Well, the area mash-up artist who goes by the name of Objektiv One has gone and done it again, preying on our mash-up weaknesses and offering up some ear candy with a new track that, like his previous efforts, finds him blending hip-hop with the world of rock. But whereas…

On Sunday, a group of tight-knit area musicians gathered at the as-yet-unopened (but gorgeous–got a tour last night) Kessler Theatre in Oak Cliff to pay tribute to their fallen friend, Tommy Atkins, the bass player for The Great Tyrant, who died late last week. Included among the performances held on…

Tonight, friends, marks the monthly return of my little residency at The Libertine on Greenville Avenue. Surely, you recall the premise: Every month, The Libertine does me the honor of taking over its sound system and allows me to run its regular crowd out by playing nothing but local tunes…

As promised, Ozzy Osbourne, the prince of mother-effing darkness, stopped by the Northwest Highway Barnes & Noble location in Dallas to sign copies of his new autobiography, I Am Ozzy, on Saturday afternoon.It was quite the scene, too, as photographer Spike Johnson found out while shooting this slideshow of pictures…

The sad news of Tommy Atkins’ death spread pretty quickly yesterday afternoon–and, just as quickly, helping hands have popped up, looking to help Atkins’ family and their friends in this time of need and grieving. Which brings us to this: On Sunday afternoon, starting at 4 p.m., the as-yet-unopened Kessler…

Sunday night’s double-headlining pairing of Vetiver and The Clientele at the Granada Theater sure is an interesting one, pairing together two relatively somber acts that excel with retrospective takes on similar–but definitely not the same–genres. And, if you’re super-competitive, it’s like a do-over of the Revolutionary War–or maybe more appropriately…

If we’re being perfectly honest here–and I think that’s the precedent set here on DC9–then I’ll admit that I don’t really get Leslie & the LY’s. I mean, I get it. It’s not like there’s not too too much to get, is there? It’s just boatloads and boatloads of supposedly…

In this week’s paper, Nic Hernandez talks shop on Saturday night’s hip-hop bill at Hailey’s, which features frequent collaborators P.O.S., SMU grad Astronautalis and Dessa (more on her later today). But, as Nic writes, while this might be a hip-hop show, don’t expect it to be your run-of-the-mill hip-hop offering.For…

Quite the show at Lola’s Sixth in Fort Worth tonight with The Appleseed Cast rolling through town. Should be kind of a special show, too: The band performing, in entirety, its seminal releases Low Level Owl 1 and 2, back to back. It’s an interesting decision–especially since, as Aaron Ladge…

Bryce Avary doesn’t really look all that happy, which is pretty weird because, let’s face it, Bryce Avary is supposed to be happy. Or so anyone who’s taken a listen to the 27-year-old Grapevine native’s surgary-sweet power-pop as The Rocket Summer would assume. After all, over the course of the…

Last Wednesday night, the fine young Denton gentlemen known as Matthew and The Arrogant Sea stopped on by our Oak Cliff filming location to treat us to a slew of new songs and a couple stories about the process behind recording them. It was a pretty fun night, too–frontman Matthew…

Damaged Good$ finally went and did it yesterday, releasing the $pread Love Not Germ$ mixtape its been teasing us with for a few months now. It’s worth the wait, too: Beyond the three songs the band has already given out for free to promote the release, the free-to-download mixtape (click…