W.I.T.C.H. (We Intend to Cause Havoc)

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: 6:15 PM Show: 7:30 PM W.I.T.C.H. (We Intend to Cause Havoc) Zamrock, the Afro-rock genre that swept southern Africa in the 1970s, was born in the Copperbelt region of Zambia, and WITCH was at the center of it all. In the beginning, lead singer Emmanuel ‘Jagari’ Chanda and the band looked for a name to match edgy rock sounds coming from Europe and America. First they tried Kingston Market, which sounded too reggae-ish, then they tried Footswitch, but there was a local artist called Dr Footswitch, so they shortened it to Switch, and then finally WITCH. “The posters were handwritten,” Jagari recalled, “so we would draw somebody on a broomstick.” Hot out of the gate, WITCH signed to Teal Records and began touring in a truck with a canopy emblazoned with the words: “Trespassers will be eaten” The graphic artist who wrote those words also gave the band its enduring acronym: We Intend To Cause Havoc. Jagari recalls, “There was no hesitation. Everyone agreed” And the rest is history. Fast forward four decades, and Jagari, along with veteran keyboardist/composer Patrick Mwondela, now lead a new, multi-national formation of the band. Sogolo is their second 21st century release. It’s the follow up to Zango (2021), which was recorded against all odds in the same Lusaka studio that WITCH frequented in the ‘70s—funky and dilapidated, but with a vibe that heralded a reawakening for the band. All this came as a surprise to Jagari, who had been trying his hand at gemstone mining when filmmaker Gio Arlotta arrived in 2014 – during Zambia’s jubilee independence celebration – to begin work on his 2019 documentary WITCH (We Intend to Cause Havoc). The gemstone quest was a bust, but Jagari recalls, “Sometimes when one door closes, another will open, and that turns out to be WITCH resurrected. Amazing! It has given me a new lease of life.”

Pan Arcadia ~ Cab Ellis ~ The New You

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 Pan Arcadia Pan Arcadia has been making waves in the NYC music scene. With their high-energy performances and anthemic sound, the band has quickly gained a reputation for electrifying live shows and raw, unapologetic music. Their blend of dueling guitars, soulful crooning vocals, and powerful rhythms captures the essence of rock while pushing boundaries with modern sensibilities. Through sold out gigs at Bowery Ballroom and spotlights in Spin Magazine, the 5-piece has proven themselves a musical force not to be missed. The band’s next LP, produced by Hugo White (Jessie Ware, The Maccabees, Jamie T, Matt Maltese) and Pete Harper (Sara Bareilles, Madison Cunningham, Theo Katzman) is due this fall. SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/artist/1eIFYyCbgvc6LT4ViIveax Cab Ellis If I told you New York’s alt rock scene is back, you might ask who’s responsible. Best known for their uninhibited, intoxicating live performances, Cab Ellis is the underground revival’s best-kept-secret. With a penchant for stage diving, spitting beer into mosh pits and splitting guitar strings center stage, the band stirs a certain chaos and confusion in young fans while conjuring a deep nostalgia for a bygone era in older listeners. At the age of sixteen, frontman Connor Abeles began rapping over YouTube beats at his family’s desktop computer in Hagerstown, Maryland. In 2018, Abeles moved to Los Angeles, where he met a group of USC jazz students and formed what would become the first full band iteration of Cab Ellis. While in LA, Cab Ellis released Nighttime OCD, their self-produced debut album, and The East Coast Hold On, with the help of legendary producer Gordon Raphael (The Strokes, Regina Spektor).  In 2021, Abeles moved across the country to New York. Since then, Cab Ellis has completed two national tours and has sold-out iconic venues like Bowery Ballroom and Baby’s All Right. In an age where everything is polished and perfect, Cab Ellis’ live show and sound are a complete rebellion. Backed by an army of 6 jazz musicians bucking against the confines of their traditional training, Abeles’ heartfelt, explosive energy is capable of uniting a room full of strangers into one anarchic being. Cab Ellis is set to release their third studio album in April 2025. SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/artist/7hDfnuDsxOlgBPBEoa34Rh The New You

Codefendants ~ Chris Conde

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 PM Codefendants Get Dead vocalist Sam King’s graffiti crew were giving tattoos and making flash art to raise money to help rapper Ceschi Ramos when he was in prison. Months later they met at the Gilman Street Project in Berkeley, California. They bonded, talking about their love of hip-hop and punk rock. They didn’t know it yet, but they had just started Codefendants. Impossible to define by traditional standards, Codefendants were forged out of a desire to make an album that sounded like nothing else while still capturing the feeling of music they admired as kids growing up in the Bay Area. Fat Mike, bassist of NoFX and punk hero was floored when he heard the first three demos and joined the project as lead producer, studio bassist & additional songwriter. In 2023 This Is Crime Wave was voted Punk Rock Vinyl album of the year, publications such as Kerrang, Dying Scene, Outburn & New Noise Magazine have praised it. Chris Conde Since 2010, multi-instrumentalist, producer and rapper, Chris Conde has been actively playing shows across the United States. He has been featured at major music events and festivals like Maverick Music Festival in San Antonio, G.I.A.N.T. Fest in Brooklyn, Blow Pony in Portland and Stargayzer in Austin. Conde has also served as direct support for well-known touring acts and indie rappers including LCD Soundsystem, Circa Survive, Cupcakke, Big Freedia, Sno Tha Product, Tha Alkaholiks, Lupe Fiasco, Bushwick Bill, Sage Francis, Grieves, Sadistik, Sole, Grayskul, Rory Ferrira, Sims, Shreddders (Doomtree), Busdriver, Ceschi, Sammus, Armand Hammer, MC Chris and Jonwayne to name a few. On December, 6 2019 Fake Four Inc. Released Conde Digital a five song EP produced entirely by Moodie Black, which is available via Fake Four’s Bandcamp page as well as all streaming sites including Spotify, iTunes, Deezer, etc. Ultimately, Conde’s goal is to communicate through music his journey; the pitfalls, relapses, homelessness and self acceptance as a queer person so that his listeners might connect with the universal theme of hope. Conde’s work in the LGBTQ community has led him to start an all-LGBTQ performance showcase called Queers & Beers in 2015, which features performers from multiple genres of music. He also founded the very first LGBTQ music radio show in San Antonio called Queer Vibes on KRTU 91.7 FM the following year, which still runs from 11pm-Midnight every Sunday and features local, national and international music from the LGBTQ community.

Chasing Straights ~ Birds? ~ Dear Season

Bagel ~ Pachyderm ~ Animal Instincts

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 Bagel Bagel is a fresh-baked, three piece experimental rock band from Philadelphia. Harrison Cohn (Guitar/Vocals), Evan Gorski (Bass/Vocals), and Caleb Sperling (Drums/Vocals), explore abstract musical communication through songwriting and improvisation. With music both comedic and earnest, they attempt to reflect the radically contrasting facets of the human experience. And bagels. Linktree Pachyderm Pachyderm is a genre-bending psychedelic power trio comprised of three close friends sharing one musical mind. Recently reunited and with their fourth studio album on the way, 2025 is shaping up to be the band’s biggest year yet. Linktree Animal Instincts Animal Instincts is an experimental jam quintet known for their extended psychedelic jams and spiritual soundscapes which create a reality bending musical experience. Spotify

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TWRP ~ Los Angeles Power Disco

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 PM

Cadalay ~ Trouble at the Doormat

Season To Risk ~ Plaque Marks

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 Season To Risk Season to Risk are a Kansas City, Missouri band who play noise rock and post-hardcore music in the vein of Jesus Lizard and Six Finger Satellite with a new Record Store Day 2025 release 1-800-MELTDOWN (2025) on Init Records. Plaque Marks

SUUNS ~ Activity

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 SUUNS “Evil is very real and having its way, and love is also real and hasn’t lost yet.” That’s how Activity’s Travis Johnson described their third album, A Thousand Years In Another Way. A friend had asked why these songs seemed to capture the strange, heavy feeling of being alive right now better than anything else—and that was his answer. The album doesn’t try to explain this time we’re living in; it simply feels like it. It’s a mix of violence, alienation, and tenderness—reflecting the surreal, dreamlike (or nightmarish) rhythm of daily life. Across ten songs, Activity blends experimental rock, electronics, and found sounds with a sense of paranoia, flickers of hope, and a warped reality. Working with producer Jeff Berner (Psychic TV), the band manipulated sounds and played with room acoustics to create a feeling that’s disorienting—like the air is thick and the walls are listening. Coming out of a period of uncertainty, the Brooklyn-based quartet—Travis Johnson, Jess Rees, Bri DiGioia, and Steven Levine—pieced the album together from fragments: clipped samples, looping guitar lines, ghostly melodies. Rees, DiGioia, and Johnson share vocal and writing duties, shaping a record that feels both deeply personal and strangely alien. There’s a constant sense that things could shift or fall apart at any second—nothing stays one thing for long. The lead single and opening track, “In Another Way,” sets the tone with its raw energy and unsettling refrain: “Who will marry me now? All the good husbands have drowned.” The feeling of instability continues with “We Go Where We’re Not Wanted,” a track built from layered samples and broken rhythms, evoking a society on the brink. Throughout the album, vulnerability coexists with unease. “Piece of Mirror” offers a ghostly, minimalist moment, blending Herman Hesse-inspired lyrics with found sounds and a pulse that feels both innocent and ominous. “Good Memory” and “Her Alphabet” explore the dark side of lost innocence, while “Heavy Breathing” softens the mood with a tender nod to ‘80s synth-pop. “Scissors” pairs heavy, crushing bass with light, sweet melodies, while “Your Dream” and “I Came Here to Harm You” lean into confrontation—diving into resentment and how it quietly creeps into everyday life, both personal and political. The album closes with “A Beast,” a towering, ominous track inspired by Blood Meridian and the Book of Revelation. It reflects on the persistence of evil, but also dares to imagine its end. It’s a fitting conclusion for an album that exists in a bruised, disorienting, and strangely beautiful world. Activity On their sophomore album Spirit in the Room, Activity is haunted. Haunted by technology. Haunted by the loss of loved ones. By capitalism and humanity’s relentless death march towards environmental destruction. Produced by Psychic TV’s Jeff Berner, the album is an emotional seance held through an unearthly haze of menacing trip hop, ambient electronica, and synth-based noise rock.

Genre: Rock