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Mesquite’s Hannah Jadagu Trades Bedroom Pop for Wispy Synthesizers on Describe

By Eric DiepOctober 24, 2025

The 23-year-old singer’s new album is calm and inviting, featuring lead singles “My Love” and “Normal Today.”

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The 10 Best Dallas Songs About Dallas of All Time

By Austin ZookOctober 22, 2025

Big D is the main character (or at least driving the main character) in these songs about and inspired by the city.

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Why I Said ‘Bye, Bye, Bye’ to Boy Bands

By Diamond RodrigueOctober 22, 2025

It’s tearin’ up my heart that my ’90s and ’00s boy bands no longer rule pop music anymore.

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The Cult and Death Cult’s Show Was Therapy

By Andrew ShermanOctober 21, 2025

From post-punk rituals to anthems, the British rock band proves that time is a mental construct for their gathering of the tribes in Fort Worth.

UPDATED: Bishop Arts Venue Says City Prohibited Them From Charging a Cover

By Eric DiepOctober 21, 2025

Revelers Hall owner Jason Roberts shares that he is in the “same boat” as other Deep Ellum businesses like The Free Man with new city rule.

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The 15 Old School Country Songs About Choosin’ Texas

By Tyler DanielsOctober 20, 2025

If you like Ella Langley’s “Choosin’ Texas,” we gathered the best salutes to Texas in country music from Ernest Tubb, Willie Nelson and more.

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‘It’s New D or Nothing’: HeadHuncho Amir’s 50 Year Run Proves He’s Here to Stay

By Eric DiepOctober 20, 2025

Listen to the New Dallas rapper’s latest mixtape out now.

Follow Emory, Texas, Native Billie Jo Jones on Keith Urban’s New Show The Road

By Eric DiepOctober 20, 2025

The rising country star is joins 11 other standout performers going across the country and opening for Keith Urban on his tour.

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Hagfish Rocked Our Lame Asses at First Reunion Show in Years: Photos

By Jason JanikOctober 20, 2025

Our contributor goes behind the scenes with one of the loudest pop bands to come out of Dallas, who are celebrating 30 years of their seminal work.

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John Legend Celebrates 20 Years of Get Lifted Debut Album in Irving

By Aria BellOctober 19, 2025

The 13-time Grammy Award winner’s anniversary tour headed to The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory on Saturday, which lifted Dallas fans’ spirits.

Limp Bizkit Bassist Sam Rivers Dies at 48

By Eric DiepOctober 18, 2025

Limp Bizkit shared on Instagram that Sam Rivers had died on Saturday. “Today we lost our brother. Our bandmate. Our heartbeat,” the band wrote.

Turnstile Keeps the Hardcore Spirit Alive at Panther Island Pavilion

By Kristin LockhartOctober 17, 2025

Turnstile, Amyl and The Sniffers, Speed and Jane Remover embraced the larger crowds with non-stop energy in Fort Worth on Thursday night.

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Giveon Gives Moment of Silence for D’Angelo at Sold-Out Irving Show

By Jamisha DanielsOctober 15, 2025

Giveon takes his sophomore album on the road, keeping R&B sacred with soul-filled serenades at the Toyota Music Factory.

Taylor Swift’sThe Life of a Showgirl Broke Another Record. Is Her Era of Eras Over?

By Alex GonzalezOctober 15, 2025

One week after Taylor Swift released her twelfth studio album, we wonder if she’s running out of things to talk about.

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Twenty One Pilots’ No. 1 Album Reminds Us Rock Isn’t Dead

By Kristin LockhartOctober 14, 2025

You’re just not looking hard enough.

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R&B and Neo Soul Pioneer D’Angelo Has Passed at Age 51

By Eric DiepOctober 14, 2025

Multiple Grammy Award winner D’Angelo, known for three timeless albums, has died. He was one of our greatest artists.

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Mudvayne’s Long Life in Heavy Metal Was Celebrated Loudly at 25th Anniversary Show

By Melissa "Metalissa" GuerreroOctober 13, 2025

Mudvayne’s celebratory tour of their debut album shows they’re still crushing it 20 years later, rocking like it was the early aughts again.

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At STAYC’s Texas Return, Their Bubblegum K-Pop Gets a Bit Too Sweet

By Eric DiepOctober 12, 2025

STAYC’s second world tour stopped in Irving, which was full of colorful sounds and brightness. It was all beauty bomb.

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Shaboozey Savors the Moment With Leon Bridges at First Sold-Out Billy Bob’s Show

By Eric DiepOctober 10, 2025

Shaboozey’s headlining tour turned up the fun at the world’s largest honky tonk in Fort Worth with a surprise from Leon Bridges.

Rilo Kiley’s First Dallas Show in 17 Years Brought Back the 2000s

By Preston JonesOctober 10, 2025

Rilo Kiley’s reunion tour hit The Bomb Factory, with their classics sounding better than ever and everyone basking in nostalgia.

Wet Leg Delivers a Knockout Blow During Rowdy, Raw Dallas Show

By Preston JonesOctober 9, 2025

Fresh off ACL Fest 2025, Wet Leg traveled to South Side Ballroom and displayed their staying power, which outlasts a sense of novelty.

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Leon Bridges Honored With Street Toppers in Fort Worth: ‘This City Raised Me’

By Eric DiepOctober 9, 2025

The Grammy Award-winning artist from Fort Worth is immortalized in the place where he recorded his first album, which started it all.

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