Full ACL Schedule Released, Dreams Everywhere Crushed

Austin City Limits shattered dreams this morning, as every festival eventually must, when it released its schedule for the two-weekend bash. Whereas before excited festival-goers could look at the line-up and think “I’d love to see that one! And that one! Wow, and them!,” now they must look at the…

Dallas Filmmakers Premiere Descendents Documentary at Texas Theatre

Last year, the teaser trailer for Filmage debuted to much acclaim. Looking back at the career of The Descendents (including the formation of All when frontman Milo Aukerman left the band), local filmmakers Matt Riggle, Deedle LaCour, Justin Wilson and James Rayburn have documented something that many punk rock fans…

Rob Viktum’s New Mixtape, Sex Sells, Is Out Today

Rob Viktum is busy these days. Since we last featured one of his mixtape releases, the “Double Cupped Up” for the Dallas-based Prep Street, he has formed a label and released an excellent mixtape from Kool Quise, all while keeping folks crowded on the dance floors of Dallas from behind…

Local Music News Bits, Lassoed Together Like Texas Cattle

It’s Monday, so it’s as good a time as any for you to peruse this quick grab-bag of local music news hastily cobbled together with no agenda or real thought. Do you have a few minutes to care about your local music scene? Good, because it just so happens that…

The Complete Guide to Dallas Pools: Photos

Dallas is hot and the Gulf of Mexico is three and a half hours away. But we make do in true Dallas style: with shiny, man-made solutions in the form of an impressive array of pools. Some are obvious and open to the general public, others are not. But nightlife…

How to Play Guitar: The 10 Essential YouTube Videos

In the late ’80s/early ’90s, if you wanted to become a guitarslinger but couldn’t afford lessons, your options were limited to guitar tab in a magazine like Guitar World or Guitar One, your old man or some other drunken family member willing to show you a chord or two before…

Why Patrick Ryan Clark Made the Switch to Christian Music

Dallas is home to one of the richest religious music scenes in the country. Over the summer, we’ll be attending services, both big and small, of many denominations, as well talking to musicians, directors and pastors. “Today is a celebration,” Patrick Ryan Clark tells the audience. “So let’s celebrate.” Dressed…

The Complete Guide to Dallas Pools: Residential

Editor: The days of constant sweat are upon us. Fortunately, Dallas has an especially fine array of pools. Some are easy to find, some are … less so. Deb Doing Dallas has a way with these things, fortunately, and she’ll be leading you on a tour of pretty much every…

The 18 Most Entertaining Musical Performances by Politicians

In America, politics and music have been tied together since the very beginning. Benjamin Franklin played multiple instruments, including the violin, harp and guitar, and he even invented one: the glass harmonica. Thomas Jefferson, who played the violin, used music to woo his wife, Martha, who played the piano. To…

Ten Must-See Concerts in DFW This Week: July 18-24

Not only do you have this list of awesome shows to see around DFW this week, but you should know that Fuzzy’s Taco Shop opens in Deep Ellum on Monday, so if you live in that neighborhood, “taco” will soon become a verb in your life. See also: – “Johnny…

The Complete Guide to Dallas Pools: Hotels

Editor: The days of constant sweat are upon us. Fortunately, Dallas has an especially fine array of pools. Some are easy to find, some are … less so. Deb Doing Dallas has a way with these things, fortunately, and she’ll be leading you on a tour of pretty much every…

Psychedelic Furs – House of Blues – July 17, 2013: Review

Richard Butler of the Psychedelic Furs has one of most distinctive voices in rock. Equal parts David Bowie and Johnny Rotten, Butler’s jagged croon can convey the intensities involved with love and regret with the phrasing of a single syllable. Amazingly, after nearly four decades rasping out hits such as…