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Golden Dawn Arkestra mastermind Topaz McGarrigle is all about creating immersive musical experiences, so taking over the classy new downtown dance club ROMA to debut his solo EP The Gift promises a provocatively intoxicating evening. The newly released four-song set mixes a slab of suave sax, heavy beats, and sweaty dance floor grooves, anchored by the “Cosmic Opera” trilogy of music videos directed by Ben Blanchard that sets the music into a retro Eighties world of Euro high-fashion glam and Dionysian revel. Special guests include Nnedi Agbaroji, Austin Strings, DJ Juan Lo, Cirque Noir, and more. – Doug Freeman

Austin racks 10 black metal projects? Triple that, but this corrosive sampling seethes top to bottom. Nocturnal Onslaught dropped malevolent incantation EP Invoking Legion this month, while blackened speed metallers Sadistic Force hammered out April cassette Iron Rite. Rabid scene vets Vacha torch mind palaces and Orodrim majestically taps a similar OG polar freeze. Brüka flays, Throat Piss burns, and Varenth’s hypothermic Valentine’s Day EP The Unsilent Winterdark opens on a seven-minute withering whose title once passed through Jacqueline Bisset’s lips in summertime Jaws sequel The Deep, “Ora Pro Nobis” – pray for us! – Raoul Hernandez

Before the stars of techno’s new guard were the model-gorgeous women pummeling dance floors with testosterone-raising sets, there was tastemaking young Magda, a Polish-born Richie Hawtin protégée. After cutting her teeth on Detroit-area parties, she made her penchant for dark tracks and unusual sound design known, unspooling basslines at a (comparatively) languid stroll’s pace, always embracing electro and funk in her DJ sets. Chafed at being pegged to a sound called “minimal,” she defined the early Aughts instead through Items & Things, a label run alongside Troy Pierce and Marc Houle. As producer Blotter Trax, with T.B. Arthur, she continues.– Christina Garcia

Local purveyors of glitz and glamour Glaze present a two-part day-to-night fête to unveil the zine and event producer’s newest issue, Sovenance – a word defined by Glaze as “the ability of the mind to store and recall past sensations, thoughts, and knowledge.” Day party features drag performers Cupcake, Banshee Rose, MK Ultra, and RiotGirl, emceed by Fallout Theater Artistic Director Holly Hart. Tickets run $10 during the day to $20 at night for non-members. The cover reveal drops at 7, after which veritable local legends Farmer’s Wife, Tear Dungeon, and Flora & Fawna inspire “sovenance” with bangers galore. Be there day or night for the locally grown zine’s 10th editorial release and season, pulled off in partnership with Yawn Productions. – Lina Fisher