Concerts in Dallas-Fort Worth worth your watch: Record Store Day edition

by Jessica Harp

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Also: Earth Day.

It's Earth Day this weekend, but we're also psyched about Record Store Day. Free live music, special releases, and free beer? Count us in!

Thursday

It is five o’clock somewhere, but when Jimmy Buffett and his Coral Reefer Band are involved, it's five o’clock all the time. On Thursday night, Buffet brings his margarita-soaked tunes to the Gexa Energy Pavilion. Be ready to kick back, relax, and enjoy the laid-back music of the Caribbean king.

Friday

Texas native Ben Kweller makes a return to the Granada stage on Friday night, and he's sure to play some old tunes plus some new ones from his recent album, Go Fly a Kite. The album is Kweller’s first release on his own record label. Joining him for the ride are Sleeper Agent and DFW band The Orbans.

At Sons of Hermann Hall, one heck of a local show includes Ryan Thomas Becker & Last Joke, Whiskey Folk Ramblers, and Fox and the Bird. Folk music will run folks rampant, as each band brings their own version of Americana to the historic wooden ballroom.

Saturday

Record Store Day turns 5 on Saturday. The special day celebrates the art of music and the stores that sell it. Several mom-and-pop stores in Dallas-Fort Worth will host live music all day long, plus special music releases, discounts, and food and drink. You'll see local and national bands for free, depending on the venue. Here are your options:

Good Records -- 1808 Lower Greenville Ave. in Dallas

• 10:30 a.m. James Earl Alford
• 11 a.m. Skeleton Coast
• 12 p.m. Diego Garcia
• 1p.m. Joe Pug
• 2 p.m. Umphrey’s McGee
• 3 p.m. Ting Tings
• 4 p.m. Civil Twilight
• 5 p.m. Switchfoot
• 6 p.m. Zhora
• 7 p.m. Glorium
• 8 p.m. Yells At Eels
• 9 p.m. Sealion
• 10 p.m. The Quaker City Night Hawks
• 11 p.m. Stardeath & White Dwarves

Bill's Records -- 1317 South Lamar in Dallas

Music starts at 11 a.m. and goes all day

• Zin Bubba and Friends
• The Wandering Chicken Wire Show
• Jimmy Baldown
• Darryl Lee Rush
• Ken Turetsky
• Guthrie Kennard
• Blacktop Gypsy
• Maria Moss and John Hogan
• The Cheryl Arean Band
• Ducado Vaga and Bloodrich
• Thieves of Sunrise/Matthew Marcus McDaniel
• Loretta Callens and Friends
• Trace Relations
• The Texas Ladybugs
• Nitzinger Band

CD Source -- 5500 Greenville Ave., #200 in Dallas

• 9 a.m. Annie Benjamin
• 10 a.m. Rahim Quazi
• 11 a.m. Gaston Light
• 12 p.m. Chris Holt
• 1 p.m. The O's
• 2 p.m. Siren Sea
• 3 p.m. Midnight Empire
• 4 p.m. Colin Boyd
• 5 p.m. Kerri Arista
• 6 p.m. Emmeline
• 7 p.m. The Bright
• 8:15 p.m. Ken Demith plays Springsteen
• 9:15 p.m. Sierra Leone

Doc’s Records and Vintage -- 9522 Camp Bowie West Blvd. in Fort Worth

Music starts at 11 a.m.

• Stoogeaphilia
• Whiskey Folk Ramblers
• No Future (formerly Leatherbag)
• Fungi Girls
• The Cush
• Doom Ghost
• Year of the Bear
• War Party

Recycled Books & Records -- 200 N. Locust in Denton

• 12:30 p.m. Ryan Becker
• 1:15 p.m. Tony Ferraro
• 2 p.m. Tiger, Tooth, and Paw
• 2:45 p.m. Warren Jackson Hearne
• 3:30 p.m. Jesse Miller
• 4:15 p.m. Becoming
• 5 p.m. Isaac Hoskins
• 5:45 p.m. Matthew Long
• 6:30 p.m. Sam Robertson
• 7:15 p.m. Doug Burr

Saturday and Sunday

A special Earth Day Dallas celebration features two days of free music at Fair Park. It's not to be missed: The lineup includes Amos Lee, plus local bands Ishi, Tiger Darrow, Calhoun, Jessie Frye, Air Review, Datahowler, and Emily Elbert. Going green never sounded so good.

Sunday

102.1 The Edge is at it again with their biannual festival of music simply known as Edgefest. If you didn’t get enough on Record Store Day, make your way to the FC Dallas Stadium in Frisco where The Black Keys, Garbage, Cake, Cage the Elephant, Arctic Monkeys, Neon Trees, Civil Twilight, Switchfoot, Evanescence, Blue October, The Ting Tings, Foxy Shazam, and more will satisfy your visual and auditory pleasures.

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