24 February 9-15, 2023 dallasobserver.com DALLAS OBSERVER Classified | MusiC | dish | Culture | unfair Park | Contents Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band 6:30 P.M. FRIDAY, FEB. 10, AMERICAN AIRLINES CENTER, 2500 VICTORY AVE. $67+ AT TICKETMASTER.COM For the first time since 2016, Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band will be returning to Dal- las. The tour launched on Feb. 1, making four stops in Florida before coming to Texas and making the American Airlines Center its first stop. Longtime Springsteen fans know of the band’s history of long performances with its lon- gest U.S. performance clocking in at four hours and four minutes on Sept. 7, 2016, at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia. From the looks of it, The Boss is set to do more of the same when the band gets to Victory Park. In 2020, Springsteen & the E Street Band released their first new al- bum together in six years, Letter to You, but were unable to tour in support of it due to the pandemic. Since the last tour, Springsteen spent time working on his solo efforts and doing two runs of his Springsteen on Broadway residency, but now the band is back together and ready to “Prove it All Night.” DAVID FLETCHER Death Cab for Cutie 6:30 P.M. SATURDAY, FEB. 11, THE FACTORY IN DEEP ELLUM, 2713 CANTON ST. $40+ AT AXS.COM Death Cab for Cutie was never supposed to be around this long. Taking the name from a Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band song performed in The Bea- tles’ Magical Mystery Tour movie, Death Cab for Cutie was really just a solo project for singer-song- writer Ben Gibbard. In 1998, the project had ex- panded, bringing in guitarist Chris Walla, bassist Nick Harmer and a drummer whose name would change three times before completing the classic Death Cab lineup with drummer Jason McGerr. It was that lineup that created the classic albums, Transatlanticism, Plans, Narrow Stairs and Codes and Keys before Walla left the group and the band’s sound shifted. Left as a three-piece for 2015’s Kintsugi, Death Cab’s sound became far more sparse, but that sound expanded in 2018 when Dave Depper and Zac Rae were brought in on guitar and keyboard. The band’s latest, As- phalt Meadow, shows the band returning to its old sound without repeating it. LA indie rock band Momma opens the show. DF Bass Drum of Death 7 P.M. SUNDAY, FEB. 12, HOUSE OF BLUES, 2200 N. LAMAR ST. $20 AT LIVENATION.COM In 2008, John Barrett was just a guy on the streets of Oxford, Mississippi, playing a guitar and a bass drum dubbed the “Bass Drum of Death.” The band’s first album was released on the Oxford-based record label Fat Possum Re- cords, but by that point, Barrett and the band- mates he assembled to fill out his live show had grown tired of the lackluster Oxford music scene and moved to New York City. While the band has performed as a three-piece since Barrett’s early busking days, Barrett plays all the instru- ments on its first four albums. Across those four albums, the band’s sound was gritty with raw production and wild, unyielding energy. Some- thing happened during the pandemic, however. After years of living in the city, Barrett and com- pany moved back to Oxford, resigned with Fat Possum, recruited The Black Keys’ Patrick Car- ney as producer and recorded its latest album, Say I Won’t, as a full band. DF Big Thief 7:30 P.M. SUNDAY, FEB. 12, THE STUDIO AT THE FACTORY, 2727 CANTON ST. $32 AT AXS.COM Singer-songwriter Buck Meek from Wimberley will have his hands full Sunday night opening the show for Big Thief. That is because Buck Meek is the backing vocalist and guitarist for the critically ac- claimed band whose 2022 release, Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You, can be found near the top of just about every “best albums” list worth mentioning and received a Grammy Award nomi- nation for Best Alternative Music Album. All but one of the album’s tracks were written by lead singer and guitar player Adrianne Lenker, but the one that was co-written with Meek, “Certainty,” re- ceived an additional nomination for Best Alterna- tive Music Performance (the band ultimately lost both Grammys to Wet Leg). The album has also climbed the album sales charts in the U.K. and in Europe. Not bad for a little indie rock band from the Midwest, right? DF White Reaper 7 P.M. WEDNESDAY, FEB. 15, GRANADA THEATER, 3524 GREENVILLE AVE. $23 AT PREKINDLE.COM The Kentucky garage punk band White Reaper re- leased its first two albums in 2015 and 2017 follow- ing a string of early EPs. Those albums, in fact all of the band’s early work, were blistering, lo-fi master- pieces set to the speed of sneer. In 2019, the band signed with major label Elektra Records, and its sound completely changed. The band’s major la- bel debut, You Deserve Love, showed the group’s softer side with songs like “Might Be Right” climb- ing the Billboard charts and introducing new audi- ences to a glammed-up sound that was largely unrecognizable to longtime White Reaper fans. The band comes to town on the heels of its new al- bum, Asking for a Ride, which was released at the end of January. White Reaper might still be on Ele- ktra, but the new album sounds like it is getting back to the basics. Dallas-founded grunge throw- back band Narrow Head and Lars Ulrich’s sons’ band Taipei Houston open the show. DF Danny Clinch | LET’S DO THIS | t Music Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band return to Dallas Feb. 10. 214-350-1904 10261 Technology Blvd E, Dallas, TX CheCk out our website for the most up-to-date info! 11am to Close wednesday-sunday @amplivetx @amplivetx @amplifiedlivetx
