Whenever Chris Carrabba hits Dallas on tour, he knows there’s something special here. It’s one of the first cities that warmly embraced his band, Dashboard Confessional, and a former member resides here, so Carrabba is not short on kind words. Ahead of a long tour in support of the latest…
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…
Gavin Guthrie, under his alias, TXConnect, has released 13 vinyls on a fistful of notable labels from both sides of the ocean. One would be hard pressed to find many producers in this part of the country who have cranked out so much output in such a short amount of…
The Dallas-Fort Worth area loves to throw festivals. Whether people love attending them usually depends on the draw. Celebrations that work to combine arts, drink and food with live music tend to work the best. Index Fest (formerly known as Untapped) and the Wildflower Arts & Music Festival in Richardson…
If the last several months have been any indication, the heavy music scene in North Texas is alive and thriving in a way that hasn’t been seen since the turn of the millennium. There are more bands signed to record labels than ever, and local musicians such Stefan Gonzales and…
Festival season kicks into high gear this week. Austin’s South by Southwest has plenty of us living out of our cars for a week, but you don’t have to make the long trek south. King Camel’s SX Foreplay fest features an all-SXSW lineup in own Deep Ellum on Monday night…
March is Women’s History Month, so we at the Observer are highlighting eight female DFW musicians who are totally badass, inspiring and, best of all, breaking any glass ceilings that stand in their way. In no particular order, here they are: Vanessa Peters is in the White Rock Lake area,…
Shannon Taylor grew up in Mesquite until she was 15, but for the past 11 years, she’s lived on the East and West Coasts. Now she’s coming back to North Texas with her band, awakebutstillinbed, en route to SXSW. It will be their first time playing Dallas and Denton. Taylor’s…
Donald Glover, Atlanta, the critically acclaimed FX series starring? If so, you’ll be interested to know that Glover’s alter ego will soon be performing at the American Airlines Center. Are you eagerly anticipating warmer weather and the chance to leisurely stretch out on blankets under the stars? If so, KXT 91.7’s…
SXSW can seem like a luxury just out of reach for many young people. Even the press application process is tedious. If we’re being honest, though, the main event is a load of bullshit. Sure, you can watch a bunch of Silicon Valley dorks and out-of-touch corporate music executives drone…
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…
As the ’80s continue to disappear farther into the rear view mirror, the era continues to be a source of reference for a new generation of artists. From denim jackets and shoulder pad-emblazoned fashion trends to the cinematic homages of Netflix’s Stranger Things, the decade of Reagan, MTV, and New…
Anything A Day To Remember does from here on is nothing more than a victory lap. The boys from Ocala, Florida, are now the kings of their hometown and for years, they’ve been the top dogs of the dwindling post-hardcore genre that’s often umbrella termed as Warped Tour or Hot…
Pop shows are fundamentally a visual spectacle. If you go to an arena show for the flashing lights and zealous flare, you likely won’t leave disappointed. Categorizing it as anything but fun is difficult. Look too long at some, however, and the natural conclusion you will come to is a…
Joshua Caprice fits the archetype of the journeyman DJ, with his work doing A&R for labels, promoter for events, dancer on the floor and, most significantly, as a house music producer under his stage name, J Caprice. After a year on the road as a touring DJ and seeing the…
While it was pouring rain in Dallas, our friends at Globe Trek Productions caught up with singer-songwriter Justin Nozuka while he was in town on tour with Good Old War. With his backing band, Nozuka, who is the nephew of Kyra Sedgwick, played some songs from his album that is being…
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…
Kevin Griffin has been coming around the Dallas area for a long time, but it’s usually been with his band Better Than Ezra. Thirty years after the band formed in Baton Rouge (and later based in New Orleans), Griffin will play a solo show in Dallas for the first time…
By now, most Texas Rangers fans know that if radio broadcaster Eric Nadel loves anything more than baseball, it’s music. Last summer, Nadel was eating at Cafe Momentum — a nonprofit restaurant that employs disadvantaged youth — where he talked about music with Chad Houser, founder, CEO and chef of…
St. Patrick’s Day comes a week early for us this week as Flogging Molly takes the stage as the Dallas Observer’s St. Patrick’s Day concert headliner on Saturday. Former Oasis frontman Noel Gallagher brings his High Flying Birds to the Majestic Tuesday; Demi Lovato plays her second gig in town…
DFW rapper Alsace Carcione flew into 2017 like a bat out of hell. The original winner of the Master of the Mic has already won multiple awards, written loads of new material and was gearing up to release several new projects. All of that was put on hold when her…
