An enthusiastic Shaun Cooper remembers when his band Taking Back Sunday came through Dallas last summer on July 24. “The last time we were there, I think it was National Tequila Day, so I may have imbibed a little bit,” the bassist says of the show at Gas Monkey Bar…
As news spread last week about Demi Lovato’s drug overdose, people from all walks of life (and musical genres) chimed in with their thoughts on the matter. Many were compassionate and gave regards to Lovato and her family, especially on Twitter. Yet it quickly brought up a debate about addiction,…
After eight years of business, Starwood Studios, an all-ages concert venue in Southlake, has been forced by the city to close its doors to live music. The venue has seen the likes of artists such as Post Malone (before he was Post Malone) and local bands Polyphia and Crown the…
Dallas rapper, songwriter and producer Joe Mayberry remembers the first time he worked with the man he respectfully calls “Mr. Scott.” It was nearly 20 years ago, and Mayberry — much to his own surprise — drafted the older man to reprise some vocals on a rap remake of a…
The audience was partying long before they made it into Dos Equis Pavilion to see country music star Jason Aldean for his High Noon Neon Tour on Saturday night. On the way to the entry line for the bag check, patrons were upending beers in one hand, a full beer…
Outward Bound Mixtape Sessions10 p.m. Monday, July 30, RBC, 2617 Commerce St., 469-487-6149 or rbcdeepellum.com, free We actually look forward to Mondays now, thanks to the work of Stefan Gonzalez. The lineup he curates on that day every week at RBC make it one of the best places in the…
The concert listings continue to pile in even after last week’s flurry of announcements. This week, we see a bevy of new shows that are guaranteed to attract a slew of audiences from the area. Onwards we go. The National is bringing its Sleep Well Beast tour to South Side…
In an upcoming music video for Eric Pulido’s single “Used To Be,” off his first solo album, To Each His Own, a Bad News Bears-esque band of bandits suit up in maroon baseball uniforms. Bubblegum pops and faux-players run from base to base. The uniforms read “E.B. The Younger,” the…
Washington Charcopa is humble and zen, which is the exact opposite of his alter-ego, DJ Megalomaniac. In an environment where techno is once again topping the DJ charts and an increasing number of younger DJs are genre hopping over to techno every week, Charcopa is a bonafide veteran among the…
Polyphia, a Plano band that is hard to nail down to just one genre, is ramping up to release its third full-length studio album. Bassist Clay Gober told the Phoenix New Times that the album, set to release next month, turned out a lot darker than…
The world’s biggest a cappella group is coming back to its hometown. Three out of five of Pentatonix’s members were classmates at Martin High School in Arlington, but it seems the entire group is excited to return. “Oh, my gosh, we’re always excited to come back to Dallas. I mean, that’s their…
Most bands’ goals are fairly straightforward. You want to make plenty of good songs, hope that audiences respond to them in a positive manner and then have faith that enough folks show up when you take those songs out on the road. The four members of folk-rock quartet River Whyless…
It opened less than a year ago, but the Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory in Irving is already the ninth most-attended amphitheater in the world, according to Pollstar Magazine. The magazine’s list of the top 50 amphitheaters based on ticket sales in the first half of the year shows that…
Dallas has seen plenty of good shows this year. Whether it was St. Vincent destroying The Bomb Factory with her guitar and vocals or Tony Bennett showing us age doesn’t matter, we were treated to an array of talent. Here are the 10 best we’ve seen so far in 2018,…
Six Shooter is a recurring feature in which we highlight six new releases by North Texas-based musicians. Bryce Bangs — “Chasing That Gold” Singer-songwriter Bryce Bangs is fresh off playing a sold-out show at the Granada Theater in which he heavily from his recently released self-titled album. With a stop-in-your-tracks…
Record high temperatures may be dampening your summer days, but don’t let them get the best of your nights. Catch several cool acts this week, including Logic, Paul Oakenfold, Hall & Oates, Glassjaw and more. Hall & Oates With Train, 7 p.m. Tuesday July 24, American Airlines Center, 2500 Victory…
As the sold-out crowd filed into the American Airlines Center on Friday, there were the weighty quotations displayed on screens flanking the angular stage, which stretched out into the middle of the floor. Settling into your seat, you could ponder this, from poet Rupi Kaur: “What is stronger than the…
As race issues take center stage in America, Bobby Sessions turned the lights up to the max and handed them a microphone. The Dallas legend signed with Def Jam Recordings hosted a listening party Thursday night at Alamo Drafthouse Cedars for his first EP with the record label, RVLTN: Chapter One: The…
Eight years have passed since Jennifer Nettles and Kristian Bush released their last album as the country duo Sugarland, but they’ve come back with a real treat — a collaboration with Taylor Swift. Together with Swift they released “Babe,” and all three appear in the music video, which has generated…
It’s mostly big-name artists this week as concert announcements have arrived with gusto for the Dallas area. There is so much to get to, so start figuring out your budget and setting dates aside on the calendar. With Golden Hour, East Texas’ Kasey Musgraves has made one of the year’s…
The original Smashing Pumpkins were not able to reform in 2018, so Billy Corgan and company gave fans something worth remembering: a well-crafted three-hour, 31-song marathon walk down memory lane. After people found their seats to the sounds of Metric, the Great Pumpkin came out alone just shy of 8:30…
The last time BJ Barham and his band made their way through Dallas, American Aquarium looked different from how it will appear when they return to town to play in the new Statler Ballroom on July 28. In February 2017, the band, comprised mostly of childhood friends, all called it quits…
