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Oct 4, 2024 | 
dallasobserver.com | Scott Tucker
Multi-instrumentalist and alternative electronic artist Robert DeLong will headline The Kessler Theater on Saturday, Oct. 5, as he tours in support of his latest album, Playlist of Doom. Known for his experimental blending of genres and armed with an arsenal of homemade electronic gadgets — which have included video game controllers, joysticks and modified MIDIs — DeLong’s music pays a nod to modern soundscapes.
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Aug 19, 2024 | 
dallasobserver.com | Scott Tucker
On a sweltering Sunday evening, Jane’s Addiction and Love and Rockets made their way to the Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory in Irving, touring as co-headliners. By 6:30 p.m., the venue had transformed into a nonstop flow of concertgoers sharing Jane’s Addiction stories while wearing an impressive arsenal of vintage rock T-shirts that could easily fetch $500 a piece on eBay. The development of the band’s original guitarist, Dave Navarro, rejoining the band seemed to be on everybody’s mind.
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Jul 8, 2024 | 
dallasobserver.com | Scott Tucker |Paul Salfen
What is it about celebrities and celebrity culture that people find so interesting? Beyond their influence, good looks or money, is there something in their DNA that gives them what Hollywood calls the “It factor"? Unlike "nepo babies" (and "nepo parents"), aspiring stars who come from humble origins have worked as waiters, bartenders, chauffeurs and even manual laborers while waiting for their big break. Although many long to become famous actors, rockstars and models, few make the cut.
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Jul 1, 2024 | 
dallasobserver.com | Scott Tucker
Los Angeles has Jane’s Addiction; New York City has Sonic Youth; Dallas has Tripping Daisy. These bands helped guide kids to be young and cool in the fast-changing America of the 1990s while defining their respective city’s underground before hitting the mainstream. Although all the bands went through breakups, their fans refused to let their music fade into obscurity.
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Jun 21, 2024 | 
dallasobserver.com | Scott Tucker
Dallas' best dancers, musicians and composers will come together on Friday, June 21, and Saturday, June 22, at the Moody Performance Hall when Synergy 2024 marries modern dance and art. This collaborative effort, presented by the Pegasus Contemporary Ballet, will include artists Thang Dao, Christopher “Chill” Hill, Delcan James, Daniel Palladino, Michelle Thompson and French-born and five-time Grammy Award-winning musician Scott Tixier.
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May 2, 2024 | 
dallasobserver.com | Scott Tucker
The enormous parking lot of the 20,000-capacity venue had just played host to a few groups of tailgaters that mentally seemed to be somewhere between the movie Heavy Metal Parking Lot and a Coldplay pregame party. As lines entering the east and west gates of the venue grew significantly, passersby couldn’t help but spot the three giant Foo Fighters tour buses along with over half a dozen production semi-trucks that took up most of the space between the two entrances.
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Apr 4, 2024 | 
dallasobserver.com | Scott Tucker
It’s also a great opportunity for locals to familiarize themselves with creations from all over the globe at a reasonable general admission ticket price. Last week we published a guide to the best events at this year's Dallas Art Fair. Just as the fair has grown substantially since 2009, so have all the non-official Art Fair-related happenings, parties and special programs put on by local galleries and institutions, priding themselves in challenging the collector status quo.
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Apr 2, 2024 | 
dallasobserver.com | Scott Tucker
Maynard James Keenan is turning 60 years old. To celebrate this milestone, the musician is gathering all his friends and hitting the road for a 21-date tour. On April 12, the Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory in Irving will host Sessanta, one of the truly unique roadshows to come to North Texas in years. The lineup will include Keenan's bands A Perfect Circle and Puscifer, as well as Les Claypool-led Primus. But there’s a catch.
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Feb 16, 2024 | 
dallasobserver.com | Scott Tucker
His projects have included the legendary '90s Deep Ellum band Tablet, as well as OHNO, The Now (featuring Joey McClellan of Denton’s Midlake) and Binary Sunrise. His newest project is called I Love You. After surfing through the ups and down of three decades in the industry, the singer-songwriter is quick to share what he thinks playing music is all about. “Creativity is childlike,” Holt says. “You have to not care and just do it for the novelty of it and for your own enjoyment to delight yourself.
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Feb 3, 2024 | 
dallasobserver.com | Scott Tucker
Formed in Los Angeles in 1990, Tool was the first of several creative successes by singer Maynard James Keenan, whose other projects include bands A Perfect Circle and Puscifer, and his very own winery. Tool's sound is distinct by various symbiotic elements: Danny Carey’s complex drumming, Justin Chancellor’s bombastic bass and guitarist Adam Jones’ angular riffs. Jones' art has come to define the band’s visual aesthetic.
