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Abram St., $10 at the doorįriday night, Growl Records in Arlington hosts the dual CD release party for Dallas family psych-punk band The Prof. Friday, June 10, at Growl Records, 509 E. In celebration of the album that defined his career, Lupe Fiasco makes a stop at the new Wild Acre Live venue in Fort Worth on Friday night.Ĩ p.m. The album also showed the rapper's sociopolitical focus with songs on topics like immigration and child soldiers in Africa. A darker album than its predecessor, The Cool offered up meditations on life and death as the rapper struggled with the loss of his father and his close friend Stack Bundles. Fiasco had already made quite the impression on the indie music scene the previous year with Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor and its breakthrough hit single about a skater romance, 'Kick, Push.' The Cool picked up on the story line Fiasco had started on Food & Liquor's 10th track, the Kanye West-produced single of the same name. El Paso St., $42+ at įifteen years ago, progressive hip-hop artist Lupe Fiasco released his sophomore album The Cool. Friday, June 10, at Wild Acre Live, 1734 E. Brothers Jack Torrey and Page Burkum are touring in support of the group's third album, One Day, which was released earlier this year on the band's own Walkie Talkie Records.ħ p.m. The Cactus Blossoms, however, bring back that blood harmony sound in the purest of forms. It's a style that audiences didn't hear much of outside of Dennis, Carl and Brian Wilson of The Beach Boys or Nancy and Ann Wilson of Heart. In the 1950s and '60s, bands made up of siblings like the Louvin Brothers and the Everly Brothers made records showcasing the eerie tones that come together when siblings harmonize their similar voices. Anyway, there was a time in music history - particularly country music history - when blood harmony ruled the airwaves. 'Blood harmony' isn't one of those terms that gets thrown around a whole lot these days unless of course you're talking about Finneas' debut album. Friday, June 10, at Sons of Hermann Hall, 3414 Elm St., $23 at His boss may miss him, but we are happy to have him back Thursday night in Dallas and Friday night in Denton.ħ p.m. When COVID-19 canceled Lewis' tour schedule, the artist did what any true bluesman would and went back to work laying concrete. Their 2017 release Backlash earned Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears a No. Though Lewis and his Honeybears did not share the same trajectory as Monáe after the 2009 SXSW appearance, the band has slowly built a solid fanbase in the blues world.

Back then, Esquire noted the band's heartfelt grit in composing throwbacks that could stand up to anyone from Muddy Waters to the MC5. Friday, June 10, at Dan's Silverleaf, 103 Industrial St., $20 at īlues, funk and soul band Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears first gained national attention in 2009 when Esquire magazine named them one of '10 Bands Set to Break Out at 2009's SXSW Festival' (Janelle Monáe was also one of those 10). Thursday, June 9, at The Kessler, 1230 W. It's a busy concert week for sure, North Texas, but we believe you'll make the right choice.ħ p.m. On Sunday, local punks gather in Deep Ellum for a charity event, and early next week, Dallas will see shows from Latin fusion band Calexico, jazz fusion act Joe Jackson and pop superstars Backstreet Boys. Saturday, fans can dance the night away at Camp Nowhere in Fair Park or get their fill of pop-punk with Machine Gun Kelly. Friday night will require some decision making between The Cactus Blossoms in Dallas, Lupe Fiasco in Fort Worth or a dual CD release party for two great local bands in Arlington. Fans have two chances to catch the blues, funk and soul band Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears in Dallas or Denton (or both). Whether you're into blues, blood harmony, boy bands, big beat or anything in between, there is a place for you some time this week in North Texas.

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