OUR PICKS FOR THIS WEEK
Friday, September 18, 2026 • 8 PM
POND
The Studio at The Bomb Factory, Dallas
Australian psych-rock shapeshifters POND arrive behind Terrestrials, another colorful collision of glam, synth-pop and interstellar weirdness. Their live shows are famously unruly, making the smaller Studio an ideal place to experience the band at full blast. Phantomelo opens.
Friday, September 18, 2026 • 9 PM
Ben UFO
It’ll Do Club, Dallas
Hessle Audio co-founder Ben UFO is one of electronic music’s most trusted selectors, capable of moving seamlessly through techno, house, UK garage and whatever else the room demands. He joins forces with Rinse FM for a five-hour night at It’ll Do, with Dallas favorite Red Eye opening.
Saturday, September 19, 2026 • 8 PM
LOUDER THAN STIGMA FEST
The Kessler Theater, Dallas
The second annual Louder Than Stigma Fest brings music and visual art together in support of Amplified Minds and its work providing free mental-health care. Oak Cliff’s Tye Harris headlines a deeply local bill featuring Cayuga All Stars, Courtney Hart and Tom Sless—an evening built around community, creativity and making it easier to ask for help.
Sunday, September 20, 2026 • 8 PM
TRICKY
Trees, Dallas
Tricky helped invent the dark, claustrophobic sound of trip-hop with Maxinquaye, then spent the next three decades resisting every attempt to define him. He returns to Trees behind Different When It’s Silent, his first album in six years, with longtime collaborator Marta Złakowska joining him.
Monday, September 21, 2026 • 9 PM
THE BAD PLUS
AM/FM, Dallas
After 26 years of tearing down the walls between jazz, rock and the avant-garde, The Bad Plus are bringing the band to a close. This farewell-tour stop offers one final chance to hear their fearless, piano-less quartet—Reid Anderson, Dave King, Ben Monder and Chris Speed—inside an unusually intimate room. Hector DeLeon opens.
