CD Source has been servicing Dallas’ music needs for what will be approximately 20 years this coming Friday — owner Lance Price opened the store on December 5, 1993. A lot has happened in 20 years: we’ve seen the digitization of music sales, a resurgence in the vinyl medium, the…
On Monday night, British singer-songwriter Charli XCX and LA’s Kitten took the stage at Dada. From the looks of it, it was one hell of a performance. Photographer Mike Brooks was on hand, and captured the energetic scene. Here are seven of our favorite shots from the night — you…
With his handmade “guit-steel” guitar and deep, country drawl, Junior Brown makes a hell of an impression. Over the course of four decades, Brown has taken his blues-inspired honky tonk across the nation and around the world, thrilling fans of honest and well crafted roots music. In truth, Brown is…
Ask Ashley Guynes what she thinks of her husband Jared’s attempts to throw an “Epic Party” for Dallas and she’ll just sigh and smile at the big schlub who may be 29-years-old but is still clearly a giant kid fighting the inevitability of age, maturity and their effect on his…
CHVRCHES’ rise has been remarkable. On Friday, the Glaswegian trio made its second 2013 trip to Dallas, this time to the South Side Ballroom. They’ve packed both shows, a remarkable feat given that their debut album came out in September. But they sound like the moment, loud and synth-based. And…
In many ways, Denton is DFW’s little Austin, our small slice of “weird.” Its inexpensive living costs and college town environment have made it something of a cultural hotbed, a landscape as readily filled with bohemians as fraternity herds. This unique melting pot of backgrounds and social interests has led…
Austin’s Sons of Fathers is the brainchild of David Beck and Paul Cauthen, two guys who were born and raised all over Texas in musical families. After meeting at a park in San Marcos, the duo christened themselves Beck and Cauthen only to have representatives from Beck Hansen send them…
Earlier this month, local multi-instrumentalist Wanz Dover released Another Five Hours, the second offering under his Silver Saint moniker. Aesthetically, the project’s sound is in the vein of the early ’80s New York art-rock and no-wave scenes, specifically the work of avant garde guitarist/composer Glenn Branca. Having directly worked with…
Since 2003, Montreal’s The Besnard Lakes have produced a catalogue of some of the finest psychedelic rock out there. Led by the husband-wife team of Jace Lasek and Olga Goreas, the group released their stunning Until in Excess, Imperceptible UFO earlier this year as the follow-up to 2010’s excellent The…
First hired in 1979 by Frank Zappa as a music transcriptionist, guitarist Steve Vai has just about done it all. Whether as a solo artist or playing with everyone from David Lee Roth to John Lydon, Vai’s sheer musical ability has never been questioned. Undoubtedly a hired gun, Vai’s career…
In 2005, Mitch McBain and Blake Myers, who comprises Houston-based band Rosehill, suffered a tragic loss when they were playing as a part of the group Texas High Life. Keith Binder, the band’s drummer, committed suicide, leaving the rest of group awash in hopelessness. Rosehill was formed in the wake…
In another age, North Texan Melissa Polinar might still be sitting at a desk in Nashville, churning out songs for other artists to record. She did that, in fact, for a while in the early 2000s. But when you’re a gifted writer and you have a voice like hers (that…
Missouri’s Ha Ha Tonka is another one of those quality alt-country bands that always seems to grow away from the genre. Led by the talented Brian Roberts, Ha Ha Tonka have evolved into an indie rock act that loves mining traditionally alt-country subject matter (religion, racism and rural settings), but…
Ugh, next week is going to be gross. Not only are you going to be about 10 pounds heavier from gorging yourself on holiday fare, exhausted from all the passive-aggressive family drama shooting across the dinner table and just all around grumpy from your Black Friday sleep deprivation, but also…
Everyone wish the Granada a happy ninth birthday by seeing indie darlings Built To Spill mope their way through one of the more impressive back catalogues for guitar rock out there. Elsewhere: The final of three benefit shows for Dallas artist and cancer patient Nevada Hill and resurgent songwriter Cory…
It’s always tough to know the significance of a moment in time as it’s happening, so we wouldn’t say where the current North Texas hip-hop scene rates. What we do know for sure is that the genre is represented by a powerful and diverse array of voices in the area…
Although it’s been nearly five years since Idaho indie rockers Built to Spill have released an album, the band continues to be a solid concert draw across the United States. Led by the enigmatic Doug Martsch, Built to Spill have featured several different lineups and this year is no exception…
Fight the power! The Door in Dallas has just announced they’re bringing Public Enemy to town on December 29. Tickets are set to go on sale this Thursday, November 21…
On January 26, A.Dd+ threw an album release party like Greenville Avenue had never seen before. For the debut of their highly anticipated sophomore album, DiveHiFlyLo, the Nawf Side of Dallas’ dynamic duo packed 776 people in the Granada. With supporting acts -topic, Tunk and Brain Gang rounding out the…
Eric Pulido sounds excited and apprehensive at the same time. His band, Midlake, is about to open some high-profile shows for Pearl Jam (including one last week at American Airlines Center) and there is also a new Midlake album, Antiphon, that hit streets a few weeks back. But it is…
Dallas synthpop sweetheart Taylor Rea is no stranger to the stage. Since 2010 when she joined the electronic outfit Ishi, she’s been one of the most recognizable names in the local scene. Rea has worked venue and festival stages high and low in this city. In 2011, when Rea and…
Pearl Jam’s Lightning Bolt tour stopped in Dallas on Friday. It already had a fairly significant North Texas tie — Denton heroes Midlake are opening a string of shows for Pearl Jam, including this week’s hometown stop. But the local spotlight got even bigger during PJ’s second encore, when Dallas…
