Does your grandmother needle you about attending medical or law school? Well, you can look forward to her adding one more profession to her list, pop star, when she hears about the huge load of cash Selena Gomez is drawing in — without even using her pipes. The “Come and…
Playful noise is emanating from a warehouse in the industrial district on the edge of Garland. Inside, the trio Thyroids is practicing. Kenneth Ramirez riffs sharply and sings with a rambling howl tuned into Deborah Tamayo’s bass and Mark Bitner’s calculated drums. The group recently released a tape titled Oh…
Dandii Sun apologizes for being in his “rawest form.” The 22-year-old from Pasadena, California, doesn’t have on pants, and his hair is wet because he’s just showered. He’s facing a 10-hour work shift after this interview, conducted in in Mansfield, Texas. It’s a struggle for him to make time for his art…
Six Shooter is a recurring feature where we highlight six new releases by North Texas-based musicians. Vandoliers — “Endless Summer” Cowpunk band Vandoliers continued its streak of good fortune in 2017 when Rolling Stone premiered the video for “Endless Summer” earlier this week. The track is from Vandoliers’ sophomore album…
“Hips Don’t Lie,” “Closer to Free” and “Cars” are three strong hit singles. Any casual listener could identify the melodies and likely sing along to a verse or two, as well. What do they have in common? The songs’ three creators are all coming to Dallas soon. Elsewhere, a rising…
Kid Koala performs at the Alamo Drafthouse Cedars on Thursday, June 29 . Even if you’re not a house music enthusiast or connoisseur of clubs, chances are you’ve still heard some of Kid Koala’s sick tracks. The Canadian DJ, also known as Eric San, has built an impressive musical resume…
Encouraged by his recent trip to Detroit for the Movement festival, Matthew Urbanic delivers an inspired mix that is heavy on techno. As a DJ, Urbanic is mostly associated with house music, but he recently began exploring new sonic pastures. Choice cuts from the likes of Fred P, Deadbeat, Function,…
We’re halfway through 2017, which means it’s time to assess all the local releases so far and rank our favorites. It’s never easy to reduce a region as large and rich in music as North Texas to a top 10 list, but in the first six months of this year,…
Last week, St. Vincent announced a new worldwide tour devoid of a show date in Dallas, her hometown. The 23-date tour kicks off Aug. 19 in Tokyo and ends Dec. 2 in Brooklyn. Presale tickets for the eight international dates opened today, and tickets for all dates go on sale…
Boy Epic wants to be the first artist to submit music videos to the Sundance Film Festival. His latest effort to that effect, “Trust,” was released June 8 on Playboy’s website. The provocative pop musician/filmmaker grew up in Frisco and lives in North Dallas. Since bursting onto the scene three…
Roughly five minutes before game time, Jacqueline Jaquez stepped in front of 55,118 rabid baseball fans at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome in Minnesota. The 7-year-old was about to sing the national anthem before Game 7 of the 1991 World Series, a Twins-Braves matchup that would soon go down in…
The Black Dotz plays Armoury D.E. on Friday, June 23 It’s been nearly two years since Wanz Dover almost lost his life. He fell ill after his band the Black Dotz played at Three Links and didn’t think anything of it. But when the abdominal pain persisted and got worse,…
Last night, musician Sarah Jaffe treated a select group of about 80 people to a first listen of her new album, Bad Baby, in full and ahead of its release July 7. Radio station KXT, Kirtland Records and Jaffe, who was present but did not perform, co-hosted the free, invite-only event from 8…
LCD Soundsystem and Lorde dominate the concert announcement news this week in Dallas. The two festival staples have announced local dates, and tickets are already going fast. In other developments, a star-studded hip-hop ensemble arrives at the AAC, a pair of notable indie rock shows get scheduled for the fall,…
Members of the DFW trio manintheraw, who describe themselves as indie math folk, know they play a niche genre, and they don’t care. For them, it’s all about the feelings music invokes. “During our practices, we really just focus more on the emotions we went through that week as a…
Miss CJ knows what it means to hustle and grind. The producer, DJ and promoter is a unifying force for the bass-heavy music scene in DFW and a founding member of the Basshead Society, which throws the annual Evarland Music and Arts Festival, a weekend of music, dancing and camping on a…
A rainstorm’s been hammering their van for two straight days — but like everything, the Jacuzzi Boys take it all in stride. When they play behind Texas Theatre’s screen in Dallas on Saturday night, they’ll show Texas the easy energy that’s made them hometown heroes in Miami. Since breaking out…
Techno is a misunderstood genre in Texas. Here, the word techno is a catch-all used to describe all electronic music. Some even confuse it with the pop music-centered EDM fad, which is lot like lumping Good Charlotte in with Black Flag and calling them both punk. They’re just not the…
Dallas is a town that has no ground set aside for the burial of ghosts, local legends and has-beens. There are no memorial statues for the ’80s cult figures, the ’60s underground garage bands that might’ve cut 45s or the ’70s lounge acts whose LPs still fill the boxes at your…
Former Fun Fun Fun Fest co-founder Graham Williams has knocked it out of the park once again with Austin’s second annual Sound on Sound Festival lineup. The multigenre bonanza, which essentially replaced Fun Fun Fun Fest in 2016, returns Nov. 10-12 to Sherwood Forest. The Austin venue is a 23-acre…
Dallas has seen an explosion of record stores in the last few years, and at least two of the new businesses — Spinster and Josey — have already seen such success that they’re expanding to other states. But while there’s no shortage of places to buy vinyl in Dallas proper,…
Ghost and Iron Maiden play the American Airlines Center on Friday, June 23. In a genre that isn’t known for its sense of humor, the Swedish metalheads in Ghost play music that is not afraid to be melodic, thunderous and funny. Their presentation may be ominous, with songs about Satan…
