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Jack Greenwood, Motenko (EP release), Geto Gala, SKATELAND
A talented gathering of just-to-the-left alt-R&B/pop artists comes together for Motenko’s latest EP release, with the breezy, soft soul in “Free Yourself” and “Screen Time” sure to be on the playlist. Jack Greenwood (Other Colors EP) offers catchy, playful tunes that end up in Capital One ad campaigns. Jake Lloyd and Deezie Brown’s Geto Gala project appears to be respawning, with their last offering coming in late 2022 with the excellent single “Champagne Wishes.” Dorian Williams II-led SKATELAND project offers pleasantly undiluted indie electropop that leans heavily into a specific suburban nostalgia. – Kahron SpearmanFri., Oct. 25, 8pm. $15 cover (21+). -
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La Santa Cecilia, The Tiarras, DJ Beats of Burden
Not to be confused with Costa Rica’s the Saint Cecilia, who recently played the first weekend of ACL Fest, this Los Angeles combo climbed a far bigger stage. Traditionally instrumented quartet shaking out cumbias, bossa novas, and boleros, indie missionaries La Santa Cecilia garnered a Grammy a decade ago now behind the timeless Spanish of singer Marisol Hernandez. On last year’s top shelf Cuatro Copas Bohemia en la Finca Altozano, the band holes up at a cantina for an intimate drink with, among others, this month’s Long Center ranchera pop Aida Cuevas, who guests on the intoxicating title track. Two nights, muchos tragos. – Raoul HernandezFri., Oct. 25, 8:30pm -
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Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back w/ live score from Austin Symphony Orchestra
Okay, here are the three reasons you GOTTA attend this screening: 1) All bias aside, we must acknowledge that The Empire Strikes Back is the best Star Wars movie. Few other entries in this now-bloated franchise match the second entry’s visual style or unstoppable action – like, come see me when the Disney Death Star makes anything half as cool-looking as Cloud City. 2) So this screening, right, has costumed characters galore for you to take a pic with – which you can do while holding a Jedi Mind Trick cocktail, purchased from a Long Center “cantina.” Oh and duh: 3) The freaking Austin Symphony Orchestra – you know, the one conducted by local legend Peter Bay – is doing the John Williams score LIVE. Like right in front of your face, directly in your ears, the booming glory of “The Imperial March” fills the room. You’d have to be smokin’ death-sticks to miss this one, pal. – James ScottFri., Oct. 25, 7:30pm -
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Jon Lundbom & Big Five Chord (10:00, 8:00)
After a few years concentrating on bluegrass with Wayside Bluegrass and the Central Texas Bluegrass Association, Jon Lundbom picks his electric guitar back up to celebrate both his birth and the 20th anniversary of his band Big Five Chord. The Chicago-born, Austin-based eclectician is a master at stretching the boundaries of jazz, both avant-garde and not – check out the Chord’s most recent album, 2019’s Harder On the Outside to corroborate – and his distinctive take on improvisational harmonic structure has been sorely missed. The band includes saxophone greats Jon Irabagon and Bryan “Balto!” Murray, bassist Moppa Elliott, and drummer Dan Monaghan. – Michael TolandFri., Oct. 25 -
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KUTX & Mueller Rock the Park w/ Superfónicos, Karate Dance Party
Between weekends of ACL Fest, Superfónicos laid down an outdoor set on South Congress every bit as revelatory as a Tito’s tent takedown in Zilker Park. Colombian funk septet, the local rhythm train packed Guero’s outside stage to the tune of Renaceré, July’s full-length bow fusing South America to South Austin. “We realized we really needed to go from simmer to rolling boil,” emailed bandleader Nicolas Sanchez Castro this summer. Easily a top 10 homegrown LP of 2024, Renaceré ripples liberating Afro-beats and dreamy cumbias at Mueller Lake Park’s winning outdoor amphitheater for KUTX’s essential free, all ages concert series, 6:30-8pm. – Raoul HernandezFri., Oct. 25, 6:30pm. Free & open to public. -
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Leo Rondeau, Willi Carlisle (8:00)
Willi Carlisle preaches big tent Americana, his shows a call to an open-hearted communion that absorbs the weary struggles of life and exudes a wonder at its complicated richness. The closest incarnation of Woody Gurthrie working today, the Arkansas troubadour delivers talking folk blue and sincere ballads that can strike simultaneously hilarious and harrowing. His third album, this year’s Darrell Scott-produced Critterland, reels in hard-time tales and outsider narratives as he seeks to forge a connection with the world with a deliberate hopefulness. Leo Rondeau returns to Austin to close the night and make sure the dancefloor gets a workout. – Doug FreemanFri., Oct. 25 -
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Kirk Smith (album release), Marnie Castor (DJ set)
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Suzanna Choffel
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