Live Music in San Antonio This Week: Eyehategod, Machine Head, Cheap Trick, Bardo

It may be tempting for San Antonio music fans to take this week off to rest up for Fiesta, but we’d certainly recommend against it. Read on and see why.

Wednesday, April 16

Lunar Vacation, Hannah Cole

There’s a dreamy bit of shoegaze in Atlanta-based indie-rock band Lunar Vacation. Perhaps it stems from lead singer Gep Reparsky’s vocals, which bear an endearing combination of sweetness and melancholy. With two studio albums and a burgeoning legion of followers, Lunar Vacation released a new single “ Lights Off” last month which further leans into the gauzy sound. $18, 8 p.m., Paper Tiger, 2410 N. St. Mary’s St., papertigersatx.com. — Danny Cervantes

Thursday, April 17

Eyehategod, Luicidal, Flesh Parade

New Orleans sludge-metal band Eyehategod is known for fusing Southern blues-rock influences with plodding rhythms, heavy riffs and desolate, misanthropic lyrics. The Big Easy export’s harsh sound may not go down easy, but that’s just why we like ’em. Luicidal includes Suicidal Tendencies members Louichi Mayorga and R.J. Herrera, who formed the project to chase the magic of their pioneering ’80s crossover thrash act. The group plays selections from Suicidal’s first three albums, to which Mayorga and Herrera contributed. NOLA-based opener Flesh Parade describes itself as “spicy blackened Cajun grind.” $22, 7 p.m., 2410 N. St. Mary’s St., papertigersatx.com. — Stephanie Koithan

Machine Head, In Flames, Lacuna Coil, Unearth

After starting three decades ago in California’s Bay Area, metal act Machine Head is soldiering on with vocalist Robb Flynn as its only original member. (San Antonio-raised drummer Dave McClain left in 2018.) Despite the lineup changes, the band remains a force thanks to its aggressive mix of thrash metal with groove metal and nu-metal elements. Its 11th studio album, Unatoned, is set to drop later this month. Meanwhile, Swedish co-headliner In Flames used its distinctive and intricate twin-guitar approach to help pioneer melodic death metal. Italian goth-metal act Lacuna Coil serves as an opener worth arriving early for. $75.50-$94.40, 6 p.m., Aztec Theatre, 104 N. St. Mary’s St., (210) 812-4355, theaztectheatre.com. — DC

Friday, April 18

Teen Mortgage, Babe Haven, The Pinky Rings

Garage punk two-piece Teen Mortgage delivers a big sound for a two-man band composed of guitarist-vocalist James Guile and drummer Ed Barkauskas. The two met in Washington, D.C., but Guile is originally from the UK. Together, the pair deliver punk prognostications on the absurdities of late-stage capitalism. Babe Haven, an aggressive queer collective from North Carolina, and The Pinky Rings, an all-woman punk band from Austin, round out the lineup. $18, 7 p.m., Paper Tiger, 2410 N. St. Mary’s St., papertigersatx.com. — SK

Saturday, April 19

George Clanton

LA-based artist George Clanton makes catchy pop music, genres be damned. Some call it electronica, others classify under the vague term “vaporwave.” Whatever the label, this is fun, catchy electronic pop with warbled, warped aesthetics and an aversion to cleanliness. Clanton creates a feeling of almost instant nostalgia for a time that may never have even existed. $28, 8 p.m., Paper Tiger, 2410 N. St. Mary’s St., papertigersatx.com. — Bill Baird

Sunday, April 20

Mac Sabbath, Guttermouth, Flummox

This Easter Sunday, we beseech you to honor the sacrosanct occasion of the Sabbath — Mac Sabbath that is. The McDonalds-themed parody band known for horrific and hilarious theatrics is celebrating its 10-year anniversary. As the name suggests, Black Sabbath is a huge influence for these fast-food freaks. The self-appointed founders of “drive-thru metal” even performed their song “Sweet Beef” for the Prince of Darkness himself on the teevee. The band is sharing Sunday’s lineup with some special guests, including Guttermouth and Flummox. $30, 7 p.m., Paper Tiger, 2410 N. St. Mary’s St., papertigersatx.com. — SK

Monday, April 21

Cheap Trick

Cheap Trick emerged from the late ’70s as the torchbearer of the power-pop movement, grabbing radio airplay and concert audiences most of their contemporaries could only have dreamed of. Decades on, the band is still bringing the heat and filling seats. Even if they’re now dealing with the inevitable old-man problems — one of the members had to sit out a 2021 tour while recovering from open-heart surgery. Like all great classic rock groups, see them now, while you still can — if only to sing along to “Surrender,” Fast Times at Ridgemont High style. $62 and up, 7 p.m., Majestic Theatre, 224 E. Houston St., (210) 226-3333, majesticempire.com. — BB

Rookie of the Year, Sierra Annie, HoneyBunny, Wayne Holtz

Billboard Top 100 band Rookie of the Year is playing Lonesome Rose on Monday, bringing an early-2000s vintage of pop emo-meets-acoustic indie-rock. The show represents a homecoming for guitarist Andrew Saenz, who hails from the Alamo City though the band originates in North Carolina. Rookie, touring in support of its new album WTF, is joined for the road dates by girlie pop-rock princess Sierra Annie. Local genre-defying party punks HoneyBunny are opening along with raconteur Wayne Holtz. $10, 8 p.m., The Lonesome Rose, 2114 N. St. Mary’s St., thelonesomerose.com.

Bardo, Chavela

Bardo — the solo project from Chicano Batman frontman Bardo Martinez — has a lot of similarities to his primary group, in that it’s funky as all get out, super groovy and has a vibe all its own. In testament to the strength of its music, Bardo’s new album is on LA’s influential Stones Throw Records, one of the best labels out there, period. SA’s own Chavela, an icon in the making, opens the show, which is going down at one of the city’s coolest, funkiest, under-the-radar dive bars. $20, 8 p.m., The Lighthouse Lounge, 1016 Cincinnati Ave., instagram.com/thelighthouselounge. — BB

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This article appears in Apr 2-15, 2025.