Courtney Barnett’s sophomore album, Tell Me How You Really Feel, will mark its first anniversary this May. Since its release, it has gained multiple accolades, being recognized at the top of numerous music publications’ best-of lists for 2018. The acclaim has also produced different interpretations of the album coming from…
When Marquis of Vaudeville puts on a show, they do more than perform a set with a merch table strategically placed nearby. No, the alternative rock group transforms the performance space into a steampunk fantasy of Alice in Wonderland or a Wonka-esque factory filled with sweets and sinister secrets lurking…
“Unattractive” by Toadies in The Cable GuyWhen The Cable Guy was released in 1996, it made headlines for two key reasons: star Jim Carrey’s $20 million price tag for the film, and the movie’s less-than-glowing reviews. But local music fans back then were likely thrilled regardless of what critics were…
Singer-songwriter Cody Lynn Boyd bears a remarkable resemblance to Brian Jones. It’s not surprising if you don’t remember Jones, an original founder of the Rolling Stones, because he died in 1969. Boyd doesn’t remember him either. Boyd isn’t English, nor is he much into drugs, but the resemblance to the…
This week sees Peter Murphy celebrate 40 years of Bauhaus; Reel Big Fish tour in support of their ninth studio album; Denton’s Babe Bash celebrate female musicians; and more. The Funky Knuckles 9 p.m. Monday, Jan. 28 at Three Links, 2704 Elm St., threelinksdeepellum.com, free The Funky Knuckles have been…
Jeff Tandy is a freelance writer who contributed this article as a tribute to his longtime friend, Bruce Corbitt. This writing was promised to Bruce as an epilogue to his life, including his career and battle with cancer, to be published for everyone to read. Herein is his final wish…
This weekend will see the debut live performance in Dallas and the release of a three-track improvised-experimental EP collaboration between Denton-based Dahlia Knowles and Paul Slavens as Lorelei K x Kill the World. The Lorelei K x Kill the World EP marks the first recorded collaboration between Knowles, an up-and-coming…
Justin Timberlake brought sexy back. Three times. His Man of the Woods tour stopped in Dallas last May for two dates and came back around for a third time, eight months later. We apparently just couldn’t get enough. Timberlake threw a party. Literally, he had his stage set up with…
The concert beat goes on this week for live music fans in Dallas. Read ahead for details on DMB, Country Megaticket acts and a series of stellar shows coming to local clubs. You know warmer weather isn’t far around the corner when The Dave Matthews Band announces their spring/summer touring…
Robert Olivas is like many Americans. He works five days a week and uses the money to pay his mortgage and car loan. He is fortunate to like the people he works with. They don’t try to micromanage him. They just let him do his thing. This is huge for…
Jeremy Word has been a trailblazer among Dallas dance music promoters. He’s been a behind-the-scenes player responsible for countless electronic acts coming through Dallas and the infamous Meltdown Festival, which was the city’s premier electronic music festival for most of the ’00s. On top of all that, he remained a…
Cameron Ray, a local singer-songwriter, will leave Dallas the right way with a headlining show at The Kessler Theater on Saturday, Jan. 26. Ray has lived in Dallas off and on for 30 years, and even though he is moving to Knoxville, Tennessee, with his wife to pursue his music…
Kevin Fowler has without a doubt entrenched himself in Texas music lore. Twenty years ago, Fowler began crooning at honky-tonks and beer joints around Austin. Just getting started, he — along with contemporaries Pat Green, Cory Morrow and Roger Creager — stumbled upon a magical formula that would birth what…
The last year and a half have been busy for Americana recording artist Amanda Shires since she released her fourth album, My Piece of Land. She has recorded and toured with husband Jason Isbell as a member of the 400 Unit, finished her Master of Fine Arts in creative writing…
Local busker and musician, conquered his stage fright by playing as many shows as he could. He’ll be releasing his debut album later this month.
While performing at the Aragon Ballroom in Chicago on Saturday night, Dallas R&B and neo-soul legend Erykah Badu made some controversial remarks regarding the widespread allegations of sexual assault against R. Kelly. “I don’t know how everybody else feel about it, but I’m putting up a prayer right now for…
If you missed Justin Timberlake a few months ago, you’ve got a second chance to see him this week at American Airlines Center. Other highlights include local rapper Mozez Tha Great playing his new album, Undefined, in full at The Prophet Bar; Thursday plays two nights with its classic LPs Full…
Poppy Xander had $100 in her bank account when she quit her job as a music teacher. Armed with a dream and all the neon she could find from her neighborhood Michael’s, Xander, a pianist, locked herself in her closet and made her first transmission from the moon. “It was a…
Mick Jenkins is not a great performer. And honestly, it doesn’t really matter. Experiencing the Chicago rapper is akin to watching a protagonist from one of French director Jean-Luc Godard’s films: effortless and cool. The meat-and-potatoes lies in the lyrics, which is why people came, filling Trees in Deep Ellum…
It’s an eventful week of concert announcements in Dallas. We’ve got Globe Life Park going out in style. A slew of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees coming to town. And, did you hear about the big-ticket music and comedy festival coming to Jerry World? All of that, plus…
Max Cronen went from working as a stagehand at the Levitt Pavilion in Arlington to founding a small, independent booking agency that has represented many DIY artists across the country. The 24-year-old Arlington resident says he started Biker Gang Booking in 2016 to help grow Arlington’s music scene. His initial…
With the release of his third album, When I Was Yours and You Were Mine, Fort Worth-based songwriter Charlie Shafter has his first record since his self-titled album in 2012. Fueled by an eventful set of personal peaks and valleys, Shafter’s new set of songs simply had to be recorded…
