Did someone say something about striking while the iron is hot? Back in November, the term “classic hip hop” was all the rage here in Dallas when two local radio stations abruptly (and simultaneously) switched to old-school rap formats. Gradually the buzz trickled away, and one of the stations, HOT…
For this week’s DC9 at Night Mixtape we get to feature a youthful spin on house music. It comes courtesy of Aidin Hafezamini and Johnee Fenimore, who are better known as the DJ duo the PM. Although both are still fairly new to the game, they have been busy the…
Riding a bus to your own concert is a sacrifice most musicians wouldn’t even think of. Besides, this is Dallas, so who doesn’t just drive their car everywhere anyway? But for 20-year-old rapper $kaduf, there are no such luxuries. It’s a matter of routine for him to make the three-hour…
After 19 years of serving the sauce to Dallasites, Amsterdam Bar in Exposition Park is shutting its doors. Owner Mike Scheel says he’s venturing off to try his hand making cider. The Texas Alcohol Beverage Commission has three types of licenses it issues: manufacturers, wholesaler/distributors, and retailers. You’re only allowed…
Our prayers have been answered, Dallas. Back in January, we took it upon ourselves to light a fire under the folks at Sportsradio 1310 The Ticket to do what the station should’ve done a long time ago: start up an all-local music show. The response from readers and Ticket P1’s…
It’s an unspoken tradition among metal bands to pay homage to Dimebag Darrell any time they pass through North Texas. The legendary Pantera guitarist’s grave is located at Memorial Gardens Cemetery in Arlington. Some bands etch their names into the gold-plated memorial honoring Dime’s life. Black markers are also sometimes…
For Dallas’ Tofu Carnage Records, running a record label means much more than putting out albums. For starters, the albums they put out are true works of art, exquisitely detailed vinyl with colorful designs and elaborate packaging. Each record they put out is a commitment to the artist who recorded…
If you regularly listen to 106.1 KISS-FM on your daily commute, you may have noticed that something was a little bit different about your favorite radio station earlier this week. In tribute to a teenaged listener who succumbed to complications from cystic fibrosis, the city’s most popular radio station changed…
Former Pearl Jam member Dave Abbruzzese’s mugshot popped up on Denton County’s Crime Stoppers website this week, thanks to two outstanding warrants on drug-related charges. Abbruzzese, a former drummer for the Seattle-bred grunge band, is wanted in connection with a Class A misdemeanor charge from last September for possession of…
There’s a new sheriff in Dallas, and he comes in the form of a long-haired, pierced and tatted drummer from Canada. For Messer’s Kenny Youngar, his first day as an Uber legend began just a couple weeks ago, on Valentine’s Day. “It’s taken on a life of its own,” says…
Dalton Kane can’t sit still. Or, better put, he can’t stop writing. Performing under the pseudonym “Chinaski, the Fury,” he has a colossal catalog of work squirreled away on his hard drive, featuring over 300 tracks that he insists he can’t ever release. Even in his live performances he improvises…
Chase Dugger a.k.a. Space Chase was a key figure in the short-lived but highly influential Denton Dance Collective. He curated the Subsonic Indulgence residence bringing a wide variety of the region’s best DJ talent to Denton, a town not exactly known for welcoming dance music. Denton Dance Collective even had…
Most people don’t know about the harmonica player. Long gone are the days when a first-rate blues harp player could be the star draw of a band. Today it’s an increasingly rare art form, its practitioners content to take a side role in their band or may even be a…
Slim Gravy is a man in transition. For years he’s been known as one half of Dallas’ most popular rap group, A.Dd+. Tall, lanky and not afraid to spit fire, Gravy has always brought a special attitude to his music, a swagger and determination that helps drive the group. But…
The guys at The Ticket really like music. It’s not even close to being a secret, even if it is technically a sports talk radio station. But they’ve always tended to keep their passion for music at arm’s length — say, with funny segments on the radio, or with performances…
Vanilla Ice has played a lot of different roles over the years. He was, of course, once a rapper, and in fact still the most successful one that Dallas has ever produced. But he’s also been a nu metal singer, a movie star (well, he’s been in movies anyway), a…
When it comes to dub music in Dallas, there’s no one else who does it quite like Sub Oslo. Their live show blows away all conceptions of the typical band in a club experience, a sensory overload of sights, sound and vibrations. Bass sounds shake and rattle the room like…
Last spring, Dallas rapper Buffalo Black was scrolling Instagram on his phone when a post caught his eye. It was from noted director Spike Lee. He needed independent artists for his next film, Da Sweet Blood of Jesus, which was being financed through Kickstarter. Lee asked for artists to email…
Rick Simpson keeps a low profile. Not one to promote or push his skills on anyone, he has been a staple in the regional DJ scene for almost a quarter century under aliases like Ricky Silk and R9. He’s collaborated with local wunderkind Cygnus and dropped a track on wax…
For someone living in the relative comforts of a city like Dallas, it’s easy to take music and the arts for granted. But for free jazz trumpeter Mazen Kerbaj, who visited Crown & Harp last night for the weekly Outward Bound Mixtape Sessions and is the featured guest tonight at…
The Wild Detectives is hidden near Zang and 8th in Oak Cliff, and has been opened for the better part of a year. The burnt-orange house converted into a cozy bookstore serves espresso, local beer and has hundreds of those antique objects with paper pages called books. They even have…
Piero Rossini, the man behind one-man electronic act Peladini, is a true nomad. From Florida and Lima, Peru, Rossini has led an unlikely journey that has only seen him firmly plant foot here in the Dallas music scene in the past couple months. Even in a music scene that thrives…
