Tender ~ White China
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 PMTender Flux is defined as “the action or process of flowing or flowing out,” but also as a period of “continuous change”. The latter definition is why it’s the perfect title for TENDER’s third album. In the five years since the release of second album ‘Fear of Falling Asleep’, James Cullen and Dan Cobb moved out of the place they shared as housemates – Cullen lives in London, with Cobb now in Brighton – but also became fathers, with their lives dramatically changing in that time. Since forming in 2015, the duo have become masters of balancing bedroom pop intimacy with festival-sized ambition, with their superbly composed alt-pop songs gaining fans in NPR, Stereogum and beyond as well as hundreds of millions of streams. A steady progression and refinement of their sound followed on debut album ‘Modern Addiction’ (2017) and follow-up ‘Fear of Falling Asleep’ (2019). The period following their second album then saw Cullen spending half his time in London and half in the States with his American partner. On the day he was set to fly back to the UK in late 2020 for visa reasons, he found out that he and his partner had fallen pregnant. As they weren’t married, he remained unable to re-enter the US due to COVID-related travel bans, unaware whether he would be able to be in New York for the birth of his first child. “Coming back to London and not knowing when I could get out there was pretty wild,” he reflects. “We knew that we were going to inevitably end up together, but it was a question of how to navigate the process during that minefield. The next nine months were incredibly stressful and difficult.” Managing to get special dispensation from the US government due to his partner’s pregnancy, he arrived in New York a month before the birth in summer 2021, with the couple then bringing their newborn baby back to London, where they now live together and are married, in that October. This intense, emotionally exhausting period of time is documented on the album’s hazy, beautiful title track. “Nobody but you,” the refrain repeats, with the idea of what’s important in life truly coming into focus. It’s a lyrical perspective that defines the album, and though flux can feel disorientating, it also puts things into perspective and makes prioritising far easier. “All of this stuff happening and the changes that both of us have gone through inevitably finds its way into the music,” Cullen says. “We didn’t set out to write about this stuff necessarily, but it definitely ended up making its way in here.” “We’re not the most open people in real life,” Cobb adds, “so having the outlet to say something really emotive and honest through the music is really useful.”https://tender.bandcamp.com/album/flux White ChinaWhite China music
Donovan Woods ~ Hunter Metts
*All events are 21+ valid ID required for entry* 7 PM – Doors8 PM – Show DONOVAN WOODSSince he released his first album a decade ago, singer-songwriter Donovan Woods’ blend of folk, country and pop has resonated with audiences all over the world. In recent years, the acclaimed, award-winning singer-songwriter has seen his profile grow with his breakthrough album, Without People.Touring behind (2020’s) Without People saw Woods play to his largest audiences to date. That included a stint opening for New Jersey-based retro rockers Gaslight Anthem on their recent reunion tour.Throughout his distinguished career, Donovan Woods has built a devoted following who cling to the acclaimed songwriter’s every word. Never one to mince words, Woods is one of music’s most vulnerable storytellers and on his forthcoming studio album, Donovan takes that a step further. Honest and unflinching, on Things Were Never Good If They’re Not Good Now, his upcoming seventh studio album, Woods takes a long look inside and isn’t necessarily thrilled with what he sees. For an artist who isn’t afraid to bear his soul, this is as emotionally gritty as he has ever been. HUNTER METTShttps://open.spotify.com/artist/1nQp0Yk9yxk2PJsXOtMR14
Great Good Fine Ok
*All events are 21+ valid ID required for entry* 7 PM – Doors8 PM – Show GREAT GOOD FINE OK
Spose ~ Rigometrics
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 SposeAllegedly a rapper from Maine.https://www.sposemusic.com/Rigometrics Making some serious noise in the Northeast music scene, Rigometrics provides an original, raw high-energy rock n’ roll sound that’s transformative and undeniably unique. Their signature blend of multiple genres seamlessly unites classic rock with a contemporary edge, comprised of explosive guitar solos by Josef Berger effortlessly shredding through intricate melodies; Derek Haney providing a foundation through pulsating beats on the drums, and Keenan Hendricks hitting an extraordinary vocal range with hammering piano skills. Together, the three-piece band delivers performances that leave diverse audiences in awe and garner a dedicated fan base. Having only formed in 2021, the three-piece band has already embarked on six tours down the East Coast, sold out 300-capacity venues, and headlined fifteen major shows in Maine, all while working independently to gain traction and showcase their unique sound across the Northeast. Their Debut album “Rig N’ Roll” was Released in September 2022 followed by single, “Share The Fortune”. Those early releases created a buzz for their newest EP, “No Time to Waste”, which was released in July 2023, and their latest live album “Live in Maine” released Feb 2nd. These projects are being shared through constant energetic live performances and an undeniable stage presence throughout the Northeast via a renovated school bus that the Rigometrics calls home when on the road. https://www.rigometrics.com/
MASS OF THE FERMENTING DREGS ~ Chastity ~ Young Statues
MASS OF THE FERMENTING DREGSMASS OF THE FERMENTING DREGS is a Japanese alternative rock band formed in Kobe City, Japan. In 2007, they won the best artist of EMI Music Japan’s new comer audition and recorded their songs with Dave Fridman at Tarbox road Studio in USA. After they released their 1st album in 2008, they rapidly climbed the alternative-rock ladder in Japan. The band once paused their activities in 2012 then reunion in 2017. The current lineup consists of Natsuko Miyamoto (Vocal & Bass) , Naoya Ogura (Guitar & Backing vocal) and Isao Yoshino (Drums & Backing vocal). Known for their energetic, hair-flailing live shows and melodic, guitar driven pop sound, they are still one of the most exciting and attracted act in Japan.Website | Facebook | Instagram | YouTube | bandcamp | Spotify | Apple Music CHASTITY YOUNG STATUES
Schirenc Plays Pungent Stench ~ Organ Dealer ~ Compulsed
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 PMSchirenc Plays Pungent Stenchhttps://www.facebook.com/Schirenc.Plays.Pungent.Stench/Organ Dealerhttps://organdealer.bandcamp.com/album/the-weight-of-beingCompulsedhttps://compulsed.bandcamp.com/album/demo-2024
Chris Cohen ~ 22 Degree Halo
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 PMChris CohenChris Cohen was always a quiet kid. In fact, this introversion was one reason he began playing music as a toddler—to communicate without speaking, to identify with others without the direct representation of words. It has worked, too, with Cohen’s terrific stint in the mighty Deerhoof and his own captivating art-rock act The Curtains preceding production and session work for the likes of Weyes Blood, Kurt Vile, Le Ren, and Marina Allen. Somewhere along that long way, Cohen started writing lyrics. He found that, though it didn’t come naturally, the process offered a new sense of self-discovery and reckoning, a way to see himself and the world from unexpected angles. His three twilit albums of casually complicated pop during the last decade radiated these epiphanies: handling family strife, navigating advancing age, and understanding social woes. But Cohen has never had as much to sing so directly as he does on Paint a Room, his first album in five years and his debut for Hardly Art. If Cohen’s meanings have previously lurked inside the tessellated musical layers he built alone, they are newly clear and resonant here, animated and underscored for the first time by a band playing in real time. There is the endless miasma of state violence on the subversively melodious opener “Damage,” the existential exhaustion of modernity on the horn-traced jangle “Laughing”: this is Cohen communicating with friends not only through his deep understanding of groove, harmony, and hook but also with his listeners through songs that croon of our uneasy little era. In the past, Cohen made records in spells of isolation, phases when, as he puts it, he would “try to make my world a lot smaller.” He would play any of a dozen or so instruments until he stumbled upon something interesting, then slowly build upward and outward upon the idea. The method was solitary and stepwise, an act of accretion and deletion. Cohen, though, has been playing live with bassist Davin Givhan, drummer Josh da Costa, and keyboardist Jay Israelson in some fashion for the better part of a decade. This time around, then, he built demos in the dusty garage of the suburban Altadena rental that smelled like old wood and gasoline and tried something new—he took the songs on tour with that crew, yielding total control by letting them fill in or flourish their own parts as they saw fit. They came back home and began recording as a band. Cohen even called in a few friends to help, with Jeff Parker contributing the fluttering horn arrangement on “Damage,” and Parker collaborator Josh Johnson (who produced Meshell Ndegeocello’s Grammy-Award-winning album The Omnichord Real Book) supplying flute, sax, and clarinet arrangements throughout the record. It felt a little bit like producing someone else’s records, with Cohen given the chance to step back and evaluate others’ contributions to his own songs rather than scrutinize every little bit he made himself. This was a longtime ambition realized, another way of relating to others openly through sound.22 Degree Halo22 Degree Halo is a band from Philadelphiahttps://www.instagram.com/22__degree__halo/
Haunt ~ Savage Master ~ Traitor
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 PMHAUNThttps://hauntthenation.bandcamp.com/Savage Masterhttps://savagemasterofficial.bandcamp.com/album/mask-of-the-devil-2023-re-releaseTraitorhttps://traitorphl.bandcamp.com/album/last-hope-for-the-wretched
Mizmor ~ Amarok ~ Oktas
*All events are 21+ valid ID required for entry* 7 PM – Doors8 PM – Show MIZMORWholly Doomed Black Metal by A.L.N. – est. 2012 | Portland, Oregonhttps://mizmor.bandcamp.com/album/prosaic-2 AMAROKDoom Metal from Northern Californiahttps://amarok.bandcamp.com/music OKTASEpic post doom metal band from Philadelphia.https://oktas.bandcamp.com/album/oktas
The Well ~ Year of the Cobra ~ Seismic
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 PMThe WellThe Well walk an intriguing line between authentic early 70s doom/heavy psych, the frayed weirdness of dark folk/goth – especially with their haunting unison male/female vocals – with a stark vibe of post-punk acts like Joy Division and early The Cure. The band’s intense — “possessed” — live performances have earned them featured slots at international festivals including Levitation, Desertfest, Psycho California, Sonicblast Moledo, Blowup Helskini and a slot on the legendary RockPalast. Their extensive touring history has taken them through North America, Europe, Scandinavia and Nepal with the likes of 1000mods, Kadavar, All Them Witches, Black Tusk, etc.Year of the CobraFormed in 2015, YEAR OF THE COBRA became a fast-rising star in the stoner doom cosmos for good reason. The powerhouse duo, consisting of Amy Tung Barrysmith (vocals/bass) and Jon Barrysmith (drums), create a vast, larger than life sound aesthetic. Their songs drift from classic doom laments to skyscraping riff architecture, blending anthemic rock moments seamlessly with transfiguring psychedelia.https://yearofthecobra.bandcamp.com/SeismicSeismic is an instrumental doom quartet from Philadelphia, formed in 2018. Pulling from influences across the spectrum of heavy music, Seismic forge lumbering riffs, thunderous bass and cavernous drums into monolithic landscapes of sludge and doom. Seismic released their debut self-titled EP in 2020, and are nearing the completion of their first full length, due later this year.https://seismicdoom.bandcamp.com/album/the-time-machine