The inaugural Freebase Festival will take place Saturday at Backyard On Bell in Denton. Doors will open at 11 a.m., and performances will run until midnight. Over 20 artists are appearing on the bill, including Cameron McCloud from Cure for Paranoia — who’ll be debuting new solo material — Jahn Dough, B…
When emo was propelled to mainstream success in the early ‘00s, it consisted of two camps: one that was saccharine and congruent with upbeat, and one that was darker and more abrasive. The Used became one of the most commercially successful and culturally significant acts to sprout from the latter,…
The word “therapy” is defined as the “medical treatment of impairment, injury, disease, or disorder.” Of those four, it would seem injury — primarily of a reputational sort — was being most thoroughly addressed Saturday night at Dos Equis Pavilion, as Hootie and the Blowfish brought its Group Therapy tour…
On Friday night, Paul McCartney played Arlington Globe Life Park’s first rock show. The stadium’s staff seemed unprepared to manage such a regal occasion, directing people to the wrong seats in the floor section, where rickety folding chairs were zip-tied together so closely that there was no wiggle room to…
Some things never change. Although the Observer has a new Clubs Editor, and things are certainly changing for him, these posts will still be here every Monday because there’s no end in sight to good live music in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. There are plenty of local acts to choose…
Gather ’round and observe this week’s collection of local concert announcements. As the summer is finally settling in to rest, the announcements become a little fewer and further between. There are still some interesting things to behold, however, so check forth and see what strikes an interest. Despite being a ubiquitous…
In his own words, Anderson .Paak “demands respect, is signed to Dr. Dre, plays drums and sings, has no face tattoos, and got a nice smile.” There’s a lot to unpack there but it’s a pretty succinct, self-aware summation of one of the more dynamic artists of the moment. .Paak’s…
We sure missed Anberlin. Although the band called it quits in 2014, not a day has passed without us thinking about them. All right, we might be slightly exaggerating. Nevertheless, it’s been five years since Anberlin broke up, and their absence was clearly felt in Dallas, as proved by the…
The first night of Juice WRLD’s two-night stand at The Bomb Factory took place on the 15-year anniversary of My Chemical Romance’s breakout album Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge, and nothing could be more fitting for such an occasion. Speaking as someone who listened to the band during his formative…
It’s fitting that this Beatles-loving Clubs Editor’s last weekly roundup of best concerts would include a Beatle. After all, it’s thanks to the iconic British band that I even got into music — in a digging-through-record-crates kind of way — in the first place (and named my son Harrison after George, and played…
At 8:30 PM, just a few hours before Weyes Blood (aka Natalie Mering) was to set foot on stage at Club Dada in Deep Ellum, the sky turned a muted pinky-orange in the distance behind downtown. Thick rain appeared in uneven waves, and the weather app read, “Unsafe Air…
An eclectic lineup of artists have announced local shows for this week’s batch of concert announcements. The fall calendar continues to take shape, so start marking dates and begin your planning for the months ahead. Jeff Tweedy recently wrapped a solo tour, one that saw him put on quite a…
In Part One of this series, we looked back on 10 significant North Texas concerts that took place between the ‘60s and the ‘80s. It was a different time, and given the importance of radio and the revolutionary introduction of MTV, the music world progressively became more of a monoculture…
We will be seeing the end of an entire decade in a mere seven months, and that warrants reflection. What artists of the ’10s captured the zeitgeist? What were some of this generation’s most defining cultural milestones? When VH1 starts airing I Love the ‘10s, what events, artists, films or…
Mitski Miyawaki is at the top of her game. The Japanese American singer-songwriter has curated a distinct brand of indie rock, a style she is taking to audiences across the country on her Be the Cowboy tour to promote her latest release, by the same name. The album, hailed by…
Nine out of 10 of this week’s best concert picks take place over the weekend, so there’s really no excuse not to check out at least one. Catch local polka kings Brave Combo on Friday night at Andy’s Bar as they celebrate 40 years of playing together, or E.B. the…
Lots of good stuff has popped up on the local concert calendar this week. Read ahead for gig announcements from leading lights like Sleater-Kinney, Ryan Bingham, Todrick Hall and much more. Back and better than ever, rock ’n’ roll heroes Sleater-Kinney are heading out on the road for an extensive North American…
Enjoy your extra day off this week with a Memorial Day show with singer-songwriter Danny Worsnop at High & Tight Barbershop. Catch Japanese band Mono at Club Dada on Wednesday night with Emma Ruth Rundle. Snow tha Product plays new music at Trees on Thursday night, and the Dallas Zoo…
The Nashville folk-pop duo Freddy & Francine will soon be hitting the stage at the newly opened FireHouse Gastro Park in Grand Prairie. The music venue-restaurant-coffee bar combo held its grand opening earlier this month, but the duo’s show on June 1 will mark the first performance on the spot’s…
We’ve got Erykah Badu performing with special guests, Texas blues riffers coming to town and a couple of nice reunion shows heading our way. All that and more ahead in this week’s concert announcements. Erykah Badu is joining up with the Dallas Symphony for an aptly named “Hometown Jam Session.”…
Early in the Wednesday night show at Granada Theater, The Drums’ Jonny Pierce told the packed Dallas house, “This is the second to last show on this tour. This is exactly the kind of energy we needed to keep us going.” The energy the band received matched the one that…
To step inside the American Airlines Center Tuesday night was to enter a hall of mirrors. On stage, white-hot pop superstar Ariana Grande cooed, belted, sashayed, dipped, twirled and reclined her way through a briskly paced 90-minute set. Off stage, from the arena floor to the rafters, a sold-out room…
