What’s in a band name? Well, when your band doesn’t have any recorded music and has never played a show, it had better be a lot, because that’s all there is to work with. But that’s not enough to stop someone like Bucks Burnett from starting up the hype machine:…
If you like dueling piano bars, then by all means, go and enjoy yourself. Don’t let anyone else’s opinions or experiences with these forms of live entertainment sway you from going to Louie Louie’s — the first dueling piano bar and newest musical venue to open its doors to the public on…
There are two reasons to keep an eye on the artists listed here. One, they’re established acts in the city who have been putting in work for years and have a well-founded reputation but had a relatively and purposely quiet 2015. Or two, they’ve been bubbling in Dallas’ youthful underground…
Happy National Hangover Day(s)! We know, we’ve all spent the last three days in stained sweatpants, eating any junk food within reach while wishing for the sweet embrace of death. But if you find the courage to crawl out of your cave, we’ve got some shows to hopefully help forget…
Six Shooter is a recurring feature where we highlight six new releases by North Texas-based musicians, with some extra ammo to spare. It should come as no surprise that as 2015 came to an end, North Texas artists continued recent trends and closed out the last month of the year…
Lights All Night With Hardwell, Kaskade, Porter Robinson and more Dallas Market Hall, Dallas Thursday and Friday, December 31, 2015 and January 1, 2016 Lights All Night’s two-day EDM dance party at Dallas Market Hall didn’t get much better than Flosstradamus’s set on the Mothership. In a set that highlighted…
Sikwitit’s mom may have saved his life over the weekend. The Dallas producer started off his holiday with a familiar routine: Meet his sister and brother-in-law at their house in Rowlett and make the trip together to visit their mother in Carthage. The plan was to return the day after…
Hailey’s Club as we know it is gone, and if we’re being honest it’s been absent for a couple of years now. Nevertheless, the club had a great 12-year run. It took Jennifer Gibbs, the club’s current owner, two years to realize running that space as a music venue had ultimately…
Back in April, the Something Wonderful Festival at Fair Park seemed to document the end of an era, like Gimme Shelter with the Dallas Police Department stepping in for the Hell’s Angels. But that simply isn’t the case. Starting tonight, the two-day EDM festival, Lights All Night, is back and…
Ian “Lemmy” Kilmister — “a pirate of the rock business,” “the king of partying” and a “fucking monster” on a bass as the frontman for the English rock band Motörhead — died on December 28 at age 70. Dressed like a biker with black mutton chops, he spoke the language of a…
Hayes Carll With Wesley Geiger The Kessler Theater, Dallas Tuesday, December 29, 2015 Hayes Carll is a familiar face for Texas country fans in Dallas fans. He’s a Texas-born and -made artist who has, over the past 15 years, consistently flirted with the big time. He’s written songs for movies,…
Hip-hop has always been about struggle. The struggle of the streets, the struggle of the hustle, the struggle of being young and black in America. In 2015, after years of turmoil, those struggles reached a tipping point, exploding into the national consciousness because of an ever-increasing body count. A cop…
It’s been an overwhelming few weeks for Whitney Larkins. At the beginning of December, the Dallas resident filed a lawsuit against Dave Free, rapper Kendrick Lamar’s manager, for more than $1 million. The reason? She claims Free was trying to extort her for $10,000 cash to meet Lamar at his South…
For the past three years, Dustin Evans has received the best club music education by living in Berlin, the beating heart of modern dance music. It’s also a far cry from the more modest club scene of his native Texas. Every year he comes back to Dallas for a bit…
If there’s a person in music who most accurately fits the description of a road warrior, it’s Hayes Carll. Since 2002, Carll has made his living touring the honky tonks and listening rooms of Texas and beyond, releasing four studio albums along the way. With the exception of a few…
As Justin Rhodes’ mother dragged him through the doors of a poetry class at Fair Park, her then 8-year-old son was less than thrilled. At that age, Rhodes would have much preferred shooting hoops with his friends over learning the art of meter and rhyme. But there he was, about…
At first glance, Death Stairs sounds like bleak post-punk, which in itself is a unique addition to the DFW music scene. But a closer inspection reveals a surprising sense of humor. Not only that, but Death Stairs play heavy music without guitars. This is especially odd for a band made…
If last week was the quiet, then this week is definitely the storm for Dallas concerts. There’s no shortage of ways to stunt on your friends and validate your existence this week, especially on New Year’s Eve. In fact, it’s been proven that if you’re not out getting plastered on…
With the return of the D.O.C., Leon Bridges’ soul revival and basically everything St. Vincent has done in the past 12 months, Dallas has been raising the bar for other musical communities around the country. With such an eclectic mix of artists calling the North Texas area “home,” it’s no…
If you were busy last week taking care of that last-minute shopping, traveling to Grandma’s house or just decided to take a break from the Internet for the sake of some family time for Christmas, there’s a chance you missed the wealth of releases the city’s local talent put out…
Rick Ross The Bomb Factory, Dallas Saturday, December 26, 2015 If you start to dissect Rick Ross’ career, there’s a lot of room for debate about his place in hip-hop. The conversation generally centers around authenticity. You know, whether or not he was a correctional officer in a past life…
This has been a banner year for DJ Santa Claus. During his off time from his day job (really more of a night job), Santa dug his heels into his craft and toured relentlessly on the underground circuit. He released a string of 12-inches as anonymous, candy-cane coated white labels…
