Latinos Unidos was canceled at the Bomb Factory, but we’ve still got some great shows lined up this week. Catch plenty of up-and-coming singer-songwriters, let lose with some heavy metal, or check out plenty of hip-hop and EDM acts at this year’s Breakaway Music Festival. Lindi Ortega 8 p.m. Wednesday,…
Walking up and down the streets of Deep Ellum, one might pass by 10 to 15 music venues, which can be said for a lot of cities. So why is it so hard to book your own shows? The truth is, it isn’t. Before a band hits the big time…
If you like big guitars, you are in luck. Lots of loud, noisy rock is coming our way in concert announcements for the Dallas area with hard-core, trash-rock and ’90s styles leading the way. Also, make room in your calendar for a couple of other big-ticket items that will surely…
Southern Methodist University’s Fondren Library was moderately quiet Wednesday afternoon as students mingled and worked on group projects near the building’s Starbucks. Further inside, the atmosphere was what one might expect in a library — silent. Then Dominic Harrison, aka Yungblud, crashed students’ study space with his three-piece band. Around…
The band Northern Faces loves Dallas. “We played our first real show of tour ever in Dallas,” says vocalist and guitar player Brian Shortell. “It was at The Door with Say Anything back in 2013. It was a 1,000-plus person sellout show, the venue was packed, and I’ll never forget the…
Time preoccupied Beck at every turn Friday night. Whether it was the eclectic setlist slipping easily between moods, albums and moments in his career, or the singer-songwriter’s repeated remembrances of past North Texas appearances, the weight of years seemed omnipresent. Perhaps that’s merely a strong inference from someone who has…
Throw on your fringed leather jackets Monday night for a night of ’80s rock ‘n’ roll as Bon Jovi takes the stage at American Airlines Center. Not your scene? Check out locals Midnight Opera and Lorelei K as they play intimate sets at Wild Detectives on Friday night, or embrace…
Fort Worth’s Leon Bridges has undoubtedly become one of the biggest stars on the national stage in recent years. His 2015 debut album, Coming Home, charted in the Billboard top 10, scored a Grammy nomination and secured a spot on pretty much every critic’s best-of-year list. Now, with his follow-up…
We’re getting cool news this week as Dallas’ spring and summer concerts continue to roll in. The Bomb Factory adds some new shows with local flavor. Grand Prairie’s Verizon Theatre has reeled in some classic names. And the outdoor venues continue prepping for summer. Alejandro Rose-Garcia, better known as Shakey…
The acronym is FUCK, but don’t call it FUCK Fest. Free Underage Cool Kids Festival is celebrating its second not-so-annual music and art show Friday through Saturday in Denton. “With the name, it all actually started as a joke,” says Justin Piel, one of the event organizers. “Gabe Thompkins [another…
At heart, Amelia Meath and Nick Sanborn are folk performers. Just a few years ago, both artists were deeply entrenched in projects — the Appalachian roots trio Mountain Man for Meath and heady folk-rock jammers Megafaun for Sanborn. When not touring the globe, headlining giant festivals or dropping new singles…
When tickets went on sale for Slayer’s final tour, local thrashers had mere minutes to secure their tickets before they were gone. Ravaged by scalpers and bots, tickets to the June 19 show at The Bomb Factory went fast, only to be found online for as much as $3,000. Until…
Right after the end of Damn Fine Music Fest, a Twin Peaks-inspired concept concert, King Camel’s Jeff Brown told the Observer that he was already planning future concept shows. While some might have thought it would be another year before he delivered, that wasn’t the case. In less than three…
There are always plenty of concerts to see and hear in Dallas, and this week is no exception. Shows include white boy rap, emo and cover bands. Outward Bound Mixtape Sessions 10 p.m. Monday, March 19, RBC, 2617 Commerce St., 469-487-6149 or rbcdeepellum.com, free We look forward to Mondays now,…
What better way to cap off a weekend of wild concerts than to host one of the biggest party shows at one of the smallest venues? That’s what happened Sunday night with the second-to-last show in Not So Fun Weekend’s five-day concert series with five bands: Omni, Okey Dokey, La…
It’s human nature to take moments for granted as they happen. A sunrise, a first kiss, a walk in the rain — these things come and fade away, shifting from lived to remembered with astonishing quickness. What separates Lorde’s brand of sinuous, stormy and sophisticated pop music from her peers’…
Getting sucked into the wishful thinking of potential musical success is easy. MyAfton, a booking agency based in Portland, Oregon, thrives on this kind of naive optimism. At first glance, MyAfton’s unsolicited booking emails might look exciting and, to the uninitiated, like a revolving door of endless opportunity. However, after…
Beyonce and Jay-Z are coming. The most hyped music event of the year leads off our list of new concert announcements this week, but there’s lots more to dig into. The summer ahead continues to be shaping up nicely, and many venues are booking well into the fall. The biggest…
Whenever Chris Carrabba hits Dallas on tour, he knows there’s something special here. It’s one of the first cities that warmly embraced his band, Dashboard Confessional, and a former member resides here, so Carrabba is not short on kind words. Ahead of a long tour in support of the latest…
Your weekend concert calendar is about to overflow with some excellent choices and a few difficult decisions. With 11 diverse shows spread across five days in five venues, Not So Fun Weekend 2018 is offering some big national names along with the hottest up-and-comers DFW has to offer. Parade of…
Festival season kicks into high gear this week. Austin’s South by Southwest has plenty of us living out of our cars for a week, but you don’t have to make the long trek south. King Camel’s SX Foreplay fest features an all-SXSW lineup in own Deep Ellum on Monday night…
Shannon Taylor grew up in Mesquite until she was 15, but for the past 11 years, she’s lived on the East and West Coasts. Now she’s coming back to North Texas with her band, awakebutstillinbed, en route to SXSW. It will be their first time playing Dallas and Denton. Taylor’s…
