Dana and Alden
AGE RESTRICTION: All Ages Doors: 7:00PM Show: 8:00PM Papa’s Boat Tour Dana and Alden Jazz duo Dana & Alden have always had a wanderlust, something they credit to their maternalgrandfather. Affectionately known as Papa, he was the kind of person others naturally gravitatetowards. It was a photograph from one of his trips to Asia that inspired the Eugene, OR duo’snew album Papa’s Boat. In the image Papa is looking out across the horizon and stood next tohis boat Sŵn y Môr (Welsh for “Sound of the Sea.”)“I think so much of what Alden and I are doing comes from just watching him live his own uniquelife,” says Dana. Alden agrees. “His emboldened, passionate personality gave us permission tobe our own selves, to be unconventional and draw outside of the box.”Recorded with Malcolm Catto in London in March 2025, Papa’s Boat combines all theirchildhood love and global experience to create an ecstatic sound built on Dana’s saxophoneand Alden’s drums. Recorded with the duo’s backing band, Ebba Dankel (vocals and keys),Andrew Mitchell (bass), Eli Torgersen (vocals and guitar) and Salim Charvet (sax and synths),Papa’s Boat is rooted in jazz but pulling influence from indie, pop, rap, bossa nova, and beyond.A hypnotic combination of sax and buzzing synths on “Lighthouse” sets the tone for an albumthat uses water as both a reflective surface and a body to get lost in. Elsewhere there arecollaborations with Mei Semones, Melanie Charles, and legendary Brazilian songwriter MarcosValle, a hero figure to the band who appears on “El Gaucho” and “Friendship Is A Boat.”Throughout its runtime Papa’s Boat sails purposefully between memories of the past and visionsof a brighter future. It doesn’t just commemorate their Papa as a beloved character, but shareshim with the world.
The Swims ~ LEV
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Lord Jah-Monte Ogbon ~ Lovelock ~ Freddy $tone ~ Qnorapname ~ akakwon ~ MyBrotherKhalil ~ LiveRell
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: 7:30 PM Lord Jah-Monte Ogbon “Since moving to Charlotte from Akron, Ohio, in 2004, Lord Jah-Monte Ogbon has been one of the busiest rappers in North Carolina. He released more than a dozen projects between 2019 and 2023 alone, and this year released “As Of Now,” his debut for the UK-based Lex Records.Lex has been one of the world’s leading labels for alternative hip-hop since 2001 and in the past has worked with legends of the genre like MF DOOM and Ghostface Killah.”As Of Now” is Ogbon’s first release since 2023’s “I’ve Really Never Been Better” and has quickly gained him new fans across the globe. Creatively, it’s a big step up from that project. – WHQR Public Media https://www.instagram.com/jahmonteogbon Lovelock https://www.instagram.com/lovelockphl Freddy $tone https://www.instagram.com/fuckfredman Qnorapname https://www.instagram.com/qnorapname akakwon https://www.instagram.com/offonsmoko MyBrotherKhalil LiveRell https://www.instagram.com/killrell Ebony Moore https://www.instagram.com/ebony_dream404
Riley Lauren ~ Sage Thomas ~ Daphne Eckman
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Richard ~ Groove Merchants
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Chuck Strangers
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Sleep Tactics ~ Dear Season ~ FutureBeer & The Night Owls
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: 7:30 PM Sleep Tactics Dear Season FutureBeer & The Night Owls
Michael Wavves ~ Anthony Winters ~ Josceppi
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: 7:30 PM Michael Wavves Anthony Winters Josceppi
Dear Forbidden ~ Gun-Shy Butterfly ~ Those Looks
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: 7:30 PM Dear Forbidden Dear Forbidden formed sometime around 2015 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania— probably during a full moon, with all of the self-mythologizing and wanton hyperbole rock band bios are known for. It began with Gina LC and some other people who, frankly, don’t matter right now. Ryan joined in 2016, which was neat. But the real turning point came in 2017 with the arrival of Steph, that’s when everything got louder and tighter. In 2020, Kyle joined on second guitar, completing the lineup and adding a touch of luxury in the process. Dear Forbidden doesn’t fit neatly into any genre, mostly because genres are a man-made construct. Despite this, the band has played many, many shows over the years, some even in such exotic locales like Poughkeepsie, NY and Wilmington, DE. The band has had its fair share of trials and tribulations, for example, nobody can tell when the band is joking, in any context. Their most recent self-titled album release is available wherever you get your music. Gun-Shy Butterfly Philadelphia-based duo Gun-Shy Butterfly meld sugary harmonies and urgent hooks with fuzzed-out guitars for a tough and tuneful sensibility evoking the 1990s alt-rock, grunge, and Riot Grrrl scenes, especially bands like Veruca Salt, L7, and the Breeders. Check out their debut EP ‘Uncomplicated’ wherever you stream music. Those Looks Those Looks is an indie rock four-piece from Lambertville, New Jersey, known for their velvet wave style of dreamy, apocalyptic pop. Combining retro rock sounds, from surf to jangle, with classic pop melodies and hints of cosmic country and psychedelic folk, their music is the perfect soundtrack for the last summer on earth. The band includes Kelly Bolding on lead vocals and guitar, Sylvia Barrantes on lead guitar, Randall Newman on bass, and Shaun Ellis on drums, all of whom contribute to the lush vocal harmonies that are a throughline across the band’s songs. Previous releases include “Cherry” (2025), Passing Through (EP, 2025), and Cults Near Me (LP, 2022) on Mint 400 Records; “Laundry and Taxes” (2023) on Weathervane Music; and Come Unto Me (self-released EP, 2019). Those Looks play regularly across the New Jersey, Bucks County, and Philadelphia areas. They are currently writing and recording their second full-length album.
Hiroe ~ Flatwaves ~ Amplifiers ~ Objects
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: 6:30 PM Show: 7:00 PM Hiroe HIROE’s architecture is built over the walls of sound created by the band’s three guitarists towering over the foundation of the huge sounding bass and powerful drumming. The larger-than-life sound of the band is forged by a carefully selected all-star line up of producers, their debut being recorded by Mario Quintero (Spotlights), mixed by Matt Bayles (Caspian, Mono, Russian Circles, Isis, Pelican) and mastered by Will Yip (Caspian, Circa Survive). “We wanted to hold ourselves to a very high standard, so to sonically achieve our goals, we enlisted the help of Mario, Matt, and Will,” explains Kusanagi, indicating that this is a production team HIROE will likely continue to employ in the future. Wrought is a work of a quality that is rare among debut albums, an album which epitomizes the original idea of the genre as described by Simon Reynolds in The Wire back in 1994. “Post-rock means using rock instrumentation for non-rock purposes, using guitars as facilitators of timbres and textures rather than riffs and power chords”. Wrought is confident, powerful and incredibly well-produced, combining the elegant, pretty side of post-rock staples like Pg.Lost, Mogwai and God Is An Astronaut with the heaviness of Deftones or Thrice. Hiroe is: Eric Kusanagi – Guitars Jill Paslier – Guitars Brian Kong – Guitars Jon Seiler – Bass Dan Sagherian – Drums Flatwaves Amplifiers Objects