What had started as a laid-back appearance at a Dallas festival last weekend has turned into a weeklong ordeal for Houston R&B act The Suffers, who had their band’s trailer and, with it, thousands of dollars of equipment stolen during their visit to North Texas. The Suffers had played a midday…
Yesterday, the DFW music scene got just a little bit trippier. Denton psych-rockers Acid Carousel shared the first two singles from their upcoming double album, Another Everything, Acts 1 & 2, the Rock Opera, the band’s third album. The album is said to be influenced by the life of the…
Amid the rapid urbanization of Deep Ellum, the need for a dance club is high. As quirky, Instagrammable food spots seem to be pushing out the culturally significant bars and clubs, Beauty Bar’s new Deep Ellum location aims to create a space where people can have fun, be themselves and,…
Homegrown Festival is set to extend its 10th annual celebrations into two days this weekend with news of a last-minute schedule change due to weather. Saturday’s forecast of thunderstorms has prompted organizers to split the outdoor event between two venues, with a handful of artists performing that day at The…
A new batch of shows are on the horizon for the upcoming months in North Texas. We’ve got Grammy nominees, nostalgic reunions, indie rockers on the comeback and even a hologram headed this way. Sara Bareilles will spend much of the remainder of 2019 out on tour behind her recently…
Admit it, you love playing online quizzes, the kind where you pick your favorite potato and find out which kind of ocean plankton you should be rinsing your colon with. We have something much better: a fun quiz that will also teach you something of value. Also, it’s the shortest…
Do you like quizzes? Knew it. Do you like quizzes where you take a stab at stereotyping people? Also knew it. We put together a quiz for you — our readers, whom we love so dearly — to guess which concert people are attending based solely on a photograph. Sometimes…
In 2005 Chris McIuan began recording local bands in his home, just east of downtown Fort Worth. He called the space Buzz Studios and it was relatively cheap, equipped with Pro Tools and a 16-channel digital interface. Now working for Spectrum, McIuan says he has not recorded anyone’s music in…
Monoculture has a new music video out for their song “Eyesore” off last year’s album Blueprint for Dysfunction, and the video draws its inspiration from Childish Gambino’s “This Is America” and the TV series Black Mirror. “We wanted to create our own reality-bending visual story that explores gentrification, artistic exploitation,…
Loyal Sally is a band that knows how to make a music video. It’s a dying art in a media age where there aren’t dedicated cable channels drawing in viewers, exposing them to new bands that ticket buyers can obsess over. You wouldn’t know it by watching Dallas native Loyal…
Rosegarden Funeral Party is back with a new video, and this time they’re out to conquer darkness and save the world. The song “Once in a While” is their latest single, and though the band has not yet decided on a home for the track on any particular release, they…
Dallas-based hip-hop producer Sikwitit has hit his stride over the last five years. He’s won numerous beat battle tournaments, produced the lion’s share of Bobby Sessions’ RVLTN (Chapter 1) and crafted tracks for Snow Tha Product, Dave East and 21 Savage, to name a few. It’s arguable his most impressive achievement…
After having dressed some of Dallas’ most well-known musicians, including Bobby Sessions and Dorrough, it was only a matter of time before Charles Smith II’s designs received the coveted Knowles seal of approval. Last Friday, Solange released her fourth studio album, When I Get Home. The album was accompanied by…
Last week, there was vagueness circulating via social media surrounding future in-stores at Good Records. Jeff Tweedy’s performance on Saturday would be one of the last “Live from the Astroturf” events, which seemed a little odd to hear at first. But now it makes a lot of sense, because we…
Concert photographer Mike Brooks has come to be regarded as a Dallas institution. Known for his wide-angled, dynamic and dramatic visual storytelling, when he shows up to an event, its stock rises. Every night after shooting, he drives for over an hour to get to his house in the country…
It’s hard to believe that one of Dallas’ smallest record stores happens to be run by one of the city’s biggest characters. Bucks Burnett has been in the business of buying and selling vintage records and memorabilia for over three decades. And at his current store, 14 Records, Burnett spares…
Kitti Jones, a former Dallas radio host, says the last few days have been emotional for her. That’s because R. Kelly, famous rapper and R&B singer, was indicted Friday in Chicago on 10 counts of aggravated sexual abuse. Kelly’s attorney, Steve Greenberg, pleaded not guilty on Kelly’s behalf. On Monday afternoon,…
A verbal contract, the old joke goes, isn’t worth the paper it’s written on. Even Bronze Age tradesmen had the foresight to write down the terms of their agreements. Yet Dallas creatives in the 21st century are still struggling to learn this lesson. In Texas, oral contracts can be binding,…
The DFW music scene now more than ever is jam-packed with talent across all genres. DFW musicians are achieving an elusive trifecta of diversity, quality and quantity. We’ve compiled a list of artists who are the textbook definition of up-and-coming. Others are more well-known with established careers. What they have…
Sunday night, the Recording Academy hosted what they and many others call “Music’s Biggest Night” at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. While the lion’s share of the Grammy Awards were handed at an afternoon ceremony before CBS’ broadcast, several artists with ties to North Texas enjoyed a decent chunk…
On Wednesday morning, Fort Worth electronic act Vogue Machine released their new single “Kardio” for the soundtrack of the Adult Swim animated series Rick and Morty. A 15-second video featuring the single surfaced on the television series’ Twitter page Tuesday afternoon, with animation by Titmouse Inc., the animation studio behind…
Jeff Tandy is a freelance writer who contributed this article as a tribute to his longtime friend, Bruce Corbitt. This writing was promised to Bruce as an epilogue to his life, including his career and battle with cancer, to be published for everyone to read. Herein is his final wish…
