Alice Cooper and Deep Purple play Starplex Pavillion on Saturday, Aug. 19. It’s been almost two years since the surviving members of the Alice Cooper group re-formed for an in-store performance at Good Records, and people are still talking about it. Two songs from the eight-song set came out on…
This week, people are raising eyebrows at an ambitious new music festival popping up in Collin County in just one month. And it already sounds like things aren’t going according to plan. Starfest Music Festival co-founder David Taylor deflects questions about how tickets have been selling since the event was…
Ever since the Granada Theater reopened as a music venue in 2004, there has been one thing you could count on — tall, bespectacled Bill Ellison near the stage, often wearing black and taking many pictures of whoever is playing that night. You’d see his pictures on the venue’s website…
Fit for a King frontman Ryan Kirby grew up in Arlington, but he isn’t familiar with many of the venues he’s now playing with the Christian metalcore band. It’s on the lineup for Warped Tour, visiting Starplex Pavilion this Friday, but Kirby never attended Warped Tour in Dallas as a…
Mark Ehmann, a longtime member of the Beatles tribute act Hard Night’s Day, died Friday, July 21, in a hospital in Allen. He was 55. On Friday, the band released a statement with a bevy of pictures documenting Ehmann’s tenure with the group. A memorial show is being organized. “This…
Calhoun has been a band for more than a decade, but in many ways, it feels like it’s only now functioning as one. The indie-pop group formed as a vehicle for Tim Locke’s songwriting in 2004 after he became known in the late ’90s for his work with the bands…
Two years after a sign about their wedding plans went viral, Gabriel Mendez and Kenneth Denson continue to have a special connection with shoppers at their Red Pegasus Comics shop in a converted house in the Bishop Arts District of Oak Cliff. Mendez and Denson are both wearing Red Pegasus…
When he isn’t working for the Denton State Supported Living Center, Billy Hensley writes and records for his Wirerims project. It’s a one-man-band, and he plays every instrument and sings on the recordings. After he put out a full LP called Self-Construction earlier this year, he set a goal of…
Iron Maiden with Ghost American Airlines Center, Dallas Friday, June 23, 2017 Iron Maiden’s visit to Dallas on Friday night was its first in five years. And the British six-piece showed during its two-hour performance at American Airlines Center that there is no real end in sight for a long…
The Black Dotz plays Armoury D.E. on Friday, June 23 It’s been nearly two years since Wanz Dover almost lost his life. He fell ill after his band the Black Dotz played at Three Links and didn’t think anything of it. But when the abdominal pain persisted and got worse,…
Ghost and Iron Maiden play the American Airlines Center on Friday, June 23. In a genre that isn’t known for its sense of humor, the Swedish metalheads in Ghost play music that is not afraid to be melodic, thunderous and funny. Their presentation may be ominous, with songs about Satan…
Lost Balloons’ Hey Summer comes out Friday, June 16, via Dirtnap Records. Jeff Burke is a prolific songwriter, but he doesn’t sit down to write much. Songs tend to come to him when he’s watching TV or just messing around on his guitar, he says. “When I try to write…
At the Drive-In plays South Side Ballroom on Monday, June 12. Many people are excited about the return of El Paso-based punk band At the Drive-In, which released in*ter a*li*a last month. Yet frontman and co-founder Cedric Bixler-Zavala says he’s fielding just as many questions from fans and reporters about…
These Machines Are Winning plays Double Wide on Saturday, May 27 Dylan Silvers could never be accused of being an underachiever. With his band, These Machines Are Winning, he’s about to release a box set of three new albums, plus a three-part comic book collection called Slaves for Gods. Seated…
In 2011, guitarist and vocalist Brian Smith was in a buzzy heavy-metal band. Maleveller was breaking through the DFW area with a sound reminiscent of Iron Maiden and Metallica. But two years later, the band slammed on the brakes. Other adventures had gotten in the way. Smith had started managing…
SoFar Sounds is a London-based company that throws secret, intimate concerts in 350 cities across the world. It’s been in DFW since 2012, but over the past few weeks, Dallas musicians have questioned the company’s business model on social media. SoFar shows are more showcase previews than what you’d see…
The sad news spread quickly this morning that Chris Cornell, frontman of Soundgarden, Temple of the Dog and Audioslave, was found dead last night in a hotel room in Detroit. It was mere hours after Soundgarden performed at the Fox Theatre. He was 52. The band was set to come…
Deep Ellum fixture Bob Crawford — better known as “Keyboard Bob” or “Deep Ellum Bob” — is in the hospital. He’ll be at Walnut Hill Medical Center for at least week, recuperating from an undisclosed surgery. At 67, the short, silver-haired iconoclast can often be found walking around Elm Street…
As a high school senior, Josh Fleming hoped that in 10 years he would miss his class reunion because he’d be on tour. This year, Fleming’s wish comes true: When the reunion takes place this spring, he’ll be on tour with Vandoliers, the six-piece country band he fronts. But now…
Tripping Daisy play Club Dada on Thursday, May 11 and Homegrown Festival on Saturday, May 13 By now you’ve heard that after 18 years apart, Tripping Daisy are reuniting for six shows this year: the first at Club Dada this Thursday, and the second at Homegrown Fest on Saturday. But…
Steve Borden doesn’t fit the mold of the typical Waxachie resident. Unless when you think of Waxahachie, you think of a pro-wrestler who frequently travels to Dubai and Qatar for appearances. Borden, better known by the name of his wrestling alter ego, “Sting,” was the face of World Championship Wrestling…
The New Pornographers play Friday, May 5, at Granada Theater The New Pornographers have been making power pop for two decades. Oddly, guitarist, vocalist and frontman Carl “A.C.” Newman attributes the longevity of the band to the fact that many of its members have other succesful projects that take time…
