Music

Pat Ron almost forgot he’d recorded his latest freestyle video. In the one-minute clip, the 21-year-old rapper freestyles over Childish Gambino’s “One Up” in his bedroom, dropping over a dozen weed references in the process. Baked as usual, he edited the video, teased it on Twitter and promptly fell asleep…

This time last year, we were already running out of superlatives to use for Leon Bridges and his overnight rise to stardom. Fortunately, there’s been plenty more to get excited about in the first half of 2016, including a number of North Texas artists who seem poised to follow in…

Films are scored after they are made, but music videos are usually done in reverse. But for Rob Martinez, the music actually creates the video. Under the guise of Honor System, he creates mini films on the spot that respond to the music he’s playing. When he talks about music, it…

Sudie is sitting in her bedroom, pointing to a miniature soundproof box which holds her mic and barely allows room to stick her face through. “This is my studio,” she says, adorning the last word with air-quotes.  “I made it by cutting up some cheap mattress foam from Walmart.” You…

Darcy Neal had her musical awakening the first time she disassembled a piece of electronics. After reading an article about circuit bending, Neal and a friend decided to experiment on an old Speak & Spell handheld computer. After dismantling it and tinkering for a while, the Speak & Spell stopped…

EB Rebel will be the first to admit she’s still new to the rap game. Until a few years ago, the real-life Ebonie Tave was on the fast track to law school, but thanks to the combination of a floundering economy, shortage of jobs in law and an overwhelming urge…

There are only two members in the Dividends, but they just happen to be two of the biggest names in North Texas music. Larry D. Griffin Jr., known as Symbolyc One or S1 has worked with names as big as Madonna and won a Grammy with Kanye West. Sarah Jaffe…

Strokers Dallas is known as the “Disneyland for Bikers,” and with good reason. A simple drive past the funky, sprawling complex provides a clear glimpse into the oddball appeal of the place. Opened in 1996 by revered custom bike builder Rick Fairless, Strokers is a multi-faceted, one-stop shop for the biker lifestyle…

Steely Dan have no shortage of songs to their name. Across their nine studio albums, they’ve released more than 80 songs, 10 of which were Top 40 hits, including such FM radio staples as “Reelin’ in the Years,” “Rikki Don’t Lose That Number” and “Hey Nineteen.” But there’s at least…

Some offenses are worse than others. But when Cinderblock Sessions co-founders Jake Ryan Hull and Nick Melita hosted one of their recurring live music and interview recording sessions at their warehouse in Jubilee Park on April 30, they didn’t realize they were committing one of the absolute worst: They let…

They just don’t make directors like John Carpenter anymore. A legend of both horror and sci-fi filmmaking, he was responsible for such 1970s and ’80s classics as Halloween, Escape From New York and They Live. But Carpenter wasn’t just a director; he scored most of his own films as well,…

2016 has been a year of blockbuster shows in Dallas. More than any time in recent memory, the past six months have seen North Texas arenas host a seemingly endless series of bucket list shows — artists like AC/DC, the Cure and Duran Duran among them. But the great music…

There’s a little bit of everything at EDC Las Vegas. The outfits, décor and stages are all unbelievable, and the massive festival grounds offer plenty of chances to intermingle with fellow ravers. Throughout the weekend, there were many, many bests. But, as with any large logistical nightmare of a gathering,…