The Veldt w/ Columba Livia, Bad Tiger
Starline Social Club Presents:THE VELDTCOLUMBA LIVIABAD TIGERLive in the Crystal CavernWednesday Sept 7 2022 – Doors @ 6pm **EARLY SHOW**$12 adv // $15 dos18+————————-
Jhariah w/ Jaidon
Slang Church PresentsJHARIAHJAIDONLive in the Crystal CavernFri August 12 2022 – Doors @ 8pm$13 adv // $16 dosAll Ages—————–Genre is not so much a box to be confined in as it is a bag of tricks for Bronx-based musician/animator Jhariah Clare to pull from. The multi-disciplinary artist has a compulsion for writing larger than life songs, stacked high with strings, horns, keys, and broadway-esque vocal arrangements. So attendees of his live show may be surprised to see him hit the stage with no band in sight – just his drummer and musical collaborator Cole Raser seamlessly transitioning from hard-hitting rock cuts to complex swings fit for a Harlem jazz club. That chameleon-like musicality is exactly what makes the two of them such a fitting duo. Jhariah and Cole met through mutual friends at Pratt Institute, studying 2D animation and film, respectively. They quickly hit it off and before long, Jhariah’s solo project became a duo. The two of them function more like a pair of one-man-bands than two parts of a whole. Both emerging from a generation of increasingly self-sufficient independent musicians, this two-piece “band” takes that DIY attitude to heart.
Oso Oso w/ M.A.G.S. and Anxious
Starline Social Club Presents OSO OSOM.A.G.S.ANXIOUSLive in the BallroomTuesday Oct 25 2022 – Doors @ 7pm$19.99 adv // $24 dos18+——————–
Alex Siegel w/ Satchy & The Breathing Room
**POSTPONED FROM 6/25/22 – ALL ORIGINAL TICKETS WILL BE HONORED**Starline Social Club PresentsALEX SIEGELSATCHYTHE BREATHING ROOMLive in the Crystal CavernThursday July 14 2022 – Doors @ 7pm$13 adv // $15 dos18+—————–
Dakota Theim & Saint Solitude
Starline Social Club Presents:DAKOTA THEIMSAINT SOLITUDELive in the Crystal CavernSunday July 24 2022 – Doors at 6pm$11 adv // $13 dos18+—————— How do you create a dialogue with only one voice? Even before forming his shapeshifter musical outfit Saint Solitude in 2006, multi-instrumentalist Dup Crosson was always driven by a desire to sound bigger than he actually was. His brand of sonic alchemy — what he calls “bittersweet fuzz” — might reveal a solitary angst at its core, but has always been a communal call to action for better times. “Resist this slow momentum,” he sang on the early track “And After,” years before that verb was typical news hour jargon. And then later, in far less vague terms, “I want out from within!” The guitar hero dramatics of his beloved Smashing Pumpkins and Oasis may not be wholly evident at first listen, but the gamut between delicacy and ferocity is there to discover with repeated listens. And when you add as many layers as Crosson does, repeated listens are a must. His debut album Journal of Retreat captured pop hooks in all manners of landscapes, grabbing retro surf beats and anthemic piano melodies as often as it melted into more experimental Radiohead mosaics. If this was the product of a sole bedroom producer, not many could tell. Fast-forward seven years to Soul Song Paralytic, an unapologetic musical-visual exploration of grief with the multimedia artist Dara Lorenzo, which was made after a close friend’s death. Crosson and Lorenzo hosted free events to showcase the conceptual work in the Oakland area and build community. Gone were the days of simple, self-contained aspirations. Somewhere between these heavily contrasted albums is a map to Saint Solitude’s ambitious scope and optimistic ennui. Over the years, Crosson has molded the project to fit his geographic and creative whims, touring coast to coast as a one-man loop show for years before staging fully-realized trio and quartet arrangements of his studio blueprints. Expression reigns supreme in Crosson’s home studio, and with good reason – his unexpected instrumental record Flux Camoufleurs, Vol. I garnered licensing spots on Viceland, CMT, and Telemundo networks worldwide, and the Paralytic live show was featured in San Francisco’s inaugural Reimagine: End of Life event series in 2018. With a sixth album, Twilight Reduction, out November 2021, and Crosson recently launching EDBL Music Collective – a production music house he co-founded and composes for – plans in the post-pandemic world are looking toward brighter shores. For a child of the 90s, that’s no small feat.
Treasvre w/ Pleeay & Jah’s Tin
Starline Social Club PresentsTREASVREPLEEAYJAH’S TINLive in the Crystal CavernFriday June 10 2022 – Doors @ 8pm$12 adv // $15 dos18+————–
Covey & Sincere Engineer – Solo Acoustic Tour w/ awakebutstillinbed
Starline Social Club PresentsCOVEY & SINCERE ENGINEERSolo Acoustic Tourw/ awakebutstillinbedMonday July 11, 2022 – Doors @ 7pm$13.50 adv // $17 dos16+————
mehro w/ The Undercurrent (acoustic)
Starline Social Club Presents:mehroThe UndercurrentTues April 26 2022 – Doors at 7pm$13 adv // $15 dosAll Ages—— It is to no one’s surprise that listeners around the globe have fallen for mehro. Cut from the same cloth of earnest songwriters like Elliot Smith, Jeff Buckley and Rufus Wainwright, mehro brings a maturity to music that is missing from the current pop-centric scene. From his deft, poignant lyrics to his sweet, indie sound, mehro’s evocative imagery draws you in as you join him on his journey. Through his masterful compositions, mehro captures the essence of a soul much older and wiser than he seems. SKY ON FIRE, mehro’s highly-praised project about the bleakness of 2020, catapulted the artist to new heights with over 34M streams on all platforms, 350K TikTok views in a single night, and half a million views overall on the platform. The LA native only released his first song in 2020, but his undeniable talent has been recognized by NPR’s All Songs Considered, American Songwriter, FLOOD and The Line of Best Fit—who shared a virtuoso debut live video. Tastemakers like Flaunt, Ones To Watch, C-Heads, and Variance Magazine have also heralded him as one “of the most exciting new artists to arrive.”. Having quickly earned a following of 210K followers on Instagram, the mehro wave shows no sign of breaking as the worldwide love continues to pour in.
Caleb Nichols w/ GOON & Evan Kertman
Starline Social Club PresentsCALEB NICHOLSGOONEVAN KURTMANSaturday April 23 2022 – Doors at 7pmLive in the Crystal Cavern$15adv // $18dos18+——————– Caleb Nichols is a queer writer and musician from San Luis Obispo, CA. Since 2005, Caleb’s played guitar, bass, and sang in bands as disparate as DIY folk-punks the Bloody Heads, mid-2000’s Pitchfork buzz band Port O’Brien, and Rogue Wave side project Release the Sunbird, not to mention his own projects, Grand Lake, CHURCHES and Soft People. He’s published poetry in places like the Longleaf Review, Redivider, Queerlings, and Dear Poetry Journal, and his debut chapbook of poems was called “a gorgeous abundance” by celebrated poet Chen Chen. In 2021 Caleb was signed to legendary indie label Kill Rock Stars. His new EP “Clarion” is out now, and he’s been playing shows with an epic cast of rotating band members that includes Adam and Alex Nash (Goodnight Texas), Kevin Middlekauf (Proxima Parada), Pat Spurgeon (Rogue Wave, the Dandy Warhols) and Joshua Barnhart (Port O’Brien, Strange Pilgrim). The shows are joyful, contagious, and electric, and mark a stunning return to music from a poet and musician who’s just never given up. Kill Rock Stars will release Caleb’s full-length debut solo album on all formats in 2022.
Gully Boys & Niice w/ Slumped
Slang Church Presents:GULLY BOYSNIICESLUMPEDLive in the Crystal CavernTuesday March 29 2022 – Doors @ 7pm$16 adv // $19 dosAll Ages——————–The Gully Boys origin story plays out like the perfect domino effect. While sorting vintage clothes in a Minneapolis-area Ragstock in 2016, Kathy Callahan (she/her) shared her dream of becoming a vocalist with Nadirah McGill (they/them). After encouraging a friend from middle school, Natalie Klemond (she/her), to join the trio on bass, Nadi picked up a pair of drumsticks and counted off a cover of Best Coast’s “Girlfriend.” From there, they had to master their instruments on the fly, growing as creatives while blossoming with their first material. After their debut EP landed online a year later, Gully Boys released their debut LP Not So Brave in 2018, earning Best New Band honors from their hometown City Pages and sharing the stage with everyone from The Hold Steady to Third Eye Blind. The band’s Phony EP arrived in late 2019 on the edge of a screeching halt.Inspired by this break in the action, Favorite Son is a display of resilience and brilliance that brings the extremes of unprecedented times into full view. Gully Boys’ first for Get Better Records is fueled by grief but sustained on exultant self-reliance. It is important to mention, too, that Gully Boys’ mantras and music are tightly linked through community outreach. The band made meals for residents facing housing insecurity in southern Minneapolis in 2020 and repeatedly uses their platform as a base for resource sharing against white supremacy.Favorite Son was produced by Zach Zurn at Carpet Booth Studios. Continuing the lineage of Gully Boys’ harmonious hybrid of garage, pop rock, and punk, the EP carries the weight of eighteen unforgettable months through pure kinetic energy. “The Way” and “I’m Not Yours” open the set with a jolting one-two punch from frantic percussion and even more anxious narratives with narrators ripping away the seams of uncomfortable relationships. This discomfort from a loss of control haunts the fragile “In Another Life,” a portrait of domestic life measured through several wasted decades, and “Russian Doll,” a sugar-coated alt-rock jammer about the bitter pill of screen time, retail therapy, and notification serotonin.But Gully Boys’ mission comes through clearest on the title track, a throbbing and white-hot rejection of gender, where power is granted to favorite sons but usurped by these Boys. It’s a classic case of wolves in sheep’s clothing set to a fiery soundtrack, but it’s also a defiant reclamation of space and sound in a crowded, unnerving scene. While Gully Boys may not be here to completely burn it down, they’re here to rebuild it on their own terms, still learning as they go.