No one actually hates Chambers. Their recent series of clever promotional videos may have depicted members of various notable local bands chastising their debut record, Inner Room, but they are essentially a beloved member of the landscape of Dallas-Fort Worth and Denton music. That won’t necessarily stop them from feeling…
José James With Dustin Cavazos and Buffalo Black Kessler Theater Tuesday, June 24, 2014 By Thierry Peremarti José James’ 2010 album, For All We Know, is an authentic jazz album that’s won its share of jazz prizes. But although the jazz community has accepted James as one of theirs, you…
Every photo of Michael Gira shares a set series of features: a stern grimace, a stoic, crag-like rigidity and a fiercely penetrating gaze — a look that tunnels straight to your instincts, sets your nerves on edge. Even when a hint of a smile cracks its way across his face,…
“Visually, to me, this is the best show ever. I get to watch sports highlights with subtitles and a heavy metal show.” — Dick Valentine, lead singer of Electric Six That quote, ladies and gents, might perfectly sum up the madness that occurred between the hours of 5 p.m. and…
In October of 2013, Lee Bains III and the Glory Fires had the plug pulled on them during their set at the Live Oak Music Hall and Lounge in Fort Worth. On that night, the group’s amp-busting brand of southern soul-rock was too much for the venue’s operators to handle…
“Do you wanna hear some Slayer?” a very disappointed Craig Welch says, queuing up the next track at his turntable set-up. Pumping his fists, palm up (indicative of frustration), Welch is engrossed deep into a combination of disappointment of the U.S.-Portugal game result and general agreement with the heavy metal…
The Yardbirds hold a special place in the history of rock and roll. Over the course of some fitful years in the mid- to late 1960s, the band featured the talents (separately) of Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page. During that time, the Yardbirds made several classic albums and…
Christopher Victorio By Dennis Romero The Clark County Coroner is investigating the death of a 24-year-old who collapsed outside Electric Daisy Carnival in Las Vegas Saturday morning. An autopsy was being conducted this weekend, but results aren’t yet available to the media, an official at the coroner’s office told us…
Blake Shelton With the Band Perry and Neil McCoy Gexa Energy Pavilion Saturday, June 21, 2014 Saturday night was the first official night of summer and to celebrate some of country music’s biggest contemporary acts performed to a sold-out crowd at Gexa Energy Pavilion. Blake Shelton was the headliner, but…
Well Dallas, it’s finally officially summer, which can only mean one thing: lots and lots of rain. Hey, wait a minute. That’s supposed to be “crazy heat,” isn’t it? OK, so sometimes life is a little unpredictable, but neither that nor the weather are going to be keeping us from…
Jeff Tweedy With the Handsome Family Majestic Theatre Sunday, June 22, 2014 By the time Jeff Tweedy and his four-piece backing band left the stage Sunday night, it was like he had played two shows in one night. Devoting the first half of a 28-song set to his forthcoming solo…
Cut Copy With Classixx and Nile Delta Granada Theater Sunday, June 22, 2014 By H. Drew Blackburn There comes a point when you go to enough concerts, the pomp and circumstance behind The Encore just fades away. You realize screaming like some sort of crazed social activist or Benghazi truther…
The Mountain Goats With Loamlands Dan’s Silverleaf, Denton Friday, June 20, 2014 By Jezy J. Gray I first saw the Mountain Goats in 2006 at The Opolis in Norman, Oklahoma. I was 19 and the band had just released their Get Lonely LP, songwriter John Darnielle’s most polite and somber…
Authenticity and impeccable simplicity have always been Kris Kristofferson’s stock-in-trade. On Saturday night in Fort Worth it couldn’t have been more apparent, as he performed a couple dozen of his plainly poetic songs in two nearly one hour-long sets at the classically beautiful Bass Performance Hall. It was the evening…
If you’re looking for some variety to help spice up your weekend, then the concert schedule around North Texas should be just the thing to help make it happen. We’re talking everything from Pegasus Music Fest to John Fogerty to Tech N9ne. If you have yet to set up any…
Future With Rico Love South Side Music Hall, Dallas Thursday, June 19, 2014 On his first-ever visit to Dallas, Atlanta rapper Future played his crowd at South Side Music Hall like a yo-yo. With flashing LED lights synched up to the music and smoke machine billowing into the room, the…
The topic of guns is all over the news, whether they are being used as props of democracy and freedom or props of violence and destruction. Somehow, “gun nuts” actually found a way to be gun-nuttier when they thought it was a good idea to walk into public spaces across…
Remember three years ago when your workplace productivity levels plunged because people kept sending those Yacht Rock videos around the office? It’s quite possible that in the wake of watching parodies of the incestuous early ’80s careers of dudes who had recorded with Steely Dan, you wasted all of 30…
Next month, the Kessler will open its doors to hundreds of people in celebration of Trees, a music venue long revered for its contributions to the historic Deep Ellum community. As one of the neighborhood’s earliest and most popular venues, Trees has been part of Dallas nightlife for over 20…
For a band that tours fairly often, it’s amazing how much the members of the Mountain Goats are able to pop up in so many other areas of pop culture. From writing books to appearing on podcasts, frontman John Darnielle, bassist Peter Hughes, and drummer Jon Wurster keep busy in…
For any music fan who has lived in or around Dallas for at least a few years, stories (and probably grand exaggerations) of times had at one of the Texxas Jam Music Festivals in the late 1970s or early 1980s are commonplace at this point. The Texxas World Music Festival,…
Boston With the Doobie Brothers Allen Event Center Wednesday, June 18, 2014 You know the summer has officially started once the oldies package tours make their way through town, or in this case, the suburb of Allen. But last night was a bit different as two legendary acts from the…
