Denver-based rock trio Pink Fuzz is bringing its heavy riffage to town. Credit: Courtesy Photo / Pink Fuzz

Summer is a great time to travel and enjoy the outdoors, but if you don’t have either on the agenda this week, looks like a music-filled staycation may be in order. Let’s take a look.

Wednesday, Aug. 7

Chris Travis

Memphis-based rapper Chris Travis has released dozens of mixtapes and Soundcloud tracks — an impressive output that explains his slow-burn success. Even for those unfamiliar with hip-hop, this DIY approach should resound, because the dude gets out and hustles. Travis is best experienced live, replete with body-shaking bass and clouds of illicit smoke wafting from the crowd. He’s in town promoting his latest mixtape, Turnt Not Burnt. The show’s already sold out, but with a little luck and some extra cash, tickets may still be found online. Sold out, 8 p.m., Paper Tiger, 2410 N. St. Mary’s St., papertigersatx.com. — Bill Baird

Friday, Aug. 8

Regina Spektor

Moscow-born, New York-based singer, songwriter and pianist Regina Spektor’s off-kilter style has been propelled into hearts and minds via pop culture. Her 2006 single “Fidelity” was featured in the early seasons of Grey’s Anatomy, while her collaboration with Ben Folds on “Dear Theodosia” for the Hamilton Mixtape is a treasure. She also penned and performed theme song “You’ve Got Time” for Orange Is The New Black. TV connections or no, Spektor continues to blow audiences away with a style unique to herself. $56.50-$125.50, 8 p.m., Tobin Center for the Performing Arts, 100 Auditorium Circle, (210) 223-8624, tobincenter.org. — Danny Cervantes

Glowing Brain, Smokey Mirror, Normans

Bay-area band Glowing Brain is bringing its motörpunk D-beats to the faded fuzz freaks of the Alamo City, bridging metal and punk with a ferocity that will make you crush a beer can against your skull, or maybe someone else’s. The lineup is rounded out by two other purveyors of powerful riffage — SoCal noisepunk band Normans and anti-imperialist Dallas psych-rock band Smokey Mirror, who last played San Antonio in May as an opener for Pentagram. Smokey Mirror represents one of the most impressive psych-rock acts to come out of modern-day Texas thanks to complex time signatures and proggy interludes between satisfying boogie breakdowns. This show is not to be missed. $17.83, 8 p.m., Paper Tiger, 2410 N. St. Mary’s St., papertigersatx.com. — Stephanie Koithan

Saturday, Aug. 9

AJJ, Pacing

AJJ play folk-punk, which essentially means exactly what you think it means. No, not punk music for your grandma, but an evolved punk that packs big attitude into a small sound made with acoustic guitar. There’s an emo element to the vocal delivery plus an angry edge, and the musicianship is good enough for this whole thing to transcend its tag. AJJ used to be known as Andrew Jackson Jihad, a name showing the act isn’t afraid to provoke. $29, 8 p.m., Paper Tiger, 2410 N. St. Mary’s St., papertigersatx.com. — BB

Pink Fuzz, The Wizard, Drugula

Denver’s Pink Fuzz, a trio led by a brother and sister, is bringing its scuzzy psych-rock to San Antonio with a swagger and an abundance of heavy riffage. Some of the band’s older material has vocal delivery which may remind folks of late Alice in Chains vocalist Layne Staley. Awesome locals The Wizard are charmingly nonchalant in their total ability to thrash. Drugula, meanwhile, has a fried late-’60s vibe. $18, 8 p.m., Paper Tiger, 2410 N. St. Mary’s St., papertigersatx.com. — BB

Lisa Lisa, Expose, Color Me Badd, Rob Base, Montell Jordan

Eighties hitmaker Lisa Lisa is bringing her Take Me Home 40th anniversary tour to the house Tim built for a night of R&B-tinged nostalgia. As one third of the group Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam, the singer is best known for hits including “Head to Toe” and “Lost In Emotion.” The bill also features Expose (“Point Of No Return”), Color Me Badd (“I Wanna Sex You Up”), Rob Base (“It Takes Two”) and Montell Jordan (“This Is How We Do It”) along with other radio stars of the era. $58.15-$95.50, 8 p.m., Frost Bank Center, One Frost Bank Center Drive, (210) 444-5140, frostbankcenter.com. — DC

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This article appears in Jul 23 – Aug 6, 2025.