In the DFW metalplex we’ve seen legendary guitarists meet an untimely end to their careers. Ten years ago, Dimebag Darrell Abbott of Pantera and Damage Plan was murdered by a deranged killer while playing a show in Ohio, and recently, Mike Scaccia of Ministry and Rigor Mortis died of heart…
This week there are a couple exciting pieces of local music news worth mentioning before I let y’all get out there and be great this weekend. First of all, the reopening of RBC is upon us. This Friday and Saturday the punks, metalheads and hardcore kids will return to their…
When I found out that Bruce Springsteen was going to be performing in Dallas for NCAA March Madness Festival, I knew that the time had come to fulfill my true destiny: to get pulled up onstage and dance with Bruce Springsteen during “Dancing in the Dark.” I come to you…
Earlier, we introduced you to our 12 favorite music photographers in North Texas. We got more than 50 nominations, and our team of expert judges narrowed it down to these 12. Over the next two weeks, we’ll be introducing you to each of the finalists in turn by having them…
In a surprising turn, JB Patterson, lead-singer for Tyler-based country band JB and the Moonshine Band, is wide awake and ready to chat when the phone rings at 9:30 a.m. on a recent weekday morning. Such early hours aren’t usually kept by rising music stars. But as with so many…
For a band that formed way back in 1985, England’s Carcass still pack a punch that should put newer metal bands in awe. The band’s 2013 effort, Surgical Steel, was one of the best albums of last year, metal or otherwise. Filled with monstrous riffs and intricate lyrics, songs like…
Gin Blossoms Friday, March 21, at The Kessler Theater In the mid-’90s as grunge was fading in the wake of Kurt Cobain’s burnout, it was safe and comforting to retreat to a simpler style of guitar-driven rock with strong pop tendencies. Some bands that fit the bill to popular effect…
Most aspects of the music industry have slowed down for a short breather following SXSW, but we’ve still got a few show announcements that are worth mentioning. Gexa Energy Pavilion is filling up their summer nicely with dates featuring KISS, Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival, and of course– the announcement…
The power of storytelling in songwriting has given birth to some of our most unforgettable songs like “Crossroads” by Robert Johnson, “Drifter’s Escape” by Bob Dylan or “A Boy Named Sue” by Johnny Cash. Songs that spin narratives from the art of nonfiction usually find a place in listeners’ hearts…
Thousands of people are on Austin’s famed Sixth Street, punks and hipsters and bros, et. al. We’re standing in the jarring sunlight of daytime, the afternoon after an alleged drunken driver plowed into a crowd at South by Southwest. People walk gingerly past each other, as people do when they…
Earlier, we introduced you to our 12 favorite music photographers in North Texas. We got more than 50 nominations, and our team of expert judges narrowed it down to these 12. Over the next two weeks, we’ll be introducing you to each of the finalists in turn by having them…
Every year, Dallas’ most highly anticipated SXSW offshoot is Parade Of Flesh’s Spillover Music Festival. This past Sunday, head talent buyer John Iskander and his crew really stepped their game up. Spillover 2014 moved from Sandbar Cantina to Elm Street, filling stages at Dada and Three Links with heavy-hitting headliners…
Earlier, we introduced you to our 12 favorite music photographers in North Texas. We got more than 50 nominations, and our team of expert judges narrowed it down to these 12. Over the next two weeks, we’ll be introducing you to each of the finalists in turn by having them…
Love him or hate him, Scott Stapp has one of those over-the-top personas that seem part and parcel of being a rock star. Best known as the leader of Creed, Stapp’s deep, bellowing vocals helped that band reach massive popular heights in the late ’90s and early 2000s. During that…
Nine Inch Nails and Soundgarden are coming our way this summer. Make no mistake, this is big news, and not a mere nostalgia trip for for those of us who were in high school or entering college 20 years ago. The announcement of a tour featuring a co-headlining double bill…
This weekend, Dallas celebrated one of it’s most beloved local traditions with the Lower Greenville St. Patrick’s Day Parade. The booze was flowing, the traffic was blocked off, and the turn up was very real. To further add to the excitement, our annual parade concert stage was headlined by none…
Ronnie Sterling isn’t your typical high school assistant principal. He’s also a guitarist in Protest, a local band known for its “unrelenting, no bullshit metal onslaught on stage.” It often comes as shock to students when they find out he plays in a metal band. “Wow, there’s no way,” they…
Earlier, we introduced you to our 12 favorite music photographers in North Texas. We got more than 50 nominations, and our team of expert judges narrowed it down to these 12. Over the next two weeks, we’ll be introducing you to each of the finalists in turn by having them…
DC9 at Night spent four days in Austin at SXSW, along with another three hundred thousand or so people. It was never going to be a normal experience akin to spending the night out in Deep Ellum, but there were constant reminders that this is a very special event taking…
SXSW music weekend is here! If you haven’t already packed a bag and headed for Austin yet, or if you don’t plan to at all, don’t fret. Since 35 Denton is on hiatus, lots of bands are stopping through Dallas and Fort Worth on their way out of the massive…
From February 26 to March 8, your 2013 Dallas Observer Music Award winners for Best Folk Act hit the road touring across the Midwest. In two weeks and eleven shows, The Fox and The Bird shared the experience of a lifetime together. From driving through the polar vortex to make…
Hailing from Australia, Thy Art is Murder is a deathcore band that has managed to garner significant fan bases in Germany, the UK and here in the States. Hate, the band’s sophomore effort from 2012, is considered by many a hallmark deathcore release and the album actually charted in Australia…
