Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger With Bronchos Dada, Dallas Friday, May 9, 2014 It’s impossible to ignore the elephant in the room when it comes to Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger, so let’s get it out of the way: Sean Lennon is the son of John Lennon and…
Ohio duo and multiple Grammy winners the Black Keys are preparing to drop a new album next week, titled Turn Blue. From the time it was announced, Blue, the band’s eighth album together, has been the crux of a slightly bizarre promotional campaign: first, its release was announced via Mike…
Sir Mix-A-Lot McKinney Avenue Tavern, Dallas Monday, May 5, 2014 This isn’t your normal concert crowd. Everyone’s here at McKinney Avenue Tavern for the same thing: the old-school shit. Nay, the old-school booty shit: They want to hear Sir Mix-a-Lot sing about butts that are big. Immediately. It’s Cinco-de-Goddamn-Mayo, after…
Editor’s Note: Last Friday’s JMBLYA Music Festival took place in conjunction with a daylong student summit, organized by Support Our Students and featuring students from throughout the Dallas Independent School District (DISD). As part of the program, two students — Rebecca Woo and Arianna Trejo, both sophomores at Adamson –…
As David Guetta closed out the first-ever Suburbia Music Festival in Plano during the early-evening hours of Sunday, the level of chaos was directly dependent on your proximity to the stage. Directly underneath the stage lights, the shoulder-to-shoulder energy of the dancing festival-goers could have been straight out of a…
Ghost B.C. With King Dude House of Blues, Dallas Saturday, May 3, 2014 What do you get if you combine Scandinavian metal, Satanic chanting, 1970s shock-rock pageantry and exhibitionism, the best parts of an American classic rock radio station, and some of the tightest funk-rock licks to emerge from a…
Gavin DeGraw With Parachute and Nick Gardner House of Blues, Dallas Friday, May 2, 2014 Worlds collided Friday night in downtown as the Mavericks’ game six was underway and pop-rock musician Gavin DeGraw was in town, playing a sold-out show at the House of Blues. Parking, to say the least,…
By Mwanza Dover Over the month of May, Detroit’s world-famous Movement Electronic Music Festival is holding pre-parties building up to their annual Memorial Day weekend blowout. Local promoter Source 20/20 is behind the Dallas edition of official pre-parties at The Green Elephant this coming Saturday. Featured on the bill is…
Dillinger Escape Plan With Tera Melos, Vattnet Viskar, and Baring Teeth Trees, Dallas Thursday, May 1, 2014 Last time I saw the Dillinger Escape Plan, I informed you of their status as the best live band in the world. I took ten months, searching up and down, over hill and…
The Hold Steady With Oil Boom Granada Theater, Dallas Wednesday, April 30, 2014 As Craig Finn and his four bandmates in the Hold Steady walked out on the stage to the sounds of Lou Reed’s “Real Good Time Together” Wednesday night, there was a change that rippled through the Granada…
So, it’s the day before Austin Psych Fest and you’re still not ready. Especially if you plan to make a weekend of it (maybe camp out?), then man, it’s high time you start prepping. There’s plenty of I’s to dot and T’s to cross, and maybe a few hard-to-come-by party…
Foster the People With St. Lucia South Side Ballroom, Dallas Tuesday, April 29, 2014 Foster the People may owe their fame to one thing and one thing only — “Pumped Up Kicks” — but that doesn’t mean they can’t still sell tickets. With their wave of one-hit-wonderdom still yet to…
Last December, the tours Carter and Knowles just missed intersecting each other in Dallas by a couple weeks. At the time, Jay Z played it low-key and Bey went big time. Then this happened. And now, at last, the worlds of “Magna Carter” and “Mrs. Carter” will collide in DFW…
Well look at that, the weekend came and went without a single supercell tornado in sight. If you let the old Texas weather fearmongering song and dance get to you, and spent the weekend in the fetal position in your bathtub, waiting for the end of days– you missed out…
Everybody loves a nice feel-good show every once in awhile to kick out the cobwebs and revive the spirit from the doldrums and disappointments of everyday life. However, it is rare and unique to see a concert so positively charged, fueled with such raw passion, and as spiritually and mentally…
Everybody that’s seen Suspiria has an opinion about Goblin, whether they realize it or not. The Italian prog rock greats have, throughout their career, created some of the most captivating and unnerving music ever put to film. With their work on Suspiria, though, they made what is widely considered the…
On Saturday, the bustling northern ‘burb of Frisco hosted many thousands of modern-rock lovers at Toyota Stadium for the annual, all-day Edgefest aural orgy (the 24th installment, no less). Saturday’s festival roster proved to be one that, maybe more than any recent Edgefest, bridged the generational gap of those who…
This weekender contains a very rare occurrence in which the majority (six out of 10) of notable live music events listed are taking place on Sunday. Maybe Dallas promoters will one day stop their tried and true method of throwing a dart at a wall calendar to pick a concert…
Thursday night in a disco club in East Dallas, the DJ spun one record into another, floating the desperate lyrics of Ace’s “How Long” over a slick beat that bumped right into sexy European saxophones. As the music washed over the crowd, hundreds of people dusted off their souls and…
Future Islands are an interesting case. The North Carolina synth-pop darlings are easy enough to read on first impression. Yes, they obviously make records with some approximation of David Bowie’s Let’s Dance in mind. Yes, lead singer Sam Herring is clearly obsessed with Morrissey, between his dramatic stage presence and…
It might seem that J. Cole kind of rehashed the whole university tour thing, but after headlining a few tours dedicated to his degree-seeking fan base, the guy’s a pro at it. Headlining the University of North Texas’ spring concert, Cole along with his live band brought a minimalist experience…
Here’s every Mogwai song in a nutshell: A chiming keyboard or guitar pattern repeats. Instrumentation slowly builds around it. Then, it detonates into a searing fireball of noise. Sometimes it’s major-key, sometimes it’s minor-key. Occasionally there are vocals and the tempo varies, but just about every song executes this trajectory…
