Escape from the Zoo ~ Hans Gruber & the Die Hards ~ The Looms ~ Matt Pless
AGE RESTRICTION: Only Ages 21+ can purchase tickets for this show. NO REFUNDS/EXCHANGES for anyone underage who purchases or attempts to use these tickets. Doors: 7:00 PMShow: 7:30 PM Escape from the ZooIt’s very rare to find music that makes you think, feel and want to mosh simultaneously, but with Countin’ Cards, Escape From The Zoo has struck the perfect balance between all three. It’s something that the band – the louder, faster, punk project that Days N’ Daze’s Jesse Sendejas co-founded with his wife Veronica – has always done, but never quite to this extent. Much of that is down to the circumstances that led up to the recording of these nine songs – most obviously a global pandemic that allowed for intense self-reflection. That was true for both Sendejas and We The Heathens’ Elliot Lozier, who recorded this album and played bass and drums on it.“I think both of us were sitting at home with not much to do,” recalls Sendejas. “It was probably a really introspective handful of months for everybody, but we both get stuck in our heads a lot. We get hit hard with waves of solipsism, where it feels like we’re the only people on the planet. That’s a weird and scary feeling, and it forces you to look at yourself because that’s the only thing that feels real at the time. So a lot these songs are Elliot and I sorting through thoughts and feelings and trying to make sense of why we’re having them and what they mean.” That solipsistic self-awareness coincided with something equally as influential and important for Sendejas – the fact that, on a tour Days N’ Daze went on just before the pandemic hit, he got sober. So not only do these songs offer up deep and poignant existential questions about life – as well as the social and political constructs that surround and consume it – but they’re also a reflection of Sendejas’ newfound clarity and the path he’s now trying to take.“I’ve definitely not been without my slipups,” he admits. “A lot of the album is about trying to be a better friend and bandmate and person overall, and struggling with wanting to do that really, really badly – but also knowing that instant escape and gratification and comfort is a drink or a pill away. And I’m just trying to reason that in my mind, and find a path that seems doable and one that I can actually stay on for once.” Hans Gruber and the Die HardsHans Gruber and the Die Hards brand of punk/ska mashes genres together like a toddler eating chocolate cake – with messy intensity for maximum enjoyment. From Boston hardcore to Colombian cumbia, southern gospel to crossover thrash, their live shows are filled with pits, sock puppets, conga lines and confusion – if you are nihilistic enough to jump in feet first. Matt PlessLyrical “hippie punk” folk rock. Follow me @MattPless!https://mattpless.bandcamp.com/ The LoomsAnarcho-Folk punks occupying the imperialist territory known as ‘South Jersey!’ https://thelooms.bandcamp.com/music
Elucid ~ Cavalier
AGE RESTRICTION: Only Ages 21+ can purchase tickets for this show. NO REFUNDS/EXCHANGES for anyone underage who purchases or attempts to use these tickets. Doors: 7:00 PMShow: 7:30 PM ElucidA raw, crackling urgency runs through rapper-producer ELUCID’s new album REVELATOR like an underground power line. There is no space here for sepia-toned reminiscences or indulgent self-mythologizing. Intellectual rabbit holes have been filled in with concrete and rebar; there is nowhere to hide and no off ramp from the audio Autobahn that ELUCID has fashioned—a renegade Robert Moses with gold fronts, bulldozing the homes of the powerful and the complicit. REVELATOR brims with the energy of now, with a refusal to look away. Carpe diem in a murder one mask. Born in Jamaica, Queens, ELUCID has been on the cutting edge of New York’s underground scene since the mid-2000s. From the beginning, he has defied both convention and expectation. He ran with Okayplayer darlings Tanya Morgan, but his own music eschewed their throwback charm for glitchy noise experiments and bass-swamped culture jamming. His 2016 debut studio project Save Yourself (re-released in a deluxe edition last year) announced him in earnest. But in recent years, his Armand Hammer releases with partner-in-crime billy woods have received significant attention and acclaim. Serving as a followup to his last solo album—2022’s comparatively balmy I Told Bessie—ELUCID hoped to “re-distinguish” himself with REVELATOR, setting himself apart amidst the increasing attention around the music he and his friends are making together. https://elucid.bandcamp.com/album/revelator Cavalier
Descartes A Kant ~ Quick Chills ~ Star Carr
AGE RESTRICTION: Only Ages 21+ can purchase tickets for this show. NO REFUNDS/EXCHANGES for anyone underage who purchases or attempts to use these tickets. Doors: 7:00 PMShow: 7:30 PM Descartes A KantArt rock.https://descartesakant.bandcamp.com/ Quick ChillsQuick Chills is a high-energy, rock ‘n’ roll powerhouse trio fusing alternative, punk, and indie rock that channels the currents of decades past while propelling into the unexplored territories of tomorrow.https://quickchills.bandcamp.com/ Star Carrhttps://starcarr.bandcamp.com/
Cool Company ~ Cheese Touch
AGE RESTRICTION: Only Ages 21+ can purchase tickets for this show. NO REFUNDS/EXCHANGES for anyone underage who purchases or attempts to use these tickets. Doors: 7:00 PMShow: 7:30 PM Cool CompanyFuture R&B.https://www.coolcompanymusic.com/ Cheese Touchhttps://www.instagram.com/cheeeeesetouch/
Matriarch ~ Caring Less ~ Father Figuer
AGE RESTRICTION: Only Ages 21+ can purchase tickets for this show. NO REFUNDS/EXCHANGES for anyone underage who purchases or attempts to use these tickets. Doors: 7:00 PMShow: 8:00 PM Matriarchhttps://linktr.ee/matriarch_haha Caring Lesshttps://www.instagram.com/caringlessband/ Father Figuerhttps://fatherfiguer.bandcamp.com/
Gabby’s World ~ Lily McKown
AGE RESTRICTION: Only Ages 21+ can purchase tickets for this show. NO REFUNDS/EXCHANGES for anyone underage who purchases or attempts to use these tickets. Doors: 7:00 PMShow: 8:00 PM Gabby’s WorldGabby’s World is the songwriting and production project of Gabby Smith.https://gabbysworld.bandcamp.com/album/gabby-sword Lily McKown https://lilymckown.com/ Spotify Bandcamp
SPARTA (‘Porcelain’ Set) ~ Common Sage ~ Hiroe
AGE RESTRICTION: Only Ages 21+ can purchase tickets for this show. NO REFUNDS/EXCHANGES for anyone underage who purchases or attempts to use these tickets. Doors: 7:00 PMShow: 8:00 PM SPARTA (Performing Porcelain in full)Sparta is an American rock band from El Paso, Texas, formed in 2001. The band currently consists of Jim Ward (vocals, guitar) and Matt Miller (bass), who are touring as a three-piece with rotating session drummers. Founding members Ward, Paul Hinojos, and Tony Hajjar were members of post-hardcore group At the Drive-In, forming Sparta in 2001 after the break-up of their former band. The band went on hiatus in 2008 for Ward to focus on his solo career and side projects, reuniting from 2011 to 2013 for a series of shows and permanently reuniting in 2017. The band has released five studio albums to date; their fourth, Trust the River, was released in 2020 after a 14-year break between releases.https://www.sparta.band/ Common Sagehttps://commonsage.bandcamp.com/album/nostos-algos HiroeHiroe, a heavy instrumental post-rock band from Philadelphia, formed during the 2020 pandemic and influenced by bands like Radiohead and Mogwai, has already achieved significant milestones with their debut album, “Wrought,” and are currently working on their sophomore albumhttps://hiroe.bandcamp.com/album/wrought-2
Dungeon Crawl
AGE RESTRICTION: Only Ages 21+ can purchase tickets for this show. NO REFUNDS/EXCHANGES for anyone underage who purchases or attempts to use these tickets. Doors: 7:00 PM Jonathan Colman presents Dungeon Crawl: A monthly curational & improvisational music evening. Issac Young (Px3) – Keys Rob Madore (Px3) – Drums + Double D (DJ vibe from Jedd) Tuesday, November 12th Silk City 21+ Cover $10 7-11 pm ALL IMPROVISED
Dungeon Crawl
AGE RESTRICTION: Only Ages 21+ can purchase tickets for this show. NO REFUNDS/EXCHANGES for anyone underage who purchases or attempts to use these tickets. Doors: 7:00 PM Show: 8:00 PM Jonathan Colman presents Dungeon Crawl: A monthly curational & improvisational music evening. Max Feeman (Qway) – Guitar + Synth Ryan Berg (Lust Flower) – Drums + DJ Chrios Tuesday, December 3rd Silk City 21+ Cover $10 7-11 pm ALL IMPROVISED
Dungeon Crawl
AGE RESTRICTION: Only Ages 21+ can purchase tickets for this show. NO REFUNDS/EXCHANGES for anyone underage who purchases or attempts to use these tickets. Doors: 7:00 PM Jonathan Colman presents Dungeon Crawl: A monthly curational & improvisational music evening. Sam Gellerstiein (Snacktime) – Tuba+ Austin Marlow (Snacktime) – Drums + DJ Doyle (Jamie from Blendmode) Tuesday, October 1st Silk City 21+ Cover $10 7-11 pm ALL IMPROVISED