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Hello June ~ Velvet Rogue ~ Johnny Fordyce

**All shows 21+—valid ID required**Doors: 7:00 PMShow: 7:30 PMHello June Indie Rock band Hello June first came onto the national scene in 2017 with their first EP, Spruce. From that EP, “Dance” was featured by NPR Music’s Heavy Rotation, putting Hello June into the airwaves of many across the United States. In 2018, Hello June was featured as an NPR Slingshot Artist, alongside Phoebe Bridgers, Snail Mail, Mt. Joy, Jade Bird, and 2017 Slingshot Artist, Big Thief. NPR Music premiered their leading single, “Mars,” and the band received glowing praise from both local and national press alike. Currently, the band is finishing up their second full-length album in Nashville, Tennessee.https://www.wearehellojune.com/Velvet RogueIn 2016, Gina Castanzo was featured on NBC’s The Voice, where she sang Andrew McMahon’s Cecilia and the Satellite. Only seventeen years old at the time, her performance granted her a spot on Team Blake for the show’s tenth season. After The Voice, Gina set off on a journey with the local label Raw Life Records under her new name, Gina Zo. She released two albums: My Weakness and Free Your Soul. Gina is currently the lead singer of the band Velvet Rouge and has performed at an eclectic mix of Philly’s music venues.  Joining Gina on stage are Buddy Mazzenga, Joe McEnany, and Andrew Amado. Mazzenga, a veteran Philly drummer, has circulated the Northeast music scene over the past 15 years. Amado, a Philly bassist played in the local band, The Cultour. McEnany, originally found on Craigslist by Zo, can always be seen with a guitar in his hands – influenced by Led Zepplin, he has brought a new edge to the band with his groovy guitar runs and as he likes to call it… “sprinkles”.https://velvetrougeband.com/musicJohnny Fordyce Philadelphia songwriter Johnny Fordyce has been releasing music and performing in the Philly area since 2016. In 2020, his band Tea Head signed with Free Dive Records to record their debut album. In February 2022, he released a self-produced EP titled “jawny.” The songs on the record fuse the aesthetics of Lo-Fi and Indie rock, with clear influences from psychedelic, neo-soul, and indie pop. The songs quickly came to life when lifelong friend and old band mate Andrew Henry met for rehearsal with Aiden Jordan. Johnny had met Aiden at the SODABar and attended U-Arts together. Local music and fellow U-Arts student Eric Juelke joined the group and together they debut their live performance in the Fall of 2022!https://johnnyfordyce.bandcamp.com/releases

Bears Have Hearts ~ I Love Annie ~ Earth Child

**All shows 21+—valid ID required** Doors: 7:00 PM Show: 7:30 PMBears Have HeartsBears Have Hearts is an alternative rock band from Philadelphia Pennsylvania. Principal songwriters/guitarists Andy Liaskos and Sean “Gator” Farren use their influences  from classic rock, punk, and 90s alternative to create a cohesive blend of contemporary  post rock alternative music. Bears Have Hearts is a collaborative effort at it’s core and  their music displays a fondness for indie rock and other related sub-genres. Singer Alex Hawkins  has a voice that is both familiar and all together new. Childhood friends Matt Nice and Ash Hicks round out the lineup on drums and bass respectively, and bring a thunderous rhythm to the bands driving melodies and soaring vocals. https://www.instagram.com/bearshavehearts/?hl=enhttps://open.spotify.com/artist/7qC8YPnilF4kzTxsyG7Nv6https://bearshavehearts.wixsite.com/bhh1I Love AnnieI Love Annie is an Indie rock project based in Phoenixville, PA. Florida man Nate Fitzgerald has joined forces with PA native Declan Fischer, to write music with a vintage feel and a modern twist. With the help of drum man extraordinaire Chase Pendleton, and lead guitarist Will McElwee, I Love Annie becomes a four-piece rock n’ roll powerhousehttps://www.iloveannie.comhttps://open.spotify.com/artist/3e4KoDe7HPmD0tax4rbUoxEarth ChildEarth Child is a four piece rock outfit from the philadelphia suburbs with Louis Mocke on the drums, Erin McCone on bass, Ethan Beckman on lead guitar and Sarah McLaughlin on vocals and guitar.https://www.facebook.com/earthchildfolk

Rising Sun & Dave Kiss Presents: Still CraZIES After All These Years Tour – I Fight Dragons ~ MC Lars

**All shows 21+—valid ID required** Doors: 7:00 PM Show: 8:00 PMI Fight Dragons I Fight Dragons is a rock band from Chicago. Their music is a combination of pop/rock with chiptune, featuring electronic sounds made using Nintendo Game Boys and Nintendo Entertainment Systems. To date they have released three full-length albums: 2011’s KABOOM!, which came out on Photo Finish / Atlantic Records, 2014’s The Near Future, which they self-released after raising over $100,000 on Kickstarter through their “Project Atma” project, and 2019’s Canon Eyes. They have also released two EPs, 2009’s Cool Is Just A Number and 2010’s Welcome To The Breakdown. Their music has been featured on Nintendo Video as well as on the WWE, and they wrote and performed the theme song for ABC’s The Goldbergs: Rewind (“The Goldbergs” Main Title Theme). From 2010 until 2012 they were signed to Photo Finish / Atlantic Records, but in fall 2012 they won their release from the label. They have toured the USA with mc chris and Whole Wheat Bread in 2009, 3OH!3, Cobra Starship, and Travie McCoy in 2010, The Protomen in 2011, and they were on the entire 2012 and 2014 Vans Warped Tours. Since then, they have toured sporadically as well as headlining annual holiday shows in Chicago. www.ifightdragons.comMC LarsMC Lars is the creator of post punk laptop rap and lit hop, which he has extended and powered into a fusion of rap, punk, rock, ska, pop, and other genres. He is post-modern — combining his music with powerful and present lyrics, and packing concert venues with raps about everything from the iGeneration to Guitar Hero to Edgar Allen Poe to Game of Thrones, the Simpsons and Cyberbullying. He speaks to and for people of all ages, lifestyles, and perspectives, and is a story-teller, covering love, life, loss, confusion, and hope. He does so with energy and wit, joined with a strong sense of humor and perspective. He is an engaging, exciting and compelling performer, and was selected by 12 Street Press as one of the top 7 nerd rock artists to see live. He tours in the US, the UK and the rest of Europe, Australia, and Japan. His latest tour, the fall 2017 MC Lars Awesome Adventure Friendship Tour, opens in Denver in September, and continues through 20 shows in the US, England, and Scotland. In addition to touring, he has performed at Carnegie Hall in New York, at South by Southwest, ComicCon, Slam Dunk Festival, Truck Festival, Orlando Nerd Fest, and as part of Vans Warped Tour. https://mclars.com/Schaffer the DarklordSchaffer the Darklord (or STD) is a New York City-based rapper, drummer and comedian with material best-suited for nerdy and/or hedonistic audiences. With manic energy fueling a cartoonishly commanding stage presence, STD skewers such topics as substance abuse, sexual compulsion, urban anxiety and obsessive cat-enthusiasm. Imagine a Frankenstein-esque monster assembled from equal parts Bill Hicks, Adam Yauch, Joey Ramone and Prince, stitched together inside the shell of a maniacal heavy metal ex-patriot. STD has released nine albums and is a founding member of the touring nerdcore hip-hop collective known as the Four-Eyed Horsemen, along with MC Lars, Mega Ran and MC Frontalot. When he’s not on the road, he produces the NYC burlesque/wrestling hybrid event called “TasselMania.” STD continues to write, record and perform with great frequency and has no intention of stopping until his rock and roll lifestyle destroys him.https://schafferthedarklord.com/contact.html

Artificial Brain ~ Succumb ~ Luminous Vault ~ Existentia

**All shows 21+—valid ID required** Doors: 6:00 PM Show: 6:30 PMArtificial Brainhttps://artificialbrain.bandcamp.com/Succumbhttps://succumb.bandcamp.com/Luminous Vaulthttps://luminousvault.bandcamp.com/ExistentiaBorn out of quarantine, Existentia is a brutal death metal trio reigning from Philadelphia, PA. Fusing a penchant for intricate brutality and aggression, the band’s amalgamation of old school sensibilities and modern technicality delivers a relentless take on the genre. (FFO: Cattle Decapitation, Archspire, Hideous Divinity)https://existentiametal.bandcamp.comhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbQW-4m0sm5ndz2b9GPjkhA/videoshttps://instagram.com/existentia_official?igshid=NzNkNDdiOGI=https://www.facebook.com/ExistentiaDM

Urban Heat ~ House of Harm

**All shows 21+—valid ID required** Doors: 7:00 PM Show: 7:30 PM Urban HeatSpotifyHouse of HarmSpotify

Crow Billiken ~ Ceschi Ramos

**All shows 21+—valid ID required** Doors: 6:30 PM Show: 7:00 PM Crow Billikenone had to find new methods of operating outside time. rap’s positioning as a mouth form, the acquired slickness and the dusty ridge of the bap’s boom are my native tongues. but what of the yawp’s origin? i’m from chicago. my blood line traces its way to the city of broad shoulders by way of arkansas like many other great migratory palm road riders. my grandfather would hambone and howl, he liked music played in minor pentatonic motions on acoustic instrumentation. getting your first pair of cowboy boots was a right of passage in my family, you’d go for a drive out west and come back with somn supposedly reptilian; dyed and stretched, pointy at the appropriate places, 1 inch taller. cold blooded.  we a blues people. it’s all in the hokum and the bop. my lazy eye and my drawl, my drawers and my teeth. no longer did i want to play the blues as a metaphor or an intimation of a style. the blues is not an evocation. it is breathwork and shadow play. cross colors at the crossroad crawling king snake moan. calloused on the tips of every finger and the sides of the thumbs.  i wanted to learn songs that predated the music industry and everything that means, songs that are older than recording, than amplification, songs that are older than electricity in every home. it consumed me. a stream of ideas became a mighty river. what did Black American music sound like before white American business practices began to steal / shape our rhythms? my mind itched constant.  enter crow billiken  a bad character. a tennessee hustler. student of lightskin hopkins, learned the blues from samuel james up to biddeford, maine.  the old style, skrong mojo hand, sharp dress.  acoustic country blues from the delta quadrant  hill country  memfis to tejas rhythm and lead slide and singin good for a 30 minute set wherever you need meIG & Twitter: @crowbilliken Ceschi RamosCeschi Ramos’ music was created within the worlds of underground Hip Hop, Hardcore Punk & Folk. His version of songwriting may include machine-gun-speed-raps or emotive ballads inspired by Latin American troubadours. Over the last decade he has toured North America, Europe, Asia & Australia. In 2008 he started his own independent label called Fake Four & has amassed a cult following worldwide. Although it’s difficult to describe the type of music that Ceschi makes, it is not difficult to feel the ferocious heart that is behind it all.  Twitter @ceschi IG @ceschiramos ceschi.bandcamp.com

Archpalatine ~ Altruistic Vision Band ~ Rescue Pets

**All shows 21+—valid ID required**Doors: 7:00 PMShow: 7:30 PMArchpalatineOne of the freshest new artistic voices standing out amongst the backdrop of the City of Brotherly Love’s artists. Archpalatine breaks down genre to create a new pop sound that may eloquently and appropriately be called “Histrionic Cosmic Soul”.Derek Anthony Wilson, frontman, is poised to not only create a lane for himself and his bandmates (Anthony Pompey – vocals, Aaron Wolf – percussion, and Ben High – bass) but also blaze a trail for creative risk takers, soulful story tellers, and theatrical musicians who challenge the old guard of musical gate keepers.Archpalatine infuses their musical presentations with theatrics traditionally reserved for stage shows and are reminiscent of large-scale Broadway features — be they performed on a grand scale, in intimate rooms, or at the trendiest outlets.  Performances by this innovative team develops rapport with the audience, encourages audience participation through call & response, and incorporates danceable rhythms. Shows regularly include one-of-a-kind fashion designs and electronic components that engages both the audible and visual senses, alike.  Not content with mere showmanship and intriguing music that makes you feel elation… Archpalatine aims to leave his audience so infused with good vibes and positivity that any in attendance is prone to leave a show feeling more jubilation than possessed upon arrival.   Archpalatine provides a voice and an instrument to the feelings of hope, joy, love, and triumph that is so needed in this current climate. This serves as a departure from the mundane and discouraging weight and obligation life places before us. Archpalatine has been named among WXPN’s “The Philly 100” list as well as a designated staff pick for ALT 104.5’s & iHeartRadio’s Year End Awards.  Trends fade, new artists come and go, but Archpalatine is the stuff of legend and poised to make each next year his best year, this last year his past year and his right now IS what’s next.  With the recent release of their hit internationally celebrated single, “Hypnotized” from their forthcoming 2022 album, I introduce and welcome you to Archpalatine.https://archpalatine.com/The Altruistic Vision BandWe are a collective of Artist from Delaware County PA. We have an eclectic range and plethora of styles.https://biolinky.co/altruisticvision/ Rescue Petshttps://www.instagram.com/rescuepetsmusic/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y%3D 

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