03:28 PM CDT on Friday, June 2, 2006

The summer concert season can be overwhelming, but fear not: Two of Quick's music fans, Hunter Hauk and Jessica Burgess, offer their riffs on the acts coming to town.

Hunter: Blackalicious can hype up a crowd with the greatest of ease. And the Roots? No introduction necessary.

Jessica: Actually, I would appreciate an introduction to the Roots – I don't believe we've met.

Details: Thursday at the Gypsy Tea Room's Ballroom. $15. Front Gate Tickets.

Hunter: After hearing the Asylum Street Spankers' bluegrass rendition of "Closer," which included sheep sounds, it might be hard to see Trent Reznor and company perform it without snickering.

Jessica: NIN takes me back to when I was an angsty high-schooler, wearing flannel shirts ordered from Land's End.

Details: Saturday at Smirnoff Music Centre. $23.75-$58.75. Ticketmaster.

Hunter: The British are coming! And they are being chased by rabid music critics!

Jessica: I don't think there's any such thing as arctic monkeys. Seems like it would be a little cold for them. This is why even bands need good copy editors.

Details: Tuesday at the Granada Theater. $20. Front Gate Tickets.

Hunter: If I told you I hadn't danced geekily to "Boyfriend" in my living room more than four times, I'd be a very wise but dishonest man.

Jessica: I will be bringing binoculars to this show, to inspect the alleged nose job.

Details: June 17 at Smirnoff Music Centre. $28.75-$48.75. Ticketmaster.

Hunter: Now that she's removed the Lance Armstrong ball and chain, she can continue her Tour de Cheez.

Jessica: Wonder if she's still got that LIVESTRONG guitar. Probably not. Sigh.

Details: June 20 at Nokia Theatre at Grand Prairie. $39.50-$69.50. Ticketmaster.

Hunter: Will it be the down-in-the-dumps, "Lonesome Tears" Beck or funky rapping nerd with a frog in his throat? Probably a little of both.

Jessica: I hope it's wants-to-hang-out-with-Jessica Beck!

Details: June 21 at Nokia Theatre at Grand Prairie. $39.50. Ticketmaster.

Hunter: Are you ready for a new sensation? It's called nausea. I kid – the new guy in INXS ain't so bad, but that's because he sounds exactly like Michael Hutchence.

Jessica: INXS has gained some real legitimacy from having been on TV, so this will be a great show.

Details: June 29 at Nokia Theatre at Grand Prairie. $35-$69. Ticketmaster.

Hunter: We loved Extraordinary Machine both times it was released. See ya in the front row.

Jessica: I've been a bad, bad girl. Just thought you might like to know.

Details: July 8 at Nokia Theatre at Grand Prairie. $35-$59. Ticketmaster.

Hunter: For God's sake, get a room. No one wants to see that.

Jessica: Wait – actually I would like to see that. Let me get out my binoculars again.

Details: July 21 at American Airlines Center. $35-$85. Ticketmaster.

Hunter: Ah, how I long for the days of college, when I frequently tripped over drunken frat boys while trying to get back from the beer stand before the end of "Satellite."

Jessica: I was still wearing those Land's End flannels back in Dave's heyday. Ah, sweet plaid nostalgia.

Details: Aug. 19 at Smirnoff Music Centre. $40-$59.50. Ticketmaster.

Xtreme, Big Tuck, Raheem, Play N Skillz, Blast & others during KNON Latin Energy Festival: Sunday at Fair Park Esplanade. $5 advance, $10 gate. www.knon.org.

Echo & the Bunnymen: June 16 at the Gypsy Tea Room's Ballroom. $20. Front Gate Tickets.

AK 1200, DJ Dara, Dieselboy & others: June 17 at Lizard Lounge. $10-$15 advance, $20 door. 214-826-4768 or www.groovetickets.com.

Panic! At the Disco, OK Go: June 17 at the Gypsy Tea Room's Ballroom. Sold out. Front Gate Tickets.

Edgefest 15 with Staind, Hoobastank, Seether, Hawthorne Heights, 30 Seconds to Mars, Toadies: June 18 at Pizza Hut Park, Frisco. $35-$47.50. Ticketmaster.

Les Claypool, Rasputina: June 20 at the Gypsy Tea Room's Ballroom. $25. Front Gate Tickets.

Edie Brickell & New Bohemians: June 23-24 at Club Dada. Doors at 5. $15. Front Gate Tickets.

Slayer, Lamb of God, Mastodon: June 24 at Nokia Theatre at Grand Prairie. $34.50-$49.50. Ticketmaster.

Sonic Youth: June 24 at the Gypsy Tea Room's Ballroom. $25. Front Gate Tickets.

The Black Crowes, Robert Randolph & the Family Band, Drive-By Truckers: June 30 at Smirnoff Music Centre. $20.75-$48.75. Ticketmaster.

Toni Braxton: July 1 at Nokia Theatre at Grand Prairie. $49.50-$85. Ticketmaster.

Willie Nelson's Fourth of July Picnic: July 4 at the North Forty, Fort Worth Stockyards. $30 advance, $35 at gate. Ticketmaster.

Poison, Cinderella: July 7 at Smirnoff Music Centre. $18.75-$58.75. Ticketmaster.

Lynyrd Skynyrd, 3 Doors Down, Shooter Jennings: July 9 at Smirnoff Music Centre. $27.75-$65. Ticketmaster.

Kottonmouth Kings, Hed P.E.: July 10 at the Gypsy Tea Room's Ballroom. $20. Front Gate Tickets.

Steely Dan, Michael McDonald: July 12 at Nokia Theatre at Grand Prairie. $55-$125. Ticketmaster.

Melissa Etheridge: July 15 at Nokia Theatre at Grand Prairie. $39-$104. Ticketmaster.

Pink: July 29 at the Gypsy Tea Room's Ballroom. $25. Front Gate Tickets.

Kirk Franklin: July 29 at Six Flags Over Texas, Arlington. $8 plus park admission. Ticketmaster.

Def Leppard, Journey: July 29 at Smirnoff Music Centre. $24.75-$98.75. Ticketmaster.

Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, Trey Anastasio: Aug. 4 at Smirnoff Music Centre. $35-$75. Ticketmaster.