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What is the point of a live music show? If you answer spectacle, entertainment and possibly confusion about what those things really are, then drop everything and make your way to the nearest venue to see Charles Bradley on his tour. Paul & The Tall Trees opened the night. The »
Wednesday night, Tom Krell will pour his heart out at the Loft in Dallas. This is How to Dress Well’s second DFW performance, returning after his appearance at 35 Denton in March 2011. This time he comes as a more established artist on his own headlining tour supporting his poignant »
Going to see a Dan Deacon “concert” is impossible. His live performances defy that type of categorization. The artist hailing from Baltimore, Maryland does much more than sit on a stage and play music for you to watch. He forces engagement and interaction between attendees; he shares thoughts that could »
When the fans lined up outside of the box office are wearing indian feathers and panda hat-cape combos you can start to guess the absolute value of the intensity of the show to ensue. The House of Blues in Dallas had plenty of costumes donned by adoring Animal Collective fans »
You’re about to see Kristian Matsson dance with his instruments and pour out his voice into your eardrums. Live. How do you want share this experience? With whom? Sitting in my living room next to a crackling fire with a few of my friends sounds good to me. The House »
Jason Pierce has been making music for thirty years. His experience showed at the Granada Theater on Tuesday night during Spiritualized’s two hour long marathon set. His band members were uniformly dressed in black shirts and gray pants, while he wore white pants and t-shirt, accompanied by two female backup »
The Modern Art Tour How seriously do you take yourself? This tour presented by Modern Art Records and Consequence of Sound might take itself a little bit too seriously on a few accounts. Swimming through a few layers of pretension, the Prophet Bar hosted Pretty & Nice, Chain Gang of »
Integrating Art and Sound – Interview with Artist Robert Ortega Sonic Architectonic is an exhibit on display in the Visual Arts building at UT Dallas through February 18th. Curated by Lorraine Tady, the show explores “the architecture of sound in art” through various mediums ranging from experimental and interactive noises »
What constitutes a real quality dream and separates it from the rest of subconscious sleep? “Drifting off the plane of reality,” or “sensation combination” typically resonate with me. Anthony Gonzales, M83 mastermind, crafts that feel over and over again in the much anticipated double album Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming. As »
A lot has changed for Chaz Bundick since 2009. On October 28th two years ago, he opened for Islands at Rubber Gloves in Denton with nothing but a demo EP for consumption on the internet. The crowd was there to see the much more popular Islands, and Chaz’ set was »
