10 Best Concerts of the Week: Toto, Bush and Marilyn Manson

It’s another great week of concerts, including everyone’s favorite, Marilyn Manson. Outward Bound Mixtape Sessions10 p.m. Monday, Aug. 13, RBC, 2617 Commerce St., 469-487-6149 or rbcdeepellum.com, free We actually look forward to Mondays now, thanks to the work of Stefan Gonzalez. The lineup he curates on that day every week…

Dallas Observer Mixtape with DJ Aaron Merges

With only a year into the DJ game, Aaron Merges is the epitome of a rookie, but don’t let that fool you. Merges has taken to the craft like a fish to water. He’s a natural talent with a deft ear and the required amount of hustle that comes with…

Vacationer Wants To Break Its Bad Luck With Dallas

Kenny Vasoli wants to break a curse that his band Vacationer apparently has with Dallas. He has nothing bad to say about the town itself, but previous shows here have resulted in some rather strange occurrences. At one show, two women got into a fist fight. At another one, Vasoli…

A Timeline of All the Name Changes of That Fair Park Venue

The Dos Equis Pavilion has had many names, and while all of them might not have rolled off the tongue, there’s the possibility the names could have been something much worse. There’s the University of Phoenix Stadium in Arizona, the Taco Bell Arena in Idaho and the KFC Yum! Center…

Dallas Producer Ish D Goes Solo with New EP, Marina’s Melody

Ish D was raised on Fruity Loops. Not the cereal with the toucan mascot — the music-making software. Born Ishmael Davison, the San Angelo native-born music producer cut his teeth making beats with the family computer and with the PlayStation 2 game “MTV Music Generator.” MIDI controllers and other tech…

Panic! at the Disco’s Brendon Urie Brings Classic Rock Vibe to New Audience

While Panic! at the Disco was inside the depths of American Airlines Center readying for their show Saturday night, parent-operated Ubers dropped kids off in minivan-sized quantities. Lines to enter the arena were dotted with  plastic purses, scuffed Converse sneakers and excited smiles still partially obscured by braces. A parent’s lounge…

Lera Lynn Rolled through Dallas To Promote New EP Full of Duets

The Southern roots of singer-songwriter Lera Lynn run deep. She was born in Houston, raised in Georgia and forged her career in the competitive Nashville music scene. Her role on True Detective’s season 2 in 2015 had a galvanizing effect on her career. Since then she’s used that momentum to ensure…

Deep Ellum’s Mama Tried Seeks to Revive Honky Tonks of Old

Spend 60 seconds with longtime Dallas impresario Brooke Humphries and you’ll conclude she isn’t the type to do anything half-assed. So when Humphries decided to open a honky tonk in the heart of Deep Ellum, she took a scene straight out of the Urban Cowboy playbook. In fact, that scene…

Levi Bradford Is the Mastermind Behind Frisco Music School

On a cold, late November night, young teachers and even younger students of the Neighborhood Art & Music School in Frisco rolled their gear up to the stage of Lava Cantina. Parents began to fill up the seats to watch their children in the band Three at Four, comprised of…