Big Bang (Beauty Bar): According to none other than world famous MC Spank Rock, Sober’s Big Bang “is one of the best parties in The US,” as he dubbed it after a recent visit to the event. So luckily for tonight’s guest DJ Fishr Pryce, the Dallas-based artist and “2011 Red Bull Thre3style” Champ can celebrate his birthday with a party that’s received some rather esteemed approval. According to party organizers, tonight’s event features “Four turntables, tres leches, and a piñata full of infant team Jordans,” so obviously nobody here is lying.
Fishr Pryce has been playing around Dallas for years now. Indeed, I’ve been stumbling over the exact misspelling of his name for what seems like an eternity in blog years. So, at least four. You can read a pretty entertaining if not dated interview with the DJ here on the Heavy In The Streets hip hop blog, where Fishr discusses Bill’s Records and the intricacies of his love for his girlfriend versus love for his collection.
And speaking of Sober, do yourself a favor and check out his lovingly geeky Tumblr, the aptly named “Taped Up.” It’s one of the more interesting ones I’ve seen, especially locally, and chronicles the minutiae of the artist’s amassed wealth of cassettes.
Fred Falke (Rio Room): If you’re paying even the slightest bit of attention, you may have noticed that Thursday just might be the biggest night for dance music. For some reason, there seems to be an inordinate amount of big names coming through Dallas proper especially.
Heir to the legacy established by club Suite, The Rio Room is the best example of stacking the chips almost uncomfortably high on a weeknight. Granted there is some debate about whether or not the weekend starts here, for all intents and purposes, Thursday is not quite the weekend. It seems we are firmly in the midst of a booking-based arms race.
However that hasn’t stopped Rio Room from booking highly regarded French House act Fred Falke at the Travis St. spot for the first time ever in Dallas. Though Falke has remixed countless tracks from many indie and mainstream acts, it’s his early work with Alan Braxe that really established him as a name, and rightfully so.
Discipline (Rubber Gloves Rehearsal Studios): How refreshing, not a special guest in sight!
