Since the early 1960’s, Dan Hicks has been creating his interesting hybrid of folk, jazz, country and pop. Hitting his stride with 1971’s Where’s the Money?, the singer-songwriter formed the first version of Dan Hicks and the Hot Licks. The unique, drummer-less five-piece quickly found a niche market based on…
Now that Father’s Day weekend is behind us — not to mention Warped Tour and the Elm St. Fest marathon — can you believe June’s almost over? This hump week (if you can call it that) sports a bevy of great shows. Expect appearances from local favorites Cut/Copy and Classixx…
This Sunday, hundreds will flock to the Lizard Lounge in celebration of another historic Dallas nightclub, the Red Jacket. Though its time on the Dallas nightlife scene was short, it was well-known for its hospitality, innovative approach and popularity among celebrities. Housed on the developing Greenville Avenue, the venue drew…
Happy Friday, folks. If you haven’t already made plans via the Elm St. Tattoo Festival, which already has two nights under its belt this week, then you’ll definitely benefit from this collection of great shows this weekend. Sure, the likelihood of you getting a tattoo lowers exponentially if you attend…
Reverend Horton Heat is one of Dallas’ gems. The stage name of artist Jim Heath (as well as the moniker of his backing band), Rev. Horton Heat is arguably the most recognizable psychobilly outfit of all time. Forgetting for the moment Heath’s legendary pedigree and white-hot ’90s heyday, he’s more…
New Jersey’s the Front Bottoms is the classic love it or hate it proposition. The duo of Brian Sella and Mathew Uychich play an acoustic-based folk/punk that’s very catchy and not a little cheesy. Album titles such as I Hate My Friends and My Grandma vs. Pneumonia tell a good…
Let’s be honest, going to concerts at outdoor venues really sucks during the hot Texas summer. Not only is it still hotter than hell after dark, but you’re going to get eaten alive by mosquitos and have to share a crowded space with a bunch of sweaty strangers. Put simply,…
“To King George!” That toast is about all that needs to be said about the atmosphere at AT&T Stadium over the weekend when country legend George Strait arrived to wrap up his last-ever concert tour. It was a suitably grand sendoff, too, with more than 100,000 people attending — a…
You should all go get tattoos on Friday. Why? Well, not just to be a part of the crowd. You should do it because it’s obviously lucky, and also because, as someone who lives in Dallas it’s a bona fide rite of passage. It’s true. I swear it. You’ll get…
It hasn’t been a good month for Sir Paul McCartney. The 71-year-old icon and former Beatle fell ill with a virus while preparing to kick off a tour of Japan in Tokyo late in May, subsequently cancelling all of his scheduled appearances in Japan and South Korea. It had been…
Starting Wednesday, Deep Ellum gets taken over by Oliver Peck and all his rowdy friends as the Elm Street Music & Tattoo Festival takes over programming at Trees, Wit’s End, Three Links, Club Dada and the Prophet Bar. Now in its second year, the event has grown to its most…
Now that the excitement of the record-setting George Strait sendoff is behind us, you’d think this week would be all about the comedown here in North Texas. Not even. The next seven days have great shows happening every night of the week. It helps, of course, that Elm St. Music…
All band reunions are welcomed, no matter how big or small the band is. Yet certain bands never reunite and Los Angeles’ Failure was thought to be one of those bands. The trio’s third album, Fantastic Planet, a multi-layered opus of songs featuring lyrics about the romance and awful dark…
Hey, we get it: a music buff like you will probably be spending the summer traveling about to your favorite shows, festivals and get-togethers. With new acts constantly being updated in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, doing so can rack up plenty of expenses, from transportation to processing fees and everything…
Together they have more than 254 years of experience singing professionally. They’ve released 138 albums throughout a span of 30-plus years. They’ve spent 65 years as members of the Grand Ole Opry. Oh, and they’ve also won a total of 48 Grammys together. These impressive stats belong to George Strait’s…
On Saturday George Strait is supposed to play his last live show ever, with the caveat that while he won’t be performing live any longer, he does have a five-album deal to fulfill for his record label, MCA Nashville. This is the sort of “retirement” we constantly see in the…
Dance music is a vast world that often gets clumped together as one giant thing when in reality it has as many if not more differences and origins than the majority of popular music. All of the sub genres can seem a little intimidating and confusing. Drum and bass, jungle,…
As the first week of June commences, Dallas will be expecting some interesting visitors. Although Swedish pop outfit Little Dragon is generating plenty of buzz in anticipation of their Saturday, June 7 performance, fellow indie-pop peers Uh Huh Her’s Monday appearance will be sure to generate a substantial crowd. Expect…
June is upon us, people. Although its arrival is usually marked by an even higher peak on the heat index (not sure if that’s even possible at this point), it also signifies the onslaught of new summer shows to partake in. Thankfully, June 2014 is already starting out strong with…
47 years and 42 albums into her career as a singer-songwriter, Dolly Parton is still being a boss. Her indomitable smile and colorful wardrobe has long since been burned into the psyche of the country, far beyond the fans of country music. In fact, earlier this month, her latest bluegrass-and-gospel-heavy…
Any discussion of hard-rock, or even glam-metal, from the 1980’s is woefully incomplete without Pennsylvania’s Cinderella receiving a good chunk of chatter. In 1988 Tom Keifer and crew began an impressive run of hitting high on the sales charts and video countdowns. Monster ballads such as “Nobody’s Fool” and “Don’t…
In 2012, Nick Sanborn of Megafaun’s solo act, Made of Oak, opened for indie-folkers Mountain Man. During the show he hit it off with Mountain Man singer Amelia Meath, bonding over a mutual love of pop music. The two kept in touch, and eventually Meath sent Sanborn a Mountain Man…
