Billy Joe Shaver: “I’m More Like Outcast Country”

At 73, Billy Joe Shaver has lived a tough, fascinating life and managed to release nearly 20 albums of stellar hardcore country. We checked in with Shaver from an antique store in Waco, and he told us about his propensity for finding trouble. Catch him tonight at the Kessler Theater…

Univision Turns Recuerdo 107.9FM Into H20

See also: Scenes from the H20 Music Festival As an extension of the inaugural H20 Music Festival at the Cotton Bowl earlier this month, which featured regional favorites like Paulina Rubio and Bobby Pulido, as well as national acts like Weezer, Spanish-language station Recuerdo 107.9 was changed to Radio H20…

Save the Lakewood Theater Marquee

A few weeks ago, a freak hailstorm hit the East Dallas neighborhood I live in, taking out nearly every windshield on my street, including my own. It was one of those events that makes you snap out of whatever haze you’re in and go, “OK, nature, I get it. It’s…

Farewell to Fallout Lounge

Marina was her name. She had a short, dark mod haircut, and knew how to bring out her blue eyes with layers of teal scarves. We were Myspace friends. Still are, I think. But I never knew what became of her. Last I heard, she went north to try her…

Tonight: Neon Sessions Puts a Spotlight on Local Electronic Music

Groove Loves Melody and the Green Bandana Group have teamed up for Neon Sessions, a new summer event that will focus on emerging electronic artists from Dallas and beyond. Organizer Vince De Jesus says they’re following the lead of Exploded Drawing, an Austin monthly that gathered beatmakers and visual artists…

Here We Go Magic on Picking Up Nigel Godrich (and John Waters)

“It was a really amazing gift for us as a group,” acknowledges Michael Bloch, guitarist for Brooklyn quartet Here We Go Magic. The gift? Nigel Godrich, the producer and “sixth member” of Radiohead, offered his services for the band’s new album, A Different Ship. Godrich and Thom Yorke became fans…

Seven Questions With Tum Tum

As I sit in the pilot seat of a heavily tinted silver Suburban, Tum Tum engulfs the seat next to me, recounting his performance that night for a boisterous Denton crowd. Suddenly there is knock on the passenger side door. Tum cautiously cracks the window just wide enough to talk…

Chelsea Wolfe: “I Like Harsh Phrasing”

Los Angeles musician Chelsea Wolfe came to my attention via the track “Wasteland” from her 2011 album Apokalypsis. There was something so desolate and graphic in the song’s absence of melody or form. Wolfe’s voice sounded far away, underwater, maybe. Or perhaps she’s the exterminating angel with death from above…