The thing about house venues is that they’re always more interesting than public ones. Idiosyncrasies are the décor. Little trinkets here, deliciously askew lighting there — tonight it’s horror film reds and greens, like watermelons and glow sticks. The colors spill through the windows, out onto the creaky deck and…
Hailing out of Austin, the Ugly Beats have been making their garage rock-inspired racket for a little over a decade. In that time, they’ve released four killer albums, the most recent being Brand New Day. The band’s unwavering dedication to ’60s rock and ’70s power pop is both commendable and…
The weird entertainment complex loop at the corner of I-35 and Northwest Highway is one of northwest Dallas’ stranger places to visit. Not quite Bachman Lake, not quite Harry Hines, and not quite Irving, it’s in a vortex all of its own. Technology Boulevard, as this loop is called, is…
In the world of film and DVD, the Criterion Collection is the king of digging up deserving films and offering them to the public. Each of their releases gets the deluxe treatment, filled with extras that highlight why the movie is worthy of such royal massaging. For music buffs, there…
Houston ex-pat M. Parks has been making the rounds of area DJ nights as one of the only proper techno DJ’s on the Dallas scene. Techno is often thrown around as a catch word to describe all dance music when it is actually a very specific genre. If you ever…
This year’s Ride for Dime marks the 10-year anniversary of the benefit show and the untimely passing of “Dimebag” Darrell Abbott, Nathan Bray, Jeff Thompson and Erin Halk. Inevitably, it’s a bittersweet occasion, given the tragic events that spurred the event’s founding. And yet a decade in, Ride for Dime…
Dallas ‘Nawfsiders’ Paris Pershun and Slim Gravy, known together as A.Dd+ (pronounced ‘ay-dee-dee’), have had the local hip-hop scene on lock for years now. Today, North Texas’ favorite hip-hop duo will drop their first release since DiveHiFlyLo, a five-song EP titled Nawf. The project started coming together back in April, when the…
We’ll give AraabMuzik this much: At least he didn’t wait till the fans were already inside the door at Trees to cancel his concert. (Sorry, Young Thug, but not sorry.) In all seriousness, though, word came out this afternoon that the East Coast producer, who was scheduled to headline Trees…
Dallas isn’t exactly renowned for being a bike-friendly city, but over the weekend that point was driven home to the music community when one of its own, drummer Trey Alfaro from the band the Phuss, was seriously injured in a hit-and-run accident while riding his bicycle Friday night. While Alfaro’s…
For anyone familiar with the fate of beloved Dallas rock band Spector 45, there are few things that could make the story any more tragic than it already is. Within a few weeks of each other, two of the band’s members, Frank Campagna (a gifted and charismatic young singer and…
Local band Home by Hovercraft has a flair for the dramatic. You hear it in their music’s melodious swelling and Seth Magill’s resonant vocals; It comes across in their live shows with the use of unconventional instruments, i.e. clogging as percussion; and last year, the band wrote and performed in…
Growing old means letting go. Love fades and friends move away. The people closest to you — mothers, fathers, grandparents, brothers and sisters, the whole nine — they depart this earth. And the places we visit, our old haunts, they come and go as well. Concert venues, much like restaurants,…
Tonight sees one of DFW’s favorite bands, Spooky Folk, play a release show for their sophomore album Youth Is A Notion, a follow-up to their much-acclaimed self-titled album from 2010. With various band members residing in different parts of the country, it’s become a rare treat to catch the band…
Dallas-based Idol Records has long been a lighthouse for fans of local music. For the uninitiated, Idol’s roster of past and present artists is a great resource for anyone looking to get acquainted with some of the great rock bands to emerge from North Texas in recent times. In the…
Everybody has a story about Trees. It could be about one of the legendary punk shows from Deep Ellum’s quote-unquote golden years. It could be about Kurt Cobain. Or it could be from any number of nights spent there since the venue reopened five years ago. Regardless, those memories are…
One month ago, Matt Zoller Seitz visited his father Dave Zoller in Dallas after hearing his father had suffered a stroke. At the time, Zoller, a renowned jazz pianist, feared he may not be able to play piano again, but after a strong recovery he has not only returned to…
Katalyst has been a staple in the local drum and bass scene since the late ’90s. Originally a death metal and punk drummer, his migration to the high-tempo breaks of drum and bass was a logical artistic progression. For the second installment of our new DC9 at Night mixtape series,…
We’ve now officially got our first taste of August. Between the weather and activities, it was a pretty perfect first weekend of the month. However, now that Monday is here, you might as well saddle up because there’s only looking forward at this point. So start planning ahead because this…
August is officially here. This means we’re one step closer to the kids being back in school and the Texas Rangers being put out of the misery they call the 2014 season. But before we get to all that, how about we indulge in a little weekend fun? These are…
The tragic beauty of local music is that even though it is often better than what is commercially available, the market has not yet realized its worth. That means that you’re often able to hear incredible acts for dirt-cheap, even free. The city’s country bars do a pretty good job…
As PARTYNEXTDOOR sadly reported on the opening track of his new project; the summer is over. It won’t physically feel that way for us down here in North Texas until about early to mid October, but that magical haze is fading away now. Everyone’s going back to school. Football practice…
Rick Eye, one of the newest members of Bukkake Moms, remembers the first time he played with the band he joined in 2013. Fans tend to throw all sort of crazy things to performers while they’re on stage. That night Eye got to experience objects getting thrown at him, but…
