Critic's Notebook

Just two weeks ago, Grapevine native Post Malone announced the star-studded lineup for his local music festival, Posty Fest.

In a ceremony on Wednesday morning attended by Mayor Eric Johnson, Dallas received its official designation as a music-friendly city.

Waxahatchee has played Dallas countless times, but something about her upcoming Friday show at Granada Theater feels especially unique.

Why We Never Die begins like a thunderstorm at sea. “Honor to Feasts” leads off Dallas doom-folk trio The Angelus’s latest album with an ominous build, brought on by a cannonade of drums layered with roaring guitars and the tolling of bells.

Some song covers have the rare distinction of becoming just as popular, if not more so, than their originals.

Just a week before the release of his second album, Driving to the Game, singer-songwriter Tusing is at Wild Detectives in Oak Cliff, where he’s set to perform just days later on Sept. 28.

On Sept. 23 Pussy Riot’s Nadya Tolokonnikova posted a photo to Instagram combatively holding up an American flag-themed banner. It reads: “One nation under pussy.”

Jennifer Zooki Sturges, lead singer of Ex-Regrets, is thinking over her new band’s history.

Erykah Badu is returning to modeling this week for one of the biggest fashion events of the year, as a surprise guest for Rihanna’s third annual Savage X Fenty fashion show.

Last week, Post Malone revealed the all-star lineup to his music festival Posty Fest, making its return as an annual event after a hiatus in 2020.

There aren’t many bands who can say that they’ve had the same lineup for three decades. Iconic groups such as U2 and Radiohead are among those who can boast of this claim, and recently joining this elite is the reggae-rock band 311.

After winning over fans and local radio play with their 2019 track “Gum Love” from the four-song EP Pet Your Dog More, boyfriend/girlfriend William Rakkar and Amanda “Panda” Cuenca put their band Phantomelo on hold during the worst of the pandemic. Hold time is over now. With Cuenca on bass, lead singer…

Counting Crows are touring in support of their latest release, Butter Miracle, Suite One.

Mansfield-via-California TikTok star Parker James, 20, and his brother Caden Shea, 15, are sitting in their North Texas apartment surrounded by posters of Nirvana, Nine Inch Nails, and Cage the Elephant, discussing their new band Olive Vox, whose debut single “Bury Me Low” is out now.

Millennials are still wiping tears from their eyes after last week’s surprise video on Twitter from Steve Burns, the original host of the Nickelodeon series Blue’s Clues, in which he comes to us as though a long lost big brother who’s been away at college all these years, embracing us with a giant, warm collective hug.

Texas is renowned for producing a plethora of acclaimed singers, from Beyonce and Megan Thee Stallion to our own Leon Bridges, Erykah Badu and St. Vincent.

Dallas rock group Eleventeen have been playing music together since the late ’90s. Many of their old stomping grounds, such as The Galaxy Club and The Curtain Club, are long gone.

The idea of what can be labeled as “underrated” is usually dependent on many factors, but if you’re a singer who has had four top five hits (including a number one smash) as a part of three different bands and yet still few people know your name, then you’ve probably earned the term.

While many artists will tell you they’ve been playing music all their lives, this platitude rings true for 28-year-old Fats’e.

Before coming together, the three members of Dallas punk band Hard Detox were disillusioned by the way their previous bands had played out.

While Jon Randall’s name may not be instantly recognizable, you’re likely very familiar with his work.

Most people in the world would look at landlocked Dallas as one of the last places to be a mecca for yacht rock, but as we learned this week, the music genre has been the subject of a rather bold declaration.