| LET’S DO THIS | Amanda Shires D t Music plays Friday, Nov. 11, at The Kessler. Elizaveta Porodina DIGITAL MARKETING ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE INTERESTED CANDIDATES PLEASE SEND YOUR COVER LETTER AND RESUME TO CHARLIE.DONDLINGER@ DALLASOBSERVER.COM 24 Preoccupations 6:30 P.M. THURSDAY, NOV. 10, RUINS, 2653 COMMERCE ST. $20 AT PREKINDLE.COM Formed in 2012 under the name Viet Cong, Ca- nadian post-punk band Preoccupations has maintained a consistent lineup of talent these last 10 years, releasing four albums on American indie label Jagjaguwar to a steady stream of positive reviews. Unlike many bands labeled as post-punk, Preoccupations draws as much in- spiration from the champions of the genre — Joy Division, Sisters of Mercy, The Cure — as they do from lo-fi and noise rock, producing a sound that is emotional and dissonant. The band’s latest album, Arrangements, was re- corded remotely over the course of the pan- demic and released this September. A true record of its historical moment, the album is filled with paranoia and deep distrust of human- ity handled with an intense calm that feels like it’s just short of breaking. Preoccupations is cur- rently on tour with Toronto indie-rocker Cindy Lee and will receive local support from dance- punk band Sub-Sahara. DAVID FLETCHER Amanda Shires 7 P.M. FRIDAY, NOV. 11, THE KESSLER, 1230 W. DAVIS ST. $22 AT PREKINDLE.COM Country singer Amanda Shires spent her youth between Lubbock and Mineral Wells, but she is always excited to return to Dallas, where she played her first live performance as a solo artist. It was June 28, 2007, when Shires was sched- uled to play Sons of Hermann Hall with Todd Snider, who ended up not showing up that day because his house had been burglarized. The audience that night was then treated to the six songs Shires had prepared, and she just played them over again when time came to fill Snider’s spot. In those days, Shires was also a frequent guest at AllGood Café in Deep Ellum, where she was able to develop herself as an artist thanks to owner Mike Snider. Shires released her seventh album, Take It Like a Man, over the summer after a stint with country supergroup The Highwomen alongside Brandi Carlile, Natalie Hemby and Ar- lington’s own Maren Morris. Neo-cosmic cowboy Honey Harper opens the show. DF deadmau5 7 P.M. SATURDAY, NOV. 12, THE PAVILION AT TOYOTA MUSIC FACTORY, 300 W. LAS COLINAS BLVD. $39.50+ AT LIVENATION.COM Canadian DJ, electronic music producer and guy who wears a big mouse helmet, deadmau5, seemed like an overnight sensation when EDM ruled the late 2000s and early 2010s. The per- former’s ubiquitous light-up screen face and ears that waved to the beat seemed to be every- where. In reality, deadmau5 had been working on his signature style since 1998, building his reputation as a producer and tinkering around with electro-house music in his spare time. Even after deadmau5 released his first few albums, it took a while for him to get noticed. The new mu- sic trend of the time certainly helped, but it was his collaborations, like the one with Kaskade on “Move for Me,” that made audiences pay atten- tion. By the time the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards came around, deadmau5 was the natu- ral choice to be the house DJ. He is currently on tour with British electronic music trio NERO. DF Supersuckers 7 P.M. SUNDAY, NOV. 13, THREE LINKS, 2704 ELM ST. $15 AT SEETICKETS.US Arizona cowpunk band Supersuckers have been at it for three and a half decades now with the leadership of vocalist and bass player Eddie Spaghetti. Aside from Spaghetti, the band has never been able to hang on to other members for too long, developing over time from a punk band to a no-frills rock band. What has made Supersuckers endure since 1988 is a consistency in delivering songs that are fun to listen to and to sing along with. While the band has never had a radio hit or an album fly up the charts, Su- persuckers knows how to keep an audience en- tertained. In 2020, the band released its 11th album, Play That Rock ’n’ Roll, which is the kind of straight-faced call to action you’d expect from them after all these years. Nashville-based cowpunk duo Volk is scheduled to warm up the crowd in Deep Ellum on Sunday night. DF Napalm Death 6:30 P.M. MONDAY, NOV. 14, RUBBER GLOVES, 411 E. SYCAMORE ST. $25 AT PREKINDLE.COM What better cure for a case of the Mondays can there be than a concert by grindcore pioneers Napalm Death? The concert also includes LA ex- treme metal band Brujeria. This is not the kind of show you can sleep on. After 40 years and 16 al- bums, Napalm Death has not slowed down one bit since its salad days, blasting a noise-filled sound of down-tuned guitars, grinding bass, blast beats and maniacal growls or shrieks. With an eight-person lineup, Brujeria has been creat- ing some of the most wicked Latin-inspired death and groove metal since the late ’80s.The band has been working on new material since its 2020 release, COVID-666, but has yet to provide further details. Additionally, the show will also see sets by Austin’s iconic anarcho-punk band Millions of Dead Cops and Dallas’ heroic death metal band Frozen Soul. DF NOVEMBER 10–16, 2022 DALLAS OBSERVER CLASSIFIED | MUSIC | DISH | CULTURE | UNFAIR PARK | CONTENTS dallasobserver.com
