Happy Thanksgiving. One thing to be thankful for is the opportunities for shows this week. The 1975 does South Side Ballroom. Bone Thugs-N-Harmony give Trees some thuggish, ruggish bone. Living THC molecule Devin the Dude plays the Granada Theater with the Outfit, TX opening. Erykah Badu heads home and hits…
This weekend you can hear the raspy tales of Jeezy’s street life at South Side Ballroom. Captured! By Robots, a band comprised of one human captured by robots, plays a wacky set at Three Links. Garage rockers Jacuzzi Boys take on Club Dada. Hoodie Allen and Chiddy Bang will play…
Slayer With Exodus Verizon Theatre, Grand Prairie Wednesdany, November 19, 2014 When I was 12, I wanted to listen to Slayer. I wanted to listen to Slayer so badly. My cousin got to see them whenever they played Los Angeles and he had all of their albums. I was listening…
Jeezy 9 p.m. Friday, November 21, at South Side Ballroom, 1135 S. Lamar, 214-421-2021 or southsideballroomdallas.com, $59.50 The Godfather of modern Atlanta trap rap is returning to Dallas. The artist formerly known as Young Jeezy has been a star in the rap game ever since he released Let’s Get It:…
The Black Keys With Jake Bugg. American Airlines Center, Dallas Sunday, November 16, 2014 A quick glance over the past decade of rock music doesn’t exactly produce an over-abundance of true, guitar-driven bands that have climbed up from the club circuit and into the realm of massive-scale arena rock. These…
Sturgill Simpson With Cris Jacobs Cub Dada, Dallas Saturday, November 15, 2014 There are many of us who are deeply concerned about the future of country music. These are likely concerns that our parents had, and theirs before them. Every generation always thinks that the one after their own is…
This week offers a rather good mix of concerts for your entertainment pleasure. Blonde Redhead plays Granada Theater, horror punk outfit the Misfits play Gas Monkey Live, metal Gods Slayer play in the suburbs at Verizon Theatre, Jeezy (formerly Young Jeezy, but not yet Old Jeezy) is set to explain…
2014 has been a rough year for country music. Florida-Georgia Line is selling more records than anyone else in the genre, Luke Bryan is the Country Music Association’s Entertainer of the Year, and any traces of Willie, Waylon, and Hank seem to be stamped out of country music’s most popular…
It’s so cold. It’s so cold outside. What might keep your mind off of the frigid temperatures, however, is some live music. Sturgill Simpson and Willie Nelson are coming through to Club Dada and WinStar, respectively, in an attempt to keep country alive. The Black Keys are apparently big enough…
Los Lonely Boys With Vallejo, 8 p.m. Saturday, November 15, at Gas Monkey Live, 10110 Technology Blvd., gasmonkeylive.com, $30-$300 This trio of brothers from San Angelo have a unique blend of rock, blues, conjunto and Tejano. The brothers Garza started playing music in the ’80s before they were even teens,…
Pizza Underground With Har Mar Superstar and Candy Boys Trees, Dallas Monday, November 10, 2014 New York’s underground art scene put on an unofficial art installation in Dallas Monday night, bringing some of its most incomprehensible acts to Trees . Leading the way was Macaulay Culkin and performance-art-piece-meets-Herman-Cain-YouTube-video, the Pizza…
Fun Fun Fun Fest With Sky Ferreira The Belmont, Austin Sunday, November 9, 2014 Sometimes being bad at something isn’t the worst thing in the world. Take Sky Ferreira’s late-night performance at The Belmont in Austin on Sunday, which helped round off the three-day music celebration that was Fun Fun…
Eli Young Band’s House Party With Pat Green, Gary Allan, Cody Johnson and Maddie and Tae Globe Life Park, Arlington Saturday, November 8, 2014 Before Saturday night’s House Party at Globe Life Park, it was a mystery to me why the Eli Young Band wasn’t a bigger deal or more…
Fun Fun Fun Fest With King Diamond Auditorium Shores, Austin Saturday, November 8, 2014 King Diamond was not messing around with his stage setup at Fun Fun Fun Fest in Austin. The headlining set for the Black Stage on Saturday night, it came complete with gates on the front of…
Dallas music fans, you are in your prime this week. Before we hit a late fall lull, there’s a smattering of great live music coming through our glorious city. The Pizza Underground, Macaulay Culkin’s pseudo-cover band that turns the Velvet Underground songs into ballads on the greatness of pizza, hits…
Fun Fun Fun Fest With Forward, Long Knife, World to Burn, Power Trip and Wiccans The North Door, Austin Saturday, November 8, 2014 On Saturday night’s edition of the Fun Fun Fun Fest Nites shows, two of Texas’ best hardcore acts took the stage. Wiccans of Denton and Power Trip…
Run the Jewels Trees, Dallas Thursday, November 6, 2014 The blood red tour bus bearing Run The Jewels’ name and signature iconography – two mummified hands, one surrendering a gold chain to the other, gestured as a gun – glared in the early afternoon sun outside of Trees in Deep…
There’s a swath of great show to hit this weekend and that is in large part due to a little spillover from Fun Fun Fun Fest. So, go ahead and thank Austin before we go on. Cool, that was nice of you; it is good to express gratitude. This weekend…
Slipknot With KoRn Gexa Energy Pavilion, Dallas Friday, October 31, 2014 Music is weird. It has a way of sticking around in your life, or coming back when you thought you’d left if behind. I first heard KoRn when I was nine years old when my little brother got a…
Chive Fest Southfork Ranch, Parker Saturday, November 1, 2014 On the battleground of providing viral content to users on the internet one website has risen above all others when it comes to repeatedly scraping the bottom of the barrel to get eyes on the digital prize. The Chive, aka Buzzfeed…
This week is pretty stacked with some great shows. One of the best we’ve had in Dallas in a while. Lionel Richie does the whole casino in Oklahoma thing, the English Beat plays Trees, as does Run the Jewels and Ratking. Death from Above 1979 is set to play a…
It’s Halloween weekend, which is most likely your favorite time of the year to party if you’re under 30. If you’re over 30, relax, New Year’s Eve isn’t too far off. For now, there’s just a bunch of shows you should check out this weekend, Halloween-themed and otherwise. Slipknot and…
