Concerts

Sentimentality is simply not Steve Earle’s stock-in-trade.

Poppy Xander is currently melting styrofoam with a big wand, while discussing the band Helium Queens’ upcoming science fiction opera.

The internet loves to divide us, sometimes in ways that have nothing to do with politics.

What a weekend the music gods have planned for you; the kind that makes us wish we could be in more places at once (and have an endless supply of cash), especially Friday night when Edie Brickell & New Bohemians, Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, Alanis Morissette and Christian Death all play in different parts of North Texas at the exact same time.

Concerts in North Texas this week are nothing if not eclectic –  both in the variety of concerts, but among the bill lineups within those concerts

“Sweating bullets” is what metal legend Megadeth plans for Dallas fans as lead singer Dave Mustaine returns to the stage in the States for the first time since his battle with throat cancer.

This week in live North Texas music brings a grand opening and a grand closing. As Tulips in Fort Worth celebrates its official grand opening after a pandemic year, J&J’s Pizza in Denton prepares to close its doors for good with a series of incredible shows. Legends both local and…

Dallas was the first stop for the rescheduled Hella Mega tour led by three of emo’s legendary acts, Green Day, Fall Out Boy and Weezer, all in one show at the Rangers’ swanky new home base, Globe Life Field. Despite the resurgence of COVID-19 cases in North Texas, the virus…

This week, North Texas sees the return of the first major act to cancel in response to the pandemic.

Dallas-based artist manager Lorenzo Zenteno wants to shine a light on Latinx and Hispanic artists.

This is one of those weekends that many people have been looking forward to for a variety of reasons, happy and sad.

A year ago, the Bastards of Soul were a new band on a classic trajectory for success.

As North Texas marches toward normalcy, the concert calendar this week is starting to look a bit more like it used to with an eclectic mix of local and national acts taking to our favorite stages in Denton, Dallas and Fort Worth.

Tyler, the Creator made an unofficial stop in Dallas to play a secret, exclusive show.

What a weekend we have mapped out for you this week! This is the Fourth of July Weekend you have been waiting for, all pandemic long.

There’s an old myth that misery inspires art. If that’s true, the post-quarantine edition of Lights All Light should be its finest.

On any given night, the Arcade Bar in Lakewood is the place to be.

Music can play a huge part in a movie. It can create an eerie atmosphere, heighten the tension in a tense, life-or-death moment and make an ordinary person seem like a heroic champion. When done right, of course, you won’t think of the music at all. The chamber music group…

Every week we do our best to spread or best concert roundup across the week a bit, but this week has an absolutely loaded Saturday night.

Concert announcements are starting to again dictate how we spend all our free time and money, and one of the biggest names in local music history is ready to alt-rock her hometown crowd.

Things are getting hot in Dallas, and we’re not just talking about the temperature. You’re definitely going to need something cooler than 78 degrees to handle the fire from the stacked lineups this weekend has in store. Leah Lane’s birthday show, a punk night at Main at South Side and…

Now that all this rain finally seems to be letting up, a couple of North Texas favorites bookend this week’s concert calendar, such as Vaden Todd Lewis of the Toadies and Blue October, going acoustic at Legacy Hall in Plano.