May Texas Concert Listings

If yours is one of the Texas school districts firmly pushing the panic button with both hands and cancelling school at any point this month, there are a couple of thematic, state-wide road trips you could embark on. The first wafts the peculiar scent of 90’s nostalgia: Nine Inch Nails, Jane’s Addiciton, Prince Paul, Letters to Cleo, Fastball, the Meat Puppets, Cowboy Mouth, Dave Mathew’s Band, Live, No Doubt, Gavin Rossdale, Crystal Method, Indigo Girls and Snoop Dogg all play under the Lone Star this month. For a more Texas-specific alternative, you could put together a nice little road trip of Alt-Country solidity this month, Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, Elvis Perkins in Dearland, Old Crow Medicine Band, Junior Brown, Bart Crow Band and Reckless Kelly are just some of the acts playing.
[George Strait]
Of course, all of these pale in comparison to George Strait playing in Hidalgo on the ninth – easily the region’s most anticipated show of the past seven years. (I’m still working on my elongated George Strait with the rough thesis being “George Strait is R. Kelly”. It’ll be up soon, I hope.)
Austin
01 Death Cab For Cutie, Ra Ra Riot, Matt Costa at the Austin Music Hall
01 Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit, Red Cortez at Antones
04 Clifton Anderson at Waterloo Records
06 Lady Gaga, The Veronicas at the Austin Music Hall
07 Flight of the Conchords, Eugene Mirman at Bass Concert Hall
08 The Paper Chase, Valina, Haunting Oboe Music at the Mohawk
08&09 Texas Rockabilly Revival with Wanda Jackson,Slim Jim Phantom (The Stray Cats), Levi Dexter, Wayne Hancock, Psycho Devilles, Two Tons of Steel, Reverend Horton Heat, Lemmy Kilmister and the Head Cat, The Chop Tops, Hillbilly Casino, Lowdown Shaky Chill, Pickled Punks at the Nutty Brown Cafe
09 When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth, Exeter, Black Cock, Joy Bus at Red 7
09 Oklahomos, DC4, Texas Death Star at Room 710
09 Three 6 Mafia, Gorilla Zoe, Big Red Rooster, Dremnt the End, Joeska, KJ Hines, Loonac at the Austin Music Hall
11 Elvis Perkins in Dearland at the Parish
11 Other Lives at Waterloo Records
12 Nine Inch Nails, Jane's Addiction, Street Sweeper at the Erwin Center
13 Her Space Holiday, City Light, Butcher Bear, Charlie at the Mohawk
13 Vampirates, Head Panic at the Parlor
16 TV on the Radio at Stubb's
16 Prince Paul at Lamberts
18 The Dears, Great Northern, Eulogies at the Parish
19 Isis w/ Earth Crisis, Walls of Jericho, Reign Supreme, Unholy, Blood Stands Still
at Emo's
22 Letters to Cleo, Cruiserweight at the Parish
23 Chaos In Tejas presents Times New Viking, Nodzzz, The Strange Boys, XYX, Ratas Del Vaticano at Emo's
23 Margot and the Nuclear So and So's, Telekinesis at the Mohawk
23 Fastball at the Parish
25 Meat Puppets at Waterloo Records
26 Manchester Orchestra at Waterloo Records
27 Bellville Outfit at Waterloo Records
27 The Meatmen, Chapstik, Adrenaline Pigs, The Blind Pets at Emo's
28 The Field, The Juan Maclean at the Mohawk
28 Cowboy Mouth at Antones
29 Junior Brown, Lucky Tomlin, Lucky Tubb at Antones
Dallas
02 Dave Matthew’s Band at Superpages.com Center
02 Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit at Granada Theater
04 George Clinton and Parliament Funkadelic at the House of Blues
05 Snoop Dogg at the House of Blues
05 Vince Gill at Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center
13 Live at the House of Blues
25 Gavin Rossdale at the House of Blues
30 No Doubt w/ Paramore and the Sounds at Superpages.com Center
Denton
16 The Dears, Great Northern, Eulogies at Hailey’s
22 Margot and the Nuclear So and So's, Telekinesis at Hailey’s
El Paso
01 Kenny Rogers at Inn Of The Mountain Gods Resort
17 Styx at Inn of the Mountain Gods Resort and Casino
23 B.B. King at The Plaza Theatre Performing Arts Center
Fort Worth
01 Bart Crow Band at Billy Bob’s
02 Rodney Atkins at Billy Bob’s
Frisco
02 Kenny Chesney at Pizza Hut Park
Grand Prairie
05 Flight of the Conchords at Nokia Theater
07 Jennifer Hudson w/ Robin Thicke at Nokia Theater
Gruene
02 Bellville Outfit at Gruene Hall
08 Roger Clyne and the Peacemakers at Gruene Hall
22 Reckless Kelly at Gruene Hall
Houston
01 Spinal Tap: Unwigged and Unplugged at Jesse H. Jones Hall for Performing Arts
01 the O’Jays at Htown Arena Theatre
02 The Smithereens, The Crisis, Joan Jett & the Blackhearts at the Showgrounds at Sam Houston Race Park
02 Fleetwood Mac at the Toyota Center
05 Yo-Yo Ma at Jesse H. Jones Hall for Performing Arts
06 Snoop Dogg at the House of Blues
06 Flight of the Conchords at Jesse H. Jones Hall for Performing Arts
07 the Rippingtons at the House of Blues
07 Old Crow Medicine Show at Warehouse Live
08 Jennifer Hudson w/ Robin Thicke at Reliant Arena
09 Eli Young Band at Tumbleweed Texas
13 Elvis Perkins in Dearland at Walter’s on Washington
14 Bonnie Raitt at the Verizon Wireless Theater
16 Fischerspooner at the House of Blues
16 James Taylor at the Verizon Wireless Theater
16 Two Tons of Steel at Goode's Armadillo Palace
18 Crystal Method at the House of Blues
21 Isis and Tombs at the Meridian
21 Letters to Cleo at the House of Blues
22 Indigo Girls at the Verizon Wireless Theater
22 Queensryche at the House of Blues
22 India.Arie at Htown Arena Theatre
23 Bobby Brown at Htown Arena Theatre
24 Wayman Tisdale at Htown Arena Theatre
28 the Virgins at Rudyards
29 B.B. King at Htown Arena Theatre
29 Two Tons of Steel at Continental Club
30 The Juan Maclean, The Field at Numbers
30 Mr. Lif at Warehouse Live
Rio Grande Valley
05 Cinco de Mayo Fiesta at Cine El Rey (McAllen)
09 George Strait at Dodge Arena (Hidalgo)
Stafford
15 Boz Scaggs at the Stafford Center