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Lazing on a sunny afternoon: Bethan has thrived on a relaxed, organic approach
"Super group" is a term that's prone to overuse. Hyperbole is often too tempting to resist. But in the case of Bethan, a band whose music thrives on an appropriate degr...
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Bryan Fajardo
Perfectionism, particularly in a musician, is most often viewed as a liability. Rather than focusing on the life-affirming qualities inherent in the struggle for perfection, many attribute negative personal characteristics -- difficu...
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Ill76 on the decks
ill76 has been floating around the DFW DJ scene since the '90s. In a town where actual techno DJs are a rare breed, ill76 is a cut above the rest. He used to run the beloved local DJ shop Illmatic Records, a store that was a c...
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Taylor Phelan is one of two North Texas contestants on NBC's "The Voice"
Luke Wade isn't the only North Texas contestant on the new season of NBC's The Voice. No, competing alongside him is Taylor Phelan, who hails from Dallas. And the two have m...
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Evan Henry is only 18, but he's already run a label for four years
This past weekend, a young Dallas impresario played a major role in the second annual National Cassette Store Day. It might have slipped by you, as it did me. But Evan Henry, found...
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Jordan Richardson from Son Stan is dressed for Midwest weather, not Texas
It is a frigid Sunday morning, and Jordan Richardson is checking out of his hotel in Harrison, Ohio. Today marks day five of his band Son of Stan's two-week tour, and it i...
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Music fans flocked to Austin over the weekend for ACL
The past few weeks have been pretty good to Texas music festival goers. The last two weekends of September saw North Texas welcome in two of its most promising events, with Oaktopia landing in ...
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Benjamin Booker
Three Links, Dallas
Friday, October 3, 2014
There's a man scalping tickets outside of the venue. A sold-out show can bring out that type of "entrepreneurial spirit." Yes, of course, scalpers pacing about, hollering about tickets with...
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Roky Erickson
Double Wide 11th Anniversary
With High on Fire, Roky Erikson, the Derailers and Riverboat Gamblers
Double Wide, Dallas
Saturday, October 4, 2014
After 11 years of being the Double Wide, it's surely time for the beloved edge-of-Deep...
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Welcome to the working week, folks. There's more than a few shows you should keep on your docket in the days ahead. Brit rockers Temples are taking their talents to where Big Things Happen, one half of the surviving Beatles is in town (Ringo, yes, bu...
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July Alley is no more
And at long last, the will-it-close-or-won't-it saga of July Alley has reached its end. The Deep Ellum bar had been plagued by rumors of its demise for a years, culminating in a temporary shutdown over the Fourth of July wee...
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Lecrae is what we call a Christian rapper. His album, Anomaly, reached the top spot on the Billboard charts. That's right, the same Billboard 200 chart that Katy Perry, Justin Bieber and Rihanna eviscerate every time they release an album. And he did...
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The LBJ Project is the brainchild of Jesse Porter, Billy Lam and Lee Escobedo
What's in a name? Well, if you ask the three founders of the new local music series, An LBJ Experience, a lot of things. Take the name of their new organization: For st...
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It's okay if you aren't making the trek on down to Austin for Austin City Limits Festival. You won't miss out on much -- other than the much beloved stop in West for some delicious Czech Stop kolaches -- because there's more than enough shows to catc...
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Kacey Musgraves came home to Dallas last night for an appearance at Granada Theater
Kacey Musgraves
With John and Jacob
Granada Theater, Dallas
Wednesday, October 1, 2014
Kacey Musgraves and I come from similar backgrounds. Musgraves grew up in ...
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Jenny Robinson onstage with her partner in crime, 8earcub
Dallas rapper Jenny Robinson and her partner 8earcub's performances are unlike any other live experience in town. Jenny Robinson is notorious for enacting orgasms on stage and for rolling...
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Double Wide celebrates its 11th anniversary this weekend
This weekend, the minds behind The Double Wide are planning a seriously fucking epic party to celebrate 11 years of bringing trailer-trash kitsch and a lot of great bands to Exposition Park...
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Oaktopia is one of several exciting festivals to happen in North Texas in recent months
Festival season has really gotten into full swing of late in Texas. Those peak summer months have finally given way to (slightly more) seasonable weather, and...
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Well, that was a hell of a weekend, wasn't it? In its third go-around, Index Festival spread out to three days of music with nearly 100 bands, all situated on its new, larger festival grounds between Cesar Chavez and Elm St., directly across from Epo...
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For the past decade Marcos Prado has been at the center of The Smoke, one of the longest-running DJ residencies in Dallas. The Smoke is the only DJ weekly in the area (possibly the state) that focuses exclusively on northern soul, a particular brand ...
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