David Fletcher

1 week ago | dallasobserver.com | David Fletcher

Jake Relapse, singer of the punk band Casual Relapse, doesn't come off as a punk rocker.Standing outside of Double Wide on a gray afternoon, taking sips from a Montucky Cold Snack because the bar is all out of Lone Star, taking in the selections of the day's karaoke singers, Relapse wears a slightly faded Dallas Stars cap and reflects on a decade in the North Texas music scene "The scene's had its waves over the years," he says.

1 month ago | dallasobserver.com | David Fletcher

You may know Bobby Steele best from his brief stint in the legendary punk band, the Misfits, playing on tracks such as "Horror Business", "Teenagers From Mars" and "London Dungeon." However, since being replaced by Doyle Wolfgang von Frankenstein in 1980, Steele has been fronting the horror punk band The Undead.

Dec 10, 2024 | dallasobserver.com | David Fletcher

Breakaway Music Festival, the annual celebration of all things electronic, dance and music, will return to North Texas in 2025 at a new venue with an all-new feel.The first Breakaway Festival in North Texas was in 2013 at Toyota Stadium in Frisco . Back then, it was a much different festival with headliners Juicy J, Wu-Tang Clan and Ra Ra Riot.

Dec 6, 2024 | dallasobserver.com | David Fletcher

"All the world's a stage," William Shakespeare wrote in, and the co-founders of the Shakespeare Everywhere theater company take that literally.For five years now, the company co-founded by by Marcus Stimac and Brian Wilson has taken the Bard's works out of the hallowed halls of the so-called legitimate theater and into the unlikely spaces of Klyde Warren Park, Lola's in Fort Worth, The Wild Detectives in Oak Cliff and, on Monday night, Deep Ellum Art Co., where the company will wrap its...

Dec 3, 2024 | dallasobserver.com | David Fletcher

Kendrick Lamar announced on Tuesday that he'll be coming to AT&T Stadium as part of his Grand National Tour with singer SZA.North Texas can look forward to seeing these two artists on April 26, the third date of what is sure to be a sellout tour for the "Not Like Us" rapper.The announcement comes just 10 days after the release of Lamar's sixth studio album,, which features SZA on the tracks "Luther" and "Gloria."The album has received widespread acclaim, with critics at Rolling Stone...