For last Sunday’s virtual Austin Chronicle Hot Sauce Festival, we wrangled filmed musical performances from local newcomers and favorites.

First up, indie cumbia quartet Como Las Movies:


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Next up, multimedia and genre-bending hip-hop artist Mike Melinoe performs very remotely:


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Nemegata brought traditional Colombian sounds and added some post-punk psychedelia for their Hot Sauce set:


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Go Fever lead Acey Monaro returned to Australia, but we got one last performance out of her and the band from the Coconut Club rooftop:


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This article appears in September 4 • 2020.

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James graduated from Columbia University in 2000 and moved to Austin a year later. Ever since, he has followed the arts and video game scene in ATX, editing and writing stories for the Chronicle along the way. Over his more than 20 years with the paper he has climbed the "corporate" ladder from lowly intern to managing editor.