Excavate / Extinction A.D. / HANNYA CHA0$ / Yung Gloom / Geepmane [Small Room-Downstairs]
Open Mic Comedy [Big Room-Upstairs]
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Open Mic Comedy [Big Room-Upstairs]
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Open Mic Comedy [Big Room-Upstairs]
Sign up at 730
Open Mic Comedy [Big Room-Upstairs]
Sign up at 730
Open Mic Comedy [Big Room-Upstairs]
Sign up at 730
Open Mic Comedy [Big Room-Upstairs]
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Memphis miniFEST [Big Room-Upstairs]
Bridging The Music Presents: Memphis miniFEST (4/9/22) Tix: $20/25 Ticket Link: https://bridgingmusic.com/event/memphis-minifest-4-9-22/ Facebook Event Page: https://www.facebook.com/events/635189104302332 Ages: All Ages (+$5 additional charge at the door for anyone under 21)
The Ophelias / Schaefer Llana [Small Room-Downstairs]
After the critically acclaimed Almost opened The Ophelias to a world beyond their Cincinnati home in 2018, the indie rock quartet craved a return to a sense of community. “It was surreal for this time capsule of events and feelings, songs written early in college, to be reviewed in outlets like the New York Times,” recalls vocalist/guitarist Spencer Peppet (she/her). The band members no longer lived in the same city—Peppet and new bassist/longtime music video collaborator Jo Shaffer (they/them) live in New York, while drummer Mic Adams (he/him) and violinist Andrea Gutmann Fuentes (she/her) remained in Ohio. In the time since Almost, a fair amount changed: the band members all graduated from college, Shaffer joined as the new bassist, and Adams came out as transgender and started HRT. So when it came time to record the candid, expansive Crocus (due September 24th via Joyful Noise Recordings), The Ophelias purposefully focused on the experimental, communal spirit that fueled their first record. Through songs equally infused with references to the Bible and The Twilight Zone, The Ophelias wring mystic emotion out of the spaces between their past, present, and future.Crocus retains the complexity of Almost, but revels in the newfound confidence bolstered by the growth and change the band has undergone. “Knowing that I was sharing this intimate side of myself with the world made me want to say exactly what I meant instead of relying on vague images,” Peppet muses. That candor shines on album highlight “Neil Young on High”, a track that finds Peppet’s firefly vocals backed by harmonies from Julien Baker. “I regret never celebrating/ Smaller victories that we saved/ I would do that part over,” Peppet sings, detailing the murky line between the things we mourn and the things we remember.
Blunt Bangs [Small Room-Downstairs]
Proper Smoker, the debut LP from indie-supergroup Blunt Bangs, is proof that power pop remains perennial. Boasting a lineup that includes Reggie Youngblood (Black Kids) on guitar and vocals, Christian “Smokey” DeRoeck (Woods, Deep State, Meneguar, Little Gold) on guitar and vocals, and Cash Carter (Tracy Shedd, The Cadets) on drums, Blunt Bangs’ debut melds the canon of 90s indie rock with a spark of optimism for these uncertain times.
