Acid Carousel’s video for “Killer on the Moonbeam” from its EP Street Cowboys is filled with irony and satire, sending up politics and culture to tell the story of life as seen from the background. “The story is that of the killer on the moonbeam,” singer and guitarist Gus Baldwin…
On Twitter this weekend, Dallas native Demi Lovato tweeted about pranking her bodyguard with a “lady of the night.” During a Twitter Q&A, Lovato said it was the “funniest prank ever.” “She walked into his room without permission and grabbed him in his ‘area’ and he freaked the fuck out…
Dead Sullivan’s Boone Patrello has always preferred to be felt rather than seen. To him, the only thing tantamount to success is his music. There’s no persona, no ego. Just his songs. So far, his methods need not be questioned. With three albums already out in the wild and a…
Pop music has gotten sadder in the last 30 years, according to a study published in the Royal Society Open Science journal. Researchers used more than 500,000 songs released in the United Kingdom from 1985 to 2015 to analyze what makes a song successful, as in reaching the top charts…
The latest show listings on its website are from 2016, so it is hard to tell if The Bar & Restaurant Society, a Los Angeles-based booking and promotions agency, is still in business. In any case, the agency has caused problems for artists throughout the years. The Dallas-Fort Worth area…
Flunked Records is the brainchild of Ryan Butler and his continuing quest to keep house music an active concern. Club music trends come and go in Dallas only slightly less frequently than the changing of the seasons, but house music has been a constant. Even with the recent uptick of…
Six Shooter is a recurring feature in which we highlight six new releases by North Texas-based musicians. Brave Little Howl — “Tupelo” Our Lives Aren’t Movies, out this week, is the first full-length album from Brave Little Howl. The local Americana indie six-piece has been gigging around Texas for a…
Erin Kinsey, a 17-year-old country musician from Rockwall, once looked at her childhood music lessons as a burden. Now, she has an opening slot for a Hunter Hayes concert April 28 at Ascend Theater in Tennessee and no other plans for her future besides pursuing a career in music. Kinsey…
Alexus Sacco and Frank Stevens’ mutual interest in synthesizers and electronic music has brought them together as the ambitious electronic duo PVLMS, a pairing that happened at a chance meeting at a Baths concert five years ago. They reconnected soon after in college and have been making music together ever…
The two-hour deep clean at The Secret Factory starting at 6 a.m. Sunday mornings is of paramount importance. The Secret Factory transforms from techno den to place of worship. Yeah, from nightclub to a church. Disco balls and the massive Fulcrum speakers that push 118 decibels of techno sound are…
Record Store Day 2018 is nigh upon us. Now in its 11th year, RSD is the musically drenched holiday when you and all your friends become John Cusack in High Fidelity. No matter your taste in music, odds are there’s a record coming out that day that will tickle your…
Bobby Sessions’ career as a major label artist at Def Jam has begun. Last week, the Dallas rapper released his first single, “Like Me,” and it has received rave reviews from NPR and Pitchfork. The track addresses the climate of racial injustice in America, both past and present. It’s a…
The bags of mulch in the front yard for new flower beds resemble any ol’ house in the suburbs. It’s a nice red brick home, and the subdivision has one of those typical names, like Canyon Lakes, Dove Ridge or Grand Oaks. Do not judge a book by its cover…
On Saturday, independent record stores worldwide will celebrate the 11th annual Record Store Day, a holiday aimed at crate-diggers and the overall record store atmosphere. It has become an opportunity for musicians of all kinds to do in-store performances while customers scour for hard-to-find exclusives. According to the 2018 Recording…
It is hard to overlook what The New Yorker once called “The Perplexing Whiteness of Country Music.” It’s nothing less than a phenomenon. Sometimes called “the white man’s blues,” country music has been influenced by many cultures. But, like most of history, its past seems whitewashed, keeping major influences hidden…
Pedro Gonzalez Jr. has been fighting the good fight behind the decks for over two decades under his alias, DJ PriestTD. Although his roots are deepest in hip-hop, he is versatile in a variety of genres, like any veteran DJ. Much of that versatility came from digging for the source…
During the past four years, Gavin Mulloy has been synonymous with Trees and The Bomb Factory. Doing marketing for two of the best venues in Deep Ellum, he seemed to be staying put, given the quality of the shows and their turnouts. But he dropped some big news Monday: He…
Everything seems to be falling into place for smooth-singing local country singer Jessica McVey. In the next month, you might see her playing her debut single, “John Deere in the Headlights,” at places like End Zone Bar in Deep Ellum or Z Grill in Flower Mound. Just a few years…
It’s been 15 years since Opening Bell Coffee, originally known as Standard & Pours Coffee & Stocks, opened its doors to the public. Pascale Hall, founder of the coffee shop and music destination, says the shop has made an impact on local artists and has given the community a place…
The DJ life is a tough haul for anyone. But as in most male-dominated professions, female DJs have to walk an extra mile that their male counterparts rarely — if ever — have to worry about. Despite the different standards, the industry is filled with powerful female DJs like Nina…
We’re not here to harp on someone’s age, but it can be sobering when a musician younger than 21 is kicking ass while we sit in our cubicles wondering where we went wrong in life. Here are some of the best. Caleb Lewis is the 20-year-old wunderkind guitar virtuoso and…
Alex Kidd is a globe-trotting DJ who recently moved to Dallas from South Africa. Kidd was lured to the area at a time when the international club scene is taking interested in Dallas. With a string of releases and a three-decade career, Kidd looks to make Dallas his new home…
