Rockin for Rog 2
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: 5:00 PM Show: 5:00 PMThe Falling OutJoelynPrimadonnazCryptkeeper 5DJ Eric 13 (between sets)
BLOOD CLUB ~ Dustbowl Champion ~ Casket Cassette ~ Saint Cyanide
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 PMBLOOD CLUBBLOOD CLUB are a post-punk inspired band, drawing inspiration from each band member’s latin roots to create a unique, multilingual sound in their work. Founded by lead singer Jesse Flores in 2022, the band has amassed thousands of listeners during their first couple of months performing locally in chicago and plans to continue this upward trajectory as they create new music. As part of a three man band, lead singer Jesse Flores is a seasoned performer/guitarist and songwriter. Now taking a step into his own project and band along with his guitarist Jorge Calderon and Bassist Daniel Vela, the three man band hopes to continue amassing followers worldwide. Using minor key tonality, heavy synths and introspective lyrics, Jesse uses the occasional touch of spanish in his songwriting as well to create a hybrid genre of darkwave that has romantic, but dark undertones. Currently represented under Cruel Management and its affiliates, the band is on an upward trajectory and definitely worth giving a listen.Dustbowl Championhttps://www.instagram.com/dustbowlchampion/?hl=enCasket Cassettehttps://casketcassette.bandcamp.com/Saint CyanideSaint Cyanide makes designer noise. Their music combines dark synth basslines with post-punk guitars and dance floor drums – a reflection of their various influences and inspirations. The result is familiar yet original; a party and a gut punch. They consist of Philip Schorn (synth, percussion), Rick Mitchell (guitar, synth) and Steven Haslam (vocals). They’ve played in a bunch of bands over the years – together and separately – and blah blah blah, etc., etc. Proudly from Philadelphia.https://saintcyanide.bandcamp.com/track/mouth-knife
Party Nerves ~ El Dingo ~ Miniskirt
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 PMPARTY NERVESParty Nerves are a Philadelphia, PA trio that takes instrumental surf and runs it through a bad dream. Three musicians from three different countries decided to start a surf band having listened to absolutely zero surf music, and Party Nerves was the result; someone once called it ‘post-surf’ and they liked that enough not to question it. They have inspired some pretty exuberant mosh pits and some truly wild dancing. Party Nerves released their first EP – Put a Load On, Come Back Mangled – in 2022 and have a follow-up slated to drop in the fall of 2024. You can probably find them at the closest diner or falafel spot after the show.https://partynerves.bandcamp.com/track/going-to-hell-on-a-technicality | Spotify EL DINGOSpotifyMINISKIRTMiniskirt is a four piece based in Chicago, IL. Made up of PriscillaJimenez (bass/vocals), Steve Pigozzi (guitar/vocals), Conrad Navarro(guitar) and Jake Besen (drums). The band draws on a love of 60’s girlgroups, garage rock, power pop, and punk to make a dreamy andenergetic sound. They can inspire a raucous pit or a joint to bepassed around. Their self released debut album, Paint It Rad, justcame out in April.Spotify
Ducks Ltd. ~ Grocer
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 PMDUCKS LTDDucks Ltd. are a Toronto band featuring Australian lead guitarist Evan Lewis and U.K-born, U.S.-raised singer, bassist, and rhythm guitarist Tom McGreevy. As Ducks Ltd., the two thrive on skirting the edges of buoyant jangle pop and driving power pop. Their latest album, Harm’s Way, contains anxious songs that McGreevy explains are “about struggling. About watching people I care for suffer, and trying to figure out how to be there for them. And about the strain of living in the world when it feels like it’s ready to collapse.” Harm’s Way is an undeniable evolution of Ducks Ltd.’s songwriting process. Where their critically acclaimed 2021 debut Modern Fiction and 2019 EP Get Bleak were self-recorded and self-produced in a Toronto basement, here, they made an LP in Chicago with producer Dave Vettraino and some of their favorite musicians. These collaborators include Finom’s Macie Stewart, Ratboys’ Julia Steiner and Marcus Nuccio, Dehd’s Jason Balla, Moontype’s Margaret McCarthy, Lawn’s Rui De Magalhaes, Dummy’s Nathan O’Dell, and Patio’s Lindsey-Paige McCloy. Ducks Ltd.’s touring drummer Jonathan Pappo also appears on the LP. The band first showed this collaborative streak on a 2023 covers EP, which featured guests like Mo Troper, Ratboys, Illuminati Hotties, and Jane Inc. that boasted renditions of songs by The Cure, The Feelies, and The Jesus and Mary Chain. Where those songs started as ideas on days off from tour, Harm’s Way is also a product of writing on the road while supporting acts like Nation of Language and Archers of Loaf. “When we got signed, we had played maybe five or six shows ever,” says McGreevy. “After last year, it’s well in the hundreds. Those things change your perception of your own music and songwriting.” This well-earned and road-tested confidence made the making of this LP their most intuitive and organic yet. “Our relationship is built on trust and we don’t let our egos come into the creative process in any way,” says Lewis. “We have this really great thing where every decision with the band is filtered through both of us. Here especially, we really figured out how to make something that truly sounds like us.” GroccerGrocer is a band from Philadelphia. Lead by three distinct vocalists, each with a unique voice both on and off their respective instruments, they flicker between moments of brash chromaticism, saccharine pop sensibility, and rhythmic acrobatics. Their compositions are both meticulous and volatile, while their live performances are lauded for explosive chemistry with cheeky curiosity.https://itsgrocer.bandcamp.com
Sweetboy ~ Jake McKelvie & the Countertops ~ Chris Eichlin ~ Bristoltooth
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 PMSweetboyAnna Barnett and Jon Flores followed a typical trajectory of the closet artist: each wanted to passionately pursue music for a career when they were teens, but each put those dreams away when secure, 9-5 jobs came knocking after college. That is until 2018 when they met on Craigslist and started collaborating after their day jobs. Their early works, like “North Dakota” and “Build You A House,” present the unique balance between Jon’s classical piano training and Anna’s background in English literature and storytelling. They began to play at open mics around NYC, added on more band members, created some demos, and as the momentum grew, they started investing more and more of their energy—and their whole selves—into the music. In 2019, Sweetboy was born, and in October 2023, they released A Day in the Park, their first album culminating years of steady song crafting and faith.https://open.spotify.com/artist/3KotnRYOW5EFR5cfsa4KTT?si=EMA2pas_R-mS9wd2MlACQQJake McKelvie & the CountertopsOn A New Kind of Hat, the new long-player from Massachusetts’s own Jake McKelvie, indie-rock melodicism slow dances with alt-country ramble. A kind soul that’s just a touch world-weary, McKelvie’s careful economy of language belies a sly sense of humor set against a backdrop of unadorned instrumentation. Thematically, the record strikes the perfect balance between serious musing and whimsy. With his band of in-the-pocket players at his side, McKelvie has crafted a record that is equally at home in the listening room as on the dance floor. Eminently engaging and full of nuance, A New Kind of Hat is a record destined for a treasured spot in your collection. https://open.spotify.com/artist/0Hd5B36qOoLcEo30HeGloF?si=BuRQ0Y8-SU2XUbAKoN3mLwChris EichlinLoving, Sweet, and sometimes melancholic like a last goodbye hug – the alternative folk of Chris Eichlin radiates through the unfurling landscape of an ever changing life. Welcoming the inevitable. Though love and loss is rather cliché for a folk singer, he also finds comfort in the personal solace of the artistic ebbs and flows. His melodic, detuned fingerpicking whispers the influences of Alex G, Father John Misty, Bon Iver, Nick Drake. Eichlin is a frequent collaborator and band member to Ryan Morro (Sci-Fi Godfather).https://open.spotify.com/artist/5yoJihpu7Usezp0NHslFOx?si=h0kzCa9SRvupabj-sHXFAABristoltoothBristoltooth is an American rock band from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The band was formed in 2021 and consists of Cullen Wilson, Dom Lanza, Malek Blalock, and Sam Tate.https://open.spotify.com/artist/2HlYfxcny3sq4142MoEMck?si=63Cfwhf_Tr6QebJU74VXPA
Uncle Dan ~ The Angies ~ Division-One ~ Bored As Hell
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: 6:00 PM Show: 6:30 PMUNCLE DANPhilly Punk Rockhttps://itsyeruncledan.bandcamp.com/THE ANGIESPhilly Noise Rockhttps://theangies.bandcamp.comDIVISION-ONENew Brunswick Hardcore Punkhttps://div-one.bandcamp.comBORED AS HELLDelco Garage Punkhttps://boredashell.bandcamp.com
Local Honeymoon ~ Connor Bracken & the Mother Leeds Band ~ Latchkey Kids ~ The Far Out
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 Local HoneymoonLocal Honeymoon is an up-and-coming rock and roll band from South Philadelphia that plays catchy, punk-tinged songs about attempting to age gracefully without the material comforts of past generations. Their self-titled debut EP will be available everywhere in 2024, but until then you can catch them drinking tropical drinks and singing tropical songs in dive bars across Philly.Connor Bracken & the Mother Leeds BandConnor Bracken and the Mother Leeds Band play the Rock and Roll music and are based in Asbury Park, New Jersey. In 2023, Mother Leeds Band released 3 new singles which has signaled their commitment to the high energy, guitar driven sound that their loyal fans have come to expect. Their unique sound translates to the live stage with a show that leaves all in attendance thrilled. For proof of their live chops, one can listen to the band’s most recent live album of their show at the House Of Independents from 8.6.21. Mother Leeds Band is quietly working on a new record which will be further evidence of their growth and their facility for bangers.Latchkey Kids“latchkey kids” is an indie project born out of Demarest Hall, a Queer & Arts dormitory at Rutgers University in New Jersey. Hanny Ramadan (singer/songwriter), Cyle Morris (drums/percussion), & Joey Grzybowski (guitar/auxiliary compositions) hope to share their melancholy “broken english rock” with every outcast and oddity, every freak and geek, and every child of an immigrant that found comfort in wandering. FFO: Pinegrove, Gaslight Anthem, Counting CrowsThe Far OutThe Far Out is a high energy pop-funk outfit from the North Shore of MA. The multi-instrumentalists engage their audiences with powerful vocals and groovy horn lines, supported by the undeniable chemistry of a group of lifelong friends. The Far Out’s self-titled debut EP was named Indie Boulevard’s Best EP of 2023.
Hotel Canal ~ Brak ~ Anna Fahn ~ Waycool Junior ~ Jeff Houtmann
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: 10:00 PM Show: 10:00 PMHotel Canal returns to Kung Fu Necktie for another night of electronic pleasures! This time, residents Waycool Junior and Anne Fahn welcome DJ’s Jeff Houtmann and Brak to the lineup. Jeff Houtmann is known for his flare for early Deep House and is an avid collector of records from some of the best producers from the turn of the century. Brak brings a more modern flare with their penchant for spaced out, dubby, atmospheric melodies combined with acid and techno inspired basslines. Join us on the dance floor for another night of experimentation with sounds spanning multiple decades, from across the globe.
Detox Meds ~ Crime Rate ~ Back to Life ~ Cycle of Abuse
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 PMCYCLE OF ABUSEPhiladelphia Beatdown DETOX MEDSUnhinged Hardcore from Philly and the Jersey ShoreSpotifyCRIME RATEThrashy PAHCSpotifyBACK TO LIFEMetallic Hardcore from Harrisburg PASpotify
Surf Trash ~ Whitehall ~ Flavor Wave
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 PMSurf TrashThe anticipation builds as Australian rock outfit Surf Trash prepares to share a taste of their upcoming album, slated for release later this year. Their music resonates with the echoes of their road-tested authenticity, promising a sonic experience that captures the essence of their live performances. Get ready to dive into the waves of Surf Trash’s evolving sound and witness the next chapter of their musical odyssey. With a nod to the 90s Australian rock scene that influenced them, including revered acts like The Celebrate Rifles and Radio Birdman, Surf Trash has honed their raw live sound – a signature feature renowned by their fans from their extensive road ventures. Following their monumental USA tour in November and a sold-out national Australian tour last year, complemented by notable festival appearances across the country, the band is thrilled to embark on a journey across North America this April for their latest single ‘Hello Again’.WhitehallWhitehall is an indie rock four-piece from Charleston, SC. They merge a dancey demeanor with an insatiable desire for more out of life, making for an incredibly energetic and heart opening live experience. When they aren’t shotgunning La Croix, Whitehall tours the east coast.Flavor Wavehttps://www.facebook.com/flavorwaveband/