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Susan Foley and The Pistolas

Save the date! Sue Foley delivers her own brand of high energy, guitar driven Texas blues while premiering her new band, The Pistolas. Foley’s seasoned rhythm section responds to her every move as she sways, rocks, and digs in deep with equal parts ease and intensity. One night only, for Antone's 49th anniversary.

Wed. July 17, 8pm
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Antone's Nightclub

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La La Brooks, Al "Lil Fats" Jackson, Jivin' Gene

Put on a single by the Crystals and it feels like you’re hearing it from the transistor radio in a teenager’s bedroom circa 1962. The first “girl group” to work with madman producer Phil Spector, who’d soon perfect the genre, began recording innocently devoted anthems in ’61 but scored their greatest hits – “Then He Kissed Me” and “Da Doo Ron Ron” – after adding singer Dolores “LaLa” Brooks the next year. At 77, Brooks maintains timeless vocal magic, and her set lists are a history lesson on Sixties teen pop. Opening the Antone’s anniversary proceedings is jaw-dropping Fats Domino mimic Al “Lil Fats” Jackson and recently revived early swamp pop star Jivin’ Gene. – Kevin Curtin

Sat., July 6, 8pm
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Antone's Nightclub
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Money Chicha, Boogaloo, O2.0 [control room]

Last summer, taco-ing down on the Drag with Grupo Fantasma/Brownout/Money Chicha leader Beto Martinez, this Latinx marveled to the Laredo-bred guitarist at the sheer heat of that latter offshoot. Money Chicha’s cumbia-psych fuses root styles like they cooked them in the radiated earth pibil-style. Martinez laughed, saying they planned to play more. A SXSW 2024 showcase and slew of homegrown gigs continue. “High on Fire, Windhand, Idles, American Sharks,” he’d noted about his pandemic playlist, “but also the Meters and Funkadelic to Erkin Koray and Baris Manco, and of course heavy doses of chicha by Los Orientales, Los Destellos, and Manzanita.” – Raoul Hernandez

Sat., July 6, 8pm
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Empire Control Room & Garage
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South Austin Summer Fest benefiting Breast Cancer Resource Center w/ Big Bill, JunkBunny, Die Hard Habits, Ratchet Dolls, La Fermata!, Wild Heaven, Frogmouth, Space Cushion, Freebleeder, Dizzy Bangers, FM Rodeo, Wrevlonne, Cruel Summer TX, Digger of Dirt

Itching to headbang for a good cause? The first-ever South Austin Summer Fest touches down at Far Out Lounge this Saturday, benefiting Central Texas lifeline the Breast Cancer Resource Center. The two-stage, all-day shindig boasts 14 rock-focused bands, ranging from the Latin psychedelia of ¡La Fermata! to heavy metal hair-raisers the Ratchet Dolls. For a heady dose of Y2K nostalgia, catch trio JunkBunny, who stir the embers of earwormy 2000s pop-punk. Riding the high of evolutionary recent drop Strawberry Seed, Big Bill closes out the indoor stage with their tongue-in-cheek take on post-punk. – Genevieve Wood

Sat., July 6, noon
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The Far Out Lounge & Stage
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Altin Sencalar Quintet ft. Christian Wiggs (10:00, 8:00)

Rising through the ranks of first-call Austin players, trombonist Altin Sencalar has gone on to work with everyone from the Four Tops and Christian McBride to Big Sean to Michael Bublé. Both a teacher at Iona University in New Rochelle, N.Y., and an established touring artist with four albums under his belt, the brass master doesn’t get to play the town that nurtured his talent as often as we’d like, but he gets down here whenever he can. Backed by a trio of ATX badasses and featuring local big band singer/empresario Christian Wiggs, Sencalar swings hard and sweet. – Michael Toland

Sat., July 6
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Monks Jazz Club