Mayhem Festival Gexa Energy Pavilion Tuesday, July 10 See also: The fans of Mayhem Festival As I parked next to the Amsterdam and walked through Fair Park’s Esplanade yesterday, I took in the neo-modernist sculptures and murals that adorn the Art Deco buildings. The closer I got to the Gexa…
Louisville, Kentucky four-piece Trophy Wives are giving DFW a treat this week. Not only are they playing Andy’s Bar in Denton tonight with Bad Design, they’re also playing Double Wide on Thursday with Nervous Curtains and Descender. They’ll be previewing material from their album Old Scratch, so don’t moan about…
Dream Theater guitarist John Petrucci took time out while the band was in Ohio a few weeks ago and talked about his first forays with music. It was expected Rush would be mentioned, but we also talked about the first time the band played Dallas, new drummer Mike Mangini’s first…
Ronald Shannon Jackson The Kessler Theater Saturday, July 7 Wish fulfillment at a concert? I’ve experienced it a few times: Captain Beefheart in 1976, Muddy Waters in 1977, Stooges guitarist Ron Asheton in 2001. It happened again this past Saturday night, when Ronald Shannon Jackson and the Decoding Society played…
The Angelus, Le Leek Electrique, Clint Niosi Dan’s Silvereaf Saturday, July 7 The Angelus, Warren Jackson Hearne and Le Leek Electrique, and Clint Niosi complemented each other handsomely on Saturday night, building a perfect crescendo from the reflective intelli-folk of Niosi, to the jazzed-up Eastern European death ballads of Hearne,…
Free shows at The Common Table are one good reason to hang out in Uptown, and this lineup of Denton regulars is another. Ryan Thomas Becker seems to play Dallas pretty frequently, but you don’t get to see Tony Ferraro’s impeccably named Denton “supergroup” Satans of Soft Rock that often…
This show is being touted as “a night of decadent and debaucherous Moon Rulers celebrating their descent from the womb,” and it’s at Queen City Hall, which has been showcasing some of the more interesting and challenging local music as of late. To wit: Cleric, Small Talk, Deflowered Electric Flesh…
Saturday, July 7, at Dan’s Silverleaf The Angelus return to the town of their birth, where they’ll slowly massage the stage at Dan’s Silverleaf with their hypnotic live show. Opening for the Angelus is Warren Jackson Hearne’s new outfit (though he hasn’t changed his signature black suit in over a…
Progressive rock titans Dream Theater hit Verizon Theatre for the second time on their A Dramatic Turn of Events tour. It’s another chance to see the band with newest member Mike Mangini filling the seemingly-impossible-to-fill shoes of original drummer/mastermind Mike Portnoy. And yeah, this is metal/rock for rocket scientists and…
Atlanta worsdmith Rittz raps like he’s either a lost member of Three 6 Mafia or Yelawolf’s psychic twin, and he owes a bit to both his Southern counterparts. He dropped his White Jesus mixtape last year, and followed it up with White Jesus: Revival this year, pairing his rapid-fire flow…
Warped Tour Gexa Energy Pavilion Tuesday, July 3 See also: Talking to Evan Weiss of Into It. Over It See also: The fans and bands of Warped Tour Per usual, the gates to Warped Tour opened a few minutes after 11 a.m., and what was available to see was spotty.Though…
Schoolboy Q The Door Saturday, June 30 On a night defined by sweat and hype, Schoolboy Q showed that sometimes you can be too good. Taking the stage after a litany of local artists, Q stalked the stage and effortlessly shifted gears between songs, taking control of style after style,…
This night unfolds sort of like a local map of heaviness. Headlining the night is Oak Cliff duo Akkolyte, who just returned from a short U.S. tour and will no doubt lay down a spring-loaded set of charred, primal thrash. Fort Worth duo Pinkish Black, on the other hand, slow…
It’s a very interesting social experiment, watching grown-ups reduced to their teenage selves, swooning and beaming at their former teen idols. Such will certainly be the case when New Edition hit the Verizon Theatre. Ronnie DeVoe, Johnny Gill, Ricky Bell, Michael Bivins, Ralph Tresvant and Bobby Brown are back with…
Class is in session, as young L.A. rapper Schoolboy Q makes his way to The Door, touring behind second album Habits & Contradictions, which follows up debut Setbacks. He’s finally escaping the shadow of guest verses and owning his flow. He won’t be alone, either — check out the stellar…
With the inaugural session of Girls Rock Dallas about a month away, seems like they should go ahead and throw a pool party. They’re taking over FOE for the day, and in addition to live performances from lady-centric bands Zappos, Skating Polly, Static Mind and Faded Grace, there will be…
Willie Nelson’s 39th annual Fourth of July picnic returns to Fort Worth, with some of his closest friends in tow: Ray Wylie Hubbard, Stoney LaRue, Billy Joe Shaver, Ray Price, Johnny Bush, Asleep at the Wheel, Deadman, Jamey Johnson and more. If you’ve never seen Nelson (it’s OK, we won’t…
You might have seen Nikki McKibbin in the national media these days, recalling her time with Rodney King on Celebrity Rehab 2, but she’s still singing around the DFW area in two bands: No Rest for the Wicked and Love Stricken Demise. The latter has a new EP, Psychotrip, and…
Lower Dens Dada Sunday, June 24 Blank Unstaring Heirs of Doom, Jana Hunter’s 2005 debut, felt of another era, sharp and striking yet spare, Hunter’s voice the spiritual guide behind her acoustic guitar. It also felt like a skeleton that needed some flesh hung on it, as did her follow-up…
For the $100 you spent at Coldplay, here is what you could have done Friday night: Dinner and live music from the food trucks on Main Street: $7 Cold IPA at Double Wide before the crowds hit: $4 plus tip RTB2, Sealion and the Whiskey Folk Ramblers at LaGrange: $8…
El-P, Killer Mike, Mr. Muthafuckin’ eXquire, Despot The Granada Theater Thursday, June 21 See more in our slideshow Listening to the recorded works of El-P, it’s easy to get the feeling you’re dealing with a robot who has somehow discovered the emotional razor wire that is living a human life…
Van Halen, Kool & The Gang American Airlines Center Wednesday, June 20 See also: The five worst and five most underrated Van Halen songs You have to hand it to Diamond Dave. Sure, he can’t hit all those high notes like back in the day, but he gave it the…
