Thursday, March 3
Antique Sunlight
The southwestern desert trippers – Lou Reed does Townes Van Zandt– get in a couple of shows before their tour out West. With False Hemlock, Wild Fitz and Maoyenrai. $5, 8pm, Imagine Books and Records, 8373 Culebra Road, (210) 236-7668
Thursday, March 3
Catherine Denise with Katy G and The Girls
Our very own Catherine Denise and Kansas City’s Katy Guillen have been playing the blues alongside notable namesakes for years now. $10-$40, 8pm, Sam’s Burger Joint, 330 E. Grayson St., (210) 223-2830
Thursday, March 3
Vocalosity: Aca-Perfect Tour
Created by Deke Sharon, the “mastermind” behind Pitch Perfect, Vocalosity proves beyond the cheesy name (nice try with the “aca-perfect” pun) there’s some seriously talented pipes. $25 – $45, 7:30pm, Tobin Center for the Performing Arts, 100 Auditorium Cir., (210) 223-8624
Friday, March 4
Brahms’ Piano Concerto No. 1
Music Director Sebastian Lang-Lessing collaborates with veteran titan of the piano, Peter Serkin, playing Brahms’s towering and notoriously challenging Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor. $20 – $96, 8pm, Tobin Center for the Performing Arts, 100 Auditorium Cir., (210) 223-8624
Friday, March 4
Experience Hendrix Tour 2016
Formidable axe-wielders Billy Cox, Zakk Wylde, Buddy Guy, Kenny Wayne Shepherd and more team up to honor the left-handed space case with the pyromaniacal tendencies. $49.50-$99.50, 8pm, The Majestic Theatre, 224 E. Houston St., (210) 226-5700
Friday, March 4
Ten Year Anniversary with Sweet Sensations
Arise, oh pale ones, emerge from the shadows, fill your goblets and celebrate a decade of one of SA’s finest post-punk, goth clubs. $12, 9pm, Industry Nightclub, 8021 Pinebrook Drive, (210) 374-2765
Saturday, March 5
Lost Records’ Get Lost Vol. 1 Release
Lost Records, a local label founded by Jason Valdez that’s devoted to SoTex ska, punk and rock ‘n’ roll, is throwing a release party for their 2016 Compilation Get Lost: Volume 1. The sampler features bangers from their label family: The Lost Project, Young Costello, Kill Liberal and Harvey McLaughlin & the BottomFeeders, all based in Austin and SA. $5, 9pm, The Phantom Room, 2106 N. St. Mary’s St.
Saturday, March 5
Mickey Avalon and Dirt Nasty
The fascinatingly tacky rapper, whose cocksure swagger is matched only by his coy androgyny, is set to have the whole Hill Country doing the “Jane Fonda.” With Fyer and Crichy Crich. $30, 2pm, Josabi’s, 17200 TX-16, (210) 372-9100
Saturday, March 5
Southtown Vinyl Grand Opening
The newest record shop in town will be hosting their grand opening with D.T. Buffkin (our music editor’s band), punks No Time For the Old In and Out, queer bassmaster Pink Leche and DJs Donnie Dee, Chacho, Adam Madrigal and Mighty Monkz. Free with RSVP, 2pm, Southtown Vinyl, 1010 S. Flores St., (210) 231-0512
Sunday, March 6
Judy Watters Cancer Care Benefit Concert
Ruben V, Jimmy Spacek, Claude Butch Morgan, Laura Marie, Jim Beal & Miss Neesie and too many other talents to list gather together in a benefit to support another victim of the disease that just this year claimed Lemmy Kilmister, David Bowie and Jim Ed Brown. $10, 2pm, Sam’s Burger Joint, 330 E. Grayson St., (210) 223-2830
This article appears in Mar 2-8, 2016.