Dallas has seen plenty of good shows this year. Whether it was St. Vincent destroying The Bomb Factory with her guitar and vocals or Tony Bennett showing us age doesn’t matter, we were treated to an array of talent. Here are the 10 best we’ve seen so far in 2018,…
Six Shooter is a recurring feature in which we highlight six new releases by North Texas-based musicians. Bryce Bangs — “Chasing That Gold” Singer-songwriter Bryce Bangs is fresh off playing a sold-out show at the Granada Theater in which he heavily from his recently released self-titled album. With a stop-in-your-tracks…
Record high temperatures may be dampening your summer days, but don’t let them get the best of your nights. Catch several cool acts this week, including Logic, Paul Oakenfold, Hall & Oates, Glassjaw and more. Hall & Oates With Train, 7 p.m. Tuesday July 24, American Airlines Center, 2500 Victory…
As the sold-out crowd filed into the American Airlines Center on Friday, there were the weighty quotations displayed on screens flanking the angular stage, which stretched out into the middle of the floor. Settling into your seat, you could ponder this, from poet Rupi Kaur: “What is stronger than the…
As race issues take center stage in America, Bobby Sessions turned the lights up to the max and handed them a microphone. The Dallas legend signed with Def Jam Recordings hosted a listening party Thursday night at Alamo Drafthouse Cedars for his first EP with the record label, RVLTN: Chapter One: The…
Eight years have passed since Jennifer Nettles and Kristian Bush released their last album as the country duo Sugarland, but they’ve come back with a real treat — a collaboration with Taylor Swift. Together with Swift they released “Babe,” and all three appear in the music video, which has generated…
It’s mostly big-name artists this week as concert announcements have arrived with gusto for the Dallas area. There is so much to get to, so start figuring out your budget and setting dates aside on the calendar. With Golden Hour, East Texas’ Kasey Musgraves has made one of the year’s…
The original Smashing Pumpkins were not able to reform in 2018, so Billy Corgan and company gave fans something worth remembering: a well-crafted three-hour, 31-song marathon walk down memory lane. After people found their seats to the sounds of Metric, the Great Pumpkin came out alone just shy of 8:30…
The last time BJ Barham and his band made their way through Dallas, American Aquarium looked different from how it will appear when they return to town to play in the new Statler Ballroom on July 28. In February 2017, the band, comprised mostly of childhood friends, all called it quits…
A self-described “musical prostitute,” Anthony Green is the brains behind emo prog-rock favorites Circa Survive and Saosin, as well as The Sound of Animals Fighting (a supergroup founded by Rx frontman Rich Balling, in which the members rock out sporting animal masks). In the midst of all this, Green has…
It’s easy to think of human trafficking as a far away problem, but it isn’t. In the last 37 years, the nonprofit organization Children of the Night has helped rescue more than 10,000 children and young people from sexual exploitation, pornography and prostitution in the United States. To help raise…
Over the last year, Dallas hip-hop soul vocalist M3CCA has built a reputation for providing a unique live music experience that is both sensual and spiritual. She recently made her first foray into creating visuals to accompany her music with the release of her first video for her song “Insecurity…
When preparation meets opportunity, dreams can become reality. For rapper Bobby Sessions and High Standardz, the management company and record label behind Sessions since he began his solo career, that transformation has begun. In January, social media posts surfaced showing Sessions in a high-rise Manhattan boardroom. There was no indication…
Ryan Forbes, a Dallas singer-songwriter, does not believe in superstition. But he says that is the best way to explain the turn of events that led him to play for Leon Bridges while busking on the streets of Deep Ellum. Normally, Forbes sets up in front of B4, a thrift…
The crowd that filed into Toyota Music Factory to see Paramore on Saturday was a particular group; if you didn’t know what band was playing that night, you could reasonably guess the lineup on the marquee from the attendees. The throng of people entering skewed heavily female, their brightly dyed…
Package tours are a hallmark of the summer concert season. Whether they’re artfully curated with alternative scene-makers, skillfully assembled with corporate branding or nostalgically organized to appeal to fans’ youthful past, these types of bookings populate the calendars of sheds around the country. Sunday evening’s bill at The Pavilion at…
At the beginning of the year, Dallas rapper Bobby Sessions announced his deal with Def Jam records. Now, for his highly anticipated debut for the storied hip-hop record label, there will be a listening party. RVLTN: The Divided States Of AmeriKKKa is set to be released Friday. High Standardz, the the management…
It’s a wonderful week for music nostalgia, local bands and free shows. Smashing Pumpkins, Collective Soul, Neurosis and Foreigner take us down memory lane while Granada Theater says thank you with a week of free shows. And for a chance to hear local favorites such as electronic musician Cygnus, check out KUZU…
Guitarist Chris Henderson of 3 Doors Down is happy to talk from his studio in Nashville ahead of another tour. The band has many hits to its name, so Henderson finds no reason to be bitter or jaded about the industry or the band’s long career. At this point, he…
An 8-year-old stops near a snack bar to grab a new pair of purple earplugs before heading to band practice. “We’re going to need these,” Ellie Johnson says. ”Our band is loud.” Johnson is part of Girls Rock Fort Worth, a weeklong summer camp that uses music education and workshops…
Scratch Session, Banjos to Beats’ summer DJ series at It’ll Do, is in full swing. The first installment was two weeks ago with DJ Nu-Mark, and legendary mixologist DJ Z-Trip will preside over the turntables Friday night. On a phone call Wednesday afternoon, Z-Trip expressed his excitement to be a…
Some cool up-and-comers will be heading to area venues over the next couple of months. Additionally, a few old souls are revving up the engines to stop by, and a punk rock icon brings his other creative interests to town. British singer-songwriter Jorja Smith has announced a North American headlining…
