Pete Freedman

Hitting Home.

The Humans and Dogs of Homegrown. Can we talk for just a second about the great times we had at this year's fifth annual Homegrown Music and Arts Festival...

Home Voyage.

Scenes From The Stages at the Fifth Annual Homegrown Music and Art Festival. Rubberneck had been played in full, the previously agreed-upon shut-down time of 1...

Battle Royal.

Meet The North Texas Women Who'll Compete To Marry A Fake Prince Harry This Summer. If you've even had your television dials tuned to FOX for just a ...

Standing At The Edge.

Music Video Premiere: Check Out The Visuals For Sam Lao's "Nirvana." In the nine months removed from the release of her nigh-universally lauded West Pante...

Kneel Down.

Scenes From Friday Night's Sold-Out Temples Show at Dada. Four-piece British psych-rock outfit Temples isn't exactly lacking for impressive cosigns. ...

Park Life.

The Crowds of JMBLYA '14. Much credit where it's due to Scoremore, the entity behind Friday's JMBLYA Festival at Main Street Garden Park: Them fools sure know ...

Power Play.

Exclusive Premiere: Grab a Free Download of The New Single From TEAM*. We've been hot on TEAM* for a minute now. Last year, you may recall, we even named ...

Make The Fest of It.

The 10 Acts Most Worth Your Time During This Weekend's Festival Explosion. Truth be told, festival season in North Texas actually kicked off some time ago...

Sent Off.

After 10 Years Behind The Double Wide Bar, Khurk Maeder Went Out In Style Last Night. Ten years is a long time to work for any one company. In the fickle world...

Steady As It Goes.

Scenes From Last Night's The Hold Steady Show at the Granada Theater. Six hundred or so 30-plus-year-old bros -- and a select few fortunate enough to have...

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.