Becoming Santa Claus, the fourth opera by composer and librettist Mark Adamo, was recorded at the Winspear Opera House in December 2015. Now, it has made it through the first round of Grammy nominations in the categories of best composition, best opera recording and best engineering. The Dallas Opera production…
Dallas concert promoter Gabe Reed pleaded guilty Monday morning to a federal charge for defrauding investors, promoters and performers who were investing in concerts and World Wrestling Entertainment events. Reed, 46, admitted in court that he received money from victims after he misled them into believing that the events would…
When Dallas native Tru Def opened for Bun B. at a show in San Antonio two weeks ago, it was another serendipitous moment in a career full of them. The rapper born as Desmond Williams and raised in Pleasant Grove has developed a talent for being at the right place at…
Despite major headliner Big Boi, the focus was on the beer rather than the music at Saturday’s Index Fest in Fair Park. Things started to wind down around 9:30 when the Georgia rapper, best known as half of Outkast, took the stage. At that time, brewers began taking down their…
It’s the only news you need for this gloomy Monday. Country megastar turned pop star and tabloid goddess Taylor Swift has announced her tour for her just-released album, reputation (lowercase r). Swift will headline AT&T Stadium in Arlington on Oct. 6. It’s the last date in the announcement of her…
This week brings a chance to hear a few Dallas Observer Music Award nominees, such as Mothership and From Parts Unknown. It’s also Denton-born Oaktopia’s premiere in Dallas; it’ll feature 21 Savage, Phantogram, Lil Yachty and others. Imagine Dragons7:40 p.m. Monday, Nov. 13, American Airlines Center, 2500 Victory Ave., 214-222-3687 or americanairlinescenter.com,…
Far West nightclub, at the corner of South Buckner Boulevard and Elam Road in Dallas, has had its share of problems over the years. It’s one of the most popular Mexican nightclubs in Dallas and has more than 180,000 followers on Facebook. When it was located near the Lakewood Hills neighborhood, some…
Kurt Vile and Courtney Barnett McFarlin Auditorium, Dallas Friday, Nov. 10, 2017 Courtney Barnett and Kurt Vile brought a solid 90-minute set of indie rock, shuffling folk and aw-shucks charm to a nearly sold-out McFarlin Auditorium on Friday night. Barnett and Vile are coming to the end of their fall tour…
Straight from his hosting gig at the 41st annual CMAs, country musician Brad Paisley landed in Dallas for a surprise performance during Kershaw’s Challenge Live Benefit Concert. Kershaw’s Challenge is a nonprofit “committed to transforming the lives of children, in America, Africa and the Dominican Republic, through Jesus Christ,” according…
Come year’s end, 40,000 people are expected to descend on Dallas Market Hall. That’s how many turned out for last year’s Lights All Night festival, a two-day extravaganza of electronic dance music and hip-hop planned this year for Dec. 29-30. Lights All Night announced the initial lineup for its eighth…
After long hiatuses, St. Vincent and Queens of the Stone Age are finally gracing us with their presence again. Three dance-inflected groups make their way through town, and country music royalty settles in for a night in Grand Prairie. All that and more in this week’s concert announcements. St. Vincent…
Tera Melos plays Three Links on Monday, Nov. 13. After seven years of commuting between Texas and California, drummer John Clardy has finally left Tarrant County for good. Clardy, who grew up in Colleyville, became the drummer for the Sacramento-based math rock three-piece Tera Melos in 2008, but it’s easy…
Jay-Z with Vic Mensa American Airlines Center, Dallas Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2017 There are some references in pop culture that are so ubiquitous it’s hard to remember where they started. For example, “ball so hard” turned into a Where’s Waldo meme while “I got 99 problems” is used to advertise…
When St. Vincent announced a 23-date world tour in June, a gig in her hometown of Dallas was noticeably absent. But earlier this week, that all got sorted out. Twelve more dates were added to her Fear the Future tour, including a stop at Bomb Factory on Saturday, Feb. 24. Tickets…
Deep Ellum’s The Door, which opened in ’98, is the first Dallas music venue to host many now-famous rock musicians, including Fall Out Boy, Paramore and Brand New. It has overseen decades of change and growth in the neighborhood. But now The Door is packing its bags. Owner and talent buyer…
When Justin DiBernardo became Tradewinds Social Club’s de facto bar manager about a year ago, one of his goals was to make the dive bar a go-to music venue in Oak Cliff. “If you’ve ever hung out at Tradewinds, even if there is only a few people in the bar,…
North Texas has four Top 40 pop stations, including one that replaced the legendary Edge late last year. We’ve also got quite a few country stations, which makes sense. Those can attract wide audiences. But the terrestrial music radio scene in DFW also includes a handful of stations that foster the weird…
In 1987, Island Records released a 10-track compilation album titled The Sound of Deep Ellum, featuring original songs from Dallas-based bands such as the Buck Pets, the New Bohemians, Reverend Horton Heat and Shallow Reign. The album sold about 10,000 units, a drop in the bucket at the time. Thirty…
It’s almost the most wonderful time of the year. No, not Christmas. DOMAs! Twenty judges met at a secret location last week to vote on the winners for this year’s Dallas Observer Music Awards, and just a few weeks from now on Saturday, Dec. 2, you can hear nearly 60…
With this week’s lineup, it may be hard to decide which show(s) to spend your money on. But any way you choose, you’ll be in for a treat. Jay-Z starts us off with a stop through town in support of his latest album, 4:44, and Kurt Vile and Courtney Barnett…
Dallas native Daniel Huffman is preparing to release his second album as New Fumes, and we’ve gotten our first taste — a collaborative track with Wayne Coyne of the Flaming Lips. “Rioter’s Milk” will be the sixth of 10 tracks on Teeming 2, due Nov. 24 via Red Cult Records…
More house show music festivals have popped up in Denton in the last few years, taking the place of traditional venues that have closed. While two of them, Broketopia and Free Underage Cool Kids Fest, haven’t announced any plans for this year, there’s news on the second iteration of Band…
