28 February 16-22, 2023 dallasobserver.com DALLAS OBSERVER Classified | MusiC | dish | Culture | unfair Park | Contents Lipstick Stains 7 P.M. THURSDAY, FEB. 16, THREE LINKS, 2704 ELM ST. $15 AT SEETICKETS.US Woman-led Midtown Memphis punk band Lip- stick Stains is known best in its hometown for the band’s stage presence. With ferocity and passion, singer Xanthe Mumm-Saucier takes au- diences on a journey through socio-political songs dealing with addiction, mental health and equality. She is known for engaging the crowd of any venue, making for a dynamic and thrilling live show. The band has all the brash intensity of a hardcore band and all the pop sensibility of ra- dio-friendly punk. A relatively new band, Lip- stick Stains released its first EP in 2021 and its follow up album, Discoteca, last year. That has not stopped the band from attracting a lot of lo- cal fandom in its hometown, and they are look- ing forward to seeing what the country has to offer on the band’s Texas Takeover Tour kicking off in Dallas on Thursday night. Lipstick Stains will receive local support from The Wee-Beas- ties, American Shit Storm and Nip Slip. DAVID FLETCHER The Buffalo Ruckus 7 P.M. FRIDAY, FEB. 17, DAN’S SILVERLEAF, 103 INDUSTRIAL ST. $10+ AT PREKINDLE.COM Denton roots rock band The Buffalo Ruckus started making a name for itself in 2013, when the band began cranking out its smooth blend of Appalachian folk and Southern rock. Within a year, the band had released its debut, self-titled album, and just two years after that came its second album, Peace & Cornbread, on Shiner (yes, Shiner the beer) Records. Since 2016, how- ever, the band’s studio output has been incon- sistent, with only a handful of singles and live recordings seeing the light of day for nearly six years. In October, the band released the six- track, live EP Live from the Texas Music Revolu- tion, which contained three previously unreleased tracks. One thing that has remained consistent is the band’s live show, playing just about every stage in North Texas from the cities to the suburbs to the small towns all over and in between. Alternative country band Brave Little Howl will be opening for The Buffalo Ruckus Fri- day night in Denton. DF Rockzilla Tour 5 P.M. SATURDAY, FEB. 18, THE PAVILION AT TOYOTA MUSIC FACTORY, 300 W. LAS COLINAS BLVD. $117+ AT LIVENATION.COM The second leg of the Rockzilla Tour kicked off Feb. 1 in Rochester, New York, and it will make its way to Irving this week mid-way through the tour. The tour brings together metalcore band Falling In Reverse, nü metal band Papa Roach, rap metal band Hollywood Undead and screamo band Escape the Fate for some heavy ‘00s-era vibes. Escape the Fate is touring in support of its new single “H8 My Self,” one of five singles it has released since its 2021 album Chemical Warfare. Hollywood Undead released its latest album, Hotel Kalifornia, last year to positive reviews that called it the band’s best since its earliest albums. While Falling in Reverse hasn’t released an al- bum since 2017’s Coming Home, it has released an album’s-worth of singles in the last five years. Its most recent, “Watch the World Burn,” came out at the end of January. Finally, Papa Roach is touring its latest album, Ego Trip, and as long- time fans know, the band is always great live. DF Show Me The Body 7 P.M. SATURDAY, FEB. 18, THE STUDIO AT THE FACTORY, 2727 CANTON ST. $25 AT AXS.COM It doesn’t seem like it was all that long ago that New York hardcore band Show Me The Body was playing for a small crowd at CheapSteaks in Deep Ellum, but they are back and somehow bigger in just a matter of months. Show Me The Body began making noise in the NY hardcore scene back in 2009 when singer Julian Pratt formed an early version of the band as a high school freshman. Over time, the band began to incorporate elements of hip-hop, noise rock, sludge metal and a banjo, creating something that is truly unique in hardcore circles. The band’s first album, Body War, came out in 2016 and was praised for its chaos and creativity. While on tour in Poland, the band visited the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum, which influenced their second full-length album, Dog Whistle — a 30-minute outcry against the politics and problems plaguing New York City. The band’s latest, Trouble The Water, was re- leased last year. DF Toto 7 P.M. TUESDAY, FEB. 21, TEXAS TRUST CU THEATRE, 1001 TEXAS TRUST WAY. $52+ AT TICKETMASTER.COM Taking a break from its tour supporting Journey for a one-off show in Grand Prairie this Tuesday is rock and jazz fusion band Toto. You and/or your kids may know Toto from its still-ubiqui- tous and Weezer-covered smash hit single from 1982, “Africa,” but Toto really is so much more than a song. Founded in the late ’70s by a group of studio musicians who had worked with the likes of Steely Dan, Boz Scaggs and Sonny and Cher, Toto has always been about the sound of music. The band has sold more than 40 million records worldwide, was inducted into the Musi- cians Hall of Fame and Museum in 2009 and won six Grammy Awards. What may be more re- markable, however, is the band’s touring history. For a band that has been recording and touring for about 45 years, there have only been five years that have not seen a Toto tour. That is nothing if not dedicated. DF Vera “Velma” Hernandez | LET’S DO THIS | t Music Toto returns to North Texas with a show Feb. 21 at Texas Trust CU Theatre in Grand Prairie.
