On Sunday afternoon at Panther Island Pavilion in Fort Worth, NOFX, Bad Religion and a few other punk bands will give fans a different kind of festival. It’s nothing like the Warped Tour or a club show; the Punk in Drublic festival is meant to be the kind of show…
At 3 p.m. on a Monday, singer-songwriter Silas Nello is sitting at his kitchen table, listening to records and sipping a glass of red wine. He’s jet-lagged after returning from a vacation in Spain but also excited to get back to work. Nello, 28, is a full-time musician (“for now,”…
It’s been a little quiet this year for Dallas psych-rockers Monoculture. Aside from a show here or there, we really haven’t heard much — until today that is. Tuesday, Monoculture announced the lineup for their annual Paisley Maze music festival going down May 26 at the Deep Ellum Art Company…
The fine folks at Live Nation have declared this week National Concert Week. As part of the celebration, they’ll offer more than a million tickets for shows across the country for the low, low price of $20 all-in. And while a double sawbuck is usually enough for a lawn seat…
A variety of Latin artists are performing at Dallas between April and August. The Latin community might recognize some artists from their parents’ ’80s Spanish rock and pop music, which eventually adapted into the ’90s rock en español movement and into the modern 2000s. Most of these artists have been…
As a sold-out Bomb Factory audience witnessed firsthand Sunday night, a Jack White live show is a two-hour trip inside the manic mind of an innovator. There were howling roars of his signature blues riffs, jacked-up country-twang interludes and sizzling funk/hip-hop influences all on display just in the first three…
For the first weekend in what feels like forever, the weather worked in the favor of music fans seeking outdoor fun and live music. The familiar scents of sunblock and barbecue welcomed Fortress Festival, Fort Worth’s annual two-day music fest, as music fans from neighboring cities came together in the…
At the Weird Al Yankovic show Friday, for perhaps the first time in music history, the entire audience stayed for the encore. Everyone. As soon as Yankovic ended his set, people stood up and clapped and whistled and cheered and hollered. “We love you, Weird Al,” someone shouted from the…
The lights were strung from the stage with care, and the sold-out crowd buzzed with bonhomie as singer-songwriter Jack Johnson said something perhaps never said before from the stage of a rock concert. “I wanna play this one for any kids out there before it gets too late tonight,” he…
Pop star Pink and lo-fi singer songwriter Ariel Pink will make you blush this week with performances at American Airlines Center and Canton Hall, respectively. Catch experimental act The Residents at the Kessler Theater, indie pioneers The Afghan Whigs and Built to Spill’s co-headling tour at House of Blues, the…
Wyclef Jean wants to give back to the next generation of musicians. The former member of the legendary hip-hop group the Fugees released Carnival III: The Fall and Rise of a Refugee, his eighth studio album, last year. But he’s already looking ahead. His next mixtape, Wyclef Goes Back to…
The trio Haim proved its undeniable talent Thursday. Sisters Este, Danielle and Alana put on an unforgettable show at Southside Ballroom. They stood out from their opening act, Lizzo, who, accompanied with her leotard-clad dancers and DJ, gave the audience an eyeful of twerking that it was not quite ready…
The band members who’ve stuck with comic musician Weird Al Yankovic for more than 30 years of funny music take their jobs seriously, mainly because the comedy wouldn’t work without them. “We love these songs and hit records we re-create, and we have the greatest respect for the musicians and…
Few bands embrace drama as much as Fleetwood Mac. The classic rock icons have been arguing over songs and reconfiguring their lineup for decades, and as they approach their final act, they’re at it again. They’ve announced yet another tour with some new members, and they’ll be in Dallas early…
If you’ve never found yourself in the middle of a mosh pit, there’s a good chance that you can’t understand what’s happening. It’s easy to look at the men and women shoving into one another and think of it as an act of needless aggression at an otherwise friendly affair,…
David Byrne is best known for groundbreaking music he made as frontman for the Talking Heads — a band with influence extending far beyond its late-’70s to mid-’80s lifespan. You can hear it in every corner of music today, from punk rock to hip-hop, pop and dance music. Talking Heads were…
Four years after the band reunited, shoegaze legend Slowdive is still drawing fans. Off the heels of a well-received 2017 self-titled album, the English five-piece is happy to navigate whatever it wants to do. Whether it’s playing festivals in Europe or one-off dates in Texas, bassist Nick Chaplin appreciates how…
On his Saturday off between two shows at The Bomb Factory this weekend, Jack White will play in the Sandlot War, a baseball game at Reverchon Park that’s free and open to the public. White’s team, the Warstic Woodmen, will take on the Ticket Timbers, which comprises mostly on-air personalities…
Erin Kinsey, a 17-year-old country musician from Rockwall, once looked at her childhood music lessons as a burden. Now, she has an opening slot for a Hunter Hayes concert April 28 at Ascend Theater in Tennessee and no other plans for her future besides pursuing a career in music. Kinsey…
The Box Garden, an outdoor venue at Legacy Hall in Plano, is about ready to open as a hub for live entertainment, bars and restaurants. It will seat more than 400 people, with additional standing space to hold up to 1,200. As part of the new entertainment space’s grand opening,…
Jacksonville, Texas, native Lee Ann Womack told a jam-packed Kessler Theater on Sunday night that when it came to making her most recent album, she had to go back before she could move forward. “When I was growing up in East Texas, I had everything ahead of me, and I…
Jack White’s in town for two shows this week at the Bomb Factory, but don’t expect to snap any smartphone photos; the White Stripes frontman has banned them from his concerts for this tour. Cellphone-friendly shows include ’80s shoegaze pioneer Slowdive, grunge influencers the Melvins, the best in local metal…
