21 December 1–7, 2022 dallasobserver.com DALLAS OBSERVER Classified | MusiC | dish | Culture | unfair Park | Contents 90s Rewind 7 p.m. Friday, dec. 2, Tannahill’s Tavern and music hall, 122 e. exchange sTe. 200. $27+ aT TickeTmasTer.com True to the “everything ’90s is cool” nostalgia of the moment, Fort Worth’s newest venue, Tanna- hill’s, will be hosting the most tubular event this Friday night, with appearances from Tone Loc, Tag Team, C+C Music Factory and Digital Under- ground. So let’s remind ourselves who these people are, starting off with Digital Under- ground, who gave us the ultimate comedy rap dance from the new jack swing era, “The Humpty Dance.” You may not recognize the name C+C Music Factory, but you would abso- lutely recognize the group’s 1990 classic “Gonna Make You Sweat” from its opening lyric, “Every- body dance now!” Naturally, a lot of people will recognize Tag Team’s megahit “Whoomp (There it Is),” but it’s worth keeping in mind that Tag Team was the first Southern rap group to have a hit single. Then there is Tone Loc, who gave us “Wild Thing” and, of course, “Funky Cold Me- dina” from 1989’s Loc-ed After Dark. david FleTcher Sarah Jaffe 7 p.m. saTurday, dec. 3, lola’s, 2000 W. Berry sT. $20 aT prekindle.com Never one to be defined by any genre, Sarah Jaffe’s musical career has touched on indie-folk, electro-pop, hip-hop and really just anything else she wants to do. Created in the grief of heart- break, Jaffe’s latest album SMUT, released back in October of 2019, displayed the songwriter’s tal- ent for mixing spatial ambient sounds with uplift- ing melodies and lyrics as she searched for a way to have fun again. Now a New York City resident, Jaffe began her career in Denton, becoming a fa- vorite in North Texas in 2008 when she racked up three Dallas Observer Music Awards before rising as a national star throughout the ’10s. Jaffe has also scored original music to the award-winning independent film Never Goin’ Back and co-wrote and sang on a Grammy-winning track for Emi- nem’s The Marshall Mathers LP 2 album, “Bad Guy.” Jaffe returns home Saturday night for a show in Fort Worth. No warm-up act has yet been announced. dF D.R.I. 7 p.m. saTurday, dec. 3, Trees, 2709 elm sT. $17 aT axs.com Crossover thrash legends Dirty Rotten Imbe- ciles, or D.R.I., came crashing out of Houston in 1982. The band’s mixture of hardcore punk with thrash metal would set the model for bands like Suicidal Tendencies, Corrosion of Conformity and the Cro-Mags. Though the band released its last official full-length album in 1995 and has sporadically released EPs in 2001 and 2016, D.R.I. has continued to tour the world exten- sively despite a hiatus from 2006 to 2010 in which guitarist Spike Cassidy was diagnosed, treated and recovered from colon cancer. While rumors of another full-length album have been floating around for the last couple of years, no new material has actually surfaced. Regardless, D.R.I. built a reputation for its live shows, making studio recordings far less important. D.R.I.’s openers at Trees will be San Antonio metal band Metalriser and Dallas’ Thumb War. dF The Front Bottoms 7 p.m. Tuesday, dec. 6, Tannahill’s Tavern and music hall, 122 e. exchange sTe. 200. $32+ aT TickeTmasTer.com The Front Bottoms will be rolling into Fort Worth Tuesday night. Kicking off their careers as a New Jersey folk-punk band, The Front Bot- toms are known for their dense, confessional lyrics and intricate guitar work. While the band’s lineup has shifted over the years to include key- boards, brass and other instruments, the band is traditionally a two-piece, guitar and drum setup that, like Local H before them, can make those two instruments sound too big for a stadium. The band has been associated with genre terms like “indie” and “emo,” but their sound today is much more in line with garage rock, relying on heavier and faster guitars on songs like “Voodoo Magic.” However, The Front Bottoms can still slow things down and get emotional as they did on the band’s most recent single “Lover Boy.” The band is currently touring with singer-song- writer Sydney Sprague. dF Modest Mouse 7 p.m. Wednesday, dec. 7, souTh side Ballroom, 1135 BoTham Jean Blvd. $45+ aT TickeTmasTer.com Back in September, indie-rock giants Modest Mouse announced that they would be going on a 25th anniversary tour in honor of their break- through 1997 album The Lonesome Crowded West. For the tour, the band’s members will consist of singer Isaac Brock and drummer Jer- emiah Green, who were on the 1997 recording, and they will be joined by Russell Higbee — who played bass on the band’s most recent al- bum, The Golden Casket in 2021 — and an additional guitarist with Simon O’Connor. For the anniversary tour, the band has released a picture disc pressing of the iconic album that has been available at all the anniversary shows, including this one Wednesday night in the Ce- dars. The show will see the band performing The Lonesome Crowded West in its entirety be- fore a second encore set of songs from across the band’s catalog. After looking at past shows from this tour on setlist.fm, that second set of songs could be absolutely anything. Portland indietronica band Mattress is scheduled to open. dF Vera “Velma” Hernandez Modest Mouse brings The Lonesome Crowded West tour to the South Side Ballroom on Wednesday night. | LeT’S do ThiS | t Music 10250 Shady Trail, Dallas | 214-358-5511
