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Lights All Night Reignites at Dallas Market Hall

By Jeremy Hallock
Dec 31, 2015

Back in April, the Something Wonderful Festival at Fair Park seemed to document the end of an era, like Gimme Shelter with the Dallas Police Department stepping in for the Hell’s Angels. But that simply isn’t the case. Starting tonight, the two-day EDM festival, Lights All Night, is back and...
Death Stairs Are a Band of Post-Punk Guitarists Who Don't Play Guitar. Get It?

By Jeremy Hallock
Dec 29, 2015

At first glance, Death Stairs sounds like bleak post-punk, which in itself is a unique addition to the DFW music scene. But a closer inspection reveals a surprising sense of humor. Not only that, but Death Stairs play heavy music without guitars. This is especially odd for a band made...
Los Patos Poderosos Mix Pop and Amazonian Music in a Language They Don't Speak

By Jeremy Hallock
Dec 22, 2015

Los Patos Poderosos make celebratory Latin dance music you have never heard before, but only one of them speaks Spanish. Made up of a diverse group of musicians from UNT, some of them are classically trained, studied jazz and even have hip-hop projects. Robert Hokamp plays guitar for the band...
Rigor Mortis Film Celebrates Late, Great DFW Metal Venues

By Jeremy Hallock
Dec 22, 2015

Production for Rigor Mortis’ documentary, Welcome to Your Funeral, started in 2007. The original idea was to make a film about the birth of the DFW metal underground. But after Rigor Mortis guitarist Mike Scaccia died in 2012, the focus shifted solely to the band, which was mixing metal with...
The Gilmore Guys Really Love Gilmore Girls

By Jeremy Hallock
Dec 22, 2015

Gilmore Guys is a comedy podcast with a devoted following reminiscent of the TV show it chronicles. Kevin T. Porter and Demi Adejuyigbe are dissecting all seven seasons of Gilmore Girls, devoting a podcast for each episode. Hundreds of thousands of listeners tune in each week and live recordings have...
No Christmas While PDNB Is Moving

By Jeremy Hallock
Dec 17, 2015

Owners Missy and Brent Finger are listening to Christmas music while relocating in lieu of having Christmas this year. PDNB is leaving Dragon Street to go be with the Dallas Contemporary on Glass Street. “I’m not having Christmas, I’m moving,” says Missy Finger. “I have to listen to the music...
Denton's Thin Skin Are Angry Punks, but Not Just for the Hell of It

By Jeremy Hallock
Dec 16, 2015

Denton’s Thin Skin made a lot of noise during their set at Double Wide over the weekend. The music is sloppy in the best way possible; bassist Ashley Givens and guitarist Katie Reese have wild vocals and the band has a cutesy punk sound that is fun. Seriously fun. Thin...
Jazz in the Atrium Comes to an End This Week After 25 Years

By Jeremy Hallock
Dec 15, 2015

Jazz in the Atrium, the longtime weekly source of live jazz music at the Dallas Museum of Art, is calling it quits after this Thursday, December 17, with a performance by the Freddie Jones Jazz Group. The series is a local tradition, a place where up-and-comers from Booker T. Washington...
Texas Ballet Theater Brings a Christmas Dream to Life With The Nutcracker

By Jeremy Hallock
Dec 11, 2015

Ben Stevenson’s The Nutcracker is a stunning production with choreography exquisite enough to bring a Christmas dream to life and accentuate Tchaikovsky’s melodies. With athleticism and grace set to music, a story is magnificently told without words. Every performance makes use of 200 exotic costumes and there are three different...
Master of the Mic Finalist Ritchy Flo Doesn't Care About Anything but Hip-Hop

By Jeremy Hallock
Dec 11, 2015

Ritchy Flo doesn’t care about anything but making music. Going into the final round of Master of the Mic DDFW this Saturday, he likes the idea of winning simply because it would reward him with the opportunity to make music with the D.O.C. But he isn’t otherwise concerned about competing...
Deep Ellum Club RBC to Relaunch With Help of Crown & Harp's Moody Fuqua

By Jeremy Hallock
Dec 9, 2015

When Moody Fuqua took over as general manager and talent buyer at Crown & Harp, the Lower Greenville dive bar quickly became one of the most important club venues and cultural melting pots in Dallas. On any given night, you can hear a band making sounds you’ve never heard before...
Klearlight Studio's Awesome Gear Collection Is a Synth Lover's Paradise

By Jeremy Hallock
Dec 8, 2015

Being able to predict the future is valuable. Jay Jernigan and Jimi Bowman have the kind of synthesizer collection aficionados like Vincent Gallo or Ryan Gosling could afford. But with most of their collection acquired during the 1990s when pawnshops were full of rare gems, they paid a fraction of...
Dallas-based Artist Desmond Blair Paints Without Hands

By Jeremy Hallock
Dec 4, 2015

Desmond Blair didn't put "born without hands" on his resume back in 2010. On paper, he met the qualifications for the jobs he applied for after earning his degrees in Art and Technology at the University of Texas at Dallas. But people acted strange when he showed up to job...
Dallas Rapper 7KNUCKLES Escaped the Life of a Kid Soldier in Liberia

By Jeremy Hallock
Dec 4, 2015

Hip-hop artists come from all walks of life. The notion that any generalizations can be made about their backgrounds is nothing less than absurd. Growing up during a gruesome civil war in Liberia, 7KNUCKLES had a tragic youth. He narrowly escaped death and the life of a kid soldier. Decades...
PS the Rebels Bring Social Awareness to Hip-Hop, All the Way From War-Torn Kenya

By Jeremy Hallock
Dec 3, 2015

PS the Rebels call their sound Afro Hop. As the name suggests, it's a fusion of Afrocentric music with a blend of hip-hop. Think Fela Kuti meets classic hip-hop. But it's more than a name: Pihon and SumUiLL, the two letters in "PS," are brothers who migrated from Kenya in...
The Heights Is Downright Neighborly, in a European Kind of Way

By Jeremy Hallock
Dec 1, 2015

Even though it's been serving three meals, fresh coffee and booze since midsummer, people still sometimes call The Heights looking for legal advice. That's not as odd at it sounds, though, considering that the Lakewood restaurant/bar/coffeehouse/lounge replaced Legal Grounds, the beloved coffeehouse that dispensed caffeine and law tips for around...
Big K.R.I.T. Helped Dallas Beat the Black Friday Blues at The Bomb Factory

By Jeremy Hallock
Nov 30, 2015

Big K.R.I.T. With BJ the Chicago Kid, Scotty ATL, DeLorean and Curtis Mayz The Bomb Factory, Dallas Friday, November 27, 2015 Big K.R.I.T. brought his Kritically Accaimed tour to The Bomb Factory on Black Friday. Many potential ticket buyers could very well have been shopping, recovering from shopping or arrested or...
New Fumes' Daniel Huffman Takes Control After Years Circling in Others' Orbits

By Jeremy Hallock
Nov 30, 2015

The last four years have been a wild ride for Daniel Huffman. After getting Wayne Coyne’s attention with hand pour vinyl records that are works of art back in 2011, Huffman spent interminable hours making thousands of records for the Flaming Lips. The Dallas native also spent much of his...
How Does The Public Trust Fill a Gallery? With Just One Work of Art.

By Jeremy Hallock
Nov 25, 2015

An important part of running a gallery is observing people at your shows, reading the room, noticing who is engaged with the work, and talking to people. You notice body language: the way perspective buyers keep circling back to a certain piece while others are there to appreciate the work...
Eric Steele’s Film Bob Birdnow Puts TED Talks to Shame

By Jeremy Hallock
Nov 24, 2015

Bob Birdnow's Remarkable Tale of Human Survival and the Transcendence of Self is a work of fiction that puts TED Talks to shame. Local filmmaker and playwright Eric Steele has completed The Midwestern Trilogy he started back in 2008 with an absolute gem by adapting this one-man show into a...
Metric's Bomb Factory Visit Was a Colorful Parade of Pop and Pageantry

By Jeremy Hallock
Nov 23, 2015

Metric With Sarah Jaffe and Hibou The Bomb Factory, Dallas Friday, November 20, 2015 Canadian synth pop stars Metric started their show at The Bomb Factory on Friday night in the dark. The recorded voice of what sounded like a goofy scientist from an ancient educational video said something about...
Jeff Liles Once Passed on the Opportunity to Manage the Dixie Chicks

By Jeremy Hallock
Nov 20, 2015

News of the Dixie Chicks reuniting to go on tour has been some of the biggest news in country music this past month. Easily one of the most important and influential country acts of the past 20 years, their Bush-hating, Earl-killing ways have been sorely missed in the near-decade since...