Dave Matthews Band

Man, I Used to Really Love Dave Matthews Band

In September 2000, a few days before Dave Matthews Band played with Bela Fleck and the Flecktones at Coca-Cola Starplex, I got into a car accident turning onto Inwood Road from Walnut Hill. My '99 Explorer was crunched, and the woman I hit injured her arm. I sat on the curb, waiting for my parents ... More >>

Madonna and Bruce Springsteen are 2012's Richest Musicians: All the Money's in Touring

I don't know how much else Madonna and Silvio Berlusconi have in common--her extremely visible fight against aging is going much better than his--but here's one connection: This weekend Italy voted in an election that's serving as a referendum on a decade of economic stagnation caused by, among othe ... More >>

This Week's Top Show Announcements: Of Monsters and Men, Pat Benatar, Dave Matthews Band, Alkeline Trio, Gramatik and More

Of Monsters and Men Tuesday, June 4, at House of Blues, $37.50 Cinematic and instrumental folk rock band Of Monsters and Men are heading out for a much anticipated tour this summer after their debut album My Head is an Animal dropped and the world discovered the track "Little Talks," which eventuall ... More >>

The Fifteen Worst Make Out Records Ever

It's a classic Valentine's Day dilema -- you've planned ahead, made the sweeping gestures, made eyes across a white tablecloth and now you're ready to express yourself with some good old fashioned parts-rubbing. Whatever you do, don't play any of these records.

Reassessing Six Albums From the '90s That We Shunned As Teenagers

He sat in the cab of a green Isuzu pickup in front of the girls dormitory, dressed in a pair of rumpled cargo shorts and a thrift store t-shirt. He was waiting to take a girl to the Flaming Lips show. She was three years his senior and had introduced him to the Lips; even loaned him a copy of their ... More >>

13 Shows Worth Your Time This Weekend: The Twelves, M83, Wildflower! Festival and More

Wildflower! FestivalFriday - Sunday, at Galatyn Park, RichardsonThere's a pretty long list of well-known performers at Wildflower! Festival this year. Friday's headliner is Nelly, who will be joined by The Commodores and a handful of local acts, including The King Bucks. Saturday will have Dashboard ... More >>

White Denim - The Granada - 4/5/12

White Denim, Hundred Visions, Soviet The Granada Thursday, April 5 White Denim has a history of stealing the show for me. I first saw them what feels like one million years ago at Pastime Tavern. The Internet tells me this was actually 2009: I got there early to catch openers PVC Street Gang, but a ... More >>

#KXTFail? Not So Fast.

Haters gonna hate​There's a lingering disdain in the air for the turbulent playlists of KXT 91.7-FM. Understandably so. For every decent song the station plays, there are two or three -- Train's "Drops of Jupiter," Stereo MCs' "Connected" -- that belong on corporate-run stations.It wasn't always t ... More >>

Andy Lester on Bad Religion, PJ Harvey and Playing "Jazz" with the Blurries

Dallas five-piece The Blurries are riding high from the accolades of last year's Paper Cuts. With upcoming appearances at Dada and 35 Denton, bassist Andy Lester took some time out to talk about the first shows he saw and played, including when PJ Harvey scared him. What was the first show you rem ... More >>

Guns N' Roses, We Were Promised Jetpacks & the Best Shows in Town This Weekend

Axel Rose​Welcome to the jungle! The one comfortably located just inside the walls of the Gexa Energy Pavilion. After carefully parking your car on someone's lawn, you'll be ushered into said jungle if you purchased your tickets to see what's left of Guns N' Roses -- Axel Rose and some dreadlocks ... More >>

The Dallas Observer Music Awards Showcase and The Rest of Your Weekend Shows...

​This is one of our favorite weekends of the year, where a good handful of acts nominated for the Dallas Observer Music Awards perform all over Deep Ellum on Saturday night. The much-anticipated headliners, Toadies, Old 97's, Centro-Matic and Sarah Jaffe will perform on Elm Street in the lot acros ... More >>

The Problem With... Lil Wayne's "How to Love"

​After a couple of delays this year, Lil Wayne's next album, Tha Carter IV, is coming out next month. And, presumably to make amends for the pushbacks, he went ahead and released a mixtape, Sorry 4 The Wait, yesterday.I don't mind waiting a little longer for an album to drop if an artist is good f ... More >>

Sue Sue, Sue-dio: The Ten Most Interesting Lawsuits In Music History

​The finger-pointing game has begun in the wake of this year's Electric Daisy Carnival.  Although any legal repercussions in regards to the festival that took place this weekend have yet to be determined, we're keeping our eye on the whole thing -- mostly because, let's face it, music and leg ... More >>

Listomania: 10 Signs You're a Closet Dave Matthews Band Fan

Is this poster in your room right now? You're all in, dude.​The Superpages.com Center is pretty busy this weekend. Rockstar Energy Drinks' UPROAR Fest featuring Disturbed and Avenged Sevenfold is tonight, the JoBros and Demi Lovato take over the place on Sunday, and, on Saturday, Dave Matthews Ban ... More >>

Good Friday: Rockstar Energy Drink Uproar Music Festival, Autolux, Designer Drugs, Sarah Jaffe, Dave Matthews Band, Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears, Nick Cannon, Lyfe Jennings, Guitar Shorty, Paramore, Tegan & Sara, Rigor Mortis, Jonas Brothers & more

​This weekend is stuffed with some pretty big shows, but the biggest one coming to town this weekend might be Saturday's Rockstar Energy Drink Uproar Music Festival at Superpages.com Center with Disturbed, Avenged Sevenfold, our own Hellyeah and many more.Maybe getting all jacked up on repackaged ... More >>

Dave Matthews Band, Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears

Saturday, September 11, at Superpages.com Center

Ten Ironclad Reasons Why Aerosmith Sucks...

Rachel ParkerIn this photo: Steven Tyler's "Yo Mama" mic stand, and his bedazzled New Balances.​They're sometimes called "America's Rock and Roll Band." And, yes, fastidious Aerosmith fans will shout for the rooftops that "Dream On" is a badass song. But, au contraire, friends, for there are sever ... More >>

Top 100 Most Annoying Summer Songs

Shut up, Jimmy Buffett.​You know what really gives us the summertime blues? "Summertime Blues," not to mention other maddening summer hits like "All I Wanna Do," "Margaritaville" or the shotgun-in-mouth-inducing "Hot Hot Hot." It's bad enough global warming is cooking the planet like a plastic cu ... More >>

Brothers in Arms

The Avetts don't let success get in the way of family

OAR Faces The Inevitable Top 40 Backlash

ACL '09 in Photos: Flogging Molly, The Airborne Toxic Event, Dave Matthews Band and More

Photos by Patrick Michels. Flogging Molly frontman Dave King was in his element Saturday afternoon.​Saturday's downpour raised the stakes for yesterday's ACL acts, and while !!! did a fine job firing up the soggy crowd, Flogging Molly was another of the acts best suited for the rain.Startin ... More >>

Weekend Roundup: Kenny Chesney, Dave Matthews Band and Demi Lovato

Kenny Chesney @ Pizza Hut Park, Saturday, May 2Sure, his tractor is sexy, but that was the last thing Kenny Chesney fans were thinking about Saturday in Frisco. Instead of disappointing thousands when a spring storm rolled in, the sleeveless heartthrob pressed on, giving concert-goers at least a lit ... More >>

Move-Busters

Weekend Roundup: Dave Matthews Band, Seven Story Drop, Early Pearl, Lady Gaga, Some Dude on Lower Greenville

Dave Matthews Band

Saturday, August 16, at Superpages.com Center

Dallas Out-Rocks Houston, Las Vegas and Seattle

Boy Trouble

Fitting In

The misfits are for everybody anywhere

Ants Marching

The Pied Piper of frattys plays Smirnoff

Static Electricity

All Apologies

Hey, man. Dave's coming.

No Cone For You

Brown October

A lesson on how not to musically suck--just act the exact opposite of these turds

The Heavenly States

Black Comet (Baria)

Drain You

An often exasperating boxed set offers the final word on Nirvana's legacy

Odds & Ends

The Polyphonic Spree on MTV, a benefit for Deep Ellum beating victim,and Snooping the Snoop

Pat Green

Wave on Wave (Republic/Universal)

Bottle the Spin

The "40 best artists making music right now?" Nah.

Big in Bahrain

Taken from 35 Marines ages 18-23

Dave Matthews Band

May 7

For the Birds

El Gato to celebrate CD release

Scene, Heard

Selected songs disappear from the playlists at Clear Channel stations

Hit Parade

It's like VH1, only bigger and with less drama

Scene, Heard

Dallas-Denton-Forth Worth bands make their biggest impact yet at SXSW

Dave Matthews Band

Tireless touring

Scene, Heard

Old 97's grab The Deathray; Whammies for the Grammies; Drunken apologies notwithstanding

Ben Harper and the
 Innocent Criminals

Live from New York?

Saturday Night Live and DreamWorks Records team up for two not-ready-for-prime-time compilations

Letters

Roadshows