Music

In this week’s print edition, along with an awesome profile of 69-year-old regular concert attendee John Ferguson, you’ll find a Daniel Rodrigue-penned tribute of sorts to R.L.’s Blues Palace #2, the revered, but oft-forgotten, South Dallas institution that remains as badass as ever. Daniel did a fine job of painting…

Going on tour is pretty much the funnest thing that a band can do, ever. On the road with your bros, drinking during the day, making tons of money, and so on and so on.Well, probably not that part about making money. Not early on in a band’s career, at…

When I visited the East Coast a few years back. I heard an interesting phrase pop up over and over again in conversation: “I see you!” No, it wasn’t any of that Na’vi, love-and-understanding crap. “I see you,” in this case, means “I see through you and your ulterior motive.”  …

John Ferguson is living the good life. A 69-year-old retiree, Ferguson has spent the last eight years of his life traveling the United States. He hikes. He camps. But most interesting is the dedication with which he pursues his greatest passion of all, music. Ferguson began regularly attending national music…

Years of touring with Florene have given Denton’s Gavin Guthrie a good feel for what it takes not just to be a touring band, but also to book one. Guarantees, travel costs, schedules, agents and everything else a band has to deal with can be difficult to get a handle…

R.L.’s Blues Palace #2 occupies a lot at the corner of Grand Avenue and Meadow Street a few blocks southwest of Fair Park. For a quarter of a century, the revered South Dallas nightclub has survived zoning battles, crippling recessions and bouts of media and pop fascination with the blues…

There’s a bittersweet warmth to Death Cab for Cutie’s music that’s reminiscent of their Pacific Northwest origins. Like Washington state weather, their atmospheric indie pop feels shrouded by clouds moving to a melancholy lilt behind frontman Ben Gibbard’s tender, understated boy-next-door tenor. The guitars gently waft amidst keyboard drizzle while…

It ain’t hard to tell that the “Queensbridge murderers” came to prominence in the same hardcore hip-hop era that also saw the rise of the Notorious B.I.G.: The verses offered up by Mobb Deep’s Prodigy and Havoc cut sideways glances out of narrow slits of eyes at the grimy street…

The Dwarves harken back to a time when punk was more of an insult than a marketing term. Rebellious teens trafficking in outrage and anything else they might procure with $20 and offers of warm beer, they formed in Chicago during the mid-’80s, quickly making a name for themselves with…

Musicians are undoubtedly influenced by the music they listen to. An artist’s musical selection can sometimes even foretell what a next album might sound like. So if you’ve ever wondered what the artists who grace your stereo are getting funky to, here’s your chance to find out. Every week, I’ll…

Louisiana’ Curren$y’s been around for nearly a decade at this point, but it’s only been in the last few years that the rapper really seen his stock rise. Maybe it has something to do with the fact that he’s released more than 14 mixtapes since 2007? Probably. Anyway, he’ll be…