Black Flag Elm St. Music and Tattoo Festival, Night 1 Club Dada Wednesday, June 11, 2014 I do not like punk rock. I do not like what it was, I do not like what it stood for, and I do not like how it’s become short hand for some ideal…
Seventeen years into their time as a fully fleshed unit, the Denton-born indie-rock band Centro-matic seem to have the formula for creating one well-crafted album after another down to a science. Though lead singer and songwriter Will Johnson has lived in Austin for some time now, the band’s spiritual home…
Let’s be honest, going to concerts at outdoor venues really sucks during the hot Texas summer. Not only is it still hotter than hell after dark, but you’re going to get eaten alive by mosquitos and have to share a crowded space with a bunch of sweaty strangers. Put simply,…
Say Anything With the Front Bottoms, the So So Glos and You Blew It, 7 p.m. Friday, June 13, at Granada Theater, 3524 Greenville Ave., 214-824-9933 or granadatheater.com, $23/$28 at the door Max Bemis, mastermind of Los Angeles’ emo rockers Say Anything, has battled many demons over the years. Whether…
Melinda says that every single hand is unique and that she is merely a channel who lets the hands talk to her. If there is an issue in your mind or heart, your hand and what she refers to only as her multiple “guides” will pull her toward it. Melinda…
“To King George!” That toast is about all that needs to be said about the atmosphere at AT&T Stadium over the weekend when country legend George Strait arrived to wrap up his last-ever concert tour. It was a suitably grand sendoff, too, with more than 100,000 people attending — a…
Oh, it’s that time of year again. It’s the time for all those sweaty punk and metal (and whatever bizarre blend of either) bands to descend on Fair Park under the banner of the Vans Warped Tour. This go-around features a lot of variety and many new(er) bands that should…
You should all go get tattoos on Friday. Why? Well, not just to be a part of the crowd. You should do it because it’s obviously lucky, and also because, as someone who lives in Dallas it’s a bona fide rite of passage. It’s true. I swear it. You’ll get…
Failure House of Blues Tuesday, June 10, 2014 Over the course of two hours on Tuesday night, reunited Los Angeles trio Failure showed why they were such a highly regarded band back in the ’90s — and why they are now, as well. Many years removed from their last time…
It hasn’t been a good month for Sir Paul McCartney. The 71-year-old icon and former Beatle fell ill with a virus while preparing to kick off a tour of Japan in Tokyo late in May, subsequently cancelling all of his scheduled appearances in Japan and South Korea. It had been…
Globe Trek Productions are back again this week with another installment of their Texas busking series. Last week, of course, we featured a late-night session with Dallas rapper Blue, the Misfit. This week goes in a completely different direction with Austin-based balladeers Band of Heathens, who pulled out their acoustic…
Caleb Campbell, guitarist and one half of jangly electronic duo Moonbather, props himself in the iron patio furniture outside of a café on West Eight St. in the center of the Bishop Arts District, outlining in detail an innovative way to easily package dispensable peanut butter and jelly. Much in…
Starting Wednesday, Deep Ellum gets taken over by Oliver Peck and all his rowdy friends as the Elm Street Music & Tattoo Festival takes over programming at Trees, Wit’s End, Three Links, Club Dada and the Prophet Bar. Now in its second year, the event has grown to its most…
For the fourth year running, Dallas’ Gorilla Vs. Bear music blog will be teaming up with the folks at Lower Greenville’s Granada Theater to curate their very own music festival. Past years have attracted big-name indie artists like Danny Brown and Grimes as headliners, and this year’s installment, which takes…
Now that the excitement of the record-setting George Strait sendoff is behind us, you’d think this week would be all about the comedown here in North Texas. Not even. The next seven days have great shows happening every night of the week. It helps, of course, that Elm St. Music…
All band reunions are welcomed, no matter how big or small the band is. Yet certain bands never reunite and Los Angeles’ Failure was thought to be one of those bands. The trio’s third album, Fantastic Planet, a multi-layered opus of songs featuring lyrics about the romance and awful dark…
George Strait The Cowboy Rides Away Tour AT&T Stadium, Arlington Saturday, June 7, 2014 Last Saturday night, a massive crowd of dedicated country music fans crammed into AT&T Stadium to say goodbye to the king of country music, George Strait. After 30 years of making some of the best music…
In case you haven’t heard, there’s a show going on in Arlington this weekend. It’s not all that big of a deal, really, aside from selling out a 100,000 tickets at the Cowboys stadium. Almost inevitably, the George Strait show should be a mecca for concertgoers come Saturday night (or…
On Saturday at AT&T Stadium, one of the biggest country music crowds ever will witness perhaps the most significant day of country music the Dallas-Fort Worth area has ever hosted: George Strait will ride away and fans of all ages, from many parts of the world, will likely shed a…
Perfect Pussy With Potty Mouth, Stymie and Orgullo Primitivo Three Links, Dallas Thursday, June 5, 2014 No one should’ve come to a Perfect Pussy concert expecting it to last very long. A scorched-earth approach is just the commodity this Syracuse band trades in. But what was unexpected about their visit…
Ringo Deathstarr With Blackstone Rangers, Midnight Masses and Blessin Rubber Gloves, Denton Wednesday, June 4, 2014 Ringo Deathstarr are fucking sick of the word “shoegaze.” Even before they played a single song, Elliott Frazier, singer, songwriter and guitarist for the Austin band asked the audience to “look at my shoes,…
Hey, we get it: a music buff like you will probably be spending the summer traveling about to your favorite shows, festivals and get-togethers. With new acts constantly being updated in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, doing so can rack up plenty of expenses, from transportation to processing fees and everything…
