Pete Freedman

Top Down.

Check Out A New Collaborative Track From The Outfit, TX and Shuttle. Two weeks ago, the now-Dallas-based hip-hop trio The Outfit, TX was grabbing a slice of pi...

Come Alive.

Scenes From Last Night's Chromeo Show at the House of Blues. Most every Chromeo show starts the same way: Dave 1 and P-Thugg, shrouded by darkness, meande...

Losing My Edge.

102.1-FM The Edge Pulls Its Long-Running All-Local Sunday Night Block From The Schedule. After almost five years of "The Local Edge" being a fixture on the Sun...

Radio Ready.

Chromeo's Dave 1 On The Power of ZZ Top and The Allure of Pop. A month and a half out from the release of his band's fourth LP, Chromeo's Dave 1...

On Fire.

Scenes From Last Night's Free Bruce Springsteen Show in Downtown Dallas. It's more than just a catchy line from a catalog absurdly filled with hits. It's the t...

That New New.

A New Batch of Area Hip-Hop and Dance Tracks To Help You Get In The Weekend Spirit. For whatever reason, it just happens this way sometimes: In the span of jus...

In Our Thoughts.

Dallas Distortion Music's Matthew Vickers Is In A Coma After Crashing His Car Late Monday Night Late on Monday night, North Texas concert promoter and par...

Sup Now?

Scenes From Last Night's Red Bull Sound Select Show with Le1f, Dark Rooms and Vulgar Fashion. I don't know that last night's Red Bull Sound Select showcase at ...

Goddamn.

Check Out Blue, The Misfit's New Kendrick Lamar-Featuring Single. Ever since Blue, The Misfit walked off stage during his performance at September's ...

Funny People.

Adam Sandler, Seth Rogen Highlight Guest List for Conan's Dallas Shows. By now, you already know: Conan O'Brien is coming to town at the end of the month to sh...

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.