Pete Freedman

Man Up.

Thoughts On Leon Bridges' Late-Night Talk Show Debut. No need to harp on the sheer talent or rapid ascent of one Leon Bridges. We've done all that already, ...

Above A Whisper.

Scenes From Saturday Night's Raury Show at Dada. The beat on the buzzy young, Atlanta-sprung upstart Raury is that his music tough to describe. And perhap...

Get Your Values Straight.

Scenes From Last Night's Black Milk Show at Three Links. I've spent all day trying to come up with a reason as to why there were only about 50 people...

Shadow Boxing.

Scenes From Last Night's Twin Shadow Album Release Show at the Granada. Record release shows can sometimes be a drag. The band wants to play the new stuff...

Feels Right.

Dirty South Rydaz Returns With Two New Singles, Mini-Movie In Tow. There are only a handful of songs that Dallas hip-hop heads will unanimously concede as bein...

Spilling Blood.

Scenes From Last Night's Surfer Blood and Turbo Fruits Show at Dada. Tis the ever-bountiful season for SXSW-bands to roll through Dallas and give North Te...

Ranked.

Things Bart Reagor Isn't, Hasn't Done and Cannot Do. Welcome to Ranked, our recurring column in which we take a long, hard look at oddly specific things pertai...

Top Speed.

Scenes From Last Night's Tops, Puro Instinct and Blackstone Rangers Sound Select Show. Not that this should really surprise anyone, but last night's ...

In Focus.

Premiere: Check Out The New Single From Team From Nowhere's KoolQuise. Marquis Warren isn't a tough guy to stumble across. Spend even the slightest a...

You’re Doing It Wrong.

House Harkonnen Frontman Alex Johnson's Misquoted Movie Meme Is Our New Favorite Thing. Sometimes, boredom begets creativity. And given the way in which the Da...

Pete Freedman

Co-Founder, President, Publisher

Pete is the founder, editor and president of Central Track. He is the former music editor of the Dallas Observer. His work has been published in The Daily Beast, Deadspin, LA Weekly, Village Voice, Spin Magazine, The Miami Herald and The Toronto Star, among other major publications. The Association of Alternative Newsweeklies has honored his long-form narrative writing and his blogging efforts alike. In 2009, NBCDFW.com named him one of the 25 Most Interesting People in DFW, a fact he remains all too eager to bring up at dinner parties.