Show Review: Thievery Corporation @ Stubb’s (06.28.2025)
On Saturday night in our fair city, the air hung thick like a sweaty veil of heat and incense. Writhing and swaying bodies passed the vibe check under the towering live oak canopies of Stubb’s Amphitheater. In a quick annual return to the Capital City following a stop at Emo’s in May 2024, this was once again the kind of performance where reality feels soft at the edges. The audience was ripe for a descent into Thievery Corporation’s kaleidoscopic world, and they delivered over the sinuous two-hour set that served as the final stop of this leg of tours until the fall. With a well-deserved break imminent, the touring group pulled no punches and left it all on stage. Read more
About 20 years ago I downloaded a copy of Say Anything‘s “…Is a Real Boy” from my university’s local file share server (sorry, Max). Wracked with guilt over the amount of times I played that album, I finally ponied up the cash for the album and a poster. While on summer break from college in 2007 my best friend and I hopped into her shitty 2001 hatchback, popped in the cd and made our way to Hard Rock Dallas in that sweltering heat to catch two of our favorite bands, Saves the Day and Say Anything. The show was electric and full of antics worthy of it’s own review, but I digress.
We have long been singing the praises of 
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I mentioned in the Interpol review how busy it was last week for Austin’s music audience. The tours are touring again.
It was a quality lineup that found balance at the headliner. Last Friday at 
The shows start coming and they don’t stop coming! Tomorrow night, we’ve got a great lineup once again gracing the stage at Stubb’s, and one that will make you come out early. Headlining the evening, we have