Things To Do This Week.

Head Back To The Shack.

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On the other hand, if you're looking for ideas on how to best spend your week, the answers won't come from Mario Kart 64. That's just now how any of this works. For that type of inspiration, you'll have to rely on us. You don't even have to call us on your cell phone, y'know, like, just keep reading.

Monday (10.5)
Alt-J at South Side Ballroom
Something good.

Joyce Carol Oates at Dallas Museum of Art
The gravedigger's daughter.

Tuesday (10.6)
Albert Hammond Jr. at Cambridge Room
Stroke me.

Tuesday Night Trash at Texas Theatre
Plan 9 From Outer Space.

Dennis Dunaway, Neal Smith, and Michael Bruce Book Signing/Q&A at Good Records
Snakes! Guillotines! Electric Chairs!

Lord Huron at House of Blues
Meet me in the woods.

King Dude at Sons of Hermann Hall
All hail the king.

Steep Canyon Rangers at Frontiers of Flight Museum
Sans Steve Martin.

Wednesday (10.7)
Walk the Moon at South Side Ballroom
Shut up and dance.

International Pop Opening Celebration! at Dallas Museum of Art
Dallas goes pop.

Swamp Thing at Alamo Drafthouse
Science transformed him into a monster. Love changed him even more!

Motley Crue at American Airlines Center
Shout at the devil.

Thursday (10.8)
Billy Idol at House of Blues
Cry more, more more.

Halsey at South Side Ballroom
Hold me down.

Voodoo Glow Skulls at Three Links
With Pinata Protest, The Phenomenauts, China Wife Motors.

The Warden Listening Party at Lakewood Landing
There will be Miller Lites. And shots. And fights.

Mia Farrow at UTA
The last unicorn.

Dustin Ybarra at Hyena's (Plano)
You may recognize him from Gotham.

Friday (10.9)
Fidlar at Dada
So what? Fuck you.

The Reunion Dallas at The Lawn at Reunion
With Weezer and Fitz & the Tantrums.

A$AP Rocky at South Side Ballroom
With Tyler the Creator, Vince Staples, Danny Brown.

Fortune Feimster at Addison Improv
You may recognize her from Mulaney — then again…

Fort Worth Ink and Art Expo at Will Rogers Memorial Center
A tattoo convention.

Sleepin' Rattlers at Three Links
Celebrating the release of its new album.

Saturday (10.10)
Mutemath at Dada
Tell your heart heads up.

Nervous Curtains at Double Wide
Celebrating the release of its new album.

Blank-Men at City Tavern
Celebrating the release of its new album.

Diorama-O-Rama at Jefferson Tower
Benefitting the Texas Theatre.

Red River Showdown at the Cotton Bowl
The Sooners and the Steers.

Joe Jackson at Majestic Theatre
Step out.

Crazy Water Festival in Mineral Wells
The higher the number, the higher the mineral content.

Cyclesomatic 2015: Swaptoberfest at Community Beer Co.
A bike swap meet — with beer.

New Found Glory at Gas Monkey Live
With Yellowcard.

Sunday (10.11)
Ariana Grande at American Airlines Center
I hate America.

MisterWives at House of Blues
No need for dreaming.

Oak Cliff Lively Fest at Roots and Culture
DFW's only reggae festival.

The Beach Boys at State Fair of Texas
Don't worry, baby.

Cyclesomatic 2015: Stevie Ray Vaughan Memorial Ride at The Wild Detectives
Your ride and joy.

Spooky Folk at Dan's Silverleaf
Give me something sharp!