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Levi Dean & The Mesa Rats bring their dusty, Central Avenue-adjacent sound to one of the corridor's better small-room stages. Thirsty Eye keeps the volume at a level where you can still talk to the person next to you, which either sounds like a selling point or a dealbreaker depending on who you are. Admission...
Los Tigres del Norte, the Sinaloa-born norteño institution that has been recording since 1968, bring their corridos and narcocorridos canon to the Kiva Auditorium. The Kiva seats around 2,300 and has a proper sightline from nearly every seat in the house, so there is no real bad spot in this room. Tickets through Ticketmaster means...
A seated flamenco dinner show in the Hotel Albuquerque ballroom, where the combination of live cante, guitar, and footwork gets performed close enough to feel the floor vibrate under the dancers. The room has genuine atmosphere for this kind of thing, which is not a given in Albuquerque, and the proximity to the stage makes...
A seated tablao-style flamenco show in one of the older hotel ballrooms on the corridor, with live guitar, cante, and baile performed close enough to the audience that you will feel the footwork in your chest. The specific performers haven't been announced yet, which is worth knowing before you buy, though the format itself is...
Marble's downtown taproom is hosting Love + Happiness, a soul and R&B-leaning night that the title alone tells you something about the intended mood. The brewery floor opens up nicely for this kind of event, but the bar stays busy, so arriving early gets you a better position before the room fills. A ticket link...
Three Deuce Luce brings their set to Insideout's outdoor garden space for a late-summer party on Central. Insideout's courtyard punches above its square footage, so arrive with time to settle in before the music takes hold. Tickets are through Hold My Ticket, so sort that out in advance rather than gambling on the door.
San Diego's The Frights are marking a decade of their debut album with a full tour stop at the Sunshine, one of the few rooms on Central that can actually...
Cola, the Toronto post-punk outfit that rose from the wreckage of Ought, brings their tightly coiled, conversational guitar work to Sister with Artificial Go opening. Sister runs small and close,...
Cambridge psych-doom outfit Uncle Acid & The Deadbeats headlines the Sunshine Theater with Italian doom trio Messa opening, a double bill that earns its weight in riffs. The Sunshine's standing...
San Francisco's Hot Flash Heat Wave brings their hazy, sun-warped indie pop to Launchpad, with local and regional support from Small Crush and High rounding out the bill. Launchpad's sound...