Given the indie rock pedigree of the musicians playing in BNQT, it’s surprising that their first album is so steeped in the ’70s. Over the course of the album, Volume 1 pays lip service to Ziggy Stardust-era David Bowie, the Beatles, the Byrds and Electric Light Orchestra. The supergroup is backed by…
On the heels of a comeback in 2016, Ween announced they are visiting Dallas for a Halloween show at the Bomb Factory. Last year, the band reformed for a few shows and a festival, ending a four-year concert hiatus and supporting their first live album since 2008. They’ve not done…
Six Shooter is a recurring feature where we highlight six new releases by North Texas-based musicians Sarah Jaffe – “Bad Baby” This month Sarah Jaffe announced her new album Bad Baby will be released July 7, and debuted the title track on NPR. “Bad Baby” continues Jaffe’s electro-pop stylings she’s…
Big news this week as the one and only Kendrick Lamar has made Dallas one of the stops on his hotly anticipated North American tour. Elsewhere, dates and artists for KXT’s Sun Sets series have been shored up, The Bomb Factory is busy adding new announcements, and a pair of…
After weeks of battling 20 other local Dallas bands to reach the final round of Metallica’s “Hit The Stage” contest, Messer and Mothership took to their social media accounts to lead for support. If enough fans voted for them, they would win the chance of a lifetime: to open for Metallica…
Junk Food has been making the rounds in Dallas with residencies at Candleroom and Nickel and Rye, and his own monthly gathering, Junk Food and Friends. As a DJ he explores an array of genres, but the common denominator is a funky, groovy sound that’s heavy on sub-bass. Junk Food…
There is a lack of stability when it comes to high profile, multi-genre music festivals in North Texas. Over the last few years, several festivals have tried to make it, without success. Suburbia in 2014 proved to be a one-and-done; the pug-themed festival Bulladora was rained out last year and…
Paul van Dyk plays Friday, April 28, at South Side Music Hall Paul van Dyk has been a legend in dance music since blonde highlights were a thing. Videos of him and his Sun-In streaks at ’90s festivals in Germany, such as Mayday and Love Parade, are #TranceFamily scripture. Neville…
At least two local business owners got a surprise on Wednesday morning as they started their day, and not the good kind. The owners of Double Wide bar and Good Records showed up to find the words “Gorillaz” and “Humanz” and the date “4.28.17” spray-painted on their buildings’ facades. The…
Gary Parks knows the power music has to tell a story. The veteran Dallas guitarist is also a film composer with credits including the 2006 HBO documentary TV Junkie, about a reporter’s addiction to crack. Now Parks is applying his auditory storytelling skills to something more personal. In 2008, Parks…
Like most people in the entertainment industry, Bucks Burnett used a celebrity’s name to wedge his foot in the door. His name is the Mister Ed. The world’s most famous talking horse had a primetime CBS sitcom from 1958-1966 and ran in syndication on UHF channels and cable networks like…
Jason Eady is sitting with a cup of coffee in the Fort Worth Stockyards, waiting for Chief Records to open. And beneath his black hat, pulled low, is the look of a man who just released an album he’s proud of. Eady grew up in Jackson, Mississippi, where he learned…
A Perfect Circle Verizon Theatre, Grand Prairie Sunday, April 23, 2017 Standing atop a dais at the back of center stage at Verizon Theater on Sunday night, Maynard James Keenan put on an emotional show filled with dark rhythms and an occasional screaming rift that transported the sold-out crowd to…
When John Richmond got a call from the University of North Texas last spring, asking if he’d be interested in moving to Denton to head up its college of music, he already had 29 years of experience doing that exact thing at other major universities. In his shoes, another person…
The bromance between Michael Lewis and Michael “Bubba” Lindblom began in middle school. The Garland natives and co-frontmen of folk rock band Loyal Sally bonded in 5th grade over their first names and shared taste in music. Soon they were trying to make some of their own in Lewis’ garage…
This week, Sarah Jaffe announced her return and offered a preview of forthcoming tunes; two acts with ties to the ’90s said they’d swing through town; Irving’s Music Factory swerved far into the left lane with a new, trippy double-bill; and The Kessler Theater made three distinctly compelling additions to…
Coheed and Cambria plays a sold-out show at the House of Blues on Wednesday, April 26 In 2005, Coheed and Cambria released their third and biggest record. It’s certainly their longest title, but Good Apollo, I’m Burning Star IV Volume One: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness is their greatest success…
Most people go to the Texas Theatre to watch films, but this night in March, it’s not what’s on the screen but what’s behind it that’s of interest. That’s where a few dozen people have congregated to watch an unearthly performance by a new quartet, Asukubus. The band started out…
Bon Spengler works as a DJ and promoter and is a key player on the online radio station and label Proton Radio. She is one of the gatekeepers of the local techno scene and one of the loudest cheerleaders for the many talented DJs and producers emerging in Dallas. Spengler…
Justin Lyons idolizes Quincy Jones and eagerly awaits the day that skilled playing is one again a foundation of popular music. That’s why you might be surprised to know that for the last five years, the 31-year-old guitarist from Dallas has been shredding not for an R&B group, but for…
Dallas’ fragmented hip-hop scene forced Diego Money to be a nomad. In 2013, the then 17-year-old was making music that didn’t sound like the other artists in Oak Cliff, and he had no interest in being part of Deep Ellum’s alternative hip-hop scene. He was making what he calls “young…
The Pixies play Bomb Factory on Saturday, April 29 Joey Santiago is one of the better rock guitarists since, well, forever. He’s the auteur of the crunchy, grinding, whining, ethereal, soaring aural experience that is the Pixies. He’s the guy who, while at the University of Massachusetts with Charles Michael…
