Concert announcements this week bring new shows to the stages of House of Blues, The Bomb Factory, South Side Ballroom, Dan’s Silverleaf, Verizon Theatre, Trees and The Statler Ballroom. A variety of genres are on display as both rising stars and seasoned professionals set up shop. As music fans are…
It’s time to get schooled in the Dallas music scene. Local Education Fest IV is Saturday at Three Links. Yet another creation from the mind of King Camel’s Jeff Brown, Local Education Fest is the Dallas Observer Music Award-nominated festival that seeks to showcase the best of what Dallas bands…
Enter Dos Equis Pavilion during the day, especially a day in June, and you’re making a statement that you truly love who’s going to be on the stage. You agree to shake hands with the devil, dress as loosely as possible, and take on the heat to see your favorite…
Since 2013, Summer Salt has played various shows in its home state of Texas and toured across the country with bands such as The Walters and Turnover. Next month, the Austin-based coral reef rock band will return to Dallas for its headlining tour. The first show of the tour will…
Catch two festivals this week: Willie Nelson’s Outlaw Music Festival, featuring the man himself along with local favorite Edie Brickell and the New Bohemians, as well as Local Education Fest in Deep Ellum, featuring some of the area’s brightest musicians. Weezer and the Pixies co-headline a tour, Layzie Bone plays…
Some well-known names playing a variety of venues headline this week’s run of concert announcements. And, as the summer continues to propel forward, winter show dates are becoming closer and closer to a reality. French indie rock group Phoenix is touring this fall behind last year’s release, Tim Amo. The…
We’re not sure why, but casinos have a reputation for their exceptional entertainment lineups. From all-star comedians to Rock and Roll Hall of Famers, casinos are proving they have much more to offer than cocktails and blackjack. Lucky for us, Dallas has two at its fingertips. We scoured the rosters…
While rock ‘n’ roll is often a family affair, it’s usually siblings who are at the forefront of the action. Oasis, Haim, and The Avett Brothers are examples of combos that have set the music world aflame, but the familial aspect goes back even further to the days of AC/DC,…
In October 1977, Dead Boys released Young Loud and Snotty, which peaked at 189 on the Billboard 200 and shaped the direction and sound of American punk. “It was a dangerous scene, and we partied pretty dangerously,” remembers Cheetah Chrome, guitarist for the legendary punk band, which makes a stop…
There’s that one song that when it begins, when the first notes hit your ears, your heart stops for a millisecond and you’re taken back to the place you were when you heard it play for the first time. It’s a wave of emotion, both beautiful and bittersweet, that is…
Frances Quinlan doesn’t really do social media. A cursory search returns official pages for her band, Hop Along, on most major social media platforms. Even then, it’s mostly promotions for shows and other standard fare — rarely ever musings, jokes, tirades. She is nothing if not deliberate. “I don’t know…
Kick off the first week of summer with a co-headlining tour by Kesha and Macklemore; Slayer or Dallas’s first Wobbleland festival at the Bomb Factory; cozy in at Andy’s Bar in Denton for an intimate show featuring Bun B with AV the Great and Smitty and more. Funky Knuckles9 p.m…
With a nickname like the “Donald Trump of hip-hop,” Post Malone has surely lived up to his reputation of achieving an unexpected amount of success. It’s a pretty accurate moniker, considering he says some outlandish things but is somehow is really successful. But unlike Trump, he’s actually good at what he…
As triple-digit temperatures across our area are beginning to cause fatigue, it’s time to think ahead to the cooler temperatures of fall. These months are looking promising for live music, too, as a variety of acts from a multitude of genres have announced upcoming dates for the Dallas area. Nicki…
Jeremy Enigk might not know exactly where his career will go in the future, but he certainly sounds way more open and giving than he used to. For many years, as the frontman of Sunny Day Real Estate and the Fire Theft and as a solo artist, Enigk had a reputation…
It’s a great week to find some new summer favorites. Catch ’80s synth outfit Timecop1983 at Curtain Club on Tuesday night or up-and-coming R&B singer-songwriter Bruno Major at Three Links on Wednesday. Hear new music from emo band The Get Up Kids at Trees on Thursday night, Belle and Sebastian…
What does an artist owe an audience? Is it an evening brimming with songs instantly familiar to those gathered before the stage? Or is a night spent chasing a feeling across a deliberately assembled set list more rewarding, a chance to invite those in attendance to share in the mood…
The house lights faded as the stadium thump of Queen’s “We Will Rock You” thundered to life. Perhaps you’ve heard “We Will Rock You” at the American Airlines Center before — during a Mavericks or Stars game — but you’ve never heard it like that, not with the fog, at…
Though we’ve been greeted with hot summer temperatures a bit earlier than usual, the concert calendar is already looking ahead to the cooler fall and winter months. Ahead this week, we’ve got announcements from ’80s favorites, legendary rock and classical acts, a bit of country and some club shows of…
It can be hard to trust record companies and believe that entertainers sound the same live as they do recorded. This especially rings true for electronic and pop genres. But sometimes, fans get really lucky, and an artist proves to be even better in person. Dua Lipa is one of…
Rock ‘n’ roll has never been very honest with itself. A music of change and rebellion, it’s also one of hard-and-fast demarcations, an us-and-them fantasy that increasingly has left it trapped inside its own (largely white, largely male) self-image that pits the cool kids against everyone else. But that may be changing…
Creed Bratton is best known for his role as the idiosyncratic quality assurance director at Dunder Mifflin on NBC’s long-running show The Office. Fans of the show may not realize that Bratton’s talents extend far beyond the non sequiturs and bizarre stories of his on-screen persona. Bratton’s career as a…
