This kind of swirling, melodic Euro jazz has its own distinctive flavor, and the spiritual confines of St. David's Bethell Hall One of the venerable ECM imprint's star acts, Zurich pianist Nik Bartsch strips his group Ronin down to a duo with bass clarinetist Sha for this rare stateside appearance. Last year's Dirty Fingernails hit the high-water mark, but smart money says this creek keeps rising. With five prolific musicians walking the same crooked groove, the Austin band bangs out crate-digger delights dipped in spastic, Double Nickels on the Dime-style ambition.
– Michael Toland THE GOLDEN BOYSĩpm, Soho Lounge Articulating the grandeur of the Golden Boys' soulful, slop-rock charm remains a chore best left to drunks and fools. Austin's own Modern Outsider label released the band's latest LP, Langsome Dans. Tours with Smashing Pumpkins, BRMC, and the Horrors pale in comparison to a 2006 UK concert in the nude. – Tim Stegall GLISSĩpm, Maggie Mae's Eighties synth pop meets fuzzy garage shoegazer rock in an American trio fronted by sultry Danish expatriate Victoria Cecilia. They have James Williamson, the man who inadvertently taught Steve Jones guitar, back in the fold. – Melanie Haupt IGGY & THE STOOGESĨ:30pm, Mohawk Forget your other plans! This day, this hour, you will be here, seeing the band that invented punk rock and featuring rock & roll's most death-defying frontman preview its 40-years-overdue Raw Power follow-up, Ready to Die. The group's debut, Isles (Columbia), delivers what it promises: progressive, intelligent island music with a white hipster ethos. – Dan Oko WILD BELLEĨpm, Haven In "Keep You," singer Natalie Bergman questions why her "little man" won't stay with her," enumerating among her charms "a pretty face and a nice dress." Meanwhile, the band, including Bergman's brother Elliot, defies the wintry climes of Chicago in favor of the sunny beaches of Jamaica. The acoustic miniset will doubtless draw from 2011's acclaimed An Appointment with Mr. David's Historic Sanctuary Though billed as a reading from Scott's new memoir, fanboys and girls won't suffer a fisherman's blues when the original Waterboy, with his impassioned Scottish brogue, takes the stage with UK fiddle legend Steve Wickham. Taking cues from early Santana, War, and the Meters, Brownout's 2012 release Oozy secretes stickier than Texas in July. Austin's ninepiece Latin funk orchestra remains a force of nature in its own right. 7:25pm, Austin Music Hall Fri., 12mid, Copa Gone are the days of Brownout being the musical stepchild of Grupo Fantasma.
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