For this week’s batch of announcements, our area will receive a return visit from a local Grammy winner along with drop-ins from some punk veterans, soulful female singers and a couple of singer-songwriters. Read on for the details. News came in late last week that Texas native and Grammy Award-winning…
In between jokes about raucous rock orgies, memories of “mystical,” mushroom-fueled adventures and stories about onstage “fuck-ups,” the men of Kyoto Lo-Fi reflect on the peaks and valleys of the last few years. The late summer sun has descended on Bishop Manor, and the band is taking a break from…
Austin-born band Spoon will be releasing a compilation of their greatest hits, Everything Hits at Once: The Best of Spoon. The album is a scrapbook of the last 25 years of Spoon’s career, which will delight old fans and serve as a road map for new fans discovering the band…
It’s difficult to listen to commercial pop music with a critical mind, and that is said with no hint of irony. You would think that commercial pop’s mainstream accessibility and focus-grouped nature would make artists of the genre easy to evaluate, but if anything, the corporate nature of such music…
By now, you’re a little past the half-way mark and just need to survive another month of summer. Well, that still calls for a celebration, a week-long celebration full of live music. Shawn Mendes can help you get the party started at American Airlines Center. Afterwards, if you’re trying to save some…
Jack White continues to show much love for Dallas. Fresh off appearances last year at The Bomb Factory, his well-attended charity baseball game with The Ticket and his ongoing involvement with bat company Warstic, the singer-guitarist is heading back this way with The Raconteurs, his epic garage rock outfit. They’ll…
From her home in Oxford, Mississippi, the folk-blues, country-rock singer-songwriter Shannon McNally calls to talk about her latest album, Black Irish, produced by country music legend Rodney Crowell ahead of her upcoming show at Sons of Hermann Hall on July 26. Upon finding out her interviewer’s affinity for punk rock…
Indie folk-pop band The Head and the Heart is in a unique career stage: Too popular for the likes of Canton Hall and House of Blues, but not popular enough for some of the city’s larger venues. The Seattle sextet made camp at Toyota Music Factory on Friday for the…
Corpus Christi has Selena, Houston has Beyoncé, Dallas has Post Malone and El Paso has Khalid. And Khalid has El Paso, as he was recently presented with the key to the city. While Khalid is still fairly new to the pop music landscape, he’s already garnered himself a large following…
If you’re trying to make it to Sunday evening church service and also see some of the biggest acts in town this week, you might be a little busy. Inna Vision, Built To Spill, Korn and Alice in Chains are all rolling into town for North Texas performances that night…
Billie Eilish’s upcoming Dallas appearance highlights a busy week of new concert announcements. And, while that show is likely to draw masses to American Airlines Center this fall, there are a slew of other artists, both large and small, coming this way. Read ahead for the details. Billie Eilish is…
It’s a 2016 tour stop somewhere in Pennsylvania. Zach Deputy has the audience jiving to his one-man funk-jam show. Deputy plays the last tune, exits the stage, and an icon is standing there. It’s The Prime Minister of Funk, George Clinton, who says with a smile, “Hey! You dat boy…
For September Moon, music has produced a rippling, magnetic effect. Musicians Daniel Brown and Katherine Rublein met during a singer-songwriter competition in the Fort Worth Stockyards several years ago, and the 30-year-old newlyweds have been making music together ever since. “That’s how this whole band thing kind of came together,”…
Country artist Chris Young’s Raised on Country World Tour might not be prompted by the promotion of a new album, but when it makes its way to Dos Equis Pavilion on July 20, that won’t mean fans won’t have new songs to sing along to. “Raised on Country,” the song…
Sequels don’t have to suck, and New Found Glory has proved that with their latest collection of punk rock movie covers, From the Screen to Your Stereo 3. The Florida natives have been a band for over two decades, and their history of making movie covers goes back just as…
When you think about it, the first modern music festival most likely occurred during the Summer of 1969, just 43 miles outside of Woodstock, New York. Though not the first of its kind, the festival has obtained near mythic status in the now time-honored tradition of watching music in the…
Dallas fans of country music recording artist Aaron Watson have a lot to be excited about. His new album, Red Bandana, a 20-track record marking his 20 years performing, was released June 21 to positive critical reception, and he’ll play selections from his newest work — alongside hits from the…
Gas Monkey Live was the place to be on Friday afternoon, day jobs be damned. We weren’t sure what to expect from an outdoor music festival at a venue that typically holds concerts indoors, but Sad Summer delivered something good. The parking lot behind Gas Monkey Live was transformed into…
Band of Horses and My Morning Jacket have been two of the past decade’s most influential rock bands. With innovative sonic approaches, deft songwriting, and gentle sprinklings of folk and country, the groups also served as somewhat kindred spirits, both sharing occasional stages and a bevy of like-minded fans. It…
Good news, music fans: There’s a show you can go to nearly every day this week. End your Tuesday the right way with an intimate set by Austin duo Little Mazarn. On Wednesday, you can hop over to Club Dada to hear The Roomsounds. Up-and-coming rap artist YUNG BANS will…
As the Fourth of July rolls by, our area heat index reaches its peak. As you’re cooling off at the pool, in the air conditioning or submerged in a bucket of ice, take a look at some new concert announcements with acts that will soon be passing through our neck…
Metal music comes in many versions — from traditional heavy metal to screamo, and everything in between. Coheed and Cambria’s Unheavenly Skye Tour brought three wildly different iterations, all equally impressive, especially when paired with the bizarre story lines behind the music. Coheed and Cambria hails from Nyack, New York…
