The Best Concerts In Dallas This Weekend, 12/5-12/7

This weekend we’re doing our Dallas Observer Music Awards showcase and you should definitely do that. Otherwise there are a slew of great things to catch. Ryan Adams plays at SMU, which makes tons of sense. Caspa does the dubstep at Trees. Blackalicious does it for real hip-hop at the…

Austin Psych Fest Announces Killer 2015 Lineup

Austin has an embarrassment of riches when it comes to music festivals. In the past two months alone, the capitol city has hosted Austin City Limits and Fun Fun Fun Fest, and lest we forget, they also boast SXSW. But the festival that shouldn’t be overlooked (and which arguably has…

Lana Del Rey and Courtney Love Coming to Dallas in May 2015

Lana Del Rey and Courtney Love go way back. All the way back, in fact, to that time that LDR did her cover of Nirvana’s “Heart Shaped Box” and Love tweeted, “You know the song is about my Vagina, right?” Well, apparently such are the things that lasting friendships are…

The Best Concerts In Dallas This Week, 12/1-12/7

We hope you had a fantastic Thanksgiving holiday weekend. Now it’s time to usher in the Christmas season, which will certainty be shoved down your throat for the next four weeks. This can be annoying, but let it be known: If you don’t like Christmas music you’re just fighting things…

The Best Concerts in Dallas This Weekend, 11/28-11/30

Wait a minute, what are you doing on the Internet today? Shouldn’t you still be staying as far away from rest of the world as possible? Oh, right, it’s Black Friday. So the whole family thing is kind of already out the window again, isn’t it. In that case, there…

The Best Concerts in Dallas This Thanksgiving

This week is all about family. It’s great, really. Sure, there are always pitfalls to getting together with all the relatives, be it the in-laws or even just the immediate family. There’s always those nightmarish “debates” about sex and politics, and if not then there’s a lot of awkward silence…

The Best Concerts in Dallas This Week, 11/24-11/30

Happy Thanksgiving. One thing to be thankful for is the opportunities for shows this week. The 1975 does South Side Ballroom. Bone Thugs-N-Harmony give Trees some thuggish, ruggish bone. Living THC molecule Devin the Dude plays the Granada Theater with the Outfit, TX opening. Erykah Badu heads home and hits…

The Best Concerts in Dallas This Weekend, 11/21-11/23

This weekend you can hear the raspy tales of Jeezy’s street life at South Side Ballroom. Captured! By Robots, a band comprised of one human captured by robots, plays a wacky set at Three Links. Garage rockers Jacuzzi Boys take on Club Dada. Hoodie Allen and Chiddy Bang will play…

Jeezy, Leon Russell, Rhett Miller, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, Erykah Badu

Jeezy 9 p.m. Friday, November 21, at South Side Ballroom, 1135 S. Lamar, 214-421-2021 or southsideballroomdallas.com, $59.50 The Godfather of modern Atlanta trap rap is returning to Dallas. The artist formerly known as Young Jeezy has been a star in the rap game ever since he released Let’s Get It:…

The Best Concerts in Dallas This Week, 11/17-11/23

This week offers a rather good mix of concerts for your entertainment pleasure. Blonde Redhead plays Granada Theater, horror punk outfit the Misfits play Gas Monkey Live, metal Gods Slayer play in the suburbs at Verizon Theatre, Jeezy (formerly Young Jeezy, but not yet Old Jeezy) is set to explain…

The Best Concerts In Dallas This Weekend, 11/14-11/16

It’s so cold. It’s so cold outside. What might keep your mind off of the frigid temperatures, however, is some live music. Sturgill Simpson and Willie Nelson are coming through to Club Dada and WinStar, respectively, in an attempt to keep country alive. The Black Keys are apparently big enough…

Los Lonely Boys, Willie Nelson, Black Keys, Blonde Redhead, Slayer

Los Lonely Boys With Vallejo, 8 p.m. Saturday, November 15, at Gas Monkey Live, 10110 Technology Blvd., gasmonkeylive.com, $30-$300 This trio of brothers from San Angelo have a unique blend of rock, blues, conjunto and Tejano. The brothers Garza started playing music in the ’80s before they were even teens,…

Pizza Underground was One Big, Bizarre Pop Art Joke at Trees Last Night

Pizza Underground With Har Mar Superstar and Candy Boys Trees, Dallas Monday, November 10, 2014 New York’s underground art scene put on an unofficial art installation in Dallas Monday night, bringing some of its most incomprehensible acts to Trees . Leading the way was Macaulay Culkin and performance-art-piece-meets-Herman-Cain-YouTube-video, the Pizza…

Sky Ferreira was an Enjoyable Train Wreck at Fun Fun Fun Fest Last Night

Fun Fun Fun Fest With Sky Ferreira The Belmont, Austin Sunday, November 9, 2014 Sometimes being bad at something isn’t the worst thing in the world. Take Sky Ferreira’s late-night performance at The Belmont in Austin on Sunday, which helped round off the three-day music celebration that was Fun Fun…