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FRIDAY

Manikin at Red 7. One of the most surefire post-punkish bands in Austin.

A little garage rock, a little early Cure, a surf lick here and there, a random trumpet bit here and there.

Excellent! 9 p.m. Free.

Gangsta rap pioneer Ice Cube will play the Travis County Expo Center July 25 as part of the 20th annual Texas Heatwave car show.

Mike Jones, Trae, Lil’ Black, J-Kapone and Dirty Wormz are also on the bill.

Tickets are $20 in advance and available at O’Reilly Auto Parts locations.

The show is at 8 p.m.

The Heatwave Custom Truck & Car Show runs July 24- 26 at the Expo Center.

One competitive event is for loudest car sound system, with the winner determined not by decibels, but with a meter that measures how much air is moved by the bass.