KXT Summer Cut this week Dallas!

Friday June 1st kicks off KXT's Summer Cut - Happy Funtime Fest at Gexa Energy Pavillion - Fair Park featuring: The Flamming Lips, St. Vincent, Fitz and the Tantrums, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Telegraph Canyon, Smile Smile, Air Review, Quiet Corral, DJ Matt Stafford, Walk Off the Earth + more!
Gates open at 5:30pm featuring two stages [main stage & SPUNE stage] & the show runs until 11:30pm. Early birds can start arriving 4pm or later.

RTB2 Roller Derby Star Spangled Acetate

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So when it comes to experimental folk I'm a newbie/explorer but RTB2 caught my attention right away if for no other reason then I wanted to know the story behind the name?
Ryan Thomas Becker & Grady Don Sandlin make up the duo out of Denton, TX that groove a cool guitar/drums only live set that surprisingly doesn't sound or feel empty at all minus a dedicated bass.

Nominated as one of this years "Best Local Music Acts" for D Magazine's "Best of Big D Reader's Choice Poll 2012" these guys have a great local base of people who just dig their sound. Be sure to vote daily for all the categories.
Fair Park Coliseum will get another taste of the band on May 19th when they lay some Star Spangled goodness down at the Assassination City Roller Derby halftime show.

Acetate the new album single coming from RTB2 was just teased on the bands facebook page with a 1:12 video spinning sample. Check it out at this link: RTB2 Facebook Tease

If you need a new 8 Track fix, and who doesn't, check out RTB2's The Dead Media 8 track release featuring some cool new sounds on old school media:
http://deadmediatapes.com/music-18.html

1976 called and wants their stuff back guys, but still cool!

Weekend Earth Day EDGEFEST Smashup

Music from local, regional & high atop the Billboard charts will be available in Dallas this weekend if you so choose to partake.
This Saturday will kickoff the 2012 edition for Earth Day Dallas featuring some great local and regional music acts like Air Review, Datahowler, Jessie Frye & the main act for the night Amos Lee.
All the live music events will be held at the band shell in Fair Park starting around 10:45am on Saturday morning.

Earth Yoga, Home and Garden Workshops & Green Talk Speaker Series will round out the two day pro-enviro schedule of events this year.
For runners who don't mind an early start check in around 8:30am for the DFW Truck Farm 5k Fun Run which will help local schools.

1992 was the first year EDGEFEST rattled ear drums at the Starplex in Dallas feat. Pearl Jam & The Origin.

Fastforward to this Sunday April 21st and EDGEFEST 22 has a serious lineup in store at FC Dallas Stadium including: The Features, The Ting Tings, Blue October, Evanescence + more on the second stage - Main Stage will feature Switchfoot, Neon Trees, Arctic Monkeys, Cage the Elephant, Cake and the headliner for the night The Black Keys.

Our own multi-talented #Dallas blogstress Sarah will be attending EDGEFEST this year and has promised to have something cool in store for us next week to sum up her experience!