Best New Music in Dallas

Six Shooter is a recurring feature in which we highlight six new releases by North Texas-based musicians. Leon Bridges — “Bad Bad News” March delivered all the news Leon Bridges fans have been clamoring for. Fort Worth’s soulful crooner will be releasing his sophomore album, Good Thing, on May 4. He…

“Blurred Lines” Is Musical Theft? Some Dallas Musicians Disagree

If you’re a musician and are not worried that a court recently upheld the verdict on “Blurred Lines,” you should be. In 2015, after a couple of years of back-and-forth lawsuits, Marvin Gaye’s family won a copyright infringement lawsuit against Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams. The Gaye family believed Thicke’s…

Dallas Observer Mixtape: AY.MZ of Josey Records

Amy Payan is the name on her birth certificate. She’s has been on the front lines of the vinyl resurgence, slinging vinyl at Josey Records since it opened its doors three years ago. In an environment surrounded by DJ veterans and librarian-esque music nerds, Josey Records has given Payan access…

Dallas Musician Stephen Mashburn Is Going on Tour With Ingested

If the last several months have been any indication, the heavy music scene in North Texas is alive and thriving in a way that hasn’t been seen since the turn of the millennium. There are more bands signed to record labels than ever, and local musicians such Stefan Gonzales and…

Dallas Observer Mixtape with J.Caprice

Joshua Caprice fits the archetype of the journeyman DJ, with his work doing A&R for labels, promoter for events, dancer on the floor and, most significantly, as a house music producer under his stage name, J Caprice. After a year on the road as a touring DJ and seeing the…

8 More Dallas Bands Heading To SXSW

More artists have been announced as performers in SXSW’s official music showcases, and a handful of them come from North Texas. Plenty of bands and other musical acts are sure to be announced in the next couple of weeks leading up to this year’s film, interactive media and music festival,…

Best New Music in Dallas, February 2018

Six Shooter is a recurring feature in which we highlight six new releases by North Texas-based musicians. Kacey Musgraves — “Space Cowboy” Musgraves tempered the usually present kitschy, retro aesthetic for this new single, but “Space Cowboy” features the good ol’ tongue-in-cheek, scathing lyrics we’ve come to love from the…