Zounds Sounds B-Side is the product of a creative collision course between writer Simon Pruitt and the owners of Zounds Sounds School of Music, Marc Solomon and Amy Curnow. After a chance meeting in the parking lot of the State Fair of Texas, the three worked together to transform an empty space on Shoreview Rd into the beating heart of Dallas’ underground music scene. The “elevated DIY” venue opened on January 18, 2024, with a performance from the Ottoman Turks, a country-rock trio that kicked off the venue’s six-week opening concert series called Nocturnes.

Since then, Zounds Sounds B-Side, or Z.S.B.S., continues to be the haunt for the next generation of Dallas musicians, photographers, writers and visual artists, who come together to celebrate budding DFW talent, plus a carefully curated selection of nationally touring bands.