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June 2023
June 10, 2023 9:00 PM
June 11, 2023 12:00 AM
Jun 10, 2023
Gimme Gimme Disco: A Dance Party Inspired by ABBA
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GIMME GIMME DISCO: A DANCE PARTY INSPIRED BY ABBA

Doors 8:30pm / Show 9pm

 
 
June 2023
June 14, 2023 7:00 PM
June 15, 2023 12:00 AM
Jun 14, 2023
MATISYAHU
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MATISYAHU

with DENM and CYDEWAYS

Doors 6pm / Show 7pm

When Matisyahu first started touring to packed clubs more than eleven years ago, it was prior to the release of Live at Stubbs, the now Gold record, and prior to that record’s single “King without a Crown” reaching #1 on the alternative rock radio charts. His performances were a raw expression of his spirituality at that time and were supported by musicians who played a foundation of roots reggae augmented by the energy of a rock trio. Fans latched on quickly for a variety of reasons, but in August of 2005, just months after the release of Live at Stubbs, Matisyahu found himself on stage at the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival with the de facto leader of improvisational rock-n-roll; Phish’s front man Trey Anastasio. Many early fans of Matisyahu remember that moment clearly not because of the songs he played in front of the 80,000 person crowd, but because of his seemingly unfettered confidence (or perhaps naiveté) in helping lead Trey and his band through an improvisational display of beat boxing and lyrical gymnastics during the two songs performed. It may have been unrefined, but Matisyahu’s passion for full band improvisation was laid bare.

Fans within the improvisational-jam scene began flocking to Matisyahu’s shows shortly thereafter. “King without a Crown” climbed the charts and Matisyahu’s follow up record Youth was nominated for a Grammy, but the blessings and curses of mainstream success each took root. While Matisyahu’s bands have always been comprised of serious multidimensional players who have artfully molded the foundations of roots reggae into many genres, that early; if only a brief display of complete surrender to the music, seemed in some way to take a back seat. Through his lyrics however, Matisyahu developed a more personal, artistic, and sophisticated way to express the yearning for deep spiritual meaning, and as his own beliefs opened up to find more variety and depth, the desire for his performances to match the unpredictable flow of life developed as well.

Now, more than a decade later, Matisyahu has formed a band that truly gives itself over to the music on par with his lyrical desire to connect to something beyond the self. The band features original Stubbs guitarist and longtime staple of the downtown New York improv scene Aaron DuganJason Fraticelli on bass, Jason Lindner on keyboards, and Matt Scarano on drums. Combined, the music and lyrics transcend their parts. At its most basic moments the music now feels alive; an entity unto itself, being born in the moment and evolving each night. No two performances of a song are alike. At its most exultant moments the music becomes full-band improvisation. Lyrics are rearranged on the spot to serve the energy of the jam, no instrumentalist is playing simply to demonstrate individual skill, and Keiper’s percussive mastery finds the subtle cracks within Matisyahu’s beat boxing to propel the music beyond anything it’s ever achieved previously.

What makes this music so engaging and unmatched, is that Matisyahu; a vocalist with no other instrument at his disposal, is an integral creative part in the improvisation. Dugan and Yuki work well beyond the constraints of the “solo” constantly working to modulate the improvisation, while Brook’s pocket is so deep and harmonically smart, that regardless of how far the melodic elements of a jam may get pushed, it’s impossible not to feel rooted to the core of any tune performed. Matisyahu allows his band to breathe within each tune, finding his place with a wordless melody that serves to enhance the harmonic elements of an improvisation, developing the rhythmic ideas with his beat boxing, or crowning a jam with a full-on lyrical call-to-the-heavens and the great unknown. It’s that cathartic moment as a jam summits and the audience lets out its release that tells the performers we are all in it together. During the most recent Fall 2015 tour, video and audio posts of these moments inspired a steady stream of comments and inquiries asking, “What album is this song on?” It’s not on any album. It is the song of that moment, and that moment only.   

These moments have the ability to connect the many different kinds of Matisyahu fans. The fan going through a hard time, looking to connect to lyrics about faith and searching. The fan looking for that unmatched connection inherent in the risk-reward of improvisational music. The fan who finds pride or representation in some of the ancient sources of Matisyahu’s inspiration. All of these fans share the space together with Matisyahu who is now both a player and a playee, bound to his bandmates’ creation in song and in spirit. It’s been more than a decade for Matisyahu the singer; this is the time of Matisyahu the band.

June 2023
June 15, 2023 8:00 PM
June 16, 2023 12:00 AM
Jun 15, 2023
Grateful Shred
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GRATEFUL SHRED

Doors 7pm / Show 8pm

After a meteoric rise from obscurity to a national touring band, Los Angeles-based Grateful Shred has made the most of its time in the spotlight. The lineup, featuring Dan Horne and Austin McCutchen alongside keyboardist Adam MacDougall woke the Grateful Dead cosmos with a unique laid-back harmony driven sound. The band literally went from playing the Shakedown Street vendor area prior to Dead and Company shows to touring the United States.

The moment that sent the band’s popularity soaring is the “Busted at the Bowl” video, a YouTube video that features Shred members starting an impromptu set in the parking lot of the Hollywood Bowl before a Dead and Company show in 2017. They don’t get too far before drawing so much attention that the police shut them down. Instantly creating Shred-cred, this was a bit of good fortune that doesn’t get past McCutchen. “We’ve been dealt some pretty good cards,” he states. “It’s been cool to roll with it and push forward and continually make stuff happen. Things have gone our way. Even that video happened magically. It was put together at the last minute, and boom!”

The thing is, Grateful Shred manage to channel that elusive Dead vibe: wide-open guitar tones, effortless three-part vocal harmonies, choogling beats, and yes, plenty of tripped out, Shredded solos. The look, the sound, the atmosphere. It’s uncanny. Far from being a historical re-enactment, Grateful Shred’s laissez faire vibe infuses the band with a gentle spirit, warmth, and (dare we say it) authenticity. From their killer merch game to their eminently watchable YouTube channel, they’re clearly having a rad time and spreading the love. Strangely enough, in a world overflowing with wax museum nostalgia and Deadly sentimentalism, we need the Shred, now more than ever.


Grateful Shred is: Austine Beede, Dan Horne, Alex Koford, Zeph Ohora, Adam MacDougall, Austin McCutchen, John Lee Shannon

June 2023
June 16, 2023 8:30 PM
June 17, 2023 12:00 AM
Jun 16, 2023
Creed Fisher
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8:30 pm
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CREED FISHER

with JAYDEN SECOR

Doors 7:30pm/ Show 8:30pm

Country music’s beloved antihero Creed Fisher calls out the bullshit and puts the FU in Fun on his album Rebel in the South. “It definitely has a bit more rock country sprinkled in than Whiskey and the Dog, which consisted of honky tonk, twang,” Fisher says of the vibe. “That stuff is on Rebel in the South, but the balance is a little different.” Put another way, he explains, “Whiskey and the Dog was more Merle Haggard-ish, and more ballad driven. I feel like Rebel in the South is more Brantley Gilbert, more county rock.”

Along with celebrating blue collar sensibilities, patriotism and fun-loving simple pleasures that are staples of Fisher’s music, this record also features a dose of unapologetic poking at the hornet’s nest otherwise known as the mainstream country music hypocrisy. Timing is everything, and Fisher declares “This was the perfect album to say what I had to say. If I’d said it three or four albums ago - they wouldn’t have heard it.” He’s confident the music and messages on Rebel in the South will not fall on deaf ears, “They’re gonna hear this.”

Fisher credits the whole tone of Rebel in the South originating with the song “Cuz I’m Country,” which is the first single. “My buddy sent me this song he wanted me to help write, and I was like, ‘Man this is about us!’ Everything came together into a production that exceeded even his own high expectations.

June 2023
June 17, 2023 8:00 PM
June 18, 2023 12:00 AM
Jun 17, 2023
Dreamers & Robert DeLong
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DREAMERS & ROBERT DELONG

with CARR

Doors 7pm/ Show 8pm

DREAMERS
From clubs and arenas to festivals, including Lollapalooza, Bumbershoot, Firefly, Reading and Leeds, Los Angeles-via-Brooklyn band DREAMERS (Nick Wold and Nelson) have shared stages with the likes of X Ambassadors, The 1975, Bleachers, Atlas Genius, Catfish and The Bottlemen, and Weezer while garnering coverage from FADER, Entertainment Weekly and Paste, among others, and performing on Jimmy Kimmel Live!. In 2016, the band released their debut full-length album This Album Does Not Exist, featuring the top 10 Alternative radio hit, the electro-sprinkled pop gem “Sweet Disaster.” Three other songs also charted nationally: the ’90s throwback “Drugs,” the crooning “Wolves (You Got Me),” and the soulful, brisk power-pop of their single “Painkiller.” In 2019 released LAUNCH FLY LAND, their second full-length album that spawned the top 10 alternative radio hit “Die Happy.” In 2020, the band released two more alternative radio hits: Heat Seeker” ft. grandson, which was featured in Spotify’s Rock This Presents..Best Rock Songs of 2020, and the dark-pop love song “True Crime” ft. DeathByRomy. In 2021, the band came back with yet another collaboration: DREAMERS teamed up with legendary rapper Big Boi and UPSAHL for “Palm Reader,” off their EP of the same name, which also got the remix treatment by legendary rock band All Time Low. In 2022, the band released infectiously catchy “Black Confetti,” and “Body Language” ft. Kiiara as well as the summer banger “Robbery” with Sueco. DREAMERS closed out the year with the two-track release “Internet Junkie” and “Betting On A Good Time” and two successful tours: the No More Bad Days tour with The Score followed by the “Cameras & Coastlines” tour with Smallpools.
 
Robert Delong

Alt-electro alchemist and Glassnote recording artist, Robert DeLong, has racked up 151 Million+ Streams on Spotify, more than 28 million views on Youtube and 61 million streams on Pandora. His 2018 collaboration with K.Flay, “Favorite Color is Blue,” went Top 10 at Alternative radio and has been streamed over 21 million times worldwide. His single “Global Concepts” went platinum in Australia. He’s performed on the TV shows, Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Late Night with David Letterman and Conan, as well as elite festivals across the globe including Coachella, Lollapalooza, Bonnaroo, Outside Lands, Bottle Rock, Firefly, Groovin’ the Moo (Australia), Splendour in the Grass (Australia), Lowlands (Holland) and Reading and Leeds (UK). His latest album, Walk like Me (released in Nov. 2021), was the outcome of a period of extreme personal evolution for DeLong, where he took time to re-explore who he is musically, spiritually, interpersonally, and lyrically and the result was a stunning album detailing the journey of self-discovery. This album features collaborations with Canadian electro-pop phenom LIGHTS on “Did It to Myself,” and two songs with the super-talented artist, ASHE on “Better In College” and “Rest of My Life.” These singles were met with global praise including placement on Spotify’s New Music Friday in 12 countries as well as key placements on Apple, Amazon and YouTube.

CARR
CARR had already begun to make a name for herself before being introduced to punk luminaries Pete Wentz (Fall Out Boy) and Spencer Smith (Panic! At The Disco) who signed her to their label DCD2 Records. CARR was named one of Alt Press’ Artists To Watch in 2023 who described her music as “exactly the kinds of songs you want to sing/scream along to into your hairbrush-microphone in your bedroom”. Her songs have found a home on KCRW and Jack Saudner’s BBC Radio 1 show, while Ones To Watch praised her “indisputable talent” and “brutally honest” lyricism. Simultaneously leaving nothing and everything to the imagination.
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June 2023
June 20, 2023 8:00 PM
June 21, 2023 12:00 AM
Jun 20, 2023
Polyrhythmics
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POLYRHYTHMICS

with OBJECT HEAVY

Doors 7pm/ Show 8pm

  1. Polyrhythmics sound originated in Seattle’s underground deep funk scene combining impossibly tight grooves with bold brass and hypnotic percussion that showcased elements of R&B, progressive jazz, and Afrobeat which defined the instrumental group’s early era sound.  

    Now on their thirteenth year as a recording project and touring ensemble, the band’s sound continues to evolve following six full length albums, several EPs and live releases. The virtuosic musicianship and musical conversation built on a relentless touring schedule of the previous decade has led them to a brand of psych-funk that fills a room with an impending mood where anything could happen - sometimes evoking their brighter and cinematic Fela-influences, but also a more sinister and darker turn toward a more progressive sonic palette. 

     Polyrhythmics are:

    Ben Bloom: Guitars, Grant Schroff: Drums, Nathan Spicer: Keyboards, Jason Gray: Bass, Scott Morning: Trumpet, Elijah Clark: Trombone, Art Brown: Sax and Flute

June 2023
June 23, 2023 9:00 PM
June 24, 2023 12:00 AM
Jun 23, 2023
The Purple Ones - Insatiable Tribute to Prince
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9:00 pm
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THE PURPLE ONES - INSATIABLE TRIBUTE TO PRINCE

Doors 8pm/ Show 9pm

June 2023
June 24, 2023 9:00 PM
June 25, 2023 12:00 AM
Jun 24, 2023
Take On Me: An 80's New Wave Party
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9:00 pm
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TAKE ON ME: AN 80'S NEW WAVE PARTY

Doors 8:30pm / Show 9pm

July 2023
July 1, 2023 9:00 PM
July 2, 2023 12:00 AM
Jul 1, 2023
Emo Night Brooklyn
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9:00 pm
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EMO NIGHT BROOKLYN

Doors 8:30pm/ Show 9pm // 18+

July 2023
July 6, 2023 8:00 PM
July 7, 2023 12:00 AM
Jul 6, 2023
Daniel Donato's Cosmic Country with Cris Jacobs
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8:00 pm
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DANIEL DONATO'S COSMIC COUNRTY

with Special Guest Cris Jacobs

Doors 7pm/ Show 8pm

July 2023
July 8, 2023 9:00 PM
July 9, 2023 12:00 AM
Jul 8, 2023
The Buttertones
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9:00 pm
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THE BUTTERTONES

Doors 8pm/ Show 9pm

July 2023
July 9, 2023 7:00 PM
July 10, 2023 12:00 AM
Jul 9, 2023
The Green with Special Guests Cas Haley & Etana
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Ventura Music Hall Presents:

THE GREEN

with CAS HALEY and ETANA

Doors 6pm / Show 7pm

Since forming on O’ahu, Hawai’i, in 2009, The Green has become one of the most successful and beloved bands in the reggae genre. During their 10 year run, they’ve won a plethora of awards, locally and nationally. The band has been awarded a Best Reggae Album nod from iTunes, multiple Na Hoku Hanohano awards and nominations in their native Hawai’i and three #1 Billboard Reggae chart debuts, along with charting on the Billboard Top 200. Not bad for a band that was formed by six members of Hawai’i’s tight-knit music scene to record a few songs and have some fun.

The Green was one of the first Hawaiian reggae bands to tour extensively on the mainland, as well as going further afield to New Zealand, Japan and other locales. Before becoming a headliner on their own tour, the band supported bands like Rebelution, Iration, SOJA, Bruno Mars, and Damian Marley, as well as performed at acclaimed festivals including Vans Warped Tour, Wakarusa, Life Is Beautiful, Sierra Nevada World Music Festival, One Love Cali Reggae Festival, California Roots Festival, and more. Most notable, The Green opened for Bruno Mars in back-to-back sold out shows at Hawaii's iconic Aloha Stadium.

Their fourth album, Marching Orders, released via longtime label partner Easy Star Records debuted at #1 on Billboard Reggae chart and remained in the top 10 for over 18 consecutive weeks, regaining #1 spot 3 separate times. It was also awarded the Best Reggae album at the 2018 Na Hoku Hanohano awards and won Album Of The Year at the 2018 Island Music Awards. Their most recent album, Black & White, is an acoustic take on their greatest hits and is currently up for multiple Na Hoku Hanohano Award nominations including Reggae Album of the Year and Group of the Year. Their latest release, My Hawai’i, carries a powerful message that embodies the resilience of the Hawaiian community in their continuous fight to protect their homelands. It is currently also up for a Na Hoku Hanohano Award as Single of the Year.
July 2023
July 18, 2023 8:00 PM
July 18, 2023 11:00 PM
Jul 18, 2023
Larry's Market Run 2023
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8:00 pm
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11:00 pm
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LARRY JUNE

with MONROE FLOW and DVME

Doors 7pm / Show 8pm

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July 2023
July 21, 2023 8:00 PM
July 22, 2023 12:00 AM
Jul 21, 2023
Heartless Bastards
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8:00 pm
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12:00 am
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HEARTLESS BASTARDS

with MATTHEW LOGAN VASQUEZ

Doors 7pm/ Show 8pm

No salve soothes quite like music does. Like the ultimate balm, it releases tension and stress and
reinvigorates the spirit. With a warm patchwork of rock ‘n’ roll, psychedelia, folk, alternative, and blues,
Heartless Bastards unlock healing and catharsis within their music. Whether in the studio or on stage,
the Austin-based band fronted by vocalist, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer Erika
Wennerstrom calm as they captivate. After generating over 100 million total streams and enrapturing
audiences at legendary venues such as Red Rocks Amphitheatre, the group continue to connect with
listeners everywhere through boundary-breaking sonics and straight-from-the-heart lyrics.

“Music is medicine,” observes Erika. “It gives me a sense of purpose beyond just creating art. The idea
someone might find comfort in it or it can actually help another person is incredible to me. I don’t know
if I ever thought about it in those terms when I was younger. I’ve realized it over the years though.”

At the turn-of-the-century, Erika founded Heartless Bastards in Cincinnati, OH. Inspired by the likes of
Joan Jett, Bob Dylan, Tom Petty, and more, she cut early demos in 2003, performing the bulk of the
instruments herself. A bartending gig inspired the name Heartless Bastards. The bar’s touch screen game
posed the question, “What is Tom Petty’s backing band?” and offered “The Heartless Bastards” as an
answer option, so she accepted this humorous twist of fate and adopted it as her band’s moniker.

The band initially came to life with Stairs and Elevators in 2005, building a discography of fan favorites
highlighted by All This Time [2006], The Mountain [2009], and the seminal Arrow [2012]. The latter
captured #2 on the Billboard Top Independent Albums Chart, went Top 10 on the Tastemaker Albums
Chart, and even cracked the Top 200. “Only For You” notably amassed north of 42.6 million Spotify
streams and 17.2 million YouTube views. In the wake of the album, Time attested, “Wennerstrom’s voice
is one of the cornerstones of their success. It is tender even when it is severe, and she is unabashedly
soulful even when she rocks, almost as though she were at once performing a slow country ballad and
singing alongside Mark Bolan from T. Rex.”

Meanwhile, 2021’s A Beautiful Life arrived to widespread praise from Uncut, Glide, and Classic Rock with
Pitchfork going as far as to claim, “A Beautiful Life is her best album as a vocalist, as she finds new ways
to bend her voice to different styles and sounds.” In addition to sharing the stage with The Flaming Lips,
The Decemberists, Wolfmother, Lucinda Williams, and The Avett Brothers, they lit up festivals a la
Bonnaroo, Lollapalooza, Austin City Limits, Newport Folk Festival, High Sierra Music Festival, and more.
Through it all, Heartless Bastards constantly evolve.

“The vibe is pretty eclectic,” she goes on. “My voice ties it together. The earlier albums were a bit more
garage- and punk-influenced. We’ve drawn from classic rock, indie, and folk too. I love music, and I’m
always exploring sounds.”

In 2022, they celebrate the 10th anniversary of Arrow with a special limited-edition re-release on vinyl,
new acoustic recordings, and the addition of the previously unavailable “Got to Have Rock and Roll,”
“Parted Ways,” and “Bye Bye Baby Blues” originally by George “Little Hat” Jones.

“Arrow is the album that reached the most people,” she smiles. “It’s cool to celebrate the success of it
and give fans something else. The response to ‘Only For You’ made me feel connected to people
everywhere in a beautiful way. I’ll always be grateful for Arrow.”
 
In the end, Heartless Bastards might just be able to heal what ails you.
“Ultimately, I hope people enjoy themselves when they’re listening to our records or seeing us live,” she leaves off. “Playing shows really brings me a lot of joy. I hope the connection translates. I’m ready to tour a lot and release more music.”
July 2023
July 26, 2023 8:00 PM
July 27, 2023 12:00 AM
Jul 26, 2023
Yussef Dayes
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YUSSEF DAYES

Doors 7pm/ Show 8pm

  1. One of the UK’s most exciting and innovative young drummers and producers, Yussef Dayes has been deeply involved in jazz as long as he can remember. Best known for workwith his brothers in United Vibrations, and also as one half of electrifying duo Yussef Kamaal, he’s been developing his sound since age four when his dad bought him his first drum kit.
  2. Born and raised in South East London, as a kid Yussef was practicing non-stop: “My parentswere strict–if I was gonna do this, I had to take it seriously.”His father was a bass player inNew York in the 70s, and brought home an education’s worth of jazz vinyl that the Dayesbrothers all grew-up on–Yussef and his bassist brother Kareem would play along to theirdad’s records for hours at a time. This was the closest he got to formal jazz lessons until,when he was ten, he studied under Billy Cobham (Miles Davis’ drummer). Yussef considers this to have been the most impactful thing for his progression.
  3. At school, many of Yussef’s peers were aspiring MCs, and he considers grime and hip-hopheavily influential to his output: “That same energy and those different flows, I put into mydrums.”Add to this his Jamaican father’s reggae collection, his late mother’s love of theBeatles and country, and his brother Ahmad producing jungle tracks, Yussef says: “there was good music in every room”–and this breadth of taste, blended with sounds found while travelling (notably time spent in Senegal) is audible in his exhilarating combination of sounds.
  4. These varied influences would be put into a live setting from a young age–from ten years old he was playing shows with his brothers and their friend Wayne Francis II in anafro beat and rock-influenced spiritual jazz group.Then, cementing him as one of the need-to-knowartists in the UK scene, it was in 2015 that Yussef Kamaal was born. A duo with fellowLondoner Kamaal Williams, their 2016 albumBlack Focus, with its dancefloor sensibilities and funk-infused break beats, would become one of the most heralded jazz records of recent times, melding UK sounds with those of the US scene. Certified silver, the album won the duo the 2017 Jazz FM award for Best Breakthrough Act. With their rapturous shows, both groups have helped hone Yussef’s thrilling, rapid-fire live presence (he refers to it as analter-ego, “the beast” that takes over when he’s playing).
  5. 2018 saw the release of ‘Love Is The Message’-Yussef’s transcendental first solo track,self-released on Cashmere Thoughts. Following this in 2019, Yussef’s solo journey continued to flourish releasing an AA single entitled DUALITY, consisting of ‘For My Ladies’and ‘Othello’.
  6. A testament to the breadth and scope of his work in 2019, Yussef sound tracked and curated the Louis Vuitton dinner show for Paris Men’s Fashion Week in January 2019, collaborating with none other than Virgil Abloh and Benji B.
  7. Currently, in 2020, Yussef and fellow South East London musician Tom Misch havereleased their joint album entitledWhat Kinda Music, distributed on legendary jazz label, Blue Note. The album curated by drummer and singer-songwriter expresses music’s ability to tick the boxes of all-genres and to appeal to an incredibly vast audience. The album has gained much global success including reaching #4 in the UK Official Charts, #1 Current Contemporary Jazz Album in the US Billboard Charts and #52 Album in the US BillboardCharts.
  8. With a solo album in the pipeline, Yussef says working solo allows him to be free: uncompromising in choices of sounds and collaborators. He’s running with that freedom, working on multiple projects as a producer and player with some of the key names in the UK jazz scene and beyond.
  9. It’s an exciting time ahead, with more of those soaring, epic, and intricate soundscapes that don’t sound quite like anything else to come. “Drumming is a way of communicating and expressing yourself”, he says–and in 2020, there’s no doubt Yussef Dayes is going to be the one leading the conversation.
July 2023
July 27, 2023 7:00 PM
July 28, 2023 12:00 AM
Jul 27, 2023
GUSTER
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GUSTER

Doors 6pm / Show 7pm

Look Alive is our 8th album. The bulk of it was recorded in a vintage keyboard museum in Calgary AB, during a January stretch when the temperature reached 30 degrees below zero. We ended up in Canada because our British producer, Leo Abrahams, couldn’t turn around an American work visa fast enough, and we feel lucky to have discovered Studio Bell at the last minute. Despite having access to room after room of well-maintained analog keys, Leo gravitated to a cheap Ensoniq Mirage synth from the 1980’s that made Janet Jackson Rhythm Nation-era sounds from floppy disks. Leo spent countless hours poring over these floppy disks while the band gawked at the mellotrons, harpsichords, and other vintage equipment housed at Studio Bell. It was the beginnings of a stylistic clash that would ultimately play out beautifully. Our band had always gravitated to “warm” sounds. Leo would introduce us to “cold” sounds and the way they challenge us as listeners. He was the perfect complementary piece for Guster.
After working with the late Richard Swift four years ago and discovering a more raw and vintage sound on
Evermotion, we fully embraced studio production with Leo this time around. The sheer amount of production on Look Alive grew into its own statement. There is a lot to unpack. One day in Calgary we arrived at the studio to discover that Leo had put in a few extra hours on our song “Summertime.” He’d built an entire new intro using the Ensoniq Mirage overnight and played it for us. The band reaction wasn’t too kind. Our beautiful song now had a jarring, harsh, disruptive introduction, instead of the soft mellotron flutes we’d known. After some days of light bickering about it, Leo finally shed his proper British diplomatic side and belted out that “the world doesn’t need another fucking Beatles pastiche!” This would eventually become a rallying cry for the album as we strove to make something new and powerful together. Title track “Look Alive” is an ominous, processed sonic collage with haunting words about waking up and becoming active in the midst of hollow words and fake heroes. “Hard Times,” written in the studio, came out more like the dark pop of Peter Gabriel / Depeche Mode / Tears for Fears than what people might think of  Guster.
“Overexcited” felt like classic Brit-pop and so Ryan sang it with a British accent over an Ensoniq marimba. Some of Guster's critics will say “but you can’t do that” — and that’s something we’ve heard our entire career. We don’t subscribe to the same musical ideology they do and never have.
Writing songs for the second straight record with multi-instrumentalist Luke Reynolds (who joined the band in
2010) has been a key to our evolution. Working with artists like Leo Abrahams, John Congleton, and Collin
DuPuis proved to be inspiring and adds to a “brain trust” that bolsters the songs. With Look Alive the plan is
simple. Grow our musical community. Write better and better songs. Keep our minds open. Never repeat
ourselves and create a legacy of music that is undeniable.
- Brian Rosenworcel, drummer of Guster
www.guster.com

July 2023
July 28, 2023 9:00 PM
July 29, 2023 12:00 AM
Jul 28, 2023
Save Ferris
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SAVE FERRIS

with THE AQUADOLLS and STONEFLYS

Doors 8pm/ Show 9pm

  1. Formed in 1995, Save Ferris remains one of the seminal and most beloved bands from the third wave of ska. The group’s Orange County home was fertile ground for a thriving music scene, with punk, rock, and ska emerging from the region. Save Ferris blended the best elements of these sounds to help bring the region’s sound to the world.
  2. The group’s humble beginnings saw them play house parties and local venues, powered by Monique Powell’s high-octane vocals. Save Ferris’ live show instantly became a hit. As the word spread, the band got a much-needed boost. Legendary KROQ DJ Rodney Bingenheimer got a hold of the band’s self-released album. He played their cover of Dexys Midnight Runners “Come on Eileen” on his Rodney on the ROQ show and the response was overwhelming. Soon thereafter, Kevin Weatherly picked up the song and it was added to the legendary taste-making rock station’s rotation. All of this happened independently without a record label and with Powell serving as the singer and band manager.
  3. Major labels started noticing the buzz that was emanating from Orange County. In 1996, the band won a Grammy showcase award for best unsigned band, and with Epic Records’ David Massey as one of the judges, Save Ferris would sign with the label. Epic re-released the Introducing Save Ferris EP and, in 1997, Save Ferris unleashed their debut album, It Means Everything. Save Ferris toured the world for the better part of the next six years,with 1999’s Modified released during that time.
  4. In 2003, the band went on a hiatus. Starting in 2004, Powell switched gears and used her vocal talents to become a go-to studio musician. She appeared on albums for The Used, Goldfinger, Foxy Shazam, Lost Prophets, Mest, and Hilary Duff, among many others. Slowly, however, Powell started having health issues. In 2015, after years of painful back issues, she underwent a risky procedure to fix her broken neck that could have damaged her greatest musical weapon: her vocal cords. Ahead of the procedure, Powell made a promise to her father, who had been begging her to return to the stage: if the surgery was successful, she’d bring back Save Ferris. And it was a success.
  5. That year, Powell, with a new cast of characters, reformed Save Ferris. The hype surrounding the band was massive. After months of rehabilitation, Powell brought Save Ferris home to Orange County where it played a sold-out show at the Pacific Amphitheater in Costa Mesa. Another giant show at the Santa Monica Pier, with over 20,000 people in attendance, was put out on vinyl. These raucous shows proved that the band wasn’t just back, but ready to roar.
  6. Through a crowd funded campaign in 2016, Powell and her bandmates went into the studioto record a new EP. Titled Checkered Past, the collection was released the following year, and produced by John Avila of Oingo Boingo. The EP featured an appearance by Neville Staple of The Specials, one of Powell’s favorite artists.
  7. Following Checkered Past’s release, Save Ferris played the entire 2017 Warped Tour on the main stage, headlined shows, and played festivals across the world.
  8. The future is as bright as it has been for Save Ferris in a long time. Powell scrapped arecord she wrote prior to the pandemic and is currently at work on the first new Save Ferris album in nearly two decades. The band recently packed the House of Blues in Anaheim, playing in front of fans of all ages. Powell is the centerpiece of the action. Her dazzling on-stage presence continues to wow audiences and the band’s energy is infectious. Save Ferris are out to prove that they’re no nostalgia act, with their best days still ahead of them.
July 2023
July 29, 2023 8:00 PM
July 30, 2023 12:00 AM
Jul 29, 2023
Josh Meloy
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JOSH MELOY

Doors 7pm/ Show 8pm

Oklahoma native, Josh Meloy, is blazing his own trail in the music industry with an undeniably
authentic sound. Inspired by country greats, Meloy has cultivated his own brand of country
music. Holding strong to the old school natural sound, Meloy’s live performance is almost
indistinguishable from his studio recordings.
Meloy didn’t plan on playing music in the beginning. In a family with strong ties to music, he
chose sports. It wasn’t until attending Oklahoma State University at the age of 19 that he first
picked up a guitar. Meloy, now 28, has since matured as a musician and songwriter while
earning a strong fan base touring the Nation.

August 2023
August 3, 2023 8:00 PM
August 4, 2023 12:00 AM
Aug 3, 2023
Cory Henry: Live At The Piano
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CORY HENRY

Doors 7pm/ Show 8pm

Simply put Cory Henry is a Grammy Award Winning Artist, Composer, Producer, Multi-instrumentalist, all around keyboard master, and is the future of music!

In 2021, Cory’s album Something to Say was nominated at the 2022 Grammy Awards for Best Progressive Album and as a co-writer and producer on Kanye West’s Donda and Eric Bellinger’s New Light. Other collaborations include: Imagine Dragons, Rosalia, Smino, Lucky Daye, and many more.Cory was previously a member of Snarky Puppy, and during his time in the band he garnered three Grammy Awards!

Most recently Cory’s latest masterpiece, Operation Funk, has garnered attention from fans all over the world as he delivered sold out shows in Israel, Spain, Amsterdam, Australia, and throughout the United States along with playing most of the major music festivals.

August 2023
August 4, 2023 8:00 PM
August 5, 2023 12:00 AM
Aug 4, 2023
Fortunate Youth
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FORTUNATE YOUTH 

with ELI MAC

Doors 7pm/ Show 8pm

August 2023
August 10, 2023 8:00 PM
August 11, 2023 12:00 AM
Aug 10, 2023
Eek-A-Mouse
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EEK-A-MOUSE

with RISING SON

Doors 7pm/ Show 8pm

Ripton Hylton was born in November 19, 1957 in Kingston, Jamaica. He began his music career when he was in college, releasing two roots reggae singles under his own name. He then went on to work for various sound systems over the next few years and also released a few more singles. He adopted the stage name "Eek-A-Mouse" in 1979, taking the name of a racehorse he always bet on; it was a nickname his friends had used for some time. He began recording for Joe Gibbs in 1979, having a hit straight away with "Once a Virgin" and this was soon followed with "Wa-Do-Dem" (produced by Douglas Boothe), and "Modelling Queen", which began an association with Linval Thompson, who produced his debut Bubble Up Yu Hip album.

By the end of 1980, he had linked up with producer Henry "Junjo" Lawes, with whom he had big hits in 1981 with the likes of "Virgin Girl" and a recut "Wa-Do-Dem". In 1981, he was the star of the Reggae Sunsplash Festival, cheering audiences still mourning over the death of reggae icon Bob Marley. His association with Lawes led to a string of successful singles and albums, and in 1982 his hits included "Wild Like a Tiger", "For Hire and Removal", "Do You Remember", and "Ganja Smuggling". The same year he released his second album, Wa Do Dem. The "Operation Eradication" single showed Hylton's serious side, the song inspired by the vigilante killing of close friend and fellow DJ Errol Shorter. Skidip was released before the year was out.

Further albums followed with 1983's Mouse and the Man, produced by Linval Thompson, and 1984's Mouseketeer, again produced by Lawes. He also featured on several of the live dancehall albums from the era, including the Aces International and Live at Skateland collections. In 1985 he targeted the United States with the Assassinator album in (his first US release), produced by Anthony and Ronald Welch. He also travelled to the United Kingdom to record The King and I the same year, the album targeted at the rock crossover audience to which he had begun to appeal.

His 1988 album Eek-A-Nomics saw him begin to establish himself with an international audience, spawning a club hit with "The Freak", and he was signed by Island Records in 1989. He returned to prominence with 1991's U-Neek album, which continued the rock-oriented style, including a cover version of Led Zeppelin's "D'yer Mak'er", and from which the hit single "You're The One I Need" was taken. He went through a period of relative quietness before returning in 1996 with the Black Cowboy album.

Eek-A-Mouse is a regular at Sunsplash and often teams up with reggae duo Michigan & Smiley. An album was issued of his performance in 1983.

He performed in Jamaica for the first time in eight years in August 2015 at the Marcus Garvey Festival in Ocho Rios.

August 2023
August 19, 2023 9:00 PM
August 20, 2023 12:00 AM
Aug 19, 2023
Yung Pinch
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YUNG PINCH

with RILEY

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August 2023
August 20, 2023 8:00 PM
August 21, 2023 12:00 AM
Aug 20, 2023
M. Ward
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M. WARD

Doors 7pm/ Show 8pm

M. WARD’S “SUPERNATURAL THING” DEFIES THE PASSING OF TIME
by James Cushing
Several times, as I listened to M. Ward’s Supernatural Thing, I asked myself what year it
was. Was it 1952, and was I listening to a track from the Harry Smith Anthology? Was it
1972, and was I eavesdropping on the recording session for After the Gold Rush?
No, it’s 2023, and M. Ward is one of the special contemporary artists who invite such
questions. Ward has clearly mastered the whole vocabulary of American popular music
and made serious decisions about how to employ it for his own ends. What Ward
shares with Harry Smith’s artists and Neil Young is a context of musical and human
values: authenticity and intimacy. Supernatural Thing’s original songs sound freshly
pulled from the ground, with a little earth sticking to them. Ward’s lyric delivery has that
slight rawness the ear loves, and his voice has quiet dignity and great tenderness.
Supernatural Thing is an open-hearted, inviting album.
The album’s guest stars — First Aid Kit, Shovels & Rope, Scott McMicken, Neko Case,
Jim James, others — enliven the album with surprises. On “Too Young to Die,” the
women’s voices in First Aid Kit spread a light frosting over the melody, and their Beach
Boys-like chorus on “Engine 5” makes the song sound like an instant hit. The whole
program has a lovely open house feeling, reminiscent of pre-pandemic house parties. It
was at such parties in San Luis Obispo in the mid-1990s where I first heard M. Ward’s
music. He was still a college student, writing his first songs and learning the vocabulary
he uses today with such calm assurance.
I asked him about the title track, in which Elvis Presley appears with a message: You
can go anywhere you please. “Well, all my songs depend on dream-imagery to some
extent,” he replied, “and this was an actual dream I had about Elvis, when he came to
me and said that. I don’t know if it’s pandemic-related or not.” This is the song where
Ward sings “you feel the line is growing thin / between beautiful and strange,” which I
told him I thought sums up the emotional tone of the album. (He agreed.)
“The title Supernatural Thing comes from an early thought as a kid that radio traveled
the same airwaves as messages from supernatural things — and music, especially
remembered music, is somehow tied up in this exchange,” he continued.
“The sending and receiving of messages from memory and dreams seem to move
along this same often broken-up wavelength. In this way and many others, I see this
new record as an extension, 18 years later, of my Transistor Radio record, but this new
record is better because its more concise and has more voices and more moods — the
way my favorite radio was and still is.”
I also asked about the guest artists, especially First Aid Kit, a new name to me. "First
Aid Kit are twin sisters from Stockholm, and when they open their mouths, something
amazing happens,” Ward explained. “It was a great thrill to go to Stockholm and record
a few songs there.  The sound from blood-related harmony singers is impossible to get any other way – The Everly Brothers, The Delmores, The Louvins, The Carters, The Söderbergs - all have the same kind of feeling in their vocals."

Eight of the album’s ten songs are Ward originals. There’s an unusual Bowie choice, “I
Can’t Give Everything Away” from Blackstar, and a live rendition of Daniel Johnston’s
“Story of an Artist.” “Bowie and Johnston are constant sources of inspiration for me,
have been for I don’t know how many years,” Ward offered. Hearing the Bowie
instrumental, so different in feel from the original recording, I was reminded of an
evening long ago in San Luis Obispo when Ward, playing solo acoustic in a coffee
house, sang “Let’s Dance” as a very slow ballad, revealing the lonely yearning the
extraverted original only hinted at.
"When you can’t go out and see it for yourself, radio is still the best way for me to
connect with the outside world. Whether it be music or talk or news or politics - FM or
AM or satellite – I re-learned this while stranded indoors during the pandemic - It's
constantly changing at the hands of someone far away who you don't know and there's
a lot in that exchange to be inspired by when it comes to making records"

August 2023
August 31, 2023 8:00 PM
September 1, 2023 12:00 AM
Aug 31, 2023
Hatchie
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HATCHIE

with SEA LEMON

Doors 7pm/ Show 8pm

Hatchie - Giving the World Away, the sophomore album from Hatchie, is the truest introduction to the songwriter at the helm of the project, Harriette Pilbeam. Although her sound arrived fully-formed, a dazzling dream-pop and shoegaze tangle, it’s here that Hatchie fully distills the core of herself into a record. Giving the World Away is an album about self-confidence, about reclamation, about the strange time in young adulthood where you begin to finally be able to see yourself clearly. Incisive and probing, Giving the World Away is the clearest look at Hatchie yet, and a relic of the power and bravery that spring forth from embracing vulnerability and putting your heart on the line.

Sea Lemon - Based out of Seattle, Sea Lemon is the solo dreampop project of songwriter Natalie Lew. Natalie released her debut EP Close Up with Spirit Goth Records in May of 2022, which was described by The Seattle Times as “one of the strongest debuts of the year.” Sea Lemon has opened for acts like Wolf Parade, Suki Waterhouse, Ducks Ltd., Disq, and played festival Capitol Hill Block Party. Sonically inspired by lush, dreamy guitar tones and bright melodies, Natalie’s songwriting and sound is all about embracing nostalgia and wistfulness, and her experiences growing up as a 4th-generation-Asian American woman. Sea Lemon will be releasing new music in 2023.

September 2023
September 7, 2023 7:00 PM
September 8, 2023 12:00 AM
Sep 7, 2023
Foy Vance - Regarding The Joy Of Nothing Tour
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FOY VANCE - REGARDING THE JOY OF NOTHING TOUR

with BONNIE BISHOP

Doors 6pm/ Show 7pm

Hailing from Northern Ireland and deeply rooted in the rich musical history of the Southern United States, Foy Vance has garnered acclaim from fans and fellow musicians alike since his independent debut album release in 2007. Foy released his second LP, Joy of Nothing, in 2013 on Glassnote Records which led to further critical praise and invites on tours from Ed Sheeran, Bonnie Raitt, Marcus Foster, Snow Patrol and Sir Elton John. Additionally, Foy has headlined tours globally to sell-out crowds.

Foy was the second artist signed to Gingerbread Man Records, Ed Sheeran’s label division within Atlantic Records. Foy’s debut recording with the label, The Wild Swan, was Executive Produced by Sir Elton John and released in 2016. In 2019, Foy released two companion albums, From Muscle Shoals and To Memphis, recorded at FAME Studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama and Sam Phillips Recording Studio in Memphis. His songwriting credits include co-writing four cuts on Ed Sheeran’s 2017 album Divide, the title track on Sam Smith’s latest album Gloria and collaborations with Alicia Keys, Rag N Bone Man, Keith Urban, Kacey Musgraves, Miranda Lambert, Plan B and Rudimental.

Foy Vance's 2021 album, Signs Of Life, marked Foy’s second studio album ‘proper’ on Gingerbread Man Records and was a testament to his abilities as a songwriter. The thoughtful and poignant album was written and played more or less entirely by Vance, with assistance from young Northern Irish producer Gareth Dunlop, and received global recognition.

In 2022, Foy embarked on the Signs of Live + 15 Years of Hope tour, celebrating his latest album as well as the anniversary of his debut record. This year, he’ll be heading out on the road once again to play songs from one of his most impactful album’s, as well as tracks from the rest of his poignant discography for the Regarding the Joy of Nothing Tour.

September 2023
September 16, 2023 8:00 PM
September 17, 2023 12:00 AM
Sep 16, 2023
Struggle Jennings
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STRUGGLE JENNINGS

Doors 7pm/ Show 8pm

The grandson of legendary Country Music icon Waylon Jennings, Struggle is part of a long legacy of Gangsters, Outlaws and Rock Stars.. Growing up as a black-sheep in his family, he fought his way out of the streets of West Nashville and into the studio where he would create the foundation for what has become his personal contribution to the Jennings family legacy..

Struggle's message of strength, determination and courage in the face of adversity continues to connect and resonate with people around the world. By sharing his story with honesty and passion he has developed a large and loyal fanbase who relate not only to his music but also to his personal journey.

Since being released from prison in 2016 Struggle has performed for sold out crowds across the country and released multiple projects. He is finally poised to take his place as a true modern day Outlaw and secure his position as the Godfather of the burgeoning Outlaw Hip Hop Rock & Roll movement.

September 2023
September 23, 2023 9:00 PM
September 24, 2023 12:00 AM
Sep 23, 2023
The Latin Dead ft. John Kadlecik & Oscar Hernandez
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THE LATIN DEAD

feat. John Kadlecik & Oscar Hernandez 

Doors 8pm/ Show 9pm

September 2023
September 30, 2023 9:00 PM
October 1, 2023 12:00 AM
Sep 30, 2023
Matt Maeson A Solo Experience: That's My Cue Tour
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MATT MAESON A Solo Experience: That’s My Cue Tour

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One of his generation’s most fearless singer/songwriters, Matt Maeson has endlessly proven the powerful impact of fully revealing his demons and damage. With the arrival of 2019’s Bank On A Funeral, the 29-year-old Virginia native made history as the first male solo artist to earn two #1 Alternative Radio hits from a debut album, thanks to the smash success of the unforgettably confessional singles “Hallucinogenics” and “Cringe” (both of which went platinum). Now boasting over a billion streams, including his collaboration with Lana Del Rey on a remix of “Hallucinogenics,” the Nashville-based musician returns with his sophomore album Never Had To Leave—a revelatory body of work that embodies a newfound hopefulness, yet reinforces the raw intensity and unapologetic truth-telling that have defined Maeson’s music from the very start.

“The reason I make music is I want my songs to help people feel justified in whatever they’re feeling, especially if they’re going through hard times,” says Maeson. “When I was 17 I started performing in prisons as part of my parents’ prison ministry, and I realized what music could do as far as helping people feel dignified and less alone. It was a way of bringing light into one of the darkest possible places, and right away I knew I wanted to do that for everyone. Keeping that in mind has always motivated me to write as honestly as possible, without filtering anything out.”

Mainly produced by his longtime collaborator James Flannigan (MARINA, Broods), Never Had To Leave came to life in a series of free-flowing, highly experimental sessions in Nashville, Los Angeles, and Maeson’s former homebase of Austin. For help in shaping the album’s chameleonic and combustible sound, Maeson enlisted musician-friends like drummer Rob Humphreys (Karen O, Jacob Banks) and guitarist Brennan Smiley of The Technicolors, ultimately arriving at a frenetic collision of rock-and-roll and folk and irresistibly gritty pop. “This is definitely the most eclectic project I’ve ever done, which I’m sure is a byproduct of how the last few years have been so touch-and-go and strange,” Maeson points out. (In keeping with the spirit of tight-knit collaboration, Maeson also commissioned the album’s gorgeously surreal cover art from Jay Young, a fast-rising abstract painter he first met in church as a teenager.) 

In many ways a meditation on beginning anew after a long period of struggle and self-destruction, Never Had To Leave speaks to the triumph of hard-won clarity and resilience. “To me ‘Never Had To Leave’ felt like a salute to the end of the era that had started with Who Killed Matt Maeson,” he says, referring to the 2017 debut EP. “It’s about coming back to yourself, and it felt right to name the album something that has a real sense of hope and redemption to it.”

On the slow-building and soul-stirring “A Memory Away,” Never Had To Leave takes on a stunning tenderness as Maeson opens up about the infinite complexities and nuances of love (“Here’s to the failures/Tears that we’ve kept/Here’s to the chaos/Here’s to every fearful step”). “It’s about marriage and the ups and downs of it—the never-ending fight to stay connected and to keep growing together,” explains Maeson, who co-wrote “A Memory Away” with esteemed songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Ethan Gruska (Phoebe Bridgers, Manchester Orchestra).

Although much of Never Had To Leave finds Maeson boldly embracing the present, some songs reflect on certain formative moments in his past. Meanwhile, the album’s galvanizing lead single “Blood Runs Red” brings Maeson’s ultra vivid storytelling to a dizzying recollection of the darker side of life on the road (“A the sun comes up shining down on the 10/I did too much living and I’m dying again/I guess I lost my head at the Holiday Inn”). “I wrote ‘Blood Runs Red’ after I’d finished about three years of off-and-on touring,” he says. “When you’re playing shows for thousands of people every night and getting that massive amount of validation, it’s easy to lose yourself and suppress whatever issues you’re dealing with. One of the ways I reacted to that was drinking every night until I could fall asleep, and then when I got home all the problems I’d been avoiding just came rushing back.”

For Maeson, the making of ‘Never Had To Leave’ fulfills the restless creativity that’s relentlessly fueled his musical output. To that end, his past work includes such left-of-center projects as USERx—the 2021 self-titled EP from his genre-blurring collaboration with hometown friend/producer Rozwell, which featured such diverse guests as Pusha T, Masego, West Banks, and Manchester Orchestra. As he reveals, the process of creating Never Had To Leave reaffirmed the need to work at his own pace and follow his instincts without compromise. “This record taught me to take as long as I need to make the album I want, instead of pushing out something because of outside pressure,” he says. “I’ve never been someone to try and force the inspiration; I think you’ve got to go out and experience life to find something to write about. So for the most part, I just wait for the song to start writing itself, and hold onto the hope that it’ll keep happening that way for the rest of my life.”

   

Thanks to that utter lack of calculation, Maeson’s songwriting has continually provided an essential outlet for artist and audience alike. “Music has always been a way for me to express the things I can’t say out loud to people or don’t even know how to put into words yet,” he says. “But the main reason why I’m trying to do this as authentically as possible goes back to wanting to help other people feel understood. It’s still so crazy to me that just by playing an A minor chord then a D and F, without any lyrics behind it, you can immediately make someone feel something—it’s like some kind of superpower, and I don’t think I’ll ever take that lightly.”

October 2023
October 6, 2023 8:00 PM
October 7, 2023 12:00 AM
Oct 6, 2023
Psychedelic Porn Crumpets
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PSYCHEDELIC PORN CRUMPETS

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October 2023
October 8, 2023 7:00 PM
October 9, 2023 12:00 AM
Oct 8, 2023
The Happy Fits: Under The Shade of Green
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7:00 pm
Ends:
12:00 am
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THE HAPPY FITS: UNDER THE SHADE OF GREEN

with SMALL CRIUSH and HOT FREAKS

Doors 6pm / Show 7pm

 
October 2023
October 11, 2023 8:00 PM
October 12, 2023 12:00 AM
Oct 11, 2023
THE ORIGINAL WAILERS
Starts:
8:00 pm
Ends:
12:00 am
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THE ORIGINAL WAILERS

Doors 7pm/ Show 8pm

October 2023
October 14, 2023 8:00 PM
October 15, 2023 12:00 AM
Oct 14, 2023
Dean Lewis
Starts:
8:00 pm
Ends:
12:00 am
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DEAN LEWIS

with SARA KAYS

Doors 7pm/ Show 8pm

October 2023
October 20, 2023 9:00 PM
October 21, 2023 12:00 AM
Oct 20, 2023
Powerman 5000
Starts:
9:00 pm
Ends:
12:00 am
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POWERMAN 5000

with JULIEN K

Doors 8pm/ Show 9pm

November 2023
November 8, 2023 8:00 PM
November 9, 2023 12:00 AM
Nov 8, 2023
Rawayana
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8:00 pm
Ends:
12:00 am
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RAWAYANA

Doors 7pm / Show 8pm

Originating from Venezuela, RAWAYANA has become one Latin America’s most exciting acts with their high-powered live show and their distinctive fusion of reggae, funk, soul, rock, and Caribbean rhythms. 

To date, Rawayana has released four studio albums: Licencia Para Ser Libre (2011), Rawayanaland (2013). Trippy Caribbean (2016) and Cuando Los Ace?falos Predominan (2021). The band scored a nomination for Best New Artist at the 18th Annual Latin GRAMMY Awards after the release of their third album Trippy Caribbean. They’ve also have had several impactful collaborations with industry powerhouses such as Danny Ocean, Natalia Lafourcade, Los Amigos Invisibles, Cultura Profetica, Alvaro Diaz, Elena Rose, Akapella and more. 

In 2022, Rawayana continued to tour internationally in support of their latest critically acclaimed album, Cuando Los Acéfalos Predominan, performing at major festivals such as Lollapalooza (US & Chile), III Points, and Pineapple Ball in addition to headlining shows in North America, Latin America, Europe, and Tel Aviv.  

So far in 2023, Rawayana has kicked off the next phase of their career with the release of several new singles, “Binikini” (feat. Danny Ocean), and “Dame Un Break”. Both releases have become the fastest growing singles of their career thus far, and will be followed by a string of new single releases ahead of the release of their new album, which is slated for release in Q3 of 2023. 

As a prolific touring band, Rawayana is gearing up to support their new music with touring and festival stops in Latin America, North America (over 30 cities in Q4), and Europe throughout 2023 and 2024.

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RAWAYANA es una banda nominada al Latin Grammy compuesta por vocalista-guitarrista Alberto "Beto" Montenegro, bajista Antonio "Tony" Casas, baterista Andrés "Fofo" Story y guitarrista Alejandro "Abeja" Abeijón.

Originarios de Venezuela, se han convertido en uno de las bandas más emocionantes de Latinoamérica con su espectáculo en vivo de gran energia y su distintiva fusión de reggae, funk, soul, rock y ritmos caribeños.

Rawayana ha lanzado cuatro álbumes de estudio: Licencia Para Ser Libre (2011), Rawayanaland (2013). Trippy Caribbean (2016) y Cuando Los Acéfalos Predominan (2021). La banda obtuvo una nominación a Mejor Artista Nuevo en los Latin GRAMMY’s después del lanzamiento de su tercer álbum Trippy Caribbean. También han tenido varias colaboraciones impactantes con Natalia Lafourcade, Los Amigos Invisibles, Cultura Profetica, Alvaro Diaz, Elena Rose, Akapella y más.

En 2022, Rawayana continuó su gira internacional en apoyo de su último álbum aclamado por la crítica, Cuando Los Acéfalos Predominan, actuando en importantes festivales como Lollapalooza, III Points, y Pineapple Ball, además de giras por USA, Canada, Latinoamérica, Europa y Tel Aviv.

En lo que va de 2023, Rawayana ha iniciado la siguiente fase de su carrera con el lanzamiento de varios sencillos nuevos, "Binikini" (con Danny Ocean) y "Dame Un Break". Ambos lanzamientos se han convertido en los sencillso de más rápido crecimiento de su carrera, y serán seguidos por una serie de nuevos lanzamientos de sencillos antes del lanzamiento de su nuevo álbum, cuyo lanzamiento está programado para el tercer trimestre de 2023.

Como una banda en vivo prolífica, Rawayana se está preparando para apoyar su nueva música con giras y paradas en festivales en América Latina, América del Norte (más de 30 ciudades en el cuarto trimestre) y Europa durante 2023 y 2024.