Whatever your opinion on Dallas’ many neighborhoods, there is little question that Deep Ellum is at a distinct logistical advantage. No where else boasts as many bars and restaurants in such a small area, and when a bunch of them are humming at once the effect is very it’s-all-happening. It…
Of all the different live show scenarios, all the varying combinations of performer and setting, there’s nothing quite like seeing a band in their hometown. The sixth annual Dia De Los Toadies Festival, a Texas institution, was the perfect hometown hero live music experience. This year, the fest took place…
You love Mumford & Sons. You can’t believe they’re actually bringing their faces to Dallas on Wednesday, September 18th. Your favorite radio hit is that one where they play the flugelhorn really hard for like a full minute straight because it reminds you of how awesome Dave Matthews Band is…
Ward Richmond toured the country with rockabilly/Americana band Slick 57, which also includes The O’s John Pedigo. The band has opened for Wilco and Frank Black. In 2002, DallasMusic.com named Richmond Instrumentalist of the Year. Richmond has just sent me a text message from a rehearsal for the first show…
Update: The Dia is upon us! The Toadies’ festival kicks off tonight in Fort Worth. Prepare yourself with a second video of Vaden Todd performing in Klyde Warren Park — this one’s for “Magic Bullet” and it’s at the end of this post. Original post follows… This weekend, Fort Worth…
It is not every day that an email lands in my mailbox from my editor with confirmation that I’ll be seeing Vanilla Ice at a restaurant/venue in Frisco. The Farmers Branch native’s music may not be on top of most people’s Spotify playlists these days, but there are clearly more…
As the people who watched the 2013 MTV VMA’s this year know (and that was a lot of people), pop star Katy Perry closed the award show with a debut performance of her newest single, “Roar.” The single, which was officially released on August 12, has already topped the charts…
Seriously though, how excited are you Mumford & Sons fans? After canceling their show earlier in the summer due to health reasons, the boys are back in town. It’s always nice to see a band make it up to the fans, and that’s exactly what the indie folk/bluegrass darlings will…
Fun Fun Fun Fest 2013 is now officially on the horizon. It’s the second weekend in November (the 8, 9 and 10), and today the Fest announced which bands will be playing each day, and also who will be playing the Nite Shows. You get into those for free with…
Gimmicks and insipid meme-generating fare can rockets a video into viral heaven, but it can also pigeonhole the video’s creator. Austin’s The Possum Posse are a crack band of roots musicians that, thanks to an ingenious mix of comedy, musicianship and pure silliness, have millions upon millions of YouTube views…
In just two short years, Australia’s Gold Fields have gone from a relatively obscure new-wave influenced dance pop band to the precipice of something much bigger. When the band’s full length debut, Black Sun, hit the racks this past February, Gold Fields hit the States for a whirlwind four month…
There are no shortage of music festivals in Texas around this time of year. But the Trans-Pecos Festival is less music overload and more…desert pilgrimage. Held at the El Cosmico property in Marfa, Trans-Pecos features some expected adornments (camping, music) and some considerably less so (leatherworking workshops! sandlot baseball!). Pre-registration…
Fort Worth resident and Texas-country flag-bearer Pat Green has spent the last 18 years creating some of this region’s most popular and polarizing music. Green has more than a dozen national top 40 singles to his name, making him arguably the state’s greatest musical success story of the past two…
Update, 9/10, 3:50 p.m.: Josh Donnell happened to be passing by during last night’s couch fire at Good Records. He sent a few photos, including the one above, and two more below. Original post follows. When Jacob Douglas arrived for work at Good Records this morning, he hadn’t heard the…
Fort Worth’s fanciest metal band Pinkish Black has a new album coming out, and Pitchfork still loves them. Still loves them so much, in fact, that they’re offering a free stream of that album, called Razed to the Ground right now, a week ahead of its official release. You can…
George Strait, he of the black cowboy hat and the 70 million album sales, is going on a Jay-Z style farewell tour of the country (meaning it’s not goodbye by any standard definition). Yesterday at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, he announced several things, including that this tour will finish right…
This weekend, Erykah Badu was the grand marshal of the Natural Hair Parade, which ended with a festival at the Pan-African Connection across from Fair Park. The parade and festival are the efforts of Isis Brantley, who has long been an outspoken defender of African-American identity. She was arrested in…
A trip to a venue bathroom is usually a haphazard (and possibly hazardous) experience. “Just get it over with so you can make it back in time to order another drink before the band plays their next song,” is usually all that is involved in the live music bathroom planning…
This weekend, a breezy early September night on the Lower Greenville strip hummed and glowed with Dallas’ end of summer relief. It’s finally getting to the point where the temperature is actually dropping, if just a few degrees, after dark. The idea of stepping out for a patio drink and…
GC:: You’d better get used to Untapped. The Spune/Paste Magazine baby is beginning to spread out of Texas around the country, and the second Dallas incarnation (after a successful Fort Worth version earlier in the year) had shifted and expanded into the parking lot outside the Gilley’s complex, complete with…
Yeezus has risen! This morning, Kanye West took to Twitter to announce his first solo tour in five years. The 23 city run starts on October 19th in Seattle, and will hit Dallas’ American Airlines Center on December 6th, before wrapping up in Houston. As if that wasn’t enough to…
Because there aren’t purer joys than live music or beer, and God forbid anyone should have to choose between the two, we’re pretty excited for the Untapped Festival this weekend. All the important information and headliners are in the nifty graphic above, but we wanted to help maximize your enjoyment…
