Denizens of goth and industrial communities are preparing to descend upon Dallas this weekend. A seminal goth festival, Convergence, is being hosted here for the first time in its 23-year history. The Convergence festival got its start on online forums in the early ’90s, enabling members of the subculture to…
Deep Ellum fixture Bob Crawford — better known as “Keyboard Bob” or “Deep Ellum Bob” — is in the hospital. He’ll be at Walnut Hill Medical Center for at least week, recuperating from an undisclosed surgery. At 67, the short, silver-haired iconoclast can often be found walking around Elm Street…
In March, when wildfires ravaged more than a million acres across Texas, Oklahoma, Colorado and Kansas, Plano restaurant and bar Love & War in Texas quickly lent a hand to the families who lost property, livestock and loved ones. Now it has partnered with country musician Gary P. Nunn, a native of…
Gabe Reed opened the door to the house he shares with his daughter, grandchild and a couple of younger roommates in a middle-class neighborhood on the east side of McKinney. The modest house on Legend Drive is a far cry from the mansion, yacht and expensive sports cars and motorcycle…
There are some old traditions at baseball parks: Singing anthems, eating hotdogs, overpaying for beer. There are some new traditions as well, including keeping an ear peeled for a player’s walkup song, the tune that plays when he takes the plate. Globe Life Park in Arlington is no exception to this …
Another Homegrown Festival has come and gone. And maybe this week you’re thinking things will slow down a bit. But the streets aren’t quieting down just yet. As we slowly begin our descent into the searing and steamy season that is summer in Texas, let’s enjoy the better days spring…
As a high school senior, Josh Fleming hoped that in 10 years he would miss his class reunion because he’d be on tour. This year, Fleming’s wish comes true: When the reunion takes place this spring, he’ll be on tour with Vandoliers, the six-piece country band he fronts. But now…
Though no new concert listings came from the big-ticket venues this week, there was much news elsewhere. It was a big week of show announcements for fans of post-punk, indie rock and singer-songwriters, as some recognizable faces and some new innovators are making their way to area stages. Lots of…
The video for “Bad Baby,” the propulsive title track and first single off of North Texas musician Sarah Jaffeis an audio-visual scrapbook of what Jaffe describes as the album’s connective tissue: collaboration. L.A.-based photographer Lindsey Byrnes shot the photos of Jaffe in New York and art director John Lisle, a…
The Deep Ellum Foundation is taking a new step this weekend to combat crime in the neighborhood. Ten off-duty Dallas Police officers will be working 20 shifts on Friday and Saturday nights in Deep Ellum, and private security officers will serve as a deterrent to crime during weekdays and on…
Tripping Daisy with Pearl Earl Club Dada, Dallas Thursday, May 11, 2017 Club Dada is packed shoulder to shoulder with Gen Xers. They remember Deep Ellum in the ’90s – when Kurt Cobain got in a fight with a bouncer at Trees and Butthole Surfers wrote songs about Dallas. But…
Most people quit their vices the day after Fat Tuesday. But John Jay Myers, frontman of jazz band The Free Loaders and owner of Cajun restaurant The Free Man, isn’t most people. “Right before Fat Tuesday I thought that I’d had enough,” he says from a dingy couch in the…
The downtempo, contemporary R&B music on Larce Blake’s new EP invokes calm, a fitting sound for the 22-year-old producer,. He says he’s at peace now that he’s finally found the time to release new music. Blake is a full-time student at the University of Texas at Dallas majoring in mathematics,…
After three years of construction, a new 17-block entertainment district in Las Colinas finally has an opening date. The centerpiece, simply called the Pavilion, will be one of the largest and most high-tech venues in Dallas-Fort Worth when it opens Sept. 1. Local bookers and musicians say it could result in…
Dance music genres go in and out of fashion, but drum and bass has continually defied the odds to remain relevant. Two:Tone Crew ahem done the same. They’ve provided a consistent platform for drum and bass music at their Thursday night residency at Wit’s End, where they regularly host…
Steve Aoki has been an icon in EDM for over two decades, as an artist, a promoter and a label executive. He’s also had plenty of critics, who’ve accused him of being a champagne-spraying, cake-throwing showman first and a DJ second. But what’s never been called into question is his…
Tripping Daisy play Club Dada on Thursday, May 11 and Homegrown Festival on Saturday, May 13 By now you’ve heard that after 18 years apart, Tripping Daisy are reuniting for six shows this year: the first at Club Dada this Thursday, and the second at Homegrown Fest on Saturday. But…
the xx South Side Ballroom, Dallas Monday, May 8, 2017 Fans of the xx, an indie pop band hailing from London, are an exuberant bunch. The xx’s blend of icy minimalism and arena rock brought out millenials and more seasoned concertgoers during an 80-minute set Monday night at South Side Ballroom…
The past week has been a busy one for Dallas concert announcements. The Bomb Factory continues to bolster its schedule for the year; a popular television series is bringing some cast members to town; Trees will host a pair of thundering guitar acts; a group of emo torchbearers are returning;…
There are two sides to Miranda Lambert. One minute she is holding up her fingers in the shape of a gun, singing about shooting an abusive boyfriend and the next she is alone with her acoustic guitar singing a soft, slow song about wishing away her broken heart. Lambert came…
JMBLYA Fair Park, Dallas May 5, 2017 Not even Chance the Rapper’s bum leg or his meandering headlining set could put a damper on hip-hop and dance festival JMBLYA’s extravagan fifth edition at Fair Park on Friday. Chance is known for putting on high-energy shows where he spends a lot…
This week, Dallas welcomes back one of its most popular bands after a nearly two-decade absence. Tripping Daisy, which formed in 1990, revisits its old stomping grounds at a pre-Homegrown Festival show at Dada Thursday night. They’ll also be headlining the festival, which takes place Saturday and also includes Mutemath,…
