The Bomb Factory has many traits that work in its favor. The general admission floor area is spacious enough to provide ample sight lines of the massive stage. Its generous square footage allows for easy movement, perfect for when you need to escape noisy talkers or overzealous fans looking for…
After spending two days in Dallas, Drake seemed like he was a little sorry to see his stay end. He called the city one of a kind, all while graciously complimenting the crowd throughout. His mom even showed up, correctly picking Dallas as the proper venue to see her son…
Speaking from his London home a few days before launching a tour that will bring him to Dallas with surf/instrumental band Los Straitjackets, Nick Lowe chuckles about the first time he played Big D. Rockpile, the band he co-founded with Dave Edmunds, opened for Bad Company at Memorial Auditorium in…
More than 25,000 people are expected to attend this year’s Western Days Festival, and they will see and hear some big changes. Lewisville’s largest festival of the year, Western Days, will open its gates for live music and western-themed activities at 5 p.m. Friday and 10 a.m. Saturday. Changes to…
More cool shows continue to fill up DFW’s concert calendar as we inch closer to the end of the year. With country acts, indie bands, singer-songwriters and acclaimed instrumentalists, this new list has something for all types of music lover. Country music megastar Eric Church has announced an epic tour for…
As a kid Coby Wier wanted to be a drummer, so he banged on pots and pans because his parents wouldn’t buy him a drum set. Growing up the son of legendary Texas musician Rusty Wier, there was always a guitar laying around, but young Coby wasn’t interested. It wasn’t…
No matter what Liz Phair does with her career, she’s seen both sides of critical and audience extremes. Though she cannot remember much about her early shows in Dallas, she does recall playing a small place with the Flaming Lips. Lips frontman Wayne Coyne asked how she was doing in…
Good times continue for Interpol, which recently released its latest album, Marauder. Guitarist Daniel Kessler and his bandmates, vocalist/guitarist Paul Banks and drummer Sam Fogarino, made a huge splash with their debut EP and the first LP, Turn On the Bright Lights. With comparisons to great ’80s post-punk bands, the band was…
Luke Dick knows what you’re thinking. That name? In this political climate? The moniker of his band — Republican Hair — might seem like some kind of liberal hippie provocation in this knee-jerk age of snowflake triggering, but the 39-year-old singer-songwriter would like to soothe your potentially aggrieved sensibilities. “[The…
Hate him or love him, Canadian superstar Drake has had a knack for bringing little-known artists to the forefront of mainstream attention throughout his career. Some like Migos or The Weeknd were truly diamonds in the rough. Others struck viral gold, and even platinum, only to disappear as quickly as…
The founding members of Nothing might look they play in a hardcore band, and while they have a history in that genre, Nothing is one of the finest shoegaze bands around. Vocalist/guitarist Domenic Palermo, guitarist Brandon Setta, drummer Kyle Kimball and a rotating cast of bass players are constantly on…
National Voter Registration Day is today, Sept. 25. The Dallas chapter of the nonpartisan HeadCount organization will be out in force that day at three distinct places, registering voters and raising awareness. They’re strategic in going to places that are already busy on Tuesday nights. From 4 p.m. – 6:30…
If there was a night to spread your legs at Dos Equis Pavilion, it was Saturday night when the venue hosted country star Dierks Bentley. The lawn seats were still vastly covered by bodies, but the sizable gaps of green indicated the threat of rain looming as a possibility potentially…
Daytime succumbed to night and a light mist threatened rain as legendary Texas blues man Jimmie Vaughan took the stage at Levitt Pavilion. ”We’re really excited to see him and hear his music,” says Arlington resident Trace Ocanas, 32, while seated in a lawn chair beneath the clouds. “The Vaughan…
The eternally wry k.d. lang wasted little time dispensing with the allure of nostalgia Sunday night. “Ladies and gentlemen, we are here celebrating the 25th anniversary of Ingenue, which means two things,” the Canadian singer-songwriter informed those gathered inside Southern Methodist University’s McFarlin Auditorium. “First of all, we’re a bunch…
Troye Sivan’s voice both in the studio and onstage is killer. The man is radiating with star power. Yes, he’s a successful YouTuber. Yes, he’s a gay icon. But above all, Sivan is a brilliant performer. Sivan started The Bloom Tour on Friday night in Dallas at the Toyota Music Factory…
Kick off the first week of fall with a great set of concerts. Psych-rocker Robert Plant kicks things off Tuesday at The Bomb Factory, Drake plays a double bill midway through the week and Lauryn Hill rounds out the list with a show Sunday at Toyota Music Factory. Catch plenty…
“Rock this bitch!” Those three words, hurtling out of the darkness, momentarily put the bespectacled, bearded Ben Folds back on his heels. The 52-year-old singer-songwriter was standing on stage, inside a sold-out Bass Performance Hall, with the 60-member Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra arrayed behind him. As conductor Edwin Outwater looked…
To think that Yo La Tengo could possibly put together a career-spanning performance would be a bit too much to ask from a band with a 34-year musical history — even across two complete sets and an encore consisting of over 20 songs. But, somehow, they pulled it off. Instead,…
Indie rock band Tigers Jaw recently celebrated the 10-year anniversary of their sophomore self-titled album just three days before the start of a supporting tour. The act, which hails from Scranton, Pennsylvania, is set to make a stop at Club Dada on Sept. 24. Comprised of guitarist Ben Walsh and…
A few local Texans with common Dallas ties make appearances this week on the concert calendar. Conversely, a couple of artists who rarely make it over this way have added dates in DFW. It’s an exciting and eclectic collection of concerts to mark on your calendar as 2018 winds into…
Andrew W.K. is a punk rock Mr. Rogers. Whether or not you care for his amped-up music, his wisdom in op-eds, tweets and banter is a refreshing relief. What he has to say is more than the music itself. W.K. (short for Wilkes-Krier) is back on tour to support his…
