OUR TOP PICKS
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Friday: Sidewalk Chalk at Stubb’s indoors. The six-piece sound machine from Chicago blends hip-hop, jazz and soul. Caught these cats bringing the heat to a South by Southwest day party a few years back and their live shows unfold as an energetic explosion of booty-moving grooves. The band’s fourth album, “An Orchid is Born,” is their strongest work to date, lyrically incisive and melodically appealing. It dropped in early June and the band is currently riding a slow-building buzz from around the country. $10. 9 p.m. doors. 801 Red River St. stubbsaustin.com. — D.S.S.
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Saturday: Bush and My Jerusalem at Stubb’s outdoor. Riding the same wave of British alt-rock that brought the likes of Oasis and Blur to stardom in the mid-1990s, Gavin Rossdale’s band Bush had three straight platinum or multiplatinum albums before calling it quits for most of the following decade. Since reuniting (with a different lead guitarist and bassist) in 2010, they’ve issued three more albums, including the new “Black and White Rainbows.” Opening the tour is Austin rock group My Jerusalem, whose profile rose when last year’s album “A Little Death” came out on Washington Square Records. $35-$40. 7 p.m. doors. 801 Red River St. stubbsaustin.com. – P.B.
COMING NEXT WEEK: Willie’s Fourth of July Picnic | The definitive history of Willie’s Picnic
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Sunday: Village People at Empire Control Room. Hey “Macho Man” (or woman), celebrate your freedom to boogie down with the costumed crusaders from America’s favorite gay disco crew. Through the years, some of the People have left the group and been swapped with new members rocking their signature costumes, but Native American Felipe Rose (who is actually Lakota Sioux) and “G.I.” Alex Briley are founding members. Lead singer Ray Simpson who plays “the Cop,” joined in 1980 and was featured in the VP flick “Can’t Stop the Music” released that same year. $25-$100. 7 p.m. 606 E. Seventh St. empireatx.com — D.S.S
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ALSO PLAYING
Friday-Saturday
Mike Flanigin Trio with Jimmie Vaughan & George Rains at C-Boy’s
Friday
Gloria Trevi vs. Alejandra Guzman at Erwin Center
C.J. Chenier & the Red Hot Louisiana Band, Peterson Brothers at Antone’s
Summer Jam with Stoney LaRue, Wade Bowen, Granger Smith and more at Nutty Brown Amphitheater
Duke Dumont at Vulcan Gas Company
Ozuna at El Coliseo
Milligan Vaughan Project, Erika Wennerstrom at Continental Club
Kiko Villamizar, Gio Chiamba, Como Las Movies, Conjunto Los Pinkys at Hotel Vegas
James McMurtry, Jonny Burke at Threadgill’s South
Star Parks, A. Sinclair, Glass Grapes at Hole in the Wall
Hard Riffs EP release, Easy Cap, Hippo at Barracuda
Madisons, Denny Freeman at Saxon Pub
Coffee Sergeants at Cactus Cafe
Beat Root at El Mercado Backstage
Boss Street Brass Band at Stay Gold
Saturday
Ian Moore & the Lossy Coils, Jimmy “Duck” Holmes at Antone’s
W.C. Clark at the Townsend
Bob Schneider at Nutty Brown Amphitheater
Horti CD release, Sounds Del Mar, Wolfdork at Empire
Mount Pressmore album release, Bee Gees Songbook at One-2-One Bar
Mike Nicolai vinyl release, Apopka, DiMaggios, Militant Babies at Hole in the Wall
Ringo Deathstarr at Hotel Vegas
Joe King Carrasco at Threadgill’s South
Walt Wilkins, Patrice Pike, Mandy Rowden at Saxon Pub
Cilantro Boombox at ABGB
Mrs. Glass, John Branch Trio at Blackheart
Chalkboard Poets, Lonesome Heroes at Cactus Cafe
Liquid Stranger, Luzcid, Perkulator, Widdler at Vulcan Gas Company
Sunday
Bush, My Jerusalem at Stubb’s outdoor
Jabo & the Old Dogs, Miss Lavelle White at Antone’s
Jon Dee Graham & the Lo Jinx Orchestra at Continental Gallery
Resentments, John Gaar at Saxon Pub
Wagoneers at C-Boy’s
