Local H Wins Metallica Worldwide Tour ContestIt was the contest of a lifetime for one local band: a chance to play 30-minute set openings on a partial leg of the Metallica Worldwide tour, it sounded like a pipe dream come true. And two Dallas bands — Mothership and Messer — made it to the final round. Fans voted online, and the […]
Charley CrockettCharley Crockett, a Rio Grande Valley native, started singing and playing the blues on the street in the French Quarter and Deep Ellum when he was a teenager. “That’s where performance started for me,” he told D Magazine in March 2016. “Playing on the street was hard love. You make the sacrifice to not have […]
Jason Elmore & Hoodoo WitchJason Elmore & Hoodoo Witch — Brandon Katona and Mike Talbot — blends jump blues, hard-hitting rock and vintage soul with a trace of 1960s country into a blues-inspired sound that offers a fresh take on Texas blues. Elmore grew up immersed in all genres of American roots music and mentored for a time under […]
Jasen MorenoJasen Moreno says one of his greatest influences was Freddie Mercury from Queen, but he didn’t envision himself as a singer when he first walked into the store and bought a Queen album. Listening to Iron Maiden’s Bruce Dickinson and Pantera’s Phil Anselmo helped to shape his vocals as the frontman first for The Suicide […]
Bruce CorbittBruce Corbitt, frontman for Warbeast, has spent the last 35 years perfecting his dark vocal art. Influenced by Iron Maiden vocalist Bruce Dickinson and many others, Corbitt evokes a similar power, the kind that causes heads to bang. He first unleashed it as the frontman for speed metal band Rigor Mortis in the ’80s with […]
Iron MaidenFive years had passed since Iron Maiden slayed a Dallas stage, but the six-piece British metal band proved why it’s considered a legend of heavy metal when it took the stage at American Airlines Center in late June. Jamming in front of a Mayan ruins backdrop, the band played a 15-song set filled with classics […]
Tigger's Body ArtTigger’s Body Art set the standard for modern-day tattoo shops in Dallas when the late Mark “Tigger” Liddell began slinging ink at the shop in the ’80s. It was the first tattoo shop in Deep Ellum and the kind of shop where art was explored and challenged. Tigger started tattooing in Oklahoma but moved to […]
Madison KingIn a traditionally male-dominated Texas country music industry, Madison King is a guitar-picking lyricist who, as we pointed out in April 2014, “brings a unique timbre and color to the state that sets her apart from the rest, especially in soulful tunes.” King picked up the guitar when she was 8, started singing as a […]
Teenage SexxFormed in a bedroom in a trailer park in 2014, Teenage Sexx began as a garage-punk solo project, as we pointed out in our May 31 profile, before lead guitarist Caleb Lewis and bassist Kevin Adkins hooked up and later joined drummer Charlie Debolt. They claim they’re a pop-punk band, “like a ’90s band that’s […]
The Black MoriahIn Tombstone, Arizona, in the 19th century, “The Black Moriah” was a hearse that took the dead to Boot Hill. Flash forward to the 21st century, and The Black Moriah is a local metal band that’s been shaping thrash metal into a unique dark sound since 2011. And with the recent addition of drummer Joey […]
Buffalo RuckusFormed in Denton in 2014, Buffalo Ruckus came together to make Southern rock ‘n’ roll, Texas style, but created psychedelic Americana injected with ’70s Southern soul. It’s better described as experimental country-fried rock, but it’s really just Texas music at its finest. The band members, admirers of Ray Wylie Hubbard, released their self-titled debut shortly […]
Jack WhiteThis year Jack White appeared in Deep Ellum with a surprise announcement. The lead singer and guitarist of The White Stripes is co-partner and lead investor in Warstic, a local outfit that designs and produces fancy baseball bats. He’s been seen around town quite a bit this year, shopping and drinking at Deep Ellum haunts […]
Cane Rosso White RockWhen choosing the restaurant with the best brunch drinks, we had three qualifiers. First, the drinks must be cheap. Second, the drinks must stand on their own — good enough to merit a trip solely to consume one. Third, the food must also be merit worthy, for even the most devout of drinkers will inevitably […]
Life Time Fitness – North DallasAdd some country club vibes to a gym and you get Life Time. When you walk in, you’re greeted immediately by a welcoming smile at the front desk, and it’s followed up by a couple more on the way to the luxury locker rooms. The club has plenty of machines, so you’re never awkwardly waiting […]
SoulCycle UptownWhat is more spiritual than 90 minutes on a bike listening to your favorite pop or hip-hop music? Nothing. Absolutely nothing. And SoulCycle Uptown is proof of that. Whether it’s a Beyoncé themed day or a Taylor Swift versus Katy Perry hype session to get your legs going on the stationary bike, there’s no better […]
Uptown YogaIf there’s ever a workout almost everyone thinks he or she can do, it’s yoga. But of course, we all know that once you actually get inside a yoga studio, it’s apparent that it’s not for the weak-minded or weak-boned. Yoga is for the mentally strong who thrive in a quiet room surrounded by quietly […]
Texas Rangers Labor Day Weekend RaceThere are definitely worse ways to spend a fall afternoon than finishing the Rangers’ annual 5K. For the entry fee, runners get the usual stuff, including a T-shirt and post-race food and drinks, but they also get the chance to finish on Globe Life Park’s warning track and a ticket and parking pass to that […]
USA BowlIn an era when some Dallas bowling haunts have become more club than alley, with wait times and prices to match, USA Bowl in Northwest Dallas sticks out for its simplicity. More than four dozen lanes, a decent pro shop and fair-to-horrible bowling alley food make for a decent way to spend a Saturday afternoon […]
Bob SturmThe Dallas Morning News has exactly one sports columnist worth reading any time his byline crosses your Twitter feed. Bob Sturm, who also does great work for The Ticket, the Dallas Stars studio show and FC Dallas’ local broadcasts, breaks down the Cowboys offense and defense in two columns each week during the season, in […]
Richardson Bike MartAt the risk of raising howls of outrage from Dallas’ bike community, we’re just gonna say it: There’s a lot of snobbery and cliqueishness in the bike world. “Oh, you have derailleurs? My fixed-gear just seems more kind of the back-to-basics real thing.” “Ah, still riding aluminum, eh? Well, maybe when you get serious, you […]
White Rock TrailOur apologies to the Dallas Off Road Bicycle Association (dorba.org) and the fine work it does maintaining a large number of off-road trails in the area, but we’re skinny-tire guys here. In fact, some of our staff members occasionally bike-commute to work, though to be honest, a good, solid mountain bike is needed to ride […]
River Legacy ParkIn the natural bottomlands and prairies along the Trinity River in Arlington are 8 miles of paved hike and bike trails. The more than 1,000-acre park, much of which is shaded, is open from 5 a.m. to 10 p.m., and its wooded areas are natural habitats to hundreds of species of wildlife, including bobcats, armadillos, […]
