It’s the ultimate battle of the bands. Metal bands from North Texas submitted their videos to 97.1 the Eagle this month in hopes of being selected to open for Metallica during five dates of their upcoming worldwide stadium tour. Only two Dallas bands advanced to the finals of the Hit…
Dallas musician Daniel Hart seems to attract successful projects. The Dark Rooms frontman is a film composer whose body of work includes the scores for Disney’s Pete’s Dragon and upcoming A Ghost Story, starring Casey Affleck. Hart recently debuted the soundtrack he composed for S-Town, a podcast created by the…
In 1908, Jack Norworth was sitting on a subway train when he saw a sign saying, “Baseball Today – Polo Grounds.” Norworth had never been to a baseball game before, but the sign inspired him to write one of the most iconic songs in sports history: “Take Me Out to the…
“The only thing I won’t miss are the coffeeshops,” -Topic says, when asked his feelings about Dallas. The rapper is leaning against Gabe McCool’s “Cake” mural in a vibrant alley full of them, off Crowdus Street in Deep Ellum. Maybe it’s a reference to Drugstore Cowboy close by, where he’s…
RaeLynn performs at 7 p.m. tomorrow at Klyde Warren Park. Admission is free. When RaeLynn’s debut album WildHorse went No. 1 on the Billboard Country Albums Chart, her husband didn’t know it even happened because he’s deployed. RaeLynn doesn’t name his location or which military branch Josh Davis serves, but…
Just past 2 o’clock on a Thursday afternoon, Maren Morris is seated on a stool in the middle of the Foundation Room at Dallas’ House of Blues, a spotlight shining in her face as she speaks into a local TV news camera. This is one of five interviews the breakout country star will…
It was after midnight, the show was running 45 minutes behind and many in the crowd were on edge. A large window had been broken during opener Same Brain when a mosh pit started and sent one person flying through it. Native Fox’s guitarist and vocalist James Naylor surveyed the…
For the second year in a row, Rhett Miller succeeded in turning downtown’s Main Street Garden Park into the site of a well-curated, daylong music festival for adults and kids. Though the leader of local favorite Old 97’s is no longer a full-time Dallas resident, he clearly still understands the city…
Ariana Grande American Airlines Center, Dallas Sunday, April 9, 2017 In terms of pop stars who have graced the stage at American Airlines Center, if Adele is the chatty next door neighbor who popped in for tea and biscuits and a couple of laughs, Ariana is the boardroom executive –…
The Majestic Theatre is slated to host the one and only Morrissey Saturday night. He’s canceled the past couple of times but we’re pretty excited, and confident, that he’ll make it. Plus, third time’s the charm, right? On the off chance he doesn’t make it, again, there are plenty of…
In less than a year, Northern National have amassed a considerable online following and received the support of major media companies. It seems that the alternative pop-rock band have picked up their audience almost everywhere — except their hometown, Dallas. While Northern National are a regular act at music festivals…
Music and art may seem like appealing career paths for creative people. However, at a Dallas Startup Week panel on Wednesday, several entertainment entrepreneurs warned that these fields require business sense as well. “A lot of people want to create, but one of the things you have to worry about…
The Bomb Factory had a busy week of show announcements. In addition to upcoming appearances slated for two giants in the contemporary indie-rock scene, there are dates set for a classic rock titan and an illuminating act with deep Texas ties. In other news, the aTrolla Festival has released its…
It’s not simple being FlexinFab. The 19-year-old, born Fabricio Rojas, is currently riding a wave of success only six months after setting out on his rap career. On the flip side, he’s knee deep in internet trolls and hip-hop purists who think he represents everything that’s wrong with the genre…
Lucinda Williams plays Old 97’s County Fair at Main Street Garden Park on Saturday, April 8. Lucinda Williams has received a lot of praise in the course of her career, but the last couple of years have been particularly kind. Her most recent two albums — 2014’s Down Where the…
Last weekend one of the cornerstones of Dallas’ DJ community unexpectedly died. Aaron Wilkerson, better known to his peers and fans as Squirt, rose to prominence in the mid to late ’90s. If you picked up a flyer for a party or a rave during that time, you likely saw his name…
Jeffrey Liles has packed a lot of living into the past 35 years. The Kessler Theater artistic director’s resume — his life story, actually — reads like a fanfic book co-written, somehow, by assorted members of the 27 Club and the characters of Almost Famous. He’s resurrected his alter ego,…
“I like going wild in nice clothes,” Ronnie Heart says. Anyone who has seen the disco funk man do his thing live can attest to the validity of that statement. It’s dance music after all and Heart has never been one to shy away from showing off his own dance…
Fort Worth’s music scene got an unexpected sock in the mouth last month with closure of the music venue Live Oak. Sara DeMore of Sara and the Saratones, an Arlington resident, says Live Oak was the primary venue for her eclectic acoustic group. “Sometimes, a place will close down and…
The Orwells play Club Dada on Saturday, April 8. The last time the Orwells played Dallas, their set at Trees ended with an on-stage altercation between a sound man and vocalist Mario Cuomo. After Cuomo spiked the mike a few times during their set at last year’s Spillover Fest, he and…
Singer-songwriter Paul Howeth is an unknown. He’s lived in obscurity for most of his adult life — he has no job, and before recently becoming homeless, was surviving off disability payments in a cramped apartment with his longtime companion Diane and their three pets. The musician, who’s probably in his…
88 Killa is the Don of Dallas in the new music video for his latest single “The Code,” directed by longtime friend and confidant Jeremy Biggers. The 29-year-old rapper explores his inner mob boss in the ’70s gangster film-inspired video. Biggers even used the same iconic font that Francis Ford Coppola…
