Normally the prospect of sitting out at a show at Gexa Energy Pavilion in the middle of August is the stuff of night terrors — something akin to frying an egg on the sidewalk. But every so often there’s a show that makes it worthwhile, and one of them just…
Chaz French never expected Texas would be the place to make his hip-hop dreams come true. When he moved here with family as a teenager and found himself living on friends’ couches, it seemed like the place for those dreams to go to die. But the opposite has proved true:…
Jonny Brashear is an old-school techno head in the purest sense. He’s a connoisseur of the robot dance music and was owner of the now-defunct Sonic Convergence, a label that was based in Dallas but focused on European producers. Though not as active now as a DJ as in the…
Luke Bryan seems to grace Dallas with his don’t-call-it-bro-country presence every few months — he was here to play Gexa Energy Pavilion just last summer — so it’s not much of a surprise when he makes plans for a visit. What is surprising, though, is Bryan’s apparent leap from the…
It still seems hard to believe that David Bowie is gone. The great master of shape shifting, he never really seemed human — much less mortal. Many of us are listening to Blackstar, the goodbye album released just a couple days prior to his passing, as well as our many…
Making pilgrimages in the name of Elvis Presley is nothing new. Of course, for most superfans of the King that means making the trek to Graceland in Memphis, Presley’s home and the place where he died back in 1977. But for talk show host Jerry Springer, it means something a…
About a year ago, we took a look ahead into the immediate future of local country music and pointed you in the direction of a few fine North Texas talents we thought would be worth keeping an eye on in 2015. Those artists indeed made their fair share of noise,…
By curating Saturday shows at Red Light Lounge called Stereo on Strike, Wanz Dover is trying to draw attention to the local underground dance music sounds, particularly techno. It’s also an attempt to raise awareness with people who can’t tell the difference between techno and house. Today he is also…
In his more than 50 years in the music business, David Walker has seen plenty of shit. Walker has played various roles in the stories of some of rock ‘n’ roll’s most historic acts, including The Rolling Stones, Devo and Paul McCartney. Walker first got his start in the business…
It’s hard to think of much else today besides the news that legendary singer, actor and all-around badass David Bowie has passed away. But is there some positive news out there, especially for fans of classic rock, both young and old: Former Led Zeppelin front man Robert Plant is going…
With shocking suddenness, we’re left to live in a post-David Bowie world. The man who brought us Ziggy Stardust, the Thin White Duke and Jareth the Goblin King had secretly battled cancer for the past 18 months. On Sunday, just two days after celebrating his 69th birthday with the release…
What’s going on with A.Dd+? According to Paris Pershun, one half of the popular Dallas rap duo, “Everything” is — and not in a good way. After dominating the North Texas scene for years, the Nawf Dallas duo is calling it quits — at least according to Pershun. The other…
This week we’re getting back into the swing of things. You can catch Tool’s return to Dallas after four years and explain why “Hooker With a Penis” is brilliant. Or you can watch Macklemore catch bodies on his moped while insisting that he keeps it extremely “real.” Or if you’re…
Dave Rawlings Machine Majestic Theatre Friday, January 8, 2016 For the most part, the eighth day of the year is far too early to crown anything as the best of the year. But Friday night’s Dave Rawlings Machine show at the Majestic Theatre made it feel like the best Americana…
Unless you have been ignoring the Internet over the last few days, you’ve probably noticed Denton’s Kaela Sinclair has entered 2016 with a bang. The Florida-born University of North Texas alumna posted a killer video cover of SOHN’s “Artifice” to Facebook last Thursday and the results have been impressive, to…
Kevin Dunlap stands in the darkness of The Rail Club discussing the changes that he and co-owners Josh Campbell and Kyle Booker made to transform what was once known as Fort Worth’s premier metal venue into a full-blown music venue for all genres of music. Dunlap, a 26-year-old McKinney native,…
It’s exciting to have Moody Fuqua working as a talent buyer in Deep Ellum with the recent rebranding of RBC. His eclectic lineups and commitment to highlighting local hip-hop and electronic music are already a breath of fresh air in the neighborhood. But what about Crown & Harp on lower…
By the time that Seinfeld, the beloved show about nothing, concluded, comedian Jerry Seinfeld didn’t have to do a damn thing for the rest of his life. He’d made enough money to spend his post-TV years collecting cars, drinking whiskey and spending time with his famous friends. But that all…
Daniel Markham is a big fan of black metal. Now, that’s not exactly the first thing you’d expect from a guy who admires Vic Chesnutt and wrote a song about the day REM called it quits. But the Denton singer-songwriter likes to keep busy: He recorded his new album over the…
Club Dada will celebrate the fifth “birthiversary” of its second chapter this weekend with a showcase of local talent. The Deep Ellum club first opened 30 years ago. Since the reopening, Dada, along with its neighbor Trees, has played a crucial role in the resurgence we are seeing in the…
Who says playing video games is a waste of time? They got TekForce through some hard times; he even learned how to make beats on a Playstation. Besides, people respond to nostalgia. An Atari 2600 reference can take someone back to when they were a little kid. Some video games…
For 18 years, Joe Virus has held down his residency The Church at Lizard Lounge where he still plays every Thursday and Sunday. He has been delivering industrial and goth standards in line with his own take on cyberpunk on a consistent basis for almost two decades, making it the…
