9 p.m. Levitation camping grounds: “It’s five dollars to shit,” he says. The gentlemen, a security guard dressed in blue, clarifies: “Well, it’s five dollars every time — each shit. You can use the port-a-potties over there, but I wouldn’t recommend it for shitting; they’re filthy. I’d say you really…
For close to a decade, Nick Cassiani — performing under the DJ name 4-D — has been a regular face among area bass DJs. Originally carving out his niche with the infamous Pubstep residency in Denton, he eventually relocated to Dallas, where he can be found guesting at different parties…
Matt Posey doesn’t create theater the way he’s supposed to. He does it a little backwards. When the Ochre House artistic director sits down to start work on a new production, he doesn’t think about who will play the starring role or what the stage set-up will be. No, he…
As he stood atop the bleachers of the Cotton Bowl, surveying the wet, muddy field, Eli Flores knew what he had to do. Within seconds, Flores had ripped off his shirt and made a mad dash from one side of the stadium to the other, dodging kicks from the infuriated…
The Funky Knuckles have just begun their latest residency, a gig at Sundown at Granada every Monday night. They’ve had a great run in that respect, being on a six-year lucky streak of steady residencies, having never gone longer than two weeks before finding another home. The fact that they’re…
Michael Briggs had a bad feeling about this. Four days ago, he received the somber phone call that would ultimately bookend the lifespan of his beloved house venue, Macaroni Island. When news broke yesterday, Denton was stunned at the thought of this staple of the DIY community going silent after…
Last week, country star and Texas native Lee Ann Womack played back-to-back nights at The Kessler Theater. It was a chance for local country fans to experience an intimate performance (or two) with an artist who not long ago was playing to arena crowds. In other words, the perfect formula…
Lord Huron With Leon Bridges South Side Music Hall, Dallas Sunday, May 10, 2015 The hype behind Leon Bridges just keeps growing. Last night at South Side Music Hall, the Fort Worth native was the ostensible opener for Lord Huron, but it was almost impossible not to see him as…
In the unlikely area of Uptown Dallas, near Cityplace Market retail stores like Target and OfficeMax, sits Modern Electronic Sound Recorders. It’s one of the last places that you might expect to find a recording studio that’s played host to artists both local and national, but in its few years…
Levitation Festival With Flaming Lips, Jesus and Mary Chain, 13th Floor Elevators and more Carson Creek Ranch, Austin Friday to Sunday, May 8 to 10, 2015 While Homegrown Festival managed to evade the nasty weather forecast for Dallas over the weekend, thanks in part to the slick idea of taking…
This week, the American Airlines Center earns the distinction of hosting what we might all consider one of the strangest bills to ever go on a nationwide tour: New Kids on the Block, TLC and Nelly. They Might Be Giants play at the Granada Theater, DFA’s Holy Ghost! plays at…
Homegrown Music and Arts Festival With Spoon, Old 97’s, Shakey Graves and more The Bomb Factory, Dallas Saturday, May 9, 2015 Texas’ unpredictable did its best to wreck havoc on the sixth annual Homegrown Music and Arts Festival over the weekend, but for once Mother Nature found itself outmatched. Organizers…
The D.O.C., easily one of Dallas’ most prized rappers, is getting what’s owed to him. After having lost touch with five platinum records over the years, he’s finally going to get them back — from Top Cash Pawn in Plano. How did we get here? Well, the D.O.C. left the…
The Jesus and Mary Chain The Bomb Factory, Dallas Thursday, May 7, 2015 Over the the years the brothers William and Jim Reid have led the Jesus and Mary Chain through many highs and numerous lows. They have always been a hit or miss prospect when it comes to their…
This weekend would be top notch, if it weren’t for the weather forecast. This is often the case because the weather in Texas is garbage. The Homegrown Fest was supposed to take place in Downtown Dallas, but alas, it’ll be at the Bomb Factory instead. (Which should wind up being…
Lee Ann Womack With Adam Hood Kessler Theater, Dallas Thursday, May 7, 2015 Say what you want about pop-country, but there is plenty of good music that has been created under this banner. Glen Campbell and Conway Twitty probably wouldn’t be such legends without their impressive crossover successes. In the…
Stupid Mother Nature. Right when we had a weekend on our hands that was poised to give us some quality outdoor music time, including Homegrown Music and Arts Festival and Untapped Fort Worth, it looks like the weather gods have decided not to cooperate. Rain is one thing, but with…
Sometimes, you ask what your friend, coworker, or spouse is doing tonight or this evening. Their eyes begin to glisten and they glance over to you, feigning a look of indifference or pretending to have a slice of sullen emanating from them. “I don’t know, I think I’m gonna just…
The end of the school year isn’t supposed to be fun. It’s supposed to be about exams, final papers and stressing over passing your classes. But not for the students in El Centro Community College’s Hip Hop Studies 101 course. No, for them it means hosting their own hip hop…
That That Gallery is an artistic space with a certain sort of edge. This became clear as soon as the building tried to kill me. When I first arrived at the gallery, located in the converted loft space of a nondescript commercial property off Main St. in Exposition Park, there…
Austin’s Psych Fest is now Levitation. Partially due to a new partnership between Psych Fest (which began as a single-day, underground music festival in 2008) and promotion company Transmission Events, and inspired by the 13th Floor Elevators’ track of the same name, the festival has been rebranded. Over the past…
Critics of a new bill filed in the Texas House that seeks to establish a Texas music history museum say that even though their hearts are in the right place, their brains are somewhere else entirely. HCR 75, a bill introduced in the Texas House last month by Rep. Senfronia…
