Bingo Without Numbers, and Playing for Change
Our picks for the week include Deafheaven, Future, MxPx, and The Hawks of Holy Rosary.
Our picks for the week include Deafheaven, Future, MxPx, and The Hawks of Holy Rosary.
Friday: The New Orleans Bingo! Show, 10 p.m., One Eyed Jacks: The theatrical rock show/Bingo game returns, this time without Ronnie Numbers, who has wiped off the face paint for the foreseeable future while he works on other projects. (tickets) Also on Friday: Sasha Masakowski and Cliff Hines, Rooks and Ravens, Monocle, 9 p.m., Gasa Gasa (tickets); Brass Band Blowout feat. Treme Brass Band, Original Pinettes Brass Band, New Breed Brass Band, 10 p.m., Tipitina’s (free); BRASStravaganza feat. Most Wanted Brass Band, The Pinettes Brass Band, Free Agents Brass Band, and Legacy Brass Band, 10 p.m., The Howlin’ Wolf (tickets); Prom Date, Saint Bell, 11 p.m., Hi-Ho Lounge
Saturday: The Hawks of Holy Rosary, 10 p.m., Circle Bar: The San Antonio-based band has punk energy, looseness, and irreverence but sweetens its sound with surprising harmonies Also on Saturday: Caddywhompus, Zorch, Whom Do You Work For?, Two Knights, 9 p.m., Gasa Gasa (tickets); Chris Mulé and The Perpetrators, Rich Collins, 10 p.m., Tipitina’s (tickets); Helen Gillet, 9 p.m., Chickie Wah Wah; Moutin Factory, 8 & 10 p.m., Snug Harbor: Lost Bayou Ramblers, 11 p.m., d.b.a.
Sunday: MxPx, Allister, Stereohype, 8 p.m., One Eyed Jacks: The punk band has been at it for more than 20 years now. (tickets) Also on Sunday: Scott H. Biram, Austin Lucas, The Stacks, 10 p.m., Siberia (tickets)
Tuesday: Future, 8 p.m., House of Blues: Recently, The New York Times named Future "the voice of hip-hop today," and the millions checking out his videos are fine with that. (tickets)
Wednesday: Deafheaven, Pallbearer, Wreck & Reference, 8 p.m., One Eyed Jacks: The voice and intensity is metal, but the guitars are closer to shoegaze and post-rock, making Deafheaven screamy and dreamy at the same time. (tickets) Also on Wednesday: Tweak Bird, Sunrise:Sunset, Dummy Dumpster, 10 p.m., Siberia (tickets); WTIX Beatles Bash, 8 p.m., Rick ’n’ Bowl
Thursday: Playing for Change, 8 p.m., Tipitina’s: This collection of street singers from around the world is literally unified by music. (tickets) Also on Thursday: The Eastern Sea, Wild Moccasins, 9 p.m., Gasa Gasa (tickets)
Other Stuff:
Sunday, Circle Bar hosts a fundraiser for One World Family. The show starts at 4 p.m. and features music by Mike Dillon Band, Bottomfeeders, DJ Pompeii, Andrew Duhon, Blind Texas Marlin, Micah McKee & Little Maker, Loren Murrell and Sarah Quintana. There will also be food by local chefs.
