At least two local business owners got a surprise on Wednesday morning as they started their day, and not the good kind. The owners of Double Wide bar and Good Records showed up to find the words “Gorillaz” and “Humanz” and the date “4.28.17” spray-painted on their buildings’ facades. The…

Coheed and Cambria plays a sold-out show at the House of Blues on Wednesday, April 26 In 2005, Coheed and Cambria released their third and biggest record. It’s certainly their longest title, but Good Apollo, I’m Burning Star IV Volume One: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness is their greatest success…

Most people go to the Texas Theatre to watch films, but this night in March, it’s not what’s on the screen but what’s behind it that’s of interest. That’s where a few dozen people have congregated to watch an unearthly performance by a new quartet, Asukubus. The band started out…

Over the past few weeks, a number of musicians with North Texas ties have received an email from an apparent superfan from Ukraine named Malesh Ivan. At first glance, it looked like a genuine fan letter from a real Gmail account. Aside from a few typos and an overuse of…

Thursday afternoon, news broke through Facebook that Crown and Harp, a 20-year-old Lower Greenville bar and music venue, will close early next month. Concerts and DJ nights will be carried out as planned through May 7. “The building has been sold as far as I know,” says Jermy Johnson, who…

As of this writing, Stephen Patrick Morrissey is still scheduled to perform at the Majestic on Saturday. But, as fans of the former Smiths frontman know, any appearance these days comes with the expectation that he will cancel the show. It’s like Moz is Lucy van Pelt holding the football…

The Orwells play Club Dada on Saturday, April 8. The last time the Orwells played Dallas, their set at Trees ended with an on-stage altercation between a sound man and vocalist Mario Cuomo. After Cuomo spiked the mike a few times during their set at last year’s Spillover Fest, he and…

For those who treat Record Store Say like a national holiday, there is a lot of planning involved. It’s huge business for stores across the country, which can do two months’ worth of business in a single day.  This year, the day falls on April 22. The official list of special…

American Football play Granada Theater on Saturday, April 1. American Football’s self-titled, nine-track debut album has far more fans now than when it was released in ’99. The band belongs to a class of emo and post-hardcore music that also counted Jimmy Eat World, At the Drive-In, Sunny Day Real…

Last night, Warped Tour founder Kevin Lyman made a couple of big announcements about this year’s edition of the traveling road show. In addition to revealing there will be a brand new Warped Tour cruise over Halloween weekend, he also shared dates and lineups for the 22nd summer festival. Warped…

John 5 plays Trees on Sunday, March 26 Given all of his years touring with Rob Zombie, Marilyn Manson and David Lee Roth, it’s surprising that guitarist John “John 5” Lowery was hesitant to take his instrumental solo material on the road. His reasoning? He wasn’t sure anyone would want…

In the final week of 2016, the DFW music scene lost a fervent and inspiring musician named Matt Moseman. He was best known as the singer of Edgewater, a band that released four albums and had a strong local and regional draw. Though he was in good health leading up…

We all know people who make a big deal about leaving Dallas, with dreams of a better life in a more glamorous town. We’ve also seen a lot of those people come back within a year. Andrew Combs is not one of those. Combs spent the first 18 years of…

Jimmy Eat World play the Dallas Observer St. Patrick’s Day Concert this weekend. In navigating their career, the less Jimmy Eat World have relied on a label or manager, the better off they’ve been. “There’s a lot that is out of your control in this whole endeavor,” says frontman Jim Adkins…

Local favorites Josey Records and Spinster Records will expand in 2017, but not into locations in DFW.  Josey has already opened its second location in Kansas City, Missouri. Later this year, they will open a third location in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and Oak Cliff-based Spinster is joining them. “We’ve strategically chosen…

Last night’s 59th Grammy Awards may have been dominated by Adele, who accepted five gold-plated gramophone trophies, Metallica’s microphone issues during their performance with Lady Gaga, and a tribute to Prince, but in between all that, North Texas artists also received some love. Arlington-born country sensation Maren Morris performed “Once” with Alicia…

There was a time when pop punk trio MxPx toured constantly, and hit Dallas on every go-round. Whether it was Deep Ellum Live or Trees, the gaps between shows were short. But these days the Washington-based band doesn’t tour at all, instead opting to restrict their travel to weekends and…

Last Friday night, during Foreigner’s hit-laden performance at the Verizon Theatre, 26 members of the Arlington Heights High School Treble Choir joined the band for a version of the soft rock staple, “I Want to Know What Love Is.” Foreigner has done this song with local choirs for years, and…

In December 2015, we profiled Banquet, a Denton-based band made up of four members of Midlake along with members of Band of Horses, Travis, Grandaddy and Franz Ferdinand. This week their first single, “Restart,” dropped and their full debut album is set to be released on April 28. The release, titled…

Corner Suns plays Good Records at 6 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 28. When Brandon Carr got a phone call from John Dufilho, he had no immediate plans to return to music. He’d played while growing up in Dallas, and later when living in Seattle and England. Across the pond, his band…