The Best Concerts In Dallas This Weekend, 2/27-3/1

People of a certain age, the millennial bunch, will always remember Sarah McLachlan for her contribution to Myspace. She was the one who made “Angel,” the sad-as-shit song that played during all of the videos about animal abuse. Well, she’s at Winstar World Casino this weekend, which means you can…

Ex-Pearl Jam Drummer Dave Abbruzzese Is a Wanted Man in Denton County

Former Pearl Jam member Dave Abbruzzese’s mugshot popped up on Denton County’s Crime Stoppers website this week, thanks to two outstanding warrants on drug-related charges. Abbruzzese, a former drummer for the Seattle-bred grunge band, is wanted in connection with a Class A misdemeanor charge from last September for possession of…

Chinaski, the Fury is Denton’s Madcap Writer

Dalton Kane can’t sit still. Or, better put, he can’t stop writing. Performing under the pseudonym “Chinaski, the Fury,” he has a colossal catalog of work squirreled away on his hard drive, featuring over 300 tracks that he insists he can’t ever release. Even in his live performances he improvises…

DC9 at Night Mixtape with Space Chase

Chase Dugger a.k.a. Space Chase was a key figure in the short-lived but highly influential Denton Dance Collective. He curated the Subsonic Indulgence residence bringing a wide variety of the region’s best DJ talent to Denton, a town not exactly known for welcoming dance music. Denton Dance Collective even had…

The 10 Best Dive Bars in Dallas-Fort Worth

“Have you no pride?” If the answer to that question is a proud, confident, “Of course I don’t,” then this list is for you. Depending on where you come from — say, any small town in America — dive bars aren’t necessarily unique so much as they are de rigueur…

Pariah Arts Adds Music to The Cedars’ Thriving Fine Arts Scene

The Cedars neighborhood is on the rise. With art galleries and studios like RE Gallery and the Homeland Security art collective, it’s increasingly known for visual arts. Just south of downtown, The Cedars is a place where many local artists live and work. Take filmmaker Frank Darko and painter Joshua…

Taking Back Sunday at South Side Ballroom, 2/21/15

Taking Back Sunday With Letlive and the Menzingers South Side Ballroom, Dallas Saturday, February 21, 2015 The scene at South Side Ballroom on Saturday night for the fourth stop of Taking Back Sunday’s 2015 tour looked like a combined high school reunion for the classes of the 2000’s. The room…

The Best Concerts In Dallas This Week, 2/23-3/1

Have no fear, Dallas; as soon as this dreaded icepocalypse ends, we’ll have plenty of concerts to revive our flagging social lives. In one of the most left field choices in recent memory, Meghan Trainor is taking all of her bass to the Granada Theater. Jonathan Richman keeps his recurring…

The Coathangers Love Dallas and Proved It Again Last Night at Trees

The Coathangers With Nothing and Cutter Trees, Dallas Thursday, February 19, 2015 By Anita Riot The Coathangers are no strangers to Dallas. The ladies in the Atlanta-based punk trio (formerly a quartet) pass through town often enough that you could almost set a watch to it, but that never seems…

The Best Concerts in Dallas This Weekend, 2/20-2/22

It may not be Valentine’s Day anymore, but fret not; there’s still plenty happening in Dallas this weekend, folks. The Thin Line Film Fest takes over Denton. Buffalo Black plays a show to celebrate the release of a Spike Lee film that features his song in the trailer. Jamaican Queens…