Wielded Steel / Surfaced / Anaphylactic Shock / Feral God / F.U.B.A.R.[Small Room-Downstairs]
Solar Powered Love / Sooperflat [Small Room-Downstairs]
Dead Tooth / Puchlove / High. / Mothcat / Alicja N Friends / The Current Situation [Small Room-Downstairs]
After an early stint drumming and singing in Haybaby (Tiny Engines), Zach James began writing and self-producing folk records in his bedroom, donning the name The Silver Spaceman. The project evolved into a post-punk band featuring Andrew Bailey (DIIV) on lead guitar. It snarled and simmered around darker textures, miles away from its early folk roots. James looked to his darkened smile and rechristened the project Dead Tooth. They gained momentum opening for bands like Hand Habits, The Space Lady and Current Joys. After recording their second EP entitled Pig Pile, the pandemic disembodied the band as it did so many others. Ambitious to keep the momentum going and release the EP, James rebuilt the project from the ground up. He added an EWI/Sax player and relinquished his own live guitar duties for a frontman stage persona. The new crew consisting of Taylor Mitchell, James Duncan, Max Idas, Ginno Tacsiat and John Stanesco was quickly picked up by Rough Trade Publishing and Trash Casual Records. Shortly after, they went on to win OWL Winter Madness (a 16 band, 5 week long “battle of the bands” at Brooklyn’s legendary rooftop venue Our Wicked Lady). They then found themselves playing SPIN Magazine’s SXSW showcase alongside The Lemonheads, Bass Drum of Death and Pom Pom Squad. SPIN
Kathy Zhou / Phyrric Vic / Deanna Dixon [Small Room-Downstairs]
Die. / Human Shield / Dryer Fire / Spite house [Small Room-Downstairs]
Auntie Depressant / Zed & The Rockets / Jerry & The Pit Crew [Small Room-Downstairs]
Skum City / Fugitive Droids / Shamefinger / Three vs The Turnpike [Small Room-Downstairs]
Brian Wolff & The Howlers / Mike Hewlett / Fearless Dave & The Tsunamis [Small Room-Downstairs]
Big Fat Cow / Chris Hamlett / Alexis Jade [Small Room-Downstairs]
Beef it or Leave it Big Fat Cow is a post-country band delivering cowpoke fuzz since 2022. Big Fat Cow’s first endeavor was a folk album (Glutton for Punishment) written and recorded by Noah Cassity and mastered and digitized by Kole Waters. Wanting to perform the songs live, Noah recruited the help of Kole on lead guitar alongside childhood friend Alex May to play the bass. Kole was able to bring in Matt Chipman to play drums and finish out the band. Meeting for the first time in KA studios, the newly formed quartet ripped into Noah’s folk songs, turning them into the rock, indie, americana and country inspired pieces that you know today. Each member of the band took and ran with the folk songs that Noah recorded and made it their own, pulling in inspirations from each of their unique musical backgrounds. Big Fat Cow has made themselves a household name in the Kansas City music scene, leaving an impression on everyone who comes out to see them play. With songs you can dance to and songs that will make you cry in the basement of a DIY show, Big Fat Cow is sure to leave their mark. Big Fat Cow is currently working on their first EP, which is set to release in the summer of 2024.
Ben Ricketts / General Labor / Ash Leon / Fosterfalls [Small Room-Downstairs]
