Celebrating their 45th anniversary as a band, Squeeze brought their Songbook tour to The Bomb Factory Thursday night with the foundational punk band X as their opening act. Once heralded by Rolling Stone as the heirs to the throne left vacant by The Beatles’ John Lennon and Paul McCartney, the…
When an editor gives one of their writers the task of covering a concert fronted by a celebrity who isn’t known for their musical talents, it’s either because they know that it will suck and the writer can turn such torture into something hilarious or the writer did something wrong…
The time to plan ahead into 2020 is officially upon us when it comes to concert season. Venue calendars continue to fill up several months before the calendar officially flips. This week, we’ve got announcements from Grammy winners, local and revered songsmiths, and sharp up-and-comers on the docket. Read ahead…
Houston-based soul and R&B outfit The Suffers had some abysmal luck following a set at this year’s Homegrown Fest. As we reported back in April, the eight-piece band lost about $33,000 worth of equipment when thieves took off with the band’s detached trailer, which stood in the parking lot at…
Let’s go back in time for just a moment. Word War II is over. We all have tons of extra money because America is in the midst of an economic boom. We like Ike. Elvis, Roy Orbison, Buddy Holly and The Everly Brothers are filling the airwaves with a new…
His songs have been performed more than 100 million times worldwide. His LP and single sales number more than 90 million. He’s sold 10 million albums worldwide, and got a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and the Canadian one, too. With more than 500 songs to his credit,…
There is only one certified diamond-selling dance hall reggae artist, and he will be performing at the Toyota Music Factory in Irving on Saturday. His name is Shaggy. Yes, the artist who wrote “It Wasn’t Me,” the got-caught-cheating-red-handed record that sat in that No. 1 Billboard spot for three weeks and…
First of all, shut up. We get it. Yes, Greg Ginn is the only original member of Black Flag left in the band. No, Henry Rollins does not have nice things to say about Ginn or the current iteration of the band. Yeah, pro-skateboarder Mike Vallely is not the lead…
In a recent Rolling Stone interview, Irish singer-songwriter Glen Hansard admitted that a friend of his has nicknamed him “Earnest Strum,” due to his penchant for “the type of exceedingly sincere, traditionally-rooted folk that Hansard has mostly been making for the past dozen years,” the article reads. The soft, somber,…
If you’re on a budget, which, unless you’re Mark Cuban or Bill Gates, is pretty much all of us, this list of shows is for you. Seeing one of these top-notch local acts like Paul Slavens & Friends and Cure for Paranoia, as well as bigger bands like Iron Maiden…
This week’s batch of concert announcements brings a slate of shows scheduled for 2020. It’s been a busy 2019, and though there are still a few months to go, many promoters and venues are rapidly filling up their winter and spring calendars. Read on for a bevy of artists coming…
Dallas indie-punk band Posival was pretty much dead in 2015. In the two preceding years, singer and guitarist Michael Zamora had written enough material to fill up three full-length albums and an EP, all released after the band members went their separate ways in early 2016. It was in those…
When Joel Zimmerman’s, aka Deadmau5’s, team of handlers offered an interview ahead of his Sept. 12 and 13 shows at South Side Ballroom, I thought “OK, fine.” A conversation with Deadmau5 seemed like fun, after all. He’s a talented musician and no-filter guy who likes to rant about everything and…
If your personality hinges on your musical tastes, then your ability to look smart when talking about them is imperative to your survival in the local scene. Here is a loose, easy guide to music terminology and some etiquette that will hopefully make you sound like you know what you’re…
Saturday night at the Statler Ballroom, as The Mavericks launched into “Summertime (When I’m With You),” the floor began to move beneath the crowd’s feet. That it felt as though the entire room was dancing — a couple of thousand fans pressed together in a room often on the verge…
There are plenty of good shows to attend this week, but here are a few suggestions if you don’t know where to start. If you’re looking for new wave, you’ll want to be at Granada Theater on Monday for British act The Fixx. If you’re looking for something with a…
Late in the evening, John Mayer leveled with us. He described to the comfortably full American Airlines Center an unhurried dinner with a companion whose presence soothes and everything feels so relaxed and easy that, before you know it, dessert has arrived: “That’s what this feels like,” the 41-year-old singer-songwriter…
As soon as Labor Day passes, American tradition dictates that the holiday season must begin. While that may not be officially true, it does appear to have recently become the unspoken norm. As our weekly concert announcements roll in, the festivities of the Christmas season are bright, just as several…
La Goony Chonga is one of many women taking over the hip-hop scene in 2019. While rappers like Megan thee Stallion and Saweetie released some of the biggest, sexually charged rap hits of the summer, like “Cash Shit” and “My Type,” respectively, Miami native La Goony Chonga has a sexy,…
Half a decade ago, Jay and Jo Indigo started producing a unique brand of psychedelic bluesy hip-hop in a back-house Oak Cliff studio. The pair found a musical rock to stand on with the addition of Sneedless Indigo on bass and Tito Indigo on drums, and thus were born the…
In an imperfect world, it’s naive to assume there will ever be a perfect concert experience. Some things are just out of our control: noisy audiences during intimate sets, slow bar service or a band that starts an hour after its set time. But, like in the wonderful world of…
Nervous Curtains has been a staple in the Dallas music scene for more than a decade, executing their post-punk musings over the course of five albums and one film score. While the band’s sound has evolved with each release, it’s not what one would generally think of as dangerous. The…
