21 OctOber 19 - 25, 2023 dallasobserver.com DALLAS OBSERVER Classified | MusiC | dish | Culture | unfair Park | Contents Peter Gabriel 8 P.M. THURSDAY, OCT. 19, AMERICAN AIRLINES CENTER, 2500 VICTORY AVE. $66.50+ AT TICKETMASTER.COM In 2002, art rock legend Peter Gabriel released his seventh studio album, Up. The album was well-received, but it just didn’t quite capture the spirit or the legacy Gabriel’s work had in the past. Gabriel was the lead singer of Genesis when it was a progressive rock band — before drummer Phil Collins took it over and turned it into a pop band. Gabriel was an audio-visual pioneer in the ’80s and ’90s, and immediately following the release of Up, he set to work cre- ating its follow-up, i/o. In the interim, Gabriel released an album of covers and an album of orchestral versions of his previous work. Now, 21 years in the making, i/o is scheduled to be released this December, though 10 of its 12 songs have already been released as singles. Listening through the singles, it is clear that this is Gabriel at his peak creativity — the Ga- briel of early Genesis, the Gabriel of So. Playing in an arena, the show is certain to be a spectac- ular audio-visual experience. DAVID FLETCHER Ben Folds 7:30 P.M. FRIDAY – SATURDAY, OCT. 20 – 21, MEYERSON SYMPHONY CENTER, 2301 FLORA ST. $53+ AT DALLASSYMPHONY.ORG Back in May, power pop artist Ben Folds gave a special performance at the Kessler Theater ahead of the release of his first new album in eight years, What Matters Most. That concert was totally and completely sold out — no veri- fied resale, no StubHub, sold out. On his return, however, Folds will be playing two nights at the Meyerson Symphony Center, and there are plenty of tickets still available for a venue that is certainly larger than the Kessler, but some- how feels just as intimate. During these past eight years, Folds has spent time writing his The New York Times best-selling memoir, A Dream About Lightning Bugs, and launching the Lightning Bugs podcast, an interview series on creativity and the creative process. No opening act has been announced for the two nights, so fans can expect to enjoy a full eve- ning of Folds’ music. DF Nick Cave 8 P.M. SUNDAY, OCT. 22, MAJESTIC THEATRE, 1925 ELM ST. $79.50+ AT AXS.COM Returning to Dallas this weekend is avant-pop artist Nick Cave. Cave’s long music career be- gan back in the mid-’70s as part of the Austra- lian post-punk band The Birthday Party. From the outset, Cave’s lyrics always had an under- tone of perversion and violence, and when the group disbanded in 1983, Cave formed Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. The sound changed a bit at that point, with Cave embracing more el- ements from folk and blues — but the searing portraits of unsavory characters never ceased. Aside from the Bad Seeds, Cave put together a few other projects, like his heavy blues band Grinderman and his pandemic project with longtime collaborator Warren Ellis. For this tour, however, Nick Cave is just going to be Nick Cave, solo behind the piano, which is sure to be both haunting and beautiful in a venue as elegant as the Majestic. DF awakebutstillinbed 7 P.M. MONDAY, OCT. 23, ANDY’S BAR, 122 N. LOCUST ST. $12 AT PREKINDLE.COM Emo band awakebutstillinbed may be based out of San Jose, but singer Shannon Taylor actually hails from right here in Mesquite. The band doesn’t come back to Taylor’s home town often, so every appearance in North Texas feels spe- cial. The band’s last show in North Texas was ac- tually a last-minute gig at Ruins in 2019. One of the opening bands that night, Denton emo band Record Setter, will be supporting the band this time around as well. Local bands Upsetting and Immigration will also be on hand to help open the show. Since its last North Texas show, awakebutstillinbed released two EPs in 2020 and 2022, and the Monday night show will see the band supporting its second full-length al- bum, chaos takes the wheel and i am a passen- ger, which will be released on Friday, Oct. 20. This will certainly be a night for purging nega- tive feelings and finding something real to smile about. DF The Dandy Warhols 7 P.M. WEDNESDAY, OCT. 25, FERRIS WHEELERS BACKYARD & BBQ, 1950 MARKET CENTER BLVD. $39.50+ AT PREKINDLE.COM The Dandy Warhols have always had a wry sense of humor. Even the band’s name adds a comically joyful spin on the name of the charac- teristically mysterious artist Andy Warhol. The Dandy Warhols’ breakthrough song “Not If You Were the Last Junkie on Earth” came with a chorus, repeating “I never thought you’d be a junkie because heroin is so passé” — one of the many, many takedowns of mid-’90s-era fash- ionistas on the band’s 1997 album, The Dandy Warhols Come Down. It’s 25 years later, and The Dandy Warhols are still up to the same tricks. The band’s most recent single, “The Summer of Hate” — a song ostensibly about the political strife this country has seen since November of 2016 — seems to go out of its way deliberately avoid speaking on the subject with any depth at all. The Black Angels and Queen Kwong open the show. DF courtesy Big Hassle Ben Folds will be playing two nights at the Meyerson Symphony Center. | LET’S DO THIS | t Music 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
