An at-capacity crowd greeted Peter Hook’s visit to the Granada Theater on Friday night. Accompanied by his backing band, the Light, with Hook’s son Jack Bates on bass and harmony vocals, the show rolled into town almost a year to the day of his previous visit to the same venue…
Weekends tend to attract a much bigger, older and better established crowd to Deep Ellum, and these descriptors were all true of the people crowding around the Bomb Factory stage for electronic/indie rock duo Phantogram on Saturday. Frankly, this bred an enjoyable sense of calm that has been uncharacteristic of the…
As we inch closer to the day of reckoning, let’s all breathe a huge sigh of relief that this most historical election will be all said and done Nov. 8. That is unless the unyielding republican, Donald Trump, follows through with his claim to reject an electoral loss, throwing us…
There are no peaks and valleys at a Matt and Kim show. Every set the Brooklyn duo performs is one long climax bathed in smiles, dancing, crowd participation and pure raucousness. Last night at The Bomb Factory they delivered on that reputation with a high energy performance that felt just…
Adele’s boyfriend hasn’t married her after five years and a baby together. It’s a predicament she casually slipped into conversation in the midst of introducing one of her songs, “Million Years Ago,” during her sold-out concert at American Airlines Center on Tuesday evening. “I’m not married,” she said. “I don’t…
Grammy-award winning, vocal powerhouse Adele was in town last night. She played at the American Airlines Center to a sold-out crowd. But if you weren’t lucky enough to snag a seat, Dancing With The Stars winner and celebrity offspring Rumer Willis was also in town. She played her cabaret show…
On Saturday night, Sofar Sounds hosted R&B singer M3CCA, poet T. Odis and rappers KoolQuise and So-So Topic for a secret show at The Grove, a coworking space in the West End. Sofar Sounds, which stands for Songs From a Room, began in 2009 with the goal of offering artists…
Chance the Rapper With Francis and the Lights The Bomb Factory, Dallas Sunday, Oct. 16, 2016 It’s only fitting that Chance the Rapper performed on a Sunday — the Lord’s day — because Lil Chano from 79th took Dallas to church at The Bomb Factory. Such descriptions of concerts are…
Kris Kristofferson With the Texas Gentlemen Annette Strauss Square, Dallas Friday, Oct. 14, 2016 Kris Kristofferson embodies the term “living legend.” Over the course of a six-decade career, the singer-songwriter, actor, poet, Rhodes Scholar and all-around renaissance man has left an indelible mark on the popular culture. Though the various…
Dallas has definitely got a diverse group of music acts stopping through this week. Between the mass appeal of Luke Bryan and Texas roots-based artists at the country festival the Ranch Bash, anyone looking to hear some fiddles and sad songs are pretty much covered. On the opposite end of…
Slayer With Anthrax and Death Angel Gas Monkey Live!, Dallas Friday, Oct. 7, 2016 There is no group of fans more dedicated than thrash metal fans. The genre clichés of pseudo-satanism and glorified violence may seem a little tired, but for those who have been listening to Slayer and Anthrax…
Conor Oberst With Pearl Charles Granada Theater, Dallas Friday, Oct. 7, 2016 As Conor Oberst walked back to the stage to begin Friday night’s encore at a packed Granada Theater, he carried with him armfuls of brightly colored beads. “Here, take some! It’s Mardi Gras, bitches!” he yelled as he…
The State Fair of Texas is in full swing, which means justifying eating deep-fried everything just got a lot easier. But limiting the amount of beers and brats this month is probably a good thing, and with the shows happening in Big D, there are plenty of reason to spend…
M83 With Tennysons House of Blues, Dallas Thursday, Oct. 6, 2016 M83, fronted by the French-bred Anthony Gonzalez, played House of Blues on Thursday, but it was a homecoming for one of the band’s members: Kaela Sinclair. The Dentonite is a musical powerhouse in her own right. Sinclair earned best…
Die Antwoord House of Blues, Dallas Saturday, Oct. 1, 2016 Saturday night’s show at the House of Blues may have been the final in Dallas for South Africa’s Die Antwoord. The rave-rap Zef trio have been touring behind their new album, Mount Ninji and da Nice Time Kid. The group announced it…
Kacey Musgraves State Fair of Texas, Fair Park, Dallas Friday, Sept. 30, 2016 I’ve never seen Texas-country musician Kacey Musgraves in concert. And after attending her show at the State Fair of Texas its opening night, I still have never seen her in concert. There were hundreds or probably thousands…
As Dallas now turns its attention to all things black and orange with the beginning of October, it may be hard to put off those trips to the wonderfully tacky, seasonally popular Halloween stores popping up all over the place. But with the first week of the spooky month offering…
Andrew Bird With Sinkane Majestic Theatre, Dallas Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2016 Studies have shown a correlation between people’s names and their professions. For example, there’s a preponderance of plumbers with the last name Plummer. It’s called nominative determinism. If those studies are true, it’s no wonder Andrew Bird’s name suits him…
YG With Sad Boy, RJ, Slim 400 and more South Side Music Hall, Dallas Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2016 YG’s Fuck Donald Trump Tour is a battle cry that the West Coast rapper has adopted at the peak of campaign season. But on Tuesday night at South Side Music Hall, politics…
With the coming and going of Oaktopia and the beginning of Austin City Limits, it’s busy season for music festivals. But you don’t have to pack up and drive the hours-long journey to Austin for good live music. Rap-ravers Die Antwoord and hard rock alums Thrice are stopping through town…
Oaktopia With Norah Jones, Cat Power, Dr. Dog, Rae Sremmurd and more Denton Thursday to Saturday, Sept. 22-24, 2016 Denton had a lot of reasons to be excited about last weekend’s Oaktopia. Now in its fourth year, the downtown festival has turned into one of the best in North Texas,…
Kanye West American Airlines Center, Dallas Thursday, September 22, 2016 Is it possible to review a Kanye West concert without reviewing Kanye West himself? Almost every conversation about the 39-year-old rapper’s work turns into a referendum on his personal character, and those assessments often fall along partisan lines. But with…
