This weekend the staff at Majestic Theatre took every necessary precaution to ensure that no tomfoolery or shenanigans would take place for the long sold-out Neutral Milk Hotel concert this past Saturday. Lead singer and notorious recluse Jeff Magnum has been known to be spooked by over zealous fans, so…
This past Saturday night, the Gas Monkey Bar ‘N Grill in Dallas lived up to the name of the television series that features its owner: car repair reality show Fast ‘N Loud. With full sets scheduled from Austin’s Hank Senior-recalling, honky-tonk hero Wayne “The Train” Hancock (on the venue’s indoor…
I don’t know how many of you were at the Jeff Mangum show last January. For those of you who were not, though I assume the Venn diagram of the two crowds shares a considerable crossover, the crowd at the solo show could sense a frailty in Mangum that made…
Lionel Richie and CeeLo Green are touring together. At first glance it seems odd, a Dungeon Family affiliate splitting time with someone I always picture wearing a turtleneck. But here we are — the tour is real and we must confront the idea enough to decide whether or not to…
It’s Valentine’s Day weekend in Dallas, and clearly, something about live music turns you people on. This entire week is jam packed with notable concerts, every single night. For your hot and heavy week ahead, we’ve got twenty live music date night options to try and help get you laid…
There’s something in the air this week besides Wintery Mix. It’s almost Valentine’s Day, that magical time of year where even really solid romantic gestures seem tacky and contrived. But hey: Everyone deserves a little love. And a whole bunch of bands are choosing North Texas this year. So open…
Editor: Lumberjack Fest is this weekend at Dan’s Silverleaf. For the first time ever, the festivities will stretch over two nights — you can find more information on Saturday’s installment on one Facebook page and the details for Sunday on another. Steve Steward had a very serious conversation with founder…
Listen, we know all your best pals who are cooler and funnier and have way more interesting lives than you do are going down to SxSW in a month. They’re going to have the most amazing time getting hammered, getting hopped up on the Molly and probably making out with…
Dallas, what the hell? It is offensively cold outside. I don’t appreciate it, and I don’t want any part of it, but despite my wants or needs, the polar vortex has laid its wrath upon us with great vengeance and furious anger. I took my dog for a walk this…
Yesterday was a really big day for local twang-rock fans. David Ponder of Somebody’s Darling announced the band will begin recording their new album this week, The Old 97’s released a song from their upcoming album. And Madison King let any who made it out to Deep Ellum’s Twilite Lounge…
The last time I told you all a story about my teenage years, Billy Corgan got really angry. So I tell you this story in the hope that it will, for no apparent reason, anger Billy Corgan again. I was either 14 or 15, and I was living in a…
Outpost American Tavern sits north and east of the Bishop Arts District a few blocks away from the Houston Viaduct. With it, Chris Jeffers and his business partners (the ones also behind Smoke, Bolsa and The Foundry) continue a run of carefully conceived restaurants and bars — ones that transport…
About halfway through Delorean’s fine performance on Saturday night at Dada, the cue for the lone working bathroom was about 10 people deep. Seems some rowdy, drunken female had cracked the tank of the toilet in the lady’s bathroom on the previous evening. The resulting snafu was less bothersome due…
Nestled on the corner of Zang and Beckley, just over the bridge into Oak Cliff, sits restaurateur and venue owner Chris Jeffers’ newest acquisition. With Outpost American Tavern, Jeffers and his business partners (who also own Bolsa, Smoke and The Foundry) decided to deliver something new and different to the…
Alright Dallas, your weekend is looking pretty flush. We’ve got twelve great live music picks for you this week, but unfortunately, seven of them take place between Friday and Saturday alone. Whereas last week brought us a bunch of weekday shows (see also: cubicle hangovers), you’ll be able to catch…
It’s always memorable to see a band during a transitional phase, as was the case last night at Three Links in Deep Ellum, where La Luz played their first Dallas show. Incidentally, it will also be the last time we see the current incarnation of the band, what we will…
Every aspiring metal band knows that if they want their band truly to soar into the major leagues of arena playing, they need a drummer. Not just any drummer, but one who can keep the rhythm of the song and also provide the guttural devastation that lends depth and power…
Neko Case blew into Dallas on the whiplash end of the reversing polar vortex. Fortunately, Case’s Thursday night Granada Theater performance generated a lush, radiating warmth. Along with her band mates, Case is touring in support of her recently Grammy-nominated album, The Worse Things Get, The Harder I Fight, The…
Where to begin? We have a jarring amount of noteworthy shows on this week’s calendar. Starting tonight with Neko Case at the Granada Theater, and ending on Wednesday when Parade of Flesh and Red Bull Sound Select bring Fucked Up to Dada- this is the first big show week of…
There is an eight-show outdoor concert series in the middle of the summer in Dallas. None of the artists have been announced yet. So why might you be tempted to spend $180 right now on a season pass to such a thing? Barefoot at the Belmont, KXT’s now five-year-old series…
In-store performances are tricky, unpredictable little miscreants. Unlike a standard club show, where one typically understands the general, unwritten crowd rules, a record store gig can be awkward or intimate. It’s doubtful that one can be both, and such a show rarely falls in a gray middle. It’s a fine…
The Vliets (Pronounced Vleets) describe themselves as ‘experimental rock’ , which seems an accurate enough description if you’re a fan of understatement. If their name offers any indication, it’s an homage to Don Van Vliet, the experimental musician better known as Captain Beefheart, a longtime collaborator of Frank Zappa’s. Lead…
