Genre Archives: Concerts

Jens Lekman

By on November 10, 2016 in

STG Presents:
Jens Lekman with Special Guests

8pm doors || $25 advance || All ages, bar with ID

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Biography:
Jens Lekman, born and reared in Gothenburg, Sweden, is a songwriter, adventurer and retired bingo hall employee. Traveling our globe as a wide-open receptor of all it has to offer, Lekman repurposes for his own oeuvre the world’s great, lost pop hooks of past and present. He breathes into them his droll senses of humor, romance and melody and gives them newfound buoyancy. Since his 2004 trifecta of EPs (Maples Leaves, Rocky Dennis in Heaven, You Are the Light) and right on through his acclaimed 2007 full-length, Night Falls Over Kortedala and 2012′s touchingly personal I Know What Love Isn’t, Lekman has made hopeless romantics of us all. In a musical language that has roots in the work of Arthur Russell, The Magnetic Fields, Calvin Johnson and Modern Lovers, Lekman’s songs serve as a reminder to look closer at the world around us, to appreciate the beauty when it’s both in and out of context; at its most heartbreaking, its most loving, and its most absurd.

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard

By on November 10, 2016 in

Neumos Presents:
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard with Special Guests

8pm doors || $18 advance || 21+

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Biography:
Although they formed in 2011 in Melbourne, Australia, King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard’s sense of unfettered sonic exploration makes them easy to mistake for a long-forgotten relic of the psych explosion of the ’60s. With a far-out sound that, at times, feels barely held together, the band evoke the eclectic rock experimentation of Frank Zappa’s early work with the Mothers of Invention as they follow their musical flights of fancy wherever they might go, and let the rest just fall into place on its own. In 2012, the band released 12 Bar Bruise, which they followed up just five months later with 2013’s Eyes Like the Sky, which the band somewhat enigmatically self-described as a “spaghetti western audio book.”

A third full-length, Float Along, Fill Your Lungs, was released in 2013 and was quickly followed by 2014’s Oddments and I’m in Your Mind Fuzz. Still working fast, they released an EP in early 2015. Titled Quarters, it featured four trippy songs that each timed out exactly as 10:10. Later that same year they released yet another album, Paper Mâché Dream Balloon. Now signed to ATO Records, their sound took a detour from expanded jams and fuzzy freakouts to tightly constructed, but still weird, pop songs played exclusively on acoustic instruments. The follow-up album, Nonagon Infinity, was recorded at Daptone Studios and featured some of the band’s heaviest, most forceful psych-rock to date. The 2016 release was recorded so that one track bleeds into the next, then jumps back to the beginning after the last song. They tout it as the “world’s first infinitely looping album.” ~ Gregory Heaney

Sleaford Mods

By on November 2, 2016 in

Neumos & KEXP Present:
Sleaford Mods with Special Guests

7pm doors || $20 advance || 21+

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Biography:
British hip-hop/punk act Sleaford Mods began in 2006 as the recording project of Nottingham vocalist and musician Jason Williamson. The initial seed of the band’s aggressive, no-nonsense, blue-collar sound was worked out by Williamson over the first couple of years both in the studio and at occasional gigs, where he would rap over prerecorded beats and samples. After relocating to London for a time, he returned to Nottingham, where he met Andrew Fearn, a veteran musician who was DJ’ing at the time. The two joined forces in 2010 with Fearn taking on most of the backing tracks, freeing up Williamson to further evolve as a vocalist and lyricist. Their first recorded collaboration was on the CD-R release Wank, which appeared in 2012. Their minimalist combination of either lo-fi drum machine beats or live drums, mixed with pounding bass guitar and Williamson’s ranting wordplay, set the tone that would define the band’s sound.

A prominent festival appearance led to their signing with the abstract punk label Harbinger Sound, which released Sleaford Mods’ 2013 album, Austerity Dogs, their first proper label release and first to receive widespread distribution. The album was critically well-received, and Sleaford Mods’ reputation and profile were raised significantly as they toured the U.K. and Europe. Their follow-up album, Divide and Exit, was released in April 2014. That October, the previously digital-only singles collection Chubbed Up was given a physical release with three bonus tracks. The following month the duo capped off a triumphant 2014 with the Tiswas EP, which expanded on the Divide and Exit cut with previously unreleased tracks. They also collaborated with the Prodigy on the track “Ibiza” and began work on a new album. Key Markets, which took its name from a grocery store in Williamson’s hometown of Grantham, was inspired by “the disorientation of modern existence” and arrived in July 2015. ~ Timothy Monger

The Infamous Stringdusters

By on November 2, 2016 in

Showbox Presents:
The Infamous Stringdusters with Special Guests

7pm doors || $20 advance || 21+

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Biography:
Tradition and innovation provide the interlocking roots of bluegrass and its descendents, a lively dance of elements skipping comfortably from ancient jigs to radio ditties to spacious experimentation. The Infamous Stringdusters joyously embody and carry forward the spirit of Bill Monroe, John Hartford, Earl Scruggs, David Bromberg and other originators in their skilled embrace of this music’s twin gravitational pulls, moving dexterously between homespun legacy and creative expansion, a band firmly grounded in what has come before as they grow strong into tomorrow.

Tennis

By on November 1, 2016 in

Neumos & KEXP Present:
Tennis with Hoops

8pm doors || $16 advance || All ages, bar with ID

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Biography:
Tennis is comprised of couple Alaina Moore and Patrick Riley. The Denver-based duo began writing music together as a way to document their time living at sea on a small forty year old sailboat. The result was their first release, Cape Dory which saw them quickly become one of the most alluring and blogged about bands of the new decade. Moore and Riley followed Cape Dory with Young and Old, which The New Yorker described as “winsome as it is ebullient,” and debuted #1 on Billboard’s Heatseeker Chart and #1 on CMJ Top 200, where it remained for three straight weeks. The album also debuted on Soundscan’s “New Artist Chart” at #1 remaining there for nine consecutive weeks.

In 2013 the Small Sound EP debuted on Communion Music, followed by thousands of miles on the road, and a support tour with sister super-group, Haim. In 2014, the duo released Ritual In Repeat. Produced by Patrick Carney (The Black Keys), Jim Eno (Spoon) and Richard Swift (The Shins), this full length showcases a band in full control of their sound and craft. With well over 12 million streams and multiple television spots, the album has been received with open arms by loyal fans as well as new. Now they are on tour again precipitating the release of new material.

Hippo Campus

By on October 31, 2016 in

The Crocodile Presents: Hippo Campus with Magic City Hippies 8pm doors || $15 advance || All ages, bar with ID Please note: Online ticket sales end one hour prior to show. All ticket sales are nonrefundable & nonexchangeable. ADA seating requests: Purchase tickets & email [email protected]. Please include the show date & a description of your needs. Biography: “There’s a moment in growing up when it becomes clear that the road you walk is your own to cultivate.” A surprisingly profound sentiment for a band of 21-year olds. Nevertheless, it’s a sentimentthatanimatesmuchof lan dmark,thedebutalbumfromMinneapolis’Hippo Campus. From the resplendent “Way It Goes,” a guitar led gallop about the Instagram-filtered church of cool, to the propulsive “Boyish,” a horn-kissed rumination on children of divorce, landmark is shot through with a woozy dissonance between precocious wisdom and old-as-time coming of age stories. The result is a messy, brave, and earnest whole — not to mention, a tectonic shift forward for a young band still discovering itself.

Daya

By on September 26, 2016 in

Showbox Presents:
Daya with Special Guests

7pm doors || $20 advance || $79 VIP || All ages, bar with ID

VIP package:

• One (1) General Admission concert ticket to see Daya

• Early entry for a premium concert view

• Meet & Greet / photo opportunity with Daya

• Invitation to an intimate pre-show sound-check performance

• Q&A session with Daya

• One (1) copy of your show’s set list, dated and signed by Daya (for pick-up after the show)

• One (1) VIP merchandise gift

• One (1) VIP laminate

• Crowd-free merchandise shopping

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Biography:
Seventeen-year-old breakout musician Daya [pronounced “dey-uh”] is driving pop music down a different path. Her latest single “Sit Still, Look Pretty” is currently climbing the charts, sitting in the Top 15 on the iTunes chart and Top 30 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Featured on her debut EP Daya, her first single “Hide Away” is platinum-certified – and quickly approaching double platinum status – garnering more than 205 million streams on Spotify, and notching Top 10 and Top 25 spots on Billboard’s Pop Songs and Hot 100 charts, respectively.

Daya’s distinct vocals are also featured on The Chainsmokers’ single “Don’t Let Me Down,” which hit #1 at pop radio and #3 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart with over 520+ million streams on Spotify. Daya has taken 2016 by storm, with Rolling Stone naming her one of their “10 New Artists You Need to Know,” and InStyle including her as one of the “6 Indie Artists You Should Be Listening to in 2016” as well as a number of high-profile performances on TODAY Show, Good Morning America, The Late Late Show with James Corden, Dancing With The Stars, Radio Disney Music Awards and at the White House’s annual Easter Egg Roll.

She is currently on tour throughout the country and is slated to release her debut full-length album, Sit Still, Look Pretty – which Entertainment Weekly and the New York Times have both called one of the most highly-anticipated albums of the fall – on ArtBeatz on October 7.

The Radio Dept.

By on September 14, 2016 in

Neumos Presents:
The Radio Dept. with GERMANS

8pm doors || $15 advance || 21+

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Biography:
The Radio Dept. was formed in 2001 by Johan Duncanson and Martin Carlberg. The name was stolen from an art pop band Johan had had with a couple of highschool friends during the later part of the 90s. (A little later bass player Lisa Carlberg and drummer Per Blomgren joined the band as they started rehearsing in the way bands so often do.) In 2002 Swedish music magazine Sonic drew attention to the band as the song Why Won’t You Talk About It was featured on their accompanying CD-sampler, which was also how Labrador discovered the band. After having released a 7” on their own label Slottet, the debut four track ep “Against The Tide”, they were signed to Labrador.

The Radio Dept.’s debut album “Lesser Matters”, was released in the spring of 2003 and by then keyboard player Daniel Tjäder had joined the band. The album became an underground success both in Sweden and internationally. The buzz that slowly grew to give the band worldwide recognition came with a little help from XL Recordings who released the album in large parts of the world some time later. In between albums and touring two EP:s were released, Pulling Our Weight in late 2003 and This Past Week in 2005.

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