As part of the most impressive parade of divas the Dallas area has seen in years (Diana Ross plays in April, Dolly Parton plays in May, Elton John played early March) Cher came to Dallas and proceeded to show them all how it should be done. Upon entering American Airlines…
Fleetwood Mac is back, and they’re coming to Dallas. In an interview this morning on NBC’s TODAY Show, it was revealed that for the first time in sixteen years, all five original members of the seminal 70’s classic rock band will be hitting the road together. No naysayers, no holdouts–…
From local to national offerings, it’s been a pretty good week for show announcements. Fort Worth Music Festival has put up an impressive first wave of featured acts, proving that the weekend will be sure to have a little something for everyone. 90’s rock/rap hybrid 311 will also hit the…
Something special happened in Dallas last night. For a brief flash, our city was the center of free jazz–jazz’s most uninhibited form. A quartet named The Bradford 4 performed at an intimate project space (Beefhaus) put on by local artist collective Art Beef. The Bradford 4 is fronted by legendary…
ScHoolboy Q is one of those rappers that you never truly know what to expect. With his recent major label debut, Oxymoron, Q treads the line between being dubbed a “conscious rapper” and a full-on trap gangsta rapper by way of drug references and a 2 Chainz feature. So, it…
This past Friday, the glowing red canopy at 2617 Commerce St. was illuminated once again for the reopening of the storied Dallas punk club, RBC. Walking through the venue’s tunneling entrance vaguely evoked walking through a time machine. It was as though the past seven years RBC has been closed…
Spring has officially sprung, Dallas! This light hoodie weather is gorgeous, the sun is shining, and the show calendar is nice and flush with options for the coming week. Get down and dirty with the dancehall king, get romantic with The Egyptian Lover, or get amped up with VNV Nation–…
“Why on earth would you want a ticket to see the guy from Creed?” Gavin Cleaver asked me, after I asked if there were still tickets available for the Scott Stapp show at House of Blues. As it turns out, he wouldn’t be the last one to ask that question…
This week there are a couple exciting pieces of local music news worth mentioning before I let y’all get out there and be great this weekend. First of all, the reopening of RBC is upon us. This Friday and Saturday the punks, metalheads and hardcore kids will return to their…
When I found out that Bruce Springsteen was going to be performing in Dallas for NCAA March Madness Festival, I knew that the time had come to fulfill my true destiny: to get pulled up onstage and dance with Bruce Springsteen during “Dancing in the Dark.” I come to you…
Most aspects of the music industry have slowed down for a short breather following SXSW, but we’ve still got a few show announcements that are worth mentioning. Gexa Energy Pavilion is filling up their summer nicely with dates featuring KISS, Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival, and of course– the announcement…
The power of storytelling in songwriting has given birth to some of our most unforgettable songs like “Crossroads” by Robert Johnson, “Drifter’s Escape” by Bob Dylan or “A Boy Named Sue” by Johnny Cash. Songs that spin narratives from the art of nonfiction usually find a place in listeners’ hearts…
Every year, Dallas’ most highly anticipated SXSW offshoot is Parade Of Flesh’s Spillover Music Festival. This past Sunday, head talent buyer John Iskander and his crew really stepped their game up. Spillover 2014 moved from Sandbar Cantina to Elm Street, filling stages at Dada and Three Links with heavy-hitting headliners…
This weekend, Dallas celebrated one of it’s most beloved local traditions with the Lower Greenville St. Patrick’s Day Parade. The booze was flowing, the traffic was blocked off, and the turn up was very real. To further add to the excitement, our annual parade concert stage was headlined by none…
SXSW music weekend is here! If you haven’t already packed a bag and headed for Austin yet, or if you don’t plan to at all, don’t fret. Since 35 Denton is on hiatus, lots of bands are stopping through Dallas and Fort Worth on their way out of the massive…
With a virulent wit, a deep antipathy for authority and a boiling paradox of emotions, Tyler has made some of the most controversial music of the 21st century. Far from mere shock fodder, his music reflects not only internal vulnerability and brokenness, but also the ever-fragmenting moods, morals and frustration…
A dark arena illuminates with a 60-foot specter of Miley Cyrus’ head floating independent from her body. Her giant, LED-emblazoned eyeballs glare into a sea of mostly 18- to 21-year-old female faces, as her pupils saunter in opposite directions. The crowd roars and shrieks as her lips begin to part,…
A lively, multi-generational crowd made it out to the Granada Theater last night to catch pioneering electronic musician Gary Numan. The nearly sold-out crowd was treated to an energetic set that judiciously mixed in old and new favorites that spanned Numan’s four decade long career. The set list concentrated on…
Though it’s hard right now to even think of shows further out than this weekend, The wheels are still cranking right along for Dallas promoters and talent buyers. The biggest announcements of the week are oldies, but goodies. In between his shifts inventing the new Microsoft Zune, the legendary singer…
There are few things more numbingly familiar to a child of the internet age than the digital experience. The clicking of keyboard buttons, the harmonic hum of a device startup sound, the cold glow of a the whole word staring back at you from a portable screen- they have never…
We are now in the dead heat of festival season. Even though everyone’s making their way down to Austin this week for some giant, week-long Doritos® party, there’s still plenty going on right here in our own backyards. From Macaulay Culkin’s pizza-centric Velvet Underground cover band to Miley Cyrus, there…
Under a chilly and sometimes sprinkling sheet of grey Fort Worth sky that turned stout black sooner than usual, the second edition of Untapped Fort Worth successfully kept its attendees spirits high with quality ales and well-crafted musical performances. The several food trucks on-hand even lent the event some warmth…
