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Friday: Hard Proof, Greyhounds, Cilantro Boombox at Mohawk outdoor. If you like your bands tight, your grooves big and your booty gyrating, this is a can’t-miss triple bill. Hard Proof and Cilantro Boombox bring the big band madness with wall of sound takes on Afrobeat, Reggae and Latin sounds while the duo behind Greyhounds is locked and loaded with rock ‘n’ soul. $12. 8 p.m. 912 Red River St. mohawkaustin.com. — D.S.S.
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Friday-Saturday: Brownout EP release at Antone’s. After a three-year stint scorching stages around the world with their furiously funky recreations of classic metal tunes, the nine-piece crew is ready to shed alter ego Brown Sabbath and get back to the booty-moving breakbeats that birthed the band. Their new EP, “Over the Covers,” packs the same horn and percussion heavy grooves we’ve come to expect, but for this go round they’ve kept on Alex “Ozzy” Marrero as a lead vocalist. His unflinching lyricism weaves deeper meaning into the expansive jams of one of the tightest instrumental ensembles on the planet. $17-$20. 10 p.m. 305 E. Fifth St. antonesnightclub.com — D.S.S.
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Saturday: Bash & Pop, Fleshlights, Midgetmen at Barracuda. When Tommy Stinson came through town with the briefly reunited Replacements at the 2014 Austin City Limits Music Festival, it was a cause of celebration for the Minneapolis rockers’ legions of devoted fans. Stinson’s post-Replacements band Bash & Pop never approached that level of legend, but it did mark his first foray into fronting a band, and 1993’s “Friday Night Is Killing Me” was a fine record. A reconstituted Bash & Pop released a new disc, “Annything Could Happen,” earlier this year. Local punkers Fleshlights and Midgetmen open. $15. 8 p.m. doors. 611 E. Seventh St. barracudaaustin.com. — P.B.
Austin, TX – Pat Green performs at ACL Live on February 18, 2017.
Saturday-Sunday: Lone Star Jam at Travis County Expo Center. This two-day Texas/red-dirt country throwdown has undergone some changes in recent years, both in schedule and venue. Once held in early May, it now precedes Memorial Day — a good call, given that Austin doesn’t have any other big music events on the holiday weekend. Last year’s move from the LBJ Library Lawn to a field in Southeast Austin was perhaps a challenge because of the lesser-known location, but this year’s site, on the grounds of the Expo Center, seems promising. Saturday’s performers include Pat Green, Aaron Watson and Cory Morrow, with the Josh Abbott Band, Wade Bowen and Charlie Robison among Sunday’s acts. Check out the full lineup at lonestarjam.com. $40 single-day, $70 both days ($300 VIP). Gates open at noon (both days). 7311 Decker Lane. — P.B.
ALSO PLAYING
Friday-Saturday
Sue Foley, Lou Ann Barton at Continental Club
Mike Flanigin Trio with Jimmie Vaughan & George Rains at C-Boy’s
Friday
Meat Puppets, Mike Watt & the Jom & Terry Show at Barracuda
Rhymin’ N Stealin’ at 3Ten
Hard Proof, Greyhounds, Cilantro Boombox at Mohawk outdoor
NHD (Salim Nourallah, Billy Harvey & Alex Dezen) at Townsend
Joe Jacksons, Go Fever at ABGB
Johnny Nicholas, Denny Freeman at Saxon Pub
Otis The Destroyer, Blood Pumps, Think No Think, Magic Rockers of Texas at Hotel Vegas
White Label Analog, Waiting for August, Big News at Stubb’s indoor
Possessed By Paul James at Empire
Paul Nipper record release at Sam’s Town Point
ST37 at Hole in the Wall
Aaron McDonnell at Geraldine’s
Mrs. Glass, Them Duquaines at White Horse
Saturday
Ty Segall, Zoltars at Stubb’s outdoor
Reverend Horton Heat, Flat Duo Jets, Rosie Flores at Come and Take It Live
Dillinger Escape Plan, American Sharks, Illustrations at Mohawk outdoor
Bob Schneider at Nutty Brown Amphitheater
Luke Winslow-King at Lamberts
Meatbodies, Annabelle Chairlegs, Dream Machine at Hotel Vegas
Garner Sloan album release at Stay Gold
W.C. Clark, Bobby Whitlock & Coco Carmel at Saxon Pub
Albert & Gage Band at Donn’s Depot
Miss Lavelle White at Townsend
RA the Rugged Man, Afro at Empire
Nakia & the Blues Grifters at Highball
Cornell Hurd Band at Driskill Bar
Sour Bridges at Hill Country Galleria
Ramsay Midwood, Imperial Starlighters at Sam’s Town Point
Sunday
Austin Area Jazz Festival with Kindred the Family Soul, Najee and Betty Wright at the Millennium Youth Entertainment Complex
Pachanga Series with Reik, Tour Des, Amor at ACL Live
Wavves, Kino Kimino at Mohawk
Fourplay at One World Theatre
A. Sinclair, El Lago, Elijah Ford, Sounds del Mar at Barracuda
Resentments, John Gaar, Lost Austin Band at Saxon Pub
Sour Bridges, Watters at Oskar Blues
Jake Penrod at Little Longhorn Saloon
Miss May I at Come and Take It Live
Paul Oakenfold at Kingdom
