Indie 102.3 presents Black Belt Eagle Scout w/ Bellhoss + Isadora Eden
Indie 102.3 presents Black Belt Eagle Scout with Bellhoss and Isadora Eden on Tuesday, March 26th. This land runs through Katherine Paul’s blood. And it called to her. In dreams she saw the river, her ancestors, and her home. When the land calls, you listen. And KP found herself far from her ancestral lands during a time of collective trauma, when the world was wounded and in need of healing. In 2020 she made the journey from Portland back to the Skagit River, back to the cedar trees that stand tall and shrouded in fog, back to the tide flats and the mountains, back to Swinomish. It is a powerful thing to return to our ancestral lands and often times the journey is not easy. Like the salmon through the currents, like the tide as it crawls to shore this is a story of return. It is the call and response. It is the outstretched arms of the people who came before, welcoming her home. The Land, The Water, The Sky is a celebration of lineage and strength. Even in its deepest moments of loneliness and grief, of frustration over a world wrought with colonial violence and pain, the songs remind us that if we slow down, if we listen to the waves and the wind through the trees, we will remember to breathe. There is a throughline of story in every song, a remembrance of knowledge and teachings, a gratitude of wisdom passed down and carried. There is a reimagining of Sedna who was offered to the sea, and a beautiful rumination on sacrifice and humanity, and what it means to hold the stories that work to teach us something. Chord progressions born out of moments of sadness and solitude transform into the islands that sit blue along the horizon. The Salish Sea curves along her homelands, and when the singer is close to this water she is reminded of her grandmother, how she looked out at these same islands, and she’s held by spirit and memory. The Land, The Water, The Sky rises and falls, in darkness and in light, but even in its most melancholy moments it is never despairing. That is the beauty of returning home. When you stand on ancestral lands it is impossible to be alone. You feel the arms and hands that hold you up, unwilling to let you fall into sorrow or abandonment. In her songs Katherine Paul has channeled that feeling of being held. In every note she has written a love letter to indigenous strength and healing. There is a joy present here, a fierce blissfulness that comes with walking the trails along the river, feeling the sand and the stones beneath her feet. It is the pride and the certainty that comes with knowing her ancestors walked along the same land, dipped their hands into the water, and ran their fingertips along the same bark of cedar trees. This is a story of hope, as it details the joy of returning. Katherine Paul’s journey home wasn’t made alone, and the songs are crowded with loved ones and relatives, like a really good party. And as the songs walk us through the land it is important we hover over the images and the beauty, the moments that mark this album as site specific. The power of this land is woven throughout, telling the story of narrow waterways, brush strokes, salmon stinta, and above all healing. Let it take you. Move through the story and see the land through her eyes, because it is a gift, a welcomed sʔabadəb.* *The word “gift” in Lushootseed, the language of the Coast Salish people. – 16+, under 16 admitted with a ticketed parent or guardian
Musuji w/ Milquetoast & Co. + The Ephinjis
Globe Hall Presents Musuji with Milquetoast & Co. and The Ephinjis on Saturday, April 13th. The band has long held the moniker ‘wild with madness’ which accurately describes the band’s musicianship, fluently shifting between serenity and the unhinged. Founded in 2007, they’ve played from coast to coast with such acts as, All Them Witches, The Front Bottoms, Polkadot Cadaver, Fair to Midland, & In the Whale. Critics have distinguished the band as being a “must see” live performance. 2024 marks the 17th year of the band, and the connection and love they have for each other has never been stronger. With the successful release of the band’s 4th studio album “BLANKET STATEMENT” in 2022, MUSUJI has been playing live shows all across the front range with great response. The band has been continuously writing and preparing for their next release under the continued mantra, “We play what we want” !! “SPDR’S LGS” is the newest single from MUSUJI set for release on all platforms NYE 2023 – 16+, under 16 admitted with a ticketed parent or guardian
Sam Evian w/ Hannah Cohen
105.5 The Colorado Sound Presents Same Evian with Hannah Cohen on Tuesday, May 7 –It was New Years Eve 2022, the night before Sam Evian started recording Plunge, his fourth LP, now set for release on Flying Cloud Recordings via Thirty Tigers – his first album on his new imprint. He invited his friends and fellow musicians to his property in the Catskills, where he’d just painstakingly relocated and revamped his Flying Clouds Studios into a new barn on the property, restoring a vintage console and tape deck from 1974. Adrianne Lenker brought a jug of maple syrup from Vermont, Sufjan Stevens set off fireworks in the meadow, and at midnight, the group of friends cold-plunged into a nearby creek as it started snowing.The next day, the Plunge sessions began, and the album was tracked in the early winter months of 2023 over a 10-day period. Joined by a group of his closest friends and collaborators (including Liam Kazar, Sean Mullins, El Kempner of Palehound and Adrianne Lenker of Big Thief), the young artist / producer set out with a wide-open approach. “No-one knew the songs or what the plan was. We kept it loose and fun. This was the spirit of the sessions. No headphones, no playback, minimal overdubs, or bleed. Fast and loose.”The result is Evian’s best album to date: a cathartic rock record that melds power pop, iridescent guitar, raucous psychedelia, and Sam’s now sought-after grooves. The music is both fresh and familiar, sonically inspired by his penchant for early 70s production and creatively propelled by the free-spirited process depicted in the Beatles documentary Get Back, as well as his urge to let go. Hypnotic opener “Wild Days” is an uplifting overture centered around a pulsing rhythm section and a guitar solo designed for the open road, while “Jacket” opens with a tight guitar riff, Baroque pop elements and a strong nod to the Beatles. “Rollin In” is a psychedelic-infused blissed-out masterpiece, peppered with saxophone and Rhodes, both played by Sam.The unbridled, “Why Does It Take So Long,” features Lenker’s wild guitar solo, while “Another Way” features El Kempner of Palehound on guitar. “Stay,” is the Gram Parsons / John Lennon session we didn’t know we needed, while “Freakz” is an irreverent, funked-out album curveball, designed for a good time. And that’s just a taste of what Evian has cooked up here.Plunge is Evian’s first release on his own imprint, Flying Cloud Recordings, the new imprint of his Catskills-based studio. In 2017 Sam Evian decamped to the Catskills alongside his partner Hannah Cohen and their dog, Jan, creating an immersive recording experience, Flying Cloud Studios, tucked away in the mountains of upstate New York. Evian (née Sam Owens) has hosted/produced/engineered a slew of artists in his home studio including Big Thief (Grammy-nominated for Certainty), Palehound, Kate Bollinger, Blonde Redhead, Helena Deland and more. Plunge is his fourth LP and first partnered with Thirty Tigers. Prior to Plunge, Evian has released three LPS; Premium (2016), You, Forever (2018), and Time to Melt (2021), as well as a handful of singles.- 16+, under 16 admitted with a ticketed parent or guardian
105.5 The Colorado Sound presents Aaron Lee Tasjan w/ Molly Martin
105.5 The Colorado Sound presents Aaron Lee Tasjan with Molly Martin on Tuesday, May 21st. Singer, songwriter, guitarist, producer, band leader, activist, and Grammy nominee, Aaron Lee Tasjan has been and continues to be all of these things. Over his past decade plus of writing, recording, producing, Tasjan has released four excellent and critically acclaimed solo albums, toured the world over on his own and as the guitarist in the New York Dolls. He co-founded and co-wrote all of the material for the band Semi Precious Weapons. In 2021 he was nominated for a Grammy for his writing on Yola’s “Diamond Studded Shoes” and most recently, Tasjan produced Mya Byrne’s album Rhinestone Tomboy (Kill Rock Stars Nashville) which helped to establish her as one of the first openly trans artists in Americana Music. He’s cultivated a brilliant and outstanding career to date already. But his forthcoming album Stellar Evolution (Blue Élan Records) is just what the title says. Tasjan’s new album is truly the sum of all of the parts of his diverse accomplishments to date while clearly heading in a brand-new direction. You can’t put any labels on Stellar Evolution except for it being a career defining work and a major leap forward for someone who’s never been afraid to push the boundaries of any and all expectations. Two of the album’s most striking songs lie back-to-back near its center. “I Love America Better Than You” is a scathing protest song which took Tasjan eight years to write — and ended up more relevant now than it had been when he started. “I love America better than you / Her dirty water and her hot dogs too,” goes the winking chorus; “First Black president, insurrectionists / I love America better than you.” Then there’s “Nightmare,” a deeply poignant track, which subverts its clubby beat in exploring the ever-present fear of becoming victim to a hate crime. “I want all my friends to know I love ‘em, just in case I should disappear,” Tasjan heartbreakingly sings on the bridge. It’s a document of exhaustion and terror which will ring true to most queer listeners; and it’s a song like this that makes the celebrations elsewhere on the record feel all the more vital. There’s not a wasted word on Stellar Evolution, and that’s deliberate. After everything he’s been through and everything he’s learned, Aaron Lee Tasjan is a more intentional artist than ever before. “When you’re a touring artist, songs are like mantras; you have to say them every night. And so I really wanted those words to be affirming, and for the energy that’s gonna come out of them to create more of what I hope to foster,” he says. It’s another grasp towards the community and connection that matters most to Tasjan. “The role I feel like I can occupy is to say, okay, I’m gonna be in these rooms where people are gonna be paying attention, and somebody’s gonna get lifted up; who’s it gonna be?” That’s an attitude that harkens right back to the 11-year-old Aaron Lee in Orange County, a throughline that Tasjan never loses sight of for a minute across this album. With Stellar Evolution, he honors that kid and every other version of himself — past, present and future. – 16+, under 16 admitted with a ticketed parent or guardian
Small Crush w/ Raue + Big Pinch
Globe Hall Presents Small Crush with Raue and Big Pinch on Wednesday, April 3 — – 16+, under 16 admitted with a ticketed parent or guardian
Indie 102.3 presents Color Green & Rosali w/ Prairiewolf
Indie 102.3 presents Color Green & Rosali with Prairiewolf on Tuesday, March 19th.Color Green:Color Green is an expansive rock and roll band made up of Noah Kohll, Corey Madden, Kyla Perlmutter and Corey Rose. The dynamic unit throws extremes of raw energy contrasted by a night’s vulnerability into their performances, keeping their audience unsure of what to expect next. An infinite pool of influences, from The Rolling Stones to Spiritualized, gives Color Green their charm: an unlikely blend between explosions of sound and gentle harmonies. Color Green’s dedication to mastering the live show has established a cult like following across the country— opening for acts like Fuzz, Kikagaku Moyo, Circles Around the Sun, and Etran De L’air only begins to paint the picture of the malleability of the band. Like the cotton comedown after a potent tab of Orange Sunshine, Color Green is a gentle melter.Rosali:Philadelphia-based artist Rosali makes songs that take their time in revealing their full power. What might first appear to be restrained, introspective compositions will stretch slowly outward, snagging your attention with a subtly sideways guitar lead or an exceptionally raw lyric you didn’t catch the first time around. A child of two musicians, Rosali grew up as part of a large family that sang together and taught themselves various instruments, finding the earliest forms of her musical voice harmonizing and making up songs with her sisters. As an adult, Rosali merged this musical upbringing with an active involvement in Philly’s experimental and D.I.Y. community. Her 2016 solo debut Out of Love was released on Siltbreeze, a long-running label that champions abstract noise and challenging listening. While Rosali’s earliest work was far nearer to folk-informed rock than harsh sonics, it held an intensity of its own in its strange angles and unexpected vulnerability. Second album Trouble Anyway expanded on the debut with clearer production and more involved arrangements. A host of friends from Philly’s freak scene contributed to the album, including appearances from ambient harpist/pianist Mary Lattimore, Purling Hiss/Birds of Maya shredder Mike Polizze, glistening lap-steel from Mike Sobel, understated percussion from War On Drugs drummer Charlie Hall, and several others. Trouble Anyway brought Rosali a new level of exposure, with a flood of positive critical press and tours supporting acts like The Weather Station and J Mascis. Along with her solo work, Rosali’s output has materialized as a broad spectrum of disparate collaborations, including the hypnotic garage trio Long Hots, slow-burning psych scrawl in duo Monocot with Cloud Nothings drummer Jayson Gerycz, and Wandering Shade, a three-guitar improv act with Headroom’s Kryssi Battalene and Thrill Jockey artist Sarah Louise. Aspects of the more free-floating side of Rosali’s oeuvre inform her songwriting process, with songs often emerging from the ether of lengthy improvisation sessions, new ideas congealing through a boundless exploration of possibilities. Brought to life with help from Omaha’s David Nance Group as the backing band, 2021’s song-centered No Medium was a sharply realized example of Rosali’s distinctive synthesis of metered songwriting and unfettered searching. Around the same time, she offered a completely separate side of her craft with cassette release Chokeweed, a collection of auburn-hued solo guitar improvisations. In whatever form it takes, Rosali’s softly glowing music is malleable and deceptively fluid, able to appear patient and refined or at the edge of unraveling depending on how closely you chose to look.- 16+, under 16 admitted with a ticketed parent or guardian
Mlady w/ Nina de Freitas + Grayson Ratliff
Globe Hall Presents Mlady with Nina de Freitas and Grayson Ratliff on Thursday, February 1st.- 16+, under 16 admitted with a ticketed parent or guardian
Alfred And The Teddinators w/ Nub + Hula Hound
Globe Hall Presents Alfred And The Teddinators with Nub and Hula Hound on Thursday, February 15th.- 16+, under 16 admitted with a ticketed parent or guardian
Interpretive Tyranny w/ Velvet Daydream, Melon Husk + Gypsy Revival
Globe Hall Presents Interpretive Tyranny with Velvet Daydream, Melon Husk and Gypsy Revival on Friday, January 12th.- 16+, under 16 admitted with a ticketed parent or guardian
Moon Walker w/ Compass & Cavern, Sexy Coyote + Mom Rock
Globe Hall Presents Moon Walker with Compass & Cavern, Sexy Coyote and Mom Rock on Saturday, April 6 –Harry Springer may compose, produce and perform all of Moon Walker’s music in his bedroom, but the electrifying anduniquely eclectic sound undeniably feels more fitting for a stadium.When Springer formed Moon Walker at the height of the COVID-19 Pandemic, he was merely looking for a way to passtime and make some extra money selling songs to music libraries. “I sold some, and it was going fine, but then I wrotesome songs, and I was like, ‘I really don’t want to give these ones away.” Those songs that Springer just couldn’t partwith ended up becoming his critically acclaimed debut recordTruth to Power. Thanks to sudden viral success on TikTokand praise from the likes of The Darkness’s Justin Hawkins, the 7-track album quickly established Moon Walker as oneof rock’s most promising acts. Less than a year later, Springer released with his sophomore effortThe Attack of Mirrorswith great fanfare and coverage, resulting in 25 million streams across platforms in 2022. In 2023, Moon Walkercontinued the hos streak; signing to a co-publishing deal with Warner Chappell Music and Limited-Edition Publishing.releasing his third album “Apocalypticism” on October 20th, and going out on his firsttour playing shows across thecountry with sellouts in Chicago, Nashville, Denver, and Columbus.- 16+, under 16 admitted with a ticketed parent or guardian
