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While it may be difficult to rank the heat factors of a sweltering Texas summer, the steam sauna at some hoity-toity day spa, and the humid thickness of a crowd of sweaty concertgoers pressing all around you, we would argue only the last of these offers any measurable ROI. Texas is unbearable in July. A sauna is a

May has five weekends and three holidays (four, if you count Star Wars Day): (in chronological order) Cinco de Mayo, Mother’s Day, and Memorial Day, so that’s a lot of musical opportunities, rain or shine. Here are some cool-to-us shows we’ve noticed after a little digging, plus some schedules from local

Now that voting has begun for the Weekly’s 2023 Music Awards, you have some decisions to make. The #FWWMAF23 ballot is live thru Thu, Nov 30 at midnight, so there’s plenty of time to investigate. Here’s where you can check out some of our nominees this month. Plus, we’re giving you homework by listing where to

Now that the Weekly’s ballot for Music Awards 2023 is live, you have some bands to investigate and decisions to make! The #FWWMAF23 ballot is live now thru Thu, Nov 30 at midnight, so there’s plenty of time to get out there. Very, very soon, we will have details about some official showcase events in November and the

 Thursday, September 7, 2023  British pop singer Sam Smith, who has come out as nonbinary and now uses “they/them” pronouns, is celebrating their new identity with an album called Gloria and a tour. If you know, you know. If you don’t, well, you probably actually do. Smith and Kim Petras’ performance of Smith’s first

On July 30, Dallas’ 89.3 KNON-FM will celebrate its 40th year on the air. To mark the occasion, the station is hosting a concert at Granada Theater with artists Jay Perez, R.L. Griffin and Igor and the Red Elvises, among others.

Everyone’s heard of the classic Clinton-era parlor game Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon. The premise: Connect any random Hollywood actor to the Footloose star in six steps or fewer. “So-and-so was in X and with What’s-her-name, who was in Y with Yadda Yadda,” and so forth. The idea is that, in his day, Bacon was such a

These photos capture local music's big moments, from Lola's last stand in Fort Worth to Deep Ellum's big birthday

This past year has been a great one for local music. From indie troubadour Cameron Smith’s beautiful album Shine to veteran psych-rockers The Cush’s Riders in the Stardust Gold, their first album for Ben Harper’s Mad Bunny Records, and hip-hop guru Sagemode Wrex’s X-Men-inspired Professor Wrex and the debut of

With this being our year-end Music Issue — and the issue after our post-pandemic Music Awards comeback event — I feel inspired to feature some arts and music gift ideas from local creatives and arts organizations here.   Deck the Walls with Local Art The art on this week’s cover, which I’ve christened “Welcoming