Big names in music are stepping into spotlights in Dallas this week. Among them are bands celebrating anniversaries, such as Stabbing Westward, and their most succesful albums, such as Coheed and Cambria. But we also get the chance to see plenty of up-and-coming musicians as well as visual and performance…
Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers With Joe Walsh American Airlines Center, Dallas Saturday, April 22, 2017 Tom Petty seems bored. After spending the past couple years playing with his old band, Mudcrutch, he’s back on the road for the 40th anniversary of the one that made him famous, the Heartbreakers. It’s…
When John Richmond got a call from the University of North Texas last spring, asking if he’d be interested in moving to Denton to head up its college of music, he already had 29 years of experience doing that exact thing at other major universities. In his shoes, another person…
The bromance between Michael Lewis and Michael “Bubba” Lindblom began in middle school. The Garland natives and co-frontmen of folk rock band Loyal Sally bonded in 5th grade over their first names and shared taste in music. Soon they were trying to make some of their own in Lewis’ garage…
This week, Sarah Jaffe announced her return and offered a preview of forthcoming tunes; two acts with ties to the ’90s said they’d swing through town; Irving’s Music Factory swerved far into the left lane with a new, trippy double-bill; and The Kessler Theater made three distinctly compelling additions to…
Coheed and Cambria plays a sold-out show at the House of Blues on Wednesday, April 26 In 2005, Coheed and Cambria released their third and biggest record. It’s certainly their longest title, but Good Apollo, I’m Burning Star IV Volume One: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness is their greatest success…
Most people go to the Texas Theatre to watch films, but this night in March, it’s not what’s on the screen but what’s behind it that’s of interest. That’s where a few dozen people have congregated to watch an unearthly performance by a new quartet, Asukubus. The band started out…
Bon Spengler works as a DJ and promoter and is a key player on the online radio station and label Proton Radio. She is one of the gatekeepers of the local techno scene and one of the loudest cheerleaders for the many talented DJs and producers emerging in Dallas. Spengler…
Justin Lyons idolizes Quincy Jones and eagerly awaits the day that skilled playing is one again a foundation of popular music. That’s why you might be surprised to know that for the last five years, the 31-year-old guitarist from Dallas has been shredding not for an R&B group, but for…
Dallas’ fragmented hip-hop scene forced Diego Money to be a nomad. In 2013, the then 17-year-old was making music that didn’t sound like the other artists in Oak Cliff, and he had no interest in being part of Deep Ellum’s alternative hip-hop scene. He was making what he calls “young…
The Pixies play Bomb Factory on Saturday, April 29 Joey Santiago is one of the better rock guitarists since, well, forever. He’s the auteur of the crunchy, grinding, whining, ethereal, soaring aural experience that is the Pixies. He’s the guy who, while at the University of Massachusetts with Charles Michael…
Slowdive will play Fortress Festival at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth on April 30 The last and only time Slowdive passed through Dallas was August 1993 when they opened for Catherine Wheel at Trees. Back then, the UK shoegaze legends were touring behind their second album, Souvlaki. Now it’s…
Richard Haskins is a free man. After serving six and a half months in prison for an attempted bank robbery, the Denton punk singer, showman and provocateur is on the patio at Killer’s Tacos, surrounded by friends. On the table before him is a welcome back cake and in a…
Last month we alerted you to a few Texas EDM artists to watch, including Lubbock’s Ryan Scott, who goes by the name Swanbeats. This week he’s given us a first look at an electronic duo he’s formed with Austin’s Kelly Bergeron, aka Evolsi, by way of a cover of Drake’s “Passionfruit.”…
Over the past few weeks, a number of musicians with North Texas ties have received an email from an apparent superfan from Ukraine named Malesh Ivan. At first glance, it looked like a genuine fan letter from a real Gmail account. Aside from a few typos and an overuse of…
Ivy Awino knows everybody in American Airlines Center. And that’s not much of an exaggeration. It’s 5 p.m. Tuesday and the Dallas Mavericks will take the court in roughly three hours to play their last game of the season. Awino, the team’s DJ — now better known by her DJ…
If you were one of the lucky ones who managed to escape with a three-day weekend, Monday morning definitely came calling too soon. But not to worry, this week’s lineup will help get you back into the swing of things. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers make a stop through town…
Thursday afternoon, news broke through Facebook that Crown and Harp, a 20-year-old Lower Greenville bar and music venue, will close early next month. Concerts and DJ nights will be carried out as planned through May 7. “The building has been sold as far as I know,” says Jermy Johnson, who…
Rick Ross and Trina Gas Monkey Live, Dallas Thursday, April 13, 2017 Rick Ross has more to celebrate than ever before. At 41 years old the superstar rapper from Miami is reaching new heights in his decade-long career with the release of his ninth studio album, Rather You Than Me…
As of this writing, Stephen Patrick Morrissey is still scheduled to perform at the Majestic on Saturday. But, as fans of the former Smiths frontman know, any appearance these days comes with the expectation that he will cancel the show. It’s like Moz is Lucy van Pelt holding the football…
Dallasites love Willie Nelson and the Texas legend loves us right back. As proof, he’s included Dallas as one of the initial six stops of his just-announced Outlaw Music Festival. In other concert news, an influential goth act celebrates 40 years together at the House of Blues, two guitar gunslingers…
Of all the Dallas crews, DJs and producers who dived head first into dubstep during its early days, Dragonman and his Fort Worth-based crew Dub Commission are one of the few who stuck by the genre as it got sucked into the mainstream and eventually faded from the spotlight. The…
