Anees

Anees plays Mohawk on Friday, August 28, with the show starting at 8 PM. He's a Palestinian-American singer, rapper, and songwriter from the Washington D.C. area, and his music blends pop, hip-hop, and R&B. He's known for a soulful approach and lyrics that lean into the personal, and he handles the singing, rapping, and songwriting himself.

If you're coming from the singles, "Sun and Moon" is his most recognizable track—it topped the Billboard Philippines Songs chart—and "Slip" is another one that's gained a lot of traction. Those two give a good sense of where he sits: melodic and accessible, but with a distinct R&B sensibility that keeps it from feeling like generic pop. He's released two albums, Summer Camp and Homesick, so there's a decent body of work to pull from for a full set.

He's also worked with some bigger names. He collaborated with Macklemore, and he's had support from Justin Bieber, which puts him in a specific lane of pop-leaning R&B that works just as well on a playlist as it does in a live room. Between the chart-topping singles and the two albums, he's got enough material to build a set around the songs you've probably heard, with room for the deeper cuts from Summer Camp and Homesick to fill in the gaps.

The show is at Mohawk, 912 Red River St, Austin, TX 78701, on Friday, August 28, at 8 PM. Tickets start at $72.