Leanne Macomber lays herself bare for her art in Ejecta Leanne Macomber has always been a nomad. One-half of the New York-based synth-pop duo Ejecta, the one-time Dallas and Denton resident has long led a transient existence. Growing up an Air For...
Chris Gaines, the ghost in the machine for Garth Brooks After at least six years of radio silence, Garth Brooks brashly stormed back onto the country music scene with with last week's announcement that he would be going on a world tour before rele...
Vulgar Display are a North Texas hardcore band whose influence is felt across the country With all of the space given by the local press to the nationwide impact of North Texas musicians on a variety of genres, it's shocking that so little has b...
It was a memorable night Monday as Billy Bob's remembered Richard Durrett Do It for Durrett Benefit Billy Bob's Texas, Fort Worth Monday, September 8, 2014 Even if you don't religiously follow the Texas Rangers, it's impossible to miss the mark...
Jesse from DFA at ACL in 2011 Death From Above 1979, who I will now shorten to DFA, released their debut album 10 years ago. It was, until today, their only album. Much like I enjoy pretending there were no sequels to The Matrix, I'm going to pr...
Collectively, a city sluggishly heads back to to its desk. Welcome to the working week. Your weekend is over, hopefully it was perfectly fun. (Well, unless you watched the Cowboys game.) But there is plenty more to be had by seeing live music. As per...
Brad Paisley with -- what else? -- his paisley guitar at Gexa on Friday Brad Paisley Gexa Energy Pavilion, Dallas Friday, September 5, 2014 Brad Paisley and I go back. Way back. As in he followed me on Twitter a little more than a year ago. So it...
Aretha Franklin Aretha Franklin Winspear Opera House, Dallas Saturday, September 6, 2014 Tuxedos and glittering, fancy dresses were the preferred attire Saturday night at the Winspear Opera House. And no, the well-heeled in attendance were not t...
Lil Wayne went "head-to-head" with Drake last night at Gexa Energy Pavilion Drake vs. Lil Wayne Gexa Energy Pavilion, Dallas Sunday, September 7, 2014 Cards on the table, I think Drake is shit. For the life of me I can't see the appeal, and it's ...
When Brad Paisley isn't writing and performing sweet, tender songs that make women melt into a big pile of love -- or even haunting songs about death -- he's writing some hilarious, off-the-wall, kind of stupid songs about the things happening to or ...
It's a question we've all asked ourselves at some point: How many people can fit in my apartment for a party? Better yet, how many people can fit in my apartment for a party while my band plays live music and we film all of it? Well Josh Fleming, th...
Now this, this is a music festival It seems like we've been here before: On Saturday afternoon, Club Dada will be taken over by 13th Floor Music for a "music fest" that includes 15 local bands. As you may recall, a very similar thing happened last...
Goodnight Ned join the party at Club Dada tomorrow 13th Floor Music Fest A great thing about holiday weekends is that they bleed into the next week, just a little bit. Yes, you're thrown out of whack treating a Tuesday like it's a Monday and tha...
Widow's peak or no, Hercules and Love Affair are coming to Dallas this month As the summer winds down, September usually sees the kick-off of proper concert touring season for the fall. When it comes to electronic music, this month is no excepti...
Pageantry are prepping the release of their new album, "Spine," for the fall of 2014 Fall may be a sad time for some folks. For instance, those who have to go back to school. There are also those who relish the oppressive heat of the summer (we sw...
Buffi Jacobs came from a classical background. She's played in rock bands and collaborated with musicians and artists of all stripes. She even spent this summer on and off tour. But now, after all those years of work, Jacobs has a new project, one th...
The minds behind Fun With Country Music. For music writers, it seems like there has never been a lower-hanging fruit than the ascension of bro-country into the mainstream. Acts like Florida Georgia Line are getting near-equal airtime on pop and ...
Edie Brickell and the New Bohemians headline North Oak Cliff Music Fest on October 25 Jeff Liles, the talent buyer at the Kessler Theater and resident local music aficionado, has been promising a big headliner for the third-annual North Oak Cliff ...
Howdy, folks. The best thing that's gonna happen this month is the one and only State Fair of Texas. It's in your best interest to head on down to Fair Park and daze at the 55 foot gargantuan glory that is Big Tex. Gorging on fried foods that have th...
DJ Jon Doe surrounded by vinyl In this day and age where everyone is a DJ (or at least thinks they are), guys like Joe Walker are a rare treat. Performing under the moniker of DJ Jon Doe, he's coming up on 25 years of DJing and the experience an...
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