Brandon Butters drums for two of Dallas’ most promising new bands, The West Windows and Things of Earth. The West Windows debuted earlier this year to a packed Double Wide and are gearing up for an opening slot with The Jealous Sound. Things of Earth have yet to play live,…
Adam Ant Granada Theater Friday, September 21 Red lights flooded the stage of the Granada Theater as Adam Ant’s band played an interlude on Friday night. The anticipation from the sold-out crowd was high, as shrieks, cheers, whistling and applause washed over the band’s introduction. As scheduled, Ant took to…
Ben Folds Five Palladium Ballroom Sunday, September 23 For a band that hasn’t toured together in over a decade, Ben Folds Five certainly didn’t play like one last night. In the span of nearly two hours, the trio had plenty of random moments, flubbed notes, impromptu songs, and even a…
Action Bronson Dada Sunday, September 23 In an industry where opulence is the modus operandi, Action Bronson favors a blue-collar sensibility. He prefers Carhatt over Cartier, New Balance over Neiman Marcus, “Giambi Lenses” over Gucci frames. His beard, which looks like an orange Christmas wreath, would put even the most…
Riot Fest Gexa Energy Pavilion Saturday, September 22 Though the inaugural Dallas edition of Riot Fest was a mild success, here’s something the festival’s organizers should consider if it returns next year: give the audience some kind of clue when bands are going on. While the Heineken Pavilion stage (curated…
OFF! Trees Wednesday, September 19 Now that was a real pit. It seems every touring rock act with a GA floor in front of them has one now. Hell, kids will swirl and crowdsurf in front of Evanescence these days, but last night’s floor wasn’t about old-schoolers showing up the…
Now that the fall has basically arrived, the Patio Sessions at AT&T Performing Arts Center offer a nice alternate to Thursday happy hour. Yes, we know you love patio drinking, Dallas, but this is also free, and you can bring your own booze to the event. That’s very egalitarian of…
This is the rescheduled date for Stuart Goddard’s canceled February show, and we’re thinking fall suits the new wave misfit much better. The good, the mad and the lovely will no doubt be in the house, waiting for Ant to sing “Whip in My Valise” or “Goody Two Shoes.” The…
Beach House’s latest Sub Pop LP, Bloom, sounds like …well, a Beach House album. Baltimore’s Victoria Legrand and Alex Scally may have hit the pinnacle of Beach House-ness back on 2010’s Teen Dream, which followed up two excellent Carpark releases that marked the duo’s heavy-lidded, sleep-walking sound. On album number…
Recently signing a deal with Vice and Warner Bros. Records, Albanian amalgam Arian Asllani, known on stage as Action Bronson, makes his way to Club Dada with the help of Dustin Cavazos and InternetTrapGod. Raised in Flushing, Queens, Bronson gave up a position as a chef in the exchange for…
When he opened for Nicki Minaj back at the end of July, at Verizon Theatre, Atlanta’s 2 Chainz put on a ferocious set, including doubled-down tracks from his new album, Based on a T.R.U. Story. And then he left the stage on a Segway. That’s just the sort of anti-baller…
Riot Fest, a Chicago-based event in years past, is expanding into Dallas for the first time, and judging by the lineup, this is more of what the Warped Tour should be. You’re not going to find phony boy bands dressed up in Hot Topic gear with sleeve tats. Instead, the…
This weekend, Houston’s Venomous Maximus will bring the metal to the mostly punk Riot Fest, featuring Rise Against, the Descendents and more. Sonic brothers with Dallas’ own Maleveller, we talked about dubbed cassettes, worst show experiences, and what their parents think of their music. Venomous Maximus was described to me…
Uproar Festival Gexa Energy Pavilion Sunday, September 16 See also: The tattooed fans of Uproar Festival “Buttrock: a term to identify a band trademarked with cheap, unoriginal song lyrics; the vocalist hiding his lack of vocal talent by producing a deep and ‘raspy’ voice (i.e. Nickelback, Creed)” – Urban Dictionary…
The Relatives, Pleasant Grove, Seryn Dallas City Performance Hall Friday, September 14 See also: More behind-the-scenes photos from opening night There was a moment backstage at the Dallas City Performance Hall on Friday night, when we were being led stage left before the 10 p.m. show started. We got a…
Mission of Burma, The Gary, Shiny Around the Edges Dan’s Silverleaf Friday, September 14 Mission of Burma’s1982 album, Vs., is a classic, but they’ve now reached a unique tipping point. Their output since 2002’s reunion has surpassed that of when they were initially active in the early ’80s, and the…
It’s been a little while since we’ve had any transmissions — live, vinyl or otherwise — from locals PVC Street Gang. Never fear: The group is launching a new 7-inch of punk-rock party-times music from Good Records’ Astroturf, assisted by Denton trio Curvette. Starts at 7 p.m. There will be…
Earlier this year, KXT, The Kessler and the Observer formed like Voltron to bring you the Triple Play series, which brought together emerging artists from Dallas, Denton and Fort Worth. After a bit of summer hibernation, the series is back, with a new home. The grand opening of the Dallas…
Arguably the finest extant ’80s underground rock act to return to service, Boston’s Mission of Burma were never particularly popular beyond the cognoscenti, and their comeback shows weren’t mobbed like those of the Pixies. But where Black Francis & Co. will never be anything more than a nostalgia act, MoB…
Swans’ February 2011 show at Mohawk remains one of the best shows I’ve seen in the last five years. Seeing Michael Gira and the rest of his retrofitted band warming up their engine again, after close to 15 years of inactivity, was a sight to behold. The slow-building, majestic volume…
In the current issue of Lone Star Music Magazine, The Departed’s primary lead singer, Cody Canada, described his band’s upcoming album, Adventis, as “the fastest moving project I’ve been a part of in a long time.” Given this album will be the first collection of original material for the band…
Check out this week’s North of the Dial column for more on Denton’s new house show venue, which is the noodly brainchild of Gutterth Records’ Michael Briggs. Fishboy and New Science Projects join touring acts James Rabbit and Iji for this inaugural show, which will hopefully break in the floorboards…
