Hank, Pattie & The Current
This is a seated show.Bluegrass visionaries Hank Smith (banjo) and Pattie Hopkins Kinlaw’s (fiddle) innovative twist on traditional bluegrass music is a soulful brew flavored with classical, Motown, jazz, and pop influences. Joined by Billie Feather on guitar and Stevie Martinez on bass, this dynamic, North Carolina based group is performing in support of their fifth album, LETTERS, out now on Robust Records.Website | Twitter | Instagram | Spotify | Apple Music Ashes and Arrows — 2023 MerleFest Band Competition WinnersFrom the mountains of Asheville, North Carolina to the peaks of Arrowtown, New Zealand, Ashes & Arrows captivate audiences around the country with their stunning vocals, thoughtful lyrics, and on-stage charisma. Website | Facebook | TikTok | Instagram | Spotify | YouTube | “Gold In The Mountains” | “Born To Love” | “Cover Me Up”
Spafford
Spafford is known for their astonishing improvisational ability and off-the-cuff extended jams, Spafford paints a picture in real-time each night with a musical palette known only to each other. It’s a private language comprised of both their talent as musicians as well as their formidable catalog of influences, spanning 90’s alt-rock radio hits to Steely Dan and The Crystal Method. Each Spafford show is a sonic pilgrimage, the journey of a team of musicians so in tune with each other that a single note communicates intent and purpose. Spafford is amongst the most creative and hard-traveling bands on the contemporary jam scene, performing countless sold-out headline dates along with high profile festival sets at Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival, Firefly Music Festival, and many others.Website | Instagram | Twitter | Facebook | Spotify | YouTube
Taylor Swift Laser Dance Party
The Taylor Swift Laser Dance Party will feature a two-hour Taylor Swift LIVE DJ Set with a National Touring Laser Light Show. Swifties, you know what to do: Report to the dance floor!
Islands
If Islands’ last record, (2021’s Islomania) was a Saturday Night Fever dream, then the follow up–And That’s Why Dolphins Lost Their Legs–is the Sunday Morning comedown.“[Islomania] was exuberant and hopeful, and Dolphins is like the grim rejoinder,” songwriter Nick Thorburn says. “The songs attempt to tap into some of our darker impulses. The grim, unshakeable feeling that we live in hell, that there is no future, that all hope is lost. I wanted to explore those depths and see where it lead me.”Hopelessness aside, the collection of songs represents a big leap forward. With addictive hooks at every possible turn, Dolphins (the 9th record in the catalogue), stands out as quite likely the strongest and most articulate Islands album yet. Nick Thorburn and band manage to slyly tap into both the pain and the joy of living, often simultaneously, while stripping the music down to its simplest element: a strange sample rubbing up against a bouncing bassline, a snappy kick and snare firing off against a persistent, hooky guitar line.The music itself is settled on the spaces in between: the silences, the spareness. There’s an evocative wooziness within each song; a disorienting disassociation that draws you into its strange world.“I was in my head/all my friends and all my lovers dead,” Thorburn sings on the second song, “And All You Can Do Is Laugh”. Ruminating on a world being destroyed before our eyes, Thorburn, sounding like an acquiescent ghost, continues on: “Something’s changed/ Something’s wrong/Something strange must be going on/Since it came/Things just aren’t the same/You see the light/Coming over the hill/From up in the sky/Like a thief they come in the night”. Where do you go from there?Darker, it seems. And yet, always with a sense of humor. “Headlines” paints the picture of a feckless passenger in a car, helplessly careening into a tree during a volatile argument with a partner. But all the passenger can think about is how the event will be framed in next day’s papers. The paper’s headline: “Poor Tree, (Man Died).”The writing process began a lot differently, though. Initially, Nick had no intention of writing songs in the way he knew how.“During my time off from Islands, before releasing Islomania, I was finished with rock music, bored of the lyrics I was writing. I was toying with the idea of making…I’m embarrassed to say… beats.” Thorburn says, with a laugh. “I began tinkering at home, and quite quickly compiled a huge folder of instrumentals. I got together with my friend Fat Tony and we made a few songs together. But as things went along, I found myself getting increasingly excited by the possibility of a lyric here or there. At first it was just a hook, and then a verse. Before long, I was sitting on a big pile of Islands songs.”The songs, though, are more idiosyncratic and off-kilter than Islands has sounded in a while. And that’s a good thing. Though refined and deliberate, the music has a certain playfulness that Thorburn hasn’t tapped into in quite some time. The record is a notable departure from previous outings, but the DNA of Thorburn’s early work, namely his first band The Unicorns, can clearly be heard throughout songs like “Headlines”, “Life’s A Joke” and “And All You Can Do is Laugh”.Website | Twitter | Facebook | Spotify
Frenship
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Jukebox The Ghost Presents: HalloQueen
Since 2015, piano-pop trio Jukebox The Ghost have turned their admiration of Queen into a holiday spectacular and music festival in miniature every Halloween. HalloQueen, as they call it, is a two-set extravaganza featuring one full set of Jukebox the Ghost originals (followed by a costume contest intermission) and another set of Queen’s greatest hits, complete with Queen regalia and an arena-sized performance to match!———-Jukebox the Ghost formed in 2006 and have been a steadily growing cult favorite and globally touring band ever since. Composed of Ben Thornewill (piano/vocals), Tommy Siegel (guitar/bass/vocals) and Jesse Kristin (drums/vocals), they have played over 1,000 shows around the world over the course of their career. In addition to countless headlining tours, they have also toured as openers alongside Ingrid Michaelson, Ben Folds, Guster, Motion City Soundtrack, A Great Big World, and Jack’s Mannequin, among others. In addition to festivals like Lollapalooza, Outside Lands, Bonnaroo, and Bottlerock, Jukebox the Ghost have also performed on The Late Show with David Letterman and Conan.Website | Instagram | Twitter | Facebook | Spotify | YouTube
Bandalos Chinos
Bandalos Chinos was formed in 2009 in Beccar (north of the Buenos Aires metropolitan area in the Buenos Aires Province, Argentina). In the year 2004 the band consolidates with its actual line-up: Goyo Degano, Nicolás Rodríguez del Pozo, Iñaki Colombo, Salvador Colombo, Tomás Verduga and Matías Verduga.They have released 3 LPs: BACH (2018), Paranoia Pop (2020) and El Big Blue (2022); 2 EPs: Nunca Estuve Acá (2014) and En El Aire (2016); and Xmas Special Feliz Navibach (2020) and Feliz Navibach Vol.II (2022).2 Gardel Awards winners for Best Pop Album (BACH & Paranoia Pop) produced by Adam Jodorowsjy. They were also nominated to the Latin Grammy for Best Alternative Album and Best Recording Engineer (BACH).The sextet is considered one of the Argentinean and Latin American rock band with the biggest growth and projection of the last years. Opening the way to a new generation of artists that put faith in pop and rock songs.For many years now they have set out on tours around Argentina and Mexico, most of them with sold out tickets. In 2022 the band did 72 shows in more than 12 countries, being the first band of its generation performing at Luna Park Argentina and Metropolitan Theater of Mexico with sold out tickets. Performing also in other countries around the world; Guatemala, Venezuela, Ecuador, Colombia, Peru, Chile, Uruguay, Paraguay, Spain and France.They have participated in the most important Music Festivals: Lollapalooza (ARG), Cosquin Rock (ARG), Buena Vibra (ARG), Vive Latino (MEX), Coordenada (MEX), Catrina (MEX) and Primavera Sound (SPAIN). For 2023 they have already confirmed Asunciónico Festival (Paraguay), Vive Latino and Tecate Pal Norte (México), Estereo Picnic (Colombia) and Portamérica (Spain).Facebook | Instagram | Spotify | YouTube | Twitter
The Hotelier + Foxing
People often ask what the most influential emo albums of November 2013 & February 2014 were. Somewhere on the deep web there is an algorithm processing, workshopping the perfect tour for the people that ponder that question. As it turns out, there are two records that stand out and those records happen to be by The Hotelier & Foxing. After this was brought to each band’s attention, they have decided to set out on a journey to give you the opportunity to see “Home Like Noplace Is There” & “The Albatross” in full as they celebrate their 10th anniversaries. Born in DIY spaces across the country, each of these records afforded their respective bands the opportunity to see the world. Now it is time for them to take the stage once again and bring these records back home, this time in some of our nation’s finest mid-sized venues, to celebrate these albums with you all.The Hotelier: Website | Bandcamp | Instagram | Twitter | FacebookFoxing: Website | Instagram | Twitter | Facebook | Spotify
Gatlin I Sleep Fine Now Tour
VIP Start time is 6:00pm.Gatlin’s music captures the fullness of existence—meditating on life’s pain while celebrating the joy too. “Whatever emotion you’re feeling? Feel it deeply. Don’t numb it out.” she says. The Florida-raised singer-songwriter had that epiphany after a whirlwind couple of years that included a move from Nashville to Los Angeles, opening shows with Ashe, Pale Waves, and VÉRITE—and her first heartbreak, an experience that led her to dive into pop that communicated deep feelings while allowing for communal catharsis.Raised on Stevie Nicks and Taylor Swift, Gatlin has been cultivating her musical acumen since she was young. After heading to Nashville to study songwriting, she released her first solo music in 2020, and has been thrilling audiences with emotionally open pop songs like the swirling “2000 Miles” and the strutting “Talking To Myself,” and her breakout 2021 single “What If I Love You,” which has amassed more than 36 million listens on Spotify since its release.Her newest EP, I Sleep Fine Now, comes from a more mature place, with the bulk of it inspired by her emotional state while grappling with her first big breakup. “It was the first time I lost someone that I cared a lot about,” she says. The EP combines the realizations inspired from that experience with immediate hooks and plainly stated, sometimes lacerating lyrics. These seven tracks prize vulnerability first and foremost, and she’s unafraid to speak truths about romantic love’s highs and lows.Website | Instagram | Twitter | Facebook | Spotify | YouTube | TikTok
Jack Kays – Goes South
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