The Nude Party return to Austin at Central Machine Works on Nov. 13

Eight months after their spring stop here, the band brings Look Who's Back, their first independent record in years, to a Friday night on the East Side.

Back in March, the student paper put it plainly: The Nude Party dazzled on the Austin stop of their Look Who's Back tour. Eight months later, they're coming back to see if they can do it twice.

The Nude Party play Central Machine Works on Friday, Nov. 13, at 7pm. It's a bigger Friday-night swing for a band whose usual headline room runs about 450 capacity, according to our records. Check the JamBase listing for ticket details as the date gets closer.

The record behind all this is *Look Who's Back*, released Feb. 13. The band shared the lead single "Walk That Walk" in January ahead of it, per HI-FI Indy. Singer-songwriter Michael Rault produced it, and it's the band's first independent release since their college days, according to SoundWave Music Media, which framed the album as the band's exit from the major-label machine.

That independence has meant a lot of road. The spring headline run covered rooms like Belly Up in Solana Beach, The State Room in Salt Lake City and St. Paul's Turf Club, with two nights at New York's TV Eye in April, per the band's BrooklynVegan announcement and venue listings. A November return to a city they already played in March says something about how that first visit went.

A November return to a city they already played in March says something about how that first visit went.

For Austin audiences, the appeal is simple. The Nude Party play rock and roll with a folk streak and a sense of humor, the kind of set that rewards a crowd that's ready to move by the second song. Those who caught the spring show will know what they're getting; those who missed it get a second shot, with the songs from *Look Who's Back* now nine months into their life on stage.

What to know before you go: the listed start is 7pm, early for a Friday, so don't count on a late dinner first. Ticket and door details weren't on our listing at press time, so check before you head out. If you're bringing someone who has never seen the band, tell them to show up on time — this is not a band that eases into a set.

Austin has been good to bands like this, and this band, by the sound of March, has been good back. Next Friday is the rematch.

Sources: The Daily Texan: The Nude Party dazzles on Austin stop of Look Who's Back tour (thedailytexan.com); HI-FI Indy: The Nude Party share new single Walk That Walk (hifiindy.com); SoundWave Music Media: Look Who's Back — The Nude Party's exit from the major label machine (soundwavemusicmedia.net); BrooklynVegan: The Nude Party announce new album & tour (brooklynvegan.com); The State Room: The Nude Party (thestateroompresents.com); Belly Up: The Nude Party 2026 North American Tour (bellyup.com); The Current: The Nude Party at Turf Club (thecurrent.org); JamBase: The Nude Party at Central Machine Works (jambase.com)