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Interviewing Matt Pike once, this Willie Nelson adherent since 1975 singled out the term “stoner rock” for gnashing derision. “I agree with you 100%,” he replied in a semi-rant. High on Fire isn’t among the three-dozen-plus doom tokers over two days on the Far Out Lounge back 40, but here the one-hitter heavies rule. Friday: Madison, Wisconsin, inhalers Bongzilla, Polish water pipers Belzebong, local lords Tia Carrera, and all-star aggregate Legions of Doom (the Skull, Trouble, Saint Vitus) headline. Saturday: 30-year-old Swedish genre kings Dozer host fellow countrymen Truckfighters, plus Gallic heavy psych act Mars Red Sky and desert OGs Fatso Jetson. Pass the dutchie. – Raoul Hernandez

Nearly 10 years after the rapper first emerged on the scene, Abhi the Nomad is taking his final bow. His show at the Parish will be his last in Austin before taking an indefinite hiatus from music. At 31, Abhi Sridharan Vaidehi – the man behind the sobriquet – is exiting a music industry he believes has been rocked by streaming services and TikTok attention spans. Vaidehi has made vital contributions to a blossoming Austin hip-hop scene. Catch the Nomad who found a home here before he heads out on tour one last time. – Abby Johnston

Interviewing Matt Pike once, this Willie Nelson adherent since 1975 singled out the term “stoner rock” for gnashing derision. “I agree with you 100%,” he replied in a semi-rant. High on Fire isn’t among the three-dozen-plus doom tokers over two days on the Far Out Lounge back 40, but here the one-hitter heavies rule. Friday: Madison, Wisconsin, inhalers Bongzilla, Polish water pipers Belzebong, local lords Tia Carrera, and all-star aggregate Legions of Doom (the Skull, Trouble, Saint Vitus) headline. Saturday: 30-year-old Swedish genre kings Dozer host fellow countrymen Truckfighters, plus Gallic heavy psych act Mars Red Sky and desert OGs Fatso Jetson. Pass the dutchie. – Raoul Hernandez

Back for its second year, Austin Women in Jazz have upped the ante. Grammy-nominated Maysa showcases her 30-plus-year career with the signature voice fans of jazz-soul legends Incognito are known for. On night one, violinist Chelsey Green, along with her Green Project, have helped reconceptualize the popular understanding of violin and viola. Christie Dashiell has already begun to make an impact on the scene, having performed at the White House and the Kennedy Center. Of course, no celebration of jazz elite would be complete without the legendary Pamela Hart. WIJ promises “an evening of undeniable talent with jazzy and soulful melodies that will leave you spellbound.” – Cy White

When ATLien André Benjamin dropped New Blue Sun last year, the hip-hop masses were a bit confused. Three Stacks seemed to have hung up the mic for good, releasing an entire album of ambient music featuring ridiculously long titles like “The Slang Word P(*)ssy Rolls Off the Tongue with Far Better Ease Than the Proper Word Vagina. Do You Agree?” Rap fans were treated to an unexpected turn of experimentation: a melodic instrumental LP leaning heavier into the legendary musician’s emotional depth. With stage, mood lighting, and captive audience, it will certainly be an experience. Stones Throw Records violinist Sudan Archives joins. – Cy White

Back for its second year, Austin Women in Jazz have upped the ante. Grammy-nominated Maysa showcases her 30-plus-year career with the signature voice fans of jazz-soul legends Incognito are known for. On night one, violinist Chelsey Green, along with her Green Project, have helped reconceptualize the popular understanding of violin and viola. Christie Dashiell has already begun to make an impact on the scene, having performed at the White House and the Kennedy Center. Of course, no celebration of jazz elite would be complete without the legendary Pamela Hart. WIJ promises “an evening of undeniable talent with jazzy and soulful melodies that will leave you spellbound.” – Cy White

One of the great visionaries of jazz, bassist/composer/bandleader William Parker has had a hand in hundreds of shows and recordings, from free jazz and soundtracks to orchestral music and poetry. At 72, the New Yorker is as adventurous and eclectic now as he’s ever been, gracing this rare Texas date with the power trio behind his 2021 masterpiece Mayan Space Station. Avant-garde drum vet Gerald Cleaver and maverick young guitarist Ava Mendoza help Parker whip up a storm of gnarly harmonies and noisy swing – fusion as only Parker would conceive it. Don’t miss it. Presented by Epistrophy Arts. – Michael Toland

This isn’t a normal Cat Power show. Rather than play songs from her own catalog, a treasure trove of haunting guitar lines and Chan Marshall’s inimitably textured vocals, the indie rock veteran – known for her transformative cover songs as much as her originals – takes her 2023 live album, Cat Power Sings Dylan: The 1966 Royal Albert Hall Concert, back on the road. Re-creating one of the Pulitzer Prize-winning artist’s most famous concerts track by track, she runs through “She Belongs to Me,” “Like a Rolling Stone,” and other Dylan classics – with her own spin, of course. The alchemy of two of America’s best songwriters: a crucial concert, indeed. – Carys Anderson

Portland can kick a little honky-tonk, too, y’all. Mac Cornish comes down from the Northwest to keep the dance floor moving with her classic country sound from this year’s debut album, Never Made Much of a Lover, but it’s her slower ballads that truly stand out. The songwriter’s rich, low-ranging vocals can at times power like a more country-cut Erika Wennerstrom, especially on dusky turns like “Pescadero” or the slightly dark desert psych twangs of “Sylvia Anne.” Cornish takes the early slot at the Eastside honky-tonk while the Swindlers and the Shinglers roll on into the AM. – Doug Freeman

Don't miss the “Queen of Ranchera Music,” Aida Cuevas, presenting a mariachi spectacle celebrating Mexico’s bestselling artist, Juan Gabriel! Tickets can be purchasedhere.

Multihyphenate artist P!nk brings her powerful vocals and extravagant stage show to the Moody Center with special guests GROUPLOVE and KidCutUp.