Ashley Bueno
Surrealist band Powdered Wig Machine fuses sketch comedy, drag and punk rock.
This week, San Antonio music followers can play it sonically protected or enterprise properly off the crushed path.
On the protected aspect — and that is not a slight, solely to say these bands play in acquainted musical territory — the Soiled River Jazz Band will carry out toe-tapping Dixieland and the Pink Clay Strays will combine nation, rock and soul. In the meantime, the zany artwork punks Powdered Wig Machine and “Western area grunge” purveyors Dexter and the Moon Rocks promise one thing significantly extra … um … on the market.
Let’s have a look.
Wednesday, June 26
Soiled River Jazz Band
Soiled River Jazz Band performs conventional jazz within the spirit of San Antonio legend Jim Cullum Jr. The group focuses on infectious Dixieland with nary a touch of the dissonant phrasing and freeform exploration that turns some listeners away from jazz. With the SA Botanical Backyard — one in every of SA’s most cherished nature areas — because the setting, attendees will take a Prohibition-style drink class. Appears excellent for a musical date night time. $48, 6:30 p.m., San Antonio Botanical Heart, 555 Funston Place, (210) 536-1400, sabot.org. — Invoice Baird
Thursday, June 27
Powdered Wig Machine, Hang-out MeSan Antonio-based artrock band Powdered Wig Machine is taking part in its final live performance of the summer time as a part of Texas Public Radio’s Summer season Night time Metropolis Sequence. That is your final probability to catch Patricia (guitarist-singer Brandon Pittman’s feminine alter ego with a wig filled with roaches) and her band earlier than they take day off to write down and report new music. PWM can be joined by SA post-punk and darkwave act Hang-out Me. Free, 5 p.m., Texas Public Radio Headquarters, 321. W. Commerce St., tpr.org. — Stephanie Koithan
Sound Cream Sundown Periods: Boyblk
Civic Park at Hemisfair is a wondrous reimagining of our shared downtown area, with springs to splash in, ample seating, shady bushes and an expansive garden. To assist activate this newly opened area, a sequence of night concert events has emerged, promoted by cell DJ unit Sound Cream, which has been throwing dance get together occasions for a number of years now. For this installment, home music DJ Boyblk will rev up the crowds with a artistic digital strategy. Dallas Journal even acknowledged Boyblk as its 2023 DJ of the Yr. Free, 7:30 p.m., Civic Park at Hemisfair, 210 S. Alamo St., hemisfair.org. — BB
Friday, June 28
Pink Clay Strays
The Pink Clay Strays burst onto the scene in the previous few years with a country-rock sound delivered with a heaping serving to of soul. The Cell, Alabama quintet bought its begin as a canopy band trio in 2016 and began performing its personal songs after a lineup addition. The band’s momentum was damaged by the pandemic, however the single “Questioning Why” went viral on TikTok final yr. $34.50-$75.00, 8 p.m., Boeing Heart at Tech Port, 3331 Normal Hudnell Drive, (210) 600-3699, boeingcentertechport.com. — Danny Cervantes
Saturday, June 29
Dexter and the Moon Rocks
Followers of Abilene’s Dexter and the Moon Rocks have dubbed the group’s sound “Western area grunge,” which is actually applicable. A fusion of alt-rock and red-dirt nation, the band attracts from various influences together with Turnpike Troubadours and Arctic Monkeys. Dexter and the Moon Rocks additionally boast an aesthetic that leans into pulpy ’50s-era sci-fi. The group’s newest single, “Unhappy In Carolina,” is an upbeat ditty that may get toes tapping. $25-$85, 8 p.m., Secure Corridor, 307 Pearl Parkway, stablehall.com. — DC
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