New Kids on the Block, 98 Degrees, Boyz II Men Friday, June 28, at American Airlines Center, $53-$93 Whoa. Just look at this bill. It’s now 2013, so the New Kids definitely aren’t so new anymore, and since they’re all middle-aged, I’d say they’ve been around the block a time…
This is not your everyday Bilboard chart. Each week, we’ll tell you what bands are selling in the fine record shops in the Dallas Fort Worth Metroplex, where we consumers of music have impeccable taste. This week’s sales at CD Source reflect some of Dallas’ upcoming shows: P!nk’s Truth About…
Last night, Calexico delivered a performance as expansive and dramatic as the Southwestern landscape and people from which the band draws so much of its inspiration. In turn the audience — and the Granada itself — gave back to the band all required to make the evening a memorable one…
The Atomic Tanlines received plenty of praise last year with their blend of punk, free jazz and soul. The Denton-based five-piece sat down with us at the Waffle House where they started to discuss their background in music. You can catch them this week at Le Bitch Manor on Thursday…
Update: Presale tickets for KXT’s Summer Cut go on sale today, January 23, at 10 a.m. via Ticketmaster. Tickets range from $30 to $55 (plus fees). Use the code “kxtradio.” The general onsale is Friday at 10 a.m. Original post follows… Summer Cut: The Happy Funtime Festival presented by KXT…
Talented artists are spreading their works of art all across the great city of Dallas through magnificent music flyers. Each week we’ll spotlight our favorite poster picks for upcoming shows in the Metroplex. This week’s picks includes a Van Gogh-inspired portrait that underscores Mad About Music’s monthly BYOV event at…
Here was my reaction after 30 seconds of Googling Metalachi: “I have to see this live. It’s like my childhood and teenage years got together to blow my whole world asunder.” Metalachi takes the stage at Trees in full costume, their violin player is shirtless, each member of the band…
Los Lobos is one of a handful of American bands that have sustained a notable and distinguished presence on the American music scene for over 30 years. A crossover band before the term was coined, they write music that has been a bridge between Mexican and American cultures ever since…
There’s something fascinating and a little frightening about putting together a playlist for an event that is not you sitting in front of your computer in a bathrobe, refreshing Twitter. All the things you take for granted in the music you enjoy–the little background flourishes that charmed you once and…
Calexico, Bahamas Tuesday, January 22, at Granada Theater, $18-$29 The last time Calexico rolled through Dallas for their 2008 release, Carried to Dust, they were as effortless as a tumbleweed, but harnessed the power of a sand storm. It’s no news that since the mid ’90s, Tucson, Arizona’s Calexico has…
Last night’s Jeff Mangum show at the Majestic was really a very special event. After a pleasant, relaxing, warm bath of a set from The Tall Firs, Mangum shambled unassumingly onto the stage, clad in a hat that shaded his eyes from view and an impressive beard. From the first…
35 Denton fast approaches, and today our friends to the north just added a whopping 111 more bands to the bill. This batch is heavy on area bands, including big names like AD.d+ and The O’s and some of our recent favorites such as Pinkish Black. Though there’s a little…
These are among the key factors that caused Tucson-based Calexico chose New Orleans to write and record Algiers, their most recent full-length album: Cancer. Cuba. Children. A Cowsill. A church. And a book–with Calexico’s guitarist/singer/songwriter Joey Burns, there is often a book. “We needed to have some fresh perspectives, so…
Jeff Mangum plays the Majestic Theater on Sunday, January 20. Gavin: You know how we always say Kiernan should publish our gchats? WELL GUESS WHAT! WE’RE IN THE MONEY! Jaime: Wait, we’re going to talk NMH? Gavin: Yes. And how you think they suck, and then as a follow-on topic,…
Jessica Simpson’s TV show–that is, her new TV show, a sitcom set to air on NBC–is going to be about her life as a celebrity. You should immediately be able to spot the problem, here: Her life as a celebrity is already about her life as a celebrity. The first…
Stalley, Ace Mitch, Dustin Cavazos, Nice Major, -Topic, KO Boyz Saturday, January 19, at The Prophet Bar, $18 Maybach Music Group rapper Stalley was busy in 2012, mostly with the release of his popular mixtape, Savage Journey to the American Dream, featuring heavy-hitters like Rick Ross, Curren$y, 2 Chainz and…
DJs are no longer the music geeks they used to be. Now, they are front and center and depended on, not just to speak the language of the party but to create the conversation itself. This Friday, the Red Bull Thre3style Sub Regional Qualifying competition will kick things off in…
Speaking from his home in Austin, Matthew Hines, comes across as one of those likeable nerds everyone knew in high school. As leader of the indie rock outfit The Eastern Sea, Hines has turned that nerdy charm into three compelling albums, especially 2012’s Plague. In anticipation of Friday night’s show…
Everyone’s got a good concert story. Not the “I saw my favorite musician and he was AMAZING” story, but the “I didn’t expect that in the slightest” story. They’re the best. Those are the stories you long to hear, because they’re the most unique and interesting. Here’s mine…
Back in September of 2010, noted music journalist (and former editor-in-chief of SPIN and Vibe magazines) Alan Light was among 4,000 people sitting in the Jacob Javitz Center for Yom Kippur services when the Congregation Beit Simchat Torah choir took the stage to conclude the solemn proceedings with a stirring…
Lucinda Williams has always sounded wise and weary, but never has she seemed as comfortable with that role as on last year’s Blessed. Williams achieved an alt-country masterwork early in her career with Car Wheels on a Gravel Road and wound up a household name somewhere around the considerably less-acclaimed…
Almost a year ago, Erika Wennerstrom and her band, the Heartless Bastards, released an excellent LP, Arrow, which followed up the possibly more excellent The Mountain. Now that the hoopla surrounding the release of Arrow has passed, the Austin-based act is in a sweet spot. The band’s set last March…
