Pearl & The Oysters w/ Healing Potpourri & Sure Thing
Starline Social Club PresentsPEARL & THE OYSTERSHEALING POTPOURRISURE THINGLive in the Crystal CavernSunday October 30 2022 – Doors @ 7pm$15 adv // $18 dos18+————–Pearl & the Oysters is the French-American duo of Joachim Polack and Juliette Davis. Using a kitchen sink’s worth of instruments, calling in sympathetic musicians, and showing off a very light melodic sensibility, the band’s first two albums were breezy and delightful space age pop.The pair met in high school in Paris and bonded over their mutual love for such seemingly unrelated acts as Burt Bacharach, the Pixies, Chico Buarque, or the Zombies. While studying musicology at the Sorbonne and attending jazz school, they began working on a sound that was equally influenced by space age pop of the ’50s (as well as its revival in the ’90s by bands like Stereolab), and the inspired simplicity of Love You-era Beach Boys. They began recording their first album in Paris, but midway through moved to the U.S., partly so Polack could attend the University of Florida where he began studying Brazilian music at a doctoral level. They finished their self-titled debut in Gainesville, FL and released it in September of 2017.It wasn’t long before they started working on a second album, featuring contributions from a variety of indie musicians, most notably Vulfpeck guitarist Cory Wong, and Alex Brettin of the Mild High Club. The finished album shared a similarly upbeat attitude and breezy pop feel as their debut, but added some fuller arrangements, building on a harmonic vocabulary showing off the band’s growing jazz-pop inclinations. After a couple of years touring as a four-piece and a semi-confidential live tape meant to capture the band’s analog, toy-synth-driven approach to stage performance (Party!, 2019), the duo relocated to Los Angeles in January 2020. There, Polack was able to complete his doctorate while putting the finishing touches on P&TO’s third studio album, Flowerland, to be released in 2021 via Feeltrip Records.
BIG SOUND feat. Meleswave & Friends (First Friday)
Starline Social Club PresentsBIG SOUNDFeat.MELESWAVESHELLHEARTEDELKEEPITPLAYERBUTTASMOOVELive in the BallroomFirst Friday August 5th 2022 – Doors @ 9pmFree with rsvp before 10:30pm / $10 early / $15 advance / $20 at the door21+————The rebirth of Big Sound. Merging cultures and sounds from all over. A touch of everything from Dancehall, Bounce to Hip-hop & RnB. Sounds by your local favorites Meleswave, Shellheart, Edel, Keepitplayer and Buttasmoove.
EKKSTACY w/ Charlie Shuffler
Starline Social Club PresentsEKKSTACYCHARLIE SHUFFLERLive in the BallroomTuesday October 11 2022 – Doors @ 7pm$15 adv // $18 dos18+——————– Twenty-year-old artist EKKSTACY had already dealt with a lifetime of depression and anxiety before a severe mental health episode at age 17 led him to drug-induced psychosis and a suicide attempt. As he bounced back, EKKSTACY immersed himself in music. “I really needed something like an outlet,” he says, “because I didn’t have anybody. So I started writing.” Already a fan of the SoundCloud rap that had blown up in his early teens, he now binged on moody indie rock with the same intensity, in his downtime between shifts at an Amazon warehouse. Working alone and teaching himself as he went, EKKSTACY channeled his musical obsessions and PTSD into songs with brutally honest lyrics about self-harm and sadness, and slate-grey production that recalls early-80s post-punk. When he began posting tracks like his breakthrough single “i walk this earth all by myself” to streaming services, he found an eager audience awaiting him. When a friend crunched the numbers and told EKKSTACY he was making enough money from Spotify to pay his rent, he quit his job the same day. Three short years later, EKKSTACY has amassed a growing cult following, and is poised to release his eagerly-anticipated second LP, Misery, which is sure to make it even bigger. On Misery, the hooks are even hookier, and the lyrics are even rawer, and the entire project is infused with an urgent new energy that brings the anxious aggression and breakneck tempos of early punk into the doomscroll era.
MEZERG w/ Cigarbox Man
Starline Social Club PresentsMEZERGCigarbox ManLive in the BallroomTuesday November 15, 2022 – Doors @ 7pm$25 adv // $30 dos18+————— Multi talented instrumentalist Mezerg is a pioneer of modern music technology and one of the most creative musicians you’re likely to come across. Hands and feet linked to his instrument, he makes electronic music from unexpected elements, with rhythms that ranged from funk to acid techno, improvising with keyboards, effects pedals and the theremin which has become emblematic of his project. Mezerg merges the electronic with the acoustic to create an impressive and unique live performance that you can’t take your eyes off. Somewhere between house music and an acoustic performance, this nightlife one-man band pays homage to both the jazz bars and the nightclubs of this world with a whirlwind of energy and irresistible sounds. After a triumphal tour all over Europe he is ready to bring his unique sound in the US.
Oakadelic Wednesdays: Live Funk Soul & R&B in the Crystal Cavern
Oakadelic Wednesdays Wednesday nights in the Crystal Cavern 10pm // No Cover —– Oakadelic Wednesdays is a weekly live funk, soul, R&B and hip hop jam session at the center of Oakland’s live music scene. As a staple of the east bay, it has brought community together for more than 10 years. With a rotating cast of players each week in the houseband, and with a jam session to follow, it keeps people dancing and communing every time.
Oakadelic Wednesdays: Live Funk Soul & R&B in the Crystal Cavern
Oakadelic Wednesdays Wednesday nights in the Crystal Cavern 10pm // No Cover —– Oakadelic Wednesdays is a weekly live funk, soul, R&B and hip hop jam session at the center of Oakland’s live music scene. As a staple of the east bay, it has brought community together for more than 10 years. With a rotating cast of players each week in the houseband, and with a jam session to follow, it keeps people dancing and communing every time.
Oakadelic Wednesdays: Live Funk Soul & R&B in the Crystal Cavern
Oakadelic Wednesdays Wednesday nights in the Crystal Cavern 10pm // No Cover —– Oakadelic Wednesdays is a weekly live funk, soul, R&B and hip hop jam session at the center of Oakland’s live music scene. As a staple of the east bay, it has brought community together for more than 10 years. With a rotating cast of players each week in the houseband, and with a jam session to follow, it keeps people dancing and communing every time.
Oakadelic Wednesdays: Live Funk Soul & R&B in the Crystal Cavern
Oakadelic Wednesdays Wednesday nights in the Crystal Cavern 10pm // No Cover —– Oakadelic Wednesdays is a weekly live funk, soul, R&B and hip hop jam session at the center of Oakland’s live music scene. As a staple of the east bay, it has brought community together for more than 10 years. With a rotating cast of players each week in the houseband, and with a jam session to follow, it keeps people dancing and communing every time.
Oakadelic Wednesdays: Live Funk Soul & R&B in the Crystal Cavern
Oakadelic Wednesdays Wednesday nights in the Crystal Cavern 10pm // No Cover —– Oakadelic Wednesdays is a weekly live funk, soul, R&B and hip hop jam session at the center of Oakland’s live music scene. As a staple of the east bay, it has brought community together for more than 10 years. With a rotating cast of players each week in the houseband, and with a jam session to follow, it keeps people dancing and communing every time.
DJ MALACHI: Music For the Soul (FREE!!! – SLIDE THRU)
Starline Social Club PresentsDJ MALACHIMusic for the SoulLive in the Social ClubFriday July 22, 2022 – 9pm-1amFREE – JUST SHOW UP—————-