The Crystal Casino Band ~ So Long Surfer
**All shows 21+—valid ID required**Doors: 7 PMShow: 7:30 PMThe Crystal Casino BandThe Crystal Casino Band is the new name of D.C. indie rockers formerly known as The Colonies. With a sound reminiscent of 2000s-2010s Obama-era indie rock and a rambunctious live presence, TCCB have been known as a go-to for many opening slots at local D.C. shows, having shared the stage with acts like St. Lucia, SHAED, Judah & The Lion, and more. The four-piece band– comprised of lead guitarist and vocalist Pete Stevens III, drummer Joey Mamlin, guitarist Jarrod Hendricks, and bassist Jordan Mullaney– have been known to perform a wide variety of originals, surprise covers, and have the stamina to go the distance. For fans of The Strokes, The Killers, Dayglow, Spoon, Wallows, and more.https://www.crystalcasinoband.com/the-music So Long SurferSo Long Surfer is a 4 piece indie rock band based out of Philadelphia. The band consists of members, Eric Juelke (Guitar, Vox), Kyle Ciarrocchi (Guitar, Vox), Noah Uy (Drums) and Harlee Torres (Bass). Their sound is described as a mix of 60s rock and modern psychedelic music. New self titled EP set to release on August 26th. https://instagram.com/solongsurfer?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
Kid Sistr ~ Moon Kissed
**All shows 21+—valid ID required**Doors: 7:00 PMShow: 8:00 PMMoon Kissed – 8:00:-8:40 Emily, Khaya, and Leah met at a New Year’s party on the lower east side in New York City. Their self-released debut album, aptly named, I Met My Band At A New Year’s Party, draws upon themes of youth, heartbreak, and the quiet power behind vulnerability. It features infectious hooks, virtuosic synth lines, and unique drum melodies. the producer, Khaya, takes inspiration from acts like Chairlift, Charli XCX, Grimes, and St. Vincent; and feels a deep connection to the soundscape she’s created for each of the songs.This band is sheer, unadulterated energy. the connection between them is undeniable, and palpable in the air when they perform. Since meeting on New Year’s of 2019, they have played 50+ sweaty, intense shows all around Brooklyn, Manhattan, and the East Coast. The purpose of their shows is to create a moment, to hone the magic that happens between audience and performer when music is going on. It is cathartic, exhilarating, and intimate. Plus, Leah falls in love with someone in the audience at every show, which adds an element of surprise.https://tbaagency.com/artist/moon-kissed/ Kid Sistr – 9:00-10:00Kid Sistr is the all-women bubblegum rock trio that the worlds needs right now. MembersSabel (guitar) Sara (bass) and Becca (drums) turn Trader Joe’s gluten free pizza and shitty ex-boyfriends into guitar-pop ear candy that steals hearts. Their focus on femmes supportingfemmes, finding the humor in heartbreak. Think Y2K childhood babysitter who straightenedyour hair and let you borrow her mascara. Think of your next favorite band.https://www.kidsistrband.com/
Duma ~ Masma Dream World ~ Death Qualia
**All shows 21+—valid ID required** Doors: 7:00 PM Show: 7:30 PMDumaMartin Khanja (aka Lord Spike Heart) and Sam Karugu emerge from Nairobi’s flourishing underground metal scene as former members of the bands Lust of a Dying Breed and Seeds of Datura. Together in 2019 they formed Duma (Darkness in Kikuyu) with Sam abandoning bass for production and guitars and Lord Spike Heart providing extreme vocals to the project.Recorded at Nyege Nyege Studios in Kampala over three months in mid 2019 their self-titled debut album fuses the frenetic euphoria, unrelenting physicality and rebellious attitude of hardcore punk and trash metal with bone-crunching breakcore and raw, nihilist industrial noise through a claustrophobic vortex of visceral screams.The savant mix of brutally adrenalized drums, caustic industrial trap, shredding grindcore inspired guitars and abrupt speed changes create a darkly atmospheric menace and is lethal on tracks like the opener “Angels and Abysses” , “Omni” or “Uganda with Sam”.The gruelling slow techno dirges and monolithic vocals on “Pembe 666” or “Sin Nature” add a pinch of dramatic inevitability bringing a new sense of theatricality and terrifying fate awaiting into the record’s progression.A sinister sonic aggression of feral intensity with disregard for styles, Duma promises to impact the burgeoning African metal scene moving it into totally new, boundary-challenging experimental territories.https://nyegenyegetapes.bandcamp.com/album/dumaMasma Dream WorldDevi Mambouka’s evolution is rooted in her past informing her present and future. Born to a Gabonese ambassador and a Singaporean mother makes her a child of the world, and one who learned to tap into her inner magic to overcome trauma, abuse, and addiction. Play at Night, her debut album under the moniker Masma Dream World, is the resume of such learnings and experiences. Abruptly moving from Africa to the Bronx at 12 years old yielded intense challenges, but singing was a refuge and music was an escape. Influenced by the likes of Amel Larrieux, Toni Braxton, and Zap Mama, Play At Night challenges your preconceived relationship with darkness, guiding you to step into it. The album encompasses elements of butoh (a Japanese spirit-led performance art), the theta frequency, and the need to hold sacred space. This space is a prime opportunity to awaken one’s power source from within.https://masmadreamworld.bandcamp.com/album/play-at-nightDeath Qualiahttps://ohmresistance.bandcamp.com/album/fanged-contradiction
Captured! by Robots ~ Fuck Tomb
**All shows 21+—valid ID required** Doors: 7:00 PM Show: 7:30 PMCaptured! by robots2 kick ass robots, 1 stupid human. Brutal pummeling music. End of story.But you wanna read more stupid crap? Ok, idiot human.CAPTURED! BY ROBOTS has been touring the world since 1997, playing thousands of dive bars for millions of drunken humans. C!BR has now returned with a newly found united aggression towards humanity (that) has been channeled into fast n loud music, designed to deafen and destroy, to pound and pummel, breaking your bones with brutal tones.GTRBOT666 latest transmission on the upcoming tour:”YOU MISERABLE HUMANS HAVE GOT WHAT YOU DESERVE NOW! HAHAHA! BRING ON THE SUFFERING! WE WILL USE YOUR TEARS TO LUBRICATE THE MACHINES OF YOUR DESTRUCTION! HAHAHA. YOUR CHARRED BODIES WILL WARM OUR COLD ROBOTIC HEARTS.”In 1996, Jay Vance made the robots because he was extremely unlikeable, and wanted to play in a band after all his past human bands hated him. He got to work. Shortly after, GTRBOT666 and DRMBOT 0110 were born. After a horrible accident involving many drugs and a chemical spill, the Bots became self-aware and captured the human, now renamed JBOT. It was decided that they would travel the country, rocking out while bent on world domination and humiliating the chained idiotic human in front of his human peers.The Bots and JBOT’s relationship has changed. Now they are much more united in hating humanity. Stockholm syndrome? Maybe… Or maybe you all just suck really really bad.https://capturedbyrobots.bandcamp.com/Fuck TombFeral, gross, psychotic death-grinding punk from a collective of weirdos that have seen beyond the mortal coil and worship the invincible dead. ₣ ₣ ₣Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fuuucktomb/Bandcamp: https://fuuucktomb.bandcamp.com/Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3RqzT3I
RAVEN ~ Riot Act ~ Keith Cruelty
**All shows 21+—valid ID required**Doors: 7:00 PMShow: 7:30 PMRAVENRAVEN are that rare thing in music, true originals – cut these guys with a razor and they will BLEED true heavy metal – a more intense live band does not exist on this planet!Hailing from Newcastle Upon Tyne in North East England back in 1974 (yes – 46 YEARS ago!!!) the brothers Gallagher cut their teeth playing the pubs & clubs until solidifying their line up in 1980 with drummer Rob Hunter.The trio went on to release three of the most influential metal albums of the NWOBHM (New Wave of British Heavy Metal) inspiring every band of that era and beyond. Basically, without Raven you just would not have thrash/speed metal…. after all, the band did give Metallica & Anthrax their first tours!In a cynical musical landscape these days, where bands are not “gangs “but faceless corporations, RAVEN are a band that are REAL not FAKE – and proud of it!http://www.ravenlunatics.comRiot Acthttp://www.riotactband.comKeith Cruelty“A metal assault on the ears” STAND BACK as DJ Keith Cruelty unleashes an Iron Fist Full of Metal Up Your Ass! Spinning the most hellish sounds unearthed from the depths of the heavy metal graveyard, you’ll be banging your head and fists through the wall!https://instagram.com/chains_and_leather?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
Vomit Forth ~ Simulakra ~ Snuffed on Sight ~ Cycle of Abuse
**All events 21+—valid ID required for entry*Doors: 7 PMShow: 7:30 PMVomit ForthNORTH EASTERN DEATH METAL.https://vomitforth.bandcamp.com Simulakra https://simulakra.bandcamp.com/album/tales-from-the-fevered-subconscious/ Snuffed On SightBAY AREA DUMMY DEATH METAL.https://snuffedonsight7k.bandcamp.com Cycle of Abusehttps://cycleofabuse.bandcamp.com/
Hissing ~ Suffering Hour ~ Aeviterne
**All shows 21+—valid ID required**Doors: 7 PMShow: 7:30 PMHissingHissing is an extreme metal group based out of Seattle, WA, founded in 2014 out of a mutual interest in exploring the inhuman outer limits of black and death metal.https://hissingseattle.bandcamp.com/ Suffering HourSuffering Hour are a blackened death metal band from Forest Lake, Minnesota. Forming under a different name as a tech-thrash band in 2010, the band carried their sense of manic chaos and old-school structure into the world of cosmic black death. Profound Lore Records.https://sufferinghour.bandcamp.com/Aeviternehttps://aeviterne.bandcamp.com/album/the-ailing-facade
Holy Fawn ~ Astronoid
**All shows 21+—valid ID required**Doors: 7:00 PMShow: 7:30 PMHoly Fawnfour creatures making loud heavy pretty noiseshttps://holyfawn.com/ AstronoidEtherial progressive rock out of Boston, MA. New album, Astronoid ft. ‘I Dream In Lines’, out now.https://www.astronoidband.com/
Flavor of Buff
**All shows 21+ — Valid ID required for entry** Do you love pop divas? Do you love drag?? Do you love LOVE?? Flavor of Buff is the super-queer-anthem-drag-house-show-party all about finding love on the dance floor. The queen of flavor, Buff Chick, hosts the show-party and brings drag acts with special guest entertainers. Tonight’s menu? Gaga, Beyoncé, Charli, Xtina, Janet, Madonna, Whitney, and more — seasoned with sharp house beats.
Deep Sea Peach Tree ~ Tennis Courts ~ Frankie Mermaid
**All events 21+—Valid ID required for entry**Doors: 7 PMShow: 7:30 PMDeep Sea Peach Tree Deep Sea Peach Tree is the music project of New York City native Kristof Denis, with the help of friends Andrew “Deli” Dell Isola, Wiley Watson and Zack Pockrose. Self-described as “sleepy surf rock // aquatic sleep rock”, they blend a garage sound with influences from jazz standards, shoegaze, surf rock, and the occasional electronic sound. They also find themselves to be a “sleepy surf rock” band in New York City, a place not known for its surfing, and famous for never sleeping. Deep Sea Peach Tree thinks it’s long overdue for a nap, and as a surfer who grew up in New York, the melding of the city and the New York surf scene is a constant source of creativity for Kristof and the band. They’ve shared the stage with artists such as Current Joys, Lunar Vacation, Tonstartssbandht and JW Francis, performing mainly throughout New York City and Brooklyn, but also in D.C., Boston, Los Angeles and colleges throughout the northeast. They plan on exploring more of the U.S. and touring in 2022 after releasing their sophomore effort, Certain Thoughts, independently via AWAL on July 8th, 2022.https://deepseapeachtree.com/home Tennis CourtsTennis Courts is a rock and roll band out of Brooklyn, NY led by singers/songwriters/very good pals, Patrick Walsh and Andrew Clarke. The duo met while attending college in Charleston, South Carolina and began writing songs together soon after. Inspired by everything from indie rock bands of the 2000s to folk singers of the 1960s, the group spent their formative years playing in living rooms, backyards, and basements. With the unwavering support of their friends, those rooms soon turned into sold out shows across the city. With dreams of broadening their horizons, the duo packed up their things and relocated to Brooklyn, NY at the beginning of 2022. Equipped with a brand new record and road dog dreams, the band has big plans for the future. Whatever happens, Tennis Courts is showing no signs of stopping.http://tenniscourts.bandcamp.com/Frankie MermaidFrankie Mermaid is an indie rock band formed right outside of Philadelphia at Rowan University in 2021. Consisting of 3 members: Matt Stypa, Vincent Foley, and Grant Halliday; Frankie Mermaid was formed after bonding with each other over their love of bands such as Joyce Manor, Wallows, Pinegrove, and Deal Casino; all bands they would cite as influences. This band thrives on putting on a great live performance, and as the band is currently finishing up recording their first EP, they can’t wait to show you what people can hear on streaming services before the end of the year.