OMA ~ Shing02 ~ Substantial
THIS SHOW HAS BEEN MOVED FROM KUNG FU NECKTIE TO WAREHOUSE ON WATTS. ALL PREVIOUSLY-PURCHASED TICKETS WILL BE HONORED AT THE NEW VENUE. AGE RESTRICTION: This show is now 18+. Patrons 21+ with ID may purchase alcohol. Doors: 7:00 PMShow: 8:00 PM “Let’s make a 12-inch single together” was the first email Nujabes sent in the year 2000, when Shing02 was living in the Bay Area. Over the next decade, the Japanese duo went on to create the epic Luv(sic) Hexalogy, a 6-part saga dedicated to the goddess of music. Part2 was recorded in the aftermath of 9/11, while Part3 was an ode recorded during the vast commercialization of the hip hop industry. Then the untimely passing of Jun Seba aka Nujabes in February of 2010 led Shing02 to record and release parts 4-6 with the help of Uyama Hiroto, who was Nujabes’ go-to guy for live arrangements. Now, teamed up with the dynamic Manchester-based OMA, and Shing02’s trusted turntable maestro SPIN MASTER A-1, the Luv(sic) Hexalogy will come to life on stage sans samples and full of live textures that the audiences of Nujabes tributes in the past have come accustomed to. SubstantialPrince George’s County, Maryland-born MC, producer, artist, and educator, Substantial, debuted in 2000 collaborating with the late Japanese producer Nujabes, who later worked on the popular show Samurai Champloo. Legendary rapper and activist, Chuck D of Public Enemy referred to Substantial as “One of the great MCs of our time.” His soulful and introspective brand of Hip Hop music has received critical acclaim from Ebony.com, The Source Magazine, HipHopDX, DJBooth.net, and Okayplayer.com. His music videos have appeared on MTV, VH1, and BET. Substantial has performed in 20 countries and has collaborated with artists such as Kool Herc, L Universe aka Verbal (M-Flo), Oddisee, Mega Ran and more. His music has featured in films and television shows such as Kevin Hart’s Laugh at My Pain and Daytime Emmy nominated show Tough Love. He has also written and performed original songs for games such as Arknights, PUBG Mobile, and Mobile Legends Bang Bang. Substantial is also a two-time Hollywood Music in Media Award nominee and recently became an official EVO musician.https://www.iamsubstantial.com/
Liz Cooper ~ Dari Bay ~ Slark Moan
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 Liz CooperOn the porch of her one-time Nashville home, Liz Cooper had a multimedia project that combined two of her loves: lips and cigarettes. She painted her own lips with red paint and kissed a canvas two or three hundred times, later dotting them with the detritus left behind in ashtrays by her friends. An overlap of intimacy, indulgence, cheekiness, and sensuality, the piece complements Cooper’s roiling second record, Hot Sass. Over jagged, frenetic guitar parts, Cooper sets expectations aflame with the record’s title track. Her songs unfurl like smoke spiraling off an incense cone late in the afternoon, with Cooper pushing deeper into psychedelic openness, punk ferocity, and beyond. Dari BayOn new album Longest Day of the Year, Dari Bay is a perpetually shifting art project posing as songs, an ongoing thought experiment disguised as a band. Burlington, Vermont-based artist Zachary James launched Dari Bay as a solo vehicle in 2015, acting as sole songwriter, producer, player of every instrument, and exacting architect of how each sound was placed. Early output was raw and often unhinged, but Longest Day of the Year finds Dari Bay assuming a new form as James folds his experimental spirit into what at first appear to be neutral, unassuming tunes. Slark Moanhttps://linktr.ee/slarkmoan
Contour
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 Contour The Charleston, South Carolina artist Contour’s body of work is evidence of a restless curiosity that culminates on his latest album and debut for Mexican Summer, Take Off from Mercy. Starting off as a beatmaker, Khari’s vision has broadened over releases like Onwards (2022, Touching Bass), Love Suite (2021, Good Question) and Weight (self-released/Purple Tape Pedigree, 2021), spanning from noirish, sample-driven R&B to covers of Strawberry Switchblade. Take Off from Mercy eschews samples in favor of guitar-driven songwriting, positing a singular take on the blues, Tropicalia, hip hop, post-punk and indie rock, establishing Lucas as an exemplary lyricist and broad collaborator, working with the likes of Saul Williams, Mndsgn and his co-producer, Omari Jazz. Following the pandemic, Lucas toured relentlessly, recently opening a US run for Erika de Casier and appearing at Pitchfork Festival (Chicago) and Le Guess Who? Beyond his prolific solo output, recent collaborations include Black Decelerant, an ambient duo with the aforementioned Omari Jazz who just released their self-titled debut on RVNG Intl. Lucas also collaborates with the operatic baritone singer Davóne Tines as part of a band called THE TRUTH on ROBESOИ, a performance released by the venerable Nonesuch Records. Contour is a key member of a distinct cohort of young artists weaving the traditions of Black music into thoroughly modern, avant-garde songcraft. Within his work, genres and disciplines collide. Lucas’s radio show for Dublab, Footprints in the Dark, took stock of the deep discographies of foundational figures like Gilberto Gil and Georgia Anne Muldrow. Meanwhile, Lucas has organized readings with the likes of Harmony Holiday and screened films from Black Audio Film Collective director John Akomfrah, and completed artist residencies with NTS Radio and Brooklyn’s Pioneer Works. Within all this activity, Lucas’s sound and voice are immediately recognizable, his flow and declarative honesty heavily influenced by rap. Lucas’s recent live shows with the likes of Billy Woods and Bilal featured him roving the stage singing and rapping over samples before sitting at the piano for downcast, Bill Withers-style ballads. Take Off from Mercy is a document of hard-earned lessons learned while on the move. Omari and Khari worked on the record in Charleston, Portland, NYC, London, Paris, Georgia, LA and Houston, feeding into the album’s themes of transformation through migration. Lucas will follow the fall release of Take Off from Mercy with expanded live tours through the US, UK and Europe in fall 2024. As this flurry of activity suggests, there will inevitably be more records, shows, tours, readings and screenings in the near future. The urgency of Contour’s vision is palpable in this myriad of pursuits.
SonReal ~ Michael Minelli ~ Abbatia
AGE RESTRICTION: This show is all ages. You must be 21+ with ID to purchase or drink alcohol. SonRealSonReal is a Canadian singer, songwriter, rapper and visual artist with years of international touring, more than a dozen award nominations, 130 million video views and over 350 millionglobal streams to his credit.Bursting onto the scene with the quirky, now-viral video sensation “Everywhere We Go”(36M views), SonReal and his team set a high bar for visual content and songwriting. TheDouble Platinum-certified single “Can I Get A Witness” was the first indication that SonReal had more to say as a songwriter and more to accomplish as an artist. His previous projects, “The Aaron LP” and “Nobody’s Happy All The Time”, are the culmination of this creative journey to align the artist persona of SonReal with the songwriter and person, Aaron Hoffman-every song is a deeply relatable look into the person behind the music. In support of this new body of work SonReal set out on his “Nobody’s Happy AllThe Time Tour” last year, covering over 30 cities across North America and garnered acclaim from Wonderland, NOTION, 1883 Magazine & more.This year, SonReal went completely independent and dropped a new mixtape “Pages” and kickstarted the rollout for his forthcoming album “All Things Aside” due for release August 2024. Michael Minelli A great voice will tell you exactly who’s behind it. When Michael Minelli sings, you know it’s him. With show-stopping delivery, dynamic range, and timeless panache, the Connecticut born & raised singer/songwriter immediately sets himself apart. It’s no surprise he’s earned the praise of everyone from Ryan Seacrest to BuzzFeed. For Minelli, it’s all a matter of soul. “Soul is the core of everything,” he affirms. “It’s that thing you can’t put your finger on. Anytime somebody hears my music, I want them to immediately say, ‘That’s a Michael Minelli record’.” With over a decade of experience as an artist, Minelli seems to finally have hit his stride gaining millions of views, hundreds of thousands of followers & a 300% increase in streams all during the first month of being active on tiktok singing his song in public all over the country. This has even got him on the bill for national tours, big festivals & even fox news! With the world at his fingertips, Michael set the foundation for 2022 to be the long awaited explosion he dreamed of as a kid. With major label deals, huge sponsorships, viral videos & an experienced team in his back pocket, there’s no telling where you might see him next! Abbatia
Crown Magnetar ~ Extortionist ~ Extermination Dismemberment ~ Larcenia Roe
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 Crown MagnetarRiffs, blastbeats, and breakdownshttps://uniqueleaderrecords.bandcamp.com/album/everything-bleeds Extortionisthttps://extortionist.bandcamp.com/music Extermination Dismembermenthttps://edismemberment.bandcamp.com/music Larcenia Roehttps://uniqueleaderrecords.bandcamp.com/album/dereliction
GRLwood
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 GRLwoodMade up of guitarist/singer/songwriter/dummer Rej Forester, the self-proclaimed “Kentucky-fried queerdo” established GRLwood novemeber, 2016. Since then, GRLwood has been playing nonstop and have formed a strong following in their hometown of Louisville, Kentucky. They have been praised for the community they’ve cultivated, their explosive live performances, and most of all for their fearless and tireless gusto when it comes to dismantling the patriarchy and other toxic heteronormative ideologies through their music. GRLwood has been featured by the likes of Billboard, NPR, AV Club, BTRtoday, Pandora Blog, Wussy Mag, and many more.
Your Old Droog ~ Wiseboy Jeremy
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 Your Old DroogWhen Your Old Droog first entered the Hip-Hop scene a decade ago, he was cloaked in anonymity. The Ukraine-born, Brooklyn bred rap phenomenon was known solely for his sharp, punchy lyrics wrapped in a gruff delivery. Some speculated who was the man behind the sophisticated wordplay. He finally came into the light with his eponymous debut release, the catalyst for what has become a prolific career. Through eight LP’s and ten EP’s, Your Old Droog has crystallized his place in Hip-Hop as the erudite rapper who can tackle any beat with precision; a product of the underground, yet designed for the mainstream. With his new project Movie, YOD is in a new era, where his days of being the dark horse in rap are over. He has countless co-signs from some of the greatest to ever touch a mic, and now he’s finally geared to join them.https://www.instagram.com/yourolddroog/ Wiseboy JeremyAdvancing from a small town in New Jersey, Wiseboy Jeremy expresses life through his lens of the world with Hip-Hop as his chosen medium. The 22-year-old artist relays his introspection over jazz-tinged, contemplative production with a little bit of classic East Coast grit. Known for his unique ability to piece together thoughts that directly represent his peer into the lens of hope, his lyrics reside between a space of wisdom and a yearn to learn more. His 2022 effort, Still Chldrn, is a meditative collection of stories painted over unquantized, Blues & Hip-Hop laced production. Following the 12 months after it’s release, it brought Jeremy to the eyes of publications such as Pigeons & Planes, Bandcamp, Homer Radio, Daily Chiefers, Hot 97 & more.https://wiseboyjeremy.bandcamp.com/
DJ Sharpnel ~ goreshit ~ Femtanyl ~ Blksmiith ~ Deli Girls ~ DJ 54KURA
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: 9:00 PMShow: 10:00 PM DJ Shrapnelhttp://sharpnelsound.bandcamp.com/music Goreshithttp://open.spotify.com/artist/2UyOnfaE8nWXKPwYQyp2La Femtanylhttp://open.spotify.com/artist/53e9n1LucuH3guikmtv180 Blksmiithhttps://open.spotify.com/artist/3K49BAizpfWdDws7kKsdwu?si=9y4D7oHXRwy_3Z3FB0c-VwDeli Girlshttps://open.spotify.com/artist/4jdVUoq5w0zRIbDDCQ4Enc?si=8Xt_JZ2yRj-AhadGFC8YcQDJ 54KURAhttps://dj54kura.bandcamp.com/music
Los Shadows ~ Sheepskin
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 PMLos ShadowsLos Shadows were founded in San Diego, CA in 2015 by friends Andy Saldana and Pepe Gonzales. Building from a foundational 4 piece Indie Rock band, Los Shadows self-released LPs ‘Miami’ in 2017,’ NOT a Safe Space’ in 2019, and ‘MOJOMOJO’ in 2023. Over the last 8 years, Los Shadows cultivated a strong national following built by self-released LPs, DIY merch roll-outs, regional and national tours, and supporting acts like Porter, Homeshake, Levitation Room, Tijuana Panthers, DIIV, and more. In 2024, expect Los Shadows to release more of their classic indie shoegaze sound with new splashes of psychedelic cumbia, followed by a United States tour. SheepskinSheepskin is a band and recording project started by Sam Tiesworth & Molly Meehan. Complete with upright bass (Finn Lester Niles), drums (Derrick Burt), classical guitars, keys, and hushed harmonies, the group is from the little parts of the country and now resides in Northern Vermont. The four piece births a delicate and sincere combination of folk, spooky-country, slow-core, and gentle jazz-infused slacker rock. They graze in sun-dappled meadows, moonlit backyards and in the basins of sand dunes, playing liminal parlor music for their favorite dive bar.https://www.instagram.com/sheepskinsong/
Away Game ~ Chatterbox ~ Monstera ~ Daddy
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 Away Game Chatterbox Monstera Daddy