When the lead singer is sick, the show must go on. Such is the nature of show business. So, on this Sunday night at Club Dada in front of a room full of fresh-faced teens with X-marks-the-spot hands, Herrick & Hooley have to put something together even though their lead…
Leon Bridges has had a lot of big weeks in the course of the last six months or so, but this one has been one of the biggest. Today, in fact, is a particular milestone day for the Fort Worth singer, as his debut album for Columbia Record, Coming Home,…
Sadly, jukeboxes don’t get the same kind of respect that they used to. Now that we can all hold our favorite musical selections in our hands, it seems a bit superfluous to have a massive, dusty old machine in the corner. Still, plenty of Dallas’ best dive bars insist on…
Last Friday, many woke up to the devastating news that beloved local singer-songwriter Jay Johnson died on Thursday night. A Facebook post from Rebecca Scott, Johnson’s constant companion and biggest fan shared the sad — and to many, shocking — news that Johnson had taken his own life. As Friday morning…
JMBLYA Fest Deep Ellum Outdoors, Dallas Friday, June 19, 2015 ScoreMore Shows’ JMBLYA Fest, in conjunction with Dallas organization Support Our Students, gave out 200 free tickets to high schoolers to attend the student-oriented festival last Friday. In honor of the occasion, we invited one recent high school graduate, Xavier…
That escalated quickly. Early last week, North Carolina rapper J. Cole announced a new run of his Dollar and a Dream concerts, whereby fans can see him play for only $1. The kickoff for the tour would be none other than Dallas. The only catch? The location of the show…
Leon Bridges Scat Jazz Lounge, Fort Worth Saturday, June 20, 2015 Would you pay $250 (or more, if rumors are to be believed) to see Leon Bridges? That was the question that fans who didn’t have tickets had to ask themselves if they wanted to see the Fort Worth singer play…
Jodeci With Tony! Toni! Toné! and Troop Verizon Theatre, Grand Prairie Sunday, June 21, 2015 It’s been quite a while since Jodeci released a studio album — 20 years in fact — but that’s exactly what the “Bad Boys of R&B” did this past March. The quartet’s fourth studio album, The…
Two festivals this week. Really, two that take place in the same location but couldn’t be for more vastly different crowds. But, that’s the beauty of music. There’s something for everybody. Kings of Mic, the old school hip hop fest with the like of LL Cool J, DJ Jazzy Jeff, and…
Jantzen “Jedi” Ray is nothing if not resilient. His Internet-only radio station, Deep Ellum on Air, has gone through several changes of scenery in its five years of existence, including a run that forced his girlfriend to hide in a closet. (We’ll explain that in a bit.) But he’s always…
Neon Trees With Alex Winston and Yes You Are Granada Theater, Dallas Thursday, June 18, 2015 Last night, Neon Trees made me feel like a dad. Or at least feel for them. It wasn’t just when they closed the evening out with a limp cover of Dexy’s Midnight Runners’ “Come…
This weekend is looking very packed. Leon Bridges is performing one (actually, two) of his many shows leading up to the release of his debut album, Coming Home — all of which seem to be sold out but industrious folks know how to get their hands on sold out tickets in…
Before Sascha Stone Gutfreund and Claire Bogle, the founders of Austin concert promoters ScoreMore Shows, could get into the music business, they both had to hit rock bottom. Growing up in Los Angeles and New Mexico, respectively, both were sent to boarding schools and battled with drug and alcohol addictions…
Believe it or not, J. Cole is one of the most sought after rappers today. His latest album, 2014 Forest Hills Drive, sold over 350, 000 copies in its first week after being announced just three weeks prior with a minuscule amount of promotion in terms of what you’d expect…
In the past six months, life has changed dramatically for Fort Worth native Leon Bridges. He went from washing dishes to having a record contract with Columbia, and his world turned on its ear. But it was during a recent photo shoot in London when that fact was driven home:…
D’angelo and the Vangaurd The Bomb Factory, Dallas Tuesday, June 16, 2015 Eric Garner. Michael Brown. Tamir Rice. D’angelo dedicates the next song to those three lives deemed undeserving of justice by so called justice. We can throw in a few others for good measure as well. James Harrison. Walter…
Kris Youmans is an almost constant presence in Deep Ellum. Hop around the patios of the neighborhood late at night and you’re bound to hear to his cackling laugh sooner or later. To most, he’s known as a 20-year veteran of concert promotion, one of the owners of Three Links…
Aleah Axiom’s passion for techno is intoxicating. As a music blogger, college radio DJ and club DJ she has spread the word of the technology laced genre to any and all that will listen. Outside of performing, that passion has manifested itself through her writing and interviews on the Robotic…
Leon Bridges is coming home this weekend, but good luck getting into the show. Either of them. The Fort Worth phenom, one of the most buzzed-about artists of 2015 since he signed with Columbia Records last Christmas, is playing two shows at Scat Jazz Lounge on Saturday night, and to…
Darius Goodson and Evita Cortez are up front about Black Lodge. “We’re big David Lynch fans,” Cortez admits. The name of this DIY space in Deep Ellum in an homage to the surreal place from Twin Peaks that contains the infamous Red Room, where Agent Dale Cooper meets the Man from…
Since its founding, Billy Bob’s Texas has been known around the globe as the world’s largest honky tonk. It has always been a place to drink beer, do a little line dancing and catch a show, but only Texans and the artists that play at this legendary venue know its…
Rahim Quazi has had ghosts around him throughout his life. He’s seen them in person and is not afraid to share about his experiences in interviews and in his songs. But Quazi is not a dour person. He’s pretty much the exact opposite: he’s upbeat, friendly, casual and professional. Born in San Francisco, he…
