Critic's Notebook

Dallas’s woman-fronted metal band Temptress had barely gotten their first demo EP out before the world shut down on them.

Country music has long cast a shadow of white, heteronormative conservatism, wrapped in a Confederate flag and drowning in watered-down beer.

Some things never change. Being a Texan is one of them. For over 50 years, Jimmie Vaughan has been a pillar of the homegrown, world-famous style of music known as Texas blues. Vaughan, who turned 70 this year, is preparing to release a career-spanning box set titled The Jimmie Vaughan…

A couple of weeks ago, we looked back on the Rolling Stones’ best deep cuts, prompting us to take a deep dive into their later-career highlights.

With a statewide spike in COVID cases caused partly by the Delta variant, the live music industry is trying to find ways to avoid mass concert cancellations and venue shutdowns, which caused a 30 billion loss of profit to the concert industry in 2020.

The story of Jenna Ryan, the Frisco realtor facing charges for participating in the Jan. 6 raid on the U.S. Capitol, is like an onion of cringing tragedy.

While she may not be old enough to legally drink, 20-year-old Erin Kinsey uses alcohol as a crutch on her debut single “Drunk Too.”

Chris J Norwood wrote an album about his father’s suicide back in 2017.

Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins announced Wednesday that masks are mandatory at all businesses, including music venues and dance clubs, in the county.

The ugly head of COVID-19 has surfaced once again in North Texas and just like the first go-around, it’s starting to get scary.

Former Sweet Chaos bassist Sydney Hefley has opted to leave her former project behind to pursue a solo-ish career in the spotlight, with a new backing band and a cool new rock name

Donald Trump Jr. is no stranger to backlash, but he really angered twitterfolk this week when he tried to come after music royalty.

David Berman died two years ago on Saturday, and there are still not enough platelets in our bodies to heal the wounds that have surfaced since.

For over 30 years, the Burundi region of central Africa is said to have been terrorized by a man-eating crocodile named Gustave.

Allison Ponthier is a Texan cowboy in Brooklyn.

It’s been well over two months since comedian Bo Burnham’s musical comedy special “Inside” debuted on HBO. But if you’re like me – and watched it about a dozen times – you still find yourself at 2 a.m. humming songs about Jeff Bezos and FaceTiming with your mom.

When EB Rebel left Dallas for Brooklyn in 2016, she carried her hometown with her, at least in her heart.

OneSelf Salaam, a renowned Dallas-based hip-hop producer and promoter, died Saturday in Dallas.

Last month, Austin-based duo Black Pistol Fire played Trees in one of their first shows since the pandemic began.

Few bands have one album that stands the test of time and resonates with fans decades later.

The tectonic house beats of “Apollo 11” by Cody Currie or “Good People – Director’s Cut Signature Mix” by Marko Militano shake the wooden dance floor and leather booths. Fluorescent lights timed to the music reflect from disco balls. The packed crowd bobs and bounces and dances to the enveloping,…

Cure for Paranoia just released its first EP. Kind of. The collective put the eight-track By Any Means Necessary on Soundcloud in April 2020, but it was accessible only via a private link: You donated some money and Cameron McCloud (Cure for Paranoia’s frontman) sent you the link. But the…