Dallas Singer Moth Face is Ready to Take Flight

For Sandra Davalos, who goes by the stage name Moth Face, writing a good song comes naturally. First, she lays down the drum track, throws in the melody and comes up with the words to go along with the music on the spot. Overall, the average time it takes for…

Denton’s Bitch Teeth Finds the Beauty in Pain and Alienation

Before Bitch Teeth, Rick Eye had found himself in the most harrowing well of depression he’d ever encountered. Desperate for a distraction, he formed the band as an outlet to create something that emphasized the discordant and uglier side of life. In doing this, he found himself and founded the…

DC9 at Night Mixtape with JT Donaldson

JT Donaldson is something of a jack of all trades. Partner of Josey Records, globetrotting DJ, occasional promoter and a prolific producer. He jumpstarted a lengthy career in house music with the “Duality” single on DJ Cajmere’s legendary Chicago house label Casual records in 1996 and has continued to churn…

Dallas Metal Band Wo Fat Get Unlikely NPR Nod for The Conjuring

Since 2006, Dallas-based metal band Wo Fat has seared ears around the globe. Make no mistake: This trio, consisting of Kent Stump, Tim Wilson and Michael Walter, isn’t offering up simple hard-rock that’s just hard enough to be considered metal. According to the group’s Facebook page, “Psychedelic Doom” is how…

Deep Ellum Block Party Has Been Postponed to 2016

It was an ambitious plan, and one that would’ve been exciting to see played out this spring: the first annual Deep Ellum Block Party, a sprawling mix of music, art and comedy in the heart of Dallas’ coolest neighborhood. But we’ll have to wait at least another year to see…

Pearl Earl Bring a Girl Group Touch to Their Denton Psych Rock

Meet Mearl, Earl and Estaban. Just three regular dudes playing a psychedelic rock show at Mable Peabody’s the week before Halloween. Upon careful and highly technical inspection, you might notice that these are actually the male alter egos of the members of Denton’s Pearl Earl. The band locks in to…

Dallas Rappers High Rollaz Live in the Private Jet Fast Lane

2014 has been a great year for High Rollaz, the hip hop duo consisting of Word Life and Accomplice. Aside from playing a host of shows around Dallas, they also played gigs all around the country, including at SXSW in Austin and A3C Festival in Atlanta. They’ve also shared bills…

Dallas Metal Legends Warlock are Back After 27 Years Away

It’s been more than two decades since Warlock, the godfathers of Texas metal, dominated stages at places like Rascals, The Ritz and Tombstone Factory. But this year marked their return with a reunion show at Diamond Jim’s Saloon in August. Now, with a new CD in the works, the band…

DC9 at Night Mixtape with RCA

Corey Adamson, aka RCA, is a true soldier of the ever bustling, forever hustling Dallas drum and bass scene. It’s a scene that is still going strong for well over a decade. His DC9 mix pays heavy tribute to the earliest jungle roots of drum and bass, a tastefully old…

Five Dallas Punk Bands to Watch in 2015

2014 has been a pretty good year for Dallas music. It’s a bit of a cliche for the members of any music community to say their scene is “on the rise,” but around here it’s pretty hard to argue with. Bands have signed to labels, venues have opened, festivals have…

DC9 Mixtape with Santa Claus

For most of the year DJ Santa Claus is better known for his infamous day job, but in his off time he plays secret gigs under fake names to the delight of many club and festival goers. The popularity of his mixes influences people’s listening habits every winter. Although he…

Grateful Dead Tribute Band Re-explores Forgotten Space

Improvisation is a bold tool of the trade that some live performers would just as soon leave to jazz musicians or comedy troupes. Abandoning rehearsal and preparation for spontaneity could expose one’s true creativity, or lack thereof. But Kenny Withrow, guitarist of North Texas’ prominent Grateful Dead tribute act, Forgotten…

Dallas Hardcore Bands Rally Around Fan Ashley Shafer

Being immersed deep within in a music community is not as glamorous as people make it seem. The connections you make with people are often not very deep and sometimes flimsy. People come and go so quickly that it is a never-ending revolving door of personalities. Sincerity and authenticity, despite…

Denton’s Power Objects produce triumphant post-punk anthems

A balmy August evening. Civil Recording studio in Denton. The unthinkable has happened to Denton band Power Objects: Lucy the cat has gone missing. Vocalist and guitarist John Gillespie describes it as, without a doubt, their darkest hour. But Michael Briggs’ notorious feline assistant was thankfully found. And Power Objects…

Dallas’ Craig Wayne Boyd Takes a Dramatic Win on NBC’s The Voice

After weeks of nearly getting cut, then getting cut by his own coach, and then another stealing him back, Craig Wayne Boyd won season seven of The Voice Tuesday. Born in Mesquite, Boyd performed “The Whiskey Ain’t Working” during his blind audition, prompting coaches Blake Shelton and Pharrell Williams to…

DC9 at Night Mixtape with Michael Todd

There are veteran DJs and then there are guys like Michael Todd. Todd has been a constant force in the Dallas DJ community for 26 years. At one point or another, he has played almost every spot you can play in DFW thanks to a variety of guest slots and…

Barak Epstein Wants Texas Theatre to Be a Premiere Dallas Music Venue

For Aviation Cinemas co-owner Barak Epstein, the Texas Theatre is an integral part of the Dallas film and music scene. And he has a pretty damn good point: The historic theater screens 35mm prints of cult-classic films, has a full-service bar that serves movie-themed drinks complete with a safe-room art…