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All The Best Haunts

By Jamie Laughlin
Oct 31, 2013

Medieval Times (2021 N. Stemmons Freeway) doth dare you to adorn yourself in your most triumphant garb and take part in an evening of horse-based revelry. Arrive in a properly foolish outfit and receive “an upgrade to royalty,” which we assume means first dibs at the community bathtub. Tickets are...
Celebrate Art-Loving Misfits

By Jamie Laughlin
Jan 24, 2013

That massive celebration of grassroots art lovin’, Art Con 8, left us gleeful for weeks. So why they’re throwing all of us a thank you party is beyond me. Shouldn’t we be baking those organizers a giant cake? (Let’s not overthink it.) It’s a big Monday over at Double Wide...
Preview: Blackstone Rangers and Diamond Age at Double Wide

Friday, February 24, at the Double Wide

By Audra Schroeder
Feb 23, 2012

Think the lineup for this all-local show sounds like a sci-fi novel? You're not the only one. Headliners Blackstone Rangers are working their way to a new full-length, and the four-piece brings with them some rarefied distorto-pop, and possibly that riotous cover of the Breeders' "Cannonball." Diamond Age's solo drone...
Red Animal War

Friday, December 23, at Double Wide

By Eric Grubbs
Dec 22, 2011

Seems like Red Animal War always reunites for one show around the holidays. While there is much, much less than the pageantry The Polyphonic Spree puts on around this time, there's no shortage of powerful post-hardcore from this four-piece. With some new songs kicking around (their first since 2004) expect...
Deuces, D

After almost four years on the job, an outgoing music editor takes one last stab at making sense of it all.

By Pete Freedman
Nov 3, 2011

Hindsight now tells me that my first night out in Dallas was nothing exceptional. It was just another night on Lowest Greenville Avenue in early 2008 — a good time for that part of town, no doubt. It was late January, and I'd just arrived in Dallas from Colorado Springs...
Maleveller Shines Despite Its Members Lack of Metal Backgrounds

By Eric Grubbs
Sep 8, 2011

It's an unusually mild August night and Maleveller will take the stage at The Double Wide shortly after midnight. The show is celebrating the release of the band's debut self-titled full-length. In attendance are a number of friends, fans and bar regulars. But what's noticeable right away is that this...
25 Years In, The Dwarves Keep Growing

By Chris Parker
Aug 11, 2011

The Dwarves harken back to a time when punk was more of an insult than a marketing term. Rebellious teens trafficking in outrage and anything else they might procure with $20 and offers of warm beer, they formed in Chicago during the mid-'80s, quickly making a name for themselves with...
James O'Barr on The Crow's 20th Anniversary, His New Project and Dallas

By James A. Keith
Jul 26, 2011

Located beneath the concrete silhouette of downtown, a lone figure rides a painted horse through a vibrant field of fresh and weathered graves. His glowing, amber eyes stand vigil against a threatening horizon overtaking the great American plains. Spanning the courtyard of the Double-Wide, the mural stands as a tribute...
John Congleton Puts The Paper Chase To Bed

By Pete Freedman
Jun 16, 2011

John Congleton knows his new band, The Nighty Nite, sounds very much like his old band The Paper Chase. He's OK with that. Mostly because, far as he's concerned, it should sound similar. Nothing has changed in his songwriting process. Aside from the name, the only difference between his old...
True Widow, The Nighty Nite, Joey Kendall

Saturday, June 11, at the Double Wide

By Pete Freedman
Jun 9, 2011

After a 12-year run as one of the most exciting bands to ever spring from Dallas, The Paper Chase announced this spring that they'd be going on an indefinite hiatus. Makes sense: Keys man Sean Kirkpatrick bolted the band in 2010 to focus on his own act, Nervous Curtains; original...
October's Music Offerings Are Unrelenting. And We Likey.

By Pete Freedman
Oct 21, 2010

October has officially become a beating, dudes. Perennially the busiest month of music in North Texas—thanks, y'know, to standard fall touring schedules and the countless tours that make regional pit stops here en route to Austin-hosted fall music festivals—there's still more than a week left in this month, and already...
Valient Thorr

Saturday, October 23, at the Double Wide

By Chris Parker
Oct 21, 2010

Valient Thorr infused their first four albums with heady rhetoric about work, life and political duplicity, under the cover of balls-out rock. Informed by a Tao of searing Iron Maiden licks and MC5's revolutionary zeal, these North Carolina hair farmers emanate adrenaline-spiked fury. The music suggests an extreme sport involving...
Fake Trailer, Real Fun During
Happy Hours At The Double Wide

By Jesse Hughey
Sep 24, 2010

Evan ClintonAre they functional? Depends how many drinks you've had. Each week City of Ate will give you the lowdown on a local happy hour in Quittin' Time, with the details and why you should or shouldn't take up the featured bar or restaurant on its drink specials.Where: The Double...
Gig Alert: The Double Wide's Fourth of July Parking Lot Pool Party's Got You Covered

By Daniel Hopkins
Jun 29, 2010

The Fourth of July is just around the corner, and, for most of us, that means barbecue, a wide assortment of food that ends with the word "salad," and, of course, fireworks. But the Double Wide is throwing a backwoods grab-bag party of their own, complete with Spingsteen (Yankee Doodle...
It's Good To Make Time For A Bro, Even After SXSW and NX35.

By Pete Freedman
Mar 25, 2010

There was quite the time to be had at the Double Wide on Sunday night for Parade of Flesh's annual post-South by Southwest bash, the recently branded Bro Fest (nee South by South Flesh), which featured among its 17-band bill SXSW stand-outs The Soft Pack, Those Darlins and Dum Dum...
Parade of Flesh Preps a Bro Down

By Jesse Hughey
Mar 18, 2010

Seventeen touring bands will play an all-day, two-stage festival Sunday at the Double Wide on a ticket that comes out to less than a buck per band. For a second year in a row, Dallas one-man booking outfit Parade of Flesh has assembled one of the highlights of the annual...
Two Cow Garage Outgrows Alt-Country

By Darryl Smyers
Mar 18, 2010

Ohio's Two Cow Garage can occasionally sound a hell of a lot like Dallas' own alt-country legends in Slobberbone. Problem is, Micah Schnabel, leader of Two Cow Garage, doesn't see the alt-country tag as necessarily a good thing. "These days, I'd just as soon see us known as just a...
Smile Smile's Hearts Are Broken--But Its New Record Is Solid

By Lance Lester
Mar 11, 2010

Inter-band turmoil? That's just something to be expected during any band's career. Problems can arise from a range of sources, including monetary concerns, creative strife, roadweariness and, often enough, infidelity. It happens. Infidelity's a tricky one, though. It's hard enough as is, most would say, to stay in a committed...
Show Announcements: Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers To Bring Joe Cocker Along To Dallas, More

By Jesse Hughey
Mar 3, 2010

Just months after releasing the career-spanning four-disc concert set The Live Anthology, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers have announced details for a forthcoming new studio album and tour. And, in a bit of shrewd marketing, every concert ticket purchase includes an MP3 download of Mojo, slated for release sometime this...
Bridges and Blinking Lights Gets Its Sound in Focus

By Jesse Hughey
Feb 18, 2010

It's probably not a surprise to hear that Bridges and Blinking Lights frontman Jake Wilganowski is a restless man. His band's two records—2007 debut Standing on the Same Stick and the forthcoming sophomore album Heroes, Guns and Snakes—both make the most of their run times, packing an album's worth of...
Girl Drink Drunk: The Double-Wide, Anniversary Edition!

By Merritt Martin
Nov 19, 2009

It's hard to believe that just over a year ago, I sat at a patio table at the Double-Wide with Jen as we got trashed on Hurritangs and I lost my camera. Oh, memories. Sweet, sweet memories. Well, since then, my girl drinkers and I (and a few boys thrown...
Poster Of The Week: Astronautalis, Picnic, Sarah Jaffe, Info-Red

By Pete Freedman
Oct 9, 2008

This poster week's poster promotes the wonderfully diverse upcoming Astronautalis, Picnic, Sarah Jaffe and Info-Red show at the Double-Wide. The sketches seem to go well with the historical content of Astronautalis' new release. I'm still trying to find out the artist's name, but I'll update this as soon as I...