20 June 22 - 28, 2023 dallasobserver.com DALLAS OBSERVER Classified | MusiC | dish | Culture | unfair Park | Contents Los Lonely Boys 7 P.M. FRIDAY, JUNE 23, BILLY BOB’S TEXAS, 2520 RODEO PLZ. $30+ AT AXS.COM There’s just something about Los Lonely Boys’ music that makes you happy. With a sound that seamlessly joins together rock ‘n’ roll, blues, soul, country and Tejano, the trio of brothers from San Angelo made their first impression on the na- tional music scene with the inescapable single “Heaven.” With blood harmony in vocals and in- strumentation, Los Lonely Boys have a way of pleasing even the pickiest of audiences. The band is currently on its first headlining tour since 2019, when bass player Jojo Garza announced that he was leaving the group. Exactly one pandemic later, Garza had changed his mind, and the band opened for The Who on select dates in 2022 — Dallas being one of them. The band hasn’t re- leased any music since a 2016 cover of Creedence Clearwater Revival’s “Born on the Bayou,” but they are sure to have something in the works Fri- day night in Fort Worth. DAVID FLETCHER Dirty Heads 6 P.M. SATURDAY, JUNE 24, THE PAVILION AT TOYOTA MUSIC FACTORY, 300 W. LAS COLINAS BLVD. $41+ AT LIVENATION.COM Honestly, it’s surprising that the Dirty Heads have done this well. When singer Jared “Dirty J” Watson, guitarist Dustin “Duddy B” Bushnell, drummer Jon Olazabal and bassist David Foral put out the college radio-ready album A Port in Any Storm in 2008 and didn’t follow it up with anything for half a decade, it seemed like the band that didn’t take itself too seriously, seri- ously hadn’t. However, in that span of time Dirty Heads toured extensively, taking notes firsthand from the folks in O.A.R., 311, Pepper, Kotton- mouth Kings, Matisyahu and their heroes in Sub- lime With Rome. As time has passed, the band’s membership has only grown, and what started as a crunchy band to catch a groove has evolved into a full-on psychedelic project complete with horns and keys. Dirty Heads are currently tour- ing with Yelawolf, G. Love & Special Sauce and Tropidelic. DF Pixies 7 P.M. SATURDAY, JUNE 24, SOUTH SIDE BALLROOM, 1135 BOTHAM JEAN BLVD. $79+ AT TICKETMASTER.COM There are few bands that have had the same im- pact on popular music as Boston alternative rock band Pixies. In 1986, the band became known for its “loud-quiet-loud” song structure, mixing elements of surf and punk rock to create a sound that would come in crashing, mellow out and fall into chaos again. Between 1988 and 1991, the band would release four essential al- bums in the alternative music catalog, inspiring hundred of bands to do their own experiments with the “loud-quiet-loud” dynamic, among them being North Texas’ own Toadies. The band broke up in 1993 and stayed broken up for about a decade as its members pursued other proj- ects. Pixies would tour for another decade be- fore coming out with a new album, Indie Cindy, in 2014 shortly after the departure of original bassist Kim Deal. The group is currently touring in support of its eighth album, Doggerel, with Franz Ferdinand and Bully. DF Wavves 7 P.M. TUESDAY, JUNE 27, TULIPS, 112 ST. LOUIS AVE., FORT WORTH. $25 AT PREKINDLE.COM Over a decade ago, Wavves released its iconic King of the Beach album, and to celebrate, the band is taking it back out on tour. The San Diego band had released two albums prior to King of the Beach, each one dripping in lo-fi noise-rock built for skaters like those who graced the covers of those albums. Noisy, poppy and surfy, yes, but lo-fi? Absolutely not. Along with Grammy-win- ning producer Dennis Herring and Jay Reatard’s rhythm section — Billy Hayes and Stephen Pope — behind him, singer and guitarist Nathan Wil- liams turned King of the Beach into a blueprint for many surf-rock bands to come. Midwest emo re- vival band Cloud Nothings and California post- punk band Ultra Q will be opening up for Wavves for its Fort Worth date. DF Fall Out Boy 6:30 P.M. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 28, DOS EQUIS PAVILION, 1818 FIRST AVE. $49.50+ AT LIVENATION.COM In its early years, Fall Out Boy could barely keep a band together, much less stick with a name. At one early show, bassist Pete Wentz introduced the band with some really long and forgotten emo name when a disgruntled fan yelled out in consternation., “Fuck that, no, you’re Fall Out Boy!” The band finally settled on a lineup leading up to its first release, Take This to Your Grave, in 2003, and that is the lineup that exists today. From 2005 to 2008, the band would release three hit albums before becoming completely burnt out and taking a four-year hiatus. The band came back in 2013 and has been taking a much slower pace to its music production. Fall Out Boy will be coming to town to support its eighth al- bum, So Much (for) Stardust, which came out earlier this year. Bring Me The Horizon, Royal & the Serpent and Daisy Grenade open the show. DF Andrew Sherman Fall Out Boy plays Wednesday, June 28, at Dos Equis Pavilion. | LET’S DO THIS | t Music
