It was just before sunset on a weeknight and a crowd gathered on the lawn at the Belmont Hotel, settling onto colorful blankets and low, sloping couches that faced the Dallas skyline. The dress code appeared to be loose fitting, earth-toned clothing. Cigarettes – no vapor, the real kind with…
Joel Zoch, most often performing under his alias Jethro Tilton, bridges Dallas’ DJ culture and its experimental scene. Zoch was on the front line in various projects and played the infamous Hazy Daze parties back in the rave days. His music knowledge of the somewhat obscure is off the charts,…
Some musicians explore the craft through different instruments, while others choose one and stick with it. Emsy Robinson picked his tool of choice, the bass, as a teenager. And he’s never looked back. Now, the 31-year-old is a career musician who collaborators and bands appreciate for his unique sound. He has collaborated with…
Moments before he’s due on stage, Paris Pershun is pacing back and forth in the Trees greenroom. It’s a place he’s been plenty of times before and he’s surrounded by friends, including artist Bobby Sessions who’s the night’s headliner. Yet he’s desperately trying to drown out their conversations to better…
Dallas hip-hop has always played in the shadows of Houston’s superstar hip-hop scene, but every so often a local rapper or group from the city produces a song that catches fire. These songs resonate in the streets (often found in the legendary T-Town Music & More record shop in Pleasant…
Daniel Hart is best known in his hometown of Dallas as the lead singer of Dark Rooms, a hip-hop meets-classical, R&B electronic project that he started four years ago. But next month he’ll be walking the red carpet as a film score composer for Disney’s upcoming remake of Pete’s Dragon. …
Roky Erickson means many different things to many different people. To most, he’s a torchbearer of psychedelic rock and beloved Texas institution. To informed music connoisseurs, he’s the wailing voice behind such cult masterpieces as “You’re Gonna Miss Me,” “Starry Eyes” and “Two Headed Dog.” To those that dig a little…
It’s often been said that “Weird Al” Yankovic’s legacy on the music industry is how he’s become a stepping stone for new pop musicians. They hope to score more than just another “song of the summer” for their musical careers by becoming the target of his next parody. He might…
Mo3 is different man now than he was at the beginning of the year. “I started living off rap this year and I love it. I’m shining,” the Dallas rapper says. “I look different — you got a different vibe when you’re struggling and trying to figure out where you’re…
There’s no doubt Dallas concert goers are getting spoiled this week. And with events lately, we damn well deserve it. Along with the big shows coming through town, namely Drake, Pitbull and Modest Mouse, Granada Theater’s hosting a show for $5, and you get a free beer with the ticket…
Last Monday afternoon, a trailer appeared on Facebook. The video, set to the raspy realness of Bibi Bourelly’s “Ego,” starts with a wide-pan shot over the Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge. Viewers are then taken on a ride-along with Dallas producer J. Rhodes as he makes his way from Oak Cliff…
After a much-needed two-year hiatus from the madness that is Insane Clown Posse’s annual Gathering of the Juggalos festival, we’re happy to report that this year, we’re going back. L.A. Weekly is off to Thornville, Ohio for the Gathering, which runs July 20-23, and will be reporting throughout the week on…
Depending on the kind of person you are, the presence of a bowlful of complementary earplugs on a venue’s bar counter is either a bad omen or a sign of great things to come. For those who gathered at the Grenada Theatre last night to see the L7, it was…
The coOompound, one of Dallas’ most influential DIY house show venues, is shutting its doors this August. A lone settlement on the frontier of Dallas’ DIY scene, it established a new precedent for the breadth attainable by a DIY venue — both in genre and in volume of attendees —…
Bob Haydon’s ears perked up when he overheard a fellow student, sitting behind him, complain about his aching fingers. The student, Steve Miller, had stayed up until 1 a.m. playing the guitar. Haydon turned around and told him that he played guitar, too. Miller said he was looking for a…
DJ Red Eye is at the center of Dallas dance music for decades, laying the foundation for the recent burst in activity. Along with residencies at bars in town, he’s a scout for talent for the Audiophile Deep record label. His technical mastery behind the decks, along with his depth…
Once dubbed the “Queens of Grunge,” Los Angeles rockers L7 are back out on tour, following a brief hiatus that interrupted last year’s long-awaited reunion. Filled with snarling punk attitude and buoyed by scorching metal tendencies, the band — guitarists/vocalists Donita Sparks and Suzi Gardner, bassist Jennifer Finch, and drummer…
OK, so Dallas tends to get a little hot in the summer. And by hot we mean “so goddamn hot we’re starting to hallucinate; please hand me another beer.” But don’t let that obscure one key perk to living here: year-round patio season. That’s right, whether it’s the dead of…
98 Degrees With O-Town, Dream and Ryan Cabrera South Side Ballroom, Dallas Monday, July 11, 2016 On Monday night, nostalgia in the flesh walked through the door of South Side Ballroom. Five female friends had dressed for the show like it was 1999: overalls, plaid shirts, chokers, jean shorts, and…
There may be hope yet for Lower Greenville. Long after the once rough-and-tumble live music neighborhood gave way to rooftop bars and valet service, the closure of Ships Lounge last summer looked like the final sign of the changing tide towards Uptownization. But now there’s a plot twist. Tomorrow, almost…
Tommy Delano spoke to Patrick Zamarripa the night before the police officer’s murder. Every Wednesday for six months, Zamarripa, an officer with the Dallas Police Department, worked off duty at the Candle Room, Delano’s Knox-Henderson bar. Last week, a gunman in downtown Dallas shot and killed Zamarripa, a 32-year-old Iraq War…
At first glance, you might not expect Dan Quinn to front a DJ camp for kids. On top of being a full-time, one-man-band wedding singer, Quinn is also a dad. So in between belting out cover songs for corporate events, dropping the latest David Guetta track for prom kids and coaching his daughter’s…
