Fort Worth alt-rock mainstays Toadies roll into The Pageant on Monday, September 21, as part of The Charmer Tour, with Local H and Olive Vox opening. The all-ages show is promoted by 105.7 The Point. Doors are at 6 p.m., with the show listed for 7 p.m. at 6161 Delmar Blvd. in the Delmar Loop. Advance general admission is $39.50; day-of-show is $45.
The run supports The Charmer, the band’s eighth studio album and one of the last records produced by Steve Albini. The sessions were cut live in the studio, capturing the quartet’s Southern-tinged grunge without a lot of polish. Frontman Vaden Todd Lewis has framed the record as a personal reckoning that grew out of isolation and self-doubt. It arrived via Austin’s Spaceflight Records, a nonprofit label.
Toadies formed in Fort Worth in 1989 and broke nationally with 1994’s platinum Rubberneck and the dark, inescapable single “Possum Kingdom.” The band has always mixed Pixies and Talking Heads tension with Texas classic-rock muscle. Live, that still means the hits — “Possum Kingdom,” “Tyler,” “Away” — plus the newer material. Recent sets have run in the 85-minute range.
Local H, the long-running two-piece built around Scott Lucas, brings its own ’90s catalog and a louder, leaner attack. Olive Vox opens the St. Louis date as well. The Pageant holds about 2,300 and remains one of the city’s best mid-size rooms for this kind of bill.
Tickets are on sale through Ticketmaster and The Pageant.
The Charmer Tour — remaining dates
- Sept. 18 — Columbia, MO — The Blue Note (with Olive Vox)
- Sept. 19 — Indianapolis, IN — HI-FI Annex (with Local H, Olive Vox)
- Sept. 20 — Louisville, KY — Louder Than Life
- Sept. 21 — St. Louis, MO — The Pageant (with Local H, Olive Vox)
- Sept. 23 — Kansas City, MO — The Truman (with Local H, Olive Vox)
- Sept. 24 — Tulsa, OK — Cain’s Ballroom (with Local H, Olive Vox)
- Sept. 25 — Canyon, TX — The Lumberyard (with Local H, Olive Vox)
- Sept. 26 — Santa Fe, NM — The Bridge at Santa Fe Brewing Co. (with Local H, Olive Vox)
- Sept. 29 — Flagstaff, AZ — Orpheum Theater (with Local H, Olive Vox)
- Oct. 1–4 — Sacramento, CA — Aftershock Festival
- Oct. 2 — Las Vegas, NV — Brooklyn Bowl (with Local H, Olive Vox)
- Oct. 3 — Ventura, CA — Majestic Ventura Theatre (with Local H)
- Oct. 5 — Menlo Park, CA — The Guild Theatre (with Local H)
- Oct. 6 — Pioneertown, CA — Pappy and Harriet’s (with Local H)
- Oct. 8 — Tucson, AZ — Rialto Theatre (with Local H, Emily Wolfe)
- Oct. 9 — El Paso, TX — Lowbrow Palace (with Local H, Emily Wolfe)
- Oct. 10 — Lubbock, TX — The Garden (with Local H)
- Oct. 11 — Dallas, TX — State Fair of Texas
- Oct. 14 — Jacksonville, FL — FIVE (with Local H)
- Oct. 15 — Fort Lauderdale, FL — Revolution Live (with Local H, Emily Wolfe)
- Oct. 16 — Orlando, FL — House of Blues (with Local H, Emily Wolfe)
- Oct. 17 — St. Petersburg, FL — Jannus Live (with Local H, Emily Wolfe)
