saturday, independent record stores worldwide will celebrate the 11th annual Record Store Day, a holiday aimed at crate-diggers and the overall record store atmosphere. It has become an opportunity for musicians of all kinds to do in-store performances while customers scour for hard-to-find exclusives. According to the 2018 Recording…
Like many of their contemporaries, it’s an anniversary year for alt-country legends Old 97’s. They’ve been making music and visiting clubs and theaters for 25 years. Or, as lead singer Rhett Miller says in a recent song, “We’ve been doing this longer than you’ve been alive.” At 47, Miller certainly…
We’ve got a couple of festivals and a welcome-back show for a local favorite this week. Denton’s Thin Line Fest offers us more than just three days of documentaries and photography; it’s packed with an excellent lineup of local and nonlocal music acts. And Ska by Skawest celebrates all things…
For an aspiring musician, the ability to share music with the best possible production value is almost as important as a song itself. A music video shared online will, in most cases, be the first time a potential fan sees as musician’s work, and that first impression needs to be…
Some cool instrumental rock shows are heading this way over the next few months. Some more anniversary shows hit the docket, and hitmakers of the ’90s continue to strut out and take victory laps for adoring crowds. All this and more in this week’s concert announcements. Melodic guitar pioneer The…
“Hold on, something really exciting just happened.” Marissa Paternoster, the frontwoman of punk band Screaming Females, stepped away from the phone to convene with her bandmates. She returned, breathless. “Sorry, we just found out we’re at the first-ever Planet Fitness. This is a big deal for us,” she says. Even…
When iconic musicians embark upon reunion tours, often it’s because they’re broke. That’s not the case for legendary hip-hop duo Eric B. & Rakim. Their debut album, Paid In Full, released in 1987, is considered one of the most influential ever made in hip-hop or any genre. Its release began…
It is hard to overlook what The New Yorker once called “The Perplexing Whiteness of Country Music.” It’s nothing less than a phenomenon. Sometimes called “the white man’s blues,” country music has been influenced by many cultures. But, like most of history, its past seems whitewashed, keeping major influences hidden…
Things are about to get extremely trippy in Denton. The second annual Acid Koolaid Fest begins today. Organizers of this psychedelic rock extravaganza decided to expand the production this year to intensify the experience. Last year’s inaugural event took place over two days with two stages at Backyard On Bell…
Defying any expectations created by his low-key albums, King Krule unleashed a raucous, ballistic show Wednesday night in front of a sellout crowd at the Granada Theater. In support of his latest work, 2017’s critically acclaimed album The OOZ, King Krule played 19 songs divided between tracks from the current…
Pedro Gonzalez Jr. has been fighting the good fight behind the decks for over two decades under his alias, DJ PriestTD. Although his roots are deepest in hip-hop, he is versatile in a variety of genres, like any veteran DJ. Much of that versatility came from digging for the source…
During the past four years, Gavin Mulloy has been synonymous with Trees and The Bomb Factory. Doing marketing for two of the best venues in Deep Ellum, he seemed to be staying put, given the quality of the shows and their turnouts. But he dropped some big news Monday: He…
April 21 might be best known as Record Store Day this year, but year after year, a byproduct called Vinylthon keeps growing. Now in its third year, Vinylthon will take place across the United States on more than 80 terrestrial and online radio stations. Arlington-based UTA Radio participated last year…
Everything seems to be falling into place for smooth-singing local country singer Jessica McVey. In the next month, you might see her playing her debut single, “John Deere in the Headlights,” at places like End Zone Bar in Deep Ellum or Z Grill in Flower Mound. Just a few years…
It was strange to see people standing still during a Titus Andronicus show. Even lead singer Patrick Stickles implored the audience. “If I was at a show such as this, I would definitely be taking a seat at the table,” he said pointing to the dozen or so tables the…
It’s been 15 years since Opening Bell Coffee, originally known as Standard & Pours Coffee & Stocks, opened its doors to the public. Pascale Hall, founder of the coffee shop and music destination, says the shop has made an impact on local artists and has given the community a place…
Good music is in bloom this spring. Catch the French pioneer of experimental and ambient music, Jean-Michel Jarre, on Monday night; indie rock duo Matt and Kim on Saturday; several of the best in local talent at The Wild Detectives’ fourth anniversary all day Saturday and several others this week. Jean-Michel…
After eight years together, the great local band Oil Boom is calling it quits in May. “We have five excellent shows coming up in the next month,” the band wrote Thursday in an announcement on its Facebook page. “And that’s going to be it for us as an area band…
The DJ life is a tough haul for anyone. But as in most male-dominated professions, female DJs have to walk an extra mile that their male counterparts rarely — if ever — have to worry about. Despite the different standards, the industry is filled with powerful female DJs like Nina…
The nostalgic air of the ’90s hangs heavy over Dallas with this week’s batch of concert announcements. Counting Crows, Live, Dandy Warhols, Backstreet Boys, Guided By Voices and Alison Krauss all made names for themselves two decades ago. Over the next few months, they’ll appear at various venues around town…
We’re not here to harp on someone’s age, but it can be sobering when a musician younger than 21 is kicking ass while we sit in our cubicles wondering where we went wrong in life. Here are some of the best. Caleb Lewis is the 20-year-old wunderkind guitar virtuoso and…
