BEGIN:VCALENDAR BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Jessica Lea Mayfield DTSTART:20260129T010000Z DTEND:20260129T030000Z DTSTAMP:20250129T010708Z DESCRIPTION:\n*All events are 21+ valid ID required for entry*\n7 PM – D oors8 PM – Show\nJESSICA LEA MAYFIELD\nJessica Lea Mayfield is a boundar y-pushing artist known for blending raw emotion with captivating soundscap es. Her upcoming EP\, produced by Sam Acchione\, showcases her evolution a s a songwriter and performer. The lead single\, “Choose Myself\,” is a bold anthem of self-discovery and empowerment\, setting the tone for an e ra defined by personal growth and artistic reinvention.\nMARGAUX\nlowercas e roses\nMatt Scheuermann is destined to be restless. To be a part of the music has been a constant search and evolutionary process for the Philly s ongwriter and multi-instrumentalist\, lending his talents to various proje cts over the years. But under his own songwriting banner Lowercase Roses\, Scheuermann has conjured grandiose and meloncholy worlds that rival bedro om architects such as Mark Linkous of Sparklehorse or Jason Lytle of Grand addy. Delivering world-weary lyrics often focusing on love in the face of societal collapse with his pure and piercing tenor\, Scheuermann has built an impenetrable discography ever since he donned the Lowercase Roses moni ker back in 2015. With his 2022’s Ordinary Terror\, his long history of homespun experimentations and predernatural knack for molding sorrowful so ul-excevations into towering pop epics. It’s an album that has only adde d to Scheuermann’s lore as one of Philadelphia’s most beloved songwrit ers and a best-kept-secret that is begging to be discovered. Currently\, S cheuermann is working on a follow-up to Ordinary Terror that will see him collaborating with a wide-variety of the city’s most well-respected musi cians and producers that will likely be released sometime in 2025. Until i t arrives\, Scheuermann will be playing the role of the troubadour\, bring ing dispatches from the expansive worlds he has created from stage to stag e. \n LOCATION:Johnny Brenda’s END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Great Grandpa DTSTART:20250131T010000Z DTEND:20250131T030000Z DTSTAMP:20250129T010709Z DESCRIPTION:\n*All events are 21+ valid ID required for entry*\n7 PM – D oors8 PM – Show\nGREAT GRANDPA\nIn the fall of 2020\, Great Grandpa – the close-knit group of Al Menne\, Dylan Hanwright\, Cam LaFlam\, and Pat and Carrie Goodwin – didn’t know if they would go on. After starting o n the follow-up to Four of Arrows\, each member was called in different di rections\, some to new countries\, new jobs\, new life stages. But as Menn e puts it simply\, “Time passed and I missed my friends.” As any good relationship built on mutual love\, trust\, and a mountain of shared histo ry\, the quintet—who grew up in Seattle and have been making music toget her for a decade—were drawn back into one another’s orbits in 2023.   Great Grandpa recently made their highly-anticipated and “epic return” (Brooklyn Vegan) with the gorgeous track “Kid\,” and “Doom” is an other cathartic entry in the band’s beloved catalog. Penned by Pat Goodw in soon after the release of 2019’s acclaimed Four of Arrows\, the song swirled in the band’s consciousness\, taking on many iterations before b eing officially recorded in 2024. “Doom\,” produced by guitarist/engin eer Dylan Hanwright and Goodwin\, is the bands’ first self-produced trac k since 2017’s Plastic Cough. It sees the band at the furthest end of th eir prog/math-rock spectrum — at times embracing the odd time signatures and heavy electric guitar of their early years while expanding on the dar k\, knotty chamber-folk of Four of Arrows. And now\, with these two new tr acks and a run of tour dates on their belt\, Great Grandpa continues. Thes e upcoming live shows will be fans’ first opportunity to hear new music live.\nGRUMPY\n LOCATION:Johnny Brenda’s END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The Bul Bey DTSTART:20250201T010000Z DTEND:20250201T030000Z DTSTAMP:20250129T010711Z DESCRIPTION:\n*All events are 21+ valid ID required for entry*\n \n8PM DO ORS\n9PM SHOW\n \nTHE BUL BEY\nThe Bul Bey\, a Philly native turned globa l citizen\, crafts authentic tales of working-class life with a unique ble nd of optimism\, honesty\, and lyrical wit. His bouncy rhymes and infectio us energy have made him a beloved figure in the hip-hop scene\, contributi ng to award-winning children’s shows\, community programs\, and acclaime d TV series like ‘Abbott Elementary.’ Bey’s travels have taken him a round the world\, sharing stages with legendary rappers like Lupe Fiasco\, Oddisee\, and Black Milk. His commitment to his craft and his community c ontinues to inspire and entertain audiences everywhere.\n \nBALMOUR\nBalm our is a neo-soul artist from Philadelphia\, Pa. He fuses elements of folk \, soul\, gospel and r&b to offer his listeners a truly unique sonic exper ience. Balmour invites you to listen to his sophomore effort\, Double HP\, out now!  \n \nANGELCONCEPCION \nANGELCONCEPCION is an emerging Filip ina R&B singer/songwriter based in Philadelphia with influences from Jazmi ne Sullivan\, Yebba\, and Summer Walker.\n LOCATION:Johnny Brenda’s END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Baby’s First Rodeo DTSTART:20250202T010000Z DTEND:20250202T030000Z DTSTAMP:20250129T010713Z DESCRIPTION:\n*All events are 21+ valid ID required for entry*\n7 PM – D oors8 PM – Show\nBABY’S FIRST RODEO\nQUEER COUNTRY NIGHT!\nHosted by S am Rise & Brittany Ann Tranbaugh \nFEATURING – MY GAY BANJO & FIST CITY\ nLINE DANCING WITH DONKEY + CHAIN STITCH EMBROIDERY BY EMILY JOYNTON\n \n LOCATION:Johnny Brenda’s END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Flatwaves & Silent Mass DTSTART:20250203T003000Z DTEND:20250203T023000Z DTSTAMP:20250129T010714Z DESCRIPTION:\n\n*All events are 21+ valid ID required for entry*\n \n7 PM – Doors\n7:30 PM – Show\n\n \nFLATWAVES \nFlatwaves is a Philadelph ia-based four-piece garagegaze band on Abandon Everything Records\, playin g an atmospheric swirl of contemporary psychedelia and retro shoegaze.  T heir sound is haunting and dreamy with reverb-drenched guitars\, heavy bac k beats\, and cavernous vocals. This is music that aims for disorientation \, skirting the collective unconscious\, in the heat of a desert motel roo m. Perhaps it was said best by one show-goer: “Thank God I wasn’t on a cid for that set.” Photo by Chris Sikich.\n \nSILENT MASS\nSilent Mass invites disciples of Post-Punk\, Ethereal Wave\, Shoegaze\, and 90s Altern ative to a wailing wall of sound that is irresistible for anyone who has p rayed for a darker and heavier Enya or is beckoned to embark on a sonic pi lgrimage through territories claimed by The Cranberries\, Chelsea Wolfe\, Cranes\, and Dead Can Dance. \n \nDARK ARC\nDark Arc was born from a coll ective passion for 70’s riff rock reminiscent of iconic bands like Blue Öyster Cult\, Deep Purple\, and Black Sabbath and offers a celebration of the sonic depth of classic rock while drawing on their own diverse influe nces.\n \nHAUNTRESS\nHauntress is a Philly rock melting pot of doom and g oth metal\, grunge\, math and indie rock and a pinch of punk.\n LOCATION:Johnny Brenda’s END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Dylan LeBlanc & David Ramirez DTSTART:20250206T010000Z DTEND:20250206T030000Z DTSTAMP:20250129T010715Z DESCRIPTION:\n*All events are 21+ valid ID required for entry*\n7 PM – D oors8 PM – Show\nDYLAN LEBLANC\nDylan LeBlanc is a singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist who often finds himself flirting with the edge — or “dancing on a razor\,” as he calls it — as it is all he has ever known. A verdict vagabond since he was a little boy tossed between Texas\, Louisiana and Alabama\, LeBlanc thrives on the precipice\, never staying in one place for too long. It is that nomadic spirit that drew him not onl y to a life as a touring musician\, but also to the beast that titles his newest record: ‘Coyote.’\nDAVID RAMIREZ\nDavid Ramirez took a little t ime to get back to himself\, and now he’s dead set on making music for h imself — for the sake of the music… and nothing else. “I love all t he records I’ve made in the past. But in making them\, there was always the thought in the back of my mind of where and what it could get me. I ma de both creative and business decisions with a goal in mind… a goal that often never came. This time it was all about just the joy of making it\, about having fun with it.”\n LOCATION:Johnny Brenda’s END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Put It Down DTSTART:20250207T010000Z DTEND:20250207T030000Z DTSTAMP:20250129T010716Z DESCRIPTION:\n*All events are 21+ valid ID required for entry*\n7:30 PM – Doors8:00 PM – Show\nPUT IT DOWN – a comedy showcase \nThis month\ , Johnny Brenda’s brings you a disorienting multimedia collage of the ab solute funniest people on the planet. Hosted by Andrew Shearer and Kyle Ha rris.\n \nFEATURING: \nMARTIN URBANO\nEBONY MOORE\nANDREW DURSO\nTAN HOA NG\n+ DESIREE DABICE\nw/ DJ RIO BON BON\n \n@PUTITDOWNSHOW\n \n LOCATION:Johnny Brenda’s END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:A Black Celebration – Goth Prom – Vampire Winter Formal! DTSTART:20250208T020000Z DTEND:20250208T040000Z DTSTAMP:20250129T010718Z DESCRIPTION:\n*All events are 21+ valid ID required for entry*\n9PM Doors\ n \nA BLACK CELEBRATION – Goth Prom – Vampire Winter Formal!\n\nA Bla ck Celebration – Philly’s Favorite Depeche Mode Party is happy to pres ent Goth Prom – Vampire Winter Formal. We’ll have DJs\, a performance  from Die Sexual\, Themed Drinks\, Prom Couple Contest & Prizes\, Dark Pr om Decor\, and Goth Prom Photos for all Vamps to enjoy.\n \nDJ Baby Berli n+ Special Guests:DJ NightwitchPerformance by Die Sexual (L.A.)\n \nEncou raged Dress code:Dark RomanticGoth \n80’s PromVamp \nBlack Celebration is the fifth studio album by Depeche Mode. This album further cemented th e darkening sound and style of DM. ABC the party celebrates this darkening depeche mood as well. This event is an inclusive safe space goth party. H omophobia\, misogyny\, transphobia\, racism\, xenophobia\, physical violen ce or hate of any kind will not be tolerated.\nExpect to hear:TONS OF DEPE CHE MODENEW WAVEDARK WAVEPOST-PUNKDEATH ROCKEARLY INDUSTRIALWAX TRAXGOTH C LUB HITSFACTORY RECORDS\nDepeche Mode\, New Order\, Ministry\, Sisters Of Mercy\, Bauhaus\, Front 242\, Cabaret Voltaire\, Siouxsie and the Banshees \, The Cure\, The Cult\, Xmal Deutschland\, Pet Shop Boys\, Tears for Fear s\, Erasure. INXS\, Love and Rockets\, Soft Cell\, Killing Joke\, Tones On Tail\, Visage\, NIN\, Skinny Puppy\, Nitzer Ebb\, Kate Bush\, Cold Cave\, Joy Division\, She Past Away\, Visage\, Lords Of The New Church\, Lebanon Hanover\, Front Line Assembly\, and more!\n#abcphilly #ablackcelebration #ablackcelebrationphilly #darkwavephilly #goth #gothnight #gothphilly #new wave #darkwave #depechemode #postpunk #synthpop #tradgoth\nLet’s have a black celebration…9PM Doors / $8-$12 / 21+\n\n LOCATION:Johnny Brenda’s END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Matt Pond PA DTSTART:20250209T010000Z DTEND:20250209T030000Z DTSTAMP:20250129T010719Z DESCRIPTION:\n*All events are 21+ valid ID required for entry*\n7 PM – D oors8 PM – Show\nMATT POND PA\nMatt Pond’s very name evokes the natura l world in which his songs are so often set\, with their evocative lyrics about the sometimes jagged edges of love\, the pros and cons of connection \, and the agony and ecstasy of memory. He has always mapped the universal emotions of being alive onto the contours of his own stories.From the ban d’s beginnings in Philadelphia in the late ’90s to their current home in the heart of the Hudson Valley\, through 13 albums (among them Emblems\ , Several Arrows Later\, The Dark Leaves\, The State of Gold\, and\, most recently\, the luminous The Natural Lines)\, Matt Pond PA has always been a living\, breathing organism—one that’s constantly changing. One nota ble mainstay: Pond’s longtime right-hand man\, Chris Hansen. “I named the band after myself\, but the fact is that this is a complete collabora tion\,” Pond says. “Everyone I’ve worked with lives in my head and i n these songs.”\nANYA MARINA\nA murderous girl with a spine of steel. An asteroid hurtling toward a ruminating woman. Shards of glass leading to a dark\, friendly place. Welcome to the provocative vision of singer-songw riter Anya Marina’s stunning new album Asteroid\, her most assured work yet. Almost two decades into a distinctive career encompassing songs featu red in Twilight: New Moon\, Gossip Girl\, and Grey’s Anatomy\, an award- winning web series (Anya Marina: Indie-pendent Woman)\, seven albums\, thr ee EPs\, and extensive touring with artists ranging from Jason Mraz to Spo on to superstar standup Nikki Glaser\, the riveting performer / creative p owerhouse is looking back\, taking stock in song. Marina calls Asteroid “a coming-of-age story about a late bloomer. This record is about growin g up\, becoming fully who I am\, and celebrating it.”\nBATHTUB CIG\nBath tub Cig is the intimate depression pop project of Hilary James.  Born in a Minneapolis bedroom\, it is an honest attempt at coping with her long st ruggle with mental health.  The new EP\, coming out September 2024 is ent itled “Good Mourning\, I love you” and is about love\, loss\, and mome nts of joy during a time of intense mourning- the death of Hilary’s mom.  The first single out now\, “Red Pine”\, is a determinedly joyous sap phic bop about falling in love despite the inevitable risk of loss.  The song has been described in the press as “an exceptional piece of art” and “Gorgeous vocals and some guitar work with a bit of a Big Thief qual ity that expands and delights with an emotional sensitivity”Bathtub Cig will be self-releasing an EP in mid September. More singles will follow in the fall and another single will be released to coincide with the winter tour.\n LOCATION:Johnny Brenda’s END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Tobin Sprout with Bevel Web (ex-GBV) & The Moles DTSTART:20250214T020000Z DTEND:20250214T040000Z DTSTAMP:20250129T010721Z DESCRIPTION:\n*All events are 21+ valid ID required for entry*\n8 PM – D oors9 PM – Show\nTOBIN SPROUT WITH BEVEL WEB (EX-GUIDED BY VOICES)\nArti st\, illustrator\, writer and lo-fi innovator\, Tobin Sprout was the super -productive partner of Robert Pollard in the legendary Guided By Voices.To bin Sprout with Bevel Web will be releasing a 4 song 7” 45rpm for the to ur. Recorded in Athens GA at Peter Alvanos (Elf Power) Studio and at Moonf lower Studio Leland Mi.Bevel Web: Tobin Sprout\, Tommy Schichtel\, Christo pher Schichtel\, Michael Houseman“Sprout’s lyrics pop with personality and wisdom” Pitchfork\nTHE MOLES\n“The Australian-bred\, New England- based Richard Davies has long been a secret-handshake artist for indie die hards\; his songs suggest self-contained pop hits from a crooked dimension . After years recording solo and in the ornate duo Cardinal\, Davies recen tly revived the Moles\, the eccentric garage band through which his songs first greeted the world.” – The New Yorker TheMolesBand.com\n LOCATION:Johnny Brenda’s END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Mariposas Galacticas – Valentine’s Day Dance Party DTSTART:20250215T020000Z DTEND:20250215T040000Z DTSTAMP:20250129T010722Z DESCRIPTION:\n*All events are 21+ valid ID required for entry*\n8 PM – D oors9 PM – Show\nMARIPOSAS GALACTICAS\nMariposas Galácticas is an elect rifying eight-piece band based in Philadelphia\, blending the vibrant rhyt hms of Latin America with the soulful sounds of klezmer. With members hail ing from diverse cultural and musical backgrounds\, the band sings in mult iple languages such as Spanish\, English\, and Yiddish\, reflecting their rich diversity. They weave a unique sonic tapestry that celebrates communi ty\, resilience\, and the transformative power of music.\n \nABBASOLUTELY FABULOUS\nABBAsolutely fABBAlous is a super group of campy gay freaks who are obsessed with ABBA. Chrissy Tashjian\, Dorie Byrne\, Mel Regn\, Emily Bate and Chris Baldys play in many other Philly projects\, but delight in gathering to shred on the ridiculously ornate pop masterpieces of Sweden ’s most popular export. Does it hurt when they ask for Daddy?\n LOCATION:Johnny Brenda’s END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Missed Connections DTSTART:20250216T020000Z DTEND:20250216T040000Z DTSTAMP:20250129T010724Z DESCRIPTION:\n*All events are 21+ valid ID required for entry*\n8 PM – D oors9 PM – Show\n \nI’m pretty sure he was there last time. Yea yea w ith the brown hair and brown eyes… brown shirt? Yea maybe. I hope he com es through this time. Ok lets link at 7 i wanna be there early. I wanna be the first to talk to him…\n \nParasocial Presents \nMISSED CONNECTION S\n \nDJ sets by\nDJ Sensitive Jock\nCAIYA b2b GUIDO Manic Envy & Orchid Crane Gavin DJ Arc\n LOCATION:Johnny Brenda’s END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Nazir Ebo & Kingsley Ibeneche DTSTART:20250217T010000Z DTEND:20250217T030000Z DTSTAMP:20250129T010725Z DESCRIPTION:\n\n*All events are 21+ valid ID required for entry*\n7 PM – Doors8 PM – Show\nNAZIR EBO\nKINGSLEY IBENECHE\n\n LOCATION:Johnny Brenda’s END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Bay Faction DTSTART:20250220T010000Z DTEND:20250220T030000Z DTSTAMP:20250129T010726Z DESCRIPTION:\n*All events are 21+ valid ID required for entry*\n7 PM – D oors8 PM – Show\nBAY FACTION\nTHANKS FOR WAITING TOUR 2025\nBorne out of an online message board\, Bay Faction emerged in the Boston DIY scene in 2015 with the debut of their self-titled record.  It was the first releas e on Counter Intuitive Records with the band’s album pressed on highly c oveted vinyl.  Following its release\, Bay Faction spent 2 years rigorous ly touring nationwide\, developing a cult-like following.  After graduati on\, the band relocated to New York\, and camped out in a suburban New Jer sey basement to write and record their sophomore record Florida Guilt.  T he record marked a departure from their earlier style\, trading in a conve ntional rock setup for sampled drums\, synths\, and vocal processing\, emb odying the ethos they had long sought to define.  Highsnobiety named Bay Faction as “your favorite band you haven’t heard of yet” and nationw ide touring ensued to promote their album.  On the heels of the pandemic\ , Bay Faction bid farewell with the release of Swan Dive\, their final son g before entering hiatus.  Now\, in 2024\, the band relaunched with a sol d out tour and release of new singles Drive Home\, Eye Sore\, and Sunshine \, from their highly anticipated forthcoming EP.\n LOCATION:Johnny Brenda’s END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Dreamcrusher DTSTART:20250221T010000Z DTEND:20250221T030000Z DTSTAMP:20250129T010728Z DESCRIPTION:\n\n\n*All events are 21+ valid ID required for entry*\n \n7 PM – Doors\n8 PM – Show\n \n\nDREAMCRUSHER\nDreamcrusher is a New Yor k City-based musician and artist\, who describes the project as ‘nihilis t queer revolt musik.’ Dreamcrusher’s work is at once personal and abs tract\, revealing and antagonistic\; performances and recordings shift bet ween genres while subjecting the characteristic elements—melodies\, beat s\, instrumentation—to distortion until the point of transformation. Dre amcrusher has released dozens of recordings with labels such as PTP\, Fire Talk\, and Corpus\, as well as on Bandcamp and other online platforms. Dr eamcrusher is also a member of the duo Centennial Gardens with King Vision Ultra.\n \nMORGAN GARRETT\nMorgan Garrett has long been a stalwart prese nce in independent American experimental music. The 2024 release of Purit y on Orange Milk Records\, his acclaimed fifth full length and first viny l release\, underscores his commitment to his craft and to the wider world of challenging electronic music. Purity is a response to finding a neig hbor’s dead body. While processing this trauma and his own relationship with suicidal ideation\, Morgan Garrett created an album of dissonance and fragile voice\, oscillating between dense electric guitars and anxiety ri dden whispers. This mesh of avant-garde electronics\, rock instrumentation and hi-fidelity production is a new assertion in underground music.\n \n SOUR SPIRIT\nSour Spirit are two brothas who are brothers making waves of harsh noise with free jazz flourishes\, playing within and in spite of tra ditional rock structures .. though there are flashes of sounds that recall something that feels familiar\, that familiarity is not nostalgic\, it’ s primordial. See them live\, change your life.\n \nKAT NZINGHA\nKat Nzin gha is a multidisciplinary experimental artist born and raised in Philadel phia. Their artistic practices explore abstruse textures through sonic and sculptural materials. Combining their sculptural works with heavy low-end frequencies and celebratory tones they create blissfully cryptic sonic re sonances that are the extended bodies of the modified objects they fabrica te. Kat Nzingha uses convulsing kicks\, metallic percussion\, and hyper-pr ocessed textures to design sound\, and distinct repetitive techniques\, in dustrial materials\, and elongated forms in their sculptural works. After releasing an EP\, “Angeltribe” on London label TT in 2020\, and “Vor phic Skin” on Toothgrinder Press in 2023\, Kat Nzingha released the albu m “Grind” on AngeltribeXTL. Shorty after\, they released “RIM” und er the artist name “BRYYA” on the label formfourm which consists of he avy focused sound design techniques.\n\n LOCATION:Johnny Brenda’s END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Ollie Wride DTSTART:20250222T020000Z DTEND:20250222T040000Z DTSTAMP:20250129T010729Z DESCRIPTION:\n*All events are 21+ valid ID required for entry*\n8 PM – D oors9 PM – Show\nOLLIE WRIDE\nBritish Singer/Songwriter Ollie Wride (FM- 84) returns to the stage announcing his biggest tour yet in support of his highly anticipated sophomore album “The Pressure Point”\, marking his first major release with M3 Recordings.His US-solo debut in 2023 saw sold out performances at West Hollywood’s legendary Troubadour and Brooklyn ’s Elsewhere. Now\, Wride takes his unique brand of showmanship and mode rn nostalgia embarking upon a 23-date tour stretching across the UK and No rth America.Having burst onto the scene as part of FM-84 in 2016\, Wride h as continued to pen some of synthwave’s most popular tracks including: “Running in The Night”\, “Never Stop” and “Stranger Love”\, wh ile his live performances have been proven to be energetic and mesmerising .\nTHE LAST GENERATION ON FILM (SOLO)\nThe Last Generation On Film is a Mo dern Rock Outfit from Philadelphia. Their music draws from a variety of in fluences including electro-pop\, funk\, chillwave and dance music with an Alternative Rock core and their sound has been compared to A Flock Of Seag ulls\, Duran Duran\, and Glass Animals.Formed in 2014 by Jeff Familetti (v ocals\, keys\, guitar) and Ryan Bayler (keys\, guitar) as a synth pop duo\ , the band recently went through some dramatic changes with the addition o f two new members\, Joe Tockett (Drums) and Cameron Kynett (Bass).  As a result\, the group’s sound has blossomed\, a shift that has garnered loc al attention and resulted in a feature as one of WXPN’s Local Picks\, as well as a prime spot on the lineup for 2nd Street Festival.  The group i s currently in the process of recording their third EP\, “Repercussions. ”  Their first two EPs\, “Repetitions”  and “Reflections\,” we re recorded at Headroom Studios by Mark Watter and are currently available for streaming online.  \n LOCATION:Johnny Brenda’s END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Chioke DTSTART:20250223T020000Z DTEND:20250223T040000Z DTSTAMP:20250129T010731Z DESCRIPTION:\n*All events are 21+ valid ID required for entry*\n8 PM – D oors9 PM – Show\nCHIOKE\nChioke is one of music’s most magnetic new vo ices\, blending sultry\, cinematic vocals into a raw\, ethereal sound. Kno wn for her gritty yet dreamlike feel\, she crafts music that floats betwee n rock and R&B. With her roots in spoken word and a journey shaped by loss \, her story began in a bedroom studio with her best friend and producer\, Jay Dreamer\, whose passing left an indelible mark on her music. Each tra ck is a punch of feeling\, inviting listeners to embrace life’s highs an d lows with open arms. In Chioke’s world\, every note is a story\, every song a rebellion against the ordinary. \nIn celebration of her upcoming album When In Doubt\, Chioke will be performing in her home town Philadelp hia on the legendary Johnny Brenda’s stage February 22nd\, 2025. She has described her forthcoming project as a journey through the trials of pove rty\, self-doubt\, and resilience. Chioke’s live performances are energe tic and emotional showcasing her theatrical stage presence which can be he ard in the recorded music as well. Johnny Brenda’s offers an intimate ye t vibrant setting\, perfect for showcasing Chioke’s captivating live per formance. The venue’s rich history of supporting emerging and establishe d talent aligns with Chioke’s artistic trajectory.\nTHE .WAVVV\nDJ SYLO\ nSylo is a veteran DJ\, event producer\, and community organizer – with over 14 years of experience creating and culture\, primarily based in the city of Philadelphia. As trends have come and gone\, Sylo has remained a c entral trusted figure. His latest work with BWC Sounds has begun to touch the worldwide scene. He is deeply engaged with the music\, earth stewardsh ip\, and consciousness communities.\nCADRE NOIR\nCadre Noir is a Philadelp hia-based band that combines the influence of nostalgic 70s sounds \, east coast hip-hop grit & early 90s indie. In search of cohesive elusiveness\, easy listening draped with profound lyrics and the esoteric.Heavy topics from an innocent perspective.\nSCUEMI\n LOCATION:Johnny Brenda’s END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:KulfiGirls (Record Release) DTSTART:20250224T000000Z DTEND:20250224T020000Z DTSTAMP:20250129T010732Z DESCRIPTION:\n* All events are 21+ valid ID required for entry *\n \n7PM Show\n8PM Doors\n \nKULFIGIRLS\nKulfiGirls are a Philly-based rock band f ronted by lead vocalist Abi Natesh who uses the South Indian Saraswati vee na to present a novel “carnatic rock” sound\, inspired by diverse genr es of pop and rock. In November\, they released a music video for their si ngle “Bite”. Their debut album “Divinity” will be released in Feb 2025.\n \nKELSEY CORK & THE SWIGS\nSelf-described as Rock n Roll Kool-Aid \, Kelsey Cork and the Swigs takes your favorite music and mixes it with y our best friend’s favorite music to make a tasty punk-blues-psychedelic- garage rock cocktail\, acquiring an irrefutable reputation for an energeti c live show that you can’t help but dance to. Mastered by Bill Skibbe  of Third Man Mastering (The Kills\, Jack White)\, their 2023 release Loll ygagger harnesses this rock n roll electricity as recorded live in Kelsey ’s home by Matt Schenk of Powercycle Productions (Otherworld\, Ruby th e Hatchet) and captured by WXPN in Lollygaggers on South Broad\, a docu-s eries depicting the unique making of this album. No strangers to basements or big stages\, the band captivated packed audiences in 2023-2024 with Th elma & the Sleaze at Kung Fu Necktie and at the legendary Philly DIY venue First Unitarian Church with Frankie & The Witch Fingers. Their performanc es are a rallying cry united by a raw anti-perfectionism approach: they sh out to the world SHOW ME YOUR TRASH\, and you’ll want to answer their ca ll by drinking a citywide\, throwing a house party\, and dismantling the o ligarchy.\n \nKIKASHIMA\nFeatured on WXPN’s Key Studio Sessions\, Kikas hima is the band and moniker of Mexican-Japanese-Californian singer/songwr iter\, Carissa Matsushima. Now based in Philadelphia\, Kikashima is made u p of equal parts legacy and rebellion. They are a sensuous power trio that boasts heart-breaking melodies\, down-to-earth lyrics and grooves that mo ve both body and soul thanks to Parker St. Charles on bass and Max Azarmeh r on drums.\n LOCATION:Johnny Brenda’s END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Humilitarian (Record Release) DTSTART:20250228T010000Z DTEND:20250228T030000Z DTSTAMP:20250129T010733Z DESCRIPTION:\n\n*All events are 21+ valid ID required for entry*\n7 PM – Doors8 PM – Show\nHUMILITARIAN\nGROCER\nELEPHANT JAKE\n\n LOCATION:Johnny Brenda’s END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The Bevis Frond DTSTART:20250302T020000Z DTEND:20250302T040000Z DTSTAMP:20250129T010735Z DESCRIPTION:\n*All events are 21+ valid ID required for entry*\n8 PM – D oors9 PM – Show\nTHE BEVIS FROND\nIf there is any artist who could be co nsidered as having followed a tangential path from Hendrix to Big Star to Spacemen 3\, that would be The Bevis Frond… and that’s not hyperbole\, the evidence is to be found in countless albums over 30 years of thrillin g musical innovation that few have matched. Filtered through The Groundhog s\, The Who\, Neil Young\, Captain Beefheart and Kevin Ayers\, this is an iconoclastic collision of distinctly British psychedelia\, space-rock\, gr unge\, slow-burning soulful laments\, even grizzled folk and more than occ asional moments of sublime pop genius. Yet\, he remains the best kept secr et in Rock ‘n’ Roll – isn’t it about time you discovered one of En gland’s finest songwriters and insightful lyricists. The Bevis Frond is guitarist and songwriter extraordinaire Nick Saloman who’s prolific outp ut has seen him hailed as “a Hendrix devotee ever bit as tough and conte mporary as the serrated guitar chorales of Sonic Youth and Pixies” by Ro lling Stone’s David Fricke and become a cult figure in his own right.\nO NEIDA\nA song is a song until it isn’t\, until it’s pushed to its limi ts and beyond to become harder\, faster and more dissonant. The music on O neida’s 17 th full – length album\, Expensive Air \, all started as ti ghtly structured\, melodic rock songs then broke open these structures thr ough the instinctual\, improvisatory interplay\, honed to razor sharpness in two years of live performance. “ Success is like laughing in a car gu nning carelessly through an ice storm\,” says B obby Matador\, “and Ex pensive Air is how you laugh at yourself as the car spins into the ditch\, or a tree. Same trip\, but a little closer to the bone.”\n LOCATION:Johnny Brenda’s END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Adrian Younge DTSTART:20250303T010000Z DTEND:20250303T030000Z DTSTAMP:20250129T010737Z DESCRIPTION:\n*All events are 21+ valid ID required for entry*\n7 PM – D oors8 PM – Show\nADRIAN YOUNGE\nAdrian Younge is a self-taught multi-ins trumentalist\, composer\, and orchestrator who has produced for entertainm ent greats such as Snoop Dogg\, Kendrick Lamar and Wu Tang.\n LOCATION:Johnny Brenda’s END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:West Philadelphia Orchestra – Mardi Gras Celebration DTSTART:20250305T010000Z DTEND:20250305T030000Z DTSTAMP:20250129T010738Z DESCRIPTION:\n\n*All events are 21+ valid ID required for entry*\n7 PM – Doors8 PM – Show\nWEST PHILLY ORCHESTRA\nTHE RED HOT RAMBLERS\n\n LOCATION:Johnny Brenda’s END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Coroner DTSTART:20250306T010000Z DTEND:20250306T030000Z DTSTAMP:20250129T010739Z DESCRIPTION:\n*All events are 21+ valid ID required for entry*\n7 PM – D oors8 PM – Show\nVIP ticket includes meet & greet and photo/autograph se ssion before the show.\nCORONER\nPlayful\, yet full of raw power\; delicat e and brutal at the same time\; driving rhythms coupled with dizzying guit ar solos … Coroner is all this and more. Is it thrash metal? Is it speed metal? Is it technical death metal? This Swiss band cannot be pigeonholed . It is unique … even after 30 years on the go.\nDECEASED\nHONEY\nSouth Philly hardcore/thrash/crossover unit Honey pulverizes their way into the underground heavy-music spotlight with eight crushing thrash anthems on th eir debut full-length\, “Forever Fire.” Honey channels the grit and br utality of “Kill ‘Em All”-era Metallica and early ’90s Slayer with the cutthroat riffs and raw power of modern crossover masters such as Pow er Trip\, Mindforce\, and Iron Reagan.\n LOCATION:Johnny Brenda’s END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Andrew Belle DTSTART:20250307T020000Z DTEND:20250307T040000Z DTSTAMP:20250129T010741Z DESCRIPTION:\n*All events are 21+ valid ID required for entry*\n8 PM – D oors9 PM – Show\nANDREW BELLE\nBlack Bear LIVE (Acoustic) \nAndrew Bell e writes songs by feel. The composition first – lyrics and melody eventu ally follow. Only after Belle has an internal reaction to the composition do his words finally come forth – finding the right way to express what has always been there but is only now being fully realized. When it came t ime to record his fourth full-length album\, the Chicago-based singer-song writer\, chose to take his trusted collaborators to the vaunted Sonic Ranc h Studios\, located on the US-Mexico border in Tornillo\, Texas. The studi o compound\, which sits on a 1\,700-acre pecan orchard\, boasts the world ’s largest residential recording studio complex and has been the birthpl ace of albums by Bon Iver\, Beach House and a slew of other notable artist s.
A large portion of Nightshade takes on a subject that has more and mo re become part of our cultural zeitgeist – mental health. Specifically\, how we deal with life itself and why so many seem to be drawn toward unhe althy coping mechanisms. While a few tracks address these themes head on – ‘Spectrum’\, ‘Inside Voices’ and ‘Surprise Surprise’ – t he album as a whole serves as a soundtrack for anyone driving out of a sea son of perpetual midnight in their life and toward a sunrise that’s mayb e a little more hopeful – through a desert just north of the border.\nAM Y STROUP\nSelf-proclaimed “song farmer\,” Nashville-based singer/songw riter Amy Stroup creates the kinds of songs that transport listeners with their simple\, yet emotionally expansive lyrics. If you have streamed a sh ow or movie in recent history you have undoubtedly heard her songs in doze ns of on-screen moments. Stroup cites This Is Us\, Grey’s Anatomy\, and Disney’s Willow as stand outs among her list of sync placements. Accordi ng to Billboard Magazine\, she is one of the most licensed females today w ith her work in campaigns for British Airways\, Google and Nike to name a few. Her voice has provided the backing to nearly one thousand TV/film mom ents.\n\nVIP PACKAGE\n\n\n \n\n– General admission ticket\n\n\n– Priv ate meet & greet 1 hour before doors\n\n\n– Chat/Photos/Autographs\n\n\n – 10% merch discount\n\n\n LOCATION:Johnny Brenda’s END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Warmduscher DTSTART:20250309T020000Z DTEND:20250309T040000Z DTSTAMP:20250129T010742Z DESCRIPTION:\n*All events are 21+ valid ID required for entry*\n8 PM – D oors9 PM – Show\nWARMDUSCHER\nWhen most bands get round to releasing alb um number live their sound\, weighed down by expectation or having resorte d to formula\, has generally ossified. It might still sound good and fans will probably lap it up\, but the days of adventure and exploration are qu ite often long gone.Warmduscher are not most bands. Rather than closing up shop\, on album number five – the magical Too Cold To Hold – they are most determinedly opening up. Taking on board the repetitive and polyrhyt hmic grooves of gqom (an alluring South African take on house music)\, add ing in a dash of hip hop flavours and even jazz\, and then harnessing that to their punk-funk\, disco pogo\, it’s a spellbinding mix that results in their best and most ambitious album to date. You could say they – the wonderful 12-legged groove machine comprised of Clams Baker Jr.\, Benjami n Romans Hopcraft\, Adam J. Harmer\, Marley Mackey\, Quinn Whalley\, and B leu Ottis Wright – were\, in fact\, just getting started.\nAVISHAG COHEN RODRIGUES\nNew York based multi-instrumentalist\, producer\, and artist A vishag Cohen Rodrigues delivers a signature sound. Aloof\, detached\, and vulnerable – Rodrigues’ music is complex yet raw. With a range of genr es in rock\, low fi\, dark electronic\, noise\, and experimental – Rodri gues weaves songs and stories with electric guitars dipped in synths\, ove rflowing sound textures\, and coy lyricism.\nHEATMAP\n LOCATION:Johnny Brenda’s END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Moros DTSTART:20250310T000000Z DTEND:20250310T020000Z DTSTAMP:20250129T010743Z DESCRIPTION:\n*All events are 21+ valid ID required for entry*\n7 PM – D oors8 PM – Show\nMOROS\nhttps://moros-666.bandcamp.com/\nCOFFIN DUST\nht tps://coffindust.bandcamp.com/music\nCAGED\nhttps://cageddoom.bandcamp.com /\n LOCATION:Johnny Brenda’s END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Donovan Woods DTSTART:20250311T000000Z DTEND:20250311T020000Z DTSTAMP:20250129T010745Z DESCRIPTION:\n*All events are 21+ valid ID required for entry*\n7 PM – D oors8 PM – Show\nDONOVAN WOODS\nSince he released his first album a deca de ago\, singer-songwriter Donovan Woods’ blend of folk\, country and po p has resonated with audiences all over the world. In recent years\, the a cclaimed\, award-winning singer-songwriter has seen his profile grow with his breakthrough album\, Without People.Touring behind (2020’s) Without People saw Woods play to his largest audiences to date. That included a st int opening for New Jersey-based retro rockers Gaslight Anthem on their re cent reunion tour.Throughout his distinguished career\, Donovan Woods has built a devoted following who cling to the acclaimed songwriter’s every word. Never one to mince words\, Woods is one of music’s most vulnerable storytellers and on his forthcoming studio album\, Donovan takes that a s tep further. Honest and unflinching\, on Things Were Never Good If They’ re Not Good Now\, his upcoming seventh studio album\, Woods takes a long l ook inside and isn’t necessarily thrilled with what he sees. For an arti st who isn’t afraid to bear his soul\, this is as emotionally gritty as he has ever been.\nHUNTER METTS\nHunter Metts is an indie artist. He lives in Nashville\, TN where quiet city life intertwines with his recordings. He began making music in a spare room as a way to escape and from there\, songs and sounds were birthed.\n LOCATION:Johnny Brenda’s END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:One Liner Madness DTSTART:20250315T010000Z DTEND:20250315T030000Z DTSTAMP:20250129T010746Z DESCRIPTION:\n*All events are 21+ valid ID required for entry*\n8 PM – D oors9 PM – Show\nONE LINER MADNESS\nONE LINER MADNESS is a Time Out Crit ics’ Pick show that travels the country to find the best joke writer in every city.\nOn Friday\, March 14\, the show returns to Johnny Brenda’s for its second year. Get ready to see 64 Philly comedians go head-to-head in a fast-paced\, bracketed\, single-elimination\, one-liner joke conte st. Audience applause determines which performers advance\, and who ultima tely becomes the 2025 ONE LINER MADNESS CHAMPION and winner of the trophy and cash prize. It’s just like a March Madness tournament\, but 100 minu tes\, and with jokes instead of basketballs.\nHosted by Emily Winter ( E!\, The New Yorker\, NPR)\, Carolyn Busa (owner of Peak Secondhand)\, and Larry Mancini (ESPN Radio).\nTickets are $15 adv/$20 at the door. (Advanc e purchase recommended.) Doors at 8PM\, show at 9PM. \n LOCATION:Johnny Brenda’s END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Emile Mosseri DTSTART:20250316T010000Z DTEND:20250316T030000Z DTSTAMP:20250129T010748Z DESCRIPTION:\n*All events are 21+ valid ID required for entry*\n8 PM – D oors9 PM – Show\nEMILE MOSSERI\nAs a singer\, songwriter\, and composer\ , Emile Mosseri transforms the human experience into song. Musical storyte lling is his lifeblood—a talent he has shared with songwriters and direc tors—and has recently taken center stage in his own work as a performing artist.\nPAUL DALLY\nPaul Dally is a songwriter from Vashon Island. He wr ites and travels around and finds a place to stick for a bit and write som e more songs. Every song is a love song\; stories about the human spirit. No song is ever the same. See him live while you still can. In 2024 Paul released the Moonlit Breakers EP which included his collaboration with Dij on. He has opened for Dijon and Mk.gee live and will release a new album i n 2025.\n LOCATION:Johnny Brenda’s END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Riki DTSTART:20250320T000000Z DTEND:20250320T020000Z DTSTAMP:20250129T010749Z DESCRIPTION:\n*All events are 21+ valid ID required for entry*\n7 PM – D oors8 PM – Show\n \nRIKI\nRiki is the Los Angeles based dark synth-pop outfit commandeered by the mysterious Niff Nawor\, a visual artist and mus ician active in the deathrock / anarcho-punk scenes of the California bay area (formerly a member of Crimson Scarlet)\, before founding her solo end eavor as Riki in 2017.\n \nDONZII\nDonzii is post-punk performance art by Miami via New York no-wave rippers.\n \nBORN LOSERS DJs\nBorn Losers Rec ords is an independent record label from Philadelphia. Starting in 2016\ , they’ve worked with artists from all over the world including Anthony Green\, Frankie Rose\, Korine\, Jaguar Sun\, Stuff You Should Know\, Saos in\, and more. \n LOCATION:Johnny Brenda’s END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Your Neighbors DTSTART:20250321T010000Z DTEND:20250321T030000Z DTSTAMP:20250129T010751Z DESCRIPTION:\n*All events are 21+ valid ID required for entry*\n8 PM – D oors9 PM – Show\nYOUR NEIGHBORS\nYour Neighbors is headed by an insecure \, low rent\, drunken has-been with high expectations and a damning sense of self-awareness. He hires world-class producers and extremely talented m usicians to make up for his lack of instrumental prowess and shallow lyric s. From Dad Rock to Hip-Hop\, he hopes to find a foothold in the music wor ld by throwing anything and everything at the wall hoping something will s tick. Almost monthly\, he plans on releasing new songs inspired by artists who are miles ahead of him creatively. If you don’t like the most recen t release\, don’t worry! He will probably do a 180 and ruin another genr e for you next month. Come along for the journey and find out if he’ll s ucceed or wash up and turn out like 99.9% of artists and musicians in the world today.\nDREAMFONE\ndreamfone is an alt/pop band that emerged on the music scene in 2021. Known for their unique blend of dreamy synths and int rospective lyrics\, they quickly captivated audiences with their fresh sou nd. In 2023\, dreamfone released their debut album\, postMANIC\, a collect ion of tracks that explore the highs and lows of modern life\, infused wit h catchy melodies and rich harmonies. Since then\, the band has been on n umerous tours across the country in 2024\, connecting with fans and sharin g their music live. With their debut album eclipsing 6 million streams on Spotify\, dreamfone is rapidly gaining recognition and carving out their p lace in the indie music landscape. Their energetic performances and heartf elt songs resonate with listeners\, making them a band to watch as they co ntinue to rise.\n LOCATION:Johnny Brenda’s END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Bar Dust – 3rd Annual Saint Patrick’s Day Celebration DTSTART:20250322T010000Z DTEND:20250322T030000Z DTSTAMP:20250129T010752Z DESCRIPTION:\n*All events are 21+ valid ID required for entry*\n8 PM – D oors9 PM – Show\n3rd Annual Saint Patrick’s Day Celebration\nBAR DUST\ n\n\n\nBar Dust is Philadelphia’s premier Pogues cover band\, featuring members of Modern Baseball\, The Menzingers\, Foxtrot & the Get Down and m ore renowned local acts.  Bar Dust performs rollicking\, career spanning sets of the Pogues catalog\, from lesser known gems to their biggest hits.   With multiple Sold Out performances under their belt\, the band is exci ted to bring their energetic\, celtic punk tribute to new venues and festi val stages across the USA in 2025\, in addition to soon-to-be-announced ap pearances and overseas.\n\n\n\n\nTHE TISBURYS\n\nThe Tisburys are an indi e rock band from Philadelphia\, PA led by singer-songwriter Tyler Asay. Th e band has released three full-length albums\, most recently 2022’s Exi le On Main Street. Their music has received praise and radio play from NPR \, Little Steven‘s Underground Garage\, and 88.5 WXPN\, where they play ed the XPoNential Music Festival. They have shared the stage with national acts (Gin Blossoms\, Jenny Lewis\, Drive-By Truckers) and local Philade lphia heroes such as The War On Drugs\, Baroness\, and Dave Hause. The band just completed their first East Coast tour in 2023 and have begun rec ording their fourth LP. (RIYL: Wilco\, Bright Eyes\, The Hold Steady)\n \n\nA COLLECTION OF TRADITIONAL SONGS – special guests\n \nMembers of B ar Dust and special guests will perform a series of traditional Irish song s to kick off the evening.\n LOCATION:Johnny Brenda’s END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Esther Rose & Twain DTSTART:20250323T010000Z DTEND:20250323T030000Z DTSTAMP:20250129T010754Z DESCRIPTION:\n*All events are 21+ valid ID required for entry*\n8 PM – D oors9 PM – Show\nESTHER ROSE\nEverything clicks on Safe to Run\, the fou rth album from singer\, songwriter and perpetual searcher Esther Rose. It ’s the quiet culmination of years spent fully immersed in a developing a rtistry\, and presents Rose’s always vividly detailed emotional scenes w ith new levels of clarity and control. As with previous work\, her songwri ting transfigures the chaos and uncertainty of a life in progress\, but he re she sharpens the pop elements and attaches unshakably catchy hooks to e ven the darkest stretches of the journey.After spending her formative year s in Michigan\, Rose relocated to New Orleans and got her start in music t here while awash in the unparalleled energy of the city’s scene. Over th e course of her first three records\, an infatuation with traditional coun try gradually evolved into a more distinctive style and increasingly perso nal material. Rose’s music traced her changes as she moved through stag es\, studios\, and home addresses\, and she eventually left NOLA for New M exico where the two year writing process for Safe to Run unfolded. Making the transition to this new environment after spending the better part of a decade building a life somewhere else demanded looking around and taking stock. All the heaviness\, sweetness\, levity\, and self-discovery that ha d led up to that point began funneling into new songs that moved slower in order to dig deeper\, taking on the intricate hues of a desert horizon as they came together.\nTWAIN\n“There is nothing remarkable about my life that is necessary to know in order to appreciate the songs\,” says Matth ew Davidson of Twain. He describes the project as “a modern folk-opera o f indefinite length consisting of songs and images from my life\, a self-c aricature of the musician and writer Matthew Davidson.”Twain made his la bel debut with Rare Feeling in 2017. The album was aptly hailed by NPR as “at once human and otherworldly\,” by Consequence of Sound as “devas tating\, delicate\, meditative\,” and by Uproxx as “cosmic folk\, brig ht and sparkling\, but with all the caterwauling and rough bits that the m ost stoic traditionalist might desire.” Following the beloved release\, Twain played Newport Folk Festival and toured alongside artists including Buck Meek\, Langhorne Slim\, and Courtney Marie Andrews. Davidson is a fo rmer member of The Low Anthem and Spirit Family Reunion and a contributor to Big Thief\, whose latest album Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in Yo u features Davidson’s distinct contributions on six songs. \n LOCATION:Johnny Brenda’s END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Orions Belte DTSTART:20250324T000000Z DTEND:20250324T020000Z DTSTAMP:20250129T010755Z DESCRIPTION:\n*All events are 21+ valid ID required for entry*\n7 PM – D oors8 PM – Show\nORIONS BELTE\nThere are some places and moments that ti e people together forever\, whether it be a place\, a song or something yo u can’t quite define through words. The origins of Orions Belte stemmed from one of those mystical moments in time\, which spawned a lasting creat ive connection. Øyvind Blomstrøm (guitar) and Chris Holm (bass) first me t while playing in a touring band for another Norwegian artist. During tha t time\, they bonded over their love for instrumental music and began talk ing about trying their hand at it themselves. After their work as touring band ended\, they recruited drummer Kim Åge Furuhaug\, one of Holm’s lo ngtime friend and collaborators\, to join their new project.The three met in Bergen\, located along the west coast of Norway\, to start working on i deas and demos. Instead\, within just a few days\, they ended up recording their entire first album\, Mint. From there\, the universe propelled them forward\, resulting in a record deal\, their live debut as a band at Norw ay’s biggest pop festival Øyafestivalen and the release of their debut record all happening within the following year. Mint drew international in terest and praise from outlets including Atwood Magazine\, who called the record “an eclectic fusion of disparate styles and exciting sounds that says what it wants to say through memorable melodies\, ambient drones\, an d a stockpile of wicked guitar riffs.”\nJ EMBER\n LOCATION:Johnny Brenda’s END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Shigeto Presents: Cherry Blossom Baby DTSTART:20250327T000000Z DTEND:20250327T020000Z DTSTAMP:20250129T010756Z DESCRIPTION:\n*All events are 21+ valid ID required for entry*\n7 PM – D oors8 PM – Show\nSHIGETO PRESENTS: CHERRY BLOSSOM BABY\n\nCherry Blossom Baby\, Shigeto’s first full-length statement since 2017\, sprouts out f rom a collective thaw\, ambitious\, collaborative\, and fully realized. Th e Detroit-based\, Japanese-American musician\, DJ\, Portage Garage Sounds label co-founder\, and long-time Ghostly International artist embraces the role of producer and composer. Bold and cultivated with intention\, the b and-built sound honors traditions in electronic\, jazz\, R&B\, and hip-hop \, a fusion that’s become his signature\, now more vibrant than ever. Za ch Saginaw and a group of guests and players present a snapshot in time\, a celebration of self-love and an expression of vitality distinctly rooted in Detroit and informed by his family’s cultural history.\n\nhttps://sh igeto.bandcamp.com/\n LOCATION:Johnny Brenda’s END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Castle Rat DTSTART:20250330T010000Z DTEND:20250330T030000Z DTSTAMP:20250129T010758Z DESCRIPTION:\n*All events are 21+ valid ID required for entry*\n8 PM – D oors9 PM – Show\nCASTLE RAT\nCastle Rat is a fantasy doom metal band hai ling from NYC led by The Rat Queen on guitar and vocals. On her mission to expand and defend “The Realm” from those who seek to destroy it\, The Rat Queen is joined by The Count on lead guitar\, The Plague Doctor on ba ss\, and The All-Seeing Druid on drums. Together they face the relentless wrath of their arch nemesis: Death\, Herself — The Rat Reaperess. The Re alm of Castle Rat exists for those who crave swords &\; sorcery\; stone r &\; doom\; Frazetta &\; Sabbath\; battle-babes &\; beasts.\n LOCATION:Johnny Brenda’s END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Freak Slug DTSTART:20250331T000000Z DTEND:20250331T020000Z DTSTAMP:20250129T010759Z DESCRIPTION:\n*All events are 21+ valid ID required for entry*\n7 PM – D oors8 PM – Show\nFREAK SLUG\nA visual artist and painter as well as an u nconventional\, self-taught songwriter and musician\, everything that fuel s the creative output of Manchester’s Xenya Genovese\, AKA Freak Slug\, is about raw\, authentic\, sometimes weird but always totally true self-ex pression. She’s not one to sugar coat things\; “I’m a lot\, so it’ s a lot to show who I am because some people might not like it\,” she ac cepts. But in amongst the mix of an introverted extrovert\, self described “avoidant” Leo rising\, lives the sort of musician who can do nostalg ic\, ‘90s influenced and dreamy as well as eccentric and experimental. D own there\, picking through the curious mix of sounds and feelings\, lives Freak Slug.\nHURON JOHN\nHuron John evolves. A 24-year-old multimedia art ist from Chicago\, Illinois now based in Nashville\, Tennessee\, Huron pro vides a new layer of definition to the “do-it-yourself” indie standard . Entirely producing\, writing\, and engineering a now multi-album discogr aphy\, the project’s genre-defying sounds proudly shapeshift into a rain bow-spectrum of moods and flavors. Using a wholesomely grassroots approach to independently amass over 35 million listens worldwide\, they have care fully supplemented album rollouts with a multimedia angle including physic al art books\, interactive experiences\, and most recently a full-length f ilm premiered in theaters across select cities. Utilizing a ‘mystery-rid den online persona’ (-MTV) and a ‘day-tripper sound that delivers glit ch juxtaposed with groove’ (-Ones To Watch)\, a mesmerizing melting-pot of alternative\, electronic & sound-collage are delivered with ease.\n LOCATION:Johnny Brenda’s END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Nanocluster (Immersion | SUSS) DTSTART:20250402T000000Z DTEND:20250402T020000Z DTSTAMP:20250129T010801Z DESCRIPTION:\n*All events are 21+ valid ID required for entry*\n7 PM – D oors8 PM – Show\nNANOCLUSTER (IMMERSION | SUSS)\nIn celebration of the r elease of Nanocluster Vol.3\, Immersion (Colin Newman & Malka Spigel) in c ollaboration with ambient country masters SUSS bring their Nanocluster ser ies to North America. One performance comprising a set each from Immersion & SUSS followed by a collaborative set.\n LOCATION:Johnny Brenda’s END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Fust & Lindsay Reamer DTSTART:20250403T000000Z DTEND:20250403T020000Z DTSTAMP:20250129T010802Z DESCRIPTION:\n*All events are 21+ valid ID required for entry*\n7 PM – D oors8 PM – Show\nFUST\nFust — the Durham\, North Carolina-based band — announce their new album\, Big Ugly\, out March 7th via Dear Life Reco rds. Big Ugly arrives after the release of 2024’s Songs of the Rail– –“one of the best alt-country compilations…in a long\, long time” (Paste) –– and 2023’s standout Genevieve\, which unassumingly introd uced new listeners to Fust’s unmistakable blend of “small-town poetry ” (Mojo) with a familiar yet probing “country-tinged folk-rock” (KEX P) that made it “one of the most fun rock records of the year” (Pitchf ork).\nLINDSAY REAMER\n LOCATION:Johnny Brenda’s END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:FACS DTSTART:20250409T000000Z DTEND:20250409T020000Z DTSTAMP:20250129T010804Z DESCRIPTION:\n*All events are 21+ valid ID required for entry*\n7 PM – D oors8 PM – Show\nFACS\nChicago trio FACS never stop pushing forward\; th ey’ve honed and refined their stark\, minimal scrape and clatter for fou r years and counting\, having risen out of the ashes of beloved Chicago ba nd Disappears in 2018 with the bone-rattling intensity of Negative Houses. The trio return in 2021 with Present Tense\, their fourth album and perha ps their sharpest statement as a band. Opener “XOUT” barrels forward like a tank\, with Case’s guitar chiming like warning bells\, until the climax comes crashing down\, glitching out near the close. “Strawberry C ough” comes next\, its fusion of corporeal playing and stately\, electro nic heartbeats punctured by random bursts of noise or backwards masked sou nds. “Alone Without”\, a track originally recorded for Adult Swim’s 2020 singles series appears next in different form\; more menacing and ser pentine. Side two opens with “General Public”\, taking the loud/quiet dynamic as a jumping off point for the song’s unsettling seasick vibe. ‘How To See In the Dark” offers a brief respite\, with its persistent\ , dark quietude that lingers until the song’s end. “Present Tense”\, the album’s title track\, offers up its first truly weird moment mid-so ng when the song changes mood distinctly\, and the music drops out save fo r Case’s guitar and vocals. The album’s final track\, the densely pack ed “Mirrored”\, begins with a restrained\, post-rock shuffle. The mind -scrambling cacophony that comes next takes its time to roll in\, but once it does\, it comes in waves\, flipping back onto itself multiple times un til it’s folded into oblivion. FACS once again shuttered themselves int o Electrical Audio with lauded engineer Sanford Parker to lay down the bas ic tracks and overdubs for Present Tense. This time\, the band approached their songwriting from a different angle “Alone Without was the first so ng we recorded and we really built it in the studio” Case says\, “Alia nna and I played different instruments\, and I think that freedom informed how the other songs developed. All the lyrics were random phrases on a bi g sheet and were put together as the songs took shape\, so I feel like I w as collecting these thoughts and trying to figure out how to process them as a big picture vs making complete ideas in individual songs.” Case add s ”…letting the songs go where they wanted\, without steering them int o what we all think a FACS album should be.” The change is palpable from last year’s claustrophobic and fried Void Moments\, but Present Tense i s still ALL FACS\, albeit draped in a layer of haze. Paranoia in soft focu s\, perhaps?\n LOCATION:Johnny Brenda’s END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Naked Giants DTSTART:20250411T010000Z DTEND:20250411T030000Z DTSTAMP:20250129T010805Z DESCRIPTION:\n*All events are 21+ valid ID required for entry*\n8PM – Do ors9PM – Show\n \nNAKED GIANTS\nWhen Naked Giants formed in 2014\, the Seattle trio—vocalist/guitarist Grant Mullen\, bassist/vocalist Gianni A iello and drummer Henry LaVallee—were all eighteen years old\, and full of the reckless\, restless energy of youth. A decade on\, both they and th e world have changed immensely. Shine Away—the band’s third full-lengt h\, following on from 2018’s SLUFF and 2020’s The Shadow—is very muc h an acknowledgement of that. It’s an album that doesn’t just reflect on the personal life and times of the three of them and the world at large \, but casts a discerning\, self-reflective eye on what it’s like to be in\, and be\, Naked Giants. It’s the sound of a band coming into\, and b ecoming\, themselves. Of course\, that’s a never-ending process\, but fo r the first time in their career\, Naked Giants are taking stock of their journey—who and what they were\, are\, and want to be.  \n“Our first record was still running on fuel from starting the band as 18 year olds wi th a rock’n’roll dream\,” says Mullen. “Since then\, life has chan ged. We all got day jobs or went back to school\, and really grew into our selves individually.  Before\, we were anxious to express ourselves in wh atever way we could through music. Now\, we have more to say\, and I think we’ve made a record with more meaning and purpose.”\nDespite these pe rsonal changes Shine Away contains the same sense of impetuous urgency tha t defined SLUFF. and the band’s preceding 2016 debut EP\, R.I.P.\, and w as still to be found within the fabric of The Shadow’s songs\, too. So w hile the band might be removed from their younger selves\, there are still traces of those people in these nine songs.\n \nGIRL AND GIRL\nSub Pop ’s latest signing is Girl and Girl: lead singer/songwriter Kai James and his Aunty Liss (Melissa James) on drums\, supported by Jayden Williams on guitar and Fraser Bell on bass. The four-piece garage rock outfit from Qu eensland has a kinship that shines through in their music and in their ele ctric live shows – Kai’s magnetism backed by Liss’ 37 years of drumm ing experience. With infectious hooks and surprising emotional intensity\, Girl and Girl is an undeniably good time.\nNamed as one of the TheMusic. com.au‘s ‘Top 25 Rising Acts of 2021’\, Girl and Girl won the inaugu ral Gold Coast Music Prize in 2022. The band supported Dry Cleaning on a n ational tour of Australia before embarking on a debut European Tour includ ing showcase performances at The Great Escape\, support dates with Blondsh ell and an appearance at London’s uber hip Wide Awake Festival.\nIn 2023 \, the band announced their signing to Sub Pop and reissued their Divorce EP\, making their debut in their Top 100 of the US College Radio Charts an d winning early fans at Brooklyn Vegan\, DIY Magazine and BBC6 Music. At h ome in Australia\, the Divorce EP was 4ZZZ’s Album of the Week and made the RRR Soundscape\, receiving heavy airplay from community radio stations across Australia. Following appearances at Wave Rock\, Yours and Owls Fes tival and SXSW Sydney\, Girl and Girl returned to Europe late in 2023 for appearances at Pitchfork Paris\, Rolling Stone Beach\, London Calling\, an d support slots with Water From Your Eyes\, and announced their US debut a t SXSW 2024.\nGirl and Girl’s first album\, recorded in Melbourne with B urke Reid (Courtney Barnett\, Julia Jacklin\, The Drones) is coming very s oon.\n LOCATION:Johnny Brenda’s END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Pity Party (Girls Club) DTSTART:20250412T010000Z DTEND:20250412T030000Z DTSTAMP:20250129T010807Z DESCRIPTION:\n*All events are 21+ valid ID required for entry*\n8 PM – D oors9 PM – Show\nPITY PARTY (GIRLS CLUB)\n LOCATION:Johnny Brenda’s END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:BabyJake DTSTART:20250415T000000Z DTEND:20250415T020000Z DTSTAMP:20250129T010808Z DESCRIPTION:\n*All events are 21+ valid ID required for entry*\n7 PM – D oors8 PM – Show\nBABYJAKE\nSoul pop from Florida.\nhttps://www.itsbabyja ke.com/\n LOCATION:Johnny Brenda’s END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Mercury Rev DTSTART:20250417T000000Z DTEND:20250417T020000Z DTSTAMP:20250129T010810Z DESCRIPTION:\n*All events are 21+ valid ID required for entry*\n7 PM – D oors8 PM – Show\nMERCURY REV\nSince forming in 1989 in Buffalo\, New Yor k\, Mercury Rev has made a career of boldly exploring the fringes of artis tic perception\, channeling colors and sounds and visions that always seem just beyond our mortal reach. The Guardian hailed the group as “a rarit y in indie rock: a band who have continually evolved their sound\, pushing at the boundaries of what rock music actually means over 25 years\, borro wing from jazz\, funk\, doo-wop\, techno\, folk and more along the way\, ” while Rolling Stone praised their “majestic chaos\,” and the BBC l auded their “shimmering psychedelic pop\, immersive indie-rock\, [and] s pectacularly engrossing passages of sumptuous instrumentation.” The ban d’s 1991 debut\, ‘Yerself Is Steam\,’ landed on Pitchfork’s Best S hoegaze Albums of All Time\, and their 1998 breakthrough\, ‘Deserter’s Songs’\, upon its release was named NME’s Album of the Year\, Pitchfo rk’s 100 Favorite Records of the 1990s (2003)\,Melody Maker’s All Time Top 100 Albums (2000)\,Uncut’s  200 Greatest Albums of All Time (2016) and multiple1000 Albums to Hear Before You Die lists. Diverse musical col laborations with legendary artistic luminaries as well as major festival a nd network television performances around the world have solidified their status as One of America’s most pioneering groups capable of straddling the line between mainstream appeal and progressive musical experimentation …Recorded in the Catskills\, the band’s ninth album\, Born Horses\, i s out now on Bella Union.\nRYLEY WALKER\nRyley Walker currently resides in New York City. But his latest LP is a Chicago record in spirit. The maste rful Course In Fable\, the songwriter’s fifth solo effort\, draws from t he deep well of that city’s fertile 1990s scene\, when bands like Tortoi se\, The Sea and Cake and Gastr del Sol were reshaping the underground\, m ixing and matching indie rock\, jazz\, prog and beyond.\n LOCATION:Johnny Brenda’s END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The Bright Light Social Hour DTSTART:20250418T010000Z DTEND:20250418T030000Z DTSTAMP:20250129T010811Z DESCRIPTION:\n*All events are 21+ valid ID required for entry*\n8 PM – D oors9 PM – Show\nTHE BRIGHT LIGHT SOCIAL HOUR\nAustin psych-rippers The Bright Light Social Hour have made a triumphant return with their delectab le and electrifying new album “Emergency Leisure”. Comprised of Jackie O’Brien (bass/vocals)\, Curtis Roush (guitar/vocals)\, Mia Carruthers ( keys/vocals)\, Zac Catanzaro (drums)\, and Juan Alfredo Ríos (percussion) \, the band once again showcase their exceptional and infectious melodies\ , flooded with their distinctive propulsive rhythms and carnal energy. Th e Bright Light Social Hour have established themselves as a relentless for ce in the tapestry of American psych-rock. With four prior studio albums\, including the highly acclaimed Space Is Still the Place and Jude I & II\, their sound defies conventions and continues to transmute. Their impressi ve portfolio includes composing original soundtracks for HBO\, MTV\, and N intendo\, and they even had the honor of writing and recording the award-w inning theme for Amazon’s “Sneaky Pete” at the request of Bryan Cran ston. Their reputation for explosive live performances has led them to gra ce the stages of prestigious festivals like Austin City Limits\, Lollapalo oza\, and Electric Forest\, sharing the spotlight with legendary acts such as Aerosmith\, Spoon\, Thee Oh Sees\, and The Flaming Lips. The Bright Li ght Social Hour’s innovative sound has garnered critical acclaim from es teemed publications like CLASH\, NPR\, The Wild Honey Pie\, Earmilk\, and many more.\n LOCATION:Johnny Brenda’s END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Korine DTSTART:20250419T010000Z DTEND:20250419T030000Z DTSTAMP:20250129T010813Z DESCRIPTION:\n*All events are 21+ valid ID required for entry*\n8 PM – D oors9 PM – Show\nKORINE\nKorine is a Philadelphia based ‘dark pop’ d uo consisting of members Morgy Ramone and Trey Frye. The pair blend new wa ve\, emo\, and punk with a modern pop sensibility\, contrasting upbeat rhy thms against sullen\, emotionally evocative lyrics. Their highly anticipat ed new album “A Flame In The Dark” releases March 28th on Born Losers records.\nJOHNNY DYNAMITE AND THE BLOODSUCKERS\nCATHERINE MOAN\nDJ BABY BE RLIN\n LOCATION:Johnny Brenda’s END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Husbands DTSTART:20250420T010000Z DTEND:20250420T030000Z DTSTAMP:20250129T010814Z DESCRIPTION:\n*All events are 21+ valid ID required for entry*\n8 PM – D oors9 PM – Show\nHUSBANDS\nHusbands knows the galvanizing power of an an themic\, hair-raising song. As the co-founding songwriter behind the Oklah oma City indie rock outfit Husbands\, Danny Davis has been meticulously cr afting emotionally potent tunes about finding your place in the world. His writing always strives to break free from monotony and routine\, aiming f or meaning and clarity through massive choruses and colorful arrangements. CUATRO\, Husbands’ adventurous and triumphant fourth album out Oct. 13 via Cowboy 2.0 and Thirty Tigers\, marks a turning point for the band. It ’s the first LP written after the departure of longtime bandmate and col laborator\, Wil Norton. It’s also an album that Davis made during a time of relative personal stability after quitting his nine-to-five and moving with his wife to Costa Rica. Across 11 arena-filling and richly-produced tracks\, the full-length is a document of his growth as a human being and a testament to finding peace in relationships evolving.\n LOCATION:Johnny Brenda’s END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Circuit des Yeux DTSTART:20250421T000000Z DTEND:20250421T020000Z DTSTAMP:20250129T010816Z DESCRIPTION:\n*All events are 21+ valid ID required for entry*\n7 PM – D oors8 PM – Show\nCIRCUIT DES YEUX\nHaley Fohr is a vocalist\, composer a nd singer-songwriter based in Chicago\, Illinois. Her musical endeavors fo cus around our human condition\, and her 15 year career as Circuit des Yeu x has grown into one of America’s most successful efforts to connect the personal to the universal. She is most distinctly identified by her 4-oct ave voice and unique style of 12-string guitar. Her recent works include a n Original Soundtrack for Charles Bryant’s silent film Salomé (1923)\, commissioned by Opera North\, her critically acclaimed 2021 album -io\, an d two LPs under the mysterious moniker of Jackie Lynn.\nLEYA\nThe duo of h arpist Marilu Donovan and vocalist/violinist Adam Markiewicz make beguilin g work that is equal parts medieval folk\, contemporary pop\, and dreamst ate classical. Their music has been featured in spaces ranging from fashio n runways to Pornhub\, with notable collaborators including Eartheater\, E cco2k\, Varg2TM\, Actress\, Brooke Candy\, Liturgy\, Okay Kaya\, Julie Byr ne\, and many others.  \nMANNA\nMANNA\, the performing name of Manna Pou rrezaei\, is a Philadelphia-based experimental electronic musician and pro ducer whose immersive synthetic forms invite deep listening and connection .She has captivated audiences in spaces both intimate and vast\, from Maki ng Time Fort Mifflin—alongside Laraaji\, Mary Lattimore\, and Julianna B arwick—to the Institute of Contemporary Art in Philadelphia\, The Gather ings Concert Series\, and Great Circles’ Passages and Crossings A/V Seri es.Her latest release on Mystery Circles\, Joyful Participation in the Sor rows of Now\, is an exercise in contradiction & complexity—balancing flu idity with unexpected tonal and spatial shifts that challenge the listener ’s expectations.\n LOCATION:Johnny Brenda’s END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Sir Woman DTSTART:20250507T000000Z DTEND:20250507T020000Z DTSTAMP:20250129T010817Z DESCRIPTION:\n*All events are 21+ valid ID required for entry*\n7 PM – D oors8 PM – Show\nSIR WOMAN\nAlbum Release Tour 69\nTo say that Sir Woman has taken the crowded Austin music scene by storm this past year\, would be a massive understatement. With the release of their full – length sel f – titled debut\, the band has quickly skyrocketed to headliner status at Austin’s most venera ble clubs\, and garnered Artist Of The Year at t he 2023 Austin Music Awards. The rolling funk/soul ensemble began as a so lo vehicle for Wild Child/Glorietta vocalist Kelsey Wilson a mere two year s ago. Their dynamic and joyful stage show led to quick buzz\, with their recorded catalog quickly catching up to the acclaim (over 30 million plays on Spotify). They’ve also shared the stage with Black Pumas\, Shakey Gr aves\, Tank and the Bangas – and many more. 2023 included appearances a t Newport Folk Fest\, Luck Reu nion\, Jazzfest and an upcoming performance for Format Fest.\n LOCATION:Johnny Brenda’s END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Sunday (1994): The Debut Tour DTSTART:20250510T000000Z DTEND:20250510T020000Z DTSTAMP:20250129T010818Z DESCRIPTION:\n*All events are 21+ valid ID required for entry*\n7 PM – D oors8 PM – Show\n$1 from every ticket purchased will be donated to the  Ally Coalition\nSUNDAY (1994): THE DEBUT TOUR\nSunday (1994) is a story o f love. A love that turns lonely long-haul flights into emotional dramas\, and bad apartments into settings. A love that starts with a meet-cute and never ends. A love that was born out of music\, bonded by music\, and now explored in music. Sunday (1994) is a soundtrack. A collaboration 10 yea rs in the making\, Paige Turner and Lee Newell knew they would make music together the second their relationship started. Without ever needing to di scuss the sound\, style or direction it would take\, theirs is the effortl ess artistry that comes from total trust and honesty. Both musicians saved their best work and tenderest lyrics for this moment\, finally exhaling t hem in the catharsis of this new project. All coming to fruition and ente ring the world outside of their one-bed apartment like two characters walk ing onto the screen\, Sunday (1994) are ready for their premiere. Along wi th their enigmatic\, anonymous drummer\, ‘x’\, their sound is cinemati c in the truest sense. It’s music you can imagine characters running thr ough airports to\, racing after love. They’re songs for bedroom floor te ars or the first time two hands touch. It’s a release that captures a lo ve story\, and every love story that has ever and will ever happen\, in al l of its sweet\, daydreaming and dramatic beauty.\n LOCATION:Johnny Brenda’s END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Sunflower Bean DTSTART:20250517T010000Z DTEND:20250517T030000Z DTSTAMP:20250129T010820Z DESCRIPTION:\n*All events are 21+ valid ID required for entry*\n8 PM – D oors9 PM – Show\nSUNFLOWER BEAN\nMortal Primetime Tour\nTime marches rel entlessly on\, but it can pass unnoticed unless you find a way to capture it. For the entirety of their remarkable career\, Sunflower Bean has made monuments of fleeting moments\, by turning them into art\, bottling them a s song. They broke onto the scene as teens wise beyond their years with Hu man Ceremony\, captured the melancholia of nascent adulthood on Twentytwo in Blue\, and confronted the alienation of life under late capitalism on H eadful of Sugar. Now in their Saturn Return\, the band is back with the mo st hard-fought and vulnerable album of their career: Mortal Primetime. “ You get to decide what your prime is\, and you fight for it\,” Cumming s ays. “This is ours\, and that can’t be taken away by circumstance. We can’t take it away from each other. This moment\, where we are now\, is what we’ve always fought for.”\nLAVEDA\n LOCATION:Johnny Brenda’s END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Matthew Logan Vasquez DTSTART:20250525T010000Z DTEND:20250525T030000Z DTSTAMP:20250129T010821Z DESCRIPTION:\n*All events are 21+ valid ID required for entry*\n8 PM – D oors9 PM – Show\nMATTHEW LOGAN VASQUEZ\nMatthew Logan Vasquez – Best-k nown as the co-founder and frontman for shape shifting heartland indie roc kers Delta Spirit\, Matthew Logan Vasquez’s fiery delivery and thought-p rovoking lyrics draw from a huge and versatile well of influences\, includ ing Gordon Gano\, Kurt Cobain\, Neil Young\, and Thom Yorke. As a solo art ist\, he juggles elements of indie rock\, electronic pop\, R&B\, and soulf ul Americana\, flirting with despondency\, but ultimately succumbing to be atitude. Vasquez’s latest release Frank’s Full Moon Saloon – an albu m that delivers more raw versions of songs that span the band’s 20 year career\, was released in February this year. Part 2&3 of the Franks series will be rolling out through 2025.\nJACOB ALAN JAEGER\n LOCATION:Johnny Brenda’s END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Cornelia Murr DTSTART:20250609T000000Z DTEND:20250609T020000Z DTSTAMP:20250129T010823Z DESCRIPTION:\n*All events are 21+ valid ID required for entry*\n7 PM – D oors8 PM – Show\nCORNELIA MURR\nCornelia’s Murr’s newest album began with a question: What do I want? The answer is everything\, and it’s ne ver felt more urgent.On her first LP in six years\, Run To The Center\, ou t February 28\, 2025 on 22Twenty\, the London-born singer-songwriter deliv ers her most confident\, expansive album yet. Across 10 hypnotic pop songs is a fully realized portrait of a woman and an artist in her thirties\, s tanding triumphantly in uncertainties\, asking the crucial questions one n eeds to sustain a life: How can you fit everything you want into a life? H ow can you do this if you want so much?\n LOCATION:Johnny Brenda’s END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:This Will Destroy You DTSTART:20250622T010000Z DTEND:20250622T030000Z DTSTAMP:20250129T010824Z DESCRIPTION:\n*All events are 21+ valid ID required for entry*\n8 PM – D oors9 PM – Show\nTHIS WILL DESTROY YOU\nTHIS WILL DESTROY YOU has been o ne of the most influential instrumental rock bands since the early 2000’ s selling out concerts across the world in China\, Europe\, US and Austral ia. Their music is featured in countless TV\, film and commercials includi ng the music for Brad Pitt films Moneyball\, World War Z + films like The Room & Foxcatcher. Their music is also used for the Michelin award winning restaurant Vespertine\, Oscar Award Winning Films\, during The Olympics i n China\, Climate Resolve in Switzerland and the U.S. Pentagon briefings o n natural disasters. TWDY has also toured with Deftones\, opened for The C ure at Hyde Park in London and Slowdive in Santiago\, Chile.\n LOCATION:Johnny Brenda’s END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Jazz Is Dead: Gyedu-Blay Ambolley DTSTART:20250630T000000Z DTEND:20250630T020000Z DTSTAMP:20250129T010825Z DESCRIPTION:\n*All events are 21+ valid ID required for entry*\n7 PM – D oors8 PM – Show\nArtDontSleep Presents \nJazz Is Dead: GYEDU-BLAY AMBOLL EYGyedu-Blay Ambolley is a musical luminary hailing from Ghana\, West Afri ca\, with a staggering 29 albums under his belt. Known affectionately as t he “Simigwa Do Man\,” Ambolley’s musical journey began in the vibran t port city of Sekondi-Takoradi\, in the Western Region of Ghana. His earl y fascination with music blossomed into a lifelong passion. From mastering his father’s flute at the tender age of eight\, to honing his guitar sk ills under the mentorship of “Uncle Bonku”\, Sammy Lartey and Ebo Tayl or\, Ambolley’s musical odyssey has been nothing short of extraordinary. This all led to Ambolley becoming a musical life force and exploding on t he scene in 1973 with a jazzy highlife sound called ‘SIMIGWA-DO’. His name has become synonymous with Simigwa music and dance.Coming of age amid st the zenith of Ghana’s highlife era\, Ambolley emerged as a pivotal fi gure in its evolution\, lending his talents to esteemed bands such as Houg has Extraordinaires\, Meridians Of Tema and Ghana Broadcasting Band. It wa s during this time that he caught the attention of his compatriot and frie nd\, Ebo Taylor\, who recruited Ambolley to be a member of the Uhuru Dance Band. This all lead to a transformative journey to Nigeria in 1973\, wher e they shared the stage with the legendary Fela Kuti at his renowned Shrin e venue.1975 Debut Album Simigwa: Gyedu Blay Ambolley’s groundbreaking d ebut solo album\, released in 1975\, stands as a cornerstone of Ghanaian m usic history – with one of the most iconic album covers! Simigwa stands as Ambolley’s magnum opus\, a masterpiece fusing together the rich tapes try of highlife\, afrobeat\, folk and funk. The album is a true testament to Ambolley’s unparalleled artistry written and produced in collaboratio n with the legend Ebo Taylor.Ambolley not only embraces his musical roots but also pioneers the fusion of Ghanaian highlife with soul and funk influ ences from across the Atlantic. With Simigwa\, Ambolley seized the opportu nity to showcase his own musical prowess and embark on a journey of experi mentation. A main inspiration for this album was the work of the mighty Mr . James Brown\, something that is evident from the rhythm section\, horns\ , vocal stabs and percussion breaks throughout the record.\nPerformance: F or the first time in the US\, Gyedu Blay Ambolley will be performing his 1 975 debut album in its entirety! Bringing his 8 piece band from Ghana\, th ey will perform the pioneering masterpiece Simigwa.\n LOCATION:Johnny Brenda’s END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Samantha Crain DTSTART:20250717T000000Z DTEND:20250717T020000Z DTSTAMP:20250129T010827Z DESCRIPTION:\n*All events are 21+ valid ID required for entry*\n7 PM – D oors8 PM – Show\nSAMANTHA CRAIN\nSamantha Crain is a Choctaw-American si nger\, songwriter\, film composer\, and producer from Oklahoma. A two-time winner of the Native American Music Award\, Samantha defies categorisatio n\, marrying folk music with the sounds of country rock and college indie. Samantha’s latest album\, A Small Death (2020)\, was released on Commun ion’s Real Kind Records. The album received universal acclaim with track s finding themselves in constant rotation on 6music.Samantha has toured ex tensively over the past decade nationally and internationally\, presenting ambitious orchestrated shows with her band as well as intimate folk leani ng solo performances. She has toured with First Aid Kit\, Neutral Milk Hot el\, Lucy Rose\, The Avett Brothers\, The Mountain Goats\, and many others .\n LOCATION:Johnny Brenda’s END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Little Wings DTSTART:20250724T000000Z DTEND:20250724T020000Z DTSTAMP:20250129T010828Z DESCRIPTION:\n*All events are 21+ valid ID required for entry*\n7 PM – D oors8 PM – Show\nLITTLE WINGS\nKyle Field is a visual artist and the son gwriter behind the 25-years-running group Little Wings. Over the course of more than a dozen albums\, he has written a classic cannon of songs that continues to gain listenership to this day. Working without the help of po werful record companies\, the songs have earned their place viscerally\, p erson by person\, creating a cherished and loyal following around the worl d. Little Wings continues to release records at an incredible clip and sho ws no signs of slowing\, the songs keep growing. His latest and greatest H igh on the Glade was recorded with legendary producer Kramer. It’s due o ut June 7th on Perpetual Doom. October’s Yankee Charms IV is Little Win gs’ fourth tour with the New England rhythm section of bassist Nat Baldw in and drummer Peter McLaughlin.\n LOCATION:Johnny Brenda’s END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Qual DTSTART:20250927T010000Z DTEND:20250927T030000Z DTSTAMP:20250129T010830Z DESCRIPTION:\n*All events are 21+ valid ID required for entry*\n8 PM – D oors9 PM – Show\nQUAL (UK – Lebanon Hanover)\nQUAL means trial\, torme nt\, and agony. This perfectly describes the darkness in the music of Will iam Maybeline\, half of Lebanon Hanover. Tortured melodies are carried by a deep and powerful voice\, but are also hyper-danceable thanks to the syn thetic cavalcade of the pieces\, and their frenetic beats. This all result s in an immersive post-punk and 80’s goth atmosphere.\nhttps://qual.band camp.com/\nVOID VISION\nVoid Vision is the electronic solo project of Phil adelphia-based musician\, Shari Vari\, formed around 2009 when the minimal synth and coldwave genres were undergoing a revival and rebirth thanks to labels such as Wierd Records (home to acts such as Xeno & Oaklander\, Led Er Est\, Martial Canterel\, Automelodi\, etc.)\nhttps://voidvision.bandca mp.com/\nNUXX VOMICA\nNuxx Vomica is the electro project of musician and v isual artist Madeline Seely\, whose gritty\, high-energy sound blends elem ents of EBM\, 90’s techno\, drum and bass\, and digital hardcore. Known for her electrifying live performances\, Seely has taken Nuxx on tours acr oss North America\, Europe\, and Mexico. Her high-energy sets provide the audience with a raw\, immersive experience. From the festival stage to the floor of a basement\, Nuxx never fucks around.\nhttps://nuxxvomica.bandca mp.com/\nDJ BABY BERLIN (A Black Celebration / SYNTHETIC)\nhttps://linktr. ee/djbabyberlin\n LOCATION:Johnny Brenda’s END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR