By Wanz Dover Drum and bass music has enjoyed a solid foundation in Dallas since the late ’90s. Even when dance music trends veered into other directions there has always been a healthy fan base for the genre locally. Founded in 2007 by Thomas AllEN, S.O.U.L.jah, and Alyx Caceres, drum…
Blue, the Misfit and his Brain Gang crew are walking the streets of Deep Ellum like Dallas rap game’s version of Peter Pan and the Lost Boys. It’s around 10 p.m. on a Friday and the street is buzzing with people, but this crew — rolling eight deep with managers,…
By Hilary Hughes Unpacking this one is going to take a minute, so buckle up, because St. Vincent’s Saturday Night Live season finale was one for the ages — and it’s not necessarily for the reasons you’d think…
The folks at the Violitionist Sessions dropped a new installment yesterday, and it should be a real treat for any ambient music buffs or for fans of Jeff Ryan’s work. Ryan is a true veteran of North Texas music, having played drums in bands throughout the area for various acts…
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers made their fans happy twice over this morning with the announcement of a new album and a slew of North American tour dates taking place in late summer. The album, Hypnotic Eye, due out on Reprise Records July 29, is Petty’s 16th studio album and…
Eels/Chelsea Wolfe Annette Strauss Square 5/19/2014 I have seen Mark Oliver Everett and his rotating band of anonymous indie rockers several times now. Not once, in all of these times, have I heard the same song. Sure, I’ve literally heard the same song a few times. But it’s never been…
Betcha didn’t see this one coming: Austin’s annual late-year concert extravaganza, Fun Fun Fun Fest, just revealed the lineup for this year’s edition, and the headliners will be none other than everyone’s favorite metalhead leatherboys, Judas Priest. That’s right, of “Breaking the Law” fame. The same guys, in fact, who…
As rock radio mainstays Jimmy Eat World ran through their albums at Fort Worth Music Festival on Saturday, a man in his 50s wearing a Suicide Girls T-shirt looked on as a group of thirtysomethings danced and relived their youth. Close by some college kids took breaks from dancing to…
With extremely low expectations, I made my way into the Verizon Theatre in Grand Prairie on Saturday night to catch a trio of acts that saw their best days nearly four decades ago: Foreigner, Styx and Don Felder, of Eagles fame. For the two co-headliners, it was a case of…
Driving up U.S. 75 toward Durant, part of me was excited about seeing Hank Williams Jr. live. I knew that he was an arch-conservative, a bit of a racist, and probably too old to be any good, but there is always something exhilarating about seeing and hearing songs from your…
Which way do you want to rawk this week? Because there are a number of different ways to do so, given the lineup of concerts that hit Dallas between now and Sunday. If it’s metal you’re looking for, this should be an especially bountiful week. If it’s arena-sized power ballads,…
By Wanz Dover This Saturday It’ll Do club will host U.K. garage legend and Daft Punk collaborator Todd Edwards for his first visit to Dallas. Far from a household name in America, Edwards has been a major player in dance music since the mid-’90s when his remix of St. Germain’s…
It’s about time Dallas has a throwback weekend, don’t you think? Well, even if you don’t think so, that’s a good part of what you’re going to get. From here to Choctaw Casino, bands who had their day in that exciting epoch of history between the 1970s and the ’90s…
Look, Dave Matthews seems like a great guy. I even like him as an actor. But the guy’s music bores the living hell out of me. Maybe it’s because he’s basically a younger version of Jimmy Buffet just playing to a crowd partying with a different substance. Maybe it’s because…
In the past five years, the local Dallas music scene has cranked out some incredible talent. St. Vincent, Sarah Jaffe, and the Baptist Generals have all been drowned in music critic acclaim, along with their more silent partner Robert Gomez. Gomez is no stranger to critical acclaim, having been given…
If you were a dad, you’d probably have circled a certain date on your calendar months ago. (And no, it wasn’t Mother’s Day, you big silly.) What date is that, you might ask? Why, this coming Saturday, May 17. That’s the night that the whole goddamn universe is going to…
In the early hours of the morning last Sunday, Austin-based singer Mike Harmeier and his band, Mike and the Moonpies, woke up to their worst nightmare. The previous night, they’d played a gig opening for Nashville band the Kernals at the Rustic here in Dallas. But sometime during the night,…
It’s almost game time on a beautiful afternoon in Houston and free time is incredibly tight for Eric Nadel. The legendary voice of Texas Rangers broadcasts, who would choose Bruce Springsteen’s “Born to Run” as his walkout music from the dugout, did have some time to talk with DC9 before…
For many years, Lucinda Williams seemed to have some anger inside of her. Much of that anger was directed towards the men she had fallen in and out of love with over the years. The pain and resentment that went into so many of her songs proved quite fruitful for…
Johnny Hallyday 9 p.m. Thursday, May 15, at House of Blues, 2200 N. Lamar St., 214-978-2583 or houseofblues.com/dallas, $45-$78 Serge Gainsbourg may have been the “Dirtiest Man in Pop Music,” but when it comes to pop longevity, Johnny Hallyday has always held a special place in the hearts of the…
In case you didn’t hear about it, Morrissey got tackled last week. During his own concert. By some of his own fans. Talk about a tough break. Granted, as far as we can tell, there was no ill intent in the mass attack unleashed on our fair Moz. Then again,…
The moment when a festival lineup is revealed is always an exciting one. It’s a split second that’s rife with anticipation, and it can be downright exuberant if it contains unexpected surprises and bucket-list bookings. Conversely, that moment of concert-going epiphany can quickly be deflated if the reality is that…
