Live Music to See This Weekend

Prep for Independence Day with our map through this weekend’s musical mayhem. Our staff cuts through the static and gets to the good stuff.

FRIDAY

Antone’s 42nd Anniversary

Antone’s Nightclub
Friday 30 – Monday 3

When Antone’s opened in 1975 on Sixth Street, Louisiana zydeco sovereign Clifton Chenier christened the Home of the Blues with beats EDM could only dream about. His son C.J. Chenier re-creates that moment on Friday, followed Saturday by homegrown Strat slinger Ian Moore and Margaret Moser’s Robert Johnson exhibit. Gary Clark Jr. already sold out his Monday homecoming, but an entire month of revelry eases the blow. See “Playback” for more. – Raoul Hernandez

Duke Dumont

Vulcan Gas Company
Fri., June 30, 9pm

Few British DJs of the last decade have enjoyed the crossover success of Duke Dumont. His breezy R&B backboned by deep house kick drums first graced the charts in 2013 with “Need You (100%),” which now seems like a blip compared to 250 million YouTube plays for “Ocean Drive.” Expect majesty via Vulcan’s world-class Funktion-One sound system. – Dan Gentile

Gloria Trevi vs. Alejandra Guzmán

Frank Erwin Center
Fri., June 30, 7:30pm

Gloria Trevi and Alejandra Guzmán, the Mexican Madonna and queen of Mexican rock, respectively, pioneered a new act free of the traditional and timid mold placed on their predecessors in a conservative Mexican culture. Since the Eighties, the Monterrey-born Trevi, and Guzmán, a child actress born to Mexico City stars, school Hispanics the world over on unapologetically keeping true to yourself with rigorous vibratos. – Isabella Castro-Cota

SATURDAY

Doughbeezy

Flamingo Cantina
Sat., July 1, 8pm

Houston native and clever brag-swag rapper Doughbeezy (Tai Carr) runs the road in support of his most recent mixtape, last year’s punchline-heavy Reggie Bush & Kool-Aid 2. The slick-talking tour veteran, 31, remains known more for his role in a home invasion in 2015, but he’s re-emerged in full quotable glory. He recently highlighted Slim Thug’s celebratory “Welcome to Houston.” – Kahron Spearman

SUNDAY

Village People

Empire Control Room
Sun., July 2, 7pm

Outrageous lyricism, chart smashes, and iconic costumes from cowboys to cops caricatured the Village People’s stereotypes of American masculinity as they became the most ubiquitous queer disco band of the Eighties. While David Hodo and Glenn Hughes (deceased) departed the NYC sextet, Felipe Rose (the Native American) and Alexander Briley (the G.I.) still lead the band through “Macho Man,” “Y.M.C.A.,” and “In the Navy.” – Alejandra Ramirez