Los Straitjackets – 30th Anniversary Tour
Los Straitjackets are the leading practitioners of the lost art of the guitar instrumental. Using the music of the Ventures, The Shadows, and with Link Wray and Dick Dale as a jumping off point, the band has taken their unique, high energy brand of original rock & roll around the world. Clad in their trademark Lucha Libre Mexican wrestling masks, the ‘Jackets’ have delivered their trademark guitar licks across 30 years, 16 albums, thousands of concerts and dozens of films and TV shows. Viva Los Stratjackets!Website | Instagram | Twitter | Facebook | Spotify
Julia Wolf
Julia Wolf (aka WOLF) is an indie-pop singer/songwriter, born and raised in New York. A prolific lyricist with a unique and captivating tone, WOLF began releasing short freestyles and snippets of her music on social media at the end of 2019. Almost immediately she began garnering heavy buzz from both early adopter fans and industry professionals alike. In just over a year, WOLF has accumulated over 40 million streams and has developed a passionate and rabid fan base — all out of her bedroom in Queens, NY.Website | Instagram | Facebook | Twitter | YouTube | TikTok | Spotify
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Hotline TNT: Cartwheel Tour
Will Anderson believes in true love — as both concept and catalyst, aspiration and inspiration. During his 34 years, the Hotline TNT founder and architect has found such love perhaps half-a-dozen times. Each instance has prompted some enormous swing of commitment, like a cross-country move or simply being honest about his budding attraction. It is a hopeful and vulnerable way to exist, a way to ensure maximum bruising during the fall of the breakup. And so far for Anderson, that is how it has always ended, whether the air has slowly seeped out of some once-full balloon or whether it has simply popped, those expanded feelings expelled in an instant.This tension is the brain, blood, and beating heart of Cartwheel, the byproduct of Anderson’s decades-long quest to pin down the surging sound long in his head. But borne of real hurt and continued hope, lit by the flickering belief that just maybe things will sort themselves out, Cartwheel transcends those scene associations to become something greater—a classic encapsulation of youthful ardor, fading into adulthood’s grim acceptance. It is a beautiful, radical, and engrossing record about trying to find what most of us have not yet attained: fulfillment.Anderson plays and sings nearly every note on Cartwheel himself. He recorded the bulk of these songs during two very different sessions: one with prolific art-pop-punk auteur Ian Teeple (Silicone Prairie), who pushed him to keep working on every idea, and one with bicoastal engineer Aron Kobayashi Rich (Momma), who encouraged him to get ideas down and keep moving forward. But Cartwheel itself is seamless, with notions of bedroom studio largesse and punk simplicity perfectly coiled inside Anderson’s catastrophic visions of true love.Cartwheel is the band’s follow-up to Nineteen In Love, a record that’s influence has spread through fervent word-of-mouth these last couple of years. Hotline TNT toured relentlessly, enduring seemingly endless lineup shifts to become a linchpin of several interconnecting DIY scenes. Their audience steadily ballooned,withNineteeninLovebecomingacovetedLP.Website | Bandcamp | Instagram | Twitter | YouTube
An Evening with Cowboy Junkies
This is a seated show. Sometimes revolutions begin quietly. In 1988, Cowboy Junkies proved that there was an audience waiting for something quiet, beautiful and reflective. The Trinity Session was like a whisper that cut through the noise — and it was compelling. It stood out in the midst of the flash and bombast that came to define the late 80’s. The now classic recording combined folk, blues and rock in a way that had never been heard before and went on to sell more than a million copies. Formed in Toronto in 1985 with siblings Michael Timmins on guitar, Margo Timmins on vocals, Peter Timmins on drums, and Michael’s lifelong friend Alan Anton on bass, the band has sparkled over the course of 26 albums. “I’ve known Alan longer than I’ve known Pete,” says Michael. “We were friends before Pete was born.” Unlike most long-lasting groups, Cowboy Junkies have never had a break up or taken a sanity-saving hiatus. There’s an appreciation of each other that keeps them constantly working. “It’s that intimacy and understanding of what each one of us brings to the table,” says Michael. Cowboy Junkies’ will be performing a career-spanning show, including their new album, ‘Such Ferocious Beauty’, which was released worldwide on June 2, 2023 to universal critical acclaim. Website | Instagram | Twitter | Facebook | YouTube | Sweet Jane (Live on Tour) | Blue Moon (Live on Tour)
Evan Honer – IDK SH*T ABOUT TOURS
Evan Honer is a songwriter originally from Surprise, Arizona. Influenced by esteemed artists like Jason Isbell, Tyler Childers, and Colter Wall, Evan has masterfully crafted a captivating blend of modern outlaw country, indie folk, and pop sensibilities. Despite only being 22 years old, Evan has garnered an impressive 50 million+ streams across platforms and currently is in the midst of recording of a highly anticipated new album and will be extensively touring as a 100% independent artist.Website | Instagram | Facebook | Twitter | YouTube | TikTok | Spotify
Calva Louise x Vukovi
Calva LouiseCalva Louise is a multicultural British band from Venezuela, France and New Zealand, aiming at London’s underground live scene and driven by the creative vision of Jess Allanic since their beginning, end of 2016. They soon started playing iconic festivals such as Reading & Leeds Festival in England, Riot Fest and SXSW in the United States and Rock For People in Czech Republic. With two albums, several EPs, and a handful of collaborations to their name, Calva Louise has gathered support from BBC Radio 1, 6 Music, Radio X, Clash, The Line Of Best Fit, and DIY Mag. To date, they’ve toured with the likes of Cassyette, Slothrust, Highly Suspect, Psychedelic Porn Crumpets, Death Valley Girls, and Albert Hammond Jr. The band self-released their latest mixtape ‘Over The Threshold,’ in December 2023 with 7 impressive self-made music videos produced with Unreal Engine. In November 2023 the band signed a deal with Mascot Records for an album that is set to be released later this year.Calva Louise are preparing for a busy 2024 with worldwide tour dates announced already including Download Festival, Welcome To Rockville & Sonic Temple as well as a co-headline tour in the US with the Scottish band Vukovi.Website | Instagram | Twitter | Facebook | Spotify | YouTube | Soundcloud | TikTokVukovi Two years on from their critically lauded second album, Fall Better – and a whole load of global weirdness in-between – Vukovi return with a record that is the best distillation of their unique musical vision yet.“NULA is a concept record,” says singer JanineNow a two piece, Janine and guitarist Hamish Reilly have spent these strange two years gone plotting in their Glasgow base as to how best to achieve this. Like any artist who’s toiled over their work, Janine is keen for the record to tell its own story. And yet excitingly, they are planning a novella book supplement to the record down the line.“I’ve always been into sci-fi,” Janine says. “Growing up I loved Star Wars, The Fifth Element, Alien and sci-fi was an escape from the pain. I could sit in my bedroom and look out the window and know that there was something so much bigger going on. That’s what I want this album to be for people. An escape.”“We were probably always going to end up doing something like this,” laughs Hamish. “I grew up obsessed with bands like Rush and Dream Theatre, so music that tells a story has always been something I’ve been into. I think there’s always been a sci-fi element to Vukovi too, or at least a cinematic one.” Janine worked on the framework for NULA with the Scottish based scientist and young adult fiction writer Lisa Gourley. “It was important to me that the science made sense,” says Janine, “and that I worked with a woman, and that she was someone I could get pissed with.”Website | Twitter | Facebook | Spotify | YouTube
King Buzzo & Trevor Dunn
King Buzzo, a.k.a. Buzz Osborne, is the singer, guitar player and founder of the enormously influential band, the Melvins. His innovative approach to songwriting, and guitar playing, has influenced countless musicians, and turned leagues of music lovers into ardent fans. Renowned for his pioneering use of down-tuned strings, Buzzo masterfully blended his punk and metal influences, and in turn, he created a groundbreaking new sound in heavy music. Over Osborne’s extensive career, which originated in the small hamlet of Montesano, Wash. in 1983, he has released over 30 albums under the Melvins’ moniker, two solo albums [Gift of Sacrifice (2020) and This Machine Kills Artists (2014)], as well as a number of collaborative projects including Fantômas and Crystal Fairy. Trevor Dunn might be most widely known for his work with Mr. Bungle, the eclectic and unpredictable Northern California band he co-founded in 1985, but his career outside of Mr. Bungle has been just as notable. Also a member of Fantômas, Trevor Dunn’s Trio-Convulsant, Tomahawk and Melvins Lite, Dunn has also written music for various ensembles, performed extensively with John Zorn, and recently formed Riverworm Records, a label home for “discarded, forgotten, and misunderstood music.”Instagram | Facebook
Zach Seabaugh
Zach Seabaugh is an indie singer/songwriter, from the relatable perspective of a 25-year old. Influenced by Ben Rector, Jack Johnson, John Mayer and more – Seabaugh channels his own unique sound blending elements of pop, folk & rock. In 2023, Zach released his debut project, “Mr Nobody” – including top songs such as “Slingshot”, “Christmas Lights”, “Girl in a Coffee Shop” and more. Zach has shared the stage with friends such as Drew Holcomb, The National Parks, Chance Peña, Daniel Nunnelee, Stephen Day plus many others. The singer/songwriter is thrilled to embark on his debut headline tour stretching throughout 2024.Website | Instagram | Twitter | Facebook | Spotify | YouTube | TikTok
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. Kohll and Madden, the fleet-fingered guitar gurus, formed the group in 2018 after jamming their way through the astral plane. Their debut, self-titled EP arrived on Maximum Exposure in 2020, following two strange years of jamming late into the mysterious desert nights. In an aimless onslaught of moving through the American west, Kohll and Madden landed foot in LA. Their Self-titled debut, released in 2022 on Aquarium Drunkard and ORG, blasts out of the gates at full strength. Equal parts fuzzy and twangy, the songs cull from many decades of the strange sounds of American music. Joining forces with the devilish rhythm section of Perlmutter and Rose, Madden and Kohll are tethered down to earth with an unfaltering backbone. With all four voices featured throughout each performance, the band calls all colors of emotion into play. 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.Website | Instagram | Twitter | Spotify | YouTube | TikTok
