Los Angeles outfit Otep seems to have weathered alt-metal’s wane better than some, probably due to the presence (and, you know, “presence”) of female vocalist Otep Shamaya. She’ll be highlighting the group’s in-store across the street from the State at Daddy Kool Records with a poetry reading at 4:40 p.m., hours before the group’s headlining set. Support comes courtesy of a terrible, tired gimmick from Hollywood called Butcher Babies, and Austin’s immeasurably more musically intriguing One-Eyed Doll.
— Scott Harrell