Since riding a wave of female domination in the ’90s, country music radio has seen a gender imbalance for the last 18 years. Three years after Keith Hill, a country radio consultant, sparked what’s known as “Tomato-Gate,” the genre isn’t any closer to gender equality. “Trust me, I play great…
In contemporary music, it’s not rare to hear sounds echoing those of a previous generation. Some acts like the nostalgia behind the sounds; others want to further the genre. This, perhaps, is why many revival bands emerged in the early 2000s and continue to pop up today (see post-punk and…
Word came down late Wednesday afternoon that the Bomb Factory will host a public memorial for Vinnie Paul this Sunday, July 1. Dubbed “Vinnie Paul, A Public Celebration of Life,” the event is free to the public, but you need a wristband to get in. Born Vincent Paul Abbott, the…
Jim Pasant has a distinguished spot in the upper echelon of Dallas DJ vets, with just short of three decades in the DJ trenches. Along with being a veteran crate digger, he also has a producer credit for the infamous Starck Club documentary that will finally be available for public…
Bart Stevens, born and raised in Irving, has worked with the Old Red Museum in downtown Dallas since last fall. After 30 years in the music industry, he wanted to get into museum administration, but his time in his former industry has come back into frame. Six weeks after graduating…
Everything about Sam Damask’s solo project is DYI, but as he’s an established musician and engineer, the term might not apply to him. Damask is a longtime bassist who first started playing blues jams escorted by his father at age 13. On Friday, he made his debut at Trees as…
Singer-songwriter Jessie Frye continues to cultivate the synthwave pop side of her diverse skill set. On Friday, she released the video for her latest single, “Faded Memory,” produced by Timecop1983. “Faded Memory” is akin to one of Frye’s most successful singles, “Honey.” In many ways, the songs are two sides…
Artists will always look for the best ways to promote their music. Since its inception, social media has been a hub for musicians to do just that. For a while, Myspace was the spot. In 2006, it surpassed Google as the most visited website in the United States. The following…
Redsean has been a staple in Dallas’ weekend DJ nightlife for the past decade. He’s most often spotted dropping tunes ranging from the underground savvy to unapologetically pop music at various residencies in Uptown. Redsean rides that fine line, but when pressed on the subject of his preferred genre, he…
In 2013, an absurd video of a white man, purportedly an Iowa pastor, performing something he called “Rappin’ for Jesus” went viral on YouTube. “My crew is big and it keeps getting bigger, that’s cause Jesus Christ is my nigga,” the man raps in front of a wall with a cross on it. About…
Acid Carousel’s video for “Killer on the Moonbeam” from its EP Street Cowboys is filled with irony and satire, sending up politics and culture to tell the story of life as seen from the background. “The story is that of the killer on the moonbeam,” singer and guitarist Gus Baldwin…
On Twitter this weekend, Dallas native Demi Lovato tweeted about pranking her bodyguard with a “lady of the night.” During a Twitter Q&A, Lovato said it was the “funniest prank ever.” “She walked into his room without permission and grabbed him in his ‘area’ and he freaked the fuck out…
Dead Sullivan’s Boone Patrello has always preferred to be felt rather than seen. To him, the only thing tantamount to success is his music. There’s no persona, no ego. Just his songs. So far, his methods need not be questioned. With three albums already out in the wild and a…
Pop music has gotten sadder in the last 30 years, according to a study published in the Royal Society Open Science journal. Researchers used more than 500,000 songs released in the United Kingdom from 1985 to 2015 to analyze what makes a song successful, as in reaching the top charts…
The latest show listings on its website are from 2016, so it is hard to tell if The Bar & Restaurant Society, a Los Angeles-based booking and promotions agency, is still in business. In any case, the agency has caused problems for artists throughout the years. The Dallas-Fort Worth area…
Flunked Records is the brainchild of Ryan Butler and his continuing quest to keep house music an active concern. Club music trends come and go in Dallas only slightly less frequently than the changing of the seasons, but house music has been a constant. Even with the recent uptick of…
Six Shooter is a recurring feature in which we highlight six new releases by North Texas-based musicians. Brave Little Howl — “Tupelo” Our Lives Aren’t Movies, out this week, is the first full-length album from Brave Little Howl. The local Americana indie six-piece has been gigging around Texas for a…
Erin Kinsey, a 17-year-old country musician from Rockwall, once looked at her childhood music lessons as a burden. Now, she has an opening slot for a Hunter Hayes concert April 28 at Ascend Theater in Tennessee and no other plans for her future besides pursuing a career in music. Kinsey…
Alexus Sacco and Frank Stevens’ mutual interest in synthesizers and electronic music has brought them together as the ambitious electronic duo PVLMS, a pairing that happened at a chance meeting at a Baths concert five years ago. They reconnected soon after in college and have been making music together ever…
The two-hour deep clean at The Secret Factory starting at 6 a.m. Sunday mornings is of paramount importance. The Secret Factory transforms from techno den to place of worship. Yeah, from nightclub to a church. Disco balls and the massive Fulcrum speakers that push 118 decibels of techno sound are…
Record Store Day 2018 is nigh upon us. Now in its 11th year, RSD is the musically drenched holiday when you and all your friends become John Cusack in High Fidelity. No matter your taste in music, odds are there’s a record coming out that day that will tickle your…
Bobby Sessions’ career as a major label artist at Def Jam has begun. Last week, the Dallas rapper released his first single, “Like Me,” and it has received rave reviews from NPR and Pitchfork. The track addresses the climate of racial injustice in America, both past and present. It’s a…
