The Sword kicks off tour with Castle and American Sharks
Austin, Texas locals The Sword launched their North American tour on Thursday, July 25, at the Granada Theater in Dallas. Joining them on tour are fellow Austin rockers American Sharks and San Francisco doom/thrash trio Castle.
Blistering metal at Three Links
One word that doesn’t spring to mind when thinking of metal acts Valient Thorr, Gypsyhawk, and Ramming Speed is “mellow.” And yet, the show featuring these bands at Three Links in Deep Ellum on Thursday, June 27, started out as precisely that. Whether it was due to the oppressive heat outside, or the house music featuring such metal favorites as Michael Bublé, there was a distinctly mellow vibe while waiting for the show to start.
Nerdlesque brings geeky sex appeal
A common theme of late, made very apparent during this year’s Super Bowl commercials, is the idea that even the nerd can attract the beautiful woman. This past Thursday, Feb. 21, Molly Macabre and several of her friends showed that sometimes, the nerd is the beautiful woman.
Castle played at Club Dada in Deep Ellum, Dallas, TX on February 6, 2013 with Pinkish Black and Hawk vs Dove.
The Open Stage is going strong after 100 shows
The Open Stage, a weekly event in Richardson, celebrated its 100th show on Monday, Feb. 4, 2013. Attendees were treated to a variety of acts, including musicians (one in drag), a belly dancer, a spoken word performer, and a singing burlesque dancer.
GWAR played at the House of Blues in Dallas, TX on October 26, 2012. Joining them were DevilDriver, Cancer Bats, and Legacy of Disorder.
Skeletonwitch and Havok bring U.S. Abomination Tour to Dallas
Thrash metalers Skeletonwitch and Havok arrived at Trees on Thursday, Oct. 18, for the Dallas stop of the 63-shows-in-65-days “U.S. Abomination Tour.” Joined on this leg of the tour by Skeletonwitch’s Prosthetic Records label-mate Mutilation Rites, these guys are leaving a swath of destruction in their wake. If you think that is pure hyperbole, consider the fact that Big Tex went up in flames mere hours after the show ended.
The All-American Rejects and Boys Like Girls are not afraid of the dark
The House of Blues Dallas played host to The All-American Rejects and Boys Like Girls on Wednesday, Oct 3. Occasionally, the screaming throng of teenage girls in attendance was actually able to see the members of the bands, when a random flash of light broke up the darkness that the bands spent the majority of their time standing in. Maybe it was an attempt to get the kids ready for the haunted houses they were sure to be attending soon. Regardless, it was not an ideal way to see the bands these fans had come to see.
Riot Fest surges southward into Dallas
Riot Fest set up camp at Gexa Energy Pavilion in Dallas on Saturday for its first date in the south. The punk, metal and alternative rock festival was founded in Chicago in 2005, and began expanding its range last year. Rather than simply touring a fixed list of bands, though, Riot Fest combined a selection of headlining bands from the Chicago event with local Texas bands on the side stages.
Texas punk and metal feature prominently at Riot Fest
Dallas’s first Riot Fest, held Saturday at Gexa Energy Pavilion, featured a long lineup of national headlining acts on its main stage. In order to populate the side stages, though, the festival drew from a wide range of local Texas talent. You could be assured that if the band in the pavilion wasn’t to your liking, you could find something outside which better matched your tastes.
