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A hip-hop birthday celebration for Unique, with Long Beach rapper Glasses Malone (known for collaborations with Lil Wayne and The Game) coming in as the special guest. The Rythm Room lives mostly in blues and soul territory, so this is a departure for the room, but the PA handles low end and the floor opens...
Mr. AfterHours Presents brings DJ Jenna Shaw to Effex for a late-night set that runs from 10 p.m. Saturday well into Sunday morning. Effex has one of the better sound systems on this stretch of Central, and the 360° format means the booth is centered in the room, so there is no bad spot on...
Three days of live tattooing, artist showcases, ink contests, and music take over the Convention Center on Central, with Sunday July 12th being the closing night session. The Convention Center...
Snooper is a Nashville punk band with a reputation for high-speed, high-absurdity sets that hit harder than the recorded versions. Sister Bar's room is small enough that there's no bad spot, which matters when a band plays at this tempo. Tickets are listed on Eventbrite, but this is the kind of show that has walked...
Melvins have been making heavy music uncomfortable in the best possible way since 1983, and a room the size of Launchpad is exactly where that low-end punishment lands hardest. The ceiling is low, the PA is loud, and there is no polite distance between you and the stage. Grab tickets through Hold My Ticket before...
Cory Hanson is the frontman of Wand, the Los Angeles psych-rock outfit, but his solo work runs quieter and stranger, closer to late-night folk with a disquieting undertow. Sister Bar is a good room for this, small enough that his vocal control actually lands rather than getting swallowed. The show starts late, so plan accordingly.
Three local acts share the Launchpad stage in a stacked Tuesday-night bill anchored by Piñata Protest, the Albuquerque band that has built a serious regional following on cumbia-punk that hits harder live than on record. Launchpad keeps the stage close to the floor and the sound aimed right at you, so even if the room...
Struggle Jennings, the Nashville rapper who has built a cult following on outlaw hip-hop and hard-luck storytelling, brings that weight to Launchpad with The Kickback Counselors opening. This room runs loud and close, which suits the material, but get there before doors fill the floor because sightlines thin fast once the crowd locks in.
Brooklyn rapper Kota the Friend brings his lo-fi, self-produced sound to Sister Bar, one of the tighter indoor rooms on the corridor. His crowds tend to be genuinely invested rather than just out for a Friday, which changes the room feel considerably. Tickets are moving, so waiting on this one has a real cost.
Dale Watson has been keeping real honky-tonk alive since before it was fashionable to care about that, and a Launchpad show puts him in a room where the PA can actually handle a steel guitar at volume. Launchpad's long and narrow floor means almost every spot in the house is closer to the stage than...