Dallas concert promoter Gabe Reed pleaded guilty Monday morning to a federal charge for defrauding investors, promoters and performers who were investing in concerts and World Wrestling Entertainment events. Reed, 46, admitted in court that he received money from victims after he misled them into believing that the events would…
When Dallas native Tru Def opened for Bun B. at a show in San Antonio two weeks ago, it was another serendipitous moment in a career full of them. The rapper born as Desmond Williams and raised in Pleasant Grove has developed a talent for being at the right place at…
It’s the only news you need for this gloomy Monday. Country megastar turned pop star and tabloid goddess Taylor Swift has announced her tour for her just-released album, reputation (lowercase r). Swift will headline AT&T Stadium in Arlington on Oct. 6. It’s the last date in the announcement of her…
Far West nightclub, at the corner of South Buckner Boulevard and Elam Road in Dallas, has had its share of problems over the years. It’s one of the most popular Mexican nightclubs in Dallas and has more than 180,000 followers on Facebook. When it was located near the Lakewood Hills neighborhood, some…
Come year’s end, 40,000 people are expected to descend on Dallas Market Hall. That’s how many turned out for last year’s Lights All Night festival, a two-day extravaganza of electronic dance music and hip-hop planned this year for Dec. 29-30. Lights All Night announced the initial lineup for its eighth…
After long hiatuses, St. Vincent and Queens of the Stone Age are finally gracing us with their presence again. Three dance-inflected groups make their way through town, and country music royalty settles in for a night in Grand Prairie. All that and more in this week’s concert announcements. St. Vincent…
Tera Melos plays Three Links on Monday, Nov. 13. After seven years of commuting between Texas and California, drummer John Clardy has finally left Tarrant County for good. Clardy, who grew up in Colleyville, became the drummer for the Sacramento-based math rock three-piece Tera Melos in 2008, but it’s easy…
When St. Vincent announced a 23-date world tour in June, a gig in her hometown of Dallas was noticeably absent. But earlier this week, that all got sorted out. Twelve more dates were added to her Fear the Future tour, including a stop at Bomb Factory on Saturday, Feb. 24. Tickets…
Deep Ellum’s The Door, which opened in ’98, is the first Dallas music venue to host many now-famous rock musicians, including Fall Out Boy, Paramore and Brand New. It has overseen decades of change and growth in the neighborhood. But now The Door is packing its bags. Owner and talent buyer…
When Justin DiBernardo became Tradewinds Social Club’s de facto bar manager about a year ago, one of his goals was to make the dive bar a go-to music venue in Oak Cliff. “If you’ve ever hung out at Tradewinds, even if there is only a few people in the bar,…
North Texas has four Top 40 pop stations, including one that replaced the legendary Edge late last year. We’ve also got quite a few country stations, which makes sense. Those can attract wide audiences. But the terrestrial music radio scene in DFW also includes a handful of stations that foster the weird…
In 1987, Island Records released a 10-track compilation album titled The Sound of Deep Ellum, featuring original songs from Dallas-based bands such as the Buck Pets, the New Bohemians, Reverend Horton Heat and Shallow Reign. The album sold about 10,000 units, a drop in the bucket at the time. Thirty…
It’s almost the most wonderful time of the year. No, not Christmas. DOMAs! Twenty judges met at a secret location last week to vote on the winners for this year’s Dallas Observer Music Awards, and just a few weeks from now on Saturday, Dec. 2, you can hear nearly 60…
Dallas native Daniel Huffman is preparing to release his second album as New Fumes, and we’ve gotten our first taste — a collaborative track with Wayne Coyne of the Flaming Lips. “Rioter’s Milk” will be the sixth of 10 tracks on Teeming 2, due Nov. 24 via Red Cult Records…
More house show music festivals have popped up in Denton in the last few years, taking the place of traditional venues that have closed. While two of them, Broketopia and Free Underage Cool Kids Fest, haven’t announced any plans for this year, there’s news on the second iteration of Band…
This week brought a barrage of concert announcements: Demi Lovato, Blake Shelton and Maroon 5 are all playing arena shows, and some ’90s favorites hit Starplex next summer. A guitar great will also appear at the soon-to-be opened Canton Hall, and House of Blues added some killer shows. All that…
Victory Park’s latest public art addition, a steel pipe sculpture that is 15 feet tall and 34 feet wide, is a vibrant throwback to Dallas’ musical roots. Las Vegas-based artist Tim Bavington, originally from England, is known for his musically themed creations laden with brightly colored automotive paint. While he’s…
Herman Glaspie has never chased the spotlight, but as DJ Junkyard he’s a constant presence in the Dallas DJ scene. He’s had his hands on the decks since he was a preteen in the ’80s, playing on his father’s rig. Glaspie often plays old-school, Detroit-influenced techno. For this week’s mixtape,…
B.R. Lively plays Prophet Bar on Saturday, Nov. 11, with Tow’rs and Zach Winters. B.R. Lively says it all started with a breakup. It shook the indie folk singer-songwriter to his core, drawing him away from the security of his Austin home and out onto the road. Lively sold most of…
Last week, Southwest Airlines announced its plan to have in-flight concerts on about 20 flights per year. The airline partnered with Warner Music Nashville for this concert series, meaning most acts will be country music. Flying is torturous enough, but when you add to the equation a live performance of country…
They say that those who can’t do, teach. But former Type O Negative and current Danzig drummer Johnny Kelly, who recently moved to Frisco, can do both. He’s charging $50 per hour for drummers of all experience levels. “We just moved here, and if anyone is interested in doing it,…
Deep Ellum music venue Canton Hall was set to open its doors for the first time tonight with a show by Canadian rock band Theory of a Deadman, but the show has been postponed. The second coming of the space that once housed Deep Ellum Live, shuttered in 2004, has…
