Eric Grubbs
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Dallas, TX, United States
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Good Records Is Moving From Lower Greenville To Garland Road
Good Records is moving from Lower Greenville to Garland Road next week. → Read More
AC/DC Tribute Band Back in Black Releases Album Under The Band Name Stripwired
When you’re a fairly unknown local act, it’s no secret there is more money playing cover songs instead of playing your own. Familiar tunes in a cover band or tribute act situation is an easier sell at a large venue like the House of Blues or the Granada. For musicians... → Read More
Things To Do in Dallas: Face to Face at Three Links on Feb. 17
Face to Face may forever be thought of as a pop-punk band, but they’re not afraid to show other sides that sound nothing like the genre. The band has been together since the early 1990s, and today they're a band that plays full-on punk rock shows in addition to acoustic/country-tinged... → Read More
After Scare With Carbon Monoxide Poisoning, Ben Kweller Is Back With New Music
A near-death experience kept Ben Kweller away from music for years, then the death of a close friend brought him back. As he releases a new album this month, called Circuit Boredom, he isn't afraid to talk about anything. “I’m so excited,” he says with a joyful tone in his... → Read More
Things To Do in Dallas: Cursive Plays Trees on Feb. 11
For a while, Cursive seemed unlikely to put out another record after 2012’s I Am Gemini. Frontman Tim Kasher made another record with his other band, the Good Life, and made a film (and its soundtrack) called No Resolution. But Cursive will not play the breakup/reunion game like so many... → Read More
10 Times Dallas Musicians Had Songs in Movies
Townes Van Zandt, Don Henley, Tripping Daisy and more have had songs featured in movies. → Read More
Ferralog Studios Might Close if Nathan Adamson Doesn't Find Another Investor
Ferralog Recording Studios in Deep Ellum might close if Nathan Adamson doesn't find an investor. → Read More
Observer's Picks for the 10 Best Concerts of the Year
The Dallas Observer music writers decided on their 10 best concerts of the year. → Read More
At Angel Chicken Kitchen, Everything Is Under $10 — and Delicious
Angel Chicken Kitchen makes comforting, inexpensive fried chicken in North Dallas. → Read More
Expect To Find the Guys of Silverstein at Oak Cliff's Spiral Diner
Silverstein plays Gas Monkey Bar & Grill on Thursday, Nov. 29. → Read More
Manchester Orchestra's Andy Hull Says They Have Hours of Unreleased Material
Manchester Orchestra is playing the Bomb Factory on Nov. 28. → Read More
Hear Alice Cooper's Live from the Astroturf at the Alamo Drafthouse Cedars on Thursday, November 8
Chris Penn can’t stop talking about Alice Cooper, which is not meant as a slight. As the co-owner of Good Records, he’s still talking about the time the surviving members of the original Alice Cooper group reunited Oct. 6, 2015, at the store. A year after the show, a two-song... → Read More
Despite One Writer's Rant, The National Thinks You Should Bring Kids To Shows
Earlier this year, respected music writer Steven Hyden went on a rant after seeing The National play a show. Writing for Uproxx, the article was titled, “Dear Cool Dads and Moms: Stop Bringing Your Young Children To Concerts.” Hyden, with young children of his own, made some valid arguments about... → Read More
Goo Goo Dolls Are Coming to Dallas to Celebrate 20 Years of Dizzy Up the Girl
It’s been 20 years since the Goo Goo Dolls released Dizzy Up the Girl, an album that cemented them in the mainstream. Founders Johnny Rzeznik and Robby Takac remain active with touring and recording, but this fall, they’ve decided to play the songs from that album across the country. Rzeznik... → Read More
Chris McDonald And HeadCount Will Be Outside Dallas Concerts on National Voter Registration Day
The Dallas chapter of the nonpartisan HeadCount organization will be out in force that day at three distinct places, registering voters and raising awareness. → Read More
Canadian Band Sloan Likes To Play the Deep Cuts in the States
Hailing from Halifax, Nova Scotia, power pop maestros Sloan have never made a huge dent in America, but it seems the people who know Sloan adore them. Formed in 1991 with musical comparisons to Cheap Trick, Sonic Youth and Kiss, Chris Murphy, Patrick Pentland, Jay Ferguson and Andrew Scott have... → Read More
Things To Do: See Ramin Djawadi, Game of Thrones Composer, And His Orchestra At American Airlines Center
Ramin Djawadi is in a rare spot for a TV and film composer: He’s currently on a tour of arenas across the country where an orchestra plays his music and he conducts. Not concert halls or theaters — arenas where people like Adele, Rush and Garth Brooks play. This Sunday,... → Read More
Buffalo Tree Festival Will Bring You The Perfect Pairing: Spoon and Beto O'Rourke
Two days before the deadline to register to vote in Texas, the inaugural Buffalo Tree Festival will make one last push to encourage people to vote, as well as enjoy an all-day music festival at Main Street Garden in downtown Dallas on Sunday, Oct. 7. → Read More
Cedric Bixler-Zavala From At The Drive-In, Who Played With Beto O'Rourke in Foss, Thinks O'Rourke Is Like JFK
Earlier this week, the Texas GOP Twitter account tried to knock Democrat Beto O’Rourke’s past in the form of a couple of tweets. One was about an old DWI charge and the other was about O’Rourke’s time in the El Paso band Foss. With a young and lightly bearded O’Rourke... → Read More
Hand Drawn Records Expands to Include a Crowdfunding Site, Line-In
Partnered with the company Bandwear, Line-In is another way to help people, especially DIY artists and labels, make a 12-inch LP. → Read More