Thursday, November 12
Crizzly
The Boerne native has a pretty consistent plan of attack: find a track from the trap and crunk heroes of Memphis, Houston and Atlanta and send them though an EDM bootcamp. 9pm, Paper Tiger, 2410 N St Mary’s St., papertigersa.com
Thursday, November 12
Juan Gabriel
Madres y tias, rejoice! La Voz esta aqui! Juan Gabriel is one of the most successful singer-songwriters of all time. He can break your heart or drop your panties, often in the same song. $55.50- $206, 8pm, AT&T Center, 1 AT&T Center Parkway, (210) 444-5000
Friday, November 13
The Fall of Troy
Why is a badass sludge band like Kylesa opening for a whiney math rock band like TFOT? Why did Cliff Burton have to die? Why didn’t Ozzy stop after Randy Rhoads bit it? Some questions have no answers (that don’t involve $). With Kylesa, Powwers, Illustrations. $15, 7pm, Paper Tiger, 2410 N St Mary’s St., papertigersa.com
Friday, November 13
Junkie Cassette Release
SA weed-rockers Junkie borrow from Wavves, rhyming “daze,” “blaze, “craze” and “laze” as frequently as they evoke teenage boredom and catchy guitar riffs on their Bong Dazed EP. With the Two Lips, Teenage Sexx and More. $5, 9pm, Sound Crater Recording, 1908 Fredericksburg Rd, (210) 837-1850
Friday, November 13
King Pelican, Snowbyrd
If you love the Beach Boys but cant get past the actual singing, King Pelican’s instrumental beach-soaked jams will let you hang ten while chugging a piña colada (if The Mix has piña coladas). 11pm, The Mix, 2423 N St Mary’s St, (210) 735-1313
Friday, November 13
Pinko
With a history in heavy-minded SA bands Sohns and the Grasshopper Lies Heavy, Pinko navigates through their self-titled debut with a great, math-like dexterity. With Guppy, Slurve, Anybody But the Cops. Free, 10pm, Bottom Bracket Social Club, 1603 N Colorado St, (210) 267-9160
Saturday, November 14
Bombon x Peligrosa Record Release Party
Blending the rich history of Latin music with 808s, Bombon x Peligrosa is a compilation between the Houston and Austin DJ crews, eight years in the making.
$3, 8pm, Phantom Room, 2114 N Saint Marys St.
Saturday, November 14
SA Harsh Noise & Power Electronics Fest
Imagine what Armageddon will sound like – all twisting metal, cacophonous explosions, grinding alloy and inhuman screams of pain and despair. People will run through the streets tearing out their hair. Some will throw themselves from the greatest of heights, surrendering to the thunderous belches and roars, the soundtrack of Oblivion, provided by “bands” with names like Swallowing Bile, Rape-X, Garbage Mask, Molestar, Aqua-Eroticum, Rancid Ejaculator and Pissthrone. !!!NOISE!!! This is working music. You work to enjoy it. You gotta give yourself to it. It sure as hell isn’t the Eagles and it ain’t even Sabbath; maybe if Tony Lommi had lost his whole hand and played with just a scabrous, sored and rotten pulpy nub, beating the strings of his guitar, tuned to drop-Z while Wild Bill took a shit on his snare drum looking for the brown note and Geezer and Ozzy drank piss to the point of poisoning, puked into a mic, looped it and played it backwards. Noise, mama, NOISE!!!!! $9, 4pm, Paper Tiger, 2410 N St Mary’s St.
Saturday, November 14
SA Indie RockFest
Some of Texas’ premier indie rock bands come together to indie rock. Featuring: Octahedron, Verisimilitude, Tera Ferna, Lowly Servants, Little Image. $5, 7:30pm, Limelight, 2718 N St Mary’s St, (210) 735-7775
Sunday, November 15
Shmu
Shoegaze is called such because it supposedly induces staring at your shoes. With Ultraviolet and Hypersleep. $5, 8:30pm, K23 Gallery, 702 Fredericksburg Rd, (210) 776-5635
This article appears in The Emoji Issue.