Music

When Yella Beezy released his latest single and music video in January, “Is You Fuckin,” he also announced another single to be released at the end of the month, with hip-hop force — and fellow North Texan — Erica Banks. “Star,” was released Jan. 29, and there’s more to come…

We know you don’t need an excuse to headbang to “Walk” or “Cowboys from Hell,” but Texas Ale Project has graced us with the perfect way to partake in our favorite Pantera songs. The Dallas-based brewery is releasing Pantera Golden Ale on March 1, which they created in collaboration with…

As a young bluesman, Tommy Katona journeyed to Dallas to learn more about the genre. Last year, things got a whole lot bluer. Katona, now 36, hails from Hungary and styled himself after the late Stevie Ray Vaughan. He’d connected with Vaughan’s music at the tender age of 5, he…

Whether you buy into the schmaltzy notion that punk rock is an “attitude” or ascribe to the more pragmatic conclusion that it is nothing more than just a music genre and subculture, the fact remains that progressive politics have predominantly been at its helm since its ascension in the 1970s…

Electropop duo Secrecies dropped their new single “Far Away So Close” along with an accompanying video on Friday, Jan. 29. The dreamy song, available on all streaming platforms, was recorded before the pandemic lockdowns yet has taken on a new meaning for the band in the days of social distancing…

Katie Scott has not let a matter as small as a global pandemic get in the way of her dreams. Last July, the teacher-turned-business-owner opened Red Zeppelin Records in downtown McKinney, a punk-grunge haven for crate diggers. Soon after she opened the shop, Scott began to receive music submissions from…

This was always going to be a bittersweet story. A story about four friends, bound together by the act of creation and love for one another, whose creative exploits are a part of Dallas-Fort Worth music history and who had rediscovered their artistic bond in time to mount a potential…

Through art, creators were able to navigate a pandemic and process the many tragedies that took place in 2020. With his new single “Move On,” which premiered last month, singer-songwriter Dezmond Walker shines a light on local artists as they share their stories. Walker wrote “Move On” about a four-year…

In some households, every day is Selena day. But thanks to a bill reintroduced Thursday by state Rep. Ana-Maria Ramos, April 16 might officially be designated as “Selena Day,” honoring the late Texan music star Selena Quintanilla. Quintanilla was killed by her employee Yolanda Saldívar on March 31, 1995. Even…

Dallas lost a pillar in its music community when Tim Daniels, co-owner of Club Dada, Off the Record, and other venues, passed away from COVID-19 complications on Saturday, Jan. 15. Daniels is remembered in the community as someone who was always there to support musicians and even patrons who needed…

If 2021 wasn’t looking brighter already, the news that previously unseen Beatles content is coming soon is certainly a welcome sign that there are better days ahead. Lord of the Rings filmmaker Peter Jackson has restored over 55 hours of previously unrestored footage of the Fab Four during the recording…

Conspiracy theories are well-worn highways in popular culture. They serve to fill in the blanks in our gaps of knowledge so that we feel like we have complete and interesting world-views. Can’t understand how a man can become as successful as Jay-Z? He must be part of the Illuminati! Don’t…

Turns out, Garth Brooks doesn’t have many friends in low places. During a press conference on Monday, the country star announced that he would be performing at Joe Biden’s presidential inauguration on Wednesday, Jan. 20. The lineup of talent performing at the inauguration includes Lady Gaga, John Legend, Bruce Springsteen…

Around the time humans started dipping their fingers in ochre and telling stories on cave walls, a group of shamans forged flutes from bone and drums from animal skin. Those shamans were, by definition, healers, and the sounds they made with their flutes and drums were part of the therapeutic…

Phil Spector is dead, and the world is better for it. Seemingly most nationwide press outlets have acknowledged the fact that the once-venerated producer was convicted of murder following the 2003 death of actress Lana Clarkson, but some have chosen to do so with callous soft-pedaling. BBC was scathingly criticized…

Denton rapper AV The Great took to the studio to give his thoughts on the insurrection at the Capitol building last week. The single “Jan 6th, 2021” captures the artist’s stunned disbelief at what unfolded and notes the utter hypocrisy of the domestic terrorists’ actions with lyrics such as: “Kaepernick…

Victoria just wasn’t the right town for a band like Velvet Skyline. They had gone just about as far as they could go in the Texas city’s cover band-filled nightlife, which also boasts of its annual Bootfest, a festival that favored country tunes and old-time rock ‘n’ roll over the…

The rumours are true. Preceded by David Crosby and Bob Dylan, both of whom recently sold the rights to their entire catalogues, Fleetwood Mac’s Lindsey Buckingham announced last week that he’d signed away his entire discography to Merck Mercuriadis’ Hipgnosis Songs. No word on how much the deal paid, but we’re…

Demi Lovato has been naïve. She didn’t think an attempted coup was possible. But then it happened. Her heart is broken, she says. Lovato’s fans, known as Lovatics, can’t be bothered with a coup, though. They’re begging for Lovato’s seventh album, which they refer to as “d7.” “My heart is broken,”…

Need more reasons to be glad 2021 is here? We didn’t think so. Nevertheless, it’s always fun to look ahead to new music. Luckily for us, the months ahead will include plenty of albums from some of our favorite Texas artists and bands. From Polyphonic Spree alums to rap superstars,…

Reality television may seem a particularly contradicting term when it comes to certain shows — some are certainly more scripted than spontaneous — but, there’s a component of “reality” in singing competition shows that even the most cunning producer couldn’t fabricate through a script. For starters, shows like American Idol…