Carrie Rodriguez
7 p.m. • Dakota Jazz Club • $25
Call it the South by Southwest Reverse Effect: Americana stalwart Rodriguez and her bandmate/beau Luke Jacobs are fleeing her hometown of Austin, Texas, this week to escape the bloated music industry conference and play a show in his old hometown instead. The singer/fiddler and the Romantica guitarist have a couple of new releases to tout, including their debut as a duo, "Live at the Cactus," and Jacobs' first solo album, "Velvet After Feel," a coolly laid-back, twanged-up affair. Rodriguez is also featured on Asleep at the Wheel's latest Bob Wills tribute album, a sign of her pure Texas pedigree. Chris Riemenschneider
Cursive
9 p.m. • Triple Rock • 18-plus • $15
Post-rock? Emo? Indie? Part of Cursive's allure is their distinct style, which, thanks to hyper-creative frontman Tim Kasher, has become more and more difficult to define over the years. From the very beginning, the Saddle Creek-signed group stood out as the chief degenerate weirdos on a label that couldn't stop producing enough of them. Aside from a hiatus to work on his side project the Good Life, Kasher has never strayed far form his flagship band. Last November, Saddle Creek released an expanded deluxe issue of Cursive's seminal 2003 album "The Ugly Organ." So, expect deep cuts, expect new cuts, but do not expect cold cuts. Also, Kasher's prone to indulging in plenty of unfiltered banter, so most definitely expect that. See Through Dresses and Dylan Ryan Sand open. Raghav Mehta
Craft Spells
8 p.m. • 7th Street Entry • 18-plus • $10-$12
