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  The 10 Greatest Punk Albums from North Texas

  June 1 at 4 a.m.

  Punk and metal are commonly perceived as two separate genres, but between the two is an important nexus that remains largely overlooked. For as long as metal and punk have existed, they have built on each other, opening new worlds with new possibilities that are still being explored to this...

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  Dallas Band Big Story Had a Cinderella Story, but COVID Was a Wicked Stepmother

  May 29 at 4 a.m.

  While most bands are struggling to stay afloat amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Dallas’ Big Story is finding success at SiriusXM satellite radio. The band’s new single, “Rabbit,” released in March, has been receiving regular airplay on Octane SiriusXM radio, boosting the four-piece project into the national air waves. Singer Randall...

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  Dallas' Music Scene Responds to Racism, and a 9-Year-Old Explains it Best

  May 28 at 1:44 p.m.

  The history of racism in America may be vastly complex, but the crux of it is so simple that it evades a lot of adults. Kids, however, always know how to simplify the straightforward truths lying at the bottom of prejudice. “Please respect all races because this racism is not...

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  The 10 Greatest Metal Albums from North Texas

  May 28 at 4 a.m.

  Heavy metal has gone through two unequivocal golden ages — in the 1980s and once again in the 2000s — and some of the most cutting-edge artists contributing to the genre’s expansion in each era were based in North Texas. DFW has rightfully earned its reputation as a metal breeding ground, and...

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  Everyone Can Calm Down Now, the Vaughan Brothers Statue Is Fine

  May 27 at 4 a.m.

  Let us backtrack a few years so that you, along with everyone else who has followed the saga of the Vaughan Brothers statue, can properly panic and then calm down. It all started when locals came to realize that despite the fact that guitar legends Stevie Ray and Jimmie Vaughan were...

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  Denton Pop Singer Carley Bearden Is a God-Loving LGBTQ Advocate

  May 27 at 4 a.m.

  Denton’s Carley Bearden is keeping her head up. She knows she can always be vulnerable with her fans, whom she considers family, and she and her fans have been checking in with each other and lifting each other's spirits through the COVID-19 crisis. Bearden started playing guitar at age 12, although she...