Mike Portnoy has had an extremely productive career after leaving the band he co-founded, Dream Theater, a few years ago. With stints in Adrenaline Mob and Avenged Sevenfold, he’s found success with bluesy pop-rock trio the Winery Dogs. Matched with vocalist/guitarist Richie Kotzen and bassist Billy Sheehan, the band’s self-titled…
By Wanz Dover Drum and bass music has enjoyed a solid foundation in Dallas since the late ’90s. Even when dance music trends veered into other directions there has always been a healthy fan base for the genre locally. Founded in 2007 by Thomas AllEN, S.O.U.L.jah, and Alyx Caceres, drum…
By Hilary Hughes Unpacking this one is going to take a minute, so buckle up, because St. Vincent’s Saturday Night Live season finale was one for the ages — and it’s not necessarily for the reasons you’d think…
The folks at the Violitionist Sessions dropped a new installment yesterday, and it should be a real treat for any ambient music buffs or for fans of Jeff Ryan’s work. Ryan is a true veteran of North Texas music, having played drums in bands throughout the area for various acts…
By Wanz Dover This Saturday It’ll Do club will host U.K. garage legend and Daft Punk collaborator Todd Edwards for his first visit to Dallas. Far from a household name in America, Edwards has been a major player in dance music since the mid-’90s when his remix of St. Germain’s…
It’s about time Dallas has a throwback weekend, don’t you think? Well, even if you don’t think so, that’s a good part of what you’re going to get. From here to Choctaw Casino, bands who had their day in that exciting epoch of history between the 1970s and the ’90s…
In the past five years, the local Dallas music scene has cranked out some incredible talent. St. Vincent, Sarah Jaffe, and the Baptist Generals have all been drowned in music critic acclaim, along with their more silent partner Robert Gomez. Gomez is no stranger to critical acclaim, having been given…
If you were a dad, you’d probably have circled a certain date on your calendar months ago. (And no, it wasn’t Mother’s Day, you big silly.) What date is that, you might ask? Why, this coming Saturday, May 17. That’s the night that the whole goddamn universe is going to…
In the early hours of the morning last Sunday, Austin-based singer Mike Harmeier and his band, Mike and the Moonpies, woke up to their worst nightmare. The previous night, they’d played a gig opening for Nashville band the Kernals at the Rustic here in Dallas. But sometime during the night,…
In case you didn’t hear about it, Morrissey got tackled last week. During his own concert. By some of his own fans. Talk about a tough break. Granted, as far as we can tell, there was no ill intent in the mass attack unleashed on our fair Moz. Then again,…
England’s Band of Skulls is the perfect mixture of style and substance. For over a decade, this alternative blues rock trio have been impressing just about anyone who gets a chance to catch the band’s distorted fuzz. Although Band of Skulls has only released three full-lengths, each album has something…
The jury’s still out on whether North Texas can stake any claim to the music of Brooklyn-based St. Vincent, but we love the work that Annie Clark does regardless. We’re not the only ones, either. David Byrne feels the same way. So do Swans. Even Intelligentsia is in the same…
Hailing from someplace called Ashtabula, Ohio, Homewrecker are an extreme metal/hardcore band that have been raging like a psychotic beast for a little more than five years. In that time, the band has made its way to the Dallas area on several occasions and found a niche performing at a…
If there’s any one thing that makes for a healthy music scene, it’s a diversity of voices. That could mean different styles, different priorities, or just plain different experiences of the world. The important thing is that those voices be encouraged to come into conversation with one another. Well, the…
Having a famous musician as a father can always put pressure on a son or daughter who chooses the same profession. Not so for Bobby Bare Jr. With a blistering sense of humor and an emotional earnestness, Bare has never tried to walk in his father’s shoes. Instead, Bare Jr…
For over 25 years, Eddie Spaghetti and The Supersuckers have been playing a raw brand of hillbilly soaked rock and roll in just about any venue that would care to book them. Over the years, a definite country influence has steadily wormed its way into the band’s creative center resulting…
Hey now, weather. Knock it off, you hear? It’s almost the weekend, and we don’t need any more tricks, like that tornado business you thought was so damn funny. (Joke’s on you because we have Special Weather Reports on our side.) No matter though; from now through Sunday, we’re looking…
Local hip hop fans have been waiting for this day for a while. Blue, the Misfit, a local producer and rapper who detoured to Los Angeles for several years before coming back to Dallas, has already set himself apart for his sludgy beats and gritty non-hooks. Having previously produced tracks…
With the mind-expanding psychedelic rock outfit Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger, Sean Lennon (the 38-year-old son of John Lennon and Yoko Ono) and his girlfriend, model and artist Charlotte Kemp Muhl, have tripped into an enchanting realm. Since their first album, 2010’s Acoustic Sessions, the duo have explored a…
Mother’s Day is a holiday for emotionally-inept cowards to meekly hand-over a bouquet of gas station flowers to someone that probably knows them too well to truly give a shit if they did anything or not. And why is it just one day? We should be honoring these women every…
Hailing from Minnesota, Tiny Moving Parts can’t seem to stay away from Texas for too long. The trio has already been to the DFW area a handful of times in the past year and a half, but they’re finally hitting Dallas proper on Thursday night. Paired up with the fantastic…
Since beginning his career in the Bay Area in the 1970s, Tommy Castro has become one of the most consummate blues musicians currently working. Castro’s body of work is an amazingly diverse collection of albums that are always tethered to classic blues and R&B. His most recent effort, The Devil…
