“Every time I wanted to commit suicide, I didn’t do it because of the ba-rump-bump-bum,” says musician Tyler Harris. “When the beat changes up, you start to feel that hope. It’s when you’re illuminated to the music and you still want to be here.” Harris makes music as T.Y.E., an acronym for…
The State Fair of Texas has announced its first round of musical events, but that’s not all this week’s concert news revealed. Several big alternative and indie rock acts will pay visits to Dallas, and the Kessler is drawing out a slew of ace songwriters and a top-notch jazz act…
Dimitri Vegas and Like Mike play Stereo Live on Friday, June 9 Dimitri Thivaios, half of the brother duo Dimitri Vegas and Like Mike, is packing for a 6 a.m. flight to Dallas when he breaks to speak with the Observer. At home in his native Belgium, he’s also planning…
Chase Dugger is a core member of the Disco Initiative and The Guild and creative director for Deep Ellum venue The Nines. In these positions, Dugger has helped to keep dance music alive in the neighborhood. Dugger deejays under the alias Space Chase. You can hear him every month at…
Most festivals leave you broke before you get to the gate. Not so at the Reunion Lawn Party, which is free. On the last Saturday of every month this summer, the five-acre spread in front of Reunion Tower will host a party. There’s live music, dancing, a beer garden, food…
We hate to upset you this early in the morning, but you no longer have the opportunity to buy Selena Gomez’s Fort Worth home. In March, Grand Prairie native Gomez put up the five-bedroom mansion for $3 million and gave everyone hope they could bathe in the same bathtub Gomez once…
Chilldren of Indigo’s new album is a mélange of balmy, funky textures. On Indigo Soul, which comes out Thursday June 15, the hip-hop quartet fronted by rapper/singer Jo Indigo and guitarist/producer Jay Varela flirts with rather than commits to any genre. It fits in equally well with silky soul acts and amp-shattering…
At the Drive-In plays South Side Ballroom on Monday, June 12. Many people are excited about the return of El Paso-based punk band At the Drive-In, which released in*ter a*li*a last month. Yet frontman and co-founder Cedric Bixler-Zavala says he’s fielding just as many questions from fans and reporters about…
When Rikki Blu walks into Griff’s Hamburgers, he immediately sticks out. He stands 6 feet, 7 inches tall, and long, tightly braided dreadlocks, dyed gray in spots, drape over his tattered and patched denim jacket. It’s a lot of style to take in at a decades-old burger joint. After ordering,…
In Texas, Willie Nelson’s outlaw country persona looms large. The Granada Theater is bringing some of his influence to town next week with a recently announced “secret” mini-festival. In other news, two big-ticket tours make their way onto the American Airlines Center calendar. Two soulful crooners reunite for a collaborative…
Six Shooter is a recurring feature where we highlight six new releases by North Texas-based musicians. Lord Byron – We Kill Cowboys So Death Rides a Horse On his second album, We Kill Cowboys So Death Rides a Horse, East Dallas rapper Lord Byron goes beyond the norms of hip-hop…
Despite the name, the band Teenage Sexx is mature beyond its years. Founding member and lead guitarist Caleb Lewis is only 19, co-frontman and bassist Kevin Adkins is 23 and newly added drummer Charlie DeBolt is 25. Teenage Sexx formed in Lewis’ bedroom in 2014 in a trailer park in…
North Texas has an abundance of talented musicians, but sometimes the bookers of DFW get hung up on old favorites and forget to try someone new. The acts on this list are underrated in some way, whether that means they haven’t received much attention in the local press or they’re…
A crowd of people gathered on the front patio of Independent Bar & Kitchen’s Regal Room in Deep Ellum as Medicine Man Revival neared the end of its set Saturday night. Suddenly, band manager Peter Klayman sprinted out the front door clutching a fire extinguisher and ran around the corner toward the back entrance…
If you’re planning on spending time in Deep Ellum this week, keep an eye out for the return of one of the neighborhood’s most familiar and beloved musical residents. Bob Crawford – better known by residents as “Keyboard Bob” or “Deep Ellum Bob” – is out of the hospital following…
Seated at a wooden picnic table, Jeffrey Barnes sips a Lone Star tallboy between bites of his mac and cheese brisket sandwich. Ever the eccentric, Barnes dons a beaded hat and bolo tie. The lapel of his suit is speckled with colorful pins, and two penny whistles and a flute…
Veteran Dallas musician and producer Salim Nourallah walks around his sleek, three-story modern house in a placid street off Knox-Henderson. He moved in only a few days ago, but it may be the tidiest house any single man has ever owned. He says there’s only only one thing he ever…
Summer concert lineups are still being finalized for many Dallas area venues, but the fall calendar is also quickly filling up. This week brings announcements from a wide spectrum of genres.There are some big-ticket names, a few up-and-comers, and a follow-up opportunity to catch a reunited local act everyone around…
Last Wednesday, thousands of people woke up believing they’d be seeing Soundgarden tonight at the Bomb Factory. Instead, May 26 is the day the ashes of the band’s frontman, Chris Cornell, will be laid to rest. Cornell killed himself last week in a Detroit hotel room, according to the local…
When he was a kid, Byron Neal won poetry recitation competitions because he could remember verses verbatim after one reading. It’s a skill that no doubt primed him for a career in rap; he now performs as Lord Byron. His dense lyrics run together at an almost undecipherable pace. For the last eight…
Sean Humphrey isn’t old school, but he’s not exactly a spring chicken, either. He got his start playing in bands but in recent years has embraced the life of a working DJ. Humphrey operates under the alias Redsean, playing in Uptown most weekends. Humphrey is also active as a musician and…
It was only a year ago that DefDisco, an independent recording label based in Sheffield, England loudly announced its entrance into the Dallas market. The hype continued to grow in the months that followed as it built a roster of electrifying local talent. But ultimately, the artists were taking the bigger gamble…
