10 Essential Elvis Costello Deep Cuts

This past week, Elvis Costello announced that he will perform at the House of Blues on April 22 alongside his backing band The Imposters. The show is set to be Costello’s first North Texas performance since his solo show at The Majestic Theatre in 2016. Seeing as Costello has 30…

The Rise, Fall and Inevitable Rise of Promoter King Camel

It was Dec. 4, 2018, when the one-man show that is King Camel’s Jeffrey Brown took to the Canton Hall stage to accept the Dallas Observer Music Award for Best Talent Buyer, hoisting his trophy in the air and telling the cheering audience, “We fucking rule, dude! Suck my ass!”…

Hip-Hop Artist Fat Yunginn Signs With Cash Money Records

Another recording artist from North Texas has reached major-label status. The iconic Cash Money Records has signed “Fill Up Da Bagg” Pleasant Grove rapper Fat Yunginn in a seven-figure deal with a $250,000 advance, according to a press release. Born Jakeldrick Strain, 26-year-old Fat Yunginn says that the passing of…

Woman Crush Wednesday: Musician Nicole Marxen

Our crush this week is musician Nicole Marxen, one of the shiny dark innovators behind glam rock band Midnight Opera. The singer and synth player’s onstage showmanship follows the concept band’s high-drama, ever-changing narrative. The artist, muse and costume queen’s appeal is transporting, taking us through the ages and many…

Zac Wilkerson Chases Many Muses But Always Lands at Soul

If it’s not entirely impossible to keep from using the word “soul” when describing Zac Wilkerson’s music, it is certainly ill-advised. For starters, the Dallas resident’s excellent 2016 album is titled Dustbowl Soul, and plenty of the songs on his new record, Evergreen, feature R&B-powered full-band arrangements, which lend themselves…

The Eagles Reckoned With Their Legacy on Saturday Night in Dallas

What does it mean to reckon with your legacy? Does confronting a creative achievement — even if it’s the product of decades past, when you were someone else entirely — constitute a form of capitulation, a shrugging acceptance that you’ve peaked and are merely coasting on the fumes of previous…

She Rocks: Denton Highlights Female Acts at 2nd Annual Festival

They say girls run the world, and anyone who spends time exploring the entertainment scene throughout North Texas will especially appreciate that sentiment. We’ve got talented ladies in spades around here, so it was about time an event highlighting all-female or female-fronted acts came around. Last year, the Denton-based nonprofit…

Rappers and Philosophers: The Best Rap Lyricists in DFW

The element of competition is woven into the fabric of hip-hop culture and it’s part of what inspires rappers to create their best work — there are different styles and skill sets within the genre and it’s grown to include sub-genres and hybrid artists. But let us focus on the…