A hell of a week is on the horizon. Two controversial rap figures make their way to Dallas in the form of Tyler, the Creator and Action Bronson. The stunningly great garage rock band, Holy Wave, is headlining a show thrown for Brass Tacks Barbershop’s anniversary show. Most importantly, though,…
George Clinton With Parliament and Funkadelic House of Blues, Dallas Friday, May 29, 2015 We’ll always remember the funkier times. The crowd at House of Blues Friday came to pay respect to a genre’s elder statesman and to climb aboard a new spaceship. Most checked just one of those items…
Neil Diamond American Airlines Center, Dallas Thursday, May 28, 2015 “Who opens for Neil Diamond?” I wondered all day before last night’s show at American Airlines Center. My best guess was The Antiques Road Show. My second best guess was Nilla Wafers. But both of those guesses were wrong. As…
This weekend looks pleasant. Aside from the final string of Dallas Week happenings like Friday’s Free Wifi party, 16.Bas.XXX, and Post Malone’s homecoming show, there are a great deal of good shows as well. For instance, a God of funk, George Clinton, is performing at the House of Blues. RL…
Watch out, Dallas. It’s about to get hot. Real hot. Any day now. This summer, as you’re on the patio getting burned to a crisp by the sun, think about going to a concert. There will be plenty of them to check out in the high heat months to come,…
Slash With Myles Kennedy and the Conspirators and Fozzy South Side Ballroom, Dallas Sunday, May 24, 2015 Through no fault of my own, I’ve now seen Slash play guitar live on three occasions in the past year. This should be a big deal for me; Guns ‘N Roses were my…
Earl Sweatshirt South Side Music Hall, Dallas Friday, May 22, 2015 He’s come a long way, that Earl. Out from under the wing of Odd Future head Tyler, the Creator, distanced from the macabre braggadocio and marauding sadism of his early Eminem worship, and out the other side of a…
Purity Ring The Bomb Factory, Dallas Frida, May 22, 2015 It’s easy to forget the members of Purity Ring are human (at least, as far as we know). Between valkyrie-winged Megan James’ fey vocals and Corin Roddick’s construction of a cybernetic horde at her back, the guise of reality becomes…
Pro tip: Google searches beginning with the words ‘Is Paul Wall’ will get auto-filled to ask the inquisitive mind manning the keyboard, ‘Is Paul Wall dead?’ Hailey’s received a firm answer in the negative Thursday when Wall — Da Iceman, The People’s Champ the Po-Up Poet — descended upon Little…
Welcome to the end of the working week. Seems as though the rain will never end so we’ll have to just get used to Dallas being Seattle. I n the mean time, while you adjust to this, check out a few shows around town. Buffalo Black, Tru Def, and Jenny Robinson…
So what we have learned is that if you want to boost the visibility of your spanking new venue, all you have to do is label something a VIP party, give away free tickets, and not tell anyone who’s playing the show. Because sweet mother of all wristbands was every…
Chris Pickering has spent his last weeks sliding around the pieces for Austin-based band Beth Israel’s winding tour through the Southwest. But when it came time to book the band in North Texas, there was no question: It would be at Rubber Gloves, the venue he frequently played alongside Parquet…
Built to Spill, Wooden Indian Burial Ground Granada Theater Wednesday, May 20, 2015 In this age where reunions are commonplace for notable bands of the 1990’s, Idaho’s Built to Spill offer a different take on Generation X’s need for nostalgia-replenishment. Unlike fellow so-called “Indie” acts Pavement, the Pixies and even…
She’s known to some as the “Queen of Techno,” and here in Dallas we don’t see dance music royalty of her kind very often. Nicole Moudaber is the definition of the modern techno tourist — which is to say, she’s a professional party goer. She fell in love with club…
Rush American Airlines Center Monday, May 18, 2015 If you’ve kept up on the news about Canadian trio Rush, you’ve probably heard their current R40 tour will most likely be their final large-scale tour. Not billed as a farewell tour per se, but if you want to see the band…
Kenny Chesney With Jason Aldean, Brantley Gilbert, Cole Swindell and Old Dominion AT&T Stadium, Arlington Saturday, May 16, 2015 As Jason Aldean stood on the AT&T Stadium stage Saturday night, he reminded the crowd of his earlier days playing at a much smaller Dallas venue: Gilley’s. “It was great to see…
Dallas Music District Festival With Jonathan Tyler and the Northern Lights, Somebody’s Darling, ArcAttack and more Trinity Groves, Dallas Saturday and Sunday, May 16 and 17, 2015 If organizing a festival were easy, everyone would do it. Many festivals get off to a rough start and for many reasons, the…
This week promises some great concerts as the weather warms up to blistering levels. Toro Y Moi plays South Side Music Hall. Built To Spill plays the Granada. Paul Wall lights up Hailey’s Club in Denton with the disco ball that’s all in his mouth. Purity Ring plays at Bomb…
The first annual two-day Dallas Music District Festival will start tomorrow in the Trinity River Greenbelt. Actually, scratch that. This isn’t the Waterworld of music festivals. The greenbelt is flooded and, after three contingency plans failed, this fest has finally been relocated to a nearby private space surrounded by trees…
There’s a festival entering its eighth year down in Austin this weekend, but you’ve probably never heard of it. It doesn’t get flocked to by hoards of people clogging up your social media feeds with endless posts, tweets and photos, but it’s tapped in to a vibrant part of America’s…
This weekend in Dallas, you have the opportunity to watch a middle aged man rap about how he gets really high and has sex with young women, presumably in the age range of about 19 to still 19. One of the most gifted guitarists, wait no, musicians alive does a…
The New Kids on the Block With TLC and Nelly American Airlines Center, Dallas Thursday, May 14, 2015 You may have noticed a distinct smell in the night air in Dallas last night: slightly burned, slightly crimped hair; Red Bull and vodka and chicken strip burps; and 42-year-old abs. You…
