Dia De Los Toadies 2013: Review and Photos

Of all the different live show scenarios, all the varying combinations of performer and setting, there’s nothing quite like seeing a band in their hometown. The sixth annual Dia De Los Toadies Festival, a Texas institution, was the perfect hometown hero live music experience. This year, the fest took place…

Gold Fields on The Realities of a Major Label Deal in 2013

In just two short years, Australia’s Gold Fields have gone from a relatively obscure new-wave influenced dance pop band to the precipice of something much bigger. When the band’s full length debut, Black Sun, hit the racks this past February, Gold Fields hit the States for a whirlwind four month…

Pat Green is Preparing a New Album and A Massive New Dallas Venue

Fort Worth resident and Texas-country flag-bearer Pat Green has spent the last 18 years creating some of this region’s most popular and polarizing music. Green has more than a dozen national top 40 singles to his name, making him arguably the state’s greatest musical success story of the past two…

Pinkish Black’s New Album Is Streaming Now

Fort Worth’s fanciest metal band Pinkish Black has a new album coming out, and Pitchfork still loves them. Still loves them so much, in fact, that they’re offering a free stream of that album, called Razed to the Ground right now, a week ahead of its official release. You can…

The Many Hairstyles of Erykah Badu: Photos

This weekend, Erykah Badu was the grand marshal of the Natural Hair Parade, which ended with a festival at the Pan-African Connection across from Fair Park. The parade and festival are the efforts of Isis Brantley, who has long been an outspoken defender of African-American identity. She was arrested in…

The 15 Best Bathrooms in Dallas Music Venues

A trip to a venue bathroom is usually a haphazard (and possibly hazardous) experience. “Just get it over with so you can make it back in time to order another drink before the band plays their next song,” is usually all that is involved in the live music bathroom planning…

Kanye West and Kendrick Lamar, Jay-Z Announce Fall Tours

Yeezus has risen! This morning, Kanye West took to Twitter to announce his first solo tour in five years. The 23 city run starts on October 19th in Seattle, and will hit Dallas’ American Airlines Center on December 6th, before wrapping up in Houston. As if that wasn’t enough to…

Untapped: Indie and Beer Pairing Menu

Because there aren’t purer joys than live music or beer, and God forbid anyone should have to choose between the two, we’re pretty excited for the Untapped Festival this weekend. All the important information and headliners are in the nifty graphic above, but we wanted to help maximize your enjoyment…