Every year we find fun national acts to keep the party going after the Greenville Avenue St. Patrick’s Day parade ends. This year we’ve given Jimmy Eat World, Rooney and Fort Worth natives the Unlikely Candidates the job, but we haven’t forgotten about our local talent in putting together the…
On Jan. 23, four days after his son Jordan Daniel died of a drug overdose, Deep Ellum fixture Jon Daniel decided to make a statement. “The word started getting out,” Daniel says. “So it’s, ‘OK, I need to put something out there,’ because I don’t want people to start sending…
On Sunday evening at Club Dada, with more than four hours left in the silent auction, bids for a Stetson cowboy hat had already far surpassed its value. By 7 p.m. the $20 T-shirts were sold out in every size but extra large. The bar’s supply of Lone Star was…
Neil Fest Granada Theater Sunday, Feb. 19, 2017 Last night’s Neil Fest was a marathon that ran for over three hours at the Granada. Rare was a lull on this night of all Neil Young covers with nearly two dozen acts performing, including Norah Jones and Boz Scaggs and the…
Last week was a whirlwind of activity for R&B singer-songwriter Ladarrion Darnell, also known as Imaj. The 23-year-old visited radio stations across DFW including 89.3 KNON, 97.9 the Beat, K104 and 105.7 Smooth RnB to promote his new single “Something Real,” earning him spins on those stations. Then, on Valentine’s Day, he…
We often say this, but this time we really mean it: This week has a little something for everyone in the way of concerts. If it’s light-hearted shimmy-shaking you’re after, indie-pop group STRFKR will provide just the right atmosphere on Monday. If you’re the nostalgic type, old-school arena acts Sting,…
Ascension Coffee on Oak Lawn is a bustling place. Pay a visit any afternoon and you’ll find most of the tables full with people deeply engaged in conversation, whether it’s business types sizing each other up for a deal, or friends catching up over cappuccinos and croissants. The customers are…
Watching the seven-piece psych rock band Acid Carousel perform is like watching a pen full of well-dressed wolf pups wrestle with their favorite sticks. Frontmen and songwriters Gus Baldwin and John Kuzmick are young, at 18 and 21, respectively; there’s a lot of long hair; they have boundless energy; and the…
The ongoing efforts of Encore Park to preserve the historic Warner Brothers building are starting to show promise following a $2.1 million grant from the Moody Foundation, which was announced Wednesday. The Moody Foundation has been benefactor to a number of other high profile developments in the city of Dallas,…
Patrons of Deep Ellum’s Buzzbrews Kitchen are likely to recognize Evan Bornes by his perky dreads and thick, wide-framed glasses. The 21-year-old Lakeworth native, also known as rapper-producer PeepSigns, has adopted the popular hangout as his base of operations when producing music or editing his new podcast, Black Swan. For the…
Rick Simpson is a veteran of the Dallas DJ scene dedicated to the old school craft of mixing tracks. He is most often seen playing with his crew Disco’s Revenge, who have had a vinyl-focused, monthly residency for the last few years that recently moved to The Nines. Simpson’s focus…
Yesterday, Homegrown released the full lineup for its eighth festival this May. While the reunion of the 17-years silent Tripping Daisy is still the biggest news, the announcement of MUTEMATH, Porches and Still Corners also reveals an interesting tweak to the festival’s vision, in that none of these three acts…
On the surface, Pearl Earl and Siamese, two of North Texas’ most innovative rock bands, appear to sail different musical waters. The women of Pearl Earl traffic in psych-rock with heavy grooves and charging guitars that at times hearken back to late ’60s San Francisco. Siamese make noisey rock, too, but…
When it comes to Valentine’s Day, most of us aren’t taking the movie star approach. Our evening plans aren’t likely to include chartering any planes or reserving entire resturants. No, for most of us something a lot more casual and fiscally responsible is in order. Like a concert. Going to a…
Last night’s 59th Grammy Awards may have been dominated by Adele, who accepted five gold-plated gramophone trophies, Metallica’s microphone issues during their performance with Lady Gaga, and a tribute to Prince, but in between all that, North Texas artists also received some love. Arlington-born country sensation Maren Morris performed “Once” with Alicia…
It’s Valentine’s Day this week, which means one of two things: You’re holding out for your significant other to suddenly make some over-the-top romantic gesture so you can post it on social media or you’re already preparing your “greeting card companies created this holiday … blah blah blah” Facebook rant…
There was a time when pop punk trio MxPx toured constantly, and hit Dallas on every go-round. Whether it was Deep Ellum Live or Trees, the gaps between shows were short. But these days the Washington-based band doesn’t tour at all, instead opting to restrict their travel to weekends and…
Country music outsider and critical darling Sturgill Simpson has announced a series of tour dates beginning March 4. The tour includes a stop at Verizon Theatre in September as well as dates in New York, Chicago, Detroit, Portland and Austin. In 2014 Simpson sold out two shows on the same…
It’s hard to talk about the ’80s post-punk period without including Adam Ant. He released Kings of the Wild Frontier in 1980, setting the tone of rebellious confidence that persisted in music throughout the decade. His music and persona was a declaration of war against a music industry he perceived as…
Being in the rap game for over 15 years earns you some leeway, as Dallas rap legend Tum Tum has learned. For one, he’s never in a rush to release new music. It’s been almost six years since his last studio album. But on Feb. 28, Tum Tum will release…
Angel Olsen With Chris Cohen Trees, Dallas Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2017 Midway through “Heart Shaped Face,” the fifth song of her set at Trees on Wednesday night, Angel Olsen made a mistake. Coming into one of the verses, she got her timing wrong and missed the first line. Her backup singer jumped…
Daniel Cortez is a recent transplant to Dallas from El Paso who is making waves as half of production duo Prototype. He’s had a hand in putting together some of the most exciting techno parties to pop up in Dallas recently, for which he brings in international artists from boutique…
