Venues are pretty quiet around this week each year, with little-to-no touring acts and most of Dallas’ own movers and shakers opting to take some time off to enjoy the tastes and treats of the holidays. But we’re not left entirely without the chance to see some great shows. In…
Young Thug is an unusual rap star. His off-kilter delivery includes rapid flows, screeching falsettos, barks and growls or mumbles that are downright inaudible at times, and he cultivates an androgynous look, often wearing feminine clothing. Even if his music can be as misogynist as that of his genre peers, his…
It’s around this time of year when we see a decline in shows and an incline in hokey holiday hoorahs. But thanks to the efforts of some very cool artists who refuse to let concert goers be reduced to consuming the burned out and repetitive seasonal tunes heard in shopping…
The Dallas Observer Music Awards showcase, which spotlighted Dallas’ best and brightest in the music scene on Saturday, was a great kickoff to this week’s best concerts. Despite the station’s recent demise, 102.1 the Edge’s annual holiday concert swings into action on Tuesday, headlined by Weezer; Trees hosts an alternative to jolly…
Dolly Parton shimmied through the Verizon Theatre at Grand Prairie on Saturday night with her longtime band, a menagerie of instruments and what seemed to be several metric tons of cubic zirconia. “Leave no rhinestone unturned, is what I always say,” she joked, in her charming-as-all-get-out manner. You learn a lot about…
As some Dallasites awaken from a coma of carbs, meats and booze, the music scene around these parts is ready to serve up a double shot of espresso. Why not ease into the cheesy soundtracks of over-crowded department stores heading this way with a week of well-deserved shows? 106.1 KISS…
The show was originally scheduled for Saturday, November 26, but after his latest rant and shortened set in Sacramento, the rest of the Saint Pablo Tour has been called off.
The Granada Theater recently held its third installment of Beats and Eats, a series that delivers a four-course meal and cocktails joined with a musical act to compliment the tone of cuisine. Head chef of the Sundown at the Granada Jason West oversaw the night’s fare, a lighter take on…
There are living legends and some of them are national treasures. To his fans at a performance at Arlington Music Hall this weekend, Charlie Daniels embodied them both. Daniels, who turned fourscore last month, led the packed house on a revered, musical journey from the Wooley swamps of Lucius Clay toward a…
Ticket holders coming to Bric’s Block Party, Friday’s event at The Bomb Factory, knew they were in for a star-studded night of hip-hop. After all, the headlining sets included superstar rapper Wiz Khalifa and up-and-coming sensation D.R.A.M. But little did they know that a slew of surprise guests were waiting…
Before the Thanksgiving entourage of disagreeing family members flock to the spare bedrooms of many unprepared Dallasites this week, it’s important to map out a plan ahead of time before too many arguments begin. Don’t be left unprepared in the event of political mudslinging when there’s so many great distractions…
Who says celebrity status has to be a bad thing? Rhett Miller of Old 97’s is using his name this weekend to raise money and awareness for people who suffer daily from a deadly disease. The Dallas native, who now lives in New York with his family, is headed back…
Live music at beer and food festivals is always a risky proposition because the primary focus is on sampling stations. Attendees are often overwhelmed with options, so the performances can easily be relegated to background music that plays out over snack breaks. When the five-city Untapped Festival took over Fair…
An at-capacity crowd greeted Peter Hook’s visit to the Granada Theater on Friday night. Accompanied by his backing band, the Light, with Hook’s son Jack Bates on bass and harmony vocals, the show rolled into town almost a year to the day of his previous visit to the same venue…
Weekends tend to attract a much bigger, older and better established crowd to Deep Ellum, and these descriptors were all true of the people crowding around the Bomb Factory stage for electronic/indie rock duo Phantogram on Saturday. Frankly, this bred an enjoyable sense of calm that has been uncharacteristic of the…
As we inch closer to the day of reckoning, let’s all breathe a huge sigh of relief that this most historical election will be all said and done Nov. 8. That is unless the unyielding republican, Donald Trump, follows through with his claim to reject an electoral loss, throwing us…
There are no peaks and valleys at a Matt and Kim show. Every set the Brooklyn duo performs is one long climax bathed in smiles, dancing, crowd participation and pure raucousness. Last night at The Bomb Factory they delivered on that reputation with a high energy performance that felt just…
Adele’s boyfriend hasn’t married her after five years and a baby together. It’s a predicament she casually slipped into conversation in the midst of introducing one of her songs, “Million Years Ago,” during her sold-out concert at American Airlines Center on Tuesday evening. “I’m not married,” she said. “I don’t…
Grammy-award winning, vocal powerhouse Adele was in town last night. She played at the American Airlines Center to a sold-out crowd. But if you weren’t lucky enough to snag a seat, Dancing With The Stars winner and celebrity offspring Rumer Willis was also in town. She played her cabaret show…
On Saturday night, Sofar Sounds hosted R&B singer M3CCA, poet T. Odis and rappers KoolQuise and So-So Topic for a secret show at The Grove, a coworking space in the West End. Sofar Sounds, which stands for Songs From a Room, began in 2009 with the goal of offering artists…
Chance the Rapper With Francis and the Lights The Bomb Factory, Dallas Sunday, Oct. 16, 2016 It’s only fitting that Chance the Rapper performed on a Sunday — the Lord’s day — because Lil Chano from 79th took Dallas to church at The Bomb Factory. Such descriptions of concerts are…
Kris Kristofferson With the Texas Gentlemen Annette Strauss Square, Dallas Friday, Oct. 14, 2016 Kris Kristofferson embodies the term “living legend.” Over the course of a six-decade career, the singer-songwriter, actor, poet, Rhodes Scholar and all-around renaissance man has left an indelible mark on the popular culture. Though the various…
