Still waiting on a lot of news this early afternoon in regards to Saturday night’s Electric Daisy Carnival at Fair Park. All morning long city officials — including Fire-Rescue folk, Medical Emergency Services folk, etc. — have been tied up in meetings about the event, which saw dozens hospitalized and…
[Editor’s Note: We originally sent city columnist and noted curmudgeon Jim Schutze out to Fair Park on Saturday night on something of a lark. We knew he’d be a fish out of water, sure. But we also knew that, in some ways, covering the event would be right up his…
Speaking of both Play-N-Skillz and Dirk, we’d heard on Friday that the hip-hop production duo was working on a track about the Mavericks and their NBA Finals victory. This morning, the brother Salinas formally released the track, called “Victory,” no doubt a reference to both the championship and the part…
In the late ’90s and early aughts, there were a handful of Dallas bands that made a big splash locally, and a slightly smaller splash nationally. Today’s edition of This Week In Dallas Music History focuses on one such act — Lewis, whose brief three-year run saw the band release…
The Polyphonic Spree played a free show at the Dallas Museum of Art on Friday night, and, as expected given all that the band and their related entities have going on these days, the band debuted some new material. Clad in white robes, the band performed a new song called…
Yes, it’s true: Dirk Nowitzki celebrated turning 33 years old yesterday by hitting the town on Saturday night — stopping off, even, at Rio Room to catch DJ sets from Questlove and Erykah Badu. There, as the clock struck midnight, the Mavericks fans in attendance serenaded the NBA Finals MVP…
By 1 a.m. this morning, at least one attendee at Saturday night’s Electric Daisy Carnival in Fair Park had been declared dead. At least another two dozen had been hospitalized.After a first year in Dallas that had been deemed a “phenomenal event” by city officials, the second Dallas installment of…
Last year’s trippy Electric Daisy Carnival did so well that it will be back for a second time in Dallas on Saturday night in Fair Park. This year’s headliners are DJs Paul Van Dyk and Diplo, along with a couple dozen other artists who will, just like last year, keep…
Dallas Mavericks fans were notably well-behaved during yeterday’s NBA Championship victory parade through downtown. Despite the fact that 200,000 or so people packed themselves in like sardines along the sidewalks of the route — and in the sweltering heat, no less — there were only five arrests. By contrast, Vancouver…
A Soulquarians reunion? Almost! Tomorrow night, after an affair last night that saw NBA champion/Mavericks guard JJ Barea and even Miss Universe stopping on by Rio Room for DJ Klever’s set (Mavs Championship Party Tour 2011 is the best!), the posh Uptown spot will host another pretty massive deal.Tomorrow night…
It was just a month ago when we started down a trail that lead to Preteen Zenith, Tim DeLaughter’s new act. The item that perked our ears up? Well, it was the announcement of a free Polyphonic Spree show that will take place tonight as Late Nights at the Dallas…
Sons of Hermann Hall is old. Really old. One hundred years old, to be exact. In a city famous for disposable architecture, Sons stands as one of the last reminders of a bygone era. It’s the last remaining wood structure in downtown Dallas, too. Attending a show there is like…
Back on Monday night, Norah Jones performed as part of the 2011 Webby Awards Gala in New York City. Why? Well, we’re not so sure. But, hey, a nice performance nonetheless — she covered Johnny Cash’s “Ain’t No Grave” with the help of a backing band and some superbly art…
Quite the time at the Jack Daniel’s Saloon last night at the third installment of our monthly Locals Only! series. Best one yet, even.No, there was no mechanical bull this time around (our bad), but such added excitement was unnecessary. After all, there was plenty to be found in the…
The heat was indeed sweltering as The Naptime Shake’s Noah W. Bailey and Chris Mayes tuned their instruments on the AT&T Performing Arts Center patio yesterday afternoon. “We’re gonna play the slow, lazy version of our songs,” said Naptime Shake steel guitarist Chris Mayes. “‘Cause it’s hot. And we’re lazy.” …
Those guys in Sundress are pretty talented dudes, ain’t they? They really are — and not just on the music front. Guitarist Kennon Talley, who also plays in Western Giants, is the man behind the above image that promotes his band’s show on the all-Denton bill of Sam Robertson, The…
So pumped for the Electric Daisy Carnival this weekend, you guys. Already got my outfit picked out and everything. Fur boots? Check. Glowsticks marinating in the freezer? Of course. I’m no amateur.I mean, c’mon. Diplo? Paul Van Dyk? Skrillex? All in Fair Park of all places? And the City’s cool…
Speaking of albums produced by Matt Pence: The Denton dreamscapers in Sundress have a new album on the way — their “debut” EP, if you’re pretending that their 2010 EP, Fever, never happened, which the band apparently is doing. The six-track self-titled affair won’t be out until August, though. But…
Centro-matic has long been a jewel of the local music scene — and emphasis on long, as the band’s been around since 1996.That year was when main man Will Johnson — fresh out of Funland — released Centro-matic’s debut album, Redo the Stacks, recording each and every instrument on his…
The proposed Irving Entertainment Center has been in a state of limbo for some time now, but a new chapter of the story will begin after this Saturday, when Irving voters return to the polls for a runoff vote.As currently planned, the Irving Entertainment Center will house 11 restaurants, a…
After going on Letterman last night to talk about their win, their potential new Kardashian boos and their very dirty habit of licking the Larry O’Brien Trophy, the Mavericks paraded around Dallas today like the champs they are and ended up at the American Airlines Center. There, they hosted their…
Today would have been iconic rap artist Tupac Shakur’s 40th birthday. He was just 25 years old when he was shot and killed in Las Vegas in September of 1996. To celebrate the rapper — a fixture of the early ’90s and one of the most talented emcees to ever…
