The tension inherent in Rachel Gollay’s latest album, The Edge of April, is right there in the title of its opening song: “Optimistic (Time is Running Out),” dropped — fittingly — at the tail end of March. Gollay is exceedingly specific about words, tones, moods and intentions ..read more

For years, Dallas has served as an excellent behind-the-scenes music city. While the city has birthed legendary musicians from Erykah Badu to Big Tuck, much of the city’s catalog comes by way of the hardworking producers, songwriters and engineers ..read more

To take in The Decemberists is to behold one of the more dazzling magic tricks in the music business. Somehow, for nearly a quarter-century, this baroque folk-rock band from Portland has built a career upon overstuffed, esoteric whimsy, which nevertheless feels as light as air and as urgent as lightning as it unfolds in front of you ..read more

The road to Black Tie Dynasty’s third album, Steady, which arrived May 10, was anything but. This year marks two decades since Cory Watson, Blake McWhorter and Brian McCorquodale formed the band in Fort Worth ..read more

Anyone who’s been even mildly lucid through the past few decades knows Billy Corgan as the frontman of the Smashing Pumpkins — the dress-coat-wearing, nasal-voiced alt-rocker behind undying hits such as “1979” and “Bullet With Butterfly Wings.” But for those who haven’t kept up with Corgan-centric headlines (obligatory love-and-hate public displays with Courtney Love, the erratic lineup changes in his band and becoming a voice in poetry and politics) for the past six years, Corgan has taken on a monster project: buying, resurrecting and repackaging the National Wrestling Allegiance, the ..read more

For the first time in six years, Childish Gambino will return to the Dallas stage for his newly announced The New World Tour. On Monday, the 40-year-old multi-hyphenate artist, who is also known by his real name, Donald Glover, posted the announcement for the 58-stop tour ..read more

For millennials, grocery stores are a microcosm of long-forgotten comfort music. With each trip, we let go of our egos and embrace the healing vibes each soft rock banger, power ballad and pop tune offers, truly putting a new spin on the phrase “retail therapy ..read more

The music world is mourning a major loss. Steve Albini is a name you may not recognize at first pass, but he’s probably been a major influence on your favorite music ..read more

Brent Fedrizzi has been named AEG's president of North American Regional Offices, after serving as co-president and COO of AEG Presents Rocky Mountains and Pacific Northwest regions. It's a well-deserved promotion: Fedrizzi is one of Colorado's top promoters, responsible for expanding AEG's venue acquisitions and operations and bringing some of the best concerts to the region ..read more

In case you somehow didn’t hear, Drake and Kendrick Lamar are beefing. It all started off as a good, old-fashioned beef ..read more