Sometimes, periods of inactivity and awaiting inspiration are the perfect breeding ground for an artist’s best and transcendent material. For the garage-punk energy of Oklahoma’s Broncho, their pop-laden fortitude lay dormant in tangible form for three years between the release of their debut LP, Can’t Get Past the Lips, and…
Amid the clatter of diner plates, Claire Morales methodically eviscerates her waffle into equal-sized square morsels, explaining that she’s trying to be a “cutting ahead” waffle person instead of a “cut as you go” type. As a graphic designer by trade, it’s definitely not the strangest habit she could have…
Google “police kill unarmed black man” and it garners about 3,560,000 results in 0.38 seconds. This is an issue that further divides America. Police are more or less one of the top three most trusted professions in the country. There are those who trust the police force unquestionably and unconditionally,…
It’s Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day today. You can do a number of things to pay homage to the civil rights activist like watch Selma, read up on his legacy or just plain be nice to one another. I suggest buying and reading How To Be Black, a satirical…
Hey everyone, remember 2014? It wasn’t all the long ago. In fact, there were some really great records and songs that came out in 2014, and earlier this week New York’s The Village Voice put an exclamation point on matters with its annual music critics’ poll, Pazz + Jop. The…
With 15,500 square feet of floor space and 100,000 records, Josey Records is more affordable and less boutique than many other record stores. In fact, it’s already the most ambitious record store in Dallas. It has a DJ booth with a weekend DJ series, which has quickly made it a…
On an average Thursday night in the early spring of 2012, the Glass Cactus in Grapevine, next to the monolithic Gaylord Texan Hotel was empty. Such a scenario seemed stranger still, given the night club’s reputation as a prime cougar den and ideal spot for business travelers looking for a…
Do you have a heart? If so you should get your ass to Trees Saturday for the Have A Heart Benefit show. It’s objective is to raise money for John Bullard who has cerebral palsy. On the bill for the night: Beach Fossils, The Appleseed Cast, Leon Bridges, Son of…
Rachel Gollay comes in out of the cold and into the lounge at the Live Oak Music Hall in Fort Worth’s trendy, gentrified Fairmount neighborhood. In spite of the cold, she decided to brave the trip on foot. Meeting Gollay, “rock star” isn’t the first thing that enters your mind…
Alright my pals, not sure if you’re aware, but there’s this social networking site called Twitter. It’s simultaneously a hellhole and enchanting corner of the Internet. It’s a helluva source for news, but most importantly, a wonderful source for jokes and spirited rants alike. Snark aside (although what else is…
John Bullard has been in love with music ever since he could remember. As a child, he grew up listening to such staples as Cat Stevens and James Taylor, music his father would play for him, nurturing his fledgling music appreciation. “I can’t play an instrument or anything, but music…
Old Potion’s been on quite an odyssey to get their first record made. The band formed in 2010 under a different line-up, and murmurs of releasing an EP began in 2012. In 2013 the band successfully crowdfunded the money to make the album, but the members of the band at…
Oh, get over yourself. Don’t act like you have a problem with hipsters. If you’re reading this blog, you probably have at least a few points against you in that category. (Or else you were trying to read about the Trinity River and came here on accident, in which case,…
Joel Gajewski is one of many old-school DJs playing around Dallas that has a secret: He loves techno. He owns it, listens to it at home, but rarely gets to play it out in public venues. That is slowly changing in Dallas, a city where four on the floor club…
It seems perfectly reasonable to meet Dezi 5 at 4 o’clock on a Tuesday morning. There’s very little about the man that is conventional. He sits at a booth inside the Deep Ellum Buzzbrews, engaged in lively conversation with a couple of strangers, the only other reminders of human life…
As we trudge through the dregs of North Texas winter (it’s below 40 degrees!), it can be easy to lose sight of one simple fact: Festival season is already almost here. Funny how that works, huh? Almost exactly two months from now comes SXSW, and all the glorious spillover that…
Worldly and wise with chops and a first class music education at the age of 20, Dallas drummer Mike Mitchell is a globetrotting prodigy. In the last four years he has won more awards from DownBeat Magazine than he can remember, as well as being cited as an up-and-coming artist…
Sure, we’ve already handed out the DOMA trophies, and we had a hell of a good time in doing so. Just because the showcase and the ceremony have past doesn’t mean we’re ready to stop celebrating the artists that were worthy of DOMA-love. So, let’s tip a hat, a glass…
Jason Isbell With Sturgill Simpson WinStar World Casino, Thackerville, OK Saturday, January 10, 2015 I’ve got a brother-in-law named Joe. He’s a good dude and he likes music well enough, but he isn’t the type to seek out new stuff, especially from lesser-known names. I took him to see Telegraph…
So, good old Kung Fu Saloon, the glorified mall arcade full of drunken bros, is under scrutiny yet again, and this time it’s somehow not for their discriminatory door policy. Go figure. While the Dallas location is skirting direct scrutiny this time — the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission (TABC) is…
We are in a stage of grieving. Our Cowboys fought hard, but ultimately came up short in the Divisional round of the playoffs. It was a fascinating (stressful) season with plenty of ups and downs and we’re proud of a team that’s made it as far as they have. Better…
In 2015, you’d think that it’s all been done before in rock ‘n’ roll. And, yeah, it probably has. An over-crowded music landscape of sub-genres and variations can make one claustrophobic. Yet, Denton’s Dome Dwellers can give you room to breathe. They’re a rock ‘n’ roll band with a confident…
