Zola Jesus With Deradoorian Trees, Dallas Wednesday, February 4, 2015 Wednesday night was cold and rainy and, well, it was a Wednesday. But Zola Jesus, the project of Nika Roza Danilova, managed to bring a decent crowd to Trees. Danilova has a fiery, operatic voice and a great little touring…
JMSN With Rochelle Jordan and DPAT Club Dada, Dallas Monday, February 2, 2015 It’s only been a few months since Austin’s Transmission Events formally landed in Dallas, having merged with Kris Youmans’ Tactics Productions last fall. Artists like Charli XCX, FKA twigs and Mineral have all played here under the…
Cannibal Corpse With Behemoth, Tribulation and Aeon House of Blues, Dallas Saturday, January 31, 2015 Metal is a young man’s game. A genre defined by youthful aggression and an “us against the world” attitude, metal can impose severe growing pains on veteran bands. Typically, these acts are left with two…
Welcome to February. Also known as Black History month. As a music blog, we suggest you dig into some classic and obscure African American music this month. It’s your civic duty. But in the shorter term, as always, there are a bunch of concerts taking place this week. JMSN does…
You know why I’m here. I’m just trying not to get fined. Poetry. From a man, Marshawn Lynch, a.k.a. Beast Mode, who is in fact about that action, boss. Oh wait, sorry. Who cares about the Super Bowl? That may be the biggest event that people around the country will…
Shit’s starting to get real now with The Bomb Factory. In just over 24 hours, the soon-to-be-reopened Deep Ellum music venue has announced two big shows: Yesterday it was British shoegaze legends Jesus and Mary Chain and this morning, courtesy of Transmission Events, it was young synth-pop duo Purity Ring…
Here we are, folks: No man’s land. That’s right, dead in the middle of that ghastly stretch of the year between New Year’s and Memorial Day where there are few, if any, work holidays to be had. Sure, there’s Valentine’s Day, but no one gets a day off for that,…
Remember way back when Sufjan Stevens claimed he was going to write an album each for all 50 states in the Union? Those were the days. He was the naive, fresh-faced folkie with the completely impractical, overly ambitious dream, and people loved him for it. Then he got weird, said…
The Suffers Make Some Room EP Release with the Tontons and Fat Tony Club Dada, Dallas Sunday, January 25, 2015 “…Damn. Daaamn. DAMN. DAYUM!” Those were the words Kam Franklin belted out last night at Club Dada as The Suffers cooly dropped their version of Outkast’s “SpottieOttieDopaliscious” in a room…
The big event on the table this week is Super Bowl Sunday. The New England Patriots and Seattle Seahawks will face off in Glendale, Arizona to determine who is the world champion of a sport played exclusively in the United States of America for the most part. So, there’s that…
Billy Joel With Jamie Cullum American Airlines Center, Dallas Thursday, January 22, 2014 I’ll tell you straight up: Billy Joel can do whatever the hell he wants. He’s been a shape-shifting musician throughout his mainstream career. He’s had about as many musical styles as any good chameleon should. His first…
The working week is over. It’s time to party and there’s a bunch of options to do so this weekend. Grammy Award winning band, Snarky Puppy, is putting on a show of a side projects from the members of the band. Post-rock band This Will Destroy You will hit the…
Okay, this one’s just kind of funny. Don’t get us wrong, we loved the ’90s. But in a strange way, we love ’90s reunion tours even more than we loved the real thing back in the day. Why’s that? Because with reunion tours you get something hilarious like a New…
It’s Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day today. You can do a number of things to pay homage to the civil rights activist like watch Selma, read up on his legacy or just plain be nice to one another. I suggest buying and reading How To Be Black, a satirical…
On an average Thursday night in the early spring of 2012, the Glass Cactus in Grapevine, next to the monolithic Gaylord Texan Hotel was empty. Such a scenario seemed stranger still, given the night club’s reputation as a prime cougar den and ideal spot for business travelers looking for a…
Do you have a heart? If so you should get your ass to Trees Saturday for the Have A Heart Benefit show. It’s objective is to raise money for John Bullard who has cerebral palsy. On the bill for the night: Beach Fossils, The Appleseed Cast, Leon Bridges, Son of…
Jason Isbell With Sturgill Simpson WinStar World Casino, Thackerville, OK Saturday, January 10, 2015 I’ve got a brother-in-law named Joe. He’s a good dude and he likes music well enough, but he isn’t the type to seek out new stuff, especially from lesser-known names. I took him to see Telegraph…
We are in a stage of grieving. Our Cowboys fought hard, but ultimately came up short in the Divisional round of the playoffs. It was a fascinating (stressful) season with plenty of ups and downs and we’re proud of a team that’s made it as far as they have. Better…
A lot of great shows are happening this weekend. Lenny Kravitz and Sting do some concerts for college football, Sturgill Simpson and Jason Isbell returns to our proximity, Mineral has a reunion show, Ex Hex puts a spell on us, and the Molly Ringwalds do 1980s music. We hope you’re…
Outward Bound Mixtape Sessions With Yells at Eels, Peladini, Viator and Burnt Bridge Road Crown & Harp, Dallas Monday, January 5, 2014 This week’s installment of Stefan González’s Outward Bound Mixtape Sessions ended with an incredible improvised set from Yells at Eels featuring John Dikeman, an American saxophonist now living…
There’s a ton of wonderful shows in Dallas this week. Native Texan Luke Wade, of The Voice fame, does a show at Trees. Lenny Kravitz and Sting play shows as a tie-in to the College Football postseason. Sturgill Simpson hits the casino gig after selling out Club Dada majorly in…
Hey, friend, it’s 2015. We’re living in the future. There’s the Instagram. The kids are doing the snapchatting and the twittering. You can watch a whole movie in the palm of your hand on a square that’s 1/4 of an inch thick. We’re in the future. But, where the hell…
