f you brave enough to get “peppered up” this past Sunday at the 31st annual Austin Chronicle Hot Sauce Festival held at the Far Out Lounge and Stage then you’re one of the lucky ones. Hundreds of adventurous souls came out to hear great, local music from Ley Line, Deezy Brown and Jake Lloyd, Geto Gala, Indoor Creature and Van Mary.
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After a decade of renovations, the Moody Amphitheater at Waterloo Park finally opened and hosted hometown hero Gary Clark Jr. for a pair of weekend shows this weekend (August 20-21).
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Empowerment Fest, sponsored by local label Dissent Records and benefiting Girls Rock Austin, the event promised a fine sampler of local music spanning multiple genres. As a music-loving feminist, how could I resist? So last Saturday I donned my Jackie Venson tank top, grabbed my eternally skeptical Gen Z daughter, and headed out to Far Out Lounge.
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Denver-based guitarist, Marcus Rezak returns to Austin this evening in support of his second EP, Truth in Sound at Empire Control Room and Garage with percussionist, Nikki Glaspie of Nth Power on drums, Chantil Dukart on keys and Tim Philpot on bass. EP features Russ Lawton, Ray Paczkowski, and the late Tony Markellis of Trey Anastasio Band and Kalyan Pathak on percussion and tabla. Rezak appears at Rancho Relaxo Saturday evening with his high-octane Grateful Dead cover band, Shred is Dead to celebrate Jerry Garcia’s birthday with the Rancho crew to complete the one-two, Austin punch. Tickets to tonight’s show can be purchased in advance here.
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Christian Bland (The Black Angels) returns to Native Hostel Saturday, July 31 this time with a full band, the Revelators to headline the final Vancerts Sunset Saturdays until the series resumes September 4. Moving Panoramas and Semihelix round out a stellar psych-rock / shoe-gaze bill. Bland opened the series with a rare, solo set in April.
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Friday evening three female-powered acts played inside the remodeled Hotel Vegas bar which has been rebuilt. The event was a fundraiser for The Lilith Fund, sponsored by Women That Rock, a music curation & discovery platform with a mission to spotlight & celebrate the best rising women in music. Appropriately, the group booked three female-led acts, Van Mary, Lola Tried and Little Mazarn.
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Today’s review is from Zack Teibloom, a local Austin writer we’ve been friends with for years. After an extended hiatus from live music coverage, Teibloom returns in a big way with a stellar review of Spoon’s underplay at Mohawk last night.
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Vancerts’ Sunset Saturdays series at Native Hostel will feature a drag show plus musical acts Caleb De Casper and Ladyfang this Saturday, July 3 from 6-10 p.m. The concert series by mobile production company, Vancerts is sponsored by Fistful of Bourbon
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Two weeks to the day Sweet Spirit members Sabrina Ellis and Andrew Cashen played Hotel Vegas’ famed backyard with A Giant Dog, the writing duo returned Saturday with Sweet Spirit to do it all over again, but with glam-rock style in spades
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This Saturday at Austin honky tonk, Sagebrush Croy and the Boys will perform with Soulman Sam, Danny B Harvey and The Tender Things to benefit SIMS Foundation. Music will kick off at 5 p.m. with Soulman Sam
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Austin hip-hop duo Tribe Mafia are set to headline an impressive Juneteenth bill for Sunset Saturdays by Vancerts and Fistful of Bourbon at Native Hostel this Saturday. The event begins at 6 p.m. (instead of 5 p.m.) inside Native so fans won’t wilt in the midst of hot, summer weather already upon us in Central Texas.
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