Brian Wilson Was at Peace With His Legacy Last Night at Verizon Theatre

Brian Wilson Verizon Theatre, Grand Prairie Wednesday, June 24, 2015 Only three months have passed since Dallas was last swept in gleeful waves of Southern California nostalgia. Led by Mike Love, the Beach Boys’ visited Verizon Theatre for a performance highlighted with props and stage projections of the band’s more…

Best Coast Kept a Careful Distance at Granada Theater on Wednesday

Best Coast Granada Theater, Dallas Wednesday, June 24, 2015 Bethany Cosentino of Best Coast has cultivated one of the most beloved personas in the alternative music world, but it’s been a good while since we’ve seen it come through in full clarity. The main exception these days is her consistently…

JMBLYA Fest Helped Dallas High Schoolers Kick Off Summer with a Bang

JMBLYA Fest Deep Ellum Outdoors, Dallas Friday, June 19, 2015 ScoreMore Shows’ JMBLYA Fest, in conjunction with Dallas organization Support Our Students, gave out 200 free tickets to high schoolers to attend the student-oriented festival last Friday. In honor of the occasion, we invited one recent high school graduate, Xavier…

Jodeci Made Sure Father’s Day was All About the Ladies at Verizon Theatre

Jodeci With Tony! Toni! Toné! and Troop Verizon Theatre, Grand Prairie Sunday, June 21, 2015 It’s been quite a while since Jodeci released a studio album — 20 years in fact — but that’s exactly what the “Bad Boys of R&B” did this past March. The quartet’s fourth studio album, The…

Lynyrd Skynyrd Played the Classic Rock Hit Parade at Verizon on Friday

Lynyrd Skynyrd, Eddie Money, Blue Öyster Cult Verizon Theatre June 12, 2015 If you went Lynyrd Skynyrd’s show at Verizon Theatre on Friday night expecting to find much evidence of today’s political and racial tensions, well, you came away empty-handed. For all the band’s Confederate flag-waving and good-old-boy pretenses, this…

Benjamin Booker Was a Young Rock Star With an Old Soul at Trees Last Night

Benjamin Booker Trees, Dallas Tuesday, June 9, 2015 Along with the yesterday’s torrential downpour and violent thunder clatter came N’awlins singer and guitarist Benjamin Booker. It’s been a long eight months since Booker graced Dallas with his presence, but boy, he made up for his absence. Booker’s penchant for growling,…

Courtney Barnett Was the New Voice of Punk at Club Dada

Courtney Barnett With Chastity Belt and Darren Hanlon Club Dada, Dallas Saturday, June 6, 2015 When you’re getting ready for an artist as hyped as Courtney Barnett, it’s hard to know what to expect. Even if you’d seen her before, maybe at South By Southwest earlier this year, it’s hard…