Aerosmith With Slash Gexa Energy Pavilion, Dallas Friday, August 22, 2014 When Aerosmith hit the stage at American Airlines Center on Friday night, Steven Tyler appeared dressed in a sparkly long coat and top hat. He was posed with guitarist Joe Perry in the middle platform as the band launced…
Panic! at the Disco South Side Ballroom, Dallas Friday, August 22, 2014 From an outsider’s perspective, it would seem Panic! at the Disco sings to the age of teen angst — when you’re too young to go anywhere without your parents, when school and life is miserable, and when black…
Sarah Jaffe With Josh Pearson Majestic Theatre, Dallas Saturday, August 23, 2014 As local artists go, few in the Dallas scene are as widely beloved as Sarah Jaffe. After the 2010 release of “Suburban Nature,” it was almost a foregone conclusion that Jaffe was destined for a long career as…
By Ivan Guzman Way back in 2006, I bet the founders of Twitter had no idea the social-media platform would become the force it is today. Sure, you can interact with your friends and whatnot, but perhaps the coolest, most intriguing part of Twitter is the way it makes us…
Currently based in Saint Louis, the Bottle Rockets have long been a band singing songs for all working-class folks in America. Since their first record was released in 1992, the Brian Henneman-led group has been closely associated with the alt-country boom of the mid-1990s thanks, on the one hand, to…
About six months ago, The Wild Detectives opened its doors with the intention to be more than just a bookstore. So far they’ve hosted readings, wine tastings and book presentations as well as their backyard shows. As an aspiring member of the Oak Cliff community (and not just another fixture of…
It’s Friday and that can only mean two things: You survived the week and you deserve to reward yourself. This weekend’s concert lineup might have something for everybody in the family. There’s rock legends Aerosmith on Friday and then boy band heartthrobs One Direction on Sunday. We foresee both shows…
Billboard, everybody’s favorite trade music magazine, just put together a list of the 25 Most Popular Music Clubs is the U.S. There are many takeaways here, but the most pertinent one for Dallas music fans is that our local House of Blues was the fourth-most attended venue (222, 988) in…
This one’s been a long time coming. Really. (No pun intended.) Bethan’s debut album, Time Gone By, could be traced back about four years, to when husband and wife Daniel and Jessi Hall (then Jessi James) first started a recording project together. There have been some recordings released along the…
Back on Monday, we brought you a brand-new video of Sarah Jaffe busking for Globe Trek Productions from inside the Majestic Theatre. (She’ll be playing there on Saturday to celebrate the release of her new album, Don’t Disconnect.) Yesterday, we had a profile of Jaffe, which is on the cover…
With two very high-profile opening gigs happening in North Texas in the next few days, singer/songwriter/producer Jamie Scott doesn’t sound nervous at all. You see, Scott isn’t just opening for any couple of bands. On Sunday, August 24, he performs with One Direction at AT&T Stadium. Then on Tuesday, August…
When guitarist-turned-drummer Rico Garcia of TEAM*, practitioners of warm and energetic indie-rock, was approached by the corporate behemoth Verizon to use one of their songs from their debut EP for a televised ad, it was not exactly earth-shattering news. In fact, many bands receive similar interests that yield no follow…
Panic! at the Disco With Youngblood the Hawke and Walk the Moon, 7 p.m. Friday, August 22, at South Side Music Hall, 1135 S. Lamar St., 214-421-2021 or southsidemusichall.com, $39.50-$45 Man, Las Vegas is weird. Look at the list of bands from there: The Killers, Imagine Dragons and Friday night’s…
Texas music bleeds the blues, but finding a place to enjoy them in the Dallas-Fort Worth area seems nearly impossible these days. A younger generation of rising stars like Jason Elmore and Larry Lampkin make their guitars moan the blues like masters Lance Lopez and Stevie Ray Vaughan once did…
Gavin Guthrie a.k.a. TXConnect has made quite a splash over the past year. He released 12-inches for a few notable international labels like Adelaide Soundworks, Dixon Avenue Basement Jams, Bad Mums club and, most impressively, the taste-making Long Island Electrical Systems. His debut album under his own name recently came…
Megan ArseneauxArseneaux shows off how to smoke out of her handmade Secret Smoker Bracelet By Amanda Lewis One challenge of music festivals is figuring out how to sneak some pot inside, even while wearing as little clothing as possible. Is there really a good way to do it without sticking…
The word “community” gets thrown around a lot, but it seems as though the North Texas music community is indeed acting as one in order to help a talented and beloved member. When the Phuss’ Drummer Trey Alfaro was seriously injured after a hit-and-run driver crashed into him as he…
This time last year, Sarah Jaffe decided to get away from it all. She had released two albums and toured around the world, and she knew that in order to be inspired she needed to get out of her comfort zone. Staying at home wouldn’t do. So she rented a…
I never thought I’d see a jazz show at a taqueria, much less a great one. To be fair, Saturday’s bill at Taqueria Pedritos, including Unconscious Collective, HEX CULT, Drug Mountain and Baring Teeth, boasted a wide array of experimental offerings. Free jazz, no-wave, power electronics and metal were all…
As far as album teasers go, Denton’s Bludded Head know how to do it right. For starters, the new LP — announced just yesterday and due to be released through New York imprint Sleeping Giant Glossolalia on October 6 — is titled Reign in Bludd. That’s a good start; we…
When XXL revealed its Freshman Class of 2009 much of the hype went to Asher Roth, but it was B.o.B. who would see the most commercial success. In 2010 the Atlanta based rapper unleashed The Adventures of Bobby Ray on the world and quickly shot up the billboard charts with…
The folks at Globe Trek Productions are back with another installment of the busking series, and they’ve picked a fine time to come back. This time around they managed to catch Sarah Jaffe in the middle of a busy schedule that includes a recently wrapped-up tour with the Polyphonic Spree…
