Three years ago, Hunter Vaughan was just your average 17-year-old raver who frequented Dallas’ nightclubs (when permitted inside) with the sole objective of having a good time. As Vaughan became more aware of the scene around him, though, he started keeping his eyes and ears out for local resident DJs,…

​DJ Love isn’t a Dallas native, but the seasoned DJ has made quite the name for himself around these parts thanks to several weekly gigs, a monthly gig, his own record label and an album that’s about to drop. A few other things distinguish him from the rest of the…

Mr. Daishiki Jones credits his personal style and taste in music to having gone to clubs in Chicago in the mid- to late-’80s, which helped him “soak in the fresh vibrant music, fashion, and culture” of the time. Not long thereafter, the house music DJ started spinning when he moved…

Having grown up in the ’80s, DJ Sean Michaels gives credit to the era for the his diverse taste in music, and he claims that much of his inspiration came from the time period as well.”My music pallet is not just one type of music,” he says. “Some of my…

To be perfectly honest, we’d never heard of Arlington’s Mr. Kitty before catching him at the House of Blues on Tuesday night, where he put on an entertaining, nearly hour-long opening set for Crystal Castles. But it’s safe to say that he piqued our interest, what with his brash behavior,…

His popular weekly dance party known as Disqo Disco may be dead now, but Sean Humphrey, who also serves as the frontman of local electro act Sydney Confirm, still spins lively sets around town under his stage name of Redsean.In both his band and in his DJ sets, Humphrey draws…

Ethan Kath and Alice Glass have been making music together as Crystal Castles for five years now, and their eponymous debut album hit the indie music scene hard. The band had sampled tracks from other semi-off-the-radar musicians at the time, such as fellow Canadian dance-rock act Death From Above 1979…

Wade Randolph Hampton, aka DJ WISHFM, is seasoned at his craft. The DJ/booker/promoter and now, band manager, has been spinning for 25 years at this point. Never one to slow down, Hampton books for The W’s rooftop club, Ghostbar, serves as that club’s resident DJ, and manages popular local acts…

Since DJs are frequently juggling projects, picking up new nights, creating new mixes, and, well, always trying to stay on top of the game, we thought that, before moving forward to our next batch of local DJs, it’d be fun to re-cap the first lot and see what some of…

A true ’80s icon since his earliest days of chart-topping, lip-curling and heavy MTV rotation success, Billy Idol has always been a trendsetter who managed to tap into the future while keeping one black leather boot firmly planted in his punk past. And that’s truer than ever now, as Idol…

DJ INDO, born Ricky Roe, grew up with music as an integral part of his life, and it was his love for music, alongside inspiration from his father and brother, that led him to DJ. When he first got started, nearly four years ago, DJ INDO explored a wide variety…

Dance Your Face Off! creator and promoter, Mikey Rodge, hasn’t been DJing for long. The party-promoter first dabbled in playing tracks two years ago when he decided he’d like to take a shot at some behind-the-booth action. Despite an unsuccessful first attempt, Mikey Rodge kept at it, and eventually graduated…

This week we turn our behind the booth sites to half of experimental electronic outfit FUR, Bryce Isbell. Isbell has only been DJing for a couple of years, but is hardly an amateur. Over the past two years, alongside creative partner Gray St. Germain Gideon, Isbell has had a couple…

Two weeks back we featured Left/Right on our weekly DJ profile, DC9er. However, due to a busy schedule the DJ/producer wasn’t able to send over an exclusive mix. Instead, he sent us an excellent mix that he’d already released. Well, this week, Left/Right sent along his new DC9-exclusive “Day Mix”…

Lucy Wrubel has been DJing for over a decade now. The stand up comedian turned DJ got her start in Rome Italy, where she found she could overcome the language barrier through music. “I found myself unable to communicate with the locals, unless I was choosing the music.” Wrubel says,…

Growing up, James Genova spent hours watching DJs spin at parties and clubs. He was just interested in the mechanics of playing music, and, soon after, he became determined to figure it out for himself. At the tender age of 16, James Genova (who DJs under his last name) took…

From spinning at a 7th grade dance to numerous shows around town and now a deal with Swedish label Sound Of Habib, Dallas DJ and producer Left/Right’s passion for electronic music has carried him far in the last decade.”I also am serious about creating original music and steady, charting releases…

Keith P, the founder of predominantly ’80s Dark Wave night Black Fridays at Fallout Lounge, is adamant about keeping that era alive today. The mostly vinyl DJ has been playing around town for a decade now, and while his taste in music may be eclectic, Keith admits that a lot…

Unlike many of their peers who rode New Wave to fame in the early ’80s only to end up as dusty, record-store memories, the Psychedelic Furs are still alive and touring. Thank John Hughes for that; after all, having the classic 1986 romantic-comedy/coming-of-age film Pretty in Pink named after the…