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…
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…
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,…
People generally don’t think of the Dallas suburbs as places where local music goes to thrive, but Highway 31 has spent most of its time building a loyal following outside the epicenter of the Dallas music scene. Formed in 2012, Highway 31 will celebrate the release of its second album,…
Defying any expectations created by his low-key albums, King Krule unleashed a raucous, ballistic show Wednesday night in front of a sellout crowd at the Granada Theater. In support of his latest work, 2017’s critically acclaimed album The OOZ, King Krule played 19 songs divided between tracks from the current…
It was strange to see people standing still during a Titus Andronicus show. Even lead singer Patrick Stickles implored the audience. “If I was at a show such as this, I would definitely be taking a seat at the table,” he said pointing to the dozen or so tables the…
We’re not here to harp on someone’s age, but it can be sobering when a musician younger than 21 is kicking ass while we sit in our cubicles wondering where we went wrong in life. Here are some of the best. Caleb Lewis is the 20-year-old wunderkind guitar virtuoso and…
Titus Andronicus has been specializing in punk solutions since 2005, but an entirely different punk rock experience is in store for listeners Friday night at the Ridglea Room in Fort Worth. At the beginning of the year, Titus Andronicus surprised fans with the announcement of a new album, A Productive Cough,…
#The Count refers to the fact that only 22 percent of plays performed in regional theaters are written by women, and only 3 percent are written by women of color. Down for #The Count is a one-act play festival going on through April 15 at the Bishop Arts Theatre Center…
Sunday night’s Ho99o9 show saw metal fans learning to love the ever-expanding world of hip-hop. In the musical neighborhood of Geto Boys at the intersection of Bad Brains and Death Grips lives Ho99o9 (pronounced “horror”) — a hip-hop duo, TheOGM and Eaddy, from New Jersey by way of Los Angeles…
The band Northern Faces loves Dallas. “We played our first real show of tour ever in Dallas,” says vocalist and guitar player Brian Shortell. “It was at The Door with Say Anything back in 2013. It was a 1,000-plus person sellout show, the venue was packed, and I’ll never forget the…
The acronym is FUCK, but don’t call it FUCK Fest. Free Underage Cool Kids Festival is celebrating its second not-so-annual music and art show Friday through Saturday in Denton. “With the name, it all actually started as a joke,” says Justin Piel, one of the event organizers. “Gabe Thompkins [another…
Right after the end of Damn Fine Music Fest, a Twin Peaks-inspired concept concert, King Camel’s Jeff Brown told the Observer that he was already planning future concept shows. While some might have thought it would be another year before he delivered, that wasn’t the case. In less than three…
What better way to cap off a weekend of wild concerts than to host one of the biggest party shows at one of the smallest venues? That’s what happened Sunday night with the second-to-last show in Not So Fun Weekend’s five-day concert series with five bands: Omni, Okey Dokey, La…
Your weekend concert calendar is about to overflow with some excellent choices and a few difficult decisions. With 11 diverse shows spread across five days in five venues, Not So Fun Weekend 2018 is offering some big national names along with the hottest up-and-comers DFW has to offer. Parade of…
Sex and power are stripped down and put on full-frontal display in GiANT Entertainment’s production of Terry Johnson’s Hitchcock Blonde — a pitch black, dark comedy timed perfectly for the era of Harvey Weinstein and Donald Trump. “GiANT Entertainment started last year,” says the play’s producer, Ryan Matthieu Smith, “and…
If you won’t be able to make it down to Austin this weekend for the music extravaganza at the annual South by Southwest Interactive Festival, have no fear, because King Camel’s Jeff Brown is bringing Austin to you March 12. This is the fifth year Brown has put on the…
The National Center for Education Statistics estimates that nearly half of American schools have zero full-time arts teachers, while1.3 million elementary school students don’t have access to music classes. But starting tonight, The Rustic in Uptown will recognize National Music in Our Schools Month with a series of concerts performed…
BackYard on Bell offers patrons the kind of live music experience Dallas wishes it could. With a huge beer garden, covered patio, pet waste stations, an oversized Connect Four game, food trucks, a great menu and a selection of 16 craft beers on tap, BackYard’s inviting atmosphere gives music fans…
There’s a crowed driveway off Forest Lane near Texas Instruments where Aarón Mireles, bassist and lead singer of Sub-Sahara, lives. Getting to his home, where the band practices, means snaking through trucks decorated with collages of band and record label stickers and parallel parking behind a grey Pathfinder. When you…
Since 1994, Chichen Itza has occupied the corner of Richmond and Greenville avenues, slinging some of the best tacos and tortas Dallas has to offer. But about five years ago, Jesse Fuentes, guitarist and vocalist for the band Releaser, decided to use the space to support local bands and whet…
The long-awaited first release from Dallas’ booze-fueled garage-rock outfit The Delzells is finally here. To kick things off, we’re debuting an exclusive new track, “Repopulate,” before the band’s EP release show Friday night at Double Wide. Yellow Jacket is the eighth — and possibly most eclectic — release on the…
