Trash Talk With Ratking and Lee Bannon Club Dada, Dallas Tuesday, February 17, 2015 There are varying levels of crazy in this world. It can range anywhere from the harmless, muttering-nonsense-to-yourself kind to the murderous, going-to-kill-the-next-person-you-see variety and anywhere in between. Bouncing gleefully between those poles is Sacramento hardcore band…
Trash Talk, the hardcore punk band from Sacramento, California, has a reputation. Like, a walk around, always screaming reputation. A leave a fan bloodied reputation. A start a mosh pit, rad reputation. Since their inception in 2005, they’ve been putting on shows that ought to require fans to sign a…
Sarah Jaffe With S1, Blue the Misfit and Sam Lao Trees, Dallas Friday, February 13, 2015 For many people, their first introduction to Sarah Jaffe was hearing “Clementine” performed in an intimate Denton venue like Dan’s Silverleaf. After the release of Suburban Nature in 2010, people quickly crowned the soulful,…
When it comes to concerts in North Texas this week the biggest single event of the week may not be in Dallas, but rather in Denton. The Thin Line Film Fest has a wonderful music bill that includes Devin the Dude, Joe Ely, Blue, the Misfit and local expats Seryn…
Bob Seger With Heartless Bastards American Airlines Center, Dallas Thursday, February 12, 2015 Every time I go to a show at American Airlines Center (counting Thursday night’s Bob Seger concert, I’ve been to four), I have that one friend who says something like, “Ugh. Why? I’d rather see a band…
Valentine’s Day is on Saturday. If you’re solo and lonely, there’s a quick fix. You can pay money for someone to pretend to be your girlfriend or boyfriend for $30. If that prospect doesn’t scare you enough, then remember this: Tonight is also Friday the 13th. But never fear, there…
Valentine’s Day is coming up. It’s a holiday that celebrates love and puts an immense amount on both single and coupled people. I feel dirty using the word “coupled.” There’s so much stuff to consider. Why am I single? Will she marry me? Why am I not getting any Tinder…
Alice Cooper Verizon Theatre, Grand Prairie Tuesday, February 10, 2015 When it comes to Alice Cooper, there are two indisputable facts. 1.) His Miliii-wau-kee cameo in Wayne’s World was one of the best and most memorable cameos of all time; and 2.) The man knows how to put on one…
Robin Hitchcock With Emma Swift Kessler Theater, Dallas Sunday, February 8, 2015 One of England’s most influential songwriters and live performers, 61-year-old Robyn Hitchcock is known for his surreal and whimsical lyrics. But when Hitchcock came to visit The Kessler Theater on Sunday night, it was his between-song banter that…
Shout out to former North Texas musicians St. Vincent, Lecrae and Pentatonix for winning Grammy Awards last night. That’s awesome and a major accomplishment. It’s the second best thing about the show if we’re honest, the first of course was Kanye West running up on stage when Beck beat Beyonce…
We know that the weekend is your favorite chunk of days in the week because you aren’t crazy. Or are you? Well, that’s neither here nor there. We welcome loony and sane folks alike to check out these concerts this weekend. We’ve got Nipsey Hussle over at The Prophet Bar…
Wale With Audio Push, Bizzy Crook and Chaz French House of Blues, Dallas Wednesday, February 4, 2015 On the new mixtape Festivus, produced by world-renowned Canadian DJ A-Trak, Wale makes no attempt to hide his hubris: The D.C. rapper repeats his own name 15 times on the intro to the…
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…
