GZA/ Genius of Wu-Tang Clan

Wed. 09/03 | 8:00PM @ Emo's (Red River)

Click “I Like It!” to win free tickets! One of the founding members of Wu-Tang Clan, GZA has been on the hip-hop scene since 1993. As of late he has been taking his career s…more»

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We all wish Nas had performed Illmatic front to back last weekend at Emo’s. Credit Wu-Tang’s most lyrical swordsman for giving the people what they want: a live recitation of 1995’s classic Liquid Swords to kick off Emo’s 16th anniversary week. Method Man was smoother, ODB more charismatic, and Ghostface spit more complex slang, but true heads know GZA always had the sharpest tongue. Meth said it best: “We form like Voltron, and GZA happens to be the head.” Locals Zeale and Phranchyze open. – Thomas Fawcett
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The Toadies w/ Lions (1st Night)

Wed. 09/03 | 7:00PM - Wed. 09/03 @ Stubb's Bar-B-Q (Red River)

It has been seven years since the Toadies last put out an album. But now the recently reunited Fort Worth, TX-based alt-rockers will return with No Deliverance, their third studio album to dat…more»

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The one-time heroes of Texas rock, The Toadies were supposed to be huge. Their singles “Possum Kingdom” and “Tyler” were all over national radio and MTV (“Kingdom” was even immortalized in Xbox’s Guitar Hero II), and in mid-‘90s Dallas there was no band more well-liked than this batch of ordinary Fort Worth kids—the ultimate in locals-made-good. Unfortunately, the band couldn’t take the pressures of success, and following the critical and commercial failure of Hell Below/Stars Above (which even an Elliott Smith cameo couldn’t save), the band was officially relegated to the post-grunge dustbin when bassist Lisa Umbarger decided she’d had enough. These days, singer Vaden “Todd” Lewis spins his wheels in The Burden Brothers, but reformed his old group last year (with Baboon bassist Mark Hughes standing in for Umbarger) for a few successful reunion shows that have apparently reinvigorated the band.

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