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SATURDAY, MAY 26TH, 2012.
Father John Misty (JTillman) w/ HarMar Superstar
Doors: Stay Tuned.
Ticket Price: $12 // $14
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Singer/songwriter J. Tillman's music paints languid, sadly beautiful portraits of love and life on the margins with the moody depth of Nick Drake and the country-influenced textures of Ryan Adams. Tillman first made a name for himself playing drums in a pair of indie rock bands, Saxon Shore and Stately, while attending college in New York City. In his spare time, however, he began writing material of his own, citing the music of Nick Drake and Pete Seeger and the writings of Flannery O'Connor as key influences. Some of ...
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SUNDAY, MAY 27TH, 2012.
SPARTA
Doors: 6:30pm // Show: 7:30pm
Ticket Price: $13 ADV // $15 DOS
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"Wake up! Can you hear me?" So begins "Cut Your Ribbon," the lead track on Wiretap Scars, the first full-length offering from El Paso, Texas' Sparta. The album is both a logical extension of, and a quantum leap beyond, the ragged promise of the three-song-and-one-remix Austere EP, released in March of 2002. Wiretap Scars is the sound of the underdog triumphant.
"Before Sparta, I was struggling," Jim Ward recalls, "trying to find a happy, ideologically perfect place. Once Paul [Hinojos] suggested pursuing what is now Sparta, there was no more questioning. It felt ... -
TUESDAY, MAY 29TH, 2012.
Margot & the Nuclear So & So's + Dinosaur Feathers + Whispertown
Doors: 6:30pm // Show: 7:30pm
Ticket Price: $12 ADV // $14 DOS
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When the time came to record the follow-up to their debut album The Dust of Retreat at the end of 2007, the eight members of Indianapolis’ art-pop collective Margot and the Nuclear So and So’s traveled to Chicago to camp out in the studio of their new producer Brian Deck. There, during one --->>>
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WEDNESDAY, MAY 30TH, 2012.
tUnE-yArDs
Doors: 6:30pm // Show: 7:30pm
Ticket Price: $17 ADV // $20 DOS
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tUnE-yArDs is the moniker of Oakland-based musician Merrill Garbus. To date, she has two full-length studio albums and is currently signed to the British independent record label 4AD. She was formerly a member of Sister Suvi.
Her debut album Bird-Brains was first released on limited edition vinyl and cassette in June 2009, via the Portland-based imprint Marriage Records. In July 2009, it was announced that tUnE-yArDs had signed to 4AD, and a limited edition pressing of BiRd-BrAiNs was released on --->>>
