The Best Concert Posters: Bloody Texas and Ishi’s Album Release

Talented artists are spreading their works of art all across the great city of Dallas through magnificent music flyers. Each week we’ll spotlight our favorite poster picks for upcoming shows in the metroplex. Ishi’s Digial Wounds Album Release show has finally arrived and their exotic and outlandish poster made this…

Rubber Gloves Rehearsal Studios will be Non-Smoking Starting May 7

For quite some time Dallas has maintained no-smoking laws in its bars, restaurants and music venues, forcing smokers into the elements during concerts or comedy shows; but just 40 miles away, Denton has long remained the go-to city for tabacco users because of its lenience towards smoking in bars and…

Edgefest – FC Dallas Stadium – April 27, 2013

The area directly in front of the main stage at Edgefest was fenced off, and you needed special access to get in. So the kids pressed against its boundaries all day, standing against the gate and designated lines to get a few feet closer to the stage, still a third…

Boris – Rubber Gloves Rehersal Studios – April 26, 2013

Take a little walk to the edge of town, and go across the tracks. Rather than a viaduct looming, there you will find the incomparable Rubber Gloves Rehearsal Studios. Described on its website as an “industrial dive bar”, I take this to mean that the quantities of dive involved in…

Music Festival Fashion Advice from the Fans at Edgefest

This weekend, 102.1 FM The Edge brought a its annual music festival to FC Dallas stadium in Frisco. The lineup was eclectic — we went straight from ’90s grunge mainstay Bush to French synth-pop band Phoenix. The clothing worn by fans was similarly eclectic — everything from goth to pool…

George Jones, Country Music Legend, is Dead

Word’s just come in from the New York Times and AP: the country music legend behind dozens of perfect songs, including “He Stopped Loving Her Today,” “Tender Years” and “A Picture of Me (Without You),” died Friday in Nashville. The Saratoga, Texas native and honey-voiced singer died at Vanderbilt University…

Ten Adorable Pets Owned By DFW Musicians

Pets are like family. Really, they can be better than family; They don’t complain about your haircut, career goals or new girlfriend. For these 10 Dallas-Fort Worth musicians, their pets are everything: sources of inspiration, a friend when it gets lonely and most importantly, an ear to their music. Whether…

Meltdown Festival Moves to LaGrave Field in Fort Worth

Meltdown Music Festival, the enormous EDM festival happening this Saturday, has just announced a venue switch, from QuickTrip Park in Grand Prairie to LaGrave Field in Fort Worth. In a release posted on the fest’s web site, organizers cite fewer restrictions on sound and the opportunity to go later as…

Top Ten Must-See Concerts In DFW This Week: April 25-May 1

As this final week in April comes to a close, we can all take a deep breath that we’ve conquered (a lot of) the festivals, survived the wannabe tornado season and seen the types of amazing concerts that Texas weather has so kindly afforded us. Oh — no, no –…

Dale Jones Doesn’t Follow the Rubric for Hard On

Decked out in a Mr. Spock costume complete with pointy ears, Dale Jones sits in a vegan restaurant in Oak Cliff and expresses concern about not being accepted by the Dallas music scene. “A lot of people in Dallas don’t like my music,” says the leader of New Science Projects,…

The Record Store Day Results Are in at DFW Shops

This is not your everyday Billboard chart. Each week, we’ll tell you which bands are selling in the fine record shops in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex, where we consumers of music have impeccable taste. Record Store Day was a great success and brought outstanding numbers to last week’s top-selling albums,…