Imagine trying to secure a venue for a performance, work function or wedding and you can’t get a response from the booking manager. Or worse, after confirming, you find out your event has been double booked, leaving only days to find a new venue. Roy Vann found himself in that…
Ever since the Granada Theater reopened as a music venue in 2004, there has been one thing you could count on — tall, bespectacled Bill Ellison near the stage, often wearing black and taking many pictures of whoever is playing that night. You’d see his pictures on the venue’s website…
If you’ve got an experience, Bruce Broughton can set it to music. The Los Angeles-based composer has done work for video games and theme parks, as well as more traditional television shows and films. He’s racked up 10 Emmys in the process and a 1985 Oscar nomination for scoring the…
Post Malone is headed home. His fall headline tour was just announced, and he’s performing Oct. 24 at The Bomb Factory. Post Malone, born Austin Post, is a Grapevine native who started to play music in middle school. He became obsessed with the video game “Guitar Hero,” and by high…
Ten years after the release of his breakthrough album, On Promenade, folk musician Doug Burr is still on a quest for work-life balance. Dallas-based video producers of Globe Trek Productions met with the Denton songwriter on the University of North Texas campus for the latest installment of its busking series,…
The Dallas live music scene has officially earned some bragging rights. Crowdsourced review website Yelp just named the top 50 music venues in the U.S., determined by “number of reviews and overall star rating,” and a couple of our hometown favorites made the cut. Kessler Theater and Granada Theater were…
Rustin Luther lost his battle with brain cancer. He died on Saturday evening. He was only 31.
ACL spillover time is nearly upon us. As the annual festival prepares to return for the first two weekends of October, Dallas venues begin to fill up with dates from artists looking to pass the time between appearances. This week brings us several examples of that festival bump. It’s all…
When you’re gazing at a poster slapped on the outside of a club, it’s the colors, streaks, patterns and utterly absurd imagery that usually grab your attention. Stunning graphics complement the music of local favorites and touring icons alike, luring fans into some of the best live music shows in…
DJ Bradlee’s face is one many will recognize; he mans the bar at Beauty Bar and It’ll Do. But there was a time when Bradlee spent more time behind the decks than the bar. His night jobs give him a front-row seat to the best of local DJ culture, and…
Grand Funk Railroad plays Billy Bob’s in Fort Worth on Saturday, Aug. 5. “We’re an American Band,” the 1973 No. 1 hit single by Grand Funk Railroad, has aged into a staple of classic rock radio. Although far more complex in reality, it’s common to romanticize the musician’s life on the…
Fit for a King frontman Ryan Kirby grew up in Arlington, but he isn’t familiar with many of the venues he’s now playing with the Christian metalcore band. It’s on the lineup for Warped Tour, visiting Starplex Pavilion this Friday, but Kirby never attended Warped Tour in Dallas as a…
Last we heard, preservationists were working with Texas A&M to save at least part of the building at 3010 Gaston Ave., which has been the bar Elbow Room for the last 20 years. A&M seized the building, built in 1933, through eminent domain in December. “[Texas A&M] could go on…
SIlas Nello releases his new record with parties at Spinster Records and Three Links this weekend. Silas Nello wears vests, silver rings, feathered folk hats and striped shirts — but he’s not playing the role of a Southern folk rock musician. You can tell when you’re around him that he’s…
Denton has a sound all its own. KUZU 92.9 FM.started broadcasting at noon Saturday with 24 hours of North Texas music. When Peter Salisbury and his crew of producers and volunteers announced the creation of the low-power station last year, they rallied the city’s artists to support the independent, noncommercial community radio…
Last week, Justin Bieber surprised us all when he announced that he’d be bringing his Purpose tour to Dallas … again. Even more surprising was the date: this Saturday, July 29. Bieber continues to jerk us all around emotionally with his latest news today — that actually, he’s decided to…
Mark Ehmann, a longtime member of the Beatles tribute act Hard Night’s Day, died Friday, July 21, in a hospital in Allen. He was 55. On Friday, the band released a statement with a bevy of pictures documenting Ehmann’s tenure with the group. A memorial show is being organized. “This…
Sometimes narrowing down the 10 most interesting concerts happening in one week is tough. But it’s a problem we’re more than happy to come across because it means Dallas sees some amazing artists come through. This week’s best picks are exclusively roadshows (but don’t think that doesn’t mean locals aren’t…
Wearing shorts and shoes and not a whole lot else, the drumline crab-steps past gymnasts heaving flags. Others are dressed for yoga. It’s too hot for the elaborate, colorful uniforms they wear when they’re performing. It’s easily 100 degrees out, and with so much sun, it’s hard to tell whether…
Bieber is coming, and he’s bringing some pretty solid tour companions along, too. A slew of beloved indie rockers have scheduled appearances at various local venues, with one venue in particular, the soon-to-be-opened Irving Music Factory, making a strong impression as a vital component in our scene. Elsewhere, the Kessler…
Get ready for another throwback, Dallas. Homegrown rock sensation The Rocket Summer is at Trees Friday night, and it’ll be playing all 13 tracks from its 2007 album Do You Feel. The show is part of the band’s nationwide 10-year anniversary tour, which made its first of 28 stops in Austin on…
Chester Bennington, lead vocalist of nu metal, hip-hop fusion band Linkin Park, has died by suicide, according to a report by TMZ. Linkin Park is scheduled to play Starplex Pavilion in Dallas on Aug. 25. TMZ’s report, which has since spread to other outlets, including People magazine and the Associated Press,…
