Concert Recap: Magic City Hippies at Stubb’s Austin

Magic City Hippies grooved out to indie-funk tunes with opener Mustard Service on March 7 at Stubb’s for the Austin show of its 2025 Enemies tour.

Photos by Charlotte Keene

Mustard Service Frontman Marco Rivero Ochoa strums the bright tune “Taking Up Space” off of the band’s first album Zest Pop.

Guitarist Sebastian Holmes and Keyboardist Leo Cattani of Mustard Service groove together with the downbeat during “Get F****d.”

Ochoa and Guitarist Gabriel Marinuchi are all smiles during a jam out while opening for Magic City Hippies.

Mustard Service’s Adam Perez drums energetically to “Taking Up Space” while smiling at his bandmates.

Ochoa, who sings in both English and Spanish, vocalizes another of Mustard Service’s surf rock tunes.

Magic City Hippies performers John Coughlin, Jake Pinto, and Robby Hunter group together on guitar for the band’s Enemies tour.

Guillermo Belisari makes a stank face while thumping the bass to “I Can’t Let You Go” off of Magic City Hippies 2025 release Enemies.

Hunter sings emotively during Magic City Hippies’ first song of the night “I Can’t Let You Go.”

Coughlin plays the guitar intensely during an instrumental riff.

Belisari takes a break from the bass to tinker with other instruments during Magic City Hippies’ performance.

Musician Michael Fatum nears the audience while playing trumpet uproariously.

Coughlin and Fatum egg each other on as the melody builds during a funky, riotous set.

Pinto, Fatum, Hunter, and Belisari gather together at an emotional zenith.