Viva Los Tacos.

Did you know there's a weird glitch/trick to make the folders on your iPhone's home screen look round? We don't know why it works, but it does.

It makes us wonder what else is out there that we don't know. There's probably a ton of little things just hiding out in plain sight! It boggles the mind to think.

One thing we do have a good grip on is where and when all the coolest shit around town is going down this weekend. — Cory Graves

Friday
The Bronx at Three Links
From their days of hardcore, to their time as Mariachi El Bronx, The Bronx has played what they want, defying expectations of their fans and the industry and doing what they want. And in doing so, have managed to stay a fresh and exciting band. In fact, this weekend they'll be doing both, headlining Three Links with a punk set tonight, and Saturday's taco festival with its mariachi set. The Killer Hearts and CODETALKERS open. — Paul Wedding

Texas Frightmare Weekend at Hyatt Regency
One of the largest horror conventions in the nation, Frightmare brings together horror fans and legends from all over the country to convene and hang and watch scary movies. This year's special guesets include such horror legends as modern zombie inventor/director George A. Romero, Robert “Freddie Motherfucking Krueger” Englund, Rose McGowan, Matthew Lillard and former WCW Champion David Arquette. There's going to be Q&As, panels, lectures and plenty of horror movie watching. —PW

Chelsea Wolfe at Trees
Last year, Chelsea Wolfe released her fifth studio LP, Abyss, which many a critic has called her heaviest collection of songs to date. Last fall also saw the Sacramento-based singer-songwriter return to the Dallas neighborhood where she recorded that album with John Congleton (St. Vincent, Swans) to play a dark and ethereal set at Oak Cliff's Kessler Theater. The evening went perhaps the way you'd expect a Chelsea Wolfe show to go — with no special flare or erratic effects to “heighten” the experience, Wolfe's backing band was heavy and the lead performer herself was awash in mystique. We'd expect this one should be no different. — Evan Henry

Bob Biggerstaff at Hyena's (Dallas)
Despite his last name, Bob Biggerstaff isn't a pornstar, He says he's a comedian, and he's been on several shows including Last Comic Standing,Live at Gotham and Just for Laughs, He's here all weekend. — PW

Mother Falcon at City Tavern
This is a huge show, like gigantic. Mainly because there are 15-plus musicians in Mother Falcon, and they all play the ukulele. Just kidding! The band consists of a nine-piece string section, horns, a glockenspiel, a keyboard, an accordion and probably a mouth piano. Local indie-folk wife and husband duo Mountain Natives open. — Roberto Aguilar

Critical Mass at Main Street Garden Park
Critical Mass is a monthly bike-a-thon where bikers basically give a fuck you to drivers by riding around the city. and reminding them cyclists can use the road, too. There's also going to be a lot of street racing, and beer kegs. And nothing goes better than getting drunk and racing around on bikes. — PW

Black Tiger Sex Machine at Lizard Lounge
In a high school somewhere in Cyrpress, Texas, there was a kid who loved to make up dumb band names, but they were really just words that were opposites of the original name. So, let's give it a try: White Wolf Celibacy Handcraft. Woo, that was fun. Just about as much fun as this concert will be. You know how Lizard Lounge does, insane EDM shows with boss-ass deejays and rad lighting. This show is predominantly dubstep with Black tiger Sex Machine headlining and Apashe and Dabin opening. — RA

From Dusk Till Dawn/Halloween Double Feature at Texas Theatre
From Dusk Till Dawn is Robert Rodriguez's first real foray into the campy schlock that he's best known for. It's ridiculous and gory and pretty much what you expect it to be coming into it. If you love movies that aren't really good but a lot of fun, this is one to check out. It screens tonight, along with fellow horror classic Halloween in conjunction with Texas Frightmare Weekend. — PW

David Sedaris at Winspear Opera House
David Sedaris is one of the funniest people of all time. He's not a comedian or an actor per se, but he is an enormously talented writer and speaker. He's also the brother of the kooky Amy Sedaris (Strangers With Candy), which explains a lot. Some of his best books include Me Talk Pretty One Day, Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim and Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk. If you're not a fan of reading, that's alright because Sedaris' books are best listened to. After all, he is the narrator of his stories and listening to him read them makes it all the better. No telling what he has in store for this event, but be prepared to run the gamut of emotions. — RA

Dallas International Guitar Festival at Dallas Market Hall
Though there are roughly 2000 guitar shows held annually worldwide, word is the first ones were held right here in Dallas in the early '80s. The Dallas International Guitar Festival remains one of the largest guitar shows in the country with over 15,000 people expected to attend this year's event. Aerosmith's Brad Whitford, Snarky Puppy's Mark Lettieri, Robben Ford, Gary Hoey, Ruthie Foster and a ton of other noted noodlers will also perform over the course of the next three days. — CG

TRU Cyber_Tex Release Party at 303 S. Peak Street
Texas Recordings Underground is a new record label attempting to put together some of the best producers in Texas, and will be having its very first EP release party tonight. There's a shitload of local producers here, including E.R.P., Vectorvision, and Cygnus, some of the musicians that will be on TRU's first EP, Cyber_Tex. — PW

Young Thug at Hacienda Santa Yesenia
After lots of back-and-forth and cancellations, Young Thug show in the greater Denton area does look like it's still happening, and it will indeed still come as a part of a hip-hop fest this weekend calling itself Regardless Fest. For now, at least, it seems that the show will take place at what appears to be a wedding venue in rural Denton County (read: Krum). Go figure. We can say with a lot more confidence that Young Thug will be back in the region just a couple short weeks later, when, barring any last-minute cancellation, he will with 100 percent certainty be playing the South Side Music Hall on May 12. In that case, both the venue and Young Thug's website are clearly on the same page. — RA

Lil Boosie at Gas Money Live
Boosie Badazz, the former Lil Boosie, is a rapper and founder of Bad Azz Entertainment. He's most famous for serving six years in prison on drug charges, and he might be a murderer. Anyway, B-Will opens. — PW

Fredo Santana at The Prophet Bar
Fredo Santana is like Lil B but without the self-awareness. Former Cool Kid Sir Michael Rocks opens, along with Shorty K and Skeem or Die. — PW

Triple Album Release at Dan's Silverleaf
Three up and coming local bands are releasing new albums Friday. The night kicks off with The Infamists, a Denton rock band focusing on strong guitar riffs and fast tempo. On the opposite end of the spectrum, The Aquaholics play after that, a fun, dancey surf rock band. Abacaba closes out the night with a mix of psychedelic, metal, funk fusion. — PW

Joywave at Cambridge Room (Sold Out)
Joywave is an electronic rock band giving an update to the synthy sounds of the '80s. Most of their songs have a grimy, static sound to them blended in with their hard guitar riffs. These guys have a cool sound and based off of their great performance at Edgefest last year, it should be a great show. — PW

Bob Schneider at Granada Theater
Bob Schneider is an Austin folk musician that your parents would probably love. His music is alright, but his lyrics are really straightforward and don't really have any teeth to them. Unlike singer/songwriters like Bob Dylan or Tallest Man on Earth there's no real depth to his music to make it replay-able. That's not a problem with the killer local openers Ronnie Fauss and Vanessa Peters, though. — PW

Vanessa Peters, Daniel Markham & Claire Morales, Tony Ferraro, Jared Caraway at Rubber Gloves
After opening that Granada show over in Dallas, Vanessa Peters will hastily pack up the gear and brave I-35 to headline this also-pretty-stacked bill over in Denton. They don't call her the hardest working musician town for nothing. — CG

Trailer Park Boys Live at The Rail Club
Trailer Park Boys is a Canadian mocukementary-style comedy that's accumulated quite the cult following since its debut in 2001. Imagine a grown-up Ed, Edd n Eddy and it's really close to that. Two of the den facto antagonists are Randy and Mr. Lahey, the bumbling trailer park supervisors/gay lovers constantly trying to foil the schemes of the three main characters, usually ending with everyone involved fucking up in some way. I'm not sure how a live show would work, but these two are really entertaining on television. — PW

David Allan Coe at Billy Bob's
David Allan Coe is one of the original outlaws of country music, and was once regarded right up there with such legends as Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings. He blazed his own trail, writing unique songs commentating on country music and straying away from its traditional tropes, and inspired numerous country musicians to come. Fittingly he'll play one of the last shows at the honky-tonk before it goes smoke-free. — PW

Blackberry Smoke at House of Blues
Last year, Georgia southern rock outfit Blackberry Smoke released its Hold All the Roses LP, its first since leaving Zac Brown's Southern Sound record label. They're doing just fine on their own, though. Playing 250 dates a year, the band has long honed its James Gang-like sound on the road. — CG

Dalton Domino at Rockin' Rodeo
William Clark Green has been hailed as Red Dirt's next big for so long that his critically hailed 2015 disc, Ringling Road actually has a song called “Next Big Thing.” As such, he's personally passed that “next big thing” torch onto, Lubbock-sprung southern rocker Dalton Domino. Can't argue there. — CG

Saturday
Taco Libre at Main Street Garden Park
Obsessed with tacos? Like bands and lucha libre wrestling? Well oh boy, Dallas has a festival for you. At the appropriately named Taco Libre! festival, $16 gets you into a full day of access to tacos from all over the Metroplex, all in one convenient locale, as well as a chance to catch bands like Mariachi El Bronx and Grupo Fantasma, and wrestling legends like Blue Demon, Jr. Make friends, hang out and have fun while stuffing your bowels with DFW's finest tacos. — EH

Edgefest at Toyota Stadium
Local alt-rock radio station 102.1-FM KDGE brings its 26th annual Edgefest back to Frisco. The big headliners include several-time Edgefest vets Cage the Elephant, which just released its Dan Auerbach-produced fourth album back in December, and Brit rockers The 1975, who are fresh off a pair of performances on a recent episode of Saturday Night Live. Also on the bill are Bastille, Silversun Pickups, Chrvches, Foals and The Struts among others. — CG

Boom 94.5 Festival at Fair Park
They're trying to advertise this as “The Evolution of Hip Hop,” but when your biggest act is Master P, that's a little hard to believe. Other acts include Mike Jones, Big Daddy Kane, Lil Mo, Mix X a several others. As a throwback fest, though, it makes us say, “Uhhh, this is pretty cool.” — PW

Dallas Book Festival at J. Erik Jonsson Central Library
This is the third year of the Dallas Book Festival, formerly called the Dallas International Book Fair, and it has a lot in store this year. On top of appearances by big time authors and all kinds of activities for the family, it also highlights the importance of books and literacy in the modern age. Some of the authors scheduled to appear are Jessica Knoll, Adam Mansbach, David Ritz and Omar Tyree. There's just too much going on to write all here, but check out the link for all the pertinents. — RA

Dallas Book Festival Breakfast with Authors: 2015 Best American Sports Writing At Dallas Central Library
Join award-winning sports writers Jeremy Collins, ESPN's Tommy Tomlinson and Don Van Natta, Jr. and Dallas Morning News' Tim Cowlishaw for sportsy convo, writerspeak, draft talk and build-your-own breakfast tacos from The Slow Bone Barbecue. — CG

“Texican Spaghetti Wrestling” at Mighty Fine Arts
Local artists Clay Stinnett will be showcasing his work in a fantastically named exhibition, “Texican Spaghetti Wrestling.” Stinnett's paintings are bright, bold and 100 percent eye-grabbing. Butthole Surfers cover band Sweatloaf will offer the sonic refreshments for this opening reception. This exhibit will run through June 12. — RA

Cursive at Gas Monkey Bar N' Grill
Cursive hasn't produced an album since 2012 — honestly, not that long ago — but members of the band have recently collaborated with Anthony D'Amato on his latest album. But, Cursive doesn't really have to do anything new to prove that they are a legit and worthwhile band. They ooze creativity, emotion and authenticity. Check it out for yourself. Caterpillars and Feintlove open. — RA

Morphing at Ochre House
Matthew Posey's 2011 play returns to his Ochre House home this weekend. Art and Seek said of its original run: “erratically hilarious, deconstruction-burlesque of Eugene O'Neill's Long Day's Journey into Night. But it's telling that amid the raucous comedy, the most remarkable moments come from a gentle, haunting character in drag — glowing like a beacon.” Sounds like a trip. — CG

2001: A Space Odyssey at Texas Theatre
If you've never seen Stanley Kubrick's classic space opera, 2001, this is the ideal way to see it: on a big screen in 35mm in surround sound. It's more experience than a movie, filled with beautiful sights and sounds for two and a half hours and leaving you plenty to think about afterwards. — PW

Second Anniversary Block Party at Red Star Bicycles
Bike swaps, races, rides, raffles, foods and various other cycling-related celebrations will be held by bridge-side cyclery Red Star Bicycles to mark its second anniversary. — CG

Big D BBQ Battle at Valley View Center
The competition awards prizes to pitmasters from throughout the Metroplex in categories such as ribs, brisket and beans. The event benefits Cafe Momentum and takes place from 5 to 9 p.m. — Porttia Portis

Lee “Scratch” Perry at Trees
Without dub music there'd be no dubstep, theoretically speaking, anyway. So thank/blame Jamaican dub pioneer Lee “Scratch” Perry for the existence Skrillex. — CG

Black Violin at Kessler Theater
Bluegrass with a DJ? Hip-hop with a fiddle? Dueling Floridian violinists Kevin Sylvester and Wilner Baptiste throw in a little classical, rock and R&B, too, along with those aforementioned genres. It's gonna be, well it's gonna be real interesting anyway. — CG

Vice Palace: Year Two (Night One) at RBC
Street Sects, Sealion, Def Rain, -topic, George Quartz, Ethics, Cygnus, Shooknite and Jeff Parrott will kick off cassette label/show booker Vice Palace's two-day, dual stage second anniversary showcase. — CG

Harry Connick, Jr. at WinStar World Casino
Is there anything more country as Oklahoma's WinStar World Casino and Resort? I dunno. Ask local musician Kevin England. After this weekend, American Idol judge and jazz prodigy Harry Connick, Jr. can offer up a second opinion. — CG

Alvvays at Dada
Someone once described Toronto's Alvvays to me as sounding like a female-fronted Pains of Being Pure at Heart, and that's pretty spot on. Theirs is a very '80s college rock, Slumberland Records-indebted sound. In fact, that incident was around this time last year, and at this same venue. Time is a flat circle. — Pete Freedman

Master of the Mic at Rubber Gloves
If you ever wanted to have your lyrical abilities judged by a member of Fab Deuce, welp, this would be your chance. — CG

Turkuaz at Three Links
Nine-piece power funk outfit Turkuaz follows up a three-night run at the Brooklyn Bowl with a one-night stand in Dallas. From offbeat covers to its own material off brand new LP Digitonium, the band will dibble dabble in all sorts of genres, turning each onto its dancey head. Diamond Kings open. — CG

One-Year Anniversary at Texas Ale Project
You know beer tastes better at the brewery, right? And it tastes even better when the brewery's got some celebratin' to do. — CG

Mija at Lizard Lounge
Bonnaroo, Coachella and Burning Man vet Mija is not only one of Billboard's favorite 15 female DJs, she's turning the tables in Deep Ellum this weekend. Colton Carlyle and Johnny Funk kick things off. — CG

Boil for the Brave at The Rustic
At the seventh annual edition of this crawfish boil, you'll be serenaded by Petty Theft while you suck the heads, all the while contented by the fact that your admission fees went to help vets in need via The Rosedale Group's DFW Veteran Housing Rehabilitation Fund. — CG

Field Day at Sandbar Cantina (Free)
It's adults-only, free volleyball day. Other field day competitions will include cornhold and ping pong tournaments and some Frisbee tossing. Hopefully the weather stays cooperative. — CG

Don Henley at The Gaylord Texan (Sold Out)
Did you know that last month the Gaylord made more off of booze sales than almost anywhere else in the entire state? Well, it's true. Expect them to sell even more whiskeys and beers tonight with Mr. Don Henley playing and telling stories. Oh yeah, he does country now, which should only help matters. — CG

Nappy Roots at SiSu
Kentucky sextet Nappy Roots bring their southern-fried hip-hop to the Uptown pool party spot. — Stephen Young

Purple Rain at Texas Theatre
Spoiler alert: Aside from the music scenes – which are electrifying – Purple Rain doesn’t really hold up. But it’s got the greatest soundtrack of all time, and this will be a great way to honor Prince’s memory. Other theaters are showing the 1984 film this weekend, but only the Texas Theatre is hosting an all-night dance party afterward. — Kip Mooney

Sunday
Brian Wilson Celebrates Pet Sounds at Verizon Theatre
As close to a perfect album as it gets — and the inspiration for The Beatles to record a concept album of its own with Sgt. Pepper's — Brian Wilson will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Beach Boys' classic Pet Sounds by playing it in concert for the last time ever. So, um, don't miss it. Fellow Beach Boy Al Jardine's gonna get in on the fun, too. God only knows this will be one to remember. — CG

Bugs & Brews at Granada Theater Parking Lot
If someone in Dallas throws a Cajun-themed event and doesn't invite Rebirth Brass Band, will it make a sound? Don't worry, though, they're defintiely showing up for what the Granada hopes becomes an annual crawfish boil tradition. Chubby Carrier & the Bayou Swamp Band, Roxy Roca, Oil Boom, Rise & Shine, The Free Loaders and Leopold & His Fiction also play. — CG

Benefit for Paco Estrada at Curtain Club
Back in March, SouthFM vocalist Paco Estrada was hospitalized for breathing issues, which cost him nearly a month of work. To help him make ends meet, SouthFM will be performing with various guest vocalists at Curtain Club on Sunday, and 100 percent of the money raised will go to Estrada. Cure for Paranoia, members of Bowling for Soup, Sugarbomb, Meridian, Darby, Right on Red, Daniel Katusk, Disconnected in '73, Something Dirty, Page 9, Ryan Thomas Holley and Bishop Booker II also perform. — CG

De La Terre Dinner at CBD Provisions
CBD Provisions has recruited 12 of the city's top female chefs for its first De La Terre dinner on Sunday, May 1. The lineup includes chefs such as Danyele McPherson (HG Supply Co., Remedy), Anastacia Quinones (Kitchen LTO), Misti Norris (Small Brewpub) and Carolanne Treadwell (CBD Provisions) preparing an eight-course dinner, with chef Brian Luscher (Luscher's Red Hots, The Grape) as the emcee for the event. A portion of the night's proceeds will go to the Genesis Women's Shelter. Tickets are available for $130 a person, with an additional $50 for wine and cocktail pairings. The event begins at 6 p.m. — PP

Magrudergrind at Three Links
After a six-year gap between releases, D.C. grindcore trio Magrudergrind released its debut for Relapse Records this February. A.V. Club calls the album “vicious as ever.” Yautja, BLK OPS and Cognizant open. — CG

Taste of the NFL: The Ultimate Dallas Cowboys Tailgate Party at AT&T Stadium
Kent Rathburn and more than 20 of DFW's nicest restaurants are whipping up tailgate foods, and Jack Ingram is singing songs, all in the hopes that some folks with deep pockets and big stomaches donate $150 or more to the North Texas Food Bank. Tackle hunger, yo. — CG

Amp U Master Class: How To Get Booked w/ Jeffrey Liles at Kessler Theater
Local music historian and Kessler Theater creative director Jeff Liles will be teaching a class on how to get your band booked, presumably at more places than just the Kessler, and by other means than just shooting Jeff an email. — CG

Vice Palace: Year Two (Night Two) at RBC
Dezi 5, Party Static, Sam Lao, Slim Gravy, 7 Tha Great, Honor System, Heavy Baby Sea Slugs, Wanz Dover, Teen Slut and TX Connect all perform on the second night of this Vice Palace anniversary show. — CG

All Beyonce Everything at Dada
Ever since Bey dropped the Lemonade bomb, it's been all Beyonce everything everywhere every day. Makes since, then, that she'd be the pick for this week's recurring Sunday night dance party. Just leave your sidechicks and Beckys with the good hairs at home. — CG

Frisco Rough Riders vs Corpus Christi Hooks at Dr Pepper Ballpark
On the same day that Cole Hamels makes a start for the Rangers, the team's other ace, Yu Darvish, faces live batters for the first time in more than a year on his way back from Tommy John surgery that kept him out the entire 2015 season. Get there early, though, because he's only throwing two innings or 30 pitches, whichever comes first. — CG

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