Shaper ~ Flagman ~ Gewgaws
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 SHAPERSHAPER is a noise rock band comprised of members of long-running Philly heavy psych band Meddlesome Bells. Inspired by sharp blades, loud machinery, and doo-wop, 2023 is their first full year in business. https://instagram.com/shaper_sound?igshid=NGExMmI2YTkyZg==FLAGMANFlagman was founded back in 2015 by Sam Stewart and Cody Singleton, two long-time friends from the Orlando music scene, with a goal to create the crispiest, most deep-fried alternative metal the world had ever seen. That is, once they found a drummer. After a year-long search, Grant Freeman joined the duo, turning them into a trio… and the rest was history. From racking up hundreds of thousands of total streams and almost two million views across their social media platforms, to playing alongside national touring acts like Hed PE and Battles at major Florida festivals like Sanford’s Hurricane Fest and Gainesville’s FEST, Flagman are quickly rising up the ranks of the Southern US’ metal elite. Despite channeling the eclecticism of the 90s rock scene with influences including Primus, System of a Down, and Mr. Bungle, Flagman’s sound is completely unique. Through the almost unnaturally logical combination of vocalist Sam’s distinctive bass playing, drummer Grant’s driving rhythms, and sizzling leads from guitarist Cody, the band has managed to create a combination so hot that it would have melted Icarus’ wings in a fraction of the time. Like the petri dish experiment that ended up introducing the world to LSD, or the gelatinous primordial Floridian soup from which they emerged, Flagman could go all sorts of crazy directions in the long term. However, what’s more certain is what they’re planning after 3 successful single releases this year alone – releasing a full-length album, mixed by Ben McLeod of All Them Witches fame. At the same time, they’ll also be preparing to light up venues all across Florida and the south/southeastern US throughout 2023 with their slippery bass lines, searing-hot guitar riffs, and drum riffs that’ll have your ear holes begging for mercy as they’re pummelled into submission.https://linktr.ee/flagmanbandGEWGAWSThe pressures of people slabbed up against one another…cut that open, breathe deep into it: bright red rhythms that feel like a birthright shuffle just out of reach. Gewgaws shake on the mantle, signify what we can’t speak to. For a moment, catch the collage, the stories between; the catalogues give this absurd dance meaning.https://www.instagram.com/gewgaws.us/
Fullscreen ~ O. Wake ~ Redbud ~ Powerhouse of the Cell
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 Fullscreen When in a spiral, directionlessness prevails. Circling stuck patterns. Gravity settling in with the weight of confusion. Tumbling out of the tumult can either bring harmony or headache. Philly-via-Richmond psych-rock trio Fullscreen emerges from the center of this chaos with Labyrinthitis, their debut full-length following a trail of singles and the whirlwind start to the decade. The group, faced with personal and creative shifts, entered a labyrinth of their own, built in RVA and Philly and mastered by Scoops Dardaris (Another Michael, Prince Daddy & the Hyena). Reorganization led to re-assessing Fullscreen in widescreen—deepening their dream-pop sets with backing tracks and sampling, invigorating their songwriting with a visceral sense of focus and scope. Born out of a battle with the eponymous inner ear infection, Labyrinthitis chronicles a years-long quest to regain one’s balance. This serves as the narrative throughline, but the mission statement of the musical tension as well: a delicate push-pull between psychedelia’s outer limits and the constructiveness of grounded maturity and vulnerability. Fullscreen, on this recording and elsewhere, is Harper McGrath (he/him), Eric Schueler (he/they), Jon Furson (he/him) and Kirby Vitek (he/him). O. Wake Brooklyn mainstay O. Wake is masterminded by visual artist and illustrative musician Ofer Shouval. Shouval’s probing songwriting combines elements of art pop and indie rock to explore the anxieties and absurdities of today’s world through witty vignettes and sweeping soundscapes. With intimacy wrought from vulnerability and a uniquely bashful confidence, O. Wake’s emerging sounds inspire play and movement while evoking a rainbow of feelings. Redbud Redbud is a band planting itself in the heart of the Austin music fan with whimsical, psychedelic tones and meditative, soul-exposing lyrics. They’ve recently supported international touring acts such as The Front Bottoms, Giant Rooks, Magic City Hippies, A Giant Dog, The Duncan Fellows. With a sound described by Austin’s favorite radio station KUTX as “a masterpiece of unearthly arrangements, airtight structures, and a caliber of songwriting we rarely hear from relative newcomers”, you are sure to be swept up in the tide of their innovative essence. Powerhouse of the Cell Powerhouse of the Cell began as a marketing experiment conducted by Keywrb Lab Group for the Monsanto Company in the early 1990s. The goal was to create the illusion of a grassroots environmental movement through false flag TV and radio hijackings with music and visual art. The actions of this group would then be demonized by the general public through opposing media campaigns. Musically, the creators at Keywrb Lab Group took influence from Darkwave, Post-Punk, and Pop music from the 1980s. Lyrically Powerhouse of the Cell would contain themes of environmental destruction, modern day political and social anxieties, science fiction, and underlying feelings of hope. Visually the project would rely heavily on video synthesis as well as pieces of found footage. While this project was ultimately defunded sometime in the early 2000s, there has recently been some documentation of the experiment resurfacing. Performances have been linked to former subjects of the experiment known as 2514 (vocals, guitar, synthesizer), 23519 (vocals, guitar, drum machine, synthesizer), and 1815141425 (vocals, bass, synthesizer).
Camping In Alaska ~ Michael Cera Palin ~ Riley!
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 Camping in AlaskaCamping in Alaska is a post-emo band based in Huntsville, AL. Austin Davis and Jacob Stewart started writing music together at age 15, drawing from influences of childhood-favorite bands such as Jawbreaker, Modest Mouse, and Knapsack. They started their careers in Austin’s mom’s garage and soon began playing DIY shows all around North Alabama with the addition of Ben Cape and Jacob Hill. Their breakout album about being in high school and hanging out in parking lots, Please Be Nice, was recorded in 2013 and quickly took underground internet forums by storm after the popular YouTube channel jommeez uploaded the album with their most popular song, “c u in da ballpit,” holding 1.9 M views to date. After Ben left the band, Eli Long was added to the lineup for the recording of BATHE in 2014. The album was picked up by Broken World Media and released on cassette in 2015. The band took a hiatus for a couple of years after recording Welcome Home Son in 2016, a darker, more serious album about addiction and loss. With the addition of Dani Fandre, the band made a strong comeback in 2022, releasing an EP of acoustic demos recorded through 2017 and 2018 called Lost and Found and selling out both of their come-back shows. The anticipated next release, Eggbeater Jesus, draws influence from Jawbox and The Weakerthans and grapples with more mature subject matter pertaining to addiction, homelessness and finding a way out. The full length has been a long time coming; the well received, cathartic single “Icarus” was recorded and released on a compilation CD in 2019.https://campinginalaska.bandcamp.com/music Michael Cera Palin Atlanta-based emo/indie punk. Music for people who suck at parties, but kill it at the kickbacks. Est. 2015 https://michaelcerapalin.bandcamp.com/ Riley! Riley!, the emo pop trifecta from Texas, has no qualms seamlessly weaving together jokes and heartfelt lyrics under jangly guitars and walking bass lines creating a sonic experience that leaves listeners feeling incredibly at home. https://rileytheband.bandcamp.com/album/riley
Booze & Glory ~ Avem ~ Doc Rotten
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 PMBooze & Gloryhttps://www.facebook.com/boozeandgloryofficial/Avemhttp://music.avemtheband.com/Doc RottenDoc Rotten formed in Trenton, NJ during the Winter of 2017. After a few local shows, the punk rock quartet immediately went into the studio to record their debut EP Fallout. Followed by their sophomore EP Sick and Suffering six months later, they set out on their very first tour. Their blue-collar mindset and work ethic constantly push them to write, record, and tour. Their third EP Illusion To Choose, which was produced and recorded by The Bouncing Souls’ Pete Steinkopf, released on August 31st, 2018. The band started touring in support of this release in September with shows in Japan, Europe, and North America. On March 25th, 2022 Doc Rotten released a 16 track full length album titled: Unite Resist also engineered and produced by Pete Steinkopf.https://www.instagram.com/doc.rotten/
Mondo Generator ~ Shaper ~ Rilva
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 PMMONDO GENERATORMondo Generator was formed in 1997 by Queens of the Stone Age bassist/singer Nick Oliveri. Initially intended as a solo/side project, the classic “Cocaine Rodeo” album was recorded that same year, but shelved until the Southern Lord label released it and its unique brand of criminal insanity to widespread acclaim and horror in the summer of 2000. The follow-up, “A Drug Problem That Never Existed,” was released jointly in the Summer of 2003 by Ipecac/Rekords Rekords to further critical acclaim. A worldwide tour followed that was chronicled on video for the DVD release “Use Once and Destroy Me”. In 2004, Mondo Generator recorded and released “III The EP.” Oliveri began a solo acoustic career shortly after, which would see two full releases, “Demolition Day”, and 2010’s “Death Acoustic.” To date, Mondo Generator has released six full lengths, two EPs and various singles. The most recent critically acclaimed full length, “Fuck It”, was released February 2020 by Heavy Psych Sounds records and features guest appearances from members of other Oliveri-related projects such as The Dwarves, Moistboyz and Svetlanas. The Mondo Generator live show is a three-piece powerhouse of Nick Oliveri on bass and vocals, Mike Pygmie on guitar and Mike Amster on drums. The crushing lineup frequently tours the world whipping audiences into a desert-core induced frenzy of rock n’ roll mayhem. “Punk hasn’t felt this dangerous in a long time and Mondo Generator aren’t even strictly a punk band, at least not in the traditional term. But that’s why we love them. Mondo can be anything it damn well pleases and whatever they choose to do, they’ll probably do it better than most.” – originalrock.netSHAPERRILVAMore loud, heavy, noisy punk from members of Wälly & Count vön Count.https://www.facebook.com/THERILVAig: @_rilvahttps://rilva.bandcamp.com/
New Enemies ~ Bright Bengal ~ Frater Noster
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 PMNew Enemies https://open.spotify.com/artist/2ifiNzSIoywaE9tUpdOuO3?si=mynZZY1tS7e0GfhXDjTA2w&nd=1 Former members of the Philadelphia-based band, Turning Violet Violet, came together to make New Enemies. Exploring themes of life, coming of age, and loss, they marry synths, washed-out guitars, and a driving rhythm section. Led by vocalist/songwriter Sarah Gulish, New Enemies plays earnest songs with catchy melodies and drifting guitar lines. Their 2016 was hailed as a beautiful new beginning for the band of friends. Journalist Julie Miller reviewed the songs as “majestic in a somber, soft way, billowing up in a cloud of horns as Sarah Gulish’s vocals float in layers over top. The chamber rock of TVV’s songs still ripples underneath, but as New Enemies, they’ve added a shiny gloss of atmospheric pop that ties it all together in a Death Cab-meets-CHVRCHES kind of way.” Subsequent releases, including their self-titled EP (2022), highlight New Enemies’ ability to craft songs with catchy hooks and poignant lyrics. Bright Bengalhttps://www.instagram.com/bright_bengal/Bright Bengal is a musical project from New Jersey. Indie/Alternative sounding songs. Frater Nosterhttps://fraternoster.bandcamp.com/album/frater-noster
The Lunar Year ~ Sug Daniels ~ Super City
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 Lunar YearThe Lunar Year is the musical brainchild of Philadelphia based musician and producer Katie Hackett. Growing up in a fundamentalist cult from Ohio, Hackett was first drawn to songwriting and poetry as an escape from her environment. After leaving the cult in 2016, she entered into a period of reclusiveness, releasing her first two albums in the indie folk/post rock genres (Herodias, 2017) (katie bird, 2020). The project was reborn in 2022 in its current form: an art rock band exploring queerness, environmentalism and the surreal. https://open.spotify.com/artist/0eLrnAAttSu4xZ2kAUHT6T?si=PUyv6dmmSI69IIlCbn0Klw&nd=1Sug DanielsSug Daniels is a Delaware born, Philadelphia based, singer-songwriter, story teller, and producer who is using the tools around her to capture the emotions of an era. Daniels’ work is as colorful, vulnerable, and charismatic as her personality. She thoughtfully combines elements of folk, R&B, and soul alternatives to create personal and tender music interlaced with messages of truth and positive change.https://www.sugdaniels.com/ Super CityMelodic and guitar driven, Super City is known for their hooky pop sound that blends heavy rock elements and danceability, all with coordinated band choreography that results in killer live performances. This Baltimore band expertly crafts guitar and synth earworms that thrive on the creative tension between bombastic rock and roll and stylized movements. At times soothing and inviting, at times posturing and timeless, Dan Ryan and Greg Wellham vocally guide this pop band into a new, heavy and beguiling territory that is both memorable and brash. Super City is Dan Ryan (lead vocals, guitar) Greg Wellham, (lead vocals guitar), Brian Brunsman (bass, vocals), Jon Birkholz (guitar, keys, vocals), and Ian Viera (drums & vocals).
Mating Ritual ~ Loviet ~ The Jesters
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 You’re invited to spend “An Evening With Mating Ritual”, featuring the brothers first full band show in 2 years, plus solo sets from both Ryan Ritual and Suede James. With special guest Lovie Ryan RitualAfter writing, recording, and producing 5 albums in 5 years with his band Mating Ritual, Los Angeles based Ryan Ritual needed a break from his band and life as he knew it. Exhausted and sick of the desert heat, Ryan relocated to London in 2022 and began work on his first solo album, this time enlisting the help of producer Chris Zane (Passion Pit, The Walkmen) at Strongroom Studios. The result is “The Weight Of Love”, an album that explores the emotional fallout of living entirely alone for the length of the pandemic. Sonically, Ryan pulled from his early 80’s music fandom and Strongroom’s impressive history as a palette for his distinct, hook driven songwriting.https://open.spotify.com/album/7yYF23Wts2nEKdUSoEIMq8?si=WAeYw-KqSYWkXCPU0RI_cASuede JamesSuede James is the alias of producer/songwriter Taylor Lawhon, also known as half of the indie pop duo Mating Ritual. Drawing from his teenage love of 2000-2010’s French electro and house artists; Suede James creates heavy dance grooves beneath sweeping synth melodies and rhythmic chord structures.https://open.spotify.com/track/3e9w3rrw6hfnvQ8CqOpt3E?si=7ddb9b9a9e70442eLovietA powerhouse of 90’s-tinged alternative/indie-pop, Loviet has established herself as one of Toronto, Canada’s brightest up-and-coming artists to watch in the 2020s. Praised for her “signature, shimmery hooks with emotionally honest lyrics” (Notion) and “addictive, retro pop-rock…a polished, highly danceable project” (CBC) Loviet (née Natalie Lynn) has made a name for herself supporting critically acclaimed artists such as Milky Chance, Morcheeba, and Mild Orange, and performing at festivals like The Great Escape, Supercrawl, SRXP, and RiverFest Elora.The JestersThe Jesters are a Philadelphia-based alternative rock band that grew out of the songwriting duo of Harry Buscher and Justin Libucki. The addition of multi-instrumentalist songwriter Dan Gandolfo and drummer Ron Breining has rounded out The Jesters’ current lineup.https://open.spotify.com/artist/5swdJwqdykevdwO0mbkyDI?si=dq1KdZO2StKUXMR00VdxuQ
Public Memory ~ notofthisworld
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 Public Memory Public Memory creates music from the corners of the psychic landscape. Gritty atmospherics and damaged synthesizers invoke trip hop, dub, krautrock, and blend with a mixture of electronic and organic percussion, shadowy production + emotive singing. A solo recording project in the studio — the live band performs as a duo and their all-hardware-based sound is lush, rhythmic, supernatural, warbly and romantic. A sense of urgency and unpredictability is present with a touch of improvisation, tied together by producer Robert Toher’s spectral tenor. No laptops are used in the live show. For fans of 1990s Bristol trip hop, coldwave, and Thom Yorke’s The Eraser. New album ‘Elegiac Beat’ is out 9/1/23 on Feltenotofthisworld notofthisworld surfaced onto the Philadelphia scene in the fall of 2022. They gigged locally pretty heavily and released their debut EP “Regalia” on Suburban Creep Records soon after. Since then, notofthisworld has focused on refining their live presence. They aim to suck the crowd into electronic rhythms layered with live synths, guitars and bass. Their feedback-laden blend of synthwave and industrial punk is typically showcased through a non-stop, flowing live set full of energy. After a Southwest tour, opening for acts including The Chameleons, and a slew of more local shows, notofthisworld spent most of the summer recording their first LP. Their debut full length is set to be released on Suburban Creep Records in the near future. “Philly-based duo bringing blown-out, noise-tinged and cold-waving brand of minimalist post-punk.” -Screaming For Years https://instagram.com/notofthisworldphl?igshid=OGQ5ZDc2ODk2ZA==https://suburbancreeprecords.bandcamp.com/album/sc-012-not-of-this-world-regalia-ep
THE AGGROS
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: 1:00 PM Show: 1:00 PMTHE AGGROS THE AGGROS is the instrumental Hardcore/Metal brand from OG Cro-Mag songwriter and founder Parris Mayhew. AGGROS have self-released two pre-single songs/videos Chaos Magic and City Kids, songs that are included on the upcoming DEBUT album RISE OF THE AGGROS to be released March 1, 2023. The videos for the singles are viewable only on Parris’ YouTube channel, so go and subscribe to the page: Youtube.com/theaggros The debut album, RISE OF THE AGGROS will sound and feel familiar to anyone who knows his high school band and the groundbreaking albums he made with them, THE AGGROS is simply a continuation for Parris as a songwriter, producer and guitarist, so it will be what fans expect and then some! Some people have called AGGROS “progressive hardcore” but it’s NYHC to the core. The album also features some blazing guitar solos by Chuck Lenihan from CRUMBSUCKERS, blistering drums by COBZ, and Roy Mayorga joined Parris on drums for the track FEAR VIEW MIRROR.. Parris comments, “I believe that every song should be a journey, there should be a clear introduction to set up the listener for the ride, and a ceremonious feeling of arrival at a destination to be experienced and a few musical surprises along the way, music should surprise you, and of course all great songs should have a feeling that the journey is complete, the catharsis, a lesson Parris learned from both Motorhead and Rush. Motorhead particularly in that within their deceptively simple approach there always comes a thoughtful, surprising and very musical ending, songs should have great endings. And an album should be the over arching story, I hope you enjoy the trip.”