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This Friday: five metalcore bands, three readable names, two cursed sigils from a demon calligraphy class.

Why do metal bands want you to squint? We break it down on insta:

www.instagram.com/p/DJaBGNuNx9k/

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May 8, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Live music’s all over the place in Waco this week: art-pop at Texas Music Cafe, honky-tonk at the Riesel Fair, and two-steppin’ country to christen the Sul Ross Boot Scootin' Dance Club's new home.

Full rundown’s on Insta:
www.instagram.com/p/DJUG_j7tcO...

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May 7, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Terry Chambers—the drummer from XTC—is playing Texas Music Café in Waco on Friday night. Sounds unlikely. Makes perfect sense.

Here’s why.

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EXTC & The Listening Room of Misfit Toys
Terry Chambers—best known for keeping time in XTC, the cult new wave heroes of the late ’70s—brings EXTC, his project, to Texas Music Café.
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May 5, 2025 at 9:13 PM
The 5th Annual Pinewood Block Party is the kind of Waco gathering where the music settles in like something you forgot you needed.

Want to know more about this Saturday’s show with The Texas Gentlemen, Kelley Mickwee, and others? Here’s the rundown.

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5th Annual Pinewood Block Party: Joyful Sounds in Waco’s Uptown » Waco Insider
At the corner of Austin Avenue and 23rd Street, Pinewood’s coffee bar and public house face each other across a courtyard strung with lights and built around a single old…
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April 29, 2025 at 4:35 PM
A second line in East Waco. Conjunto accordion by the Brazos River. Country-soul in a coffeehouse courtyard.

Porch lights are on. Guitars are hot. Waco’s music scene is wide awake. Get your need-to-know:

www.instagram.com/p/DI_gLU_xgbS/

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April 29, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Just south of Waco, Papa Joe’s Texas Saloon doesn’t need a spotlight—it is the show. Cold beer, country soul, and a dance floor worn smooth by decades of two-steppin’ boots.

Get a taste of the roadhouse time couldn’t tame:

www.instagram.com/p/DI3n2I5xIgp/

✍️: @markroylong.bsky.social
April 25, 2025 at 1:31 PM
They don’t teach you what it feels like after. After the jail visits. After the interviews. After the families stop returning your calls.

Former true-crime TV producer turned podcaster & author Claire St. Amant takes the mic this Friday at Southern Roots Brewing in Waco.

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The Quiet Damage Killers Leave Behind » Waco Insider
“The smallest thing could send my heart racing. A bright yellow ribbon, peeking out from my son’s knapsack, put images of crime scene tape in my head. As I loaded…
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April 21, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Waco’s music scene is stacked this week. We picked five standout shows, dropped the times and venues, then added short takes with no fluff, no filler.

Full rundown + band photos on Insta:
www.instagram.com/p/DIttBH1xsn...

#wacosoundcheck #wacotx
April 21, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Tonight, country singer Tori Martin turns Waco’s Texas Music Café into a roadside chapel with a dance floor—and maybe even a place to testify. Praise be.

Full story at Waco Insider:
wacoinsider.com/2025/04/14/s...

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April 19, 2025 at 10:38 PM