As a member of the Our House Crew, Johnny Leake is at the forefront of the house music scene in Dallas. DJing sets around town on fairly regular basis, Leake and his cohorts have thrown some of the better underground parties in Dallas. Driven by a deep love of house music, Leake plays…
Leon Bridges has had a lot of big weeks in the course of the last six months or so, but this one has been one of the biggest. Today, in fact, is a particular milestone day for the Fort Worth singer, as his debut album for Columbia Record, Coming Home,…
That escalated quickly. Early last week, North Carolina rapper J. Cole announced a new run of his Dollar and a Dream concerts, whereby fans can see him play for only $1. The kickoff for the tour would be none other than Dallas. The only catch? The location of the show…
Jantzen “Jedi” Ray is nothing if not resilient. His Internet-only radio station, Deep Ellum on Air, has gone through several changes of scenery in its five years of existence, including a run that forced his girlfriend to hide in a closet. (We’ll explain that in a bit.) But he’s always…
Believe it or not, J. Cole is one of the most sought after rappers today. His latest album, 2014 Forest Hills Drive, sold over 350, 000 copies in its first week after being announced just three weeks prior with a minuscule amount of promotion in terms of what you’d expect…
Aleah Axiom’s passion for techno is intoxicating. As a music blogger, college radio DJ and club DJ she has spread the word of the technology laced genre to any and all that will listen. Outside of performing, that passion has manifested itself through her writing and interviews on the Robotic…
Since its founding, Billy Bob’s Texas has been known around the globe as the world’s largest honky tonk. It has always been a place to drink beer, do a little line dancing and catch a show, but only Texans and the artists that play at this legendary venue know its…
It’s been a while. It’s been a long while. The last time that Belle and Sebastian played Dallas was even longer ago than the last time Jack White played here — which is saying something. By our count, it’s been almost a decade. But that’s about to change this August,…
There’s a time in the life of every self-proclaimed party band when a certain degree of (shall we say) “partyability” has been reached, and the various venues that play host become almost interchangeable — the shape of the glass can’t change the liquid being poured inside. Doesn’t matter if it’s…
Back in 2013, a screening was held in Deep Ellum for 45, a documentary on the scorching local punk band Spector 45. As great as the band was, the tragic deaths of guitarist and vocalist Frankie Campagna and bassist Adam Carter loomed large over the band’s story. The documentary (which…
The next big thing, it seems, is getting booze delivered straight to your doorstep and like seemingly everything these days, from an application on your phone. Drizly, a start up founded in Boston in 2013that allows you to do what was mentioned above, is the latest start up that’s already…
Splitting his time between Lubbock, Houston and Dallas, Michael Duncan has seen his share of DJ decks. Coming from a largely alt-rock background, he discovered house music in the ’90s and never looked back. Stylistically Duncan is not limited to house music and can be found DJing everything from new…
It started as a joke. About four months ago, Matt Jones was hanging out with a couple of friends at Oak Street Drafthouse in Denton when bystanders turned and started listening to his goofs. He realized at that moment that his jokes were pretty funny and could take on the…
Hulon Pate has been an active DJ since the 90s. Locally pate has held down a residency at Absinthe for the past 5 years, but has built a more substantial audience through his Grind2Shine Podcast. Although he is admittedly a Techno fan as reflected in his mixtape this week, he…
The 16Bars.XXX party Saturday night that capped off Dallas Week got a little rowdy. Rowdy was expected, maybe even encouraged, but there’s always a threshold. During DJ bemyfriend’s set, a gaggle of people found themselves wildin’ out near the DJ booth and any DJ’s worst nightmare began to take shape…
Since it opened its doors in 2013, Deep Ellum’s Twilite Lounge has earned a reputation for being one of the area’s best places to grab a drink, have a conversation or take a date. Lost sometimes in all the fawning over the jukebox and boozy concoctions is that owners Danny…
Springtime in Dallas is kinda crazy. We’ve had plenty of reminders of that of late (witness: the past 24 hours), what with all the severe weather warnings, tornado sirens and Trinity River flooding. So it’s no surprise that putting on an outdoor concert is tricky business as well. Witness: Lana…
Chris Parkinson DJs as the Experiment, a holdout from the better days of dubstep. Believe it or not, there were better days before the obnoxious drops and insidious wobbles took over the genre and it completely jumped the shark. Before cringeworthy pop vocals and money grabs, dubstep was as underground…
Panels are more or less uninteresting to a person not directly invested in a trade. If you attended last night’s Dallas rap panel at Off The Record, then you’re probably invested in the trade (and business) of rap in Dallas. In fact, your livelihood may even depend on some of…
As far as gigs a Dallas electronic musician go, it simply does not get bigger than this. On Tuesday, influential “Intelligent Dance Music” duo Autechre announced their first North American tour in a decade, in support of their 2013 album Exai. Support for the tour comes from Rob Hall and,…
Something’s been brewing up in Denton over the last few months and it’s got North Texas’ aspiring MC’s all worked up. For those paying attention to D-FW’s hip-hop scene, it’s hard to deny the talent this area has been cultivating over the years. The only problem is the lack of…
If you’re a regular KXT listener, you’ve probably noticed that former program manager Mark Abuzzahab is no longer around. After helping grow the non-commercial, locally focused public station for the past five years, Abuzzahab took a position with VuHaus after stepping down from KXT just about a month ago. But…
