Critic's Notebook

A former Soundcloud rapper who claims he’s collaborated with Young Jeezy and Chamillionaire can now add “federal court” on his list of live appearances.

Singer McKenna Holland was 14 years old when he first started perfecting his death metal chops. The East Texas native has always been a metalhead, but he then discovered deathcore and the extreme stuff.

Slobberbone’s guitarist, Jess Barr, had this cocky thing he used to do onstage whenever he finished a kickass guitar solo.

Here are a few of the weirdest holiday tracks that we’ve found.

The year is 2017. A group of college interns, local artists and musicians are gathered at DaLat for PR agency Culture Hype’s semiannual karaoke party, unknowingly about to get sung under the table by a 14-year-old.

A lot has changed for Dallas-based recording artist Bryson Cole since he debuted with songs about mental health two years ago.

A former Deep Ellum bartender has been convicted for attacking a woman almost four years ago. A Dallas County jury found Austin Garrett Shuffield, 34, guilty of simple assault and obstruction and acquitted him of an aggravated assault charge in connection with the 2019 attack of L’Daijohnique Lee, according to Dallas County court records.

A Lake Worth FedEx driver and former vocalist of a Dallas/Fort Worth heavy metal group confessed on Friday to kidnapping and killing a 7-year-old girl from Cottondale.

Just over one year ago, musician Caleb Danielle had a vision. The 25-year-old singer-songwriter and Arkansas native had lived a hard life: sleeping in sheds, traveling around the country and busking for a living.

In terms of streaming service subscriptions, there’s probably not one app you use more than Spotify. Yes, we can all compete for how much programming from Netflix or Disney+ we consume, but, admit it, you’re constantly launching your Spotify app.

This week, Metallica announced a 2023 concert in Arlington with Pantera. Expectedly, metalheads went insane.

For the past decade, the members in Dallas duo Yung Nation have been regarded as local legends by those who know their history.

It’s been about six months since Coldplay kicked off their Music of the Spheres Tour in our little corner of the world. But one moment from that show preserved on TikTok recently caught our attention.

The advent of Turkey Day once again gives us a chance to reflect on our gratitude for carbs and all other things that make life worthwhile.

It’s no big secret that Ticketmaster sucks. Music fans have been enduring its bloated prices and unnecessary fees for years.

Last week, the nominees were announced for the 65th Grammys, and several Dallas-Fort Worth artists are up for awards at next year’s ceremony.

Devout dance music fans love to reminisce about the good ol’ days. On nightclub patios all around the world, ravers share cigarettes and war stories from “back in the hey-day.” Dallas DJ-producer Hunter Vaughan isn’t alone in his nostalgia for the Club Afterlife parties from 2010.

It’s Grammy nomination time again and this year’s list proves to be another stellar year for musicians from North Texas.

When rapper Coolio died on Sept. 28 from a reported cardiac arrest, millions of hip-hop fans mourned his passing.

You’ve probably heard someone, maybe a friend, say something like this: “I like every type of music except for country music.” It’s all about beer, trucks and girls, they might say. Or it’s for inbred, backwater rednecks. It’s campaign music for MAGA conservatives. Sadly, such snobs still exist, even today. Hillary…

One thing to love about rap groups is how a cohesive final product can highlight individual styles and artists’ voices

Every so often, an artist leaves us perplexed, dumbfounded with the way their art imitates life – sometimes in a most sinister and cynical way.