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The African Festival of the Arts continues through this evening in Washington Park, with Brandy headlining at the Dee Parmer Woodtor Stage. City Winery hosts Holy Ghost Tent Revival, Charlie Parr, and more at its Bubbly-Q. Tuesday, a reunited Goodie Mob performs at the House of Blues. Wednesday, Parisian psych-rockers Catholic Spray play an in-store at Permanent Records, and Irish folkie Damien Dempsey plays Lincoln Hall.
Mon 9/2: Thin Hymns at the Empty Bottle
Harley Streten, the 21-year-old Australian producer known as Flume, dabbles in the spliced, flashy, rumbling hybrid of EDM and R&B you might have heard from How to Dress Well or Shlohmo. On his self-titled debut, “Some of the songs feel almost inhuman,” writes Leor Galil. “But Streten can find the heart and sensuality in alien, robotic noises.” Tokimonsta opens.
