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This week’s music picks: Bryan Ferry, Blink-182 and more
Daily: Rodeo Austin at Travis County Exposition Center. The SXSW circus has left town, but the rodeo is staying around for another week. Musical entertainers include Neal McCoy on Monday, Josh Turner...
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Weekend music picks: Margo Price, Jerry Jeff Walker, My Education
OUR TOP PICKS Friday: Margo Price, Colter Wall at Emo’s. A star of last year’s South by Southwest, Price didn’t play the official event this year, but she still turned up at Willie Nelson’s Luck...
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This week’s music picks: Psychedelic Furs, Shovels & Rope and more
Wednesday: Psychedelic Furs, Robyn Hitchcock at Emo’s. Don’t get us wrong: Singer Richard Butler’s archetypal 1980s new-wave band Psychedelic Furs is still well worth seeing, even though they haven’t...
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Weekend music picks: R&B crooners, street bands and ‘Azz Everywhere’
OUR TOP PICKS Friday-Saturday: Urban Music Fest at Auditorium Shores. Now in its 12th year, UMF has not abandoned its roots, programming soul legacy acts of the ‘60s and ‘70s. “The Beat Goes On” this...
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This week’s music picks: Open mics are back, and Southern Culture too
Kacy Crowley is reviving her open-mic shows on Mondays at Cactus Cafe. Contributed/Jorge Sanhueza-Lyon Monday: Open mic with Kacy Crowley at Cactus Cafe. Recovery from December’s sudden closure of busy...
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Weekend picks: Find your inner bliss at Euphoria Fest, honor Guy Clark or...
OUR TOP PICKS Lauren Klopfenstein (Caren West PR) Friday-Sunday: Euphoria Festival at Carson Creek Ranch. Bumping a few hip-hop artists up into headline spots this year, the dance music fest that’s...
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This week’s music picks: Cats! (Cashmere, that is), plus Shady Grove season...
Monday: Blue Monday with Gary Nicholson at Antone’s. If you’ve heard “He Won’t Ever Be Gone,” the beautiful song about Merle Haggard that closes Willie Nelson’s upcoming album, here’s a chance to...
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Weekend picks: Celebrate Spring with the laid-back vibes of Reggae Fest,...
OUR TOP PICKS Friday: Slack Capital 2 record release show at Barracuda.Nathan Lankford from Austin Town Hall and Big Bill’s Eric Braden are back with a second installment of their Austin garage...
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This week’s music picks: Miranda Lambert parties like it’s The 1975, and...
Monday: Graham Weber & the Buffalo Squeeze, Cory Reinisch & the Flying Chimichanga Brothers at the Blackheart. Over the weekend, the Blackheart celebrated its fifth anniversary with some of...
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Weekend picks: Peligrosa with Kiko Villamizar, Jimmy LaFave, Kawehi
OUR TOP PICKS Kiko Villamizar celebrates the release of his new album ‘Aguas Frias’ Friday. (RESHMA KIRPALANI / AMERICAN-STATESMAN) Friday: Peligrosa, Kiko Villamizar CD release party at Empire.For...
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This week’s music picks: Catch Dengue Fever, be here with Nao and more
Wednesday: Dengue Fever, Red Baraat, Hard Proof at Mohawk outdoor. This oddball bill of obscure musical mashups spotlights the wonderful richness of American multiculturalism. L.A.’s Dengue Fever...
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Weekend music picks: Free Mavericks show, Oddisee and a new dance party from...
OUR TOP PICKS Friday: Oddissee and Good Company at Empire. We need to talk about 32-year-old Sudanese-American rapper Oddissee in the same breath as Kendrick Lamar. Like his West Coast counterpart, the...
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This week’s music picks: Petty and Gary, Carrie and friends, Levitation...
Tuesday: Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, Gary Clark Jr. at Erwin Center. Outside of Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band, it’s hard to find a still-ticking act that’s more representative of...
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Weekend picks: It’s fest season! Pecan St., IHeartCountry and Jmblya
OUR TOP PICKS Saturday-Sunday: 40th annual Pecan Street Festival on East Sixth Street. For four decades, the downtown art bash has been transforming the Sixth Street Entertainment District into a...
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This week’s music picks: Bid farewell to Joe Pug, plus Mitski, Scott Miller,...
Wednesday: Scott Miller, Bonnie Whitmore at Cactus Cafe. As leader of Knoxville, Tenn., rootsy rock band the V-Roys in the 1990s, Scott Miller rose to prominence in alternative-country music. He...
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Weekend picks: Cupcakke’s gleefully obscene hip-hop, Local Natives and...
Friday-Sunday: Benefit for Charlie & Melodie Murphy at Giddy Ups. An longtime fixture amid the recently up-and-coming South Austin musical enclave, Giddy Ups hosts regular Wednesday shows with...
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This week’s music picks: Echoes of Sonic Youth, shades of Simpsons and more
Wednesday: Thurston Moore Group at Mohawk outdoor. Austinites lost a chance to catch the Sonic Youth co-founder’s current project when weather concerns shut down Levitation Fest at the last minute a...
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Weekend music picks: Hot Luck’s Show Snacks with a side of Catfish (and the...
OUR TOP PICKS A show by Shonen Knife is paired with Japanese eats at Barracuda Friday. Friday-Saturday: Hot Luck Fest at Barracuda and White Horse. If you prefer your club show with a side of upscale...
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Weekend picks: Peligrosa with Kiko Villamizar, Jimmy LaFave, Kawehi
OUR TOP PICKS Kiko Villamizar celebrates the release of his new album ‘Aguas Frias’ Friday. (RESHMA KIRPALANI / AMERICAN-STATESMAN) Friday: Peligrosa, Kiko Villamizar CD release party at Empire.For...
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Weekend music picks: Free Mavericks show, Oddisee and a new dance party from...
OUR TOP PICKS [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wiuqP51iDpQ&w=492&h=307] Friday: Oddissee and Good Company at Empire. We need to talk about 32-year-old Sudanese-American rapper Oddissee...
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