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Features

UnityTX’s Jay Webster Sounds Off on Band’s Dallas Roots and Forging Their Own Path

By Kristin LockhartAugust 20, 2025

Ahead of UnityTX’s stop at TX Tea Room, the band’s vocalist gets honest about challenges in the music industry.

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Punk Rock Band The Gotten Are Jagged, Loud and Unbothered by Rules

By Jamie VahalaAugust 19, 2025

The Gotten was born out of boredom and a welder’s spark. The music is raw, unpolished and so rock and roll.

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Claire Morales Releases Lost in the Desert and Charts Her Psychedelic Odyssey

By Preston BartaAugust 19, 2025

Claire Morales’ first album in seven years is a multimedia journey of self-discovery and sonic evolution.

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Ginger Blonde Album Preview: Oodaredevil Wants to Take His Cult Following Worldwide

By Bryson "Boom" PaulAugust 18, 2025

We attended Oodaredevil’s first listen of Ginger Blonde and the infectious energy inspired us to see him in concert.

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ATEEZ Talks First Globe Life Field Performance and What They’re Most Proud Of: ‘We’ve Stayed True to Ourselves’

By Adam DavidsonAugust 15, 2025

Ahead of their show in Arlington, ATEEZ speaks on their latest mini-album and capturing different sides of themselves.

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Kaash Paige Enters a New Chapter of Creative Freedom With Rostrum Records

By Alex GonzalezAugust 13, 2025

After leaving the major label system, Paige talks to us about moving back to Dallas and her new EP Kaashmychecks.

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Big Time Rush Is Playing Every Song From Their TV Show in Dallas

By Sean StroudAugust 11, 2025

The boy band that the 2000s kids grew up with is currently on a worldwide tour, bringing their show on the road.

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William Dunnill of Willy and The Wildcards Uses His Music to Create a Sense of Home

By Baylie VikeAugust 7, 2025

Ahead of the band’s ‘Louder Than Gunfire’ single release, William Dunnill opens up about what Dallas means to him.

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Step Inside the Roaring ’20s at Acute Inflections’ Jazz Revival Show

By Simon PruittAugust 6, 2025

Acute Inflections, a jazz duo made up of Sadiki Pierre and Elasea Douglas, is taking their Harlem Renaissance sound on tour.

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Horsegirl Brings a Stripped-Down, Intimate Sound to Their Second Dallas Show

By Tyler HicksAugust 4, 2025

Nora Cheng, Penelope Lowenstein and Gigi Reece return to Sons of Hermann Hall with opener Godcaster on Friday.

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Kevin Hawkins’ 90-Day Grassroots Campaign Shows the Realities of Indie Promotion

By Alex GonzalezAugust 4, 2025

With Hawkins finally releasing new music, what does it take for an indie artist to sell out a live show? Follow his journey.

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Meet Jojo Spencer, the Woman Behind Dallas’ Open Mic Night Jojo Jam

By Jamie VahalaJuly 29, 2025

Jojo Jam is more than an open mic. It is building itself up as a place for belonging and bringing people together.

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The Art of Resistance: Cameron McCloud, Yolanda Cruz and The Daydreamers on Rallying Dallas

By Darby MurnaneJuly 28, 2025

In a summer of No Kings protests and anti-ICE demonstrations, DFW’s music scene showed support through solidarity.

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Critic's Notebook

Scuttino Found Himself in Dallas, But Monroe Is Still Home

By Eric DiepJuly 22, 2025

Last week, we linked up with the Oak Cliff rapper to discuss his new eight-track EP after getting an early listen.

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Features

Sudarshan Iyengar’s Sangita App Might Change the Way Musicians Write Songs

By Simon PruittJuly 21, 2025

Created by designer and musician Sudarshan Iyengar, the app lets users transcribe their voice into notes in real time.

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Max Stalling, Carson Lewis, Leslie Austin and More on AI: Does the Song Remain the Same?

By Mark HenricksJuly 17, 2025

In the age of AI, Dallas’ music scene weighs in on whether to experiment with the technology and if it benefits songwriters.

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Hashi Senjoo Is Preserving the Classic Texas Sound by Connecting Dallas and Houston

By Jamisha DanielsJuly 10, 2025

The Dallas rapper values the South’s position in hip-hop: ‘Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma and Texas, that’s our base.’

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Dallas DJ Bocho Gravedad Is Connecting Cumbia Rebajada to the People

By Akshaj TurebyluJuly 9, 2025

The Monterrey native leads Cumbia 319, which brings Cumbia rebajada, known for its slow pace and drawn-out vocals, to Texas.

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Fugitive’s Blake Ibanez Is Ready to Thrash Hard With Dallas Metalheads on Summer Slaughter Tour

By Nic HuberJuly 8, 2025

Before Hatebreed comes to Dallas, we spoke with Fugitive about forming the group that’s become an instant hit in metal.

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El Paso Rapper Krystall Poppin’s Morningside Heights Is a Love Letter to Texas

By Alex GonzalezJuly 4, 2025

“I’ve been lucky enough to have the support of my city for a while now,” she says, who released her new album last month.

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Denton Emo Band alwaysneverstays Didn’t Actually Disappear. They Just Made a Killer Album

By Sean StroudJuly 4, 2025

Despite the band’s name, they assure us that they are here to stay.

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Dallas Songwriter Kendall Brown Wrote These Songs 30 Years Ago, Now They’re Out

By Simon PruittJuly 2, 2025

The bearded poet released his debut album, Earth Tones, after decades of songwriting.

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