Eels/Chelsea Wolfe Annette Strauss Square 5/19/2014 I have seen Mark Oliver Everett and his rotating band of anonymous indie rockers several times now. Not once, in all of these times, have I heard the same song. Sure, I’ve literally heard the same song a few times. But it’s never been…
Betcha didn’t see this one coming: Austin’s annual late-year concert extravaganza, Fun Fun Fun Fest, just revealed the lineup for this year’s edition, and the headliners will be none other than everyone’s favorite metalhead leatherboys, Judas Priest. That’s right, of “Breaking the Law” fame. The same guys, in fact, who…
As rock radio mainstays Jimmy Eat World ran through their albums at Fort Worth Music Festival on Saturday, a man in his 50s wearing a Suicide Girls T-shirt looked on as a group of thirtysomethings danced and relived their youth. Close by some college kids took breaks from dancing to…
With extremely low expectations, I made my way into the Verizon Theatre in Grand Prairie on Saturday night to catch a trio of acts that saw their best days nearly four decades ago: Foreigner, Styx and Don Felder, of Eagles fame. For the two co-headliners, it was a case of…
Driving up U.S. 75 toward Durant, part of me was excited about seeing Hank Williams Jr. live. I knew that he was an arch-conservative, a bit of a racist, and probably too old to be any good, but there is always something exhilarating about seeing and hearing songs from your…
Which way do you want to rawk this week? Because there are a number of different ways to do so, given the lineup of concerts that hit Dallas between now and Sunday. If it’s metal you’re looking for, this should be an especially bountiful week. If it’s arena-sized power ballads,…
Look, Dave Matthews seems like a great guy. I even like him as an actor. But the guy’s music bores the living hell out of me. Maybe it’s because he’s basically a younger version of Jimmy Buffet just playing to a crowd partying with a different substance. Maybe it’s because…
It’s almost game time on a beautiful afternoon in Houston and free time is incredibly tight for Eric Nadel. The legendary voice of Texas Rangers broadcasts, who would choose Bruce Springsteen’s “Born to Run” as his walkout music from the dugout, did have some time to talk with DC9 before…
For many years, Lucinda Williams seemed to have some anger inside of her. Much of that anger was directed towards the men she had fallen in and out of love with over the years. The pain and resentment that went into so many of her songs proved quite fruitful for…
Texans are a fortunate group of folk music fans. We have legends and emerging artists that have either called the Lone Star State home at some point or are firmly entrenched here, primarily playing and making their artistic livings here so that we have more than ample access to their…
This Saturday, the heart of downtown was buzzing with a sense of local pride specific to the fifth annual Homegrown Festival. Upon entering through the shut-down stretch of Main Street between Hardwood and Saint Paul, the barrage of sights, sounds and smells were enough to put a smile on the…
Another weekend come and another weekend gone. Hopefully we all spent some quality time with our beloved mothers yesterday, having most likely spent all day Saturday doing some quality day drinking. (Or maybe we were just day drinking with our mothers.) It was perfect weather for both, in fact. Naturally,…
Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger With Bronchos Dada, Dallas Friday, May 9, 2014 It’s impossible to ignore the elephant in the room when it comes to Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger, so let’s get it out of the way: Sean Lennon is the son of John Lennon and…
Ohio duo and multiple Grammy winners the Black Keys are preparing to drop a new album next week, titled Turn Blue. From the time it was announced, Blue, the band’s eighth album together, has been the crux of a slightly bizarre promotional campaign: first, its release was announced via Mike…
Sir Mix-A-Lot McKinney Avenue Tavern, Dallas Monday, May 5, 2014 This isn’t your normal concert crowd. Everyone’s here at McKinney Avenue Tavern for the same thing: the old-school shit. Nay, the old-school booty shit: They want to hear Sir Mix-a-Lot sing about butts that are big. Immediately. It’s Cinco-de-Goddamn-Mayo, after…
Editor’s Note: Last Friday’s JMBLYA Music Festival took place in conjunction with a daylong student summit, organized by Support Our Students and featuring students from throughout the Dallas Independent School District (DISD). As part of the program, two students — Rebecca Woo and Arianna Trejo, both sophomores at Adamson –…
As David Guetta closed out the first-ever Suburbia Music Festival in Plano during the early-evening hours of Sunday, the level of chaos was directly dependent on your proximity to the stage. Directly underneath the stage lights, the shoulder-to-shoulder energy of the dancing festival-goers could have been straight out of a…
Ghost B.C. With King Dude House of Blues, Dallas Saturday, May 3, 2014 What do you get if you combine Scandinavian metal, Satanic chanting, 1970s shock-rock pageantry and exhibitionism, the best parts of an American classic rock radio station, and some of the tightest funk-rock licks to emerge from a…
Gavin DeGraw With Parachute and Nick Gardner House of Blues, Dallas Friday, May 2, 2014 Worlds collided Friday night in downtown as the Mavericks’ game six was underway and pop-rock musician Gavin DeGraw was in town, playing a sold-out show at the House of Blues. Parking, to say the least,…
By Mwanza Dover Over the month of May, Detroit’s world-famous Movement Electronic Music Festival is holding pre-parties building up to their annual Memorial Day weekend blowout. Local promoter Source 20/20 is behind the Dallas edition of official pre-parties at The Green Elephant this coming Saturday. Featured on the bill is…
Dillinger Escape Plan With Tera Melos, Vattnet Viskar, and Baring Teeth Trees, Dallas Thursday, May 1, 2014 Last time I saw the Dillinger Escape Plan, I informed you of their status as the best live band in the world. I took ten months, searching up and down, over hill and…
The Hold Steady With Oil Boom Granada Theater, Dallas Wednesday, April 30, 2014 As Craig Finn and his four bandmates in the Hold Steady walked out on the stage to the sounds of Lou Reed’s “Real Good Time Together” Wednesday night, there was a change that rippled through the Granada…
