Metric With Sarah Jaffe and Hibou The Bomb Factory, Dallas Friday, November 20, 2015 Canadian synth pop stars Metric started their show at The Bomb Factory on Friday night in the dark. The recorded voice of what sounded like a goofy scientist from an ancient educational video said something about…
“Tattoos are a permanent trial by fire”, according to Tyson Arndt of Historic Tattoo in Portland, Oregon. Tyson is just one of many world-renowned tattoo artists that converged on The Bomb Factory in Deep Ellum this weekend for the 5th annual Elm St. Music & Tattoo Festival. Over the buzz of…
As we inch closer toward the week of infamous gluttony known as Thanksgiving, sate your savage spirit with some Dallas concerts instead. You have hip-hop legend and Wu-Tang founding member GZA at Trees (minus ODB) and you’ve got a Metric, a band so representative of indie pop-rock that they wrote songs…
Chance the Rapper With D.R.A.M., Towkio and Metro Boomin Southside Ballroom, Dallas Friday, November 13, 2015 Chance the Rapper is arguably the most charming act in hip-hop going right now. His optimistic and playful catalog of music resonates the same with children as it does with teenagers and adults. His…
Leon Bridges With Wesley Geiger Majestic Theatre, Dallas Saturday, November 14, 2015 Leon Bridges had a triumphant homecoming Saturday night on the last show of his American tour, his first North Texas show (with the exception of a busking performance on a Deep Ellum sidewalk) since his album release party…
If you were beginning to worry that you’d never have the chance to break out your extra sad black mascara again, fret not, Dallas: The Cure are coming back to Dallas in the spring of 2016. Back in October, the goth legends announced their first run of North American dates…
For Friday the 13th this week, you actually might be in luck — though maybe we just jinxed it. Chance the Rapper (please, say “The Rapper”) and the Elm Street Tattoo Festival kick off the weekend, with the latter extending all the way to the Lord’s Day because tattoos know…
Cheap Trick With Ian Moore and the American Fuse The Bomb Factory, Dallas Saturday, November 7, 2015 When Cheap Trick usually comes to town, they have to stick to the hits. Whether they’re playing Billy Bob’s or opening for Aerosmith, the set list doesn’t veer too far from the songs…
Untapped Festival With Flaming Lips, Dr. Dog, Pharcyde and more Fair Park, Dallas Saturday, November 7, 2015 As the Flaming Lips began its headlining set during Saturday night’s Untapped Festival in front of several thousand beer and/or music lovers at Fair Park, it seemed as though the most ambitious annual…
Parquet Courts With Party Static, Sin Motivo and the Noids Rubber Gloves, Denton Thursday, November 5, 2015 Parquet Courts were the indisputable Homecoming Kings of Denton when they played the infamously divey Rubber Gloves Rehearsal Studios last night. The past year and a half has seen the former Dentonites get…
Chvrches With Masionair The Bomb Factory, Dallas Thursday, November 5, 2015 Not all synthetic pop music is on point, but in 2013 when Chvrches (pronounced churches) released their EP The Mother We Share into the world, they immediately became Euro synth-pop darlings, booking major music festivals and venues ever since…
Pretty much any festival of note in North Texas has undergone serious changes in the past couple years. Some have returned after being gone for a bit (35 Denton), while some are taking a break this year (Index Festival), and others have simply gone away (Suburbia). As for Untapped Festival and…
R. Kelly Verizon Theatre, Grand Prairie Saturday, October 31, 2015 Catching R. Kelly in concert at this stage of his career, now 29 years in, is a complicated affair. After all the legal troubles and accusations of sexual misconduct, the Chicago R&B singer continues to do what he’s always done:…
In a bleary-eyed Halloween hangover, we stumble into this Monday with a beer-themed festival, “not-so-indie” pop with Chvrches and garage rock saviors Parquet Courts gracing Denton once again. So instead of giving sullen, wistful looks at your sagging cobweb decorations, shine some light on your bones at any of these…
Rageville Music Festival With Future, Paper Diamond, 12th Planet, Araabmuzik and KEITH APE The Bomb Factory, Dallas Friday, October 30, 2015 Future has been a lot of things in 2015. He’s been a No. 1 artist on the Billboard charts. Twice. He’s been a mainstay in clubs and on radio…
Kendrick Lamar and the Wesley Theory With Jay Rock South Side Ballroom, Dallas Thursday, October 29, 2015 Kendrick Lamar wasn’t even on stage last night for the most memorable part of his visit to South Side Ballroom — and that’s saying something. As the Compton rapper and his backing band,…
The chilling winds and dreary rain this past weekend were no coincidence — even Dallas weather has been preparing to bring out its Halloween best as the greatest of all holidays is upon us. The city’s warlocks have pulled out all the stops to whip up a whole cauldron of…
Jessie Frye is obviously in her twenties, but she appears as though she could have stepped into the present through a rip in time from 1994, when The Crow was in theaters and Brandon Lee’s death was fairly recent news. Frye laughs at the notion, but admits that she is…
We’ve got bad news, folks. You know all of those Halloween plans you made? Well, they’re all garbage now because Kendrick Lamar, Future, Marilyn Manson and R. Kelly are playing this weekend. You have an undisputed King, a mixtape machine, the antichrist and a rhyming legend. But don’t fret, your costumes are…
My Morning Jacket Verizon Theatre, Grand Prairie Saturday, October 24, 2015 On Saturday night in Grand Prairie, Kentucky’s My Morning Jacket served up a show designed for the most hardcore of their famously loyal fan base. If there were any in the barely half-full Verizon Theatre who arrived as either…
The Prophet Bar 30th Anniversary With Soul Asylum, Meat Puppets and Form of Truth The Prophet Bar, Dallas Saturday, October 24, 2015 As 2015 nears its end, the days of a venue like The Prophet Bar — one that started all the way back in 1985 — sometimes feel numbered…
Chris Stapleton With Quaker City Night Hawks Gas Monkey Live, Dallas Thursday, October 22, 2015 Country music is in a strange state of transition. As Luke Bryan sits at the top of the charts, a new crop of refreshing artists are repeating country’s classic sound in a modern way. For…
