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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 floor gives artists and spectators room to actually move, which matters more than you'd think when you're watching someone sit for a large piece. Admission...
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.
Monks from Drepung Loseling Monastery, one of the great Gelugpa institutions of Tibetan Buddhism, lead a Menla Choga Puja, a ritual healing ceremony dedicated to the Medicine Buddha. Chatter's room is small enough that the overtone chanting registers in your chest, not just your ears, which changes the experience considerably. This is sacred practice first,...
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...
Eight acts share a single bill here, running through a catalog that stretches from "Wild Thing" to "We Can Fly," and the format is brisk by design: each act gets a tight set rather than a full show. Kiva Auditorium seats around 2,300 and tends to fill from the floor up for nostalgia packages like...
Eight acts from the 1960s AM radio canon, including The Troggs, Gary Puckett, The Cowsills, and Ron Dante, cycle through their hits on a single bill built around nostalgia done at scale. Kiva seats 2,300 and the sightlines from the back third of the hall are genuinely good, but if you want to be close...