Have you heard about Tidal? Do you have a strong opinion about Tidal? Or do you just find it kind of hard to really care about it? When a cache of mainstream music stars joined together on a stage and signed some sort of declaration for their new music streaming…
When St. Vincent appeared on Saturday Night Live last summer, it was a bit of a traumatizing experience for some viewers. Who was this freak with the crazy hair and the weird choreographed moves? Many took to Twitter to express their utter confusion and, of course, disdain. Now almost one…
Imagine: an endlessly large plaza with towering pillars of light. A vast, gridded expanse of escalators criss-cross the atmosphere, ascending ever upward into a vaporous haze of glowing advertisements and shimmering glass. An infinity sponsored by multi-billion-dollar corporations and dripping with the stimulating lubricants of commerce, this monument to capitalism…
When we lobbied Sportsradio 1310 The Ticket for a local music show a few months back, we didn’t know quite what we would get. Being arguably one of the best music stations in town despite technically being a sports talk radio station, we knew the product would be top-notch, but…
Nickelback With Pop Evil Gexa Energy Pavilion, Dallas Friday, April 3, 2015 Nickelback are from Canada. Don’t get us wrong; we know that. But as they proved when they passed through Gexa Energy Pavilion on Friday night, America loves the hell out of this band. Sorry, haters, but you’re not…
Didn’t we just have one of these announcements? Why yes, yes we did. Last month BOOM 94.5 FM, Dallas’ flagship (well, only) classic hip hop station announced that it was bringing the city its first-ever classic hip-hop music festival, set to take place at the beginning of May. Well, now…
Swans With Little Annie Trees, Dallas Saturday, April 4, 2015 To say Swans is not everyone’s cup of tea is an understatement. Even the super fans among us can admit to having to be in a very particular mood (not to mention alone) to listen to the band’s music. But…
This week, the first proper week of April, looks promising. tUnE-yArDs is at South Side Music Hall, as is Jungle. Man-Man does one of those dirt-cheap Red Bull Sound Select shows with Zorch and Party Static at Club Dada. The Randy Rogers and Josh Abbot Bands play at WinStar. Aimee…
Stars With Wild Moccasins Granada Theater, Dallas Friday, April 3, 2015 Stars are a band that’s cresting. In fact, maybe they’ve crested already. It’s not a bad thing; it happens to most, or pretty well every, band. And Torquil Campbell, the leader of the Canadian indie rock group, is all…
What a world we live in. With the sad news this week that Bucks Burnett’s quirky 8-track museum is preparing to close its doors, news comes this morning of a plan that might as well be straight out of the future: Deep Ellum on Air is planning to launch a…
The 8-track has been through this rodeo before. It’s come and gone and sort of come back before, but now it looks like it’s not enough to keep Dallas’ 8-track museum — the only like it in the world — in business. Earlier this week, museum owner Bucks Burnett announced…
Thee Theater opened with little to no pomp and circumstance. Tidal, it was not. They just threw a few shows and put the flyers on social media. Still, droves of people came for the venue’s marquee name shows with Waka Flocka Flame and RiFF RAFF last month. “What we kind…
Dr. Dog With mewithoutYou House of Blues, Dallas Thursday, April 2, 2015 Dr. Dog are quite good at what they do, as they proved in a tight set last night at the House of Blues. But, as even their fans will likely admit, what they do is recycle, repackage, rearrange,…
We’ve made it folks. It’s the spring time. This will last for two months tops and then it will be as hot as the layer of hell where Mark David Chapman and Lucifer brunch. Cherish these days folks. Anyway, there’s a bunch of great shows you can check out this…
It the event heard ’round the world. Well, okay, the event heard around Dallas, but it was the buzz of all North Texas music last month, and the lines certainly wrapped around the block. We’re talking, of course, about the grand reopening party of Deep Ellum’s biggest concert venue, The…
Crit Life is a phenomenon. Technically it’s a hip hop collective, but in truth it’s become a motto, a way of life among Dallas’ high school- and college-aged music fans. They add the word “Crit” to the names they use on social media accounts and use all sorts of Crit-related…
Ariana Grande American Airlines Center, Dallas Wednesday, April 1, 2015 I’m not exactly the target demographic for an Ariana Grande show. I’m a 23-year-old male who’s been listening to a lot of Kendrick Lamar, Courtney Barnett and Chilly Gonzales lately. Out-of-touch record executives can’t plan marketing campaigns around a guy…
Dirty South Rydaz are the product of another time, another Dallas. Once signed to Universal Records, they were one of this city’s most influential hip hop groups, at a time when local artists didn’t always get the support they deserved and the rappers were overshadowed by more successful counterparts in…
Talib Kweli WIth Immortal Technique, Niko IS, Chino XL, CF and Poison Pen Trees, Dallas Tuesday, March 31, 2015 “You mean Talib, lyrics stick to ya rib?” It was a subtle part of the night, slipped in before Talib Kweli even hit the stage at Trees on Wednesday, but it…
Christian Zanni has been an active part of the Dallas DJ community since since the mid-2000s. Zanni is mostly associated with the DJ crew Motif and their parties. He has been a constant face amongst the local techno and house party scene, bringing his unique take on dance floor dogma…
If you spend any time south of downtown, you’ve probably wandered into Absinthe Lounge at least once, but maybe you were too drunk to remember. The chill atmosphere is a favorite for intimate local jazz shows, even though it can get a little rowdy during happy hour when the $3…
It’s a Thursday afternoon at El Centro College in downtown Dallas, and the guest speaker in the Fine Arts Appreciation classroom is DJ EZ Eddie D. He has long dreadlocks and a baseball hat on backwards, and instead of talking about math or science he’s discussing the relationship between DJs…
