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This Weekend’s Deep Ellum Block Party Wants to Work Both Inside and Out

Matt Goodman — Thu, 21 Nov 2024 20:21:31 +0000

What’s the difference between a festival and a block party? Last year Deep Ellum celebrated 150 years of existence with the former, an event that featured the oldest school of rap—Doug E. Fresh and a member of Run DMC—as well as Wichita Falls pop punk act Bowling for Soup. The Deep Ellum Music Festival 2023 … Continued

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Make Your Next Event Rock

Ricky Ferrer — Wed, 11 Sep 2024 18:34:46 +0000

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Come Celebrate D Magazine’s 50th Anniversary with Cure for Paranoia

Matt Goodman — Thu, 29 Aug 2024 21:13:16 +0000

If you’re a subscriber, you have our 50th anniversary issue in your mailbox. Or in your home. Whatever, check your mail. Page 116 contains the transcript of a chat between musicians Tim DeLaughter, of Tripping Daisy and the Polyphonic Spree, and Cameron McCloud, the frontman for the hip-hop collective Cure for Paranoia. The two men, … Continued

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A Night With 4Batz, the Hottest Rapper in Dallas

Mike Piellucci — Fri, 23 Aug 2024 14:42:22 +0000

Who is 4Batz? A video montage attempts to answer the question in front of a sold-out crowd at the Echo Lounge during the 20-year-old rapper’s Dallas stop on his Thank U, Jada tour on August 7th. A stripper pole, a bed, and a couch set the scene for his “hood musical” to play out each … Continued

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LadyLove Lounge & Sound Turns One By Celebrating What Makes It Stand Out

Matt Goodman — Tue, 06 Aug 2024 14:00:00 +0000

The line outside LadyLove Lounge & Sound, in the Bishop Arts District, extended past the corner of West 7th Street on a hot Sunday night in July. Jimmy Contreras, one of the club’s owners, worked the outside bar, hurriedly popping caps off Topo Chico and beer bottles. Inside, the disco ball glimmered above a crowd … Continued

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Tim DeLaughter Gets the Band Back Together: The Rebirth of Tripping Daisy, a Q&A

Matt Goodman — Thu, 27 Jun 2024 21:02:42 +0000

You didn’t have to be a Deep Ellum regular in the 1990s to know Tripping Daisy. “Trip Along” remained in rotation on The Edge for as long as the station existed. They got airplay on FM stations in other cities and states, too. “I Got a Girl” made it to MTV’s rotation during a time when the … Continued

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Joshua Ray Walker Made an Eclipse Soundtrack

Tim Rogers — Mon, 08 Apr 2024 15:13:52 +0000

Josh says he had a dream that he performed this song at Flag Pole Hill for the eclipse, and right at totality the sun exploded. Maybe he’s a warlock who can see the future. Hard to say. Anyway, he says producer John Pedigo helped him record it. Start this track at exactly 1:40 p.m., right … Continued

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Two New Dallas Music Videos for Your Ears (and Eyes)

Tim Rogers — Tue, 12 Mar 2024 19:31:36 +0000

First up, we’ve got Beekeeper Spaceman, the chillwave band fronted by SMU English prof Greg Brownderville, native of Pumpkin Bend, Arkansas. “Pour the Night” was filmed on Super 8 at the Texas State Fair. KXT needs to be playing this tune, if they aren’t already: Next up we’ve got “Peace of Mind,” by Sunrise Academy, … Continued

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Global Music Star Steve Aoki Acquires Dallas Record Grading Startup Tuned In Grading

Layten Praytor — Tue, 12 Mar 2024 17:00:00 +0000

EDM DJ Steve Aoki is acquiring Dallas-based startup Tuned In Grading, a service that grades vinyl records and encapsulates them in tamper-proof packaging. Launched in 2022 by four co-founders—real estate mogul and venture capitalist Rogers Healy, local radio personality Jeff ‘Skin’ Wade, and Luke Sardello and Waric Cameron, the leaders of independent record retailer Josey … Continued

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Defunct Local Magapaper Makes Cameo in Old 97’s Video

Tim Rogers — Wed, 21 Feb 2024 18:50:56 +0000

As Stephen King first reported, the Old 97’s will drop their new album, American Primitive, on April 4. Yesterday the band released a video for the single “Where the Road Goes.” It’s either a sappy, overly sentimental tour down memory lane, or it’s a touching reminiscence of the band’s early days, a meditation on the … Continued

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Allow Skylark Soul Co. to Reintroduce Itself

Zac Crain — Tue, 20 Feb 2024 18:43:46 +0000

Jeff “Skin” Wade has been doing so many different things for so long—Dallas Mavericks broadcaster, radio show host, brewery owner—that I sometimes forget that when I first met him, more than two decades ago, it was to talk about his music career. Back then, I was the music editor at the Dallas Observer and he … Continued

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The Dallas Opera Stages a Stunning Performance of Opera’s Bleakest Tale of Revenge

Brian Reinhart — Tue, 13 Feb 2024 20:28:10 +0000

The timing is surely not intentional. You can hardly imagine that the Dallas Opera’s first choice was to program Romeo and Juliet in late spring and to present, on Valentine’s Day, a chilling story of children plotting the murder of their mother. Whatever. There’s too much romance in the air these days. Elektra is a … Continued

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