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Go-to Antone’s photog and industry mover Salihah Saadiq stepped up to present a Black Music Month series this June. Friday loops in a slew of standout Texas voices with soul-rocker Chief Cleopatra, acoustic voyager Ivy Roots, Moni’ye, Muzeke, and Honey Daii. LARA, formerly Eimaral Sol, resets after her Chron-faved mantra-packed 2019 LP Sol Soliloquies. The rebrand accompanied touring with her brother-in-law BLK ODYSSY, who produced LARA’s May single “Like Dat,” and signing to ODYSSY’s distributor/label EMPIRE. Featuring Ambré, her new track wades somewhere near online “trad wife” trends with breathy, indulgent R&B (“I’m cooking, cleaning, acting really wifely in this house”). – Rachel Rascoe

It is said that tango, swaying the brothels of Argentina, pushed men into each other’s arms to practice the mating dance for the women there. Sweeping across Paris, tango became fashionable and was reborn to high society in South America, who accepted the form in reaction to the French capital’s approval. Tango surged, dwindled, and swelled in popularity over decades. Pedro Giraudo, an Argentine applying nimble artistry to buoyant jazz and tango alike, plays alongside his Tango Quartet, presenting the music of Astor Piazzolla. Honoring the late Argentine composer and musician, the Tango Quartet highlights moody, passionate nuevo tango with virtuosity. – Christina Garcia

From their perfectly punk-rock name to singles like “Adam in Your DMs,” a nod to the Maroon 5 singer’s rumored extramarital sexting, it’s clear: Subpar Snatch has jokes. Rather than skewering cringey male figures, on new single “Juicy Booty” – which the trio premieres Friday, alongside Hellfury, Bat Lips, and Sunspite – Jess Scott turns her fury on herself. “The enemy is me,” she wails, atop Cee Cee Email’s pummeling drums and Nate Ribner’s fuzzy bass. Despite her blunders, the singer emerges triumphant. By the song’s end, Scott compares herself to an oyster: “Make a pearl from a big mistake.” – Carys Anderson

Sample any of Dayne Reliford’s previous Monks dates, and there’s no doubt that he’s gifted. Starting on the keys at age 4, the Houston native got his jazz studies degree from Texas State, instead of the more common UT or North Texas, so he already follows his own path. While his journey has led him to stages alongside local leaders like Michael Malone, Andre Hayward, and Brannen Temple, his profile recently rose to galactic heights when he joined Gary Clark Jr. on keys and bass for his March 26 taping at Austin City Limits. He’s even better leading his own band, so take note. – Michael Toland

Tim Showalter has always been something of an artistic maverick, following an itinerant creative muse wherever it may lead. “It’s so inner-referential that I never expect half my lyrics to make any sense,” he told the Chronicle in 2021. Strand of Oaks’ eighth album, Miracle Focus, offers the local songwriter’s most ambitious and divergent yet, fully sinking into swirling synths and Eighties pop riffs hinted at on previous In Heaven, but shaded by ambient explorations and a tension between meditative revelation and cathartic bliss. Ramsay Midwood opens, slinging his swampy psychedelic blues guitar grooves. – Doug Freeman