A bad concert photograph — and the vast, vast majority of them are bad — is little more than a token, useful as a reminder if you were there and not particularly useful for anything if you weren’t. But a great one can be the best possible document. It can…
Editor: Lumberjack Fest is this weekend at Dan’s Silverleaf. For the first time ever, the festivities will stretch over two nights — you can find more information on Saturday’s installment on one Facebook page and the details for Sunday on another. Steve Steward had a very serious conversation with founder…
Most people have heard of psychedelic rock — a mid ’60s music closely associated with the psychedelia counterculture. But what you might not know is that its roots started right here in Texas, with 13th Floor Elevators frontman Roky Erickson first using the term almost fifty years ago in 1965…
Listen, we know all your best pals who are cooler and funnier and have way more interesting lives than you do are going down to SxSW in a month. They’re going to have the most amazing time getting hammered, getting hopped up on the Molly and probably making out with…
Marijuana and music have gone hand in hand for decades. In the ’60s, when Bob Dylan smoked out the Beatles for the first time and howled, “Everybody must get stoned!” on the opening track of Blonde on Blonde, middle America was frightened by the reefer madness of rock ‘n’ roll…
Dallas, what the hell? It is offensively cold outside. I don’t appreciate it, and I don’t want any part of it, but despite my wants or needs, the polar vortex has laid its wrath upon us with great vengeance and furious anger. I took my dog for a walk this…
The Kessler hosts a pair of excellent shows this week, with ace songwriter Josh Garrels on Thursday and even better guitarist Jimmie Vaughan the next night. Elsewhere, post-punk dream band Yuck takes the stage once stalked by Nirvana. Josh Garrels Thursday, February 6, at the Kessler Theater Josh Garrels epitomizes…
St. Patrick’s Day in Dallas is a quiet celebration of our Irish heritage and Catholic faith. Just a couple friends wearing matching outfits and standing in the street. No reason you wouldn’t remember last year, but just in case you have it looked sort of like this. To these proceedings…
Yesterday was a really big day for local twang-rock fans. David Ponder of Somebody’s Darling announced the band will begin recording their new album this week, The Old 97’s released a song from their upcoming album. And Madison King let any who made it out to Deep Ellum’s Twilite Lounge…
The last time I told you all a story about my teenage years, Billy Corgan got really angry. So I tell you this story in the hope that it will, for no apparent reason, anger Billy Corgan again. I was either 14 or 15, and I was living in a…
Speaking of Dallas bands with 20 years of history, Old 97’s announced today that they’ll release Most Messed Up. It’s roughly the band’s 11th full-length, depending on how you count a few greatest hits, serialized releases and other oddities. The alt-country pioneers announced the news just now on their blog,…
The Toadies are making plenty of noise this year. They’ve planned a reissue of their breakout debut album, Rubberneck, 20 years after its initial release. And the accompanying tour will take them from one end of the country to the other. Conspicuously missing from that schedule was a hometown show…
Outpost American Tavern sits north and east of the Bishop Arts District a few blocks away from the Houston Viaduct. With it, Chris Jeffers and his business partners (the ones also behind Smoke, Bolsa and The Foundry) continue a run of carefully conceived restaurants and bars — ones that transport…
In the late spring of 2011, Gilmer, Texas-raised Curtis Grimes competed in the first season of the NBC’s ratings-bonanza The Voice. While the show has remained a phenomenon, Grimes made his mark on that trail-blazing season by showing off his smooth, confident baritone vocals. He also showed his competitive-edge by…
About halfway through Delorean’s fine performance on Saturday night at Dada, the cue for the lone working bathroom was about 10 people deep. Seems some rowdy, drunken female had cracked the tank of the toilet in the lady’s bathroom on the previous evening. The resulting snafu was less bothersome due…
On January 25, Yung Nation tweeted that one of the duo, Brandon Reed, aka B. Reed, was shot. Luckily, the Duncanville native is in good condition now, and even performed at a show at the Frisco Arts Center less than 24 hours after being shot…
Nestled on the corner of Zang and Beckley, just over the bridge into Oak Cliff, sits restaurateur and venue owner Chris Jeffers’ newest acquisition. With Outpost American Tavern, Jeffers and his business partners (who also own Bolsa, Smoke and The Foundry) decided to deliver something new and different to the…
Hailing from the autonomous Basque region of Spain and named for the featured vehicle in Back to the Future, Delorean are a dance-friendly foursome with an ever-growing fan base. The band’s good fortune began a few years back when the members agreed to move in a more electronic direction. Since…
A couple weeks ago, we hosted a hip-hop showcase at the Granada. It featured six artists and several guests who exemplify the best of the current crop of North Texas rappers. The Granada’s staff came up with a boxing ring to put on stage, and each performance demonstrated passion, clarity…
Alright Dallas, your weekend is looking pretty flush. We’ve got twelve great live music picks for you this week, but unfortunately, seven of them take place between Friday and Saturday alone. Whereas last week brought us a bunch of weekday shows (see also: cubicle hangovers), you’ll be able to catch…
This week brings with it the first concert at Oak Cliff’s Outpost Dallas, and they’re starting off big with solo sets from members of Heartless Bastards, The Theater Fire and The Baptist Generals. Elsewhere, you can see rising dance outfit Darkside and long-time weirdo torchbearers Skinny Puppy. Darkside Thursday, January…
The fact that Darkside’s Dave Harrington didn’t spend his life crafting beats or sampling music in his parent’s basement as a young child is a bit of a shocker, given the level of excellence he and Darkside’s leader, Nicolas (Nico) Jarr have achieved in only a couple of years. What’s…
