OUR TOP PICKS
Dawes. Photo by Jay Janner.
Saturday: Dawes at Stubb’s outdoor. The Los Angeles indie/Americana/pop band’s current tour is billed as “An Evening With Dawes,” which is industry code for “no opening act.” That’s good for the band’s ardent fans, who’ll get to hear two sets from the group. That should allow them not only to feature their new album, “We’re All Gonna Die,” but also to dig back into the four back-catalog albums that helped win them a devoted following in the first place. $25. 7 p.m. doors. (A $5 after-show on the indoor stage features local alt-country group Harvest Thieves.) 801 Red River St. stubbsaustin.com. — P.B.
Saturday: “Unplug This” 20th Anniversary at Hole in the Wall. The four-decades-plus history of Hole in the Wall has about a million little side-chapters, and one of them was “Unplug This,” a Monday night series in the mid-late 1990s that spurred many of Austin’s rock acts at the time to go acoustic for an evening. An “Unplug This” compilation disc documented the sound and spirit of the series, and many of the participants are gathering to celebrate the record’s 20th anniversary: Mike Nicolai, Wheel, Rice Moorehead, Andrew Duplantis, Michael Fracasso, Beaver Nelson, Larry Seaman, Pam Peltz, Brit Jones, Kevin Carney and Matt Harmon. Free. 9:30 p.m. 2538 Guadalupe St. holeinthewallaustin.com. — P.B.
Saturday: Cut Chemist at Empire. The critically acclaimed turntablist helped shape the sound of L.A.’s indie rap scene in the ’90s, working with Jurassic 5 in their early days and contributing to the L.A. Chicano collective Ozomatli. He’ll be putting down a special all-vinyl set for the wax fanatic in all of us. $15. 7:30 p.m. doors. 606 E. Seventh St. empireatx.com — D.S.S.
ALSO PLAYING
Friday-Saturday
- STS9 at ACL Live
Friday
- Mike Doughty, Wheatus at 3Ten
- Cloud Cult at Antone’s
- Wheelwrights, Tahoma at Cactus Cafe
- Robb Banks, Dash at Empire
- Striker, Circle Pit, Firestarter ’82 at Grizzly Hall
- Rosie Flores, Patricia Vonne, Rick Del Castillo at One-2-One Bar
- Cilantro Boombox, Superfonicos at Sahara Lounge
- Samba Bamba at Iron Cactus North
- Tomar & the FC’s at Stay Gold
- Danny Malone at Winflo
- Two Tons of Steel, Roger Wallace at White Horse
Saturday
- Jesse Malin, A. Sinclair at 3Ten
- Rachelle Ferrell at One World Theatre
- W.C. Clark, Bobby Whitlock & Coco Carmel, Bubble Puppy at Saxon Pub
- Guy Forsyth Blues Band, Reverent Few, Johnny Nicholas at Antone’s
- Joe King Carrasco at ABGB
- Rock the Casbah 56 with DJ Mel at 3Ten
- Jimmy LaFave at El Mercado Backstage
- Kevin Galloway, Graham Wilkinson at Cactus Cafe
- Pollen Rx (LP release), Deep Time, Kay Odyssey, the Infinites at Cheer Up Charlies
- Charley Crockett at C-Boy’s
- Trouble Boys, Giantology, Cheap Fur, Talk Sick Brats at Hotel Vegas
- Ramsay Midwood at Sam’s Town Point
- Cornell Hurd Band at Driskill Bar
- Alvin Crow at Broken Spoke
- Two Hoots & a Holler at Little Longhorn Saloon
- Pong, Horsies, Queue Queue at Continental Club
- Rite Flyers, Coffee Sergeants, Hungry Onions at Carousel Lounge
- Bidi Bidi Banda, Belle Sounds at One-2-One Bar
- Lagoons album release, Bishops, Satalights at Spider House
Sunday
- Anton Nel at Long Center
- Resentments, John Gaar at Saxon Pub
- Aaron McDonnell & the Neon Eagles at ABGB
- Reign EP release at Grizzly Hall
- Heybale, Speedy Sparks & the Koolerators at Continental Club
