We’re getting cool news this week as Dallas’ spring and summer concerts continue to roll in. The Bomb Factory adds some new shows with local flavor. Grand Prairie’s Verizon Theatre has reeled in some classic names. And the outdoor venues continue prepping for summer. Alejandro Rose-Garcia, better known as Shakey…
The acronym is FUCK, but don’t call it FUCK Fest. Free Underage Cool Kids Festival is celebrating its second not-so-annual music and art show Friday through Saturday in Denton. “With the name, it all actually started as a joke,” says Justin Piel, one of the event organizers. “Gabe Thompkins [another…
At heart, Amelia Meath and Nick Sanborn are folk performers. Just a few years ago, both artists were deeply entrenched in projects — the Appalachian roots trio Mountain Man for Meath and heady folk-rock jammers Megafaun for Sanborn. When not touring the globe, headlining giant festivals or dropping new singles…
When tickets went on sale for Slayer’s final tour, local thrashers had mere minutes to secure their tickets before they were gone. Ravaged by scalpers and bots, tickets to the June 19 show at The Bomb Factory went fast, only to be found online for as much as $3,000. Until…
Right after the end of Damn Fine Music Fest, a Twin Peaks-inspired concept concert, King Camel’s Jeff Brown told the Observer that he was already planning future concept shows. While some might have thought it would be another year before he delivered, that wasn’t the case. In less than three…
There are always plenty of concerts to see and hear in Dallas, and this week is no exception. Shows include white boy rap, emo and cover bands. Outward Bound Mixtape Sessions 10 p.m. Monday, March 19, RBC, 2617 Commerce St., 469-487-6149 or rbcdeepellum.com, free We look forward to Mondays now,…
What better way to cap off a weekend of wild concerts than to host one of the biggest party shows at one of the smallest venues? That’s what happened Sunday night with the second-to-last show in Not So Fun Weekend’s five-day concert series with five bands: Omni, Okey Dokey, La…
It’s human nature to take moments for granted as they happen. A sunrise, a first kiss, a walk in the rain — these things come and fade away, shifting from lived to remembered with astonishing quickness. What separates Lorde’s brand of sinuous, stormy and sophisticated pop music from her peers’…
Getting sucked into the wishful thinking of potential musical success is easy. MyAfton, a booking agency based in Portland, Oregon, thrives on this kind of naive optimism. At first glance, MyAfton’s unsolicited booking emails might look exciting and, to the uninitiated, like a revolving door of endless opportunity. However, after…
Beyonce and Jay-Z are coming. The most hyped music event of the year leads off our list of new concert announcements this week, but there’s lots more to dig into. The summer ahead continues to be shaping up nicely, and many venues are booking well into the fall. The biggest…
Whenever Chris Carrabba hits Dallas on tour, he knows there’s something special here. It’s one of the first cities that warmly embraced his band, Dashboard Confessional, and a former member resides here, so Carrabba is not short on kind words. Ahead of a long tour in support of the latest…
Your weekend concert calendar is about to overflow with some excellent choices and a few difficult decisions. With 11 diverse shows spread across five days in five venues, Not So Fun Weekend 2018 is offering some big national names along with the hottest up-and-comers DFW has to offer. Parade of…
Festival season kicks into high gear this week. Austin’s South by Southwest has plenty of us living out of our cars for a week, but you don’t have to make the long trek south. King Camel’s SX Foreplay fest features an all-SXSW lineup in own Deep Ellum on Monday night…
Shannon Taylor grew up in Mesquite until she was 15, but for the past 11 years, she’s lived on the East and West Coasts. Now she’s coming back to North Texas with her band, awakebutstillinbed, en route to SXSW. It will be their first time playing Dallas and Denton. Taylor’s…
Donald Glover, Atlanta, the critically acclaimed FX series starring? If so, you’ll be interested to know that Glover’s alter ego will soon be performing at the American Airlines Center. Are you eagerly anticipating warmer weather and the chance to leisurely stretch out on blankets under the stars? If so, KXT 91.7’s…
If you won’t be able to make it down to Austin this weekend for the music extravaganza at the annual South by Southwest Interactive Festival, have no fear, because King Camel’s Jeff Brown is bringing Austin to you March 12. This is the fifth year Brown has put on the…
Anything A Day To Remember does from here on is nothing more than a victory lap. The boys from Ocala, Florida, are now the kings of their hometown and for years, they’ve been the top dogs of the dwindling post-hardcore genre that’s often umbrella termed as Warped Tour or Hot…
Pop shows are fundamentally a visual spectacle. If you go to an arena show for the flashing lights and zealous flare, you likely won’t leave disappointed. Categorizing it as anything but fun is difficult. Look too long at some, however, and the natural conclusion you will come to is a…
The National Center for Education Statistics estimates that nearly half of American schools have zero full-time arts teachers, while1.3 million elementary school students don’t have access to music classes. But starting tonight, The Rustic in Uptown will recognize National Music in Our Schools Month with a series of concerts performed…
BackYard on Bell offers patrons the kind of live music experience Dallas wishes it could. With a huge beer garden, covered patio, pet waste stations, an oversized Connect Four game, food trucks, a great menu and a selection of 16 craft beers on tap, BackYard’s inviting atmosphere gives music fans…
Kevin Griffin has been coming around the Dallas area for a long time, but it’s usually been with his band Better Than Ezra. Thirty years after the band formed in Baton Rouge (and later based in New Orleans), Griffin will play a solo show in Dallas for the first time…
By now, most Texas Rangers fans know that if radio broadcaster Eric Nadel loves anything more than baseball, it’s music. Last summer, Nadel was eating at Cafe Momentum — a nonprofit restaurant that employs disadvantaged youth — where he talked about music with Chad Houser, founder, CEO and chef of…
