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    Plini, David Maxim Micic, Nick Johnson

    Virtuosic instro-fusion from Sydney.
    Sat., Aug. 26, 7pm 
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    Barracuda

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    Ruby Fray, Moonsicles, Cabin Man

    Olympia émigré Emily Beanblossom’s all-grrrl ATX witch folk.
    Sat., Aug. 26, 8pm
    Beerland

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    Dawn & Hawkes

    Local folk love from Miranda & Chris.
    Sat., Aug. 26, 8pm 
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    Cactus Cafe

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    Decapitated, Thy Art Is Murder, Fallujah, Ghost Bath, Death of a Dream

    If Angus Young lost his brother Malcolm to dementia after Back in Black, what would’ve become of AC/DC? Guitarist Wacław “Vogg” Kiełtyka and younger brother Witold “Vitek” Kiełtyka peaked the Poles’ technical death metal on Organic Hallucinosis in 2006, after which the latter drum prodigy died in a tour bus accident. Beginning on 2011 reboot Carnival Is Forever, Vogg recast old-school DM as universal extremity, and now follow-up Anticult transcends genre altogether in Decapitated’s finest LP and one of the best discs of 2017.
    Sat., Aug. 26, 6:30pm 
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    Come & Take It Live

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    KAZI 35th Birthday Jam w/ Cupid, Lil G (of Silk), Summer Wolfe, Ethan Kent, Anastasia, J-Kells, Blues Diamonds, Jinda Songbird Harris, Joe Leonard & the Southern Soul Band, Debbie Frazier-Smith, Moonlight Boulevard, & more

    88.7 on your dial, KAZI FM celebrates 35 years on-air with new and newly classic R&B and soul. Louisiana native Cupid (Bryson Bernard) of “Cupid Shuffle” fame and Gary “Lil G” Jenkins of R&B group Silk, best known for No. 1 hit “Freak Me,” lead the charge. Locals represent in R&B vocalist J. Kells and singer/MC Anastasia. Lafayette, La., siren Summer Wolfe and gospel singer/producer Ethan Kent shore up the bill.
    Sat., Aug. 26, 4pm 
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    Doris Miller Auditorium

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    Austin Pride Festival w/ Lisa Lisa, Betty Who, CupcakKe, Mykki Blanco, AB Soto, L'Trimm, Wendy Ho, Red Aunts, Cynthia Lee Fontaine, Yara Sofia, Jessica Wild, Trixie Mattel, Mariah Balenciaga, Sabrina Johnston, & more

    A behemoth lineup stars “Deepthroat” viral star Cupcakke, who brings spitfire lines in provocative Cum Cake and pop-leaning Queen Elizabitch. Splitting hip-hop conventions, Mykki Blanco brings Lil’ Kim and riot grrrl punk to 2016 debut Mykki. RuPaul’s Drag Race alum turns up Cynthia Lee Fontaine, who channels her humorous More Intimate Cucu Confessions. Others include suave AB Soto mixing mariachi, dance, and cha-cha, SoCal punk thrashers Red Aunts, and outrageous local Lady Grackle.
    Sat., Aug. 26, 11am
    Fiesta Gardens

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    A Giant Dog (record release), Harlem, Big Bill

    [Friday show added to the originally scheduled Saturday show due to Hurricane Harvey. Saturday's show may be canceled. Check Hotel Vegas' Facebook page for updates.] “Normally, we’re very storyteller-esque.” Andrew Cashen, the lank-haired guitarist and singer who, alongside dynamic frontwoman Sabrina Ellis, comprises the creative core behind both neo-New Wave local sensations Sweet Spirit and glam/punk heroes A Giant Dog, is warming to the subject of the songs on Toy, A Giant Dog’s second LP for Merge Records (see “Texas Platters,” p.56). “I have a problem with Katy Perry songs that are just ‘I/Me/My.’ Once you hear it, you can’t unhear it,” he chuckles. Toy’s second song, slacker anthem “Fake Plastic Trees,” blares in the first person, as does “Photograph” six songs later, possibly the least sexy song about sex, with its talk of wanting to smooch a one-night stand partner “when your teeth are brown.” When Cashen/Ellis employ a cliche, they subvert it. On AGD’s fourth long-player in nine years, they swapped longtime producer Mike McCarthy for Austin’s Stuart Sikes. “Stuart’s repertoire of bands [White Stripes, Reigning Sound, Modest Mouse] is pretty heavy,” offers Cashen. “He broke a lotta bands in the early 2000s. They had a couple of records come out, then they’d work with him and they’d shoot into stardom.” Cashen and Ellis continue redefining both their bands. Sweet Spirit’s recent St. Mojo, a Sikes co-production with Los Lobos’ Steve Berlin, absorbs more of A Giant Dog’s punk energy, while Toy folds in Sweet Spirit’s broad gestures. “A Giant Dog’s been a band since 2008,” asserts Cashen. “This is our fourth record. Sweet Spirit’s only done two. We’re still trying to figure out what Sweet Spirit is as a band. “But A Giant Dog has had time to germinate. You can’t write the same record over and over again. So we went into the studio with the idea of pushing what we sound like and still have our core values in there.”
    Sat., Aug. 26, 8pm
    Hotel Vegas

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    [RESCHEDULED TO SEPT. 2] Brazilian Space Program, Abinadi Meza & Mike Vernusky, R. Lee Dockery, Raquel Bell w/ Parham Daghighi

    This Church of the Friendly Ghost production stars horizon punchers BSP performing live accompaniment to David Lynch’s Eraserhead. Joined by guest drummer Tarik Aossey, their Rhodes piano-driven improvisation is girded by intuitive instrumental acumen. Abinadi Meza and Mike Vernusky cull vinyl curiosities, while R. Lee Dockery constructs ambient noisescapes rendering Gideon’s trumpet less foreboding than a kazoo. Synth chanteuse Raquel Bell performs early with multi-instrumentalist Parham Daghighi.
    Sat., Aug. 26, 7pm
    The Museum of Human Achievement
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