Jimmy Eat Brisket

Jimmy Eat Brisket is playing The Rustic Tap on Saturday, October 24. It's a free show, 21+, and the whole night is built around 2000s emo and pop-punk hits.

If you're not familiar, Jimmy Eat Brisket is an Austin cover band that specializes in 90s and 2000s emo, pop-punk, and post-hardcore. They pull from a wide range of catalogs, and the list of bands they cover is long enough to cover a few different eras of the scene. You'll hear things from A Day to Remember, Underoath, and Alexisonfire, alongside the more well-known names like Blink-182, My Chemical Romance, Fall Out Boy, Jimmy Eat World, Paramore, Green Day, Sum 41, New Found Glory, Yellowcard, and Panic! At The Disco. It's a broad sweep of the sound, so you're likely to hear a good mix of the heavier post-hardcore stuff and the more straightforward pop-punk that defined the early 2000s.

They describe the show as a high-energy live emo night packed with throwbacks, surprises, and plenty of singalong moments. The whole thing is a tribute to those years, so the set is built for people who grew up with these bands and know the songs by heart. It's less about a single band's discography and more about the whole era.

The Rustic Tap is at 613 W 6th St in downtown Austin. The show is free and 21+, so bring your ID. It's a Saturday night, and the set is built for singing along, so it's the kind of thing that works best when you've got a group with you.