Index Fest Rises Again, Sort Of

Untapped Festival, the 5-year-old Texas beer and music festival, announced last week that it is rebranding as Index Fest. If that name sounds familiar, it’s because it is. Spune Productions, which founded and then sold Untapped, also founded a music festival called Index Festival in 2012. It made waves during…

Fort Worth and Dallas Band Together to Help 1919 Hemphill Reopen

Late last year, the Fort Worth venue 1919 Hemphill closed due to issues with its certificate of occupancy. Their CO used to allow for community gatherings, but that is no longer the case, so they have to file for a change of use certificate. It now looks like it may be another month…

Dallas Observer Mixtape with Doctor Troy: Regis, Convextion & More

Troy Wodsworth has come a long way. Once a music nerd living in a small Texas town, he’s now running Seattle-based label Medical Records, one of the cornerstones of the modern synth and shoegaze music boom of the last decade. Alexander Robotnik, Seefeel, Rollerskate Skinny, Severed Heads, Laika, Gina X…

Dallas Cowboys Practice Facility Opens Up to Concerts

DFW just gained one more place to see live music. The Star in Frisco, which hosts the Dallas Cowboys corporate offices, has a state-of-the-art indoor facility, Ford Center, which up until now has just been used for the Dallas Cowboys and Frisco ISD practices and some other non-music-related entertainment events…

Fashion Notes: Get Sudie’s Cool, Romantic Look

Sudie Abernathy’s sultry, cool girl style is the perfect complement to her brand of romantic electro-pop. The Dallas singer, often seen sporting her classic white K-Swiss kicks, even caught the attention of the sneaker company. They made her an ambassador, featured her on the K-Swiss website, and gift her with…

Rob Viktum Releases New Hip-Hop Record, 15 Years in the Making

Fifteen years ago Rob Viktum began putting together Shoot The Messenger. “This record is the first time that everything has come together and felt perfect,” Viktum says. “My whole career I’ve been making music, but I’ve never really made a record that was 100 percent and totally me. I’ve either been pulled…

DJ Christy Ray to Perform With Her Mom Spinderella on Revolt TV

As a member of pioneering hip-hop group Salt-n-Pepa, DJ Spinderella sold over 15 million albums and singles, and toured the world. In recent years she has thrown herself into the Spinderella DJ Academy, encouraging and promoting female artists and producers. Last Saturday, at the ceremony honoring her as the first female recipient of…

Tift Merritt Stitches Together Her Experiences with Music

Tift Merritt will play at Three Links on Saturday, Feb. 25. Coming hard and fast on the heels of a divorce, Tift Merritt’s sixth album Stitch of the World could almost be considered a breakup album. Almost, except that seems a little too simple for the poetry Merritt spins, and…