24 June 27 - July 3, 2024 dallasobserver.com DALLAS OBSERVER Classified | MusiC | dish | Culture | unfair Park | Contents Hottest Latin aduLt CLub in daLLas! Free Menudo all day sunday Happy Hour everyday 11aM-7PM hours: sun-thur 11aM-2aM // Fri-sat 11aM-4aM 11044 Harry Hines boulevard // (214) 206-3820 chicasbonitas.business.site Pixies 6:30 P.M. THURSDAY, JUNE 27, THE PAVILION AT TOYOTA MUSIC FACTORY, 300 W. LAS COLINAS BLVD. $35.05+ AT LIVENATION.COM Few bands have had an impact on popular mu- sic like 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 re- leased four essential albums 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 projects. Pixies toured for another decade before coming out with a new album, Indie Cindy, in 2014, shortly after the departure of original bassist Kim Deal. The group is continuing its tour in support of its eighth album, Doggerel, with Modest Mouse and Cat Power. DAVID FLETCHER Steve Earle 7 P.M. FRIDAY, JUNE 28, THE KESSLER, 1230 W. DAVIS ST. $48+ AT PREKINDLE.COM 8 P.M. SUNDAY, JUNE 30, TANNAHILL’S TAVERN & MUSIC HALL, 122 E. EXCHANGE AVE. STE. 200. $47+ AT TICKETMASTER.COM There’s something just so inherently Texan about Steve Earle’s music that has less to do with where the singer was raised and more to do with how his music sounds. Earle was always a rebel. Whether it’s leaving home at age 16 to track down Townes Van Zandt or recording with Irish folk-punk band The Pogues (“Johnny Come Lately”), Earle has always done country music exactly the way he wants without apology or fear of the consequences. Have you ever tried to sing along to a Steve Earle song? His cadence can be so unnatural that other artists have a hard time fitting all those words into a single line the way Earle does. Somehow, he just makes it work. Earle will be making two stops in North Texas this weekend, first in Oak Cliff on Friday and then again in Fort Worth on Sunday. His sis- ter, Stacey Earle, will be opening the show both nights. DF The Doobie Brothers 7 P.M. SATURDAY, JUNE 29, DOS EQUIS PAVILION, 1818 FIRST AVE. $32.80+ AT LIVENATION.COM Are you ready to take it to the streets again? In honor of 50 years of writing and recording, Doo- bie Brothers’ original members Tom Johnston and Pat Simmons, longtime member John McFee and — though he did not appear on the band’s 2021 album Libertè — on-again, off-again member Michael McDonald will perform with the band for a show in Fair Park this weekend. Seeing the Doobie Brothers reunited with the prodigal son McDonald is something Doobie fans had waited for a long time until 2022 when the singer rejoined the band for its fall tour. The singer had a prominent role in the group in the late ’70s and early ’80s, but left the band in 1982 to pursue a solo career. (McDonald made ap- pearances with the band throughout the ’80s and ’90s, but he has remained with it since re- joining in 2022.) This weekend, The Doobie Brothers will have opening support from blues legends, the Robert Cray Band. DF Tripping Daisy 8 P.M. SATURDAY, JUNE 29, THE FACTORY IN DEEP ELLUM, 2713 CANTON ST. $35+ AT AXS.COM Local grunge legends Tripping Daisy, are offi- cially back. Between 1998 and this year, the band has only played a handful of shows, many of them right here in North Texas. Last year, the band played a surprise show at The Kessler with just 24 hours notice, but unlike the one-off shows that had preceded it, such as the band’s 2018 appearance at Homegrown Festival, the show at The Kessler set off a chain of creativity that resulted in a new album and a full-scale tour. But before the tour can take place, the band intends to kick things off right here where it all started, playing its classic 1994 album, I’m An Elastic Firecracker, from start to finish. For the band’s second act, it will play select songs from the rest of its back catalog with a chance to hear some new material and a few improvised songs thrown into the mix. DF Sarah McLachlan 7:30 P.M. WEDNESDAY, JULY 3, THE PAVILION AT TOYOTA MUSIC FACTORY, 300 W. LAS COLINAS BLVD. $42.30+ AT LIVENATION.COM Fumbling Towards Ecstasy was, by no means, Sarah McLachlan’s biggest album. No, that award goes to 1997’s Surfacing and its four major hits “Building a Mystery,” “Sweet Surrender,” “Adia” and your favorite sad dog commercial song, “Angel.” What Fumbling Towards Ecstasy was, however, was McLachlan’s big introduction to audiences across North America. McLachlan’s first two albums, Solace and Touch, had been big hits in her home country of Canada, but both failed to chart very high in the States. In fall of 1993, “Possession” started gaining traction on al- ternative stations on both sides of the 49th par- allel, sending the album into the top five in Canada and the top 50 in the U.S. “Hold On” and “Good Enough” would also become hits, racking up 3.5 million album sales between the two countries. For her 30th Anniversary Tour, McLachlan will play a selection of fan favorites followed by Fumbling Towards Ecstasy in its en- tirety. Indie pop singer Feist opens the show. DF Mike Brooks Tripping Daisy plays June 29 at The Factory in Deep Ellum. | LET’S DO THIS | t Music
