We have a large amount of great local acts hitting the Granada Theater stage in the coming weeks. For the next few weeks, we’re going to highlight some of the great local talent that you should check out in addition to the other great bands our team has on the calendar for your live music >> Read More
If you haven’t peeped our recent batch of show announcements, you may be unaware of the crates of wax and beats coming to Granada Theater in the next few months. We have four sick shows lined up for hip-hop heads everywhere, beginning next Tuesday with a birthday jammy for innovative hometown hip-hop queen, Erykah Badu. >> Read More
Alright everybody, Band Rant segment 3, I know it’s been a while but the holidaze took over my soul. Let’s keep the Heat Index going with a band based in our sister town Austin, TX! Austin, TX based band Holy Wave, I like to call “people of the tent”, burrowed their way out from >> Read More
Since releasing When Pigs Fly in 2011, Paris Pershun and Slim Gravy have been meeting success left and right. A.Dd+ was featured in Pitchfork’s Underrated Rap Releases of 2011, opened for names like Erykah Badu and Wu-Tang Clan, performed at Gorilla vs Bear 2, and named Best Rap/Hip Hop Act at the Dallas Observer Music >> Read More
There are a lot of local bands out there in the world that deserve the attention in a wider retrospect. To help support their movement and help them venture out to play in Dallas or actually ANYWHERE where music is exploding!! This is Band Rant, and if you want to recommend a band to me or want your >> Read More
This week Sundown begins live music events with no cover every night, seven days a week. First up- Be sure to catch Dallas’s homegrown honkytonkers Boys Named Sue, playing Thursday at Sundown. Named “Best Country Band” by the Dallas Observer from 2005-2007, the Sues (also winners of the self-proclaimed “Best Band Ever” award) rock out >> Read More
Austin-based blues guitarist Elijah Ford made his reputation playing alongside his father Marc Ford (guitarist for The Black Crowes) in Fuzz Machine and touring with Oscar and Grammy award winner Ryan Bingham (for his work co-writing music in the film Crazy Heart). Elijah’s solo work started last year with Elijah Ford & The Bloom releasing >> Read More
Somebody’s Darling returns to the Dallas music scene with their sophomore, self-released, Kickstarter-funded album Jank City Shakedown released on September 9. The name refers to the band’s impression of Dallas as a “Jank City”, a city full of creativity and daily struggles for artists that make it their home. “Whenever a tire pops on the way to a gig, >> Read More
Wanz Dover is mixing for Granada’s new monthly DJ night series Stereo on Strike 3.0 at Sundown’s rooftop patio. Mwanza “Wanz” Dover has been an institution in the metroplex for two decades, having lead numerous DFW bands including The Black Dotz, Mazinga Phaser and The Falcon Project. He has also performed with Glenn Branca’s 100-guitar ensemble >> Read More
The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation North Texas chapter presents the CF Climb for Life on Saturday, September 22. Supporters have the opportunity to climb 23, 42, or all 70 flights of Dallas’ tallest building, the Bank of America Plaza to benefit Cystic Fibrosis research. The Granada Theater has partnered with Cystic Fibrosis Foundation to bring climbers the finish line >> Read More