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This week’s music picks: Miller pickin’ with Cotton, Young People’s Chorus...
MONDAY Emily King at Parish. With a silky voice, stylish sophistication and an expansive aesthetic, King’s music is well-suited to this era of soulful fusion. The progeny of a jazz singing-duo, King...
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Weekend music picks: Rockin’ for Izzy, rising star Sean McConnell and more
FRIDAY Izzy Fest at Spider House Ballroom. Voodoobilly firebrand and steampunk romantic Izzy Cox’s bluesy bar busters and beguiling gypsy jazz draw on her colorful backstory of a renegade youth spent...
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Weekend music picks: Will the Dixie Chicks play nice at COTA?
FRIDAY Sideways Grimace, Recovering at Highball. If you dig longtime Austin musician Richard Weiss’ indulgence in creative cover selections, this night’s for you. Highlighted in the middle slot is the...
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This week’s music picks: Check out local favorites in clubs, restaurants and...
MONDAY Jane Ellen Bryant at Geraldine’s. After drawing attention with her previous release “Hourglass” and touring as a singer in Max Frost’s band, Bryant steps out on “Twenties,” a three-song EP of...
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Weekend music picks: Classic rock and country from Buck to Hank to the King
FRIDAY Benefit for Niñas Arriba with Gina Chavez, Sara Hickman and Suzanna Choffel at Stateside at the Paramount. In 2009, Austin singer-songwriter Gina Chavez and her partner Jodi Granado took a...
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Music this week: Can Gwen Stefani and Eve still ‘Blow Ya Mind’?
MONDAY Parquet Courts performs at the Austin City Limits Music Festival at Zilker Park on Saturday October 5, 2013. Jay Janner/American-Statesman Parquet Courts at Mohawk outdoor. Brooklyn post-punk...
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This week’s music: Swinging jazz and acoustic blues
MONDAY MusiCares Sober Jam at Gibson Showroom. Once a month, national nonprofit MusiCares teams with SIMS, a local foundation dedicated to mental health for musicians, to present this open jam at...
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Weekend music picks: Tigres and RAS Day and Lyle, oh my!
FRIDAY Pachanga presents Los Tigres del Norte at ACL Live. With a noted career that has spanned more than four decades, Los Tigres Del Norte continue to break barriers with their masterful...
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This week’s music picks: Ben Harper does ACL, Krewella takes the Parish and more
MONDAY Blue Monday at Kenny Dorham’s Backyard. Helmed by Harold McMillan, every Monday, the Eastside Blues Syndicate brings together some of Austin’s elder statesmen of jazz and blues and young guns...
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This week’s music picks: ABGB anniversary, Music Video Fest kickoff and more
MONDAY ABGB’s Third Anniversary Party. Labor Day 2013 heralded the arrival of the coolest new South Austin hangout in years when Austin Beer Garden Brewing — ABGB for short — opened its doors to serve...
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Weekend music picks: The Mohawk turns 10; East Austin celebrates blues roots
FRIDAY Mohawk 10-year anniversary with the Get Up Kids. Before James Moody and crew took over, the venue at the corner of 10th and Red River streets was home to a series of ill-fated clubs with...
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This week’s music picks: HAAM Benefit Day brings music all across Austin
MONDAY Pitchfork Radio kickoff at Barracuda. You’re probably familiar with Pitchfork the online music review site, and perhaps Pitchfork the festival, which takes place annually in Chicago. Now there’s...
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Weekend picks: Celebrate Diez y Seis with Peligrosa, Bidi Bidi Banda
Friday: Diez Y Seis parties at Empire and 3Ten. Looking to celebrate Mexican Independence Day with sounds from Austin’s rich Latino music scene? Party rocking DJ collective Peligrosa hosts a...
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This week’s music picks: Erwin Center gonna let Kanye finish, and more
Monday: Peter Yarrow at One World Theatre. Yarrow’s major legacy in American music are the songs he recorded with 1960s folk-boom trio Peter, Paul & Mary. Regionally speaking, though, the New...
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Weekend picks: Alabama Shakes, Rhiannon Giddens, James Blake and more
Friday: Alabama Shakes at Austin360 Amphitheater. Brittany Howard is one of the most fascinating lead singers in rock music today, largely because of her stunning range. One moment she’s belting out...
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This week’s music picks: Wine Down winds down, plus Monkees and more
OUR TOP PICK Wednesday: The Wine Down with the Greyhounds at 3Ten. Summer must really be ending when the Wine Down winds down. One of the best seasonal series in town is this KUTX-sponsored after-work...
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Weekend picks: SURVIVE ACL Weekend with Austin’s new electro-sensation
Not festing? Here are a few music options that are not Austin City Limits Festival. Friday: Survive at Barracuda. The Austin electro band was suddenly in the national spotlight this summer for their...
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This week’s music picks: Eric Johnson at Waterloo, ACL Fest late shows and more
Monday: Eric Johnson at Waterloo Records. Long considered by many to be Austin’s premier electric guitarist — even in the 1980s when he and Stevie Ray Vaughan were the city’s twin-engine burners of...
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Weekend music picks: Beyond Zilker, beware Slayer
If you’re not going to Weekend Two of the Austin City Limits Music Festival, a handful of festival-aligned shows in the clubs offer one more way to get in on the action. In the meantime, plenty of...
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This week’s music picks: A Big Head, some Bunnymen, an Elvis and more
Tuesday: Big Head Blues Club at the Belmont. Though long-running Colorado trio Big Head Todd & the Monsters made their mark more in alt-pop and jam-band circles, they have some pretty deep roots...
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