21 November 9 - 15, 2023 dallasobserver.com DALLAS OBSERVER Classified | MusiC | dish | Culture | unfair Park | Contents The Flaming Lips 8 P.M. THURSDAY, NOV. 9, MUSIC HALL AT FAIR PARK, 909 FIRST AVE. $39.50+ AT TICKETMASTER.COM Performing without the support of an opening act, Oklahoma’s greatest psychedelic rock ex- periment invites you to celebrate the 2002 re- lease Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots with The Flaming Lips Thursday night in Fair Park. The Lips had been around a full decade before land- ing their first buzzworthy video on MTV, “She Don’t Use Jelly,” which was a marked shift from the band’s earlier, more chaotic sound. It was from that point forward that the band’s reputa- tion for experimentation grew. In 1999, they re- leased Zaireeka, a four-CD set intended to be played on different CD players at the same time to achieve the album’s full effect. The band achieved its greatest acclaim in the ’00s, releas- ing Yoshimi and At War With the Mystics in 2006. “Do You Realize??” on the latter album was once the official rock song of Oklahoma. DAVID FLETCHER Drive-By Tuckers 8 P.M. SUNDAY, NOV. 11, TANNAHILL’S TAVERN & MUSIC HALL, 122 E. EXCHANGE AVE. STE. 200. $32+ AT TICKETMASTER.COM Co-founded by Patterson Hood, the son of Da- vid Hood from the highly influential Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section, Drive-By Truckers have been creating deeply meaningful Southern rock for just under three decades now and have re- leased something in just about every one of those years. This year, however, the Truckers de- cided to forego the demands of keeping up with its own prolific release schedule and instead re- release one of its greatest albums, The Dirty South. Originally released in 2004, The Dirty South was a follow-up to Drive-By Truckers’ Southern Rock Opera, both of which examined the beauty and flaws of Southern life and his- tory. In June, the band released The Complete Dirty South, which added three new songs to the story as well as some additional vocal mixes on other songs. Alabama singer-songwriter Early James opens the show. DF Kim Petras 8 P.M. MONDAY, NOV. 12, SOUTH SIDE BALLROOM, 1135 BOTHAM JEAN BLVD. $59.50+ AT TICKETMASTER.COM Earlier this year, Kim Petras was one of every- body’s talking points. The singer’s performance at the Grammys ignited a firestorm of right-wing blowback because of the overtly sexual perfor- mance of a nonbinary person, Sam Smith, and Petras, a trans woman. On the left, everybody could not get enough of that performance’s fe- rocity or how historic it was to see Smith and Petras win the Grammy Award for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance for “Unholy,” making Smith the first openly non-binary artist to win a Grammy and Petras the first openly transgender artist to win a major-category Grammy. Since then, Petras has had quite the year releasing not one but two full-length albums, Feed the Beast and Problématique, in June and September, re- spectively. Petras’ Dallas show will be one of the tour’s final U.S. stops before flying off to Europe. DJ Alex Chapman will be there to warm up the crowd for Petras’ five-act concert. DF Alt-J 7 P.M. MONDAY AND TUESDAY, NOV. 12 AND 13, HOUSE OF BLUES, 2200 N. LAMAR ST. $59.95+ AT LIVENATION.COM Named after the symbol created when you push the “alt” key and the “J” key at the same time on a Mac computer (∆), English indie-pop band alt- J makes its way to House of Blues for a two- night celebration of its debut album, An Awesome Wave, which turned 10 this year. The album was a bold statement for the new band, filled with smoldering singles such as “Tessel- late,” “Breezeblocks” and “Fitzpleasure.” From there, the band began a rigorous touring and re- cording schedule that didn’t really let up until they were done touring for third album, Relaxer, at the end of 2017. It wasn’t until five years after that alt-J would finally returned with a new al- bum, The Dream, last year. During the show, the band will play its debut album from start to fin- ish followed by a selection of fan favorites. Berlin indie-rock band Meagre Martin will provide the opening support. DF Earl Sweatshirt with The Alchemist 8 P.M. TUESDAY, NOV. 13, THE STUDIO AT THE FACTORY, 2727 CANTON ST. $40.50 AT AXS.COM Odd Future alumnus Earl Sweatshirt has been something of an enigmatic figure in the hip- hop world since his teens. The rapper was sent to a Samoan reform school after his mom found out about his involvement with the hip- hop collective, and he returned a changed mu- sician. The rapper’s debut Doris surprised many critics with its intensely introspective songwrit- ing and gritty production, noting that his voice, more subdued than the featured guests from the Odd Future collective, stood out in its emo- tional density. By the time the young rapper re- leased his second album I Don’t Like Shit, I Don’t Go Outside, he had completely left his past with Odd Future behind him. This year, the artist released Voir Dire, a collaborative album with producer The Alchemist. The show will see support from NYC rapper MIKE and Detroit rapper Black Noi$e. DF Mike Brooks The Flaming Lips play Music Hall at Fair Park on Thursday night. | LET’S DO THIS | t Music
