17 OctOber 9 - 15, 2025 dallasobserver.com DALLAS OBSERVER Classified | MusiC | dish | Culture | unfair Park | Contents Djo 8 P.M. THURSDAY, OCT. 9, THE PAVILION AT TOYOTA MUSIC FACTORY, 300 W. LAS COLINAS BLVD. $55+ AT TICKETMASTER.COM Kids today — they’re not content being active in just one discipline; they need to indulge all their creative instincts. Actor Joe Keery, best known for his work in Netflix’s sci-fi behemoth Stranger Things and the acclaimed dramedy Fargo, be- gan dabbling in rock music about a decade ago while he was studying at Chicago’s DePaul Uni- versity. He joined up with Post Animal and re- mained a member until his rising profile as an actor forced him out of the band. It was around that time, in 2019, when he began making music as Djo, which he’s kept up in tandem with his front-of-the-camera gigs. Djo just dropped its third album, The Crux, earlier this year. In a fit- ting touch, Post Animal will open. PRESTON JONES LA LOM 8 P.M. FRIDAY, OCT. 10, TANNAHILL’S TAVERN & MUSIC HALL, 122 E. EXCHANGE, SUITE 200, FORT WORTH. $45+ AT TICKETMASTER.COM The Los Angeles League of Musicians (or, as it’s more succinctly known, LA LOM) is one of the most compelling acts out there. The trio — gui- tarist Zac Sokolow, bassist Jake Faulkner and drummer/percussionist Nicholas Baker — syn- thesizes a multitude of influences from across U.S., Mexican and South American musical dias- poras, blending cumbia, salsa, Peruvian and Co- lombian folk music and sun-blasted Bakersfield twang into a wholly intoxicating concoction. Touring behind its acclaimed eponymous debut album, which came out last year, LA LOM sets venues swaying with ease. The band’s headlin- ing debut at The Kessler Theater last fall was one of the year’s best shows, and there’s no rea- son to think its maiden Fort Worth voyage will be any less electric. El Marchante will kick off the evening with an opening set. PJ Lucius 8 P.M. SATURDAY, OCT. 11, GRANADA THEATER, 3524 GREENVILLE AVE. $41.75+ AT PREKINDLE.COM Indie pop quartet Lucius is borne aloft by the powerhouse harmonies of vocalists Jess Wolfe and Holly Laessig, whose alchemy as singers has bewitched fans, critics and contemporaries ranging from Harry Styles and Brandi Carlile to Joni Mitchell and Mavis Staples. In between gigs, rounding out the sound of a multitude of other A-list artists, Lucius has steadily built up a career anchored by its albums and steady touring — the band’s self-titled latest, its fifth studio LP overall, arrived in May. “I think we kind of pur- posefully didn’t set out to make a thematic re- cord, or to have a specific concept for what it was,” Laessig told Variety earlier this year. “And because of that, it to me is the most cohesive re- cord we’ve made, because we just wrote songs about what was going on in life.” With Case Oats. PJ The Rocket Summer 6 P.M. SUNDAY, OCT. 12, THE ECHO LOUNGE & MUSIC HALL, 1323 N. STEMMONS FREEWAY $40+ AT TICKETMASTER.COM Local music scene fans of a certain vintage (a- HEM) may fondly recall the mid-to-late 2000s, when Fort Worth-born singer-songwriter Bryce Avary (a.k.a. The Rocket Summer) signed with a major label on the strength of his atmospheric, propulsive indie pop songs recorded on his own. His third album, 2007’s Do You Feel, was his ma- jor label debut, but the two albums prior — 2003’s Calendar Days and 2005’s Hello, Good Friend — earned him plenty of attention before he reached that wider audience. Avary has kept at it over the ensuing two decades, reverting to his indie roots for his most recent output, includ- ing 2023’s Shadowkasters. He’s touring behind the 20th anniversary of Hello, Good Friend, and should draw a nostalgic, enthusiastic crowd to Dallas for this hometown-adjacent performance. With Dylan Espeseth and Black Tie Dynasty. PJ Lyle Lovett and His Large Band 7:30 P.M. WEDNESDAY, OCT. 15, MAJESTIC THEATRE, 1925 ELM ST. $63.40+ AT TICKETS.ATTPAC.ORG Much like his fellow Texas icons, Lyle Lovett has transcended influence to simply become an un- derstood fact of life — as immutable as blister- ing summers, disappointing Dallas Cowboys games and Fletcher’s Original Corny Dogs at the State Fair. The 67-year-old Klein native — who still resides in the Houston area — is an inveter- ate road warrior, logging thousands of miles in a given year, but never failing to return to his home state and pull from across his peerless catalog. He will be backed, as he was upon his sojourn through town last year, by a murderer’s row of musicians, including drummer Russ Kun- kel and bassist Leland Sklar, who give wing to his indelible songs like “Here I Am,” “If I Had a Boat” and “She’s No Lady.” PJ Red Light Management LA LOM performs Oct. 10 at Tannahill’s Tavern & Music Hall in Fort Worth. | LET’S DO THIS | t Music
