The two-day festival at Denton’s Rubber Gloves Rehearsal Studios will feature “adventurous music” from more than 20 artists from across the country.
5 acts to see at Denton’s first Molten Plains Fest this weekend
December 9, 2022 by Preston Jones
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Dallas String Quartet lit up the night at Vitruvian Park for the holidays
December 5, 2022 by Jessica Waffles
During the holiday season, Addison’s Vitruvian Park lights up their trees with lights, creating a free holiday wonderland every night 5pm to 11pm until January 1. This year’s Vitruvian Lights Special Event featured the Dallas String Quartet, marking the celebration’s 10th anniversary. The Dallas String Quartet is an internationally known, local Dallas treasure. In October,… Read more »
The KXT Local Show: Pearl Earl, Mitchel Musso (feat. Marc Musso), Bryson Cole
December 2, 2022 by Nilufer Arsala
Check out what you heard on ‘The Local Show’ this week!
It’s Bandcamp Friday! Listen up to these North Texas artists
December 2, 2022 by Preston Jones
It’s time once again for Bandcamp Friday. If you’re unfamiliar with the event, it’s pretty straightforward: To help musicians amid the uncertainties of the ongoing pandemic, the streaming platform Bandcamp instituted “Bandcamp Friday,” a day where the company forgoes its revenue share in order to pass on to bands an average of 93 percent of… Read more »
Dallas jazz fusion group Wasafiri pushes the sonic boundaries
November 30, 2022 by Preston Jones
Max Gerl remembers it well — Wasafiri began with giving back. “One of my best friends at the time, Ben Hixon, started working at Josey Records when it opened, and I got to know [Jeff] ‘Skin’ [Wade],” Gerl said during a recent conversation. “That was sort of an interesting situation where ‘Skin’ got in touch… Read more »
PREMIERE: Dallas pro-glam band The Dirty Shirts drop “Detonator” music video
November 29, 2022 by Jessica Waffles
Dallas-based band The Dirty Shirts have been spreading their glamorous “dance floor rock n roll” all over the metroplex and beyond, showcasing their tour footage from New York in new music video, “Detonator.” (The video also has some live footage from their last show of tour at Louie Louie‘s in Dallas) “Detonator” is the third… Read more »
The KXT Local Show: Thanksgiving Edition
November 25, 2022 by Nilufer Arsala
A look back at (only some!) of the songs we are thankful for.
The Texas Connection: How Jim Ed Norman met the Eagles’ Don Henley
November 23, 2022 by Preston Jones
A chance meeting at what was then North Texas State University blossomed into a half century of artistic inspiration and collaboration.
WATCH: Wayside Motel embodies “Southern grunge” in debut EP Eleven AM Checkout
November 21, 2022 by Jessica Waffles
Warning: The video contains explicit language Some of the best gems are a little rough around the edges, and when you find one it can be one of the most pleasant surprises of your life. That’s the vibe of Wayside Motel – a raw new band fronted by Cable Danielle, a songwriter who originated in… Read more »
Dallas singer-songwriter Jacob Metcalf prepares “Monitors” for release
November 21, 2022 by Preston Jones
Six years have passed between Jacob Metcalf’s last album, 2016’s exquisite Fjord, and his latest album, Monitors. He’s changed; the world’s changed — but what hasn’t changed is the sense he had — “reservations and misgivings,” as he puts it — prior to releasing the first single from Monitors, “Dizzy.” “I already knew I’m the… Read more »
