Peter Salisbury is finally living out his dream. Ever since the University of North Texas grad and musician moved to Denton in 1992, he’s wanted to give the city a radio station that represents the creatives who live, work and play here. He’s about to have it, thanks to KUZU…
A little over a month ago, Kaela Sinclair’s world got turned upside down — in the best way possible. Anthony Gonzalez, the mastermind behind French synth-pop band M83, announced via Twitter that he had handpicked the Denton musician as the band’s new female vocalist and keyboardist. Now, after weeks of rehearsing…
Mumford & Sons Gexa Energy Pavilion, Dallas Monday, April 4, 2016 Although hordes of soundalikes still somehow find audiences, Mumford & Sons’ moment is over. A large Dallas crowd at Gexa Energy Pavilion last night offered fairly steady enthusiasm for Marcus Mumford’s crew, but the reaction to the few songs pulled from…
It’s been a couple of years since we first profiled Shaun Colón, a local director working on a documentary about San Francisco-based record label Fat Wreck Chords. After two Indiegogo campaigns that raised money in the five figures, the Dallas director’s A Fat Wreck is finally ready for its world…
Can the Texas Rangers win the AL West again in 2016? Can they make a deep run in the playoffs? Can they go all the way? Well, one game into the season it may be a little early to figure that out, or to even know whether it will stack…
Everyone, quick, roll out your best weed jokes. Because, frankly, what else are you going to say about the news that Snoop Dogg and Wiz Khalifa just announced a co-headlining gig at Gexa Energy Pavilion on August 19? You don’t need to feel bad about it, either, because Snoop and…
When Disturbed front man David Draiman decided to single a fan out for using her cellphone during the band’s March 23 appearance at House of Blues in Dallas, he probably didn’t expect it to trigger the backlash that followed from his own fan base. So last Friday Draiman spoke with…
Last November, thousands of Americans faced a moment of truth. While grooving to a song they’d never heard, they were unknowingly lured into the charms of Justin Bieber’s adult career. It’s impossible to deny that Bieber has come a long way to become the dance-pop crooner we can’t help singing…
It’s been four years since John Congleton has released any new music. It hasn’t been for a lack of trying on his part, though. In the meantime — and practically all of his time — he’s been busy with his work as a producer, engineer and mixer of international repute,…
We’ve already known it was coming, but the when and the where were still up in the air. Until now. Guns N’ Roses are coming back to North Texas — and by Gun N’ Roses we mean the real Guns N’ Roses, with Axl Rose, Slash and Duff McKagan —…
Six Shooter is a recurring feature where we highlight six new releases by North Texas-based musicians, with some extra ammo to spare. Dallas doesn’t need outside talent to make compelling music, but a couple local artists put out some great new releases last month. For Sarah Jaffe, it was inspiration…
Finding true love has never been easy. These days though, some would say dating has never been more treacherous. But for Pleasant Grove’s favorite bus-riding rapper, $kaduf Français, finding the one was as simple as posting one of his music videos to YouTube. And now, over a year later, he’s…
We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again: Post Malone is from Dallas. Earlier this week there was some confusion on that front, thanks to XXL Magazine claiming the Grapevine-bred rapper is “reppin’ Syracuse, NY.” Dallas hip-hop fans were none too happy about the perceived slight, but Post Malone’s…
Brian Bishop goes by the stage name of Vectorvision. Bishop has been a modest but vital part of Dallas electronic music for well over two decades. He’s amassed a vinyl collection that make even the most experienced DJ vets blush with jealousy, an arsenal of modular systems and rare synths, and…
Ludacris The Bomb Factory, Dallas Tuesday, March 29, 2016 You know you’re in for a special concert when Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban is the one making the introductions. Cuban didn’t personally organize Tuesday night’s Ludacris concert at The Bomb Factory, but everything about the show — the first for…
The passing of A Tribe Called Quest’s Phife Dawg broke the hearts of hip-hop fans everywhere last week. Along with Q-Tip, Phife Dawg — whose real name was Malik Taylor — formed the seminal hip-hop group as a high schooler back in 1985. Five years later, the group released its…
Let’s be clear about one thing: Post Malone is from Dallas. Okay, Grapevine. That’s basically Dallas, though. Of course, he wasn’t born here. He was born in Syracuse, New York. But still: Dallas. Got it? Well, you can imagine the pandemonium that was caused on Monday when XXL Magazine announced…
When Arlington hip-hop artist Krum goes looking for a sound, he often seeks guidance from Rob Viktum. Last year, Krum hit Viktum up for something with a gospel vibe. As it turns out, Viktum had been waiting for him to ask. “He immediately sent me over a ridiculous track I fell in…
Being from North Texas, country music is pretty well in our blood. We could live our whole lives and never utter the word “Nashville.” Of course there ain’t much that’s more country than a good old-fashioned honky tonk. We have some of the best examples in the world. Here’s where…
Attending a metal show usually allows many older fans to forget their daily worries and fall into the music from their past. But for one local metal fan, last Wednesday’s Disturbed show at the House of Blues turned into one of the worst nights of her life when the band’s…
Mike Wiebe still sounds out of breath. It’s been more than a week since the Riverboat Gamblers singer fell off the bar in a crowd surfing accident at South By Southwest, and most of those intervening days were spent in the hospital with a tube stuck in his chest. Wiebe…
Dalton Rapattoni Homecoming Parade Town Center Park, Sunnyvale Saturday, March 26, 2016 As Dalton Rapattoni followed his police escort to a stage at Town Center Park on Saturday afternoon, he looked a little freaked out. With thousands of people filling the streets of his hometown to get a glimpse of…
