Taylor Swift released her seventh studio album, Lover, at midnight Friday, and Dallas’ own Annie Clark, aka St. Vincent, is a featured co-writer on the album. Track 2, titled “Cruel Summer,” lists Swift, Clark and Jack Antonoff as writers, and the upbeat song is a perfect hybrid for St. Vincent’s…
“Give me half a chance / I can prove to you / This life is worth living.” So begins “Off the Ledge,” the second single from Fort Worth alt-rock band Meach Pango’s highly acclaimed second album Distractions. A song about not being able to prove the brighter side of life…
On Friday, two of the most exciting bands in Dallas will release their first albums on the same record label. Adding to the chummy nature of the event, the pair of bands will headline a dual album release concert celebration at the Granada Theater on the same night. And let’s…
Robert Trusko is a ubiquitous bass player, lending his talents nightly to projects like Skinny Cooks, Thaddeus Ford Project, Bree & the Fellas, Scour, Melody Memory and Jamil Byrom and the Grown Folks, but the project closest to his heart is his solo project, TRUSKO. “I graduated (with a master…
On a hot August afternoon, 90-year-old Bill Schahn puts aside his black suit coat to play piano and sing for the residents who’d gathered in the dining area of a Fort Worth retirement home. Between songs, Schahn provides commentary, and the crowd, whom he calls his friends, respond with laughter…
Music is frustrating. Some artists toil decades before gaining recognition (if they do at all) while others churn out hit tracks like a sweatshop producing cheap toys. The latter group has cracked the formula: they know what people want to hear, and they ride the radio waves to the bank…
You would think that having theater virtuoso parents and being classically trained in singing, dancing and acting would make for an easier transition to becoming a singer-songwriter in a band. Shafer Wilkerson, who fronts his group SB Wilkerson, would beg to differ. Despite his musical theater-heavy credentials and having released…
Lord knows it’s hard to support a family as a regionally successful singer-songwriter, especially a big family. That’s why Doug Burr decided early on to work full time during the day to support his wife and four kids, switching hats to write music during the dark and quiet hours of…
Between taking time off after the release of album Patience and hitting the road, Mannequin Pussy are staying home in Philadelphia to mentally and physically prepare for their first headlining tour, which comes to Three Links in Deep Ellum on Sunday. “I think that our shows are kind of intense…
There was no finer example of Vampire Weekend’s ability to walk a tightrope mood between pensive and propulsive than during its performance of hit single “This Life” on Sunday night. Before a near-capacity Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory, stricken with soporific summer heat, frontman Ezra Koenig and his bandmates sang…
If school is about to start back up for you, you might want to get an extra fill of live music while you still have the time. Not a student? This is cause for celebration in itself and what better way is there to celebrate than going out and catching…
Things are a little slower this week in terms of concert announcements. But dig a little deeper and you’ll find that what’s on the docket are some nice, unique additions to the Dallas live music palette. Read ahead for the details. J Balvin, the beloved Colombian reggaeton singer, is coming…
As you shuffle into the Deep Ellum streets, escaping the lights announcing the arrival of bars’ closing time, you might notice a rather soothing melody following you. Don’t be alarmed. The music’s not an auditory illusion brought on by that unwise mix of Jäger with cough syrup. It’s just Ellum…
Fort Worth band Cut Throat Finches’ new concept album In Event of Moon Disaster is centered on an idea imagining that NASA astronauts made it to the moon, but never made it back home. Making an album with this image as the central, driving concept took more than just historical…
The Latin music scene in Dallas has grown steadily in the last few years, according to Victor Rimach-Vera, an independent music booking agent and event producer. In 2005, when Rimach returned to Dallas, the scene was limited to a few bands hung up on Spanish rock from the 1980s and ’90s…
Local artists Sarah Reyes and Daniel Driensky (from creative outfit Exploredinary) were in London filming a project last month when Reyes spotted a bizarre black-and-white advertisement on the Tube, which read “Do you have trouble remembering your dreams?” The ad, which recalled technology straight out of Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless…
After moving to Dallas three years ago, Jay Knox found himself in the worst-case scenario — living out of his van. His home, which most days can be found parked off Elm Street in Deep Ellum, is painted blue and covered with stars. He’s played in cities from Washington to…
Some musicians like to dis on social media and internet marketing. “If you pay for advertising on Facebook, you might as well just be throwing your money away,” some of them might say. About a year ago, local act Grand Commander’s Sam Damask was saying the same things. Today, however,…
The light pitter-patter of a hi-hat waxes and wanes, complemented by Solange’s ethereal vocals. Dressed in black and cloaked by the darkness of early morning, dozens of dancers surround Solange and Dallas City Hall, alternating between rigid marches and freestyle dancing. As the short film for “Things I Imagined /…
It’s 2:30 p.m. when a beige 1999 Chevy Suburban pulls up to the curb, a Sears cargo carrier attached to its roof rack, weighed down by amps, a guitar, a bass and a drum kit. The three members of Dallas dance punk band Sub-Sahara emerge from the van — dubbed “Stella” —…
It’s a historically hot afternoon in Brooklyn, New York, when Kevin Devine calls in to talk about the new Bad Books record and the second leg of their tour, which is coming to Gas Monkey Bar N’ Grill on Aug. 22. Bad Books is a hybrid band made up of Andy…
There are plenty of good shows on this list. But if your schedule’s a little packed, at least try to go see one of these five performances by heavy-hitting female artists taking place in Dallas-Fort Worth this week. Singer-songwriter Trees Marie will be stepping on the stage at The Rustic…
