After years of licking our spicy fingers with abandon under the blaring Fiesta Gardens sun, the 30-year-old tradition of the Austin Chronicle Hot Sauce Festival pivots to luxuriate at South Congress’ spacious, shady Far Out Lounge. With a go-to locale for pandemic-era outdoor listening to pack sauce samples from 15 commercial bottlers and other spicy fare, the Chronicle music team thought long and hard on the ideal alt-weekly-beloved, “who have I missed hearing live?” acts for the afternoon party. A lineup of Ley Line [7:30pm], Geto Gala [6pm], Indoor Creature [5pm], and Van Mary [4pm], with a DJ set by dub maestro McPullish [3pm], results. Ley Line, local acoustic quartet, moved through languages and musical geographies in serendipitous harmony on sophomore We Saw Blue. Geto Gala united two Central Texas standouts – Bastrop rapper/singer Deezie Brown and alternative R&B local Jake Lloyd – for a nostalgic, Southern-centric February EP. Indoor Creature, local indie-pop sextet, were seen last month leading a buzzing Mohawk with jazz-influenced cuts off aquatic May LP Living in Darkness. Van Mary, emotive indie rock project of singer-songwriter Emily Whetstone, throws fuzzy, lovesick manifestos to hit you right in the gut.
Sun., Sept. 12, 3pm. $15 at the door.