20 OctOber 26–NOvember 1, 2023 dallasobserver.com DALLAS OBSERVER Classified | MusiC | dish | Culture | unfair Park | Contents High on Fire 8 P.M. THURSDAY, OCT. 26, THE FACTORY IN DEEP ELLUM, 2713 CANTON ST. $45 AT AXS.COM Oakland stoner metal band High on Fire came into existence around the same time guitarist Matt Pike was wrapping up work on the mag- num opus of his other band, Sleep’s, Dopes- moker. While Sleep turned doom and drone metal into a masterpiece on that album, High on Fire gave Pike a place to speed things up a bit with a bit of thrash metal influence. Twenty years after its formation, High on Fire took home a Grammy Award in 2019 for Best Metal Perfor- mance with its eighth album’s title track, “Elec- tric Messiah,” beating out Between the Buried and Me, Deafheaven, Trivium and Underoath. The band has yet to release any new music since 2019, but released a remastered version of its debut album, The Art of Self-Defense, this past August. The album had been missing from streaming services for some time, but it is back now in all of its glory. Arkansas doom metal band Pallbearer opens for High on Fire Thursday night in Deep Ellum. DAVID FLETCHER Chris Stapleton’s All- American Road Show 7 P.M. FRIDAY, OCT. 27, DOS EQUIS PAVILION, 1818 FIRST AVE. $100+ AT LIVENATION.COM Every year since 2017, Chris Stapleton has brought his All-American Road show to North Texas. Past years have seen Stapleton in Arling- ton and Fort Worth, but this year he’s returning to Dos Equis Pavilion in Fair Park. In the past, Stapleton’s fellow travelers on the road show have included the likes of Marty Stuart, Willie Nelson, Jamey Johnson, Elle King and Morgan Wade, but this year he will be bringing along South Carolina singer-songwriter Nikki Lane and Dallas-raised country-soul artist Charley Crock- ett. Crockett recently released his Live from the Ryman album and Nikki Lane just put out the new single, “When the Morning Comes Around.” As for Stapleton, the country singer known for his whiskey-soaked voice has put out three sin- gles this year from an upcoming album, Higher, which is due to be released on Nov. 10. DF Beach Fossils 7 P.M. SATURDAY, OCT. 28, HOUSE OF BLUES, 2200 N. LAMAR ST. $30+ AT LIVENATION.COM The last time Beach Fossils were in town it was, surprisingly, to open up for Post Malone on both nights of his summer tour stop in Dallas. It wasn’t the oddest choice for an opening act, seeing as how Posty is known for his emotional take on pop and hip-hop and Beach Fossils has created a kind of surf rock that places all the focus on the heart, giving its music a dreaminess that exists outside of dream pop or indie-rock. Beach Fossils are now on the road for The Bunny Tour with Virginia Beach rock band Turnover and Austin surf rock band Be- ing Dead. Beach Fossils released a new album, Bunny, in the summer, which adds a bit of existen- tial angst to Beach Fossils’ emotional exploration. The band is as chilled-out as it has always been, but this time around, it feels more like a state to which the mind retreats rather than a steady state of mind. DF A Giant Dog 7 P.M. SUNDAY, OCT. 29, THREE LINKS, 2704 ELM ST. $20 AT SEETICKETS.US Austin art-punk band A Giant Dog give 100% of their beings with every single performance. Singer Sabrina Ellis owns the stage in whatever scant cladding she chooses to don as brother Andrew Cashen rips through the ether with a wailing guitar. In August, the band released its long-awaited fol- low-up to 2017’s Toy. In 2019, the band released an incredible full-album cover of Arcade Fire’s Neon Bible done in the frenetic style of A Giant Dog. The new album, Bite, is a concept album that takes place in the technocracy of Avalonia in which digi- tal selves have more prominence than actual peo- ple. A Giant Dog’s solution? Rocking defiance and assertiveness against all odds. It’s a spirit that the band embodies on stage, and one that is sure to leave you breathless by the end of the night. No opening act has yet been announced for the show, but Three Links is definitely the spot to see this band. DF Ms. Lauryn Hill & The Fugees 7:30 P.M. MONDAY, OCT. 30, DICKIES ARENA, 1911 MONTGOMERY ST. $79.50+ AT TICKETMASTER.COM It was 25 years ago — Aug. 25, 1998, to be exact — that Lauryn Hill released what has been her only official, full-length release, The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill. Hill had spent the early part of her career trying to break into the music and film in- dustries, and actually had more success in film at the outset, landing a supporting role in the 1993 release Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit. It was thanks in part to her film success that Hill became a part of the progressive hip-hop trio The Fugees, with Pras Michel and Wyclef Jean. The group be- came an international phenomenon in 1996 when their cover of “Killing Me Softly” became an ines- capable summer track. After releasing and tour- ing her debut solo album, Hill has led a largely reclusive life, recording only a few non-album sin- gles and contributing her voice as a featured art- ist. There’s no telling why Hill has now decided to reunite with The Fugees, but this retrospective is sure to be unforgettable. DF Mikel Galicia Ms. Lauryn Hill and The Fugees play Monday, Oct. 30, at Dickies Arena. | LET’S DO THIS | t Music BENEFITING:
