| LET’S DO THIS | t Music Puscifer 7 P.M. THURSDAY, JUNE 16, AT MCFARLIN AUDITORIUM, 6405 BOAZ LANE, $65+ AT STUBHUB.COM Experimental rock band Puscifer began as an outlet for Tool and A Perfect Circle singer May- nard James Keenan’s creative subconscious, starting as a purely solo project and evolving into a trio made up of multi-instrumentalists Mat Mitchell and Carina Round. Although critics have viewed the band as a quaint addition to the list of bands fronted by Keenan, Puscifer has come into its own as a wholly separate entity from either of Keenan’s other bands. Sonically, the band’s latest effort, 2020’s Existential Reck- oning, has more in com- mon with The Postal Service than it does with Tool or A Perfect Circle. Buzzy, pensive and, dare we say, mel- low, Existential Reckon- ing is Puscifer’s worst-selling and most well-realized album — a paradox we think Keenan himself would appreciate. Noise-rap artist Moodie Black will provide the opening support Thursday night. DAVID FLETCHER GZA 7 P.M. FRIDAY, JUNE 17, AT TREES, 2707 ELM ST., $40 AT AXS.COM One-tenth of the illest hip-hop collective to ever control the mic will make an appearance Friday night at Deep Ellum club Trees. The old- est member of the Wu-Tang Clan and the col- lective’s spiritual head, GZA was the first member to receive a record deal, releasing his debut album, Words from the Genius, in 1991— a full two years before Wu-Tang Clan would re- lease its iconic Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers). In 2010, the rapper who studied hip-hop in every borough of New York City be- gan a new line of inquiry, visiting MIT, Oxford, USC, NYU and Cornell universities to meet with top scientists to seek inspiration and find a connection between hip-hop and the universe. All of these meetings inspired the rapper to launch the educational charity Science Genius B.A.T.T.L.E.S. (Bringing Attention to Transform- ing, Teaching and Learning Science) and laid the intellectual framework for GZA’s yet-to-be- released album Dark Matter. DF Ty Segall & Freedom Band 8 p.m. Friday, June 17, at Granada Theater, 3524 Greenville Ave., $28 at prekindle.com It was a little over two months ago that North Texas caught a glimpse of Ty Segall as he played drums for one of his many side projects, Fuzz, at Trees. This Friday, the prolific songwriter returns to North Texas fronting the Freedom Band. Formed in the process of creating Segall’s ninth studio album, the Freedom Band consists of Thee Oh Sees bassist Mikal Cronin, The Moon- hearts drummer Charles Moothart, The Cairo Gang guitarist Emmett Kelly and Bonnie “Prince” Billy pianist Ben Boye. The band also worked together on Segall’s 10th album Free- dom’s Goblin. Since then, Segall has done what he always has — he released a whole bunch of music with a whole bunch of bands including two solo records (and one on the way) without the Freedom Band behind him. Sub Pop Re- cords folk-punk artist Shannon Lay opens the show supporting her 2021 release, Geist. DF Mothership 7 p.m. Saturday, June 18, at Trees, 2707 Elm St., $18 at axs.com It seems like forever since Dallas actually got to see a show from the Dallas intergalactic metal band Mothership. All that changes Saturday Mike Brooks Mothership plays Saturday night at Trees. night when Mothership headlines a night of all- star, local talent after sets by heavy metal band Lowside, swamp rockers Bull by the Horn and groove metal band Mile Zero. In the year that has passed since the band took a North Texas stage (which was the first time the band re- turned to the stage following the lockdowns), Mothership has been keeping busy playing around the country with festival spots at Psycho Las Vegas and Desertfest NYC. Led by brothers Kyle and Kelley Juett, Mothership builds on the legacy of 1970s stadium rock with an increased emphasis on all things big and loud — a thun- dering bass, wailing guitar, heavy drums and madman vocals. Nothing can quite prepare you for a Mothership concert, but you might want to bring some earplugs if you’re sensitive to that kind of thing. DF Ludovico Einaudi 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 22, at Winspear Opera House, 2403 Flora St., $39.50+ at attpac.org A rare classical music addition to this week’s concert calendar, Italian composer and pianist Ludovico Einaudi performs Wednesday night at the Winspear Opera House in the Dallas Arts District. Einaudi has composed the scores for a number of films and television productions, such as the Joaquin Phoenix mockumentary I’m Still Here, the British miniseries Doctor Zhivago, and the award-winning 1996 Italian film Acquario that won him the prestigious Grolla d’oro Italian film award. His music was also used as the score for the Golden Globe and Academy Award-win- ning films Nomadland and The Father. In be- tween composing for the big and small screens, Einaudi has released a number of solo albums for piano and other instruments. The composer released an ambitious project consisting of seven records, released every month from March to October in 2019, on which the artist played piano, violin, viola and cello. DF $2 $3 $3 DOMESTICS Sun. Mon. Wed. Thur. IMPORTS Sun. Mon. Wed. Thur. U CALL ITS Tues. 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