Concerts

So many things about Mitski ( born Mitski Miyawak) seem at odds with each other, but somehow she makes them all work.

After two years of being virtual-only due to the coronavirus pandemic, the 29th edition of SXSW returns in 2022 with a March 11-20 run.

The weekend ahead looks a little cold and rainy. Thankfully, there is plenty of warmth to be found inside the venues hosting this week’s best concerts.

Accompanying Mitski’s scheduled Dallas appearance at The Factory on Friday, Feb. 25, are Japanese ‘Neo Kawaii’ indie pop-rockers CHAI (pronounced like the tea).

Remember when music was just plain fun? That’s what the crowd got this weekend with the return of G. Love to Dallas: infectious grooves, snappy, happy lyrics with singalong choruses and booty-shaking beats.

On “Appletree,” a cut from her debut album Baduizm, Erykah Badu speaks some gospel: “I have some food in my bag for you. Not the edible food … perhaps some food for thought.”

When Lola Kirke began writing her sophomore album Lady For Sale, she was very much used to “no.” She wrote the album, out April 29, while she was “down in the dumps” after “falling in love at an inconvenient time.”

Elle King has been on the road plenty, with that raw country voice behind such barroom brawlers as “Ex’s and Oh’s” and the recent Academy of Country Music award nominee “Drunk (And I Don’t Want To Go Home)” with Miranda Lambert, but there’s something different about this tour.

When Tyler, the Creator first teased the release of his latest full-length album Call Me If You Get Lost, music critics everywhere asked the question, “Where does he go from IGOR?”

Thursday through Sunday of this week are packed with incredible concerts to check out. With each day, live music fans will have choices to make, but we’re here to make that decision-making process just a little bit easier.

Kacey Musgraves wasted little time stating the obvious. “Happy Valentine’s Day,” said the Grammy-winning singer-songwriter early in her 90-minute set Monday night.

It’s been a long two years for The Statler Ballroom. The music venue has been on a hiatus from hosting concerts since COVID-19 first started, but on Saturday, Feb. 12, The Statler welcomed the return of live music in the Ballroom with a bill of acts from the ’90s, headlined by Everclear.

Rising singer-songwriter Patrick Droney is scheduled to kick off his State of the Heart tour with an appearance at the Kessler Theater at 8 p.m., Friday, Feb. 11  with special guest morgxn.

On Wednesday night, legendary Orange County skate-punk band Agent Orange played Tulips in Fort Worth.

Nothing beats live music when the weather is nice, and this Valentine’s Day weekend is looking just right for you and that special someone with whom to share a couple seats (or, more than likely, share a really small space standing next to each other) at one of these incredible shows.

Things are different for Randy Rogers these days. It’s a Monday morning when we speak, and the popular country bandleader is still feeling the effects of arriving at his Hill Country home late the night before.

It’s a week of smaller shows in North Texas, save for Oscar-winning singer-songwriter Ryan Bingham’s solo performance in Fort Worth this weekend. Over half of the best concerts in North Texas are in Fort Worth this week, two of them at Tulips. The week starts off, however, with two shows…

The last time Tool came through the American Airlines Center, our reviewer was not impressed. The band’s most recent album, Fear Inoculum, had only come out a few months prior, and COVID-19 was still a distant threat. The album divided fans and critics alike. Some praised it as Tool’s most…

“I don’t know what to call it. It sounds like being in love.” Years ago, a friend of mine attempted to describe a new band called The Marías, who at the time were almost untraceable. Their music wasn’t on any streaming platforms, and you couldn’t buy their EPs in stores…

Ezra Furman has a thing about time, dates and places. She remembers Feb. 17, 2017, as a day when “I am shattered, I am bleeding, but God damn it / I’m alive” on “Peel My Orange Every Morning” from 2018’s Transangelic Exodus.

Once again, North Texas shows itself to be a haven of diverse local talent with only two national touring acts making our list this week.

Dallas was treated to a rare live performance by Texas royalty this past weekend when Arc Angels performed at the Echo Lounge on Saturday.