Post Malone, Dallas’ favorite New Yorker, has finally unveiled the rest of the lineup for his upcoming day-long festival. The event dubbed Posty Fest, which was announced to take place Oct. 28 earlier this year, is already being headlined by Malone himself as well as Travis Scott. However the rest…
It’s been 20 years since the Goo Goo Dolls released Dizzy Up the Girl, an album that cemented them in the mainstream. Founders Johnny Rzeznik and Robby Takac remain active with touring and recording, but this fall, they’ve decided to play the songs from that album across the country. Rzeznik…
Friday night’s performances at the Granada Theater were a celebration of women who know how to rock. In the midst of a Senate Judiciary hearing and an FBI investigation that has put sexual politics on national display, Speedy Ortiz and Liz Phair provided audiences with rock and catharsis. The night…
Fifty years ago a powder keg of rock ‘n’ roll exploded in Michigan, giving birth to the MC5 and The Stooges. Along with The Sonics, who only slightly preceded them, these Michigan bands took the rebellion that was already a foundation of rock ‘n’ roll and cranked it up to…
Catch Death Cab for Cutie as they tour in support of their latest album Thank You for Today, or Taylor Swift during her two shows at AT&T Stadium. David Byrne, Dashboard Confessional and others keep the music going this week. Death Cab for Cutie8 p.m. Monday, Oct. 1 at The…
NEEDTOBREATHE is “the biggest band that none of your friends know of,” said the band’s lead singer, Bear Rinehart, during their sold-out show in Irving on Friday. The group introduced themselves as a rock ‘n’ roll band, but truthfully they are often categorized as a Christian band. In an interview…
As can often happen during a Mavericks concert, the tequila shots materialized mid-set. Carried on a tray by a man clad in black, who weaved between the nine musicians onstage inside the Statler Ballroom, each member of the Mavericks picked up a glass, swallowed the clear liquid contained within and…
In an age of such concentrated, oppressive isolation — faces affixed to screens, individuals locked in cozy, self-selecting bubbles of comforting affirmation — it can be a remarkable, galvanizing thing to be reminded of the humanity of the person standing right next to you. Such weighty realizations might have been…
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…
He goes his one way while filling his dad’s big shoes.
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…
