No matter what Liz Phair does with her career, she’s seen both sides of critical and audience extremes. Though she cannot remember much about her early shows in Dallas, she does recall playing a small place with the Flaming Lips. Lips frontman Wayne Coyne asked how she was doing in…
Good times continue for Interpol, which recently released its latest album, Marauder. Guitarist Daniel Kessler and his bandmates, vocalist/guitarist Paul Banks and drummer Sam Fogarino, made a huge splash with their debut EP and the first LP, Turn On the Bright Lights. With comparisons to great ’80s post-punk bands, the band was…
Luke Dick knows what you’re thinking. That name? In this political climate? The moniker of his band — Republican Hair — might seem like some kind of liberal hippie provocation in this knee-jerk age of snowflake triggering, but the 39-year-old singer-songwriter would like to soothe your potentially aggrieved sensibilities. “[The…
Hate him or love him, Canadian superstar Drake has had a knack for bringing little-known artists to the forefront of mainstream attention throughout his career. Some like Migos or The Weeknd were truly diamonds in the rough. Others struck viral gold, and even platinum, only to disappear as quickly as…
The founding members of Nothing might look they play in a hardcore band, and while they have a history in that genre, Nothing is one of the finest shoegaze bands around. Vocalist/guitarist Domenic Palermo, guitarist Brandon Setta, drummer Kyle Kimball and a rotating cast of bass players are constantly on…
National Voter Registration Day is today, Sept. 25. The Dallas chapter of the nonpartisan HeadCount organization will be out in force that day at three distinct places, registering voters and raising awareness. They’re strategic in going to places that are already busy on Tuesday nights. From 4 p.m. – 6:30…
If there was a night to spread your legs at Dos Equis Pavilion, it was Saturday night when the venue hosted country star Dierks Bentley. The lawn seats were still vastly covered by bodies, but the sizable gaps of green indicated the threat of rain looming as a possibility potentially…
Daytime succumbed to night and a light mist threatened rain as legendary Texas blues man Jimmie Vaughan took the stage at Levitt Pavilion. ”We’re really excited to see him and hear his music,” says Arlington resident Trace Ocanas, 32, while seated in a lawn chair beneath the clouds. “The Vaughan…
The eternally wry k.d. lang wasted little time dispensing with the allure of nostalgia Sunday night. “Ladies and gentlemen, we are here celebrating the 25th anniversary of Ingenue, which means two things,” the Canadian singer-songwriter informed those gathered inside Southern Methodist University’s McFarlin Auditorium. “First of all, we’re a bunch…
Troye Sivan’s voice both in the studio and onstage is killer. The man is radiating with star power. Yes, he’s a successful YouTuber. Yes, he’s a gay icon. But above all, Sivan is a brilliant performer. Sivan started The Bloom Tour on Friday night in Dallas at the Toyota Music Factory…
Kick off the first week of fall with a great set of concerts. Psych-rocker Robert Plant kicks things off Tuesday at The Bomb Factory, Drake plays a double bill midway through the week and Lauryn Hill rounds out the list with a show Sunday at Toyota Music Factory. Catch plenty…
“Rock this bitch!” Those three words, hurtling out of the darkness, momentarily put the bespectacled, bearded Ben Folds back on his heels. The 52-year-old singer-songwriter was standing on stage, inside a sold-out Bass Performance Hall, with the 60-member Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra arrayed behind him. As conductor Edwin Outwater looked…
To think that Yo La Tengo could possibly put together a career-spanning performance would be a bit too much to ask from a band with a 34-year musical history — even across two complete sets and an encore consisting of over 20 songs. But, somehow, they pulled it off. Instead,…
Indie rock band Tigers Jaw recently celebrated the 10-year anniversary of their sophomore self-titled album just three days before the start of a supporting tour. The act, which hails from Scranton, Pennsylvania, is set to make a stop at Club Dada on Sept. 24. Comprised of guitarist Ben Walsh and…
A few local Texans with common Dallas ties make appearances this week on the concert calendar. Conversely, a couple of artists who rarely make it over this way have added dates in DFW. It’s an exciting and eclectic collection of concerts to mark on your calendar as 2018 winds into…
Andrew W.K. is a punk rock Mr. Rogers. Whether or not you care for his amped-up music, his wisdom in op-eds, tweets and banter is a refreshing relief. What he has to say is more than the music itself. W.K. (short for Wilkes-Krier) is back on tour to support his…
It’s 1 p.m. Tuesday and Suicidal Tendencies’ frontman, Mike Muir, is finishing a round of interviews before he has to pick up his kids from school. Sometimes it’s hard to believe that punks grow up and take on the role of a responsible adult, but for Muir, it’s more about…
The Dallas Cowboys ownership is teaming up with California-based KAABOO to bring the first KAABOO Texas rock festival here May 10-12. Charlotte Jones-Anderson, the Cowboys’ executive vice president, attended the sold-out KAABOO Del Mar sister festival for the first time last weekend and said the Texas version will likewise have…
No matter the venue, Yo La Tengo has an advantage of playing great music at any volume. Whether it’s an acoustic set or a noisy jam session, the New Jersey-based trio has been together since 1984. Husband and wife Ira Kaplan and Georgia Hubley formed the band then, and bassist…
After jamming with Willie Nelson at the American icon’s Fourth of July Picnic, who will Beto O’Rourke perform with next? Maybe it will be with Spoon, or the Polyphonic Spree. Or maybe it will be with Landon Headstream and his buddies. O’Rourke, who faces Republican Ted Cruz in a heated…
Country music singer Blake Shelton will pop into Billy Bob’s for a free concert Thursday, Sept. 20. Starting at 10 a.m., the first 5,000 fans who show up can snag a wristband that’ll get them into the spontaneous concert. “Wristbands will be placed on the first 5,000 guests in line…
The video of Troye Sivan strutting through the Rose Bowl with Taylor Swift as a guest at Swift’s concert reached more than 7 million likes on Instagram. But Sivan is now back onstage with a new woman by his side — a newbie to stardom. Kim Petras is a force…
