Since the late 1990s, Kentucky native and farmer Chris Knight has become one of the rare regional outsiders to become a marquee name in the world of Texas country/Red Dirt. As an admitted fan of Steve Earle and John Prine, it’s easy to see the influence of both songwriting giants in... More >>

Hard to believe that our own special Latin-rock combo, Mad Mexicans, has been around for a decade. It seems like just yesterday that Robert Garza and crew were beginning the band’s enticing mix of Molotov and Ministry. Now, it has been 10 years and little has changed in the band’s... More >>

Deep in the suburbs, there sits a crevice surrounded by the canyon walls of office buildings. Every May this area gets filled with vendors and stages, and residents of the ’burbs and Dallas proper flock to take part in face painting, beer and fried food. Richardson’s Wildflower... More >>

Nappy Roots have released five albums since 2002’s wonderfully whistle-worthy Watermelon, Chicken & Gritz. Maybe it was because in the early 2000s, you didn’t have to be that great to be on the radio, but Nappy Roots were always worth waiting for on the afternoon rotation. Large... More >>

May 25 is a big day. Psych-rock deities The Black Angels are headed into town the same day as country sweetheart Taylor Swift plays Dallas Cowboys stadium. Avoid the traffic cluster fuck that will inevitably be Arlington and head to Granada Theater to hear the quartet's brand new (and rather... More >>

Tickets are going fast for Taylor Swift's stop in Dallas on her 2013 North American tour. Back in November, the singer-songwriter released her fourth full-length album, Red, and it already tops the iTunes album sales charts in 40 countries worldwide. More >>

Tickets are on sale now for Fleetwood Mac's 34-city U.S. tour, which will mark the 35th anniversary of their classic album, Rumours. To coincide with the tour and anniversary, a new deluxe reissue of Rumours, with previously unreleased studio and live tracks, will be released in early 2013 from... More >>

Brooklyn-based 23-year-old Aly Spaltro will play guitar and sing with a handful of talented musicians on her Midwest tour for her debut album, appropriately titled Ripely Pine; and it should be mentioned that she opens for Neko Case on some of those dates. More >>

Since the Zooey Deschanel and M. Ward pairing in 2006, indie rock aficionados from all corners of the world have not been able to get enough of their stripped down, minimalist folk. Volume 3 will be the duo's next follow-up to their first two full-lengths, Volume One and Volume Two, and will be... More >>

Tesla is the '80s rock band whose songs make you go, "Oh snap, I didn't know they did that song!", and they're coming to town at late notice, so if you want tickets to a show that will take you back to the late '80s, get your tickets now. More >>

Tickets go on sale Friday for country music superstar Tim McGraw's "Two Lanes of Freedom" tour," presented by none other than Penzoil. Up-and-comers Brantley Gilbert and Love and Theft will help fill out the bill this summer. Also, McGraw has partnered with Tumblr to create the "Fanticipation"... More >>

Whoa. Just look at this bill. It's now 2013, so the New Kids definitely aren't so new anymore, and since they're all middle-aged, I'd say they've been around the block a time or two. Because the show isn't until June, you have plenty of time to pick out your outfit for Bill Hicks' favorite band. More >>

Tickets went on sale in February for the "Mrs. Carter Show" world tour, with stops in more than forty cities worldwide. The North American dates kickoff in L.A. on June 28. If Queen Bey's Superbowl half-time show was any indication of what her upcoming tour will be like, I say get your tickets... More >>

Austin's Alpha Rev is on the up-and-up it seems. Their Kirtland Records release, Bloom, is--pardon the French--"indie", in all ways. The band is slotted to play several fests this summer, so if you don't catch them at Granada this weekend, you can probably see them around Texas. More >>

Josh Groban has pretty much done it all, including going multi-platinum, and nowadays he's hitting the road for his "In the Round" Tour, where he performs on nothing but 360-degree stages. More >>

Yes, Justin Timberlake, the crown prince of pop/viral video appearances will bring his 20/20 Experience Tour to Dallas on December 4. It's at the American Airlines Center, and tickets went on sale Monday, May 13 at 10 a.m. More >>

"It's a party at a Rodeo, man!" Big J shouted over Miley Cyrus' "Party in the U.S.A." during the Back to School Bash at Rockin Rodeo. The crowd went wild. Wild. And, honestly, there's nothing quite like seeing a dance floor packed with a couple hundred folks dancing in unison, doing the "Cupid... More >>

Fort Worth acoustic folk singer-songwriter Jody Jones--a man, not a woman--plays compelling, heartfelt sets each Monday at The Grotto. Sometimes soft and subtle, sometimes booming and powerful, Jones gives you the entire spectrum. The folk musician and proficient guitarist was recently... More >>

The old joke doesn't work on Chelsea Callahan. She loves local music so much that she probably would marry it—if she could. For now, though, she's just pleased that they have a really great relationship. "I don't think there's a reason to be negative," Callahan says. "To me, the music... More >>

You say, "Public speaking?" and we say, "No, thank you." The idea is nauseating. But man, if we could only rap. Then we could turn to our alter ego, MC Pants, and get all 8 Mile up in that piece for our certainly supportive audience. Right. Problem is we can't freestyle. So, for the Monday Nite... More >>

This year’s Spune-produced Fort Worth Music Festival has a lineup built for picnics. Good thing, then, that its setting will be the most beautiful chunk of riverfront anywhere in the metroplex. From the green of Panther Island Pavilion you can watch local heroes Old 97’s kick up... More >>

Each week at Andy's Bar, Denton Dance Collective and DJ SpaceChase host Subsonic Indulgence, a bill of local artists, DJs and electronic musicians who play enough electronic, techno, dance and hip-hop to get your body rockin'. The all-original music is accompanied by live painting by Beth... More >>

I know what you're thinking. I'm not too terribly keen on cover bands either, but Big Mike's Box of Rock delivers. The group recently started a new residency at Lola's Saloon each Tuesday and it covers the best rock 'n' roll songs from 1960 to 1999. Rock musician and guitar-shredder "Big" Mike... More >>

At age 8, Matt Tolentino, a kid in East Dallas, became enchanted by the great Adrian Rollini, an early 20th century jazz instrumentalist best known for his bass sax in the speakeasy era just before the advent of big band swing music. Lucky for Dallas, Tolentino never came out from under... More >>

"The first hip-hop record I owned was The Message by Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five," recalls DJ Rob Viktum. "My father bought it for me." When that record first dropped, back when Viktum was but a wee lad, it was mostly the inner-city kids who were having The Message handed down to... More >>