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Weekend Picks
Friday: Greg Ginn and the Texas Corrugators at Emo’s Lounge. Newly minted Texan Greg Ginn, the man whose frantic, jagged guitar gave the world Black Flag, gets his twang on. Seriously. With Jambang and Attic Ted. -Joe Gross
Friday: Clinic at Emo’s. If you’re not current on your indie rock vaccinations, then you should probably consult the Liverpool-based four-piece Clinic for a stout shot of hypnotic rhythms and melodies. - Shannon McGarvey
Friday: Grimy Styles at The Parish. This Austin band takes the idea of ‘dub music’ to be not a genre but a theory. Sure there’s reggae, but there’s also funk, jazz, tangos, waltzes, and as some would have it, polkas. That last one seems a bit of a stretch, but theories are made to be tested. - Joe Gross
Friday-Saturday: Zell Miller’s Hip-Hop Theatre Explosion at The Vortex. Zell Miller II returns with his multi-platformed theatrical event that uses performances from rappers, musicians, spoken word poets and dancers in an attempt to elevate the hip-hop genre from its all-too-often submersion in misogyny and ‘wack’ content. - Matthew Odam
Saturday: The Kills at The Parish. Alison Mosshart and British guitarist Jamie Hince deliver oddball, bluesy synth-rock full of cranky drum machines and bad mojo. - J.J.
Saturday: Black and White Years at Emo’s Lounge. Indie rockers who made a big splash in France at the MIDEM conference return home to play for the local crowd. - M.O.
Sunday: Third World at Flamingo Cantina. Still going strong after more than three decades and multiple lineup changes. - M.O.
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