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…
Jeff Plunk has earned his DJ veteran stripes with more than two decades of service to dance floors as one of the pioneering drum and bass DJs in the region. Plunk’s love affair with the thunderous sounds of jungle-related breaks goes back to when the sound was in its infancy. 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…
If boy bands have taught us anything, it’s that well-rehearsed choreography set to pop music will always attract hordes of frenzied teenagers dubbed as fans. Such was the case when Korean pop band BTS hit the stage Saturday at the Fort Worth Convention Center, the first of two consecutive sold-out…
The weather’s cooling off and the concerts are heating up this week. Eighties post-punk band Killing Joke kicks things off Monday night at Granada Theater, Andrew WK is sure to put on a great show Friday night at Trees and Childish Gambino plays American Airlines Center on Sunday. Killing JokeWith…
Are you ready for fall? The concert calendar appears to be, as most of the new announcements rolling in are centered on filling up the itineraries of the area’s venues. However, this being Dallas and all, the heat is likely to stick around much longer than we would all like…
We told you about the Gritznic Backyard Jam back in June, but if you drank to forget every Dallas news item of the last few months, we got you. Now that the weekend is coming up and you’re trying to make impressive plans, here’s your reminder of why you should…
Hailing from Halifax, Nova Scotia, power pop maestros Sloan have never made a huge dent in America, but it seems the people who know Sloan adore them. Formed in 1991 with musical comparisons to Cheap Trick, Sonic Youth and Kiss, Chris Murphy, Patrick Pentland, Jay Ferguson and Andrew Scott have…
September 2018 is shaping up to be a powerful month for The Carters — Beyoncé more specifically. She graced the widely sought after September cover of Vogue, celebrated her 37th birthday, and is continuing the global On The Run II tour with her husband, Jay-Z. However, on a more subtle…
“Got to pay your dues if you wanna sing the blues / And you know it don’t come easy,” Ringo Starr sang in his 1971 hit, but one blond, long-haired Weatherford musician knows better. Jack Barksdale runs his own video web series, has been on stage with Ray Wylie Hubbard and recently…
The Spill Canvas fueled our early-2000s teenage angst with artfully depressing hits like “All Over You,” “Our Song” and “All Hail the Heartbreaker.” But the fact is, much like many of our other emo favorites, they haven’t stopped making new music. They’ve been through a few ups and downs over…
Wow. Is it already that time of the year? Yes, it is. The DOMAs are coming up, aren’t they? Yes, they are. Wow. Time flies. Yes. I should start thinking about buying tickets to the coolest showcase in all the land. Yes, you should. The presale for the Dallas Observer…
Ramin Djawadi is in a rare spot for a TV and film composer: He’s currently on a tour of arenas across the country where an orchestra plays his music and he conducts. Not concert halls or theaters — arenas where people like Adele, Rush and Garth Brooks play. This Sunday,…
Proving that the pain of having kids doesn’t end at childbirth, The Kidz Bop Tour will stop at The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory on Sept. 22. The live tour will feature a group of young performers hoping to be the next Britney Spears or Justin Bieber.
After nearly 50 years, 25 albums, 10 Grammys and countless miles on the road, you could forgive a man for wanting to call it a day. But that’s not Ray Benson’s style. The lead guitarist and vocalist of Asleep at the Wheel is keeping the pedal to the floor with a new album.
Jay-Z and Beyoncé take center stage this week with their highly anticipated show at AT&T Stadium Tuesday night. And there’s plenty of punk, alternative and psychedelic rock hitting clubs and theaters, including Roky Erickson, Social Distortion, Ryley Walker and more. Want something more laid back? Paul Slavens’s impromptu night at Dan’s…
