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    Austin Reggae Festival day one w/ the Expendables, Mykal Rose, Janeel Mills, Audic Empire (4:00)

    A generational gathering, a smokey springtime staple, and an annual blessing for the Central Texas Food Bank, Austin Reggae Fest returns after two pandemic scratches. On Friday, all walks of life will recognize the powerful voice of Mykal Rose (6:3opm) from Black Uhuru’s 1979 classic “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner.”
    Fri., April 22 
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    Auditorium Shores

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    Spirit Adrift, Duel, Blk Ops, Easy Prey [inside]

    Like a scene from Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Spirit Adrift commander Nathan Garrett and his spouse crash landed in Bastrop on March 1, 2020, after fleeing Arizona and the valley fever that claimed a canine soul mate. “Our first two years as Texans were surreal,” emailed Garrett last week. “Moving to a new area can be a strange transition even under normal circumstances, so add COVID to that equation and it’s been a bizarre and unprecedented experience. But we love it here. It’s been wonderful reconnecting with nature, the Southern hospitality, and kindness of the people down here, [plus] the endless amount of culture in and around Austin. “This area has everything I miss about growing up in the South and then some. It really does feel like home.” An intimate christening inside at Mohawk touches off the astral doom trio’s 25 dates in European backwaters including Glasgow, London, Paris, Oslo, Gothenburg, Eindhoven, and Berlin. Spirit Adrift‘s continental raid follows the 4/20 bulletin of summer splatter 20 Centuries Gone and teaser “Sorcerer’s Fate,” a harmonic thrasher drawing inspiration/obsession from 1977 nail-biter Sorcerer. As with the desperate truck drivers transporting nitroglycerin through a South American jungle in William Friedkin’s lysergic makeover of French indelible The Wages of Fear, the August disc handles another new original and half a dozen ensuing covers with the utmost care: Type O Negative, Pantera, Metallica, Thin Lizzy, Lynyrd Skynyrd, and ZZ Top. “I love Astro [Record Store],” divulges Garrett of Bastrop living. “It’s the only record store I’ve ever encountered that has a crucial purchase every single time I go in there. Last time, I picked up Black Mountain’s In the Future. I played that album constantly when it came out but never owned the vinyl. I also grabbed a couple Randy Travis records, the two really good ones. That man’s voice is nothing short of a cosmically anointed gift.” – Raoul Hernandez
    Fri., April 22, 8pm 
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    Mohawk
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