Saturday night you'll either be wiped or hyped after the Fader Fort's secret headliner. It's the home stretch and remember, it's about the music, man. The complete listings after the jump. If you don't have time to scroll, here are the night's top five, most essential shows:
1. Rhymefest / Klub Krucial, 12:15 A.M.
For starters, I'm a big 'Fest fan; El Che is excellent (May 18). Yelawolf has lots of steam and performs earlier. Mainly, I'm curious to see Rhymefest share an audience with the young, inexperienced, line-crossing former prodigy, Charles Hamilton, whom he attacked last year. Rap beef rarely comes full circle.
2. Xzibit / Club DeVille, 11:00 P.M.
One for Los Angeles. A celebration. There's Xzibit the forgotten star, legendary producer DJ Quik, nasty dude Kurupt, and dreadlocked intellectual, Murs. Look elsewhere for buzz, but it won't be as digestable.
3. Don Glover / Esther's Follies, 11:11 P.M.
Glover is a former "30 Rock" writer turned semi-actor (2009's hilarious "Mystery Team," "Community")...turned rapper. His Childish Gambino mixtapes are interesting but generally bad (I mean his name is literally a joke pulled from a Wu-Tang name generator); he's slated to rap at SXSW at a comedy club alongside comedians. In other words, should be funny one way or the other.
4. Mickey Factz / Beauty Bar, 9:25 P.M.
Another 2007-2008 rising star without a proper album but a proven record for live throwdowns. Electro paradise/ douchebag chain The Beauty Bar will be his element, his scene, his moment. Some blipster poppin', v-neck t-shirt jumpin' authenticity.
5. Freeway & Jake One / Emo's Main Room, 12:00 A.M.
Essential show but by now, you should have seen Free and Jake at the Nahright party specifically to avoid having to deal with Emo's again.
Beauty Bar Backyard
(617 E 7th St) (21+) AM Only ♪ Body Language 8:00 p.m. Brooklyn NY Electronic Two Fresh 8:40 p.m. Asheville NC Electronic Mickey Factz 9:25 p.m. Bronx NY Hip-Hop/Rap
Carver Museum Boyd Vance Theater
(1165 Angelina St) (All Ages) ♪ The Warriors ATX 6:30 p.m. Austin TX Hip-Hop/Rap Gifted Da Flamethrowa 7:00 p.m. Houston TX Hip-Hop/Rap TRE9 7:30 p.m. Houston TX Hip-Hop/Rap ♪ Big AL 7:45 p.m. Monroe LA Hip-Hop/Rap Dre Murray 8:00 p.m. Tulsa OK Hip-Hop/Rap ♪ D-MAUB 8:15 p.m. Cincinnati OH Hip-Hop/Rap ♪ K-Drama 8:30 p.m. Cincinnati OH Hip-Hop/Rap FLAME 9:15 p.m. St Louis MO Hip-Hop/Rap Tedashii 9:45 p.m. Dallas TX Hip-Hop/Rap
Cedar Street Courtyard
(208 W 4th St) (21+) Rhapsody Rocks SXSW Free Energy 8:00 p.m. Philadelphia PA Rock Tobias Thomas 9:00 p.m. Cologne GERMANY Electronic ♪ Memory Tapes 10:00 p.m. medford lakes PA Electronic Yacht 11:00 p.m. Portland OR Hip-Hop/Rap Major Lazer 12:00 a.m. Philadelphia PA Hip-Hop/Rap
Club de Ville
(900 Red River St) (21+) DJ Reflex (Between Sets) Between Sets Los Angeles CA Hip-Hop/Rap ♪ Afro Classics 8:15 p.m. Los Angeles CA Hip-Hop/Rap Kurupt 10:00 p.m. Los Angeles CA Hip-Hop/Rap Xzibit 11:00 p.m. Los Angeles CA Hip-Hop/Rap Murs 12:00 a.m. Los Angeles CA Hip-Hop/Rap DJ Quik 1:00 a.m. Compton CA Hip-Hop/Rap
Emo's Main Room
(603 Red River St) (All Ages) Freeway & Jake One Philadelphia PA Hip-Hop/Rap Evidence Los Angeles CA Hip-Hop/Rap
Esther's Follies
(525 E 6th St) (18+) Jimmie Roulette 8:30 p.m. Austin TX Comedy Rob Delaney 8:45 p.m. Los Angeles CA Comedy Ramin Nazer 9:00 p.m. Austin TX Comedy Howard Kremer 9:10 p.m. Los Angeles CA Comedy Chelsea Peretti 9:30 p.m. Los Angeles CA Comedy ♪ Margaret Cho 10:00 p.m. Los Angeles CA Comedy Kevin Avery 10:00 p.m. Los Angeles CA Comedy Tig Notaro 10:15 p.m. Pass Christian MS Comedy Joe Mande 10:35 p.m. Brooklyn NY Comedy Donald Glover 11:10 p.m. Atlanta GA Hip-Hop/Rap
The Independent
(501 N IH 35) (21+) League510 7:30 p.m. Oakland CA Hip-Hop/Rap ♪ iLL-Literacy 7:55 p.m. Oakland CA Avant/Experimental TRUTHLiVE 8:20 p.m. Berkeley CA Hip-Hop/Rap ♪ Bisco Smith 8:45 p.m. Brooklyn NY Hip-Hop/Rap ♪ Crown Royale 9:10 p.m. Los Angeles CA Hip-Hop/Rap ♪ Finale 9:40 p.m. Detroit MI Hip-Hop/Rap ♪ One Be Lo 10:30 p.m. Detroit MI Hip-Hop/Rap Tanya Morgan 11:00 p.m. Brooklyn NY Hip-Hop/Rap ♪ Black Sheep (DRES) 11:30 p.m. New York NY Hip-Hop/Rap ♪ Souls of Mischief 12:40 a.m. Oakland CA Hip-Hop/Rap Black Milk 1:25 a.m. Detroit MI Hip-Hop/Rap
Klub Krucial
(614 E 6th St) (21+) ♪ Trendsetting DJ Knowledge (Between Sets) Between Sets Austin TX Hip-Hop/Rap 4ize 8:00 p.m. Atlanta GA Hip-Hop/Rap Trek Life 8:45 p.m. Los Angeles CA Hip-Hop/Rap Moe Green 9:25 p.m. Vallejo CA Hip-Hop/Rap ♪ D Black 10:05 p.m. Seattle WA Hip-Hop/Rap Charles Hamilton 10:45 p.m. New York NY Hip-Hop/Rap ♪ YelaWolf 11:30 p.m. Gadsden AL Hip-Hop/Rap ♪ Rhymefest 12:15 a.m. Houston TX Hip-Hop/Rap
Submerged
(333 E 2nd St) (21+) Vockah Redu & The Cru New Orleans LA Hip-Hop/Rap ♪ Katey Red New Orleans LA Hip-Hop/Rap ♪ DJ Jubilee New Orleans LA Hip-Hop/Rap ♪ Magnolia Shorty New Orleans LA Hip-Hop/Rap Ms Tee New Orleans LA Hip-Hop/Rap ♪ Partners N Crime New Orleans LA Hip-Hop/Rap ♪ Big Freedia New Orleans LA Hip-Hop/Rap Wild Wayne Hosting New Orleans LA Hip-Hop/Rap
Victory Grill
(1104 E 11th St) (All Ages) Wes Sanders (Between Sets) Between Sets Austin TX DJ ♪ First Class Fresh 8:00 p.m. Austin TX Hip-Hop/Rap ♪ Dubb Sicks 8:30 p.m. Austin TX Hip-Hop/Rap ♪ Black Mike and Kemistry 9:00 p.m. Austin TX Hip-Hop/Rap ♪ Kydd 9:40 p.m. Austin TX Hip-Hop/Rap ♪ Young Nick 10:00 p.m. Manor TX Hip-Hop/Rap ♪ Cali Zack & N/A 10:30 p.m. Austin TX Hip-Hop/Rap Die Slo Entertainment 11:40 p.m. Austin TX Hip-Hop/Rap Sertified 12:10 a.m. Austin TX Hip-Hop/Rap A3 12:40 a.m. Houston TX Hip-Hop/Rap Da Ryno 1:00 a.m. Houston TX Hip-Hop/Rap Magno aka Magnificent 1:20 a.m. Houston TX Hip-Hop/Rap
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