Friday night’s performances at the Granada Theater were a celebration of women who know how to rock. In the midst of a Senate Judiciary hearing and an FBI investigation that has put sexual politics on national display, Speedy Ortiz and Liz Phair provided audiences with rock and catharsis. The night…
To think that Yo La Tengo could possibly put together a career-spanning performance would be a bit too much to ask from a band with a 34-year musical history — even across two complete sets and an encore consisting of over 20 songs. But, somehow, they pulled it off. Instead,…
It’s 1 p.m. Tuesday and Suicidal Tendencies’ frontman, Mike Muir, is finishing a round of interviews before he has to pick up his kids from school. Sometimes it’s hard to believe that punks grow up and take on the role of a responsible adult, but for Muir, it’s more about…
Dionysus, the god of wine, fertility and religious ecstasy, has taken the form of a woman named Diane and returned to save the Earth from itself in the regional premier of Madeleine George’s Hurricane Diane. In celebration of Dallas Pride Week, Echo Theatre is presenting the play Thursday through Saturday…
You may not know Michael Cheney, but if you’ve been hanging around Dallas’ music scene, chances are pretty good that you’ve seen him — usually in the front and always digging the music. This Saturday, Cheney will host his 50th birthday party at Three Links in Deep Ellum, with some…
Chris Cotter looks exhausted as he pulls into Chichen Itza, grazing the restaurant’s brick wall with his front bumper. “Fuck!” he shouts from the driver’s seat before walking to the front of his vehicle. The bumper has done its job — no damage to the van or to the wall…
Dallas has seen plenty of good shows this year. Whether it was St. Vincent destroying The Bomb Factory with her guitar and vocals or Tony Bennett showing us age doesn’t matter, we were treated to an array of talent. Here are the 10 best we’ve seen so far in 2018,…
It’s easy to think of human trafficking as a far away problem, but it isn’t. In the last 37 years, the nonprofit organization Children of the Night has helped rescue more than 10,000 children and young people from sexual exploitation, pornography and prostitution in the United States. To help raise…
The boys in Teenage Sexx are all grown up and have changed the name of their band to Upsetting. Teenage Sexx started as a garage-punk solo project formed in 2014 in singer and guitarist Caleb Lewis’ trailer park bedroom in Kervin, Texas, when the singer was only a teenager. It…
It’s time to get schooled in the Dallas music scene. Local Education Fest IV is Saturday at Three Links. Yet another creation from the mind of King Camel’s Jeff Brown, Local Education Fest is the Dallas Observer Music Award-nominated festival that seeks to showcase the best of what Dallas bands…
Age Of Napoleon The beautiful thing about podcasts is that one exists for probably any topic. Need to learn how to play pinochle in a weekend? Easy. Want someone to analyze every political subtext of Hideo Kojima’s Metal Gear Solid? Close your eyes and point to literally anywhere on your…
In October 1977, Dead Boys released Young Loud and Snotty, which peaked at 189 on the Billboard 200 and shaped the direction and sound of American punk. “It was a dangerous scene, and we partied pretty dangerously,” remembers Cheetah Chrome, guitarist for the legendary punk band, which makes a stop…
It’s about time that we got something new out of Sealion. Although the band has frequently played shows around town over the last few years, for the first time since its 2014 release, Heavy Fizz, the Dallas “art punk” quartet is set to release a new EP, titled Nothing Nowhere…
Acid Carousel’s video for “Killer on the Moonbeam” from its EP Street Cowboys is filled with irony and satire, sending up politics and culture to tell the story of life as seen from the background. “The story is that of the killer on the moonbeam,” singer and guitarist Gus Baldwin…
Creed Bratton is best known for his role as the idiosyncratic quality assurance director at Dunder Mifflin on NBC’s long-running show The Office. Fans of the show may not realize that Bratton’s talents extend far beyond the non sequiturs and bizarre stories of his on-screen persona. Bratton’s career as a…
Spinster Records will host a tribute Friday to all things related to “sad dad” rock. Curator, event planner and all-around record-slinger Kate Siamro hosts the event and says the inspiration came after, “we noticed recently that our listening parties were doing as good as our shows.” The event is part…
Blade Runner, Terminator, Alien, 12 Monkeys and The Fifth Element will come to life when five local supergroups present their 25-minute original scores at 8 p.m. Saturday on the Ruins stage for Sci-Fi Fest. If you missed the announcement two months ago, King Camel’s Jeff Brown put together a lineup of…
The Mammoths are an Austin band with Dallas roots, and they are ready to show off their fusion of blues-rock and psych-soul to the city where it all came together. The band started when David Kapsner (lead vocals, guitar, piano), Michael Jekot (lead guitar, vocals) and Tyler Rush (bass, vocals)…
Late last month, Homegrown Festival founder Josh Florence sent an email to industry insiders about the uncertain fate of the festival due to poor ticket sales. Thanks to the efforts of those insiders and the Dallas music community at large, Homegrown lived to rock into its ninth year celebrating the…
Great Heart is the progressive and psychedelic solo project from Andrew Moss, and the music lives up to the name of the project. The Sunrise Machine EP is dripping with real, heartfelt emotion that will have listeners exploring ideas of self-reflection, heartbreak and personal salvation on what Moss describes as…
In the spot of the former Luscher’s Red Hots at the corner of Commerce and Pryor streets, next to Dot’s Hop House & Cocktail Courtyard, Ruins celebrated its grand opening Wednesday night with all the style and sophistication we’ve come to expect from the team of Dan Murry and Peter…
America has been at war for nearly 20 years. From guns to sexual harassment to immigration, we’re divided, angry and active. Donald Trump is in the White House. Now seems like a grand time for a songwriter to pick up a pen and let fly with some sharp protest songs…
