| LET’S DO THIS | t Music Red Hot Chili Peppers play Sunday, Sept. 18, at Globe Life Field. Mike Brooks 10250 Shady Trail, Dallas | 214-358-5511 The Mountain Goats 7 P.M. SATURDAY, SEPT. 17, TULIPS, 112 ST. LOUIS AVE. $39.50 AT PREKINDLE.COM Lo-fi indie pioneers The Mountain Goats return to North Texas this weekend in support of the band’s recent release, Bleed Out. The 21st album by the always prolific band draws its inspiration from ac- tion films produced between the 1960s and ‘80s, which lead singer John Darnielle binged during the pandemic lockdowns. Rather than being a col- lection of songs about these action films, the al- bum’s story arch follows its hero through the typical action film tropes with the addition of a heart that only a songwriter like Darnielle can give. A departure from The Mountain Goats’ lo-fi past, Bleed Out’s sound is perhaps the band’s hardest rocking album with particular deference to heartland rock. The album also lacks The Moun- tain Goats’ trademark brevity, with songs clocking in at over seven minutes. While all of these depar- tures may seem jarring to The Mountain Goats’ fanbase, it might just be the best album the band has released in the last decade. DAVID FLETCHER Steve Miller Band 7 P.M. SATURDAY, SEPT. 17, WILL ROGERS AUDITORIUM, 3401 W. LANCASTER AVE. $55.95+ AT TICKETMASTER.COM Going strong since 1966, the Steve Miller Band re- turns to the place where their leader spent his ad- olescence. The band hasn’t released a new album since 2011, but that hasn’t kept them from per- forming live in the decade since. The group has always been more of a collective, with Miller be- ing the band’s only consistent member since its earliest days. Among the SMB alumni are guitar god Les Dudek, Creedence Clearwater Revival drummer and cofounder Doug Clifford and jazz rocker Boz Scaggs. The longest-running member beside Miller is keyboardist Joseph Wooten, who has played with the band since 1993 in addition to working as a solo artist. There is no scheduled opening act for Saturday night’s show, so fans can expect an evening with the Steve Miller Band running through a collection of fan favorites like “Jet Airliner” and “The Joker.” DF $2 $3 $3 24 DOMESTICS Sun. Mon. Wed. Thur. IMPORTS Sun. Mon. Wed. Thur. U CALL ITS Tues. OPEN–CLOSE OPEN–CLOSE OPEN–CLOSE 2150 California Crossing Rd, Dallas •469-420-9770 345 Meacham Blvd, Fort Worth • (817) 740-0026 BUCKSCLUBS.COM• Mon-Thur 11AM-2AM Fri & Sat 11AM-4AM / Sun 12PM-2AM Red Hot Chili Peppers 5:30 P.M. SUNDAY, SEPT. 18, GLOBE LIFE FIELD, 734 STADIUM DR. $49.50+ AT TICKETMASTER.COM The one thing that you can’t take away from the Red Hot Chili Peppers is the group’s innovation. Predating nu metal by almost two decades, Red Hot Chili Peppers started mixing rap and rock when the rap genre was just starting to enter the national consciousness. True, Blondie might have done it first, but Blondie never did it this funky. While singer Anthony Kiedis and bassist Flea have been the center of the band since 1983, Red Hot Chili Peppers became a national sensation when they added drummer Chad Smith and gui- tarist John Frusciante to the mix in 1988. The fol- lowing two albums, Mother’s Milk and Blood Sugar Sex Magik, became as important and en- during as anything released by Nirvana, Sound- garden, Pearl Jam or Alice in Chains released in the ’90s. The band’s off-and-on guitarist, John Frusciante played on April’s Unlimited Love and on its follow-up Return of the Dream Canteen, which is scheduled to be released in October. Ga- rage rock revivalists The Strokes and singer- songwriter Thundercat open the show. DF Daddy Yankee 6 P.M. SUNDAY, SEPT. 18, AMERICAN AIRLINES CENTER, 2500 VICTORY AVE. $196+ AT TICKETMASTER.COM The King of Reggaetón Daddy Yankee an- nounced in March that his seventh album Legen- daddy would be his very last. Daddy Yankee has always had great success as a crossover artist. He did it first in 2005 when his hit single “Gasolina” reached American airwaves, effectively introduc- ing the entire reggaetón genre to a country that was definitely missing out on its energy. Daddy Yankee managed to do it again in 2017 when he teamed up with Latin pop singer Luis Fonsi for the inescapable hit “Despacito,” which was the first Spanish-language song to hit No. 1 on Bill- board’s Hot 100 since Los Del Rio’s “Macarena” in 1996. On top of everything, Daddy Yankee has also been cited as a major source of inspiration for the next wave of crossover Latin artists like Bad Bunny and J Balvin. Before he retires from music, Daddy Yankee is going on a final world tour, which is making a stop at American Airlines Center on Sunday night before heading off to tour South America one last time. DF Agnostic Front 7 P.M. TUESDAY, SEPT. 20, TREES, 2707 ELM ST. $28.50 AT AXS.COM Crossover thrash band Agnostic Front has al- ways been a brusque and vitriolic force from the NYC hardcore scene. Fronted by Roger Miret since 1982, Agnostic Front spent 10 years rising to the top of the scene on the strength of four in- cendiary albums, intense live performances and inspiring countless other bands to play hard, play fast and scream until their lungs gave out. The band called it quits in 1992 but reformed in 1996 and signed with preeminent punk label Epitaph Records. The band’s output on Epitaph was praised by critics but largely hated by longstand- ing fans. As a result, the band rarely plays any- thing from 2001’s Dead Yuppies, returning to its classic hardcore-thrash sound in 2004 after sign- ing with Nuclear Blast Records, which has re- leased the band’s last five albums. Fellow NYC hardcore bands Sick of It All and Crown of Thornz open the show. DF SEPTEMBER 15–21, 2022 DALLAS OBSERVER CLASSIFIED | MUSIC | DISH | CULTURE | UNFAIR PARK | CONTENTS dallasobserver.com
