Garth Brooks has been having a hell of a busy week. Over the course of the past four nights, the Oklahoma native has played six concerts here in Dallas. (Simple math indicates that, yes, six is more than four, which means a lot.) And he’s not done yet: While he…
Titus Andronicus With Spider Bags and Baked Trees, Dallas Friday, September 18, 2015 Despite two previous tours which both stopped in Dallas, New Jersey sextet Titus Andronicus seem to have been unable to convince Dallas audiences of their relevance, as evidenced by a rather disappointing turnout on Friday night at…
Garth Brooks American Airlines Center, Dallas Thursday, September 17, 2015 Twenty years of building anticipation is generally a recipe for a pretty electric evening, especially when you’re talking about one of country music’s most talented entertainers. After nearly that long away from Dallas, Garth Brooks’ week-long slate of concerts has…
As far as band origin stories go, Mercury Rocket is one of the strangest you’re likely to find. The way that members Ben Fleming and Graham Brotherton met wasn’t notable so much for the fact that they met as it was for the fact that Brotherton blew Fleming off —…
Dezi 5 is a unique animal in the Dallas music scene. As far as performers go, few pack the charisma and energy that this pop singer delivers at almost every one of his shows. Singing and dancing and dressing up in the most provocative (and outlandish) outfits he can come…
The state of music education in Texas is, well, depressing. Facing extreme budget cuts, schools across the state were forced to drastically cut music and art programs for students, especially those in socioeconomically disadvantaged districts. As a result, nonprofits and other organizations have been forced to fill the gap. Fortunately,…
Post Malone has had a pretty good run of things in 2015. The Grapevine-bred rapper (and, in a past life, Bob Dylan fan) came out of nowhere during the winter to score a viral hit with his song “White Iverson.” A trip back home and a major-label record deal later,…
When he graduated from the University of North Texas with degree in psychology and philosophy, Christopher Brown found himself $30,000 in debt and short on job prospects. The Spooky Folk drummer took what work he could get, taking two jobs to cover his loan payments, and to pay the rent…
There was a time when Chris Holt’s name was often mentioned in this publication. He was frequently nominated (and won) many Dallas Observer Music Awards for his work with Sorta, the Slack, Salim Nourallah and as a solo artist, including the prestigious Musician of the Year. You couldn’t avoid hearing…
Eric July’s life changed forever when his friend was murdered in front of him. He’d found a ticket out of a life of gang banging in Oak Cliff with a track and field scholarship to the University of Memphis, but whenever he came home he’d fall right back in with the…
Oscar Roque isn’t the first rapper to dedicate a song to Dallas. There have been countless others before him who did the same, often releasing accompanying music videos depicting the iconic imagery of the Triple D. It’s basically a prerequisite for any Dallas rapper at this point. What makes Roque,…
Cultura Dura Block Party Deep Ellum, Dallas Saturday, September 12, 2015 As the old saying goes, if a tree falls in the woods, does it make a sound? If you eat lunch, but don’t share your meal on Instagram, did you ever really eat? And if Brooklyn based Latino blog…
Something important happened last night that had everyone in Dallas crowded around their TVs. Was it the Miss America pageant, maybe? Hmm. Probably nothing to do with sports, right? Well, either way, you’ll probably be hard pressed to find anyone at home the rest of the week given the ridiculous…
Dia De Los Toadies With the Toadies, Sarah Jaffe, Burden Brothers, Buck Pets and more Panther Island Pavilion, Fort Worth Friday and Saturday, September 11 and 12, 2015 The scene near downtown Fort Worth on Saturday night was a mixture of old-blooded nostalgia and young-blooded energy, combining together to form…
Dallas is rampant with every type of musician, varying from classically-trained savants to genres which can only be described as WHAT?, and we’re damn proud of our diversity. While they’re all rich in talent, local musician’s finances slightly vacillate, depending on, among other things, their tip jar’s undernourished or obese…
Chris Brown With Tyga, Kid Ink, Omarion, Tenaya Taylor and Fetty Wap Gexa Energy Pavilion, Dallas Thursday, September 10, 2015 Six years after the fact, the mention of Chris Brown’s name will most likely always conjure up memories of his 2009 assault of then girlfriend, pop superstar Rihanna. The memory…
Do you hear that? It’s music — music coming from Austin and heading here to North Texas, meaning we don’t have to go to Austin. We’re about to be in the midst of festival season in Texas, which means Dallas will be the fall bounty known as festival spillover acts…
If social media keeps telling you the rich and famous like your style, you might be on to something. Lil Ronny Motha F will pursue his dream of making it as a hip-hop artist either way, but he takes it as a good sign. Beyoncé played his song during a…
When Hand Drawn Records founder and co-owner Dustin Blocker was was in the middle of planning his second-annual Cancer Jam, a cause he’d first taken up in 2014, back in June, he was dealt a devastating blow: He found out that his mother Linda had stage four breast, lymphatic and bone cancer…
Problem Dogg are not to be trusted. Besides their red flag of a name with its suspicious-ass backwards letter “R,” the Denton noise band are the musical equivalent of a train wreck waiting to happen. Last year they put out a 49-song album, because why the hell not? Basically every…
Whatever you think about country music, there’s no disputing that it’s taken its fair share of heat. But as much as we criticize, we only do it because we love it, and just don’t like seeing it in the state that it’s in. Fortunately, the newly announced 2015 Country Music…
If you somehow missed Miley Cyrus’ performance on the MTV Video Music Awards last week, you must be living in some sort of insulated yurt community for music snobs. The performance of Cyrus’ “Dooo It,” a song off Miley Cyrus and Her Dead Petz which was released shortly after the…
