A riverside ranch, a three-day weekend amongst nature and a stream of psychedelic music may sound like a cult happening (and it kind of is) but more to the point it’s the scene of Austin’s Psych Fest, a musical celebration of all things mind-bending. In seven short years, Psych Fest…
You’ve got a rock band. They’re pretty good. They rock out. People seem to like them. What’s the next logical step in the progression of this band or musician’s sound? Get louder? Play faster? Dig the same groove onto the next album? Maybe even get quiet and introspective for a…
Dallas, it’s beautiful outside. I don’t have to tell you how necessary it is to get out out of the house and go see some live music this weekend. Lucky for you, AT&T Performing Arts Center is hosting two different outdoor concerts this weekend, so you can soak up every…
Alright y’all, I know you’re still basking in a Springsteen glow from March Madness Festival this weekend, but it’s a new week with new concert picks. Luckily, we’ve got some good stuff coming up. From Bad Sports to Jeff Bridges, don’t stay cooped up this week. The weather might still…
Despite cold and rainy weather, fans came out to Reunion Park for Sunday’s big March Madness Music Festival finale. The Wind and The Wave, Pat Green, fun., and the man of the hour, Bruce Springsteen, put on a rain or shine show that couldn’t be stopped or even hampered by…
Maybe I hang out with extreme cynics or maybe my friends don’t appreciate free, outdoor concerts like I do, or heck, I probably just don’t have enough friends, but convincing someone to tag along with me to the Final Four series of concerts at Reunion Plaza proved tricky. Everyone told…
March Madness Festival has been making headlines around the country since it was announced last month. To accompany the NCAA’s Final Four tournament in Dallas this week, the college basketball league is throwing the city an enormous free weekend-long outdoor music festival at Reunion Park (by the old Reunion Arena…
Those summer dates are starting to fill up faster and faster each week, and it looks like the coming season will be a great one for live music. The most talked about announcement this week, however, was a actually a three way tie between Too Short and E-40 at Trees,…
For the past 15 years, Dallas locals’ dirty little nightlife secret sat at Henderson and McMillan avenues. The Slip Inn may have been tiny, it may have been poorly lit, and the bathrooms might have been the most avoided on Henderson — but there was a reason that there was…
How sweet it is to see the streets of Downtown, Deep Ellum, Lower Greenville, and Expo Park filled with nightlife patrons again after a cold winter. It’s that perfect time of year where the weather is still pre-heating for the summer and everyone just wants to be out and about…
While you’d expect a young crowd for most Odd Future shows, Trees was filled on Saturday night with a diverse mix of fans of all ages. Then again, The Internet’s Neptunes-influenced, neo-soul tinged, starry eyed R&B is not what you’d normally expect when you think from an off-shoot of a…
Do you feel that, Dallas? That’s sunshine. The weather is finally getting to be enjoyable again and it’s time to hit the streets and catch some great live music picks this weekend. Between Beenie Man, The Internet, and Meat Puppets– we’ve got some rarities on the horizon this week that…
As part of the most impressive parade of divas the Dallas area has seen in years (Diana Ross plays in April, Dolly Parton plays in May, Elton John played early March) Cher came to Dallas and proceeded to show them all how it should be done. Upon entering American Airlines…
Fleetwood Mac is back, and they’re coming to Dallas. In an interview this morning on NBC’s TODAY Show, it was revealed that for the first time in sixteen years, all five original members of the seminal 70’s classic rock band will be hitting the road together. No naysayers, no holdouts–…
From local to national offerings, it’s been a pretty good week for show announcements. Fort Worth Music Festival has put up an impressive first wave of featured acts, proving that the weekend will be sure to have a little something for everyone. 90’s rock/rap hybrid 311 will also hit the…
Something special happened in Dallas last night. For a brief flash, our city was the center of free jazz–jazz’s most uninhibited form. A quartet named The Bradford 4 performed at an intimate project space (Beefhaus) put on by local artist collective Art Beef. The Bradford 4 is fronted by legendary…
ScHoolboy Q is one of those rappers that you never truly know what to expect. With his recent major label debut, Oxymoron, Q treads the line between being dubbed a “conscious rapper” and a full-on trap gangsta rapper by way of drug references and a 2 Chainz feature. So, it…
This past Friday, the glowing red canopy at 2617 Commerce St. was illuminated once again for the reopening of the storied Dallas punk club, RBC. Walking through the venue’s tunneling entrance vaguely evoked walking through a time machine. It was as though the past seven years RBC has been closed…
Spring has officially sprung, Dallas! This light hoodie weather is gorgeous, the sun is shining, and the show calendar is nice and flush with options for the coming week. Get down and dirty with the dancehall king, get romantic with The Egyptian Lover, or get amped up with VNV Nation–…
“Why on earth would you want a ticket to see the guy from Creed?” Gavin Cleaver asked me, after I asked if there were still tickets available for the Scott Stapp show at House of Blues. As it turns out, he wouldn’t be the last one to ask that question…
This week there are a couple exciting pieces of local music news worth mentioning before I let y’all get out there and be great this weekend. First of all, the reopening of RBC is upon us. This Friday and Saturday the punks, metalheads and hardcore kids will return to their…
When I found out that Bruce Springsteen was going to be performing in Dallas for NCAA March Madness Festival, I knew that the time had come to fulfill my true destiny: to get pulled up onstage and dance with Bruce Springsteen during “Dancing in the Dark.” I come to you…
