Rob Viktum Releases New Hip-Hop Record, 15 Years in the Making

Fifteen years ago Rob Viktum began putting together Shoot The Messenger. “This record is the first time that everything has come together and felt perfect,” Viktum says. “My whole career I’ve been making music, but I’ve never really made a record that was 100 percent and totally me. I’ve either been pulled…

DJ Christy Ray to Perform With Her Mom Spinderella on Revolt TV

As a member of pioneering hip-hop group Salt-n-Pepa, DJ Spinderella sold over 15 million albums and singles, and toured the world. In recent years she has thrown herself into the Spinderella DJ Academy, encouraging and promoting female artists and producers. Last Saturday, at the ceremony honoring her as the first female recipient of…

Tift Merritt Stitches Together Her Experiences with Music

Tift Merritt will play at Three Links on Saturday, Feb. 25. Coming hard and fast on the heels of a divorce, Tift Merritt’s sixth album Stitch of the World could almost be considered a breakup album. Almost, except that seems a little too simple for the poetry Merritt spins, and…

Dallas Observer Mixtape with Daniel Cortez of Prototype

Daniel Cortez is a recent transplant to Dallas from El Paso who is making waves as half of production duo Prototype. He’s had a hand in putting together some of the most exciting techno parties to pop up in Dallas recently, for which he brings in international artists from boutique…