Today is the birthday of Scarface. He would be 56 today. Scarface writes verses like a novelist trapped inside a rap booth. He grew up in Houston, Texas, in the Fifth Ward's tough streets. That neighborhood taught him survival before it taught him rhyme schemes. His grandmother, Sonya, gave him his stage name as a […]
Today is the birthday of Miranda Lambert. She is 43 today. Miranda Leigh Lambert was born in Longview, Texas on November 10, 1983. East Texas — the pine forests, the small cities with big church cultures and complicated histories — built her directness. Her parents were private investigators who ran a women's shelter. Miranda grew […]
Pop-punk band State Champs plays The Echo Lounge and Music Hall in the Dallas Design District on Tuesday, November 10, with tickets starting at $35. Formed in Albany, New York, in 2010, State Champs became one of the 2010s pop-punk revival’s most consistent touring acts, building a following on hook-heavy albums including “The Finer Things” […]
They Might Be Giants bring their first of two nights to The Heights Theater in Houston on November 10, with the show starting at 7:30 PM. The Brooklyn-via-New-England duo of John Flansburgh and John Linnell has spent more than four decades turning quirky, hook-heavy songwriting into a career that spans college-rock cult status, mainstream radio […]
They Might Be Giants return to The Heights Theater in Houston for a second consecutive night on November 11, with the show starting at 7:30 PM. The Brooklyn-via-New-England duo of John Flansburgh and John Linnell has spent more than four decades turning quirky, hook-heavy songwriting into a career that spans college-rock cult status, mainstream radio […]
Treaty Oak Revival steps onto one of Texas's biggest stages when they play the Moody Center in Austin on November 12, 2026. Tickets start at $48 — a remarkable price for a show that marks a genuine milestone for one of West Texas's most compelling country rock bands. Born out of the Permian Basin's creative […]
Treaty Oak Revival brings their Texas fall run to a close at The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion in The Woodlands on November 13, 2026. Tickets start at $52 for an evening of hard-charging country rock at one of Greater Houston's most storied outdoor music venues. West Texas-born and road-hardened since their 2019 founding, Treaty Oak […]
Fort Worth Opera brings Derrick Wang's "Scalia/Ginsburg" to the historic Ridglea Theater for a two-night run beginning Friday, November 13, with tickets starting at $50. "Scalia/Ginsburg" is a comic one-act opera imagining a fantastical trial pitting the late Supreme Court Justices Antonin Scalia and Ruth Bader Ginsburg against each other over their opposing views of […]
Master storyteller James McMurtry plays the Granada Theater in Dallas on Friday, Nov. 13, 2026, with support from fellow Austin songwriter BettySoo. Tickets start at $150, and the show is close to selling out. Born in Fort Worth and raised largely outside Texas, McMurtry is the son of novelist Larry McMurtry, author of "Lonesome Dove" […]
Kolby Cooper plays Billy Bob's Texas in Fort Worth on Friday, November 13, 2026, bringing his blend of traditional-leaning Texas country and modern songwriting to the Stockyards. The show kicks off at 10:00 PM inside the World's Largest Honky Tonk, with Cooper backed by his road band for a set that draws from a catalog […]
San Diego rock band Switchfoot bring their Forever Now Tour to Stubb's Bar-B-Q in Austin on Saturday, November 14, 2026, at 7:00 PM. Tickets start at $72, with Anberlin as special guests. Formed in San Diego in the mid-1990s, Switchfoot broke into the mainstream with 2003's "The Beautiful Letdown," an album powered by the hit […]
Fort Worth Opera closes its two-night run of Derrick Wang’s “Scalia/Ginsburg” at the historic Ridglea Theater on Saturday, November 14, with tickets starting at $50. “Scalia/Ginsburg” is a comic one-act opera imagining a fantastical trial pitting the late Supreme Court Justices Antonin Scalia and Ruth Bader Ginsburg against each other over their opposing views of […]
