Sylvan Esso With Generationals Granada Theater, Dallas Tuesday, March 24, 2015 What a difference a year makes. In fact, in this case, not even a year. Last spring, Sylvan Esso made their first appearance in Dallas, opening for tUnE-yArDs at the Granada Theater. That night, many felt the duo stole…
Spillover Music Festival With Liars, Iceage, King Tuff and more Deep Ellum, Dallas Sunday, March 22, 2015 Yesterday, Spillover Fest embodied the minimalist ideal. To paraphrase a quote, minimalism doesn’t mean a lack of something, but having exactly the right amount and no more. With three stages (well, four stages…
Stevie Wonder American Airlines Center, Dallas Sunday, March 22, 2015 There’s something about musical legends and the month of March in Dallas. Last year we were given an almost three-hour-long performance by Bruce Springsteen ahead of the NCAA Men’s Basketball National Championship Finals that was widely considered the concert of…
The insanity of South By South West is over. You’ll have to wait until next year to stand in unforgivably long lines unless you want to post up at the DMV for shits and giggles. However, the music never stops. This week, The Bomb Factory has its grand opening. Dallas…
Hozier With George Ezra House of Blues, Dallas Friday, March 20, 2015 We’re going to save you from some horrible Hozier-took-us-to-church pun opener and get straight to the point. Hozier is boring. It’s not that his music isn’t good or his lyrics don’t convey a deeper meaning (Just look at…
The Beach Boys Verizon Theatre, Grand Prairie Thursday, March 19, 2015 The Beach Boys are now unequivocally grown men, and they have grown men problems. Once up a time their youthful charms could even make their time spent living and writing songs with Charles Manson seem like a marshmallow-roasting bonfire…
TV on the Radio With Nostalgia Granada Theater, Dallas Thursday, March 19, 2015 Last night, after a no-nonsense hour of deafening tunes old and new, Tunde Adebimpe and the rest of TV on the Radio walked back on the Granada Theater stage for an encore, the packed house expressing its…
As you’re probably very aware. It’s South By Southwest right now, but who cares? You’re in Dallas and you’re still more than capable of seeing some shows, plus you wont stand in line for 1,000 hours. TV on the Radio plays its second sold out show at the Granada tonight,…
Santana Verizon Theatre, Grand Prairie Wednesday, March 18, 2015 I sat through a nearly three-hour Cialis commercial at the Verizon Theatre in Grand Prairie last night. You know exactly what I’m talking about, too. You’re watching some sporting event or, in this case, a Santana concert, and out of nowhere…
Are you so over SXSW? Don’t wanna make the drive? Have to work? Go to school? Well, you might be in luck, if there’s a certain band you want to see. Every year when the festival pops up in Austin, a few smart musicians pop over to Dallas. The not-so-smart…
Onika Tanya Maraj, more commonly known as Nicki Minaj, is opening the U.S. leg of her Pinkprint tour in Dallas. All of the Barbz (pop stars have god awful nicknames for their fans, and this is her’s) should be excited. Even if you aren’t prepubescent/insane enough to call yourself a…
35 Denton Music Festival Denton Friday, March 13 to Sunday, March 15, 2015 When the organizers at 35 Denton revived the festival from a one-year hiatus and announced a lineup heavy little-known and local bands, there was some reason to be skeptical. The festival had appeared to be gaining momentum…
Charlie Wilson With Joe and KEM Verizon Theatre, Grand Prairie Friday, March 13, 2015 By Devin Papillion All I could see was red. Horns were honking, fists were shaking out of windows, and bumpers were inching their way into uneven lanes in a sea of taillights making the trek to…
This week a small niche festival that you’ve most likely never heard of before is taking place in Austin. It’s called South By South West. There’s also a ton of great stuff taking place at home here in Dallas. Guitar god Carlos Santana and the Beach Boys (separately) stop by…
Miranda Lambert With Justin Moore and Sunny Sweeney American Airlines Center, Dallas Thursday, March 12, 2015 There’s nothing more electrifying than seeing a hometown girl come back to the city that built her. Miranda Lambert, who got her start playing in honky-tonks and festivals across Texas, spent plenty of time…
It feels like the first weekend with nice weather since Zach Morris had the brick phone. That’s because it has been roughly two decades since our weekends weren’t a polar vortex. Enjoy yourself with these concerts. The Josh Abbot Band is even playing outside for St. Patty’s Day. Charlie Wilson…
Chris Brown With Trey Songz and Tyga American Airlines Center, Dallas Wednesday, March 11, 2015 “Well, that was awkward.” Those were the words running through a lot of minds at Chris Brown’s “Between the Sheets” show at American Airlines Center last night. Brown’s stop in Dallas — with Tyga and…
Mavis Staples With James Hall The Kessler Theater, Dallas Sunday, March 8, 2015 Mavis Staples could make you believe in anything. It may be God, or it may be your fellow man. It may be something radical, like the notion that God is really a woman, or even that we…
John Mellencamp With Carlene Carter McFarlin Auditorium, Dallas Saturday, March 7, 2015 By Brian Peterson To untrained ears, and particularly to those below the age of 40, John Mellencamp may as well be the poor man’s Bruce Springsteen. Both can come across as heartland rock dudes, and on the surface…
The weekend is over and we are just as sad about it as you are, especially now that it’s raining again. However, there’s a slew of great shows worthy of your attention this week. Charlie Wilson, of the Gap Band and G.O.O.D. Music, takes on Grand Prairie. Upstanding American citizens…
Ryan Bingham With Lucero South Side Ballroom, Dallas Friday, March 6, 2015 For all its shortcomings in terms of some other genres, Dallas has an incredibly strong taste for rootsy, country-infused rock music. Maybe it’s the bucolic settings that exist just a short drive outside the city, but people in…
Waka Flocka Flame With AV the Great, #Baconomics, Elijah Heap and Ace Young’n Rockin’ Rodeo, Denton Thursday, March 5, 2015 Rockin Rodeo is just about the last place you would expect to see Waka Flocka Flame. Known for being Denton’s shit-kickin’, honky-tonk swag bar, it doesn’t exactly conjure thoughts of…
