In their earliest of days, Blonde Redhead were your quintessential New York indie noise rock band, using their instruments and vocals to create something more along the lines of what the downtown cool crowd would consider art. With dot Hacker, 8 p.m., Tuesday, November 18, at Granada Theater, 3524 Greenville Ave., 21 or, $24-$45
In an entirely unpredictable success story, Auerbach and bandmate Patrick Carney made their way from tiny Ohio stages to filling the fucking American Airlines Center, and they've shown no sign of letting up any time soon. It's the kind of move that'll further polarize the long-time Keys fans from the band-wagoners, but frankly, the Black Keys don't have time for that. After so many albums, it's only fitting that they explore different genres, even introducing electronic keyboard elements on this year's Turn Blue. This story's been all too common, with bands like Kings of Leon and Arctic Monkeys pulling similar moves, but that's not to say that it makes the band any less genuine or original. Since that year's Brothers, the Black Keys have been gradually tightening up their Akron blues into a cleaner and more palatable pop-oriented sound. For the Black Keys diehards who worshiped the former Garage Rock Jesus, it was clear that the times were a-changing. No, it wasn't necessarily his music he'd trimmed his mane and gotten a clean-cut shave.
In 2010, Dan Auerbach appeared on The Colbert Report and shocked the world. But Los Lonely Boys released their latest and most personal album, Revelation, in January and should sound better than ever when they visit Dallas this Saturday. In 2004, the album was released on Epic Records and the year after that Los Lonely Boys won the "Best Pop Performance" Grammy Award for their single, "Heaven." This decade has been rough on the band so far: JoJo Garza had lesions on his vocal cords in 2010 and Henry Garza suffered a serious spinal injury after falling off a stage last year. Los Lonely Boys formed in 1996 and by 2003 they were recording their debut album at Willie Nelson's Pedernales studio in Austin. The brothers Garza started playing music in the '80s before they were even teens, backing up their father's solo project after the dissolution of his own band of siblings, the Falconers.
This trio of brothers from San Angelo have a unique blend of rock, blues, conjunto and Tejano. Saturday, November 15, at Gas Monkey Live, 10110 Technology Blvd.,, $30-$300
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