Cindy Scull always knew that she wanted to be a radio star. She’d learned the basics of tape, editing and audio production on her father’s home studio when she was a child. Her father, who worked in the recording industry, would take her and her brother to his studio in…
Michael “Mongo” Smith has seen Deep Ellum at best and at its worst. A veteran of the scene and a longtime friend of Dimebag Darrell and his brother Vinnie Paul, Mongo still frequents the clubs in the neighborhood. In fact, you’ve probably seen him at some point, attending a show…
One of the great tragedies of the Dallas music scene from the past decade was the death of Carter Albrecht, one of the scene’s most promising artists from the early 2000’s. This month, however, there’s a chance to make a positive contribution in Albrecht’s name, thanks to the organizers of…
By Paul T. Bradley Just south of 1:30 a.m., as the car crowd heads back to their $500 motel rooms and the VIPs are airlifted to their alpha-resorts, the camping Coachella plebes are making the long, dusty march back to the tent city of earthly delights they’ve built to the…
Nick Bozas keeps himself plenty busy just playing his music. In his last semester of university study, he’s staked his claim as drummer for three Denton bands: Losing, No Touching and Goodboy, playing shows and recording with each to varying degrees. But that, surprisingly enough, is not the only passion…
From any other artist, we might think this is a belated April Fool’s joke. An ode to marijuana called “It’s All Going to Pot,” released on 4/20 and hosted on Conan O’Brien’s Team Coco website? Hoo boy. Bring on Triumph the Insult Dog. Except with this being Willie Nelson, you…
The Academy of Country Music Awards AT&T Stadium, Arlington Sunday, April 19, 2015 After an entire weekend of country music, last night’s 50th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards is easily the biggest music event (or series of events, as it were) that has ever happened in Dallas-Fort Worth. Or…
To hell with the weather. Rain wreaked a little late-night havoc on Record Store proceedings on Saturday (fortunately not as much as it did for the Superstar Duets over at Globe Life Park), but that wasn’t enough to dampen the spirits of the Dallas’ faithful vinyl-heads. Now in its eighth…
Daniel KohnCoachella is always thinking of clever ways to make us pick up our damn trash. Their bright-colored, well-labeled trash and recycle bins are everywhere. And in the past, any do-gooder or broke festival goer could pick up a standard amount of 10 water bottles to trade for a new…
The ACM Awards’ Superstar Duets Globe Life Park, Arlington Friday and Saturday, April 17 and 18, 2015 After two beautiful days of sunshine and perfect Texas spring temperatures, things were really looking up as some of the genre’s biggest acts came together for the Academy of Country Music’s pre-awards extravaganza…
Just another week in good ole Dallas, which of course means a new slate of shows to check out. Vice Palace celebrates its one year anniversary as does Do214. Pitbull does the casino show in Oklahoma, Caitlin Rose (a former Dallasite) hits Dan’s in Denton and Father John Misty does…
Ah, Record Store Day. Can’t you just feel it in the air? The fresh-pressed vinyl, the excitement of exclusive releases, the pitter-patter of feet scurrying across a storeroom floor? It only comes once a year, an annual armistice between the hi-fi purists and the tepid collectors. The perfect blend of…
Nate JacksonJason Eppworth giving a high five down low.Smack!…Smack!….Smack! “Woooo! Coachellaaaaaaaahhh! Gimmie five!” That’s the sound of a loud, burly Kentucky man high-fiving his way through the sunburned Sunday crowd on weekend one of Coachella. Though he appears to be just another dude with a GA wristband, right now he’s…
For girls of a certain age — God, I guess we’re grown-up women now — Sleater-Kinney was an initial introduction into both punk rock and feminist ideology. As we listened to the tunes from their self-titled debut and The Woods, we were subconsciously absorbing the idea that women can be…
This week looks like a very fruitful one in terms of shows. First and foremost, there’s a ton of Record Store Day stuff happening with a gajillion bands and DJs sharing their love of music. Curren$y has a 4/20-eve show at South Side Ballroom where the clock is sure to…
This weekend, Dallas is going to be the epicenter of country music. The 50th Academy of Country Music Awards will be taking place at AT&T Stadium on Sunday, and in the days preceding the gala basically everybody who’s anybody in country music will be here to perform, including two nighttime…
How is it that Denton — that bastion of forward, liberal thinking; the small town that could; the place where citizens rallied together to defeat big business and ban fracking — can’t seem to pass a definitive smoking ban? A debate over the subject raged late into the night last…
Just last week we were getting our feathers in a ruffle, heading out onto our lawn in Deep Ellum and screaming “GIT, GIT OFF.” We were shaking a stick at development deals coming to Deep Ellum in the form of retail space and lofts. But, it comes from a place…
We are beyond lucky in Texas when it comes to musicians. Whatever it is about the climate, weather or mix of folks, Texas has played home to legendary artists like Willie Nelson, Townes Van Zandt, Janis Joplin and, of course, blues legend Stevie Ray Vaughan. There were, no doubt, plenty…
Amanda Fucking Palmer Granada Theater, Dallas Wednesday, April 15, 2015 Amanda Palmer — or, to give her proper billing, Amanda Fucking Palmer — is about to be a mother. When she played Granda Theater last night, it was a special occasion not only because it was her first Dallas appearance…
By Marc Ballon Sierra Blackford really wanted to go to Coachella. But it wasn’t easy. The 23-year-old Hawaiian singer-songwriter juggled three jobs as a waitress, playing gigs at local bars and working in a slipper store to save enough for her concert tickets, heavily discounted airfare (she knows somebody in…
We’ve had a lot of rain here of late, but Dallas has a serious drought of another kind. For the past six years, Jack White has been nowhere to be found on a local concert bill. If you’re a fan of the nouveau bluesman, you’re probably wondering exactly why Dallas…
