Name: XX Attack Fest Vol 3 Feat. THEE MERRY WIDOWS
Start: 2025-09-06T18:30:00
End: 2025-09-07T01:00:00
Location: Ivy Room

crun3k collective presentsTUESDAY APRIL 14TH—<h2>Unlikely</h2><h2>Typoe</h2><h2>Red Joon</h2>—Doors 6:30pm / Show 7:00pm—IVY ROOM860 San Pablo Avenue, Albany • 21+<h2></h2>

Unlikely + Typoe + Red Joon

Bang The Bay PresentsWEDNESDAY APRIL 16TH—<h2>BANG THE BAY!</h2><h2>Feat.</h2><h2>Phantoms Forever</h2><h2>Normal Weirds</h2><h2>Can’t</h2><h2>Elegant Trash</h2><h2>The BPM’s</h2><h2>Busy Busy</h2><h2>The I Wants</h2>—Every First and Third Wednesday at the Ivy RoomEarly show!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Doors 6:00pm / Show 6:30pm$12.67 Admission / VIP TIX AVAILABLE(*VIP includes a grab bag full of cool stuff! incl A CD, pins, stickers, patches, T-shirts and other new monthly gifts)—IVY ROOM | 21+<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.facebook.com/events/652165827499094/">(rsvp on facebook)</a>

BANG THE BAY! Phantoms Forever + Normal Weirds + Can’t + Elegant Trash

IVY ROOM PRESENTSTHURSDAY APRIL 17TH—<h2>Devereux Scales</h2><h2>SIXLEGS</h2><h2>Xay Cole</h2>—Doors 7:00pm / Show 7:30pm$14.82 ADV / $15 DOOR —-lVY ROOM860 San Pablo Ave, Albany • 21+<h2> Devereux Scales</h2>—Devereux Scales features former members of SF Bay Area bands Fake French, Passing Lanes, Geisha Boys, and Los Angeles' George Glass. Their sound is replete with shadowy, reverb-drenched guitars, pulsating rhythms, and introspective lyrics. All echoing the spirit of the band's shoegaze, post-punk, and indie rock heredity.<h2>SIXLEGS</h2>—Emothereal incorporeal queer insect rock from Fairfield and Oakland;we want to show you the sounds that make us feel real<h2>XAY COLE</h2>—SF - alt/experimental

Devereux Scales + SIXLEGS + Xay Cole

ivy room presentsFRIDAY APRIL 18TH—Personal SpacemanSuper GreensVince Charming Band—Doors 7:30pm / Show 8:00pm$17.82 Advance / $18 Day of Show—IVY ROOM860 San Pablo Avenue, Albany • 21+<h2>Personal Space Man</h2>—Personal Space Man hails from the Bay Area and serves up danceable post-neo-psych alt-space rock. Find PSM shaking brains and bodies across the Bay Area at block parties, venues, and festivals in the woods.<h2>Super Greens</h2>—Super Greens is a funk/rock group based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Their sound is an eclectic mix of funk, soul, blues and rock inspired by artists such as The Meters, Led Zeppelin, The Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Revivalists, and Goose.The high-energy Super Greens sound is driven by the powerhouse vocals of Dave Combs and blistering guitar of Andrew Harris. The band’s rhythm section, consisting of Bill Croughan (bass) Noel Butta (keys), and John Spencer (drums), delivers a bedrock of catchy grooves.Super Greens released their first single, Life Gets Dirty, in the spring of 2023 and have been playing in front of big crowds at venues such as The Independent, Brick and Mortar Music Hall, Ivy Room and Boom Boom Room.<h2>Vince Charming Band</h2>—Vince Charming is one of the Bay Area’s premier singer-songwriters who has been delighting California audiences for decades. His songs combine incisive storytelling, wry wit, social observations, and an endless exploration of the joys and pratfalls of romantic relationships. In late 2022 he released his latest studio album, “Horseshoes and Hand Grenades” &nbsp;and then shortly after reassembled a great new version of Vince Charming Band. They’ve been featuring songs from the album and also plenty of high energy new songs, 4 of which were released in the spring of 2024 as a live performance video and digital EP entitled, “So Totally Right!” In the fall of 2024 they added singer Olive Pants whose harmonies add a whole new dimension to the band! Their sound is described as “Roots Music…and Beyond,” combining the best of classic &amp; alt country, rock, folk, and bluegrass.

Personal Space Man + Super Greens

—Ivy Room presentsSATURDAY APRIL 19TH—DJ Williams BandCollectivity—8pm doors / 8:30pm show$20.91 ADV / $23 Day of Show—IVY ROOM | 21+<h2>DJ Williams Band</h2>—Named a "monster on stage" by Premier Guitar, who also described the six-stringer as "an inspiring and efficient and melodic soloist, with a warm sound and extraordinary technical proficiency," Williams' music crosses genres, melding seamlessly soul, rock and funk. He has carved a name for himself in the touring circuit as the lead guitarist for Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe (Denson is the Rolling Stones longtime saxophonist/tour member) and touring with his eclectic Richmond, VA, funk outfit, DJ Williams Projekt. His fleet-fingered playing has captured the hearts of music lovers across the globe, gracing both intimate small rock venues to large, prestigious music festivals spanning the US, Canada, and Europe.DJ hs shared stages with music legends such as John Legend, Dave Matthews Band, George Clinton, John Oates, Warren Haynes, Ivan Neville, Big Daddy Kane, Sharon Jones &amp; The Dap Kings, Soulive, Levon Helm, Slightly Stoopid, Robert Randolph, Slick Rick, George Clinton, and played guitar for world renowned comedian Hannibal Burress on Hannibal’s comedy tour. DJ Williams is a guitarist/singer-songwriter and producer that continues to leave an indelible mark on the music scene.<h2>Collectivity</h2>—Collectivity is a jazz/funk, psychedelic soul band originally formed in Shanghai, China and now based in the SF Bay Area. We're talking about blistering energy and genre blending from an ensemble of world class musicians with a focus on exploration through collective improvisation. Upbeat grooves, soulful guitar work and tight arrangements are things to expect from a collectivity show. They draw on influences from jazz/funk, gospel and psychedelic soul.With their high energy stage performances, this band has recently opened for Larry Graham at Shanghai Arena, performed in Mongolia at Ulanchabo Stadium, toured in Europe, and headlining festivals across the States, and has been turning heads touring throughout Asia and the US.In addition to the guitar wizardry of bandleader Ben Misterka, the level of musicianship in this band is off the charts. The two horn players have played with Etta James, Boz Scaggs and The New Mastersounds! Bassist Uriah Duffy is one of the most loved on the scene, working with everyone from Christina Aguilera, Whitesnake, Too Short, The Family Stone to name a few. Keys wizard Kevin Wong is one of the most in demand in the Bay and Tokyo. You may have seen James Small on the drums touring the world with Fantastic Negrito. We can't wait to witness firsthand why Collectivity is renowned across several continents.

DJ Williams Band + Collectivity

—Cider Up Shows XXV PresentsFRIDAY JUNE 13TH—Alex Carlin Triad—7pm doors / 7:30pm show$22.97 ADV / $15 Day of Show—IVY ROOM | 21+<h2>Alex Carlin</h2>—Alex Carlin, born in Chicago in 1957, is an American rock musician and songwriter.He was a teenage member of the seminal 1970s California bands Psycotic Pineapple and The Rubinoos.In 1984, "Little Demon", a song co-written by Alex, was the feature musical number performed in the hit comedy film “Bachelor Party”, starring Tom Hanks.In 1990, for six months, Alex extensively toured the Soviet Union with his San Francisco band Alien Beachhead, with bassist Bill MacBeath and drummer Peter Ffrench.In the mid 1990s Alex played lead guitar for Cranford Nix.In 2000, Alex moved to Europe, where he played over a hundred concerts per year for more than a decade, performing in almost every country. Concerts often included the renowned fusion drummer Atma Anur, known for his work with Journey.In 2006, the Scorpions' bassist Paweł Mąciwoda performed on Alex’s recording of his song, "No Sleep, Only Rock and Roll".In 2009, Alex became a Guinness World Records holder for Longest Solo Concert after playing 32 hours of rock songs in Radomsko, Poland.In 2012, he formed the ALEX CARLIN BAND. In addition to Alex, current members are drummer Denis Matuizo and bassist Andrey Samoylov, brother of bassist Peter Samoylov of the legendary Russian band Alisa. For these 8 years, they have been touring all across Russia, performing in every region, as well as in the neighboring Central Asian republics.Alex has a degree in Russian literature from UC Berkeley.For over a decade, concern about Climate Ruin (his coinage) led him to become the foreign correspondent on environment for the Center for Media and Democracy (CMD). He has reported from many United Nations climate conferences, and has presented his own climate restoration plan at both the Poland and Madrid conferences, as well as the 2020 BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) summit in Sochi, Russia.The plan calls for revitalizing Russian fisheries in the northwest Pacific, thus greatly increasing photosynthesis so as to repurpose significant amounts of CO2. As he discusses in the film, Alex believes the plan offers a great opportunity for Russians and Americans to forge friendships and work together.<h2>Rezurex</h2>—Formed in Southern California 2001, Rezurex mix equal parts ’50s rockabilly, punk rock and Catholic mysticism to create one of the most exciting and original bands on the scene!<h2>The Hellflowers</h2>—Formed in 2015 in Los Angeles by Christina and Matt Eskew, The Hellflowers mix the styles of Blondie, Pretenders with the Rock-n-Roll rawness of The Ramones and The Clash.They have released 2 EPs, a Full Length album and are releasing their second full length album in March of 2024. The Hellflowers are fierce supporters of the underground punk, garage and Rock-n-Roll scene, they put on super engaging and high energy live shows that leave the audience wanting more.They have toured all over the West Coast, Mexico, Paris and the UK.<h2>Half Rotten Goddess</h2>—San Francisco Post Punk

Alex Carlin Triad + The Sleepers AD + Sonic Highway

IVY ROOM PRESENTS—THURSDAY APRIL 24TH—<h2>Lizzy Dutton</h2><h2>Fieldress</h2><h2>Emily Brown</h2>—Doors 7:00pm / Show 7:30PM$12.67 ADV TICKETS—IVY ROOM860 San Pablo Avenue, Albany • 21+<h2>Lizzy Dutton</h2>—Lizzy lives in Oakland, California, where she spends most of her time supporting teachers as a math teacher coach in Oakland Unified School District. Her debut full-length album, See It All, comes out April 25 with Anxiety Blanket Records.Co-produced with Geoff Saba (Oakland, CA), See It All is at times woody with striking orchestral arrangements that adorn Lizzy’s acoustic-folk songwriting-style. In other moments, listeners are submerged into synth-laced passages that expand upon her previous sound. Collectively, the 13 tracks serve as a departure from Lizzy’s EP with an ambitious production that is as experimental as it is authentic.<h2>Fieldress</h2>—<h2>Emily Brown</h2>—Emily Brown is a Californian songwriter and poet. Her impressive vocal range, wandering melodies, and conversational lyrical style have drawn frequent comparisons to Joni Mitchell, Judee Sill, and Fiona Apple.

Lizzy Dutton + Fieldress + Emily Brown

Sinister Sounds presentsSATURDAY APRIL 25TH—<h2>Smoke</h2><h2>Sludgebucket</h2><h2>Volume</h2><h2>Vangozeer</h2>7pm doors / 8pm show—IVY ROOM | 21+<h2></h2>

SMOKE + Sludgebucket + Volume + Vangozeer

IVY ROOM PRESENTS—SATURDAY APRIL 26TH—<h2>TAMMY’S CAMARO</h2><h2>(AN EVENING WITH)</h2>—7:00 PM DOORS / 8:00 PM SHOW$23.22 ADV / $25 DOOR—IVY ROOM | 21+<h2>TAMMY’S CAMARO</h2>—Forged in Oakland by a devotion to deep tracks, Tammy's Camaro is a group of friends committed to playing the bitchenest underground rock for a discerning dance crowd.

An Evening w/ Tammy's Camaro

—Ivy Room presentsSUNDAY APRIL 27TH—Paper SatellitesThe LemonhammerNashville HoneymoonLauren and the Queen Bee's—2:30pm doors / 3pm show$20.91 ADV / $15 Day of Show—IVY ROOM | 21+<h2>Paper Satellites</h2>—(alt/pop rock transmissions)<h2>The Lemonhammer</h2>—The Lemon Hammer is a sweet and sour mash-up that goes well with most drinks. They spin stories that span rind bitterness to floral bloom sweet, while the sound is ripe with sticky rhythms, searing leads, and a soul stirring delivery. While its members have been known to say, “Genre is for suckers,“ the Lemon Hammer is growing somewhere on the rock tree, between the folk and blues branches, with leaves of soul, pop, and singer-songwriter shading it<h2>Nashville Honeymoon</h2>—Born in Berkeley and nurtured in live music venues on both sides of the Bay, Nashville Honeymoon is a honkytonk band that plays their own special brand of California country. Hank and Lynne started performing together almost accidentally - a happy accident, as it turns out, because it sparked a musical collaboration that has produced three albums and brought them to venues ranging from the iconic Ivy Room to San Francisco’s Great American Music Hall.Together with their bandmates Tim Wagar and Leor Beary, they offer original tunes that build on country, rockabilly, and honkytonk traditions. Nashville Honeymoon’s songs run the gamut from desire to domesticity, and in classic country style explore the nooks and crannies of the human heart through the drama of everyday life.<h2>Lauren and the Queen Bee's</h2>—(americana, country, alternative)

Paper Satellites + The Lemonhammer + Nashville Honeymoon + Lauren and the Queen Bee's 

ivy room presents—APRIL 28, 2025Victor Krummenacher &amp; His Flying Circus (acoustic)Feat. Jonathan Segel and Greg Lisher (of Camper Van Beethoven)plus special guestsThe Bye Bye Blackbirds—7pm doors / 8pm show$18 ADV* / $23 Day of Show*IVY ROOM | 21+—<h2>Victor Krummenacher &amp; His Flying Circus</h2>—Victor Krummenacher is a co-founder of the bands Camper Van Beethoven and Monks of Doom and a songwriter who has released 11 albums. Krummenacher is also part of the collective The Third Mind with Dave Alvin, David Immerglück, Michael Jerome and Jesse Sykes. He currently resides between Portland, Oregon and Riverside, California.As a recording artist, Krummenacher has been active for more than 40 years and has worked with numerous artists including Cracker, Chrlie Parr, Eyelids, M. Ward, The Minus Five, Steve Barton, McCabe &amp; Mrs. Miller, Camper Van Chadbourne (with Eugene Chadbourne) as well as Two Heads (featuring John Moremen, DJ Bonebrake and Willie Aron), Mushroom, Magnet, and Robi Del Mar.Krummenacher has pursued a solo career as a singer-songwriter since 1994. His tenth solo album, “Silver Smoke of Dreams,” was released in 2021. A compilation of archival material, “If The Devil Gives Me House and Home” was released on September 27, 2024 and a new collection of songs “Block Out The Sun” will be released in 2025.Other recent projects include the album “A Colossal Waste of Light” by Eyelids, on Jealous Butcher, and the sophomore album from The Third Mind, simply entitled “2”, as well as a live release from The Third Mind entitled Live Mind, available on Feb. 14, 2025.<h2>The Bye Bye Blackbirds</h2>—Torchbearers for harmony laden guitar rock in the 21st century, The Bye Bye Blackbirds' sound is a sparkling blend of country and roots influences, classic 60’s guitar pop, 70’s power pop, contemporary indie rock and the college radio heroes of the 1980’s.

Victor Krummenacher & His Flying Circus (acoustic) Feat. Jonathan Segel and Greg Lisher (of Camper Van Beethoven)

IVY ROOM PRESENTS—FRIDAY MAY 2ND—<h2>Marty O’Reilly</h2><h2>plus special guests</h2>—Advance Tickets Available / $25 Day of Show—IVY ROOM860 San Pablo Ave, Albany • 21+<h2> MARTY O’REILLY</h2>—Explaining Marty O’Reilly’s music is like describing a dream. It feels familiar, but at the same time unchartered. His songs sound bluesy but not blues, folk but not folk, soulful but not soul. Marty’s voice is beautiful and unique, his lyrics stark yet lush over gritty electrified guitar, melding beautifully into genre-defying music within the vast definitions of Americana. One can hear an urgency and complexity in the songs, expressing something elemental and perhaps contradictory: love and anger, joy and pain, real and imagined.The live performance is at the core of Marty’s projects. On stage, whether accompanied by a band, or alone, he enters a trance and the music is born again as something new every night. It’s what his followers call “magic”. He goes from raw gospel blues to cinematic epics, from heavy driving grooves to delicately arranged folk songs. Marty leaves the stage out of breath and sweaty, his audience in awe. It's hard to describe, impossible to categorize. Yet people who know the music will try to explain it to you, just as you might struggle to explain a dream in the morning. The details might slip away as you recount them, but the feeling remains. “I started playing music as medicine for myself to feel good and digest some melancholy,” Marty leaves off. “Over time, I realized if music makes me feel good, the people around me who become a part of it will feel good too. It connects us on the same wavelength. I hope to give the world something real and refreshing.

Marty O'Reilly

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PRIVATE EVENT

Handsome Hawk Valentine presentsSUNDAY MAY 4TH—“Return of Dot’s…”The Nickel SlotsOutlaws in the Golden StateMarty Robbins Ghost4pm doors / 5pm show$16.79 ADV / $18 Day of Show—IVY ROOM | 21+<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.facebook.com/events/1139973861195247/">(rsvp on facebook)</a><h2></h2>

The Nickel Slots, Outlaws in the Golden State and Marty Robbins Ghost

ivy room presentsMONDAY MAY 5TH—<h2>MARIEE SIOU</h2>plus special guests—Doors 7pm / Show 7:30pm$23.22 Advance / $25 Day of Show—IVY ROOM860 San Pablo Ave, Albany • 21+—<h2> MARIE SIOU</h2>—Mariee Siou has been a fixture in the Neo-folk scene since her 2007 debut "Faces in the Rocks"—now acclaimed as a cult classic in the indie music world. She is revered for her delicate finger picking and poetic mysticism, often drawing, as from the ether, immense feeling through a voice of soft potency and otherworldly wordsmithing. She is known as a healing singer and as being a visionary artist, channeling and transmitting medicinal qualities through her music. Mariee Siou has extensively toured Europe and the US, and opened for acclaimed artists like Mazzy Star, Buffy St. Marie, Bert Jansch, Brightblack Morning Light, Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy, and Joanna Newsom. In 2021 she played Le Guess Who? In Utrecht, Netherlands, at the invitation of Phil Elverum of The Microphones/Mt. Eerie, and she continues to tour the US and Europe.

Mariee Siou

Bang The Bay PresentsWEDNESDAY APRIL 16TH—<h2>BANG THE BAY!</h2><h2>Feat.</h2><h2>The Great Other</h2><h2>SIDE EYE</h2><h2>Elegant Trash</h2><h2>StarStrut</h2><h2>Zoe Fitzgerald</h2><h2>Janet Noguera</h2>—Every First and Third Wednesday at the Ivy RoomEarly show!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Doors 6:00pm / Show 6:30pm$12.67 Admission / VIP TIX AVAILABLE(*VIP includes a grab bag full of cool stuff! incl A CD, pins, stickers, patches, T-shirts and other new monthly gifts)—IVY ROOM | 21+

BANG THE BAY! Feat.  The Great Other + SIDE EYE + Elegant Trash

Ivy Room presentsTHURSDAY APRIL 25TH—<h2>The Venomous Pinks</h2><h2>United Defiance </h2><h2>Middle-Aged Queers</h2><h2>TBD</h2>—7pm doors / 8pm show—IVY ROOM | 21+<h2>The Venomous Pinks</h2>—The Venomous Pinks are an all-female punk band from Arizona who have been making waves in the scene since 2013. The band is known for their intense and energetic live shows, as well as their catchy melodies and brash punk sound.While every all-female punk band will draw inevitable comparisons to Bikini Kill, few deserve them more and want them less than the Venomous Pinks. They simply want to deliver the most intense, refined, in-your-face, high-energy hardcore punk regardless of gender or background.The Venomous Pinks have shared the stage and earned the respect of a who's who of punk rock royalty, including Dead Kennedys, Bad Religion, and NOFX. They have also played at some of the biggest festivals in the world, such as Punk Rock Holiday, Punk Rock Bowling, and BrakRock.In 2022, The Venomous Pinks released their long-awaited debut LP, Vita Mors. The album perfectly encapsulates who The Venomous Pinks are in 2022: a fusion of unforgettably catchy melodies and brash punk that pushes forth the underlying messages of unity, equality, and positive mental attitude (PMA).Whether you're looking for the slick hardcore punk musicianship of shredding guitars, pounding bass, and thunderous drums or the oft-inspiring message of a band capable of bringing generations of punk rockers together The Venomous Pinks are very much what the present and future look like. These ladies will rock your world in every room of the house, clear out to the parking lot. While their energetic stage performance exhibits a "work hard and play harder" mentality, this tight, punchy three-piece's unapologetic style will ravage your ears with their mix of punk and hardcore.<h2></h2>

The Venomous Pinks

IVY ROOM PRESENTSTHURSDAY APRIL 17TH—<h2>La Gran Puchica</h2><h2>Louda y los Bad Hombres</h2>—Doors 8:00pm / Show 8:30pm—IVY ROOM860 San Pablo Ave, Albany • 21+<h2></h2>

La Gran Puchica + Louda y los Bad Hombres

Presented by TheGoodNews.SATURDAY MAY 10TH—<h2>FUNKTION 510</h2><h2>FEAT. THEGOODNEWS, DEL!, PO3, CTZN</h2>—Doors 8:00pm / Show 8:30pmADVANCE TIX AVAILABLE / $2O DAY OF SHOW —-lVY ROOM860 San Pablo Ave, Albany • 21+

FUNKTION 510: feat. thegoodnews. (DeL! x Po3 x CTZN) and friends

ivy room presentsSUNDAY MAY 11TH—<h2>Ominous Ambiguous</h2><h2>Side Pony</h2><h2>Amina Shareef Ali</h2>—Doors 1:00pm / Show 2:00pmADV TICKETS AVAILABLE / $15 DOOR—IVY ROOM860 San Pablo Avenue, Albany • 21+<h2>Ominous Ambiguous</h2>—Queer SF indie band with an eclectic range of sounds.<h2>Side Pony</h2>—Side Pony is an Oakland-based queer trans low femme weirdo earnest indie rock group, inspired by queercore, 80s power ballads, and too many Virgo songwriters to count. Femme forward vocals with catchy hooks, a retro vibe, and queer punk flare. Side Pony is here for collective liberation and being total homos.<h2>Amina Shareef Ali</h2>—Based in Oakland, California, Amina Shareef Ali performs songs of love and struggle, of pain and wonder, of loss and redemption. Lyrics by turns poignant and sardonic are set against a backdrop of American music both traditional and modern, from folk to punk to country to jazz to rock and roll.Hailing from St. Louis, Missouri, Amina Shareef Ali studied music composition at Oberlin College and moved to the Bay Area in 2007. Amina has released five records: The Once and Future Boyfriend (2010) and Holy Rock and Roll (2011) with her band, The Radical Folksonomy; and the solo albums How to End the War (2011), A Place to Remember the Dead (2014) and In The Dark (Awake Of Course), Vol. 1 (2021).In 2017, Amina came out as a transgender woman.

 Ominous Ambiguous + Side Pony + Amina Shareef Ali

IVY ROOM PRESENTS—THURSDAY MAY 15TH—<h2>GARRAS SUCIAS</h2><h2>COLLISIONVILLE</h2><h2>SILVER FUZZ</h2>—7 PM DOORS / 8PM SHOW$14.73 advance / $15 day of show—IVY ROOM860 San Pablo Ave, Albany • 21+<h2>Garras Sucias</h2>—Garras Sucias was born in 2021 during the pandemic that hit the world. From the ashes of The Sweet Bones, a garage punk rock band from the Bay Area, rises a new fury, undefined by modern thresholds. Garras Sucias takes garage and punk rock beyond their genres. They are influenced by The Kinks, The Ramones, Primal Scream, The Clash, and MC5, with Latin, garage, surf, and punk sounds at play. Spanish lyrics, strumming guitars, raw emotions, harmonies, and riffs are all part of this high-energy music. Garras Sucias takes listeners through stories of love, sex, drugs, and an avalanche of rock. This is a gang of four modern lovers with battery acid surging fiercely through their veins. Their unique bilingual set will infect you with its energy.<h2>Collisionville</h2>—"Northern California's Collisionville fuses a loud, post-punk sound with down-home Americana to create sardonically sincere songs that are well put together and streaked with the humor that eludes more self-serious bands." Eliot Van Buskirk, Wired Magazine<h2>Silver Fuzz</h2>—Silver Fuzz is an Oakland CA based psych-blues/avant roots/ post-punk/ power-pop trio featuring Anthony Pulsipher (Spidermeow, Req'd, Slow Phase), John Hansen (No Alternative,The Savage Resurrection, Screaming Bloody Marys, Luminous Family Trust, Screaming Bloody Marys),Ricardo Ortiz Mayen (Liquid Sky - Hendrix Tribute, Los Azul Lejos) <h2></h2>

Garras Sucias + Collisionville + Silver Fuzz

ivy room presentsFRIDAY MAY 16TH—JOHN BROTHERS PIANO COMPANYTHE DOGWEEDS—Doors 7:00pm / Show 8:00pm$22.97ADV / $28.12 DAY OF SHOW —-lVY ROOM860 San Pablo Ave, Albany • 21+ JOHN BROTHERS PIANO COMPANY—John Brothers Piano Company is an Oakland-based instrumental quartet whose compositions oscillate between incisive part-writing and unrestrained improvisational energy. Guided by this interplay, seemingly disparate influences, from chamber music to hot jazz, are focused through emphatic lyricism.In 2011 a group of friends at UC Berkeley had recently graduated and were contemplating job options. Finding that by hauling their spinet piano to nearby subway stations and busking together they could make enough to survive in the Bay Area, the path forward was clear. After the first few haphazard street shows and a generous write-up in the San Francisco Chronicle, the newly-formed John Brothers Piano Company began receiving opportunities to bring their wild sound in off the street. They landed a weekly residency at an after-hours club where they played from 2-6AM every Friday night for a year and have since been invited to play at The Fonda Theatre, Regency Ballroom, Great American Music Hall, Monterey Jazz Festival, SFJAZZ, Stern Grove Festival, Coup-de-Grace Festival, and Outside Lands. In addition to headlining their own shows across the US, John Brothers Piano Company has supported a variety of international touring artists including Karen O, Joan Osbourne, and Booker T.John Thatcher Boomer (piano, clarinet), Arlo Perlstein (trumpet, piano), Jimi Marks (drums, piano), and Kent Kessinger (bass) inject their diverse musical instincts and backgrounds into every composition. However, the defining quality of the band lies not in what genres it bends or blends, but in the fact that performance has always been their rehearsal space. From their first sidewalk street shows to the weekly speakeasy, an audience has been present throughout the development of their sound. Thus, while JBPC often explores new musical possibilities, the music never strays into the esoteric, for the constant audience demands their unrelenting energy and runs an electric current through everything they produce.—The Dogweeds—The Dogweeds (Oakland, Ca) are an Americana Roots Music band with sister-style vocal harmonies, sweet retro grooves and red hot musicianship. Blending classics from Western Swing to 70's country with heart melting originals, the band features Joan Wilson Rueter on fiddle, guitar and vocals, Rosie Steffy on harmonies and suitcase drums, Dawn Ellerbeck on upright bass, Jared Altura on hollowbody and slide guitar, and virtuosic Jamie Duncan on the telecaster. Their debut EP Honeymoon (released 2024) “embodies all the best traits of dance music: lyrics to make you think, but music to make you move, and a sense that, good or bad, life is still a party.”-Rachel Cholst, Adobe and Teardrops

John Brothers Piano Company + The Dogweeds

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IVY ROOM PRESENTSSUNDAY MAY 18TH—<h2>Nellie’s McKay’s Strange Days: Get Away From Me Tour</h2>Celebrating the release of Gee Whiz: The Get Away From Me Demos<h2>plus special guest</h2>—Doors 7:00pm / Show 7:30pmAdvance Tickets Available / $27 Day of Show(partially seated show)—IVY ROOM860 San Pablo Ave, Albany • 21+—<h2>NELLIE McKAY</h2>—Nellie McKay has announced Gee Whiz: The Get Away From Me Demos, an 18-track collection of rare recordings that led to McKay’s groundbreaking debutalbum, Get Away From Me (2004). Gee Whiz will be available May 9, 2025 onstreaming, CD, and as a 2-LP set on Omnivore Recordings.“I was attracted to the lyrics immediately,” says legendary Beatlesengineer and producer Geoff Emerick, who was drawn to the demos and produced Get AwayFrom Me. “Her level of maturity at such a young age is astounding. You comeacross an artist of this caliber once every 10 or 15 years. And I don’t do a lot ofprojects these days unless something really stands out, like this did.”Composed, performed and produced by Nellie, these revelatory demos wererecorded in 2002 and sold by McKay as a series of handmade CD-R’s. The newdemo collection has been sequenced identically to Get Away From Me, with threeunreleased bonus songs, and mastered by multiple Grammy-winner MichaelGraves.When Get Away From Me was released on February 10, 2004, Rolling Stone gavethe album ★★★★. McKay made her national TV debut on The Late Show withDavid Letterman, and the record landed in the Billboard Top 200. She wascompared to both “Doris Day and Eminem,” said NPR Morning Edition. “And throwin a bit of Billie Holiday for good measure.” “It was a different time,” says Nellie.“But if older reviewers—mostly men—scoffed at her juvenile assessment of GeorgeBush and world politics, with twenty years of hindsight, we can now say that shewas a lot more astute than many of the scholars writing at the time,” writesAudiophix. “Nellie McKay—and her debut album—were not perfect. They werebetter than that. They were real. And in a year that saw seminal punk from GreenDay (American Idiot) and seminal hip hop from Kanye (College Dropout), whichcame out the same day as Get Away From Me, that was enough to make it the bestalbum of the year.”Revisiting the album, Salon named it “one of the great pop albums of the early 21stcentury.” Popmatters writes, “Two decades later, the circumstances and namesdiffer, but the anguish remains the same, as politicians, dictators, and other killersmake life hell for ordinary citizens.

Nellie McKay - Strange Days: Get Away From Me Tour - Celebrating the release of Gee Whiz: The Get Away From Me Demos

ivy room presentsTHURSDAY MAY 22ND—<h2>Electric Machine Gun Tits</h2><h2>The Eyesores</h2><h2>AJAR</h2><h2>Da Pupz</h2>—Doors 7:00pm / Show 7:30pmADVANCE Tickets AVAILABLE / $10 DOOR —IVY ROOM860 San Pablo Avenue, Albany • 21+

Electric Machine Gun Tits + The Eyesores + AJAR + Da Pupz

IVY ROOM PRESENTSFRIDAY MAY 23RD—<h2>YAK ATTACK</h2><h2>BANSHEE TREE</h2><h2>THE WESTONES</h2>—Doors 7:30pm / Show 8:30pm$17.82 ADV / $2O DAY OF SHOW —-lVY ROOM860 San Pablo Ave, Albany • 21+<h2> YAK ATTACK</h2>—Yak Attack is a live electronic power trio. The band's music spans a wide variety of electronic genres (house, trance, breakbeat, drum and bass) and mixes in elements of many other genres such as jazz, funk, and psych. Founded in 2013, Yak Attack has gained recognition nationwide from virtuosic playing, a unique setup of live instruments and live looping with no pre-recorded samples or backing tracks, and compelling live performances featuring lush soundscapes, dynamic improvisation, and DJ-like transitions in continuous sets. The band has toured with an impressive array of national acts, thrown successful afterparties for many bands in numerous states, and has developed a passionate fanbase through its songwriting strength, extensive market history and festival appearances, live show recordings, and curation of an ecstatic, uplifting musical experience.<h2>BANSHEE TREE</h2>—Banshee Tree blurs the lines between jazz, indie, psych and electroswing. Their live performances showcase intricately composed songs that draw on emotions, while a deep pulse gets the dance party raging. Based out of Denver, BT has shared the stage with many national acts including Greensky Bluegrass, Balkan Bump, Twiddle and Leftover Salmon, and they tour nationally for growing audiences.<h2>THE WESTONES</h2>—The Westones are a new supergroup out of Oakland with a catchy psychedelic blend of funk and soul, featuring members of Dirtwire, Con Brio, Midtown Social, Afrolicious, Smoked out Soul and The Routine. The band was formed in 2024 alongside their weekly residency at Degrees Plato in Oakland, where they crafted their sound and developed a local audience. While the residency has come to an end, the Westones have since recorded their debut EP (to be released soon) at Hyde Street Studios in San Francisco, and have been featured as direct support for Diggin Dirt at the Mystic Theater in Petaluma with more upcoming touring dates to be announced.

Yak Attack + Banshee Tree + The Westones

TopShelf Donna PresentsFRIDAY MAY 24TH—PUNK ROCK KARAOKE - Sing punk rock with a live band!8 PM SIGNUPS / 9 PM SHOW🧨 Free Show 🧨—Song list: <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://punkbandkaraoke.com/">punkbandkaraoke.com</a>Be the Next Nobody! —Sponsored by Real Del Valle tequila. Drink specials all night long! —IVY ROOM860 San Pablo Avenue, Albany • 21+<h2></h2>

Punk Band Karaoke - SING PUNK ROCK SONGS WITH A LIVE BAND!

IVY ROOM PRESENTS—SUNDAY MAY 25TH—<h2>Super Creeps</h2><h2>Somebunny Else</h2><h2>Cheugy</h2><h2>The Sleepers A.D.</h2>—Doors 5pm / Show 6pm$12-$15 AT THE DOOR(No fees tix sold at the door any night we’re open)—IVY ROOM860 San Pablo Ave, Albany • 21+—<h2></h2><h2>SUPER CREEPS</h2>—sf bay area based creepzz<h2>SOMEBUNNY ELSE</h2>—Somebunny Else is an edgy, raucous four-piece band comprised of dudes on bass and guitar and ladies on lead vocals and drums. If you crossed 70’s hard rock with 90’s alternative punk rock, we might be the thumpin’ result. We are cheeky, loud and driven by the belief that all songs are really about shagging. Our influences include bands like L7, Rage Against the Machine, B52’s, and the Stooges.<h2>CHEUGY</h2>—A rock band from San Francisco, CA, formed in November 2023 by Chris Welch (bass guitar), Charlie Castillo (Drums) and Julio di Mama (Guitar and vocals).<h2>THE SLEEPERS A.D.</h2>—THE SLEEPERS AD is a newly reformed version of the San Francisco-based band The Sleepers, formed in 1978. They were one of the earliest punk bands in San Francisco, and later took on a darker, moodier post-punk sound, before breaking up in 1981. Sleepers AD is Paul W. Draper, Elliott Shannonhouse, Greg Langston, and Brad Gates.

Super Creeps + Somebunny Else + Cheugy + The Sleepers A.D. 

ivy room presentsWEDNESDAY MAY 28TH—<h2>ASH POWELL Haunted Like Human</h2><h2>Robby D and the EFG's</h2>—Doors 7:00pm / Show 8:00pm$12.67 ADV TICKETS—IVY ROOM860 San Pablo Avenue, Albany • 21+<h2>ASH POWELL</h2>—Accompanied by vintage tones, cinematic symphonies and honest acoustics, Bound to Nowhere is singer-songwriter Ash Powell’s introductory debut. While bringing her listeners on a beautiful journey through the landscapes and experiences of her life, Powell delivers contemporary Americana classics to the forefront of today’s music, blending influences of Brandi Carlile and Patti Smith with her uniquely discovered sense of self. The 28-year old queer musician was raised in Franklin, Tennessee but drifted through many places across the country since then, looking for answers but gaining the knowledge she needed without knowing it. Bound to Nowhere is about movement: the physical and metaphorical notion of moving from one place, person, chapter to another and carrying a piece of those individual adventures with you forever.–Dominique Gomez<h2>HAUNTED LIKE HUMAN</h2>—Nashville duo Haunted Like Human delves into inspired songwriting, sparse arrangements, and frisson-inducing harmonies that mark their music. With a background in poetry and prose, Dale Chapman's granular focus on language is simpatico with Cody Clark’s background in classical guitar, where each note carries its own weight. Limned with nostalgia, soaked in Southern gothic lore, the duo meticulously assembles songs to preserve the spirit of the stories they tell.Praise for Tall Tales &amp; Fables:"... resembles the wisdom a grey sparrow might sing you after it lands on a fence from a long flight north." - American Songwriter"Take a cup of orchestrated folk, sprinkle in some angelic harmonies, and pour in full-bodied production and you get the earthy joy of this Nashville duo." - Glide Magazine"Engaging, honest, intimate and haunting." - At The Barrier"Tall Tales &amp; Fables requires the listener’s full attention to appreciate properly Haunted Like Human’s poignant, sparse musical style."- AmericanaUK

Ash Powell + Haunted Like Human + Robby D and the EFG's

IVY ROOM PRESENTSTHURSDAY MAY 29TH—<h2>MESTIZO BEAT</h2><h2>EL PECADO DE JUANA</h2>—8pm doors / 8:30pm showADV $18 - $23 DOOR—IVY ROOM860 San Pablo Avenue, Albany • 21+<h2>MESTIZO BEAT</h2>—Mestizo Beat is an instrumental group based out of Los Angeles offering the next wave of West Coast Latin Funk. Inspired by the 1960's - 1970’s era of funk &amp; soul, Mestizo Beat mixes afro-latin rhythms with deep grooves and psychedelic overtones that has developed into the bands signature sound. Formed by two brothers, guitarist Aquiles “Lito” Magaña and drummer Agustin "Gus" Magaña, who have carefully curated a unified collective of musicians that when together, can ignite dance floors across the globe.<h2>EL PECADO DE JUANA</h2>—El Pecado De Juana was formed in the summer of 2023. Consisting of Cesar Flores on guitar and vocals along with Ricardo Anzaldo on drums, El Pecado De Juana brings a contemporary feel to genres many folks have grown to love throughout the decades. Both members have musical backgrounds and up to now have been involved in various musical projects.The band’s first single “Bugambilia Boogie” is a disco inspired tune that talks about past experiences of residing in the Southwestern desert.“La Hija Del Palomero” was released January 7th 2024 on all major streaming platforms, marking the band’s second single release.Latin Indie Bolero Rock desde California para el mundo.

Mestizo Beat + El Pecado De Juana

ivy room presentsFRIDAY MAY 30TH—<h2>THE SAM CHASE AND THE UNTRADITIONAL THE LIVE OAKS</h2>—Doors 7:00pm / Show 8:00pm$17.82 Advance / $18 Door—IVY ROOM860 San Pablo Avenue, Albany • 21+<h2> THE SAM CHASE AND THE UNTRADITIONAL</h2>—The Sam Chase &amp; The Untraditional hails from San Francisco, California. This juggernaut of a band blends rock n roll with folk music while maintaining the sensibilities and attitudes that come from growing up on a healthy diet of punk rock. ​The leader of the band is The Sam Chase himself, a natural storyteller with a voice that sounds as if it has weathered many an epic tale. With boot stomping orchestration and lyrics that have been immortalized on the tattooed skin of their fans, The Sam Chase &amp; The Untraditional doesn’t mess around. These are the warriors we need in these troubled times. <h2>THE LIVE OAKS</h2>—The Live Oaks are a Nationally emerging Americana band from the San Francisco, Bay Area. Lead singing/drummer Evan Lanam grew up singing in choirs and playing in many local bands and 8 years ago decided to start The Live Oaks. With the addition of some of the greatest musicians in the Bay Area, The Live Oaks are the real deal, bringing the classic San Francisco soul and rock sounds of the 60-70s to the modern audience. Their live show is a must see.

The Sam Chase and the Untraditional + The Live Oaks

IVY ROOM PRESENTSSATURDAY MAY 31ST—<h2>THE DETROIT COBRAS</h2>(featuring Marcus Durant of Zen Guerrilla, MC50)NEW EP AVAILABLE AT ALL SHOWS!<h2>THE MEMPHIS MURDER MEN</h2>plus TBD—Doors 7:30pm / Show 8:30pm$22.97 Advance / $23 Day of Show----IVY ROOM860 San Pablo Ave, Albany • 21+—(<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.facebook.com/events/5571129379645520">rsvp on facebook</a>) <h2>THE DETROIT COBRAS</h2>&nbsp;I first crossed paths with Marcus Durant, former lead singer of Zen Guerilla, in 2018. My band (The Detroit Cobras) was opening for Wayne Kramer’s MC50, an anniversary celebration of the MC5’s “Kick Out The Jams”.&nbsp;Marcus was handling lead vocals for MC50, honoring former front man, Rob Tyner, with intense performances that went beyond an imitation, or a vocal impersonation. It came from a deeper place and that certainly caught my&nbsp;attention.&nbsp;As a teenager I had the pleasure of working with Tyner and saw more than a passing similarity in Marcus’ vocal approach. Stepping into another singer's shoes and staying true to yourself is just as hard as it sounds. But Marcus had dedication, passion, and an uncanny ability to connect with the audience. Rachel Nagy, of the Detroit Cobras, was an equally impressive vocalist&nbsp;and the two admired each other's delivery and stage presence. Rachel Nagy tragically passed away and much like losing Rob Tyner, this loss was a heavy one...not just for Detroiters, but for music fans all around the world. When talk eventually turned to a possible memorial concert, Marcus offered his services and he handled it with grace and power. A new dynamic was born and we've decided to take this celebration of Rachel to the people.&nbsp;-Mary Cobra

The Detroit Cobras

ivy room presentsSATURDAY JUNE 7TH—<h2>JOLIE HOLLAND</h2><h2>plus special guests</h2>—Doors 7:00pm / Show 8:00pmAdvance Tickets Available / $28 Day of Show—IVY ROOM860 San Pablo Avenue, Albany • 21+ <h2>JOLIE HOLLAND</h2>—A versatile and well-regarded singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer, Jolie Holland combines traditional folk music with jazz and experimental rock elements. A founding member of Vancouver-based Americana group the Be Good Tanyas, she left the band after the release of their debut album, Blue Horse (2000). Since then, Holland has earned acclaim for inventive solo works like Catalpa (2003), The Living and the Dead (2008), Wine Dark Sea (2014), and Haunted Mountain (2023), which consistently push the boundaries of American roots music.Jolie Holland grew up in Texas, where from a young age she experimented with writing, playing, and singing music. By her teens she had learned piano, guitar, and fiddle, and was performing as a traveling musician. San Francisco was home for a time in the mid-'90s before Holland was on her horse again, ambling to Vancouver and founding the neo-traditionalist folk outfit Be Good Tanyas. She contributed to the Tanyas' Blue Horse LP (Nettwerk, 2001) before moving back to San Francisco. There a series of solo demo recordings started making the rounds. Stark yet filled with imagery, Holland's work was folk in an American, Texas tradition, but accessed the fractured hope and gathered darkness of the country's past in beautiful and affecting new ways. The buzz surrounding the demos grew and grew, with national mags lining up with applause and Tom Waits nominating Holland for the esteemed Shortlist music prize. All of this led to Anti's signing Holland in August 2003; that November, the recordings were officially issued as Catalpa.Escondida In April 2004, Holland returned with her actual studio debut. Entitled Escondida, the LP was a skillful blend of blues, folk, gospel, and musky vocal jazz, and immediately established Holland as one of the nation's most important young songwriters. It was followed in 2006 by the equally impressive Springtime Can Kill You. The Living and the Dead appeared in 2008. Holland toured extensively and collaborated on other artists' recordings for the next couple of years. She also relocated to New Orleans. She and co-producer Shahzad Ismaily recorded her next effort, Pint of Blood both in New York and in her home studio and other intimate spaces. It's credited to the quartet Jolie Holland &amp; the Grand Chandeliers, whose other members included Ismaily, guitarist Marc Ribot, and Grey Gersten. The set featured nine new originals and a cover of Townes Van Zandt's "Rex's Blues" as its closer. Pint of Blood was released by Anti in June of 2011. After a three-year hiatus, she announced details of her fifth studio album, the sprawling and clanging, Tom Waits-ian Wine Dark Sea, which was released via Anti in May 2014. In 2017, Holland reunited with her former Be Good Tanyas bandmate Samantha Parton for the LP Wildflower Blues, which featured a powerful cover of Townes Van Zandt's "You Are Not Needed Now."In 2023, Holland teamed up with Big Thief's Buck Meek on the evocative Haunted Mountain, which paired ethereal sonic atmospherics with lyrics rooted in discord and provocation. Meek recorded his own version of the title track, which appeared on his 2023 release, also titled Haunted Mountain.

Jolie Holland

Cider Up Shows XXV PresentsFRIDAY JUNE 13TH—<h2>Plan 9</h2><h2>Rezurex (first bay area show in 10 years)</h2><h2>The Hellflowers (10 year anniversary show)</h2><h2>Half-Rotten Goddess</h2>—8pm doors / 8:30pm show$22.97 ADV / $25 Day of Show—IVY ROOM | 21+<h2>Plan 9</h2>—Plan 9 was started in Oakland, CA as a Misfits tribute band. Years later, this tribute band has grown into a full-fledged horror punk band with acclaimed albums of original songs, including one featuring Jerry Only (“8 Hits from Hell”).<h2>Rezurex</h2>—Formed in Southern California 2001, Rezurex mix equal parts ’50s rockabilly, punk rock and Catholic mysticism to create one of the most exciting and original bands on the scene!<h2>The Hellflowers</h2>—Formed in 2015 in Los Angeles by Christina and Matt Eskew, The Hellflowers mix the styles of Blondie, Pretenders with the Rock-n-Roll rawness of The Ramones and The Clash.They have released 2 EPs, a Full Length album and are releasing their second full length album in March of 2024. The Hellflowers are fierce supporters of the underground punk, garage and Rock-n-Roll scene, they put on super engaging and high energy live shows that leave the audience wanting more.They have toured all over the West Coast, Mexico, Paris and the UK.<h2>Half Rotten Goddess</h2>—San Francisco Post Punk

Plan 9 + Rezurex + The Hellflowers + Half Rotten Goddess

CiderUp Shows XXVSUNDAY JUNE 15TH—<h2>D.I.</h2><h2>Party Force</h2><h2>Scraps</h2><h2>Cement Eater</h2><h2>All To The Grave</h2>—$19.88 ADV / $20 DOORS8pm Doors / 9pm ShowIVY ROOM | 21+

D.I. + Party Force + Scraps + Cement Eater + All To The Grave

IVY ROOM PRESENTS—MONDAY JUNE 16TH—<h2>MC Frontalot &amp; Schaffer The Darklord</h2><h2>plus special guests</h2>—7PM Doors / 8PM Show—Advance Tickets Available / $18 Day of Show—IVY ROOM860 San Pablo Ave, Albany • 21+—<h2>MC Frontalot</h2>— MC Frontalot (née Damian Hess) is the original mastermind of Nerdcore Hip-Hopand still its Final Boss.Front was born in San Francisco and grew up in Berkeley. He was tall and scrawny,had trouble breathing, and could not see well. A special teacher was called in tohelp him attain basic competence on the monkey bars, another to give himstandardized tests meant for older children. Thusly, he was the most popular kid inhis elementary school. Just kidding! He got pushed down a lot and called “nerd.”Did he maybe even deserve it? I mean, really – who strikes out at kickball?He spent the next twenty years or so trying to get over it. And kind of succeeded!Flash forward to 1999: the dotcom bubble is maximally inflated; nerds everywhereimagine themselves to be popular and/or hip. Damian is getting overpaid to codeweb pages, which leaves him free in the evenings to play with audio software. Alongtime idolizer of rappers, he has been committing his own esoteric hip-hopcompositions to four-track tape since high school, revealing them to nobody. But,suddenly! Multi-track desktop studios, cheap pro-grade recording hardware,skyrocketing bandwidth, semi-anonymous web publishing: these factors convergeon Damian’s rap hobby like a flock of winged monkeys. He posts an MC Frontalotweb page, dubbing his output “Nerdcore Hip-Hop” because his audience iscomposed of several Star Wars figurines who live on his desk (and also randominternet people who click on his MP3s by mistake).Somehow, it is a quarter-century later. Nerdcore has metastasized into an internetphenomenon and underground touring powerhouse, with dozens of well establishedlive acts and hundreds of home-studio rhymers self-identifying within the subgenre.MC Frontalot, called alternately the movement's godfather or grandfather (thanks,kids), leads the charge, performing for thousands around the country and atprominent geek gatherings such as Comic-Con, DEF CON, the Penny Arcade Expo,Super MAGFest, and BlizzCon. He’s been featured in The New York Times, Spin,Wired, XXL, Newsweek, CNN, Blender, XLR8R, USA Today, Entertainment Weekly,The London Daily Telegraph, NPR, G4TV, Esquire, Playboy, CMJ, The Guardian (UK),The Wall Street Journal, and scores of city papers nationally and internationally. Hehas released seven studio albums, Nerdcore Rising (Sept 2005), Secrets From TheFuture (Apr 2007), Final Boss (Nov 2008), Zero Day (Apr 2010), Solved (Aug2011), Question Bedtime (Aug 2014), and Net Split, or the Fathomless Heartbreakof Online Itself (March 2019). The documentary feature, Nerdcore Rising: TheMovie, which focuses on Front’s live band and exposes the the Nerdcorephenomenon in general, debuted at the South By Southwest Film Festival in 2008.Front lives in Berkeley, CA, and still spends most of his time rapping into acomputer.<h2>Schaffer The Darklord</h2>—Schaﬀer the Darklord (or STD) is a New York City-based rapper, drummer andcomedian with material best-suited for nerdy and/or hedonistic audiences. With manicenergy fueling a cartoonishly commanding stage presence, STD skewers such topicsas substance abuse, sexual compulsion, urban anxiety and obsessive cat-enthusiasm.Imagine a Frankenstein-esque monster assembled from equal parts Bill Hicks, AdamYauch, Joey Ramone and Prince, stitched together inside the shell of a maniacal heavymetal ex-patriot. STD has released nine albums and is a founding member of thetouring nerdcore hip-hop collective known as the Four-Eyed Horsemen, along with MCLars, Mega Ran and MC Frontalot. When he's not on the road, he produces the NYCburlesque/wrestling hybrid event called “TasselMania.” STD continues to write, recordand perform with great frequency and has no intention of stopping until his rock androll lifestyle destroys him.

MC Frontalot & Schaffer The Darklord

ciderup shows xxv presents —FRIDAY JUNE 20, 2025 —Just Like Heaven (ultimate tribute to The Cure)MiSmiths (Misfits &amp; The Smiths Tribute)Ceremony81 (joy division tribute) —8pm doors / 9pm show $15 ADV* / $18 DAY OF SHOW* IVY ROOM | 21+

Just Like Heaven (ultimate tribute to The Cure) + MiSmiths (Misfits & The Smiths Tribute) + Ceremony81 (joy division tribute) 

ivy room presents—THURSDAY JUNE 26TH—Raze The Maze with Paul HansonCaptain Monk—Doors 7pm / Show 7:30pm$20 Admission—IVY ROOM860 San Pablo Ave, Albany • 21+<h2>Raze The Maze</h2>—Raze the maze is the bay area-born progressive rock band from musical stalwarts, Tarik Ali Ragab and Moorea Dickason. They previously cofounded the Manga Carta Records band, MoeTar. Joining them to play this adventurous and ambitious music live are some of the best musicians in the Bay Area; Paul Hanson on bassoon, Brian Sheu on guitar, Terry Branam on drums and Colin Hogan on keys. This band and creative project from Moorea &amp; Tarik seek to raze the internal maze of fear-based corporate-driven culture and to raise up creativity, connection, and expression in its place through music, art and community.<h2>Captain Monk</h2>—Captain Monk is the solo project from California's Bay Area based multi-instrumentalist and singer/songwriter Jackson Allen. Growing up he was influenced heavily by The Beatles, Steely Dan, Ray Charles and Aretha Franklin. Then found Faith No More, Primus, and Mr. Bungle in his teens. Captain Monk is the vessel to combine all of that into a stew that only The Captain can create.Jackson has appeared on The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon, Ellen, The Late Late Show with James Corden, Good Morning America and many more. His music has been featured in television and movies.Jackson has played and recorded with a wide variety of artists including Aloe Blacc, Whitney Houston, Otis McDonald, The Temptations, Narada Michael Walden, Zara Larrson, Nik West, John Cho, Gary Valenciano, Martin Nievera, Rubi Green, Tom Johnson, MC Hammer, Run DMC and more.

Raze The Maze with Paul Hanson

IVY ROOM PRESENTSFRIDAY JUNE 27TH—<h2>Skip The Needle</h2><h2>Joh Chase</h2><h2>Brittany Ann Tranbaugh</h2>—7:30 pm doors / 8:00 pm showADV TIX AVAILABLE - $20 DOOR—IVY ROOM860 San Pablo Avenue, Albany • 21+<h2>Skip The Needle</h2>—Skip The Needle is an Oakland-based queer female quartet made up of musical superstars of the Bay Area; Vicki Randle (The Tonight Show, Mavis Staples) Shelley Doty (Shelley Doty X-Tet, Jambay), Kofy Brown (Kofy Brown Band, Sistas in the Pit) and Katie Cash (Katie Cash Band, Year of the Fist). Together, they make politically astute, rock n’ roll-funk.<h2>Joh Chase</h2>—Career trajectories are rarely linear or make logical sense. Life is always unpredictable so all you can do is put in good work and keep at it. Joh Chase is a testament to this. Over the past two decades, the Seattle-raised, Los Angeles-based artist has persistently honed their songwriting and toured, opening for acts like Noah Gunderson and David Bazan. This dedication comes out entirely in their songs, which are so timeless, confident, and inviting they can only come from someone who’s devoted their whole life to their craft. Chase’s new album SOLO feels like a turning point for them: it’s the culmination of a lifetime of writing, losing, loving, and doing it all yourself. Out April 26 via Kill Rock Stars, the LP adventurously toes the line between genres and sensibilities but it’s all filtered through Chase’s charming and fully-formed vision. Chase’s musical journey has been a winding but steady evolution. While they were raised Evangelical and originally wrote songs that grappled with leaving the church, Chase found revelations in introspective songwriting. “My brain is completely filled with the music I was raised on: Elton John, The Cranberries, Bonnie Raitt, and the Mamas and the Papas,” they say. “I will always think of my music through that template while trying to find a place for myself in the world and pushing the boundaries of that.” With that foundation, Chase’s songs are dynamic and alive. SOLO gleefully bounces from sizzling blues to bedroom-recorded folk, soaring pop, and intimate indie rock. No two tracks sound alike but they’re all connected by Chase’s patient and enduring vision.<h2>Brittany Ann Tranbaugh</h2>—Brittany Ann Tranbaugh (pronounced TRAN-baw) is a Philadelphia-based songwriter whose queer Americana heartbreaker “Kiss You” won Song of the Year in the 2021 John Lennon Songwriting Contest. Tranbaugh has been writing songs and playing shows as a side gig since she was a teenager, but in February 2023, at 31 years old, she finally quit her office job to pursue a full-time career in music. Her newest release is a self-titled EP produced by Grammy-winner Tyler Chester which showcases Tranbaugh in her new era: energetic, self-assured, surrounded by her beloved musical community, and more commanding as a vocalist and writer than ever before.

Skip The Needle + Joh Chase + Brittany Ann Tranbaugh

CiderUp Shows XXVSATURDAY JUNE 28TH —45 GraveAltar De FeyOctavian WintersDeseos Primitivos—8pm Doors / 9pm ShowIVY ROOM | 21+

45 Grave 

IVY ROOM PRESENTSSATURDAY JULY 19TH—<h2>The Recyclists</h2><h2>Litty DeBungus (closing)</h2><h2>Rosewater</h2>—Doors 7:30pm / Show 8:00pm$23.48 Advance Tickets—IVY ROOM860 San Pablo Ave, Albany • 21+<h2>The Recyclists</h2>—The Recyclists' groove is location based. Let them lead you down the west coast of a grand land mass, near a giant ocean, on a blue ball in a black ocean, somewhere in time. They are driven by a love of horn lines, and a grand desire to funk it up. It’s all original music and always fun.<h2>Litty DeBungus</h2>—Litty deBungus is a 6-10 piece Funk ensemble from Oakland formed in 2018. Litty D inspires people of all kinds to move their bodies and free their minds. With bass-driven rhythms, powerful horn section, searing guitar solos, and soulful vocals - the dance party never stops!<h2>Rosewater</h2>—Dreamy folk music meets vibrant, femme-forward pop - with a touch of sass. Rosewater is a vocal-powered quartet created by singer-songwriters Antonia Miran and Ellen Chamberlin. These two sirens hail from the East Bay and write songs full of poetry and grit that will crack your heart wide open.<h2></h2>

The Recyclists + Litty Debungus + Rosewater

Cider Up Shows XXV PresentsSATURDAY JULY 26TH—<h2>TEMPTATION - a tribute to New Order</h2><h2>DEBASED: A Pixies Tribute</h2><h2>BANG ON - Britpop &amp; Indie Classic Covers</h2><h2>DJ 568</h2>—8pm doors / 8:30pm showADV $18 - $23 DOOR—IVY ROOM860 San Pablo Avenue, Albany • 21+<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.facebook.com/events/1025132012861198/">(rsvp on facebook)</a><h2>TEMPTATION</h2>— Hailing from the Santa Rosa area, TEMPTATION faithfully executes New Order's most enduring hits! <h2>DEBASED</h2>— Since 2015 Debased has been the Bay Area's own Pixies tribute band and they La La Love You! <h2>BANG ON</h2>— Bang On brings you the best of 90's BritPop and indie classic covers including Oasis, Pulp, The Smiths, Suede, James, The Stone Roses, etc.....<h2>DJ 586</h2>—slingin' tunes before, between, and after!

Temptation - Live Tribute To New Order

ciderup shows xxv &amp; ivy room presentsFRIDAY MARCH 21ST—<h2>The Dickies</h2>—Doors 8:00pm / Show 8:30pm—IVY ROOM860 San Pablo Ave, Albany • 21+<h2>The Dickies</h2>—The Dickies were the clown princes of L.A. punk, not to mention surprisingly long-standing veterans of the scene. In fact, by the new millennium, they'd become the oldest surviving punk band still recording new material. In contrast to the snotty, intentionally offensive humor of many comically inclined punk bands, the Dickies were most often goofy, inspired mostly by trashy movies and other pop culture camp, especially on their 1979 debut, The Incredible Shrinking Dickies. Their covers were just as ridiculous as their originals, transforming arena rock anthems ("Nights in White Satin") and bubblegum pop chestnuts alike ("The Tra-La-La Song") into loud, speed-blur punk-pop -- suggesting crossed with L.A. hardcore -- that was their musical stock in trade. As the band got older, their music slowed down little by little, as on 1989's Second Coming, but their sound and their sense of humor stayed largely the same, and they were an avowed influence on new-school punkers like and . From 2000 onward, studio recordings from the Dickies were rare, but touring and live albums kept their name alive, and a pair of singles, 2021's A Gary Glitter Getaway and 2022's Blink 183, confirmed they still had new tricks to share.Inspired by the first wave of punk coming out of New York and London, the Dickies were formed in 1977 in the San Fernando Valley region of Los Angeles. Their initial lineup consisted of cartoon-voiced lead singer Leonard Graves Phillips, guitarist Stan Lee (both of whom would remain constant throughout the band's myriad personnel shifts), keyboardist/saxophonist/guitarist Chuck Wagon (b. Bob Davis), bassist (b. ), and drummer Karlos Kaballero (b. Carlos Caballero). Already local scenesters, the majority of the band had some connection with , either as friends or roadies, and started out mostly as a cover band and an amusing diversion for its members. They started playing around the burgeoning L.A. punk scene within a few weeks of forming, and quickly earned a following with their zany live show, which featured outlandish costumes, puppets, and a midget roadie.On the strength of their demo tape, the Dickies became the first L.A. punk band to score a major-label deal in 1978, when they signed with . That year they issued their debut single, which featured their warp-speed cover of 's "Paranoid" and the originals "Hideous" and "You Drive Me Ape (You Big Gorilla)"; the latter reigned as their signature song for many years afterward. In early 1979, the group's debut album, The Incredible Shrinking Dickies, was released to significant sales in the U.K., where their cover of the "Banana Splits" cartoon theme song became a Top Five hit. By the end of the year, the Dickies were able to put together a follow-up, Dawn of the Dickies, which featured the fan favorites "Attack of the Mole Men" and "Manny, Moe and Jack," plus a jokey, rocked-up cover of ' "Nights in White Satin."<h2></h2>

THE DICKIES

ciderup shows XXV presentsSATURDAY SEPTEMBER 6TH<h2>“XX ATTACK FEST VOL 3”</h2>—<h2>THEE MERRY WIDOWS</h2><h2>TESS &amp; THE DETAILS</h2><h2>ENEMY OF MY ENEMY</h2><h2>FUZZ KIT</h2><h2>THE HYPERDRIVE KITTENS</h2><h2>CHIARA &amp; THE COBRAS</h2>— Doors 6pm / Show 6:30pm $23.48 Advance / $25 Day of Show—-IVY ROOM860 San Pablo Ave, Albany • 21+

XX Attack Fest Vol 3 Feat. THEE MERRY WIDOWS

Ivy Room presentsSUNDAY APRIL 13TH—Shake It! Booty BandJean Fineberg and the Party Monsters—Doors 1:00pm / Show 2:00pmSliding Scale Admission—IVY ROOM860 San Pablo Avenue, Albany • 21+(<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.facebook.com/events/1524575678277253">rsvp on facebook</a>) <h2>SHAKE IT! BOOTY BAND</h2>—Shake It! Booty Band is a super group of top Bay Area Women Musicians. This band is one of the most entertaining, rollickin', funky, disco-down dirty dance bands to hit the scene in a long time. If you are looking for a band that can keep the party on the dance floor, a band that your guests will talk about for weeks, you need to look no further.<h2>JEAN FINEBERG and the PARTY MONSTERS</h2>—The Party Monsters is a soulful good-time high energy Party Dance Band based in the San Francisco Bay Area. We specialize in entertaining audiences of all types and sizes at Festivals and Concerts in the Park and have a blast watching people groove with the music.Playing a mixture of R&amp;B, Motown and New Orleans Blues, the Monsters also play soft Jazz, Swing and Latin styles upon request. The basic band consists of Lead Vocals, Guitar/Vocals, Keyboards/Vocals, Bass &amp; Drums, but can be expanded to add a tight horn section.Veteran musicians with more than 100 years of combined experience entertaining crowds of all sizes, The Party Monsters will have your guests on the dance floor in no time.

Shake It! Booty Band + Jean Fineberg and the Party Monsters

The Last Decade presentsSATURDAY APRIL 12TH—Rage on ParadeThe Last DecadeImmortallicaStone Temple Copilots7pm doors / 8pm show$20 ADV / $25 Day of Show—IVY ROOM | 21+<h2>Rage on Parade</h2>—California’s Premier Rage Against the Machine Experience and only Bay Area based RATM Tribute. Bringing 2 guitars to fully represent the recordings of RATM with a high energy stage show, Rage on Parade brings the passion and sound of the iconic LA band. <h2>Immortallica</h2>—The Bay Area’s Metallica Tribute is a two-time winner of the Bohemian's “Best in the Bay” for Best Metal Band. Covering nearly 80 songs from the 40 plus years of Metallica, all the songs Metallica fans of all generations grew up on —Immortallica brings them to you.<h2>The Last Decade</h2>—The West Coast’s only Nu Metal Tribute! Formed in 2016 in the Bay Area, The Last Decade has been putting on alt rock themed nights all around California and looks to unleash the best Nu Metal hits onto any crowd, from bands like System of a Down, Linkin Park, and many more. <h2>Stone Temple Copilots </h2>—A high-flying authentic Bay Area tribute to rock legends Stone Temple Pilots. Paper Hearts are not dead down in the wicked garden.

Rage on Parade + The Last Decade + Immortallica + Stone Temple Copilots

IVY ROOM PRESENTSFRIDAY APRIL 11TH—<h2>Dirt</h2><h2>Brown Dog</h2><h2>Towhead</h2>—Doors 8:00pm / Show 9:00pm$14.82 ADV / $15 DOOR —-lVY ROOM860 San Pablo Ave, Albany • 21+<h2> </h2>

Dirt + Brown Dog + Towhead

IVY ROOM PRESENTSTHURSDAY APRIL 10TH—<h2>SARAH COOLIDGE LUCY BROOM</h2><h2>HALF STACK</h2>—Doors 7:00pm / Show 8:00pm$15 Advance / $18 Day of Show—IVY ROOM860 San Pablo Ave, Albany • 21+ <h2>SARAH COOLIDGE</h2>—After years of playing in other people's bands, Sarah Coolidge began writing &amp; recording songs in her studio apartment. Her current project channels a blend of 90s slacker rock and folk, alongside Tennessee Mowrey (bass) and Chris Olsen (drums). <h2> LUCY BROOM</h2>—Lucy Broom is a songwriter from Oakdale, CA, currently based out of Oakland, CA. Her music is a blend of Americana, folk-punk, emo and pop-punk. <h2> HALF STACK</h2>—No one can synthesize the charismatic enchantment of brotherhood as it exists in a group of musicians, and no one rambling today is defined by such a magnetic energy as the Bay Area's Half Stack. The smoky fumes of Gram Parsons and Jerry Garcia Band dance with elements of Stereolab and Pixies, creating a charming blend of pop and roadhouse sensibility that delivers the goods. Their newest record Sitting Pretty (Royal Oakie &amp; Forged Artifacts, October 2023) is a further step into the dust of modern life - platitudes on heartache, loss and hope fill the songs out with a casual yet commanding warmth. When you listen to Half Stack, whether you're on a road trip, a long bike ride or playing along on guitar at home, you're transported to a room full of friendly faces on a laid-back summer night. Theirs is the gift of open-hearted expression encapsulated into locomotive rhythms and jauntily affable lyrics. Sitting Pretty is their finest work yet, dialing in the unmistakable glow of connection in each track. It's a warm spot in the sun at your favorite park; it's an old story you could step inside; it's the wind sweeping in from the ocean at the beach. Their message is simple: "it's tough out there, next round is on me.

Sarah Coolidge + Lucy Broom + Half Stack

ivy room presents—APRIL 8THHUMBIRDplus special guests7pm doors / 7:30pm show$16 ADV / $20 Day of ShowIVY ROOM | 21+—<h2>HUMBIRD</h2>—It feels good to be right. We crave the satisfaction, the ease. But what about when you’re not so sure? When you’re unsteady, angry, swayable, and doing your damned best anyway?&nbsp;There’s something refreshingly humane about that uncertainty; about having the guts to try, even if you might be wrong. This is the central tenant of Humbird’s third full-length album, Right On, a radical ethos in this soap-box age, and an effort worth turning up the amps for, resulting in the project’s most electric, playful, mettled record yet.&nbsp;Siri Undlin (the songwriter behind the moniker) and her collaborators tracked live and to tape over the course of two muggy weeks in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. For a collection of songs unafraid of ambiguity, it’s music that bares its teeth. Anger and dismay sizzle in response to current events. Heartbreak feels like sandpaper, while wildflowers bob and sway in an ever-expanding universe.&nbsp;Produced by Shane Leonard and featuring regular contributors Pat Keen (bass, synth, percussion) and Pete Quirsfeld (drums and percussion), the majority of the songs showcase the locked-in rock trio, a progression from the contemplative folk musings of Undlin’s previous releases. Even so, Right On incorporates friendly winks to the more whimsical, soundscape-y improvisations that audiences have come to expect from a Humbird performance - electrified, gritty, Midwest Americana with a little magic fairy dust thrown in.&nbsp;“Right On,” the title track and first song of the album, opens the record with a tone of resigned tenacity. ‘I’m not mad, but I should be / since true love proved unlucky / I cast the dye, I stained my hands / on wrongful judgments and half-baked plans.’ As the song moves through time and space, “being wrong” feels less and less like a failure, and instead transforms into guiding wisdom. The warm tremolo of the guitar maps along the grooves of the rhythm section, creating an atmosphere of inviting imperfection, a clever catalyst for the chorus’ simple melody to launch and land right in the tender part of your sternum.&nbsp;Other notable tracks include “Child Of Violence,” complete with psych-rock phaser pedals, which explores the legacy and impact of white supremacy in middle America; “Cornfields and Roadkill” focuses in on land stolen for profit, and old-growth forests traded for mono-crops in a sonic landscape reminiscent of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. “Song For The Seeds” is a slow-burning synth number, imploring the listener to tear up their lawn. It wields a refrain that will germinate in your mind - a proper earworm.Through observation and deft questioning, the lyrics land less like a political agenda and more like a hard conversation with a friend. All the while, you can hear the summertime pace where the recording took place, and the steady confidence of songs that have already traveled many miles on the road.&nbsp;And those miles - they’re hard-earned. For Undlin, growing up steeped in church choirs and traditional Irish ensembles eventually led to conducting extensive folklore and musical research around the world as a Watson Fellow. That work inspired years of DIY touring around North America, including performing around the twin cities one backyard at a time during the pandemic. Undlin continues to expand and experiment as a writer and bandleader in a way that is fluid with each season, and oddly suited for this particular moment. Following the surprise success of the self-released debut album Pharmakon and the pensive reflections of 2021’s Still Life, Right On is the next iteration in her process of witnessing the world in all its complexity and responding with candid consideration.&nbsp;For loyal fans and new listeners alike, Right On is a mischievously kind offering: a whole heap of songs that are unafraid to bask in the perfectly ordinary and also excruciating possibility that sometimes we’re right, often we’re wrong, but no matter what, music can meet us where we’re at and keep us company along the way.&nbsp;

Humbird

—uc theatre &amp; ivy room present—APRIL 7THSWAMI JOHN REISThe Atom AgeStrangelight—7pm doors / 8pm show$23 ADV /$28 Day of ShowIVY ROOM | 21+<h2>Swami John Reis</h2>—SWAMi jOhN REiS, SWAMi ReCORDS, Rocket from The Crypt, Hot Snakes, PLOSIVS, Night Marchers, Drive Like Jehu, The Sultans, City Of Refuge, etc, etc, etcSwami’s new single "Fed To The Dogs", is out now and the first single off of the upcoming LP "Time To Let You Down", which will be out in March.<h2>The Atom Age</h2>—Having learned almost nothing from playing music for over a decade, The Atom Age convened once again in 23’ to lay down a new record. Their studio, District Recording, in the sleepy tech crusted Valley of Silicon provided the backdrop. The band opted to track live, using as little overdubbing and trickery as one can reasonably get away with. The resulting self-titled LP is from the gut, gloriously smart and stupid, while dropping all the sniffs and secret hints from missed decades past that could be mustered. It’s fun, clever, and at times dumb. Saxes screech, crappy organs wail, and vocals ruin already battered throats. It’s a wall of new and nothing new, all at the same time, poised to punch up your heartbeat and force you to come down from your daily dose of comatose.Whatever strange powers determined their “Johnny Come Lately” fate are still benevolent enough to allow The Atom Age to take a small part in what they love. The group may never find their perfect place in time, but maybe that's the point. It’s why the struggles of making exciting Rock ‘N’ Roll possess them, and like the best stuff from days past, comes spit out as imperfect and as unpredictable as ever.<h2>Strangelight</h2>—Strangelight is a Californian quartet featuring former members of Transistor Transistor, The New Trust, Kowloon Walled City, and Swingin Utters. Their debut album, 'Adult Themes', is 10 tracks of no-frills high-energy punk rock. “Their brand of garage rock is brash, loud, mildly abrasive, and genuinely exuberant. Their most recent record—Material Conditions, out now—quadruples down on that principle, with an even greater emphasis on what makes the quartet special: Everything is at max capacity; nothing is taken too seriously.”Nicholas Senior - New Noise Magazine

Swami John Reis 

Ivy Room presentsSUNDAY APRIL 6TH—<h2>PSYCOTIC PINEAPPLE</h2><h2>ERIC DIN</h2>—Door 3pm /Show 4pm$18.07 ADV TICKET—IVY ROOM860 San Pablo Ave, Albany • 21+<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.facebook.com/events/947720333812779/">(rsvp on facebook)</a> PSYCOTIC PINEAPPLE—If the Psycotic Pineapple could be defined as "punk", then they are the first punk band from the Bay Area, the first version started in 1974. If not, they might be classified as Pre-Punk Garage Rock Pop Satire. Take your pick. The band's musical ability outshines most of the other punk/garage bands that have come and gone over the years. Though live performances are rare, they are still thrashing out their oddly obnoxious version of Rock'n'Roll. They have been attracting younger fans lately, partly because audiences are now more receptive to humor in Rock, unlike the 1970s. They will perform all of their classic "hits", such as "I Wanna Wanna Wanna Wanna Wanna Wanna Wanna Get Rid of You" and "Headcheese". Love 'em or hate 'em, the Psycotic Pineapple is never boring.<h2>Eric Din</h2>—I've been a guitarist and singer-songwriter with The UpTones since the Before Time. These are my solo recordings, starting from 2015. I started Berkeley Cat Records in 2019. BandCamp is the first place I publish these puppies, before I send them into the streaming wilds. Thanks for popping in! Hope you enjoy the tunes.-Bandcamp

Psycotic Pineapple

ivy room presentsSATURDAY APRIL 5, 2025----CHUM-A TRIBUTE TO PHISH (two sets going all night long!)<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.facebook.com/ChumPhishTribute">https://www.facebook.com/ChumPhishTribute</a>----Doors 8pm / Show 9pm----IVY ROOM860 San Pablo Ave, Albany • 21+<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.facebook.com/events/9506696372726402/">(rsvp on facebook)</a>

 CHUM: A Tribute to Phish

ivy room presentsFRIDAY APRIL 4, 2025—COMBO TEZETADISCOS RESACA COLLECTIVEAll dj vinyl set by DiscoteraDoors 8:00pm / Show 9:00pm$15 Advance / $20 Door—IVY ROOM860 San Pablo Ave, Albany • 21+<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.facebook.com/events/1147084143765761/">(rsvp on facebook)</a><h2>COMBO TEZETA</h2>—Combo Tezeta plays a blend of instrumental cumbias, chichas and musica tropical inspired by the late 60's and early 70's era of psychedelic Peru. Layering the reverb fueled sounds of surf onto the foundations of cumbia, the band's focus is to highlight the rich melodies and hypnotic rhythms birthed from the Afro-Latin diaspora.<h2>DISCOS RESACA COLLECTIVE</h2>—DISCOS RESACA is a collective of songwriters whose sounds are distinctly from the Bay Area: mixing traditional cumbias with hip-hop and oldies, honoring the band members’ roots while providing a solid party soundtrack.⁠

Combo Tezeta + Discos Resaca Collective

ivy room presentsAPRIL 3, 2025(partially seated show)—Ghosts in the Garden Album ReleaseKris DelmhorstKristen Ford7pm doors / 8pm show$22 ADV / $25 Day of Show—IVY ROOM | 21+<h2>Kris Delmhorst</h2>—KD GHOSTS IN THE GARDEN MIDSIZE BIO (250 WORDS)Over more than 25 years as an independent artist, Kris Delmhorst has builta body of work characterized by wide-ranging, genre-agnostic curiosity andconstant collaboration. In addition to her nine critically-acclaimed studioalbums, she’s written music for films and TV, contributed as a producer,player, and or/singer to scores of fellow artists’ work, and performedthousands of shows across the US and Europe.Delmhorst’s new album Ghosts in the Garden (3/7/25) is a layered,kaleidoscopic meditation on grief, loss, and fate. Working at Great NorthSound Society, a studio built into an 18th-century Maine farmhouse that nodoubt harbors ghosts of its own, Delmhorst tracked live with Ray Rizzo ondrums, Jeremy Moses Curtis on bass, and Erik Koskinen on guitars. Anillustrious procession of guest vocalists – Anaïs Mitchell, Rose Cousins,Anna Tivel, Ana Egge, Taylor Ashton, Rachel Baiman, Jabe Beyer, andJeffrey Foucault – brings prismatic brilliance to the tracks, refracting theindividual slant of each song’s light.Inhabiting the record are a host of vivid spirits made tangible: the departedand the disappeared, sins and their consequences; lost loves, missedchances, and the invisible sorrows that accompany us all. With richlyobserved details and finely calibrated emotional range, Delmhorst finds thewavelength that illuminates these multitudes and invites them into anexpansive conversation about the ways we’re shaped by loss, and woventogether by unseen threads of love.Kris Delmhorst lives in western Massachusetts with her husband, thesongwriter Jeffrey Foucault, and their daughter.“bold and brilliant”- Irish Times“literate and allusive”- Boston Globe“moody, euphoric and transcendent”- LA Times<h2>Kristen Ford</h2>—Kristen Ford is a singer songwriter and multi-instrumentalist influenced by greats such as Alanis Morrisette, Radiohead and Ani DiFranco. She navigates life as a biracial, queer girl and tours globally in pursuit of the perfect show. Her live performance morphs from unplugged solo acoustic to screaming, electric guitar soloing in front of a rock band to her dynamic one woman band using loops, beatboxing and a healthy case of ADHD to her advantage.Ford’s Righteous Babe Records debut was produced by Ani DiFranco, mixed by John Driskell Hopkins (Zac Brown Band) and is set to release in 2025. Kristen is endorsed by Gallagher Guitars, K&amp;K pickups &amp; G7th Capos

Kris Delmhorst - Ghosts in the Garden Album Release Show

Bang The Bay PresentsWEDNESDAY MARCH 5TH—<h2>BANG THE BAY! </h2><h2>Feat.</h2><h2>Lost Cosmos</h2><h2>Flaming Little Shits</h2><h2>The Ultra Sounds</h2><h2>Elegant Trash</h2><h2>Tigers Eye</h2><h2>Z Trane Electric Band</h2>—Every First and Third Wednesday at the Ivy RoomEarly show!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Doors 6:00pm / Show 6:30pm$12.67 Admission / VIP TIX AVAILABLE(*VIP includes a grab bag full of cool stuff! incl A CD, pins, stickers, patches, T-shirts and other new monthly gifts)—IVY ROOM | 21+

BANG THE BAY! - Lost Cosmos + Flaming Little Shits + The Ultra Sounds + Elegant Trash

victoria victrola presentsSunday, March 30th—<h2>CLUB GUILLOTINE</h2>—Doors 3pm$26.83 Admission / Booths (sold out)(warning, there will be blood!)—IVY ROOM860 San Pablo Ave, Albany • 21+—<h2> Hosts: Ifn Whendy</h2><h2>DJ’s : Nico, Die Weis&nbsp;</h2><h2>Performers: Coco Buttah, Ava Lanche&nbsp;</h2><h2>Puppets: Shadow Circus Creature Theatre&nbsp;</h2>Dance. Lose your head. We'll treat you like royalty." Club Guillotine is a dance club with a Guillotine Stage Show complete with beheadings, sing alongs, performances, and SO MUCH BLOOD. We dare you to wear your finest ivory.Presented by: Victoria Victrola&nbsp;<img src="blob:https://outlook.office365.com/adaa1af7-a211-4022-997d-0f9bf39eee90" alt="">Victoria Victrola [She/Her] - Victoria Victrola is the front woman of Victoria and the Vaudevillains. She throws the occasional whimsical boozy tea party, occasional seance, owns 4 victrolas, surprisingly zero cats and never enough books. You can often find her standing still, falling down stairs, and pounding on the piano. Her music ranges from soft and whispery to clangy bangy piano rock. She is, much to her chagrin, not the author of Sweet Valley High. She loathes unsolicited advice.

Club Guillotine

—ivy room presentsSATURDAY March 29, 2025—MAGIC IN THE OTHERCALTUCKY—7pm Doors / 8pm Show$20 Admission—<h2>Magic In The Other</h2>—A Sacramento-based avant-rock trio crafting music that’s as infectiously danceable as it is profoundly introspective. Led by drummer, lead vocalist, and songwriter Ezra Lipp (ALO, Phil Lesh &amp; Friends), the band merges intricate lyricism—rooted in vulnerability and human connection—with fearless musical creativity. Joined by the fiery and imaginative guitarist Daniel “Dellow” Roholt and the dynamic bassist Alex Reiff, MITO delivers a sound that defies categorization, blending soaring jazz lines, African-inspired rhythms, soul-infused melodies, and the raw adventurousness of rock and roll.Emerging in 2017, MITO quickly gained recognition for their dynamic live shows and thought-provoking music. After a brief hiatus, the band returned in 2024 with a renewed focus and a fresh lineup.Anchored by Lipp’s honest and heartfelt lyrics, MITO’s music engages both the heart and the mind. Whether through melodic anthems or spontaneous improvisations, they continue to push the boundaries of their sound, creating music that is both timeless and cutting-edge.<h2>CALTUCKY</h2>—

MAGIC IN THE OTHER + CALTUCKY

TOPSHELF DONNA PRESENTS—FRIDAY MARCH 28THWILD THINGS OF SPRINGDJ SETS BYMATTHEW SWEETJESSE GSPY-CROB BOSS—8PM DOORSFREE EVENT—IVY ROOM 21+<h2></h2>

Wild Things of Spring

Sinister Sounds presentsTHURSDAY MARCH 27TH—<h2>That Ship Has Sailed</h2><h2>Marrower</h2><h2>Hypnotic Pattern</h2><h2>Under Ego</h2>7pm doors / 8pm show$12.67 ADV / $15 Day of Show—IVY ROOM | 21+<h2>That Ship Has Sailed</h2>—Prehistoric stoner rock power trio featuring ex members of Blessing the Hogs, Your Mom and Serene Lakes.<h2>Marrower</h2>—Marrower is a progressive blackened doom metal band from Oakland, California.<h2>Hypnotic Pattern</h2>—Hypnotic Pattern explores deep, hypnotic themes of mysticism, interstellar conflict, and witchcraft as a vessel to touch on mental health, love, and loss. Their haunting and heavy sound is grounded by Simone’s powerful voice, making them a standout in the doom and heavy rock scene as a female-fronted band.<h2>Under Ego</h2>—Psychedelic Industrial SludgeFairfield, CA<h2></h2>

That Ship Has Sailed + Marrower + Hypnotic Pattern + Under Ego

WEDNESDAY MARCH 26TH6:30PM DOORS / 7PM SHOW$5 Admission<h2>BANDWORKS</h2>---The BandWorks Adult Band Workshop is an 8-week session offering adult musicians a chance to play in a rock band and perform live on-stage.

Bandworks

TUESDAY MARCH 25TH6:30 PM DOORS / 7PM SHOW $5 Admission<h2>BANDWORKS</h2>---The BandWorks Adult Band Workshop is an 8-week session offering adult musicians a chance to play in a rock band and perform live on-stage.

ivy room presentsSUNDAY MARCH 23RD—RAMONAplus special guests—Doors 7:00pm / Show 8:00pm$15* Advance / $20 Day of Show—IVY ROOM860 San Pablo Avenue, Albany • 21+<h2>RAMONA</h2>—A band originating from the border city of Tijuana, Mexico. Composed of Jesus, Omar, Edgar, Luis, Dalia, and Eli, their sound explores Mexican song from the confessional and romantic aspects of national popular genres, combining it with influences from African-American soul music, 70s Latin American psych-rock, European synthesizer avant-garde, and American baroque pop. Their live performance is a mind-blowing journey piloted by some of today's independent scene's youngest and most unstoppable musical minds.Banda originaria de la ciudad fronteriza de Tijuana, México. Integrada por Jesús, Omar, Edgar, Luis, Dalia y Eli. Su sonido explora la canción mexicana desde el confesionalismo y romanticismo de los géneros populares nacionales, y lo compagina con influencias de la música soul afroamericana, el psych-rock latinoamericano de los 70’s, las vanguardias europeas de música para sintetizadores, y el pop barroco estadoounidense. Su acto en vivo es un alucinante viaje tripulado por unas de las mentes musicales más jóvenes e imparables de la escena independiente actual.

RAMONA (Tijuana, MX)

ivy room presents—SATURDAY MARCH 22, 2025—The HumidorsTrianna Feruza and the Heavy HittersAlways Hallways7:30pm doors / 8pm show—IVY ROOM | 21+860 San Pablo Ave, Albany CA<h2>The Humidors</h2>—Hailing from Oakland, California, The Humidors have been churning out their own unique brand of party music for over a decade. Combining elements of hard-hitting funk, greasy soul, vintage R&amp;B, soul jazz, and more you can be sure that this eight-piece unit is committed to the groove in all its shapes and forms.Consisting of some of the best Bay Area musicians and led by the heartfelt lead vocals of Tori Roze, The Humidors have established themselves over their tenure as one of the West Coast's premier funk &amp; soul bands and are committed to spreading the Gospel of Funk to dance floors everywhere. Having shared the stage with acts such as Dumpstaphunk, The New Mastersounds, The Meters' Leo Nocentelli, Shuggie Otis, and the late, great Bernie Worrell, The Humidors are in their element on stage. Bursts and washes of B3, punchy horns, chugging percussion, thumping bass, and burning guitar leads all interweave in an infectious polyrhythmic stew.This band of troubadours has developed a sound that pulls from a melting pot of old-school and modern influences, yet is always rooted in a commitment to ego-less playing that embraces the ensemble approach to funk.The Humidors are Justin Abee (percussion), Patrick Cress (Baritone Sax), Rob Ewing (bass), Mike Mulqueen (guitar/vocals), Scott Okamoto (Trombone), Tori Roze (lead vocals) Stevie Utstein (keyboards/organ), and Adam Willis (drums).<h2>Trianna Feruza and the Heavy Hitters</h2>—Singer-songwriter/multi-instrumentalist out of Santa Cruz CA. Givin’ a new school swagger to Pop-Funk fusion with an R&amp;B twist. Imagine Erykah Badu and Amy Winehouse’s lovechild. Coming from a family embedded in the Folk-World Music scene, Trianna has a diverse musical background, setting the stage for her unique sound and engaging performance.<h2>Always Hallways</h2>—Always Hallways is a Bay Area-based indie pop rock band with influences of blues, classic rock, americana and r&amp;b that knows how to get a crowd movin' and groovin' one moment and in their feels the next! AH values music as a powerful vessel of healing and joy, a celebration of life and community. Come join us right down the hall!

The Humidors, Trianna Feruza and the Heavy Hitters + Always Hallways

ciderup shows xxv presentsFRIDAY MARCH 21ST—<h2>THROW RAG</h2><h2>FLEXX BRONCO</h2><h2>THEM CREATURES</h2><h2>STIGMA 13</h2><h2>—</h2>Doors 8:00pm / Show 8:30pm$25.28 Advance* / $27 Door—IVY ROOM860 San Pablo Ave, Albany • 21+(<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.facebook.com/events/490732910145034/">rsvp on facebook</a>)<h2>THROW RAG</h2>—In the middle of the otherwise barren Colorado Desert in Southern California, second only to Death Valley in its utter desolation, there is the improbable Salton Sea, an enormous man-made saltwater lake created pretty much by accident in the early years of the 20th century. The crazed garage punk outfit Throw Rag are local boys, and the parallels between the landscape of their youth and the music they make are inescapable. Throw Rag's music brings together elements of vintage rockabilly, the Irish folk-punk of the Pogues, the minimalist pop suss of the Ramones and the Undertones, an oddly piratical band persona that recalls, of all people, the near-forgotten U.K. post-punks Tenpole Tudor, plus some good old-fashioned low desert country and blues along with the requisite dose of snotty garage band attitude. Yet somehow the group manages to synthesize all of these disparate influences into something entertainingly unique.<h2></h2><h2></h2>

THROW RAG

Bara Booking presentsTHURSDAY MARCH 20TH, 2025—Titan RageDeathwalkerDiaburaKings Beneath7pm doors / 7:30pm show$12 ADV / $15 Day of Show—IVY ROOM | 21+<h2>Titan Rage</h2>—<h2>Deathwalker</h2>—<h2>Diabura</h2>—<h2>Kings Beneath</h2>—

Titan Rage + Deathwalker + Diabura + Kings Beneath

Bang The Bay Presents<h2>BANG THE BAY! </h2><h2>Feat.</h2>THE UPPIES (NY)GEORGE JR AND THE 911'SEAST BROTHERSELEGANT TRASHTHE KILL POETSPLEASE PLEASE THE I WANTS--Every First and Third Wednesday at the Ivy RoomEarly show!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Doors 6:00pm / Show 6:30pm$10 Admission / $20 VIP*(*VIP includes a grab bag full of cool stuff! incl A CD, pins, stickers, patches, T-shirts and other new monthly gifts)

BANG THE BAY! 

$5 Admission<h2>BANDWORKS</h2>---The BandWorks Adult Band Workshop is an 8-week session offering adult musicians a chance to play in a rock band and perform live on-stage.

ivy room presentsMARCH 16, 2025—“Return of Dot’s…”Trans-Pecos Department Of Dust &amp; WireTell RiverTBD4pm doors / 5pm show$14.73 ADV / $15 Day of Show—IVY ROOM | 21+<h2>Trans-Pecos Department Of Dust &amp; Wire</h2>—Born of the low roads and the high desert…from the Sangre de Cristos to the San Joaquin Valley…we are the Trans Pecos Department Of Dust And Wire<h2>Tell River</h2>—Bay Area American Roots &amp; Alt Country troubadours, Tell River bring a dynamic mix of original music and songwriting. Formed in 2006 by frontman singer songwriter, Adam Tell June, Tell River pushes evocative lyrical imagery throughout their songs painted over a heartfelt canvas in themes of love, loss, life &amp; lust all amongst an epic backdrop of harmonies and guitar driven rock n roll.Influenced by some of the best story tellers in music history, including: Elliot Smith, Wilco, Lucero, Drive By Truckers, Johnny Cash, Neutral Milk Hotel, Tom Waits and Neil Young, Tell River delivers sophistication and dynamics that paint a vivid, evoking sound that is almost impossible to categorize. Their lyrics flirt with the guts of poetry that tackle classic emotional themes with a fresh perspective.From soulful rock ballads to rocking Americana grit; Tell River engages a wide variety of audiences across age, genre and social status.The Return of Dot’s Hoedown - sometimes monthly event featuring americana, honky tonk, rock, indie and roots bands.

Ryan MacNeil and The Big Deal+ Trans-Pecos Department Of Dust & Wire + Tell River + Normal Bird

ivy room presentsFRIDAY MARCH 14—<h2>MIKE DILLON &amp; PUNKADELICK</h2><h2>REED MATHIS</h2>—Doors 7:30pm / Show 8:30pm$21.42 Advance / $23 Door—IVY ROOM860 San Pablo Ave, Albany • 21+<h2>MIKE DILLON &amp; PUNKADELICK</h2>Mike Dillon &amp; Punkadelick makes its recorded debut with Inflorescence, an album of heady, instrumental rock highlighting a band deep in the throes of creative freedom, road tested and wild. Consisting of 10 tracks in 42-minutes, it’s an expansive, focused and fearless collection, representing a world where Duke Ellington and Augustus Pablo rub shoulders with crate-digger exotica, the freak-funk of Parliament and the ‘anything fits’ outsider ethos of acid-fried punks like The Meat Puppets. A trio featuring Mike Dillon (Ricki Lee Jones, Ani DiFranco, Les Claypool) on vibraphone, marimba, Prophet 6, congas, and bongos, Brian Haas (Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey) on Fender Rhodes, piano, bass Moog and melodica and Nikki Glaspie (Beyonce) on drums, cymbals and vocals, Punkadelick is the unified vision of six hands creating a world that often sounds like the work of an ensemble three times the size. During 2020 and 2021, while many music venues were still shuttered, the group began touring, sweating their way through cuts Dillon and Haas had composed during quarantine writing sessions. Locking in on stage, it quickly became clear the band was functioning at a level that made the hair on their arms stand at attention—even for three live music veterans accustomed to life on the road. “It became obvious to let this become a collaboration,” Dillon says. “This is really something all three of us are doing because we have so much love for one another and a love for the music that we started creating.” “There’s only three of us, but we move together like a big, nasty school of fish,” Haas adds, laughing. During the tail end of a 2021 tour, the band booked time to record with engineer—and functioning fourth band member—Chad Meise, and Inflorescence sprouted. Opener “Desert Monsoon,” sets the stage with a spiritual-jazz intro of organ, vibraphone, percussion and wordless vocal coos before crackling to life as a swaggering funk strut. The title track, and “Pandas,” dig into thick dub textures built around Glaspie’s drumming and Haas’s subwoofer-straining bass synths. “Apocalypse Daydream,” which appeared as an exotic head-nodder on 2020’s Shoot the Moon (titled “Apocalyptic Daydreams”) is reborn as a meatier jazz-rock slab where Dillon and Haas circle each other like Television performing as a lounge act on a cruise ship sailing seas of psilocybin. Bending ears and surprising audiences has long been part of Dillon’s MO and Glaspie and Haas act as perfect foils for forays into the weird. While Dillon bristles at the “punk jazz” tag, punk rock and jazz remain core influences to the band, in sound and spirit. “We’re students of the titans of music. We grew up listening to punk and rock ’n’ roll but we also love instrumental music—particularly the forefathers of Black American Music. In our minds, Led Zeppelin and Milt Jackson, Parliament-Funkadelic and The Minutemen, The Bad Brains and Frank Zappa are interconnected influences,” explains Dillon. “All that comes together in how we approach instrumental creative music. Both punk rock and jazz are not prefab things, they’re about the freedom. We have no genre restriction in this band, and people who get it really respect that.” Maybe the greatest example of the band’s punk-steeped sonic free-for-all is “Slowly But Surely,” a track Dillon told Haas to compose as if he were “writing for Queens of the Stone Age.” The song plays like QOTSA translated to piano runs, vibes and deeply swinging drums—big-riff stoner rock upended and played with huge smiles by America’s premier proponents of the unclassifiable. “We try to challenge our listeners. We’re touching a nerve with people who maybe don’t want to see the same songs done in the same variations all night long,” continues Dillon. “Part of my mission is taking these instruments that are primarily designed for the orchestral or jazz world and taking them to the rock world, the club world, running them through pedals and effects. We’re not afraid to be soft, or to surprise. That’s what we all do in this band — get beyond our own conceptions of what music is supposed to be.” “We are so blessed and lucky to do what we do for a living — it’s apparent in the music,” Glaspie chimes in. “It doesn’t matter how the day is going, but we get to the club, set up and crush the gig, all the other stuff doesn’t matter. We’re likeminded individuals who love life, love people and want to spread happiness.”

Mike Dillon & Punkadelick + REED MATHIS

ivy room presentsTHURSDAY MARCH 13TH—Tori Roze and The Hot Mess Harold Imperiled—Doors 7:00pm / Show 8:00pm$12* Advance / $15 Day of Show—IVY ROOM860 San Pablo Avenue, Albany • 21+(rsvp on facebook) <h2>Tori Roze and The Hot Mess</h2>—Tori Roze and The Hot Mess are a soulful force to be reckoned with. This band busts straight through the glass ceiling of genre-bending: original funky jazzy neo-soul music exploding with grit, integrity, and vulnerability. "Roze seduces you with her Erykah Badu-esque flair, and just when you think she can't be any smoother, she claws her way into your ears with her rocking roars" (San Diego City Beat). The Hot Mess, comprised of five exceptional "pocket" players nailing unexpected original arrangements that will “blow your top,” leaves you reeling with toe-tapping excitement. Musically likened to the band Chicago with a slap of Amy Winehouse + Janis Joplin-style vocals; these guys have got the spicy recipe for eargasmic pleasure.<h2>Harold Imperiled</h2>—MUSICA product of the Bay Area’s rich jazz and jam rock scene AND the band’s shared love of 70’s soul-jazz, funk, and early rock fusion, Harold GROOVES.Cinematic, emotional, intellectual, and warm, the instrumental songwriting synthesizes 1970s Herbie Hancock, Idris Muhammad, Jerry Garcia, and Lee Morgan as well as rare groove revivalists Soulive, Greyboy Allstars, and Medeski, Martin, and Wood, and contemporary innovators, Amendola vs. Blades, Charlie Hunter, Adam Deitch, and Khruangbin.MYTHOLOGYHarold Imperiled was born one summer day, an archetypal character of childlike wonder and golden innocence. He came to Bay Area drummer and composer Jared Baird in an intense daydream. The original instrumentals are warm, vibey and gently psychedelic, reflecting pockets of memories, the reveries of childhood, and an inexplicable love of California culture in the 1970s.

Tori Roze and The Hot Mess + Harold Imperiled

Winter Williams presents—WEDNESDAY MARCH 12TH—<h2>Instrumental Funk Session</h2><h2>Featuring Ben Bloom, Billy Thompson, Grant Schroff &amp; Jason Gray</h2>—7:30pm doors / 8:00pm show$103.18ADV / $20 DOOR—IVY ROOM | 21+<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.facebook.com/events/1664374420956631/?acontext=%7B%22event_action_history%22%3A[]%7D">(rsvp on facebook)</a><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" class="in-cell-link" href="https://www.winterwilliamspresents.com/">Winter Williams Presents</a> an Instrumental Funk Session on Wednesday, March 12th at the <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" class="in-cell-link" href="https://www.ivyroom.com/#/events">Ivy Room</a> in Albany, CA. Featured will be Ben Bloom (guitar), Grant Schroff (drums) and Jason Gray (bass) from Seattle-based <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" class="in-cell-link" href="https://www.polyrhythmics.com/">Polyrhythmics</a> with local Billy Thompson (drums) from <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" class="in-cell-link" href="https://www.thegoldsouls.com/">The Gold Souls</a>, <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" class="in-cell-link" href="https://www.bootjuicejams.com/">Boot Juice</a> &amp; <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" class="in-cell-link" href="http://www.sunhopfat.com/">Sun Hop Fat</a>. Join us for another unique music experience curated especially for lovers of instrumental Funk influenced by Afrobeat, Jazz, R&amp;B and more! Doors open at 7:30 and downbeat is 8pm. Featured musicians include: <h2>— BEN BLOOM</h2>—Ben Bloom is a guitarist, performer, recording artist and composer with a rich and diverse career spanning over 25 years. Ben co-founded the instrumental psych/funk band Polyrhythmics and has recorded/performed with and composed music for many of the finest and funkiest, West-Coast, recording and touring projects including: Unsinkable Heavies, Rezin Tooth, Rippin Chicken, The Oscillators, Big Kitty, Funkways, The Funk Revolution, Rezin Tooth, Delvon Lamaar Organ Trio, Seattle Secret Sound Society, War Pigeon and many more. Ben’s unique approach to guitar playing and composition, stems from his love for the great rhythm, funk, and R&amp;B guitar players of the 60’s and 70s. While a skilled lead player who is fully capable of lighting up a stage, Ben is happiest sitting in the pocket and treating his guitar like a percussion instrument, adding syncopated lines, funky rhythm chops and wah wah drenched lines to support and enhance the sonic moment both in studio, and on the bandstand. <h2>Billy D Thompson</h2>— Billy D Thompson is a drummer, songwriter, producer, and engineer based in Sacramento. He brings a unique and joyful approach to the drums at every performance. Both playful and powerful, Billy D has a reputation for welcoming the audience into the music. He’s toured extensively with Boot Juice, and his own band The Gold Souls, and played many California stages with Ten Foot Tiger and Sun Hop Fat. He runs Warm &amp; Fuzzy Music, collaborating with many of Sacramento’s great up and coming artists in the studio. <h2>Grant Schroff</h2>— Grant Schroff has been earning a reputation as a first call drummer, composer and producer for the last 15 years. He is a founding member of Seattle’s psych-funk powerhouse, Polyrhythmics. Holding down the drum chair as well as composing many tunes for the band. Grant is based in Seattle but has toured the United States, Canada and Europe extensivily. He has also recorded and/or toured with Delvon Lamar Organ Trio, Skerik, Lucky Brown and Unsinkable Heavies just to name a few. Currently he is working on his first record as band leader under the name Champagne Bubblebath. <h2>Jason Gray</h2>— Jason Gray is well known as a bass player’s bass player within the deep funk and soul realm. The third co-founder of Seattle’s premier large format Afro-Psych band - the Polyrhythmics, as well as serving as a long-time first call side man for local and regional artists. His heavily rooted bass lines have been inspiring people to move to the groove all across Europe and North America. Also an accomplished studio engineer and producer, he has operated Blue Mallard Recording for the last 15 years in West Seattle. This is where many a Seattle band has passed through to add top-quality recordings to their legacy.<h2> Background</h2>— Started in June, 2023, Instrumental Funk Sessions at the Ivy Room showcase local and touring musicians collaborating in unique combinations that highlight the musicality and virtuosity of each performer. All Sessions feature a core group of musicians joined by surprise guests sitting-in throughout the night. For more information email <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.winterwilliamspresents.com/">winter@winterwilliamspresents.com</a>.

Instrumental Funk Session featuring Ben Bloom, Billy Thompson, Grant Schroff & Jason Gray

winter williams presents—MARCH 12, 2025INSTRUMENTAL FUNKFeaturingBen Bloom Billy D. ThompsonGrant ShroffJason Gray—8pm doors / 8:30 show $10 ADV / $20 DOORIVY ROOM | 21+

Instrumental Funk

Handsome Hawk Valentine &amp; Ivy Room presents—March 9, 2025<h2>THE KOFFIN KATS</h2><h2>The Last Gang</h2><h2>Last Thread</h2>7pm doors / 8pm show$18 ADV / $25 DoorIVY ROOM | 21+THE KOFFIN KATS—The groundwork for what has become the relentlessly-touring sonic assault known as The Koffin Kats was laid near Detroit, Michigan when Vic Victor (Lead Vocalist, Upright Bass) joined forces with long-time friend Tommy Koffin (Guitar). After adding Damian Detroit (Drums) the band kicked off in June 2003, stopping for nothing. Now, with over ten years of touring internationally and over two thousand live shows, the touring trio’s current home is out on the open road.The Koffin Kats began by putting together songs with such subjects as dealing with the horrors of the real world, as well as Science Fiction. The band started in small local bars playing for beer, hoping for gas money, and eventually made their way out of the Midwest. The next couple of years contained positives including numerous North American tours, and negatives concerning changes at the drumming position. During this time they released their first three albums: Koffin Kats (2003), Inhumane (2005), and Straying From The Pack (2006).The three album releases and their supporting tours gained attention for The Koffin Kats and helped get the band noticed in the wide world of punk and psychobilly. In 2007 Vic and Tommy connected with drummer Eric “E-Ball” Walls to record the band’s fourth studio album, Drunk In The Daylight (2008), and catalyzed what the band is now known for: love for their fans and the road, and playing everywhere for everyone willing to watch and listen.In the years following the release of Drunk In The Daylight, The Koffin Kats have established their name performing in Europe, and have also been included on tours with some of the tops acts in psychobilly, including, but not limited to, Mad Sin, Nekromantix, and The Meteors. In 2009 the trio released their fifth studio album, Forever For Hire, and Tommy departed at the year’s end to pursue a normal life. Shortly thereafter, “EZ” Ian Jarrell took over the guitarist position and joined the band on tour. While on the road they worked on the material that would become featured on their split album with fellow psychobilly act 12 Step Rebels, From Our Hands To Yours (2011).The Koffin Kats signed with Sailor’s Grave Records in late 2011, and released Our Way &amp; The Highway in January 2012. The trio supported their sixth studio album’s release with non-stop international touring, finally ending in summer of 2013. In autumn of the same year, they released another full-length album with Sailor’s Grave Records, Born Of The Motor.Early 2014 brought another change to The Koffin Kats’ member roster. Ian Jarrell left the band to handle personal business at home in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Not wanting to bring someone too far removed from The Koffin Kats family into the fold, Vic and Eric enlisted John Kay (Guitar). John was the engineer on some previous KK recordings.The founding lineup returned in 2016. Six years after his departure, Tommy Koffin returned to playing guitar with The Koffin Kats. With Vic Victor on lead vocals and upright bass, and E Ball Walls on drums. In 2017, the trio self released the album “Party Time In The End Times” under the Koffin Kats Records label. The band toured throughout the following years until the Covid 19 Pandemic brought live entertainment to a halt.During the unexpected break from touring, the band took time to write and record. Vic and Tommy put together an acoustic release called “Victor &amp; Koffinfunkle.” Back in writing mode they then focused on new material. This brought about the early 2021 self release of “Ya Can’t Take It With Ya.” A 6 track EP.The band continues to tour and is currently working on new material to release throughout 2023, their 20th anniversary year.THE LAST GANG—The year is 2021. America is still fighting its way through an ongoing pandemic, currently fueled by the ignorance of millions who have decided science isn’t good enough for them. Countless lives have been lost or disrupted by an inefficient government loaded with corrupt politicians, egged on by snake oil salesmen who are inexplicably given nightly platforms on cable TV or allowed to spread their disinformation through social media. Make no mistake: Rome is burning. We are fiddling.Pissed off yet? So is The Last Gang. This California punk quartet had big plans for 2020, with a seemingly endless string of tour dates keeping them on the road in support of their Fat Wreck Chords debut, Keep Them Counting. Crowds were getting bigger. Sing-alongs were getting louder. Spirits were getting higher. The only problem? The band was trying to write a new record simultaneously, and it wasn’t going well.“Our downfall is we want to tour a lot, but it’s sometimes hard for us to write because it takes so much out of me,” begins frontwoman Brenna Red. When the world came to a standstill in March 2020, it was actually a blessing in disguise for Red. She could finally focus on everything happening outside of their tour van — and she quickly realized it wasn’t pretty.“Because COVID happened, I was allowed to not rush, and we stepped back and re-wrote songs,” she explains. “Then I went to Fat Mike’s to write with him, and he challenged me to write more Clash-influenced reggae. I listened to London Calling to get inspired, but I think Joe Strummer once said if you want to be inspired, don’t listen to your idols — listen to your idols’ idols. So I also listened to a lot of Toots And The Maytals and Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry, and a ton of Trojan Records compilations.”One listen to Noise Noise Noise, and you’ll discover a band who has not only pushed their musical boundaries in new and unexpected ways, but a lyricist in Red who has unlocked a new side of herself, spitting barbs both personal and political at whoever might listen. We’re obviously punk at our core,” she says. “People expect to hear something, and that can become tedious and somewhat boring. But when you throw somebody a curveball, if they hate it, that’s fine. But more than likely, they’re gonna go, ‘What is this?’ and it’ll pull them more into the album.”Noise Noise Noise is nothing if not full of curveballs. The album opens with the “Guns Of Brixton”-esque title track, the first of the album’s many forays into guitar upstrokes and elastic basslines. The next curveball comes in the very next track, “WFTW,” the rare punk song that’s four minutes long and feeling a little bit like Searching For A Former Clarity-era Against Me!with Red cramming as many syllables into her verses as humanly possible. It’s also one of many new songs elevated by lead guitarist Ken Aquino, making his recorded debut with the now-quartet.“Ken is a great lead guitar player, but my huge thing I love about Ken is at his core, he’s a melody man — he can sing pretty,” she gushes. “He adds so much to our band.” Aquino also used to work in the same studio as producer Cameron Webb (Motörhead, Sum 41), who just so happened to be behind the boards for Noise Noise Noise (which was also co-produced by NOFX’s Fat Mike and Useless ID’s Yotam Ben Horin). Red was thrilled to reunite with Webb, who previously produced Keep Them Counting. “I know he’s not going to let me sound bad,” she says. “He’s going to push me.”Look no further than “Shameless,” a true gem of the album, a melodic punk banger with Red turning in a career-best vocal performance. The curveballs keep coming deep into the tracklisting, with the sludgy 6/8 tune “Intelligence Is A Plague.” In it, Red fires salvo after salvo at the ignorant masses as well as the publications that prey upon them (marking what is probably the first time alt-right “news” outlet Breitbart has been name-checked in a song).“It was inspired by this overwhelming feeling of ‘Why aren’t we listening to the people who can tell us how to fix these huge problems?’ COVID, climate change, you name it. To me, it’s like, ‘I don’t know what to do, so I’m going to listen to you.’ But those people don’t want to be humble. They’d rather be ignorant and feel like they’re right.”This gets to the crux of Noise Noise Noise: These songs speak to her, and she hopes they speak to you, too. “I write music just to be alive,” she concludes. “I hope there’s something that can be taken from it to make you feel that electricity inside of yourself, whether happiness, pain, bittersweet memories… Just pick apart the art and put it inside of your own life.”LAST THREAD—

Koffin Kats + The Last Gang + Last Thread

ivy room presentsSATURDAY MARCH 8—<h2>VICTIMS FAMILY</h2><h2>NASALROD</h2><h2>SURPLUS 1980</h2>—Doors 8:00pm / Show 8:30pm$21.42 Advance / $23 Door—IVY ROOM860 San Pablo Ave, Albany • 21+<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.facebook.com/events/566442519726850/">(rsvp on facebook)</a><h2>VICTIMS FAMILY</h2>—Formed in Santa Rosa, California, in 1984, Victims Family made an indelible mark in the Punk and Indy scenes with their mad tempo changes and flirtations with Hardcore Punk, Jazz, Funk and Noise textures and satirical and poignant lyrics. In an era when Punk devolved into metal they went in a direction uniquely their own.The original line-up of Ralph Spight (Guitar, Vocals), Larry Boothroyd (Bass) and Devon VrMeer (Drums) caught the collective attention of the underground with their 1986 debut release "Voltage and Violets" (Mordam/Konkurrel), an angry brew of off-kilter rhythms and cut and paste histrionics. On 1988’s "Things I Hate To Admit" (Mordam/Konkurrel) they stretched out further from placid instrumentals leading to furious diatribes about the late 80’s cultural miasma. In a live setting VF was a well-oiled machine, a tight and relentlessly challenging barrage of Devon and Larry’s syncopated attack and Ralph’s alternately musical and noisy approach to both guitar and singing.After Devon’s departure VF roadie Tim Solyan was recruited to fill the drum chair and the resultant 1990 album "White Bread Blues" (Mordam/Konkurrel) was a roller coaster ride through a flaming funhouse. Produced by No Means No drummer John Wright, the album made Victims Family a headlining act throughout Europe and North America. Wright was also brought into produce "The Germ" (Alternative Tentacles/Konkurrel 1992). After splitting for a time in 1992 they came back in 1994 with "Headache Remedy" (Alternative Tentacles/Konkurrel) and 1995’s live set "Four Great Thrash Songs" (Alternative Tentacles/Konkurrel). Then after ten years and six albums VF disbanded or so it seemed.Back in California Larry formed Saturn’s Flea Collar with Austin TX transplant Jason Christian and, needing a guitarist, called on Ralph. The trio explored effects laden sci-fi acid punk on the 7" single "Stretch to Activate" (Alternative Tentacles/Konkurrel, 1996) and the full length "Monosyllabic" (Alternative Tentacles/Konkurrel 1997), toured Europe and the U.S. and disbanded.SFC begat Hellworms which carried the VF torch through their excellent full length "Crowd Repellent" (1998, Alternative Tentacles/Konkurrel) and the "Glamorous Drug Problem" 7" (Very Small Records, 1999).With the departure of drummer Joaquin Spengemann, Ralph and Larry decided to revive the Victims Family name as an umbrella under which to play both old and new material from all three bands. After months of frustrating drummer auditions and false starts, David Gleza (ex-of My Name) was recruited and the trio began writing and recording an album entitled "Apocalicious", (Alternative Tentacles/Konkurrel, 2001). After several tours and a split single with Fleshies (Alternative Tentacles,2001) Gleza left the band to return to his native Washington State. Frustrated with their inability to keep the band together,Ralph and Larry called it quits. Ralph forming The Freak Accident and Larry formed Triclops with members of Fleshies, Bottles and Skulls and Lower 48.In 2004 Victims Family regrouped for two marathon twentieth anniversary concerts in Northern California with Tim Solyan, which also featured Ralph and Larry’s other groups The Freak Accident,Meow Meow and the Meow Meows,Saturn’s Flea Collar and Hellworms. This began a sporadic regrouping of the classic line up of the band with Solyan on drums. When they were approached in 2008 by Gerry Stumbaugh of their hometown’s Saint Rose Records to re-issue first three records, now long out of print in North America, they agreed, and began playing concerts in support of the release. The release of the “White Bread Blues" reissue (Saint Rose Records,2010) the band began playing live shows in earnest again, supporting No Means No at Petaluma’s venerable Phoenix Theater and Alternative Tentacles 30th anniversary show at San Francisco’s Great American Music Hall.An invitation from the band Sabot to play Chris Rankin’s birthday party in Tabor,Czech Republic led to a 9 shows in 9 days swing through Europe in April-May 2010. Another 13 shows in 12 days swing in May of 2012 preceded the release of the first new Victims Family material in over 10 years, the “Have a Nice Day/Let’s Cancel The Future” 7” (Alternative Tentacles). Victims Family has continued to play shows throughout the Western US as time and worldwide pandemics permit and Ralph and Larry have remained active as members of Jello Biafra and the Guantanamo School of Medicine as well as their other projects.2024 has seen the band release their first new music in over a decade in the form of a Split LP with Portland Oregon band NASALROD entitled “In The Modern Meatspace”. The two bands have formed a close alliance over the past few years, sharing stages up and down the West Coast resulting in the combined album on Nasalrod bassist Mandy Morgan’s Nadine Records label. Victims Family plans to close out 2024 opening California shows with San Diego indie rockers Pinback and Canadian dates opening for Dead Bob, the new project of NOMEANSNO drummer and sometime VF producer John Wright.<h2>NASALROD</h2>—Described by the legendary Lydia Lunch as “harsh, hard...catchy, weird, arty" and "a very unique blend that defies category,” Portland's Nasalrod is a collaborative vision. The intensity of drummer Spit Stix (a founding member of the seminal L.A. punk band FEAR) is a major driving force behind the ferocious spazz-rock and roll quartet. The band is currently performing its frenetic act in support of their new split 12" record with Bay Area luminaries Victims Family (this record is currently available in the Alternative Tentacles catalog).Armed with a notoriously frantic live show, Nasalrod has found that originality and insanity can go hand in hand. Lead singer Chairman’s sneering, kooky yet soulful vocals soar over a sound that is simultaneously melodic, violent and convulsive. Spit Stix, guitarist Mustin Douch, and bassist Mandy Morgan provide a sonic backdrop that is the demented and freakish heart of the band. Their new split LP In the Modern Meatspace has been described by <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://weekinpop.com">weekinpop.com</a> as “raucous and radically defiant…a party crashing cavalcade of confidence and cavalier fancy".Nasalrod has shared stages with various acts such as Mudhoney, Melt-Banana, Mike Watt, D.O.A., Big Business, and The Avengers.<h2>SURPLUS 1980</h2>—Masterminded by Sleepytime Gorilla Museum's former percussionist Moe Staiano, Surplus 1980 is a whip-smart, progressive post-punk art rock band from Oakland, CA. Surplus 1980 takes cues from the angular punk bands of the 1980s, fusing a fierce, muscular attack with experimental out-jazz and elements of progressive rock. A hallmark of Surplus 1980's music is the inclusion of timbres outside of the typical "rock band" realm, including orchestral instruments such as violin and oboe, as well as unusual sounds like glockenspiel or toy piano. These unexpected sounds add a unique texture to the music that sets Surplus 1980 apart. Coupled with Staiano's playful and introspective lyrics, Surplus 1980's music updates the post-punk aesthetic with their own kind of "maximal minimalism.<h2></h2>

VICTIMS FAMILY & NASALROD + Surplus 1980

IVY ROOM PRESENTS—FRIDAY MARCH 7TH—<h2>Jenny Don't And The Spurs</h2><h2>Mitch Polzak &amp; The Royal Deuces</h2>—7 PM DOORS / 8PM SHOW$20.91 advance / $23 day of show—IVY ROOM 860 San Pablo Ave, Albany • 21+<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.facebook.com/events/1268620480844066/">(rsvp on facebook)</a><h2>JENNY DON’T AND THE SPURS</h2>—Jenny Don’t and the Spurs have been pioneering their own path in the music world for over a dozen years. Known for their high-energy Country Western style and captivating stage presence, they've garnered a global following with their infectious enthusiasm, and extensive discography, featuring three albums, an EP, and nine singles.Their 2021 LP, Fire on the Ridge, expanded their horizons, leading them on tours to continents where few other country bands have had the opportunity to perform, affirming their formidable presence in the country music scene. This latest release, "Broken Hearted Blue," set to debut on June 14th, 2024, adds even more fuel to their fire.With their exciting new album, Broken Hearted Blue Jenny Don’t and the Spurs present 10 dynamic songs that channel the essence of the Northwest’s music sounds while evoking the nostalgia of the Western frontier. The album bursts forth with the explosive energy of the opening track, "Flyin' High," akin to a wild horse spurred by a crack of lightning. The song skillfully merges the band's garage-rock origins with their distinct western sound, characterized by a driving tempo and gritty fuzz tones. From the outset, this album asserts itself as a standout in the country music scene, with its high-octane rockin' western delivery approach setting it apart from the herd.​Jenny Don’t earned her moniker in her youth for her strong-willed and independent nature, often defying authority figures much to their consternation. This inherent rebelliousness led her to resonate with the authentic outlaw spirit of Country Western music. Such influences shine through in songs like "Pain in my Heart” and “One More Night,” where the band channels the bold attitude and vocal style reminiscent of classic country legends like Johnny Paycheck and George Jones. Their music authentically captures the outlaw spirit while paying homage to the genre's iconic figures.Born in New Mexico, Jenny later relocated to Washington state at a young age. Growing up, she navigated the contrasting landscapes of the lush Pacific Northwest and the vast Southwestern desert, which greatly influenced her songwriting. In the title track "Broken Hearted Blue," Jenny's haunting vocals capture the intensity of a fleeting romantic moment, complemented by lead guitarist Christopher March's guitar work, which echoes the haunting allure of the desert night sky with its reverb-drenched tones.Growing up poor in a tiny rural Washington community, Jenny spent her early years living in a converted single-wide trailer. Spending her summers herding cows and catching garter snakes in the tall grass, she could only dream of traveling to the kinds of exotic locales to which the band’s tours have taken her. The song “You’re What I Need” is an ode to the fans whose support has made this possible.“Traveling the world as a musician and experiencing the enthusiasm of our fans who come to see us is an incredible feeling that's difficult to put into words” says Don’t. “We all feel immense gratitude towards everyone who has supported us through the years. They’re the ones who’ve inspired ‘You’re What I Need.’Broken Hearted Blue is a significant milestone, as it marks Buddy Weeks' debut on drums. The loss of longtime drummer Sam Henry (The Wipers, Poison Idea, Napalm Beach) to cancer in 2022 was a devastating blow that would have halted many bands. However, instead of slowing down, the band intensified their touring and recording efforts, determined to honor Sam's legacy by forging ahead with their musical journey.Weeks' inclusion in the band marks not only a new chapter but also adds a fresh perspective and energy, symbolizing their resilience.With "Bones in the Sand," Jenny Don’t and the Spurs draw from that profound experience, crafting a song that intricately blends dark and luminous sonic textures. March's resonant low baritone guitar captures the somber tones of loss, contrasting with the vibrant shimmer of the 12-string acoustic guitar, symbolizing hope and resilience. Together, the band constructs a rich musical narrative that reflects the multifaceted nature of the experience, while the vocals offer insight and guide the listener through the emotional exploration.“Despite the loss we faced, our band's core and aspirations remain steadfast. With the release of our new album, we're embarking on a new trail that bridges our past experiences with the promise of what's yet to come,” explains Don’t. “We’ve got a lot of open road ahead of us.”Produced by Collin Hegna (Brian Jonestown Massacre, Federale), this album is a testament to Hegna's meticulous craftsmanship. With his guidance, Jenny Don’t and the Spurs have created a musical tapestry that highlights each member's talents.“On this album, bass player Kelly Halliburton and I collaborated more closely than ever, shaping most of the musical parts together”, reflecting on their growth both as a couple and as a band. Jenny expresses, "We're just fed up with mainstream music's repetitive nature and the confines of genres. Each of us brings our own musical flavors to the table, emphasizing the importance of authenticity over conformity. Our music pulls from a variety of genres, which can be a bit tricky to define. But Collin really nailed it, capturing our blend of country, rock and roll, with that added touch of Western charm."Broken Hearted Blue presents a cohesive assortment of varied tracks. From the thunderous bass lines of the instrumental "Sidewinder" to the infectious melodies of "Unlucky Love," reminiscent of Lee Hazelwood's 60s style, each song possesses its own distinct charm while seamlessly upholding the album's western essence.Much like the rhinestones on their custom outfits, handcrafted by Jenny herself, the album shines brightly, illustrating the band's dedication to creating memorable and authentic music.<h2>MITCH POLZAK &amp; THE ROYAL DEUCES</h2>—The big guy from out West and larger than life energy (he’s also 6’5’) performer, guitarist, singer, banjoist, songwriter, composer, entertainer, musical historian and teacher Mitch Polzak wears his heart on his sleeve and his playing in his heart.Polzak performs rockabilly and 60’s country music with the religious fervor of Jerry Lee Lewis and Johnny Cash and delivers a Honky Tonk ballad with the sincerity of Merle Haggard and Waylon Jennings. Mitch will bring a room to a fevered pitch of joyous energy on the dance floor and then tell you a story in a song like two old friends sitting at a kitchen table at midnight.His virtuosic guitar skills and influences range from the blazing flying fingers of Joe Maphis , Marty Stuart, Roy Clark, and Don Rich to the timeless dreamlike state of “Sleepwalk” by Santo and Johnny along with the vast valleys of deep rumbling twang associated with Duane Eddy.There is not one singular definition of Polzak’s music but that is very specific to what he does. Being fluent in the musical languages of Country, Rockabilly, Honky Tonk, The Bakersfield Sound, Surf, early Rock and Roll, Bluegrass, Cajun, Blues, and Truck Driving music gives Polzak the unique voice of the melting pot of the American musical experience. This is why he consistently connects with so many people directly at every show.Polzak’s abundant joy in communicating with people through music leaps off the stage through every fiber of his being. His near-constant genuine smile can be seen clear across the room and invites you in without any pretense or judgements. Some call him “The Honky Tonk Mister Rogers”!Make no mistake though. Underneath that smile is a deep and reverent respect for the history and integrity of the music and musicians who came before him and created the sounds and told their stories.Just as Waylon Jennings created his own outlaw sound, as Johnny Cash could never be put in a box, the full throttle intensity of Jerry Lee Lewis’s rock and roll grabs us and takes to a time and place, Polzak’s live show has the unvarnished purity of the Bakersfield Sound paying homage to his California musical heroes Buck Owens, Merle Haggard, Wynn Stewart and Dwight Yokam. It’s a heaping helping, but a Mitch Polzak show brings all of these musical flavors to the table in a potluck of American musical flavor.Polzak learned firsthand from some of his musical influences, sharing the stage with legends like Don Maddox of The Maddox Bros. and Rose, deeply respected contemporary and friend Deke Dickerspn, The Ragin’ Cajun Doug Kershaw, Rockabilly icons Joe Clay and Gene Summers, former Bluegrass Boy and West Coast music pioneer Peter Rowan and Cajun greats Jimmy Breaux, Andrew Carriere, and Blake Miller. He has also shared the bill with Brian Setzer, Jerry Lee Lewis, Duane Eddy, The Stray Cats, Big Sandy and The Fly Rite Boys, and Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives.

Jenny Don't and the Spurs + Mitch Polzak & The Royal Deuces

Bang The Bay Presents<h2>BANG THE BAY! Feat.</h2><h2>Feat. Silver Fuzz </h2><h2>The Chuckleberrys </h2><h2>Lowlife Coach</h2><h2>Elegant Trash</h2><h2>Fast Friends</h2><h2>The Sean Conneries </h2>Every First and Third Wednesday at the Ivy RoomEarly show!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Doors 6:00pm / Show 6:30pm$10 Admission / $20 VIP*(*VIP includes a grab bag full of cool stuff! incl A CD, pins, stickers, patches, T-shirts and other new monthly gifts)

BANG THE BAY! Feat. Silver Fuzz + The Chuckleberrys 

IVY ROOM PRESENTS —<h2>Jenny Owen Youngs</h2><h2>Jenny O.</h2>—7 PM Doors / 8 PM ShowTicket Price - $20.91 ADVANCEIVY ROOM | 21+(rsvp on facebook)<h2>JENNY OWENS YOUNGS</h2>—In the decade since Jenny Owen Youngs last released a full-length album, she’s toured the world, co-written a #1 hit single, launched a wildly popular podcast, landed a book deal, placed songs in a slew of films and television series, moved from Brooklyn to Los Angeles to coastal Maine, and gotten married, divorced, and married again. She’s done everything, it seems, except release another album….until now.Avalanche, Youngs’ exceptional debut for Yep Roc records, offers up an achingly beautiful exploration of loss, resilience, and growth from an artist who’s experienced more than her fair share of each in recent years. Produced by Josh Kaufman (Bonny Light Horseman, The Hold Steady, Cassandra Jenkins, Josh Ritter) and written with a series of friends including S. Carey, Madi Diaz, The Antlers’ Peter Silberman, and Christian Lee Hutson, the songs are deceptively serene here, layering Youngs’ infectious pop sensibilities atop lush, dreamy arrangements that often belie the swift emotional currents lurking underneath. Her performances, meanwhile, are riveting and nuanced to match, gentle yet insistent as they reckon with the pain of regret and the joy of redemption, sometimes in the very same breath. The result is the most raw and arresting release of Youngs’ remarkable career, a brutally honest, deeply vulnerable work of self-reflection that learns to make peace with the past as it transforms doubt and grief into hope and transcendence.— Anthony D’Amato<h2>JENNY O.</h2>—Jenny O. is a singer-songwriter living in Los Angeles, California. Her latest release and fifth record, Spectra, is her most joyful and her favorite. It has been called "psychedelic pop" and likened to an "instruction manual for healing and kindness." It is also, at times, rowdy and funny. Spectra was produced by Kevin Ratterman (My Morning Jacket, S.G. Goodman, Andrew Bird).Songs by Jenny O. can be heard in television soundtracks like Orange Is The New Black, Shameless, and Grey's Anatomy, or featured in The Sims and Rocksmith video games. She has toured with Jenny Lewis, Violent Femmes, The Proclaimers, Father John Misty, Rodriguez, and performed on recordings by Conor Oberst, Bonnie "Prince" Billy, and Jim James.Jenny O. recently recorded a solarpunk album—ecological pop songs for a decarbonizing society—or music for solving the climate crisis. She invites us to envision non-dystopian futures after fossil fuels. What does it look like to get it right? How does it feel? By accommodating only negative outcomes in our minds and pop culture, we use our available attention on despair and uphold the status quo. Yet if we envision a just, renewable energy transition, with intentional regeneration of our ecosystems to cool the planet, we are activated to get there. This album will be out in 2025.

Jenny Owen Youngs plus Jenny O. (The O. & Youngs Tour)

ciderup shows xxv presents—MONDAY MARCH 3RD—BENEFIT FOR LA FIRE VICTIMS - 100% OF PROCEEDS DONATED TO WORLD CENTRAL KITCHENFood provided by Tacos Oscars + Big Top Sweet Shop—<h2>The Queers</h2><h2>Party Force</h2><h2>Nixed</h2><h2>Blunt Force Karma</h2><h2>Sunnyside 5</h2><h2>The Sharps Removed</h2>—6pm doors / 7pm show$12.67 Admission—IVY ROOM 21+

THE QUEERS + PARTY FORCE + NIXED + BLUNT FORCE KARMA + SUNNYSIDE 5 + THE SHARPS REMOVED

ivy room presentsSUNDAY MARCH 2ND—FREQz (single release)The HelltonesNorth by North (CHI)Zero Charisma5pm doors / 6pm show$12 ADV / $15 DOORS—IVY ROOM | 21+<h2>FREQz</h2>—FREQz (FREE-Qz) is a band of best friends from Oakland, CA. Their debut album,Grizzly Peak, covers the delights and perils of dating in Oakland, 2021-2023. JaMile, Alisa, Nelda, and Harry thank you for listening.<h2>The Helltones</h2>—The Helltones are a Surf-Soul-Rock n Roll six piece based in Oakland California. They were conceived in the Winter of 2016 by Darwin Siegaldoud and Paul Bowman. The band now features Nathan Moody on guitar, Cairo McCockran on drums, Victoria Sepe singing and playing organ, Shane Lawton on bass, and Kristin McReddie singing backup. The band is an indiscriminate celebration of a wide swath of retro music and culture, taking cues from early garage rock, motown, surf, and blues.<h2>North by North</h2>—North by North is the rock &amp; roll dream of two weirdos from Chicago, IL. Their garage-y power-pop sound has been forged through years of teen angst, twenty-something alienation, sleeping in vans, and practically living on a stage.Anchored by syrupy vocal hooks, roaring guitar and bombastic drums, North by North produces a huge sound that has captivated thousands of people over hundreds of performances and festivals around the world.Since 2017, Nate Girard (guitar, vocals) and Kendra Blank (drums) have performed over 1000 shows throughout the US, Canada, and Europe, all while handling their own booking, publicity and management.<h2>Zero Charisma</h2>—zero charisma was formed by snail trails in the rain

FREQz (single release) + The Helltones + North by North + Zero Charisma

Ivy Room presentsSATURDAY MARCH 1ST, 2025—Orbit 17Periscope8pm doors / 8:30pm show$12 ADV / $15 Day of Show—IVY ROOM | 21+<h2>Orbit 17</h2>—Orbit 17 is an experimental independent rock band based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Founded by Jamie Brite and Misha Guiffre in 2022 with Ryan Senft joining on the drums in 2023.The group explore unusual territory for popular music, often featuring odd time signatures and harmony uncommon in popular music. However, the songs never drift fully into progressive or experimental territory and remain hypnotic and radio friendly, if perhaps a bit “otherworldly.”<h2>Periscope</h2>—Started in 2013 in California's Bay Area, Periscope explores the depths of the pre-apocalyptic experience of life and love in the modern landscape, resurfacing periodically to broadcast their findings into the world through music and lyrics.<h2>STEREOTONGUE</h2>—STEREOTONGUE is a hard rock quartet based out of the Bay Area, California. Birthed from a decade plus collaboration between vocalist Steven Phillips and drummer Hector Larios, the band solidified with the addition of guitarist Francis DeMartini and bassist Sam Molmud.   Pulling from the raw, authentic and verve of legendary rock quartets of long ago, STEREOTONGUE channels high energy and soulful hard rock into their unique take on heavily rhythmic, melodic and stomp-inducing compositions.

Orbit 17 + Periscope + Stereotongue

$20 ADV / $25 DAY OF SHOW <h2> DOLL FEST 2025 PRE PARTY!</h2>Doll Fest 2025 kicks off with a pre-show of Bay Area femme-fronted bands.—Doll Fest is a celebration of the feminine energy, friendship, and gathering together of a community in support of one another. We recognize that femme-dom is a powerhouse feeling, emotion, and revolution in action. Following the footsteps of previous incarnations of feminine fests such as Lilith Fair and She Shreds, Doll Fest aims to be the next femme music and arts festival showcasing two full days of all femme-fronted bands and artists, including pioneering bands that brought the Riot Grrl movement to life and active bands today that are paving the legacy of grrl power.We are still battling for true equality against the archaic non-values of patriarchy, still fighting for the power over our own bodies, and still proving our worth as voices to be heard. Doll Fest intends to bring together like-minded folx who embody the true spirit of Doll Fest - through empowerment, resilience, and nurturing of communities. We are anti-homophobia, anti-transphobia, anti-racist, anti-police violence and strictly anti-fascist. Let’s rise up the dolls in March 2025!<h2>DOG PARTY</h2>—Dog Party is a California-based, indie rock'n'roll band, composed of sisters, Gwendolyn and Lucy Giles. Compared with bands like The Go-Go's, The Ramones, The White Stripes, and The Runaways, Dog Party establishes their own unique west coast sound with a dash of punk and a sprinkle of pop. With 6 records and extensive touring under their belts, Dog Party has been active since 2007. In fall of 2016, they were the Special Guests on Green Day's Revolution Radio North American tour.<h2>LOUD GRAVES</h2>—Featuring members of The Applicators, Tsunami Bomb, and The Hammerbombs. If you like any of those, you'll probably like this. Maybe.<h2>FATALE</h2>—THAT BITCH BAND FROM THE 510<h2>HUMANHEAD</h2>—HUMANHEAD is a hardcore band from San Francisco, California formed in 2022 by guitarist/composer Steve Wickwire. They released their debut EP June 2024 on Doom Stew Records."Featuring members from SF bands Brume and Disastroid, HUMANHEAD tightly weaves surprisingly dynamic moments—a pretty voice, grungy alt rock stylings, a guitar riff you could almost call gentle—into the expected hardcore punk palette.

DOLL FEST 2025 PRE PARTY! w/ DOG PARTY 

ivy room presents—THURSDAY FEB 27TH—<h2>Four Stroke Baron</h2><h2>EXIST</h2><h2>The Great Other</h2>—7:00 PM Doors / 8:00 PM ShowTickets - $14.73 Advance / $15 Day of Show<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.facebook.com/events/920561743617366/">(rsvp on facebook)</a><h2>FOUR STROKE BARON</h2>—A match made in Reno Craigslist heaven, Matt Vallarino &amp; Kirk Witt are Four Stroke Baron. Collaborating on every note, they merge fantasy pop melodies and unrelenting drumscapes with dynamic synths, samples, and lyrics. Four Stroke Baron guarantees surprise with an eclectic but focused approach to progressive metal, from new wave vocals to technical musicianship and collaborations with artists such as Devin Townsend, Paul Masvidal, Adam Janzi, and Jorgen Munkeby. Their imaginative music videos know no bounds, featuring stop-motion animation, found-footage, choreographed dances, and distorted reality. Four Stroke Baron is a testament to the controlled chaos of creativity and contemporary composition.<h2>EXIST</h2>—US progressive metal band EXIST make their return this Spring with their fourth album, Hijacking the Zeitgeist, set for release via Prosthetic Records on April 12. EXIST’s latest full-length sees the group expand upon their established dichotomy of extreme metal technicality and sanguine atmospherics with an intentionally more concise approach to songwriting, resulting in the most direct and emphatic album of their 14 year career.Hijacking the Zeitgeist’s sonic heft isn’t without its diaphanous counterpoints too, as Phelps and new addition Charles Eron (guitar and synths) craft deceptively complex interplay on album high points in Thief of Joy (featuring Sanjay Kumar of Inferi and Wormhole), Blue Light Infinite and soaring closer Window to the All. EXIST’s sonorous sonic landscape is bolstered by immersive rhythmic lock-ins between Alex Weber (bass and vocals) and Brody Smith (drums), that shine in Anup Sastry’s mix and Kris Crummett’s mastering.At the core of Hijacking the Zeitgeist lies a multifaceted exploration of algorithmic rabbit holes, conspiratorial paranoia, and the universal traits that lie within humanity - these cautionary tales are tied together in striking detail with album art by Sebastian Jerke. EXIST treats both the allure and perils of both digital mazes and the real world, with equal parts wide eyed awe and horror.<h2>THE GREAT OTHER</h2>—The Great Other came to formation in 2019 by singer/guitarist Josh N. Wills, guitarist Zaid Johnson, bassist Nick Chavez, and drummer Emunti Herrera, who was later replaced by prog metal drummer Brayden Cone.The alternative metal foursome blossomed to life within the historically legendary rehearsal compound of Soundwave Studios in Oakland, California, with the intentions of creating heavy, groovy, progressive, emotional, heartfelt music that truly showcased the art of creative collaboration. Their love for acts such as Deftones, Meshuggah, Gojira, Tool, Alice in Chains, Opeth, Coheed and Cambria, and many more across the musical spectrum have helped shape and mold them into a standout sound within the scene of East Bay hardcore, punk, and indie. They strive for each song, and each live performance to be a beautifully mind-altering, goosebump filling, emotional rollercoaster of a journey.Their debut release, Nostalgia, was unleashed upon the world on August 8th, 2024 as the perfect unmasking of who they are, what they're about, what they're here for, and what they are capable of creating musically.

 Four Stroke Baron

ivy room presentsWED FEBRUARY 26, 2025—King Dream - single release showAnimal PrinceEphemerald—7pm doors / 7:30pm show$17.82 ADV TICKET—IVY ROOM | 21+860 San Pablo Ave • Albany CA<h2>KING DREAM</h2>—King Dream is a Bay Area rock ‘n’ roll band helmed by Oakland native Jeremy Lyon, a lifelong songwriter and multi-instrumentalist who crafts dive bar anthems with heart, brains and soul. Hard-rocking yet poignant, his music combines a love for American rock masters like Springsteen and Petty with ‘60s West Coast psychedelia and more contemporary torch-bearers like My Morning Jacket and The War on Drugs — all brought to life by a band of Northern California’s most in-demand players.Lyon has played Outside Lands and Hardly Strictly Bluegrass, toured nationally and internationally, and also knows what it’s like to busk on the street. King Dream songs deftly balance hope and world-weariness. They seem wise beyond their years, and they also have a way of sneaking up on you. Their shout-along choruses and searing guitar solos are at home in a darkened saloon, to be sure, but also — you know the giddy, ragged vulnerability that arrives when you’ve been awake for way too long on a road trip? Between the good times and the clinks of beer bottles these songs inspire a wistfulness, deep in your bones, for a place you’ve never been.Glory Daze is King Dream’s first full-length since the band’s 2018 self-titled debut, and it represents a massive leap forward. Ambitious in scale and scope, it clocks in at 24 tracks, divided into three parts. Technically, these songs are a record of Lyon not only maturing as a lyricist and musician — experimenting with different production styles, moving easily between fist-pumping anthems and ballads and electronic and R&amp;B-influenced sounds — but also developing into a self-sufficient producer and engineer, a silver lining to the constraints of the pandemic.Part One, or IV, released April 7, began as a four-song EP at the beginning of 2020; over the course of two years it grew into eight soulful alt-rock anthems, a snapshot of a very specific moment in time:“Oh my god this must be the longest year / lost summer fantasies turn to fears,” sings Lyon on “Lost Summer,” over a plaintive, jangly guitar line that wouldn’t be out of place on a mixtape with the Cars, the Replacements or R.E.M. “I don’t know what day it is, weeks to months, maybe years / and the truth is I miss the music, miss my friends / I miss the magic nights, we thought these times would never end.”Written during the doldrums of the early pandemic, the track finds Lyon mourning both the abrupt end of his own extended adolescence and lamenting his little brother’s experience — graduating high school over Zoom and spending his first year of college without meeting any classmates. “When I was his age I was touring with my best friends in my mom’s minivan, playing music we believed in, making friends wherever we went,” says Lyon. “I didn’t know how to tell him what he was missing, and even if I could, or knew how, what good would it do?”“Wish I Could Call You Now,” meanwhile, captures Lyon in a rocky moment with his now-wife, overcome by doubt, confusion and fear about whether the relationship could stand the test of time. “You’re gonna spend your brightest years / counting on a love that never appears / then you’re gonna panic and settle down / with the next best thing to come around,” he sings over a driving rhythm that name-checks Jim James while bowing at the altar of Tom Petty. “I been here all along / I had that fear but now it’s gone / they don’t know you like I do / they don’t know what we’ve been through.”For Lyon, the evolution of the song — which appears in two versions on Glory Daze — reflects the growth of the relationship: “It went from a song that I kept like a secret, to a fist-pumping anthem, to a duet we now sing together.”Part Two, or V, out January 19th, sees Lyon moving into a more experimental space, fusing bedroom R&amp;B with psych-rock, and flexing new muscles in self-recording and production.On “The Wild Card,” a sexy, chilled-out synth groove that wouldn’t be out of place on a Childish Gambino record belies what Lyon describes as a lyrical panic attack. Written on the eve of the 2020 election, while fires decimated much of California, the track touches on the American political landscape, police brutality and his own shame about the lack of diversity in his music scene:“Falling farther into fascism we need a revolution / murder porn glued to your screen sedated in a debtor’s prison,” he intones. “Move to the suburbs where you feel safe / send your kids to the schools where they all look the same / everyone looks like their friends / now I feel like one of them.”“The 2020 fires were a dystopian hellscape,” says Lyon. “We couldn’t go anywhere, we had no power, it rained ash, and looked like something out of Blade Runner. We watched people murdered by the law on YouTube. I felt like a hypocrite, wanting diversity, marching against police brutality for BLM, yet living in the country, in an overwhelming white friend group I’d found through playing indie rock and Americana music.”But Glory Daze is also unmistakably a full-band effort, and its sound also reflects the group’s confidence and cohesion: What began as a studio band is now a tight-knit collective with decades of experience between them, including Adam Nash (guitar) and Nick Cobbett (drums), as well as Zak Mandel-Romann (bass), a close musical collaborator of Lyon’s since high school.Narratively, Glory Daze traverses vast territory: a period in which Lyon separated from, reconciled with, and married his now-wife (Caitlin Gowdey, Rainbow Girls, who appears on several tracks and plays keys live with King Dream when she can); toured and recorded as a sideman with a slew of Bay Area artists (Whiskerman, the Stone Foxes, M. Lockwood Porter); dealt with the grief, anxiety and loss of community wrought by a pandemic and years of sociopolitical turmoil; and careened into his 30s with a healthy dose of reflection, self-doubt and, ultimately, an audible sense of confidence and satisfaction. The result is an expansive, multifaceted album that invites the listener to climb in, lean back, and trust that getting there’s at least half the fun.“I make driving records,” says Lyon. “And this one’s about an hour-forty long, so I hope you’re going somewhere far.”<h2>ANIMAL PRINCE</h2>—Animal Prince is the retro-pop project from singer-violinist Fae Nageon de Lestang and percussionist Grant McLeod. Fae’s vocals are a captivating instrument, drawing the listener into a landscape that’s playful yet polished, soulful but never self-serious, layered with string arrangements, synth grooves, hooks, harmonies and the occasional actual birdsong. Borrowing from bossa nova, fairy folk, yacht rock and chamber pop, Animal Prince would be at home on a mix with Caroline Polacheck, Emily King, or Feist, but the sound is uniquely their own: tender, danceable and delightfully feral.<h2></h2>

King Dream

ivy room presentsTUES FEB 25, 2025Scott Capurro7pm doors / 8pm show$25 ADV / $30 DOORIVY ROOM | 21+860 SAN PABLO AV • ALBANY CA.<h2>SCOTT CAPURRO</h2>—Scott Capurro is the one of nature’s great raconteurs. Challenging, sometimes outrageous, but intimate too and most shockingly occasionally full of doubt. In The Trouble With…Scott wrangles with rich friends, worthy yoga and the miseries of home ownership. Capurro shows that every silver lining is attached to a rather imposing cloud, spinning yarns that are meant to resolve issues, but which oddly have the opposing effect.

Scott Capurro

—ivy room presentsSUNDAY, FEB 23RD—The Great OtherDark SatelliteTektonicJazmin Hope Virility—6pm Doors / 7pm Show$12 Advance / $15 Door—IVY ROOM860 San Pablo Ave, Albany • 21+<h2>The Great Other</h2>—The Great Other came to formation in 2019 by singer/guitarist Josh N. Wills, guitarist Zaid Johnson, bassist Nick Chavez, and drummer Emunti Herrera, who was later replaced by prog metal drummer Brayden Cone.The alternative metal foursome blossomed to life within the historically legendary rehearsal compound of Soundwave Studios in Oakland, California, with the intentions of creating heavy, groovy, progressive, emotional, heartfelt music that truly showcased the art of creative collaboration. Their love for acts such as Deftones, Meshuggah, Gojira, Tool, Alice in Chains, Opeth, Coheed and Cambria, and many more across the musical spectrum have helped shape and mold them into a standout sound within the scene of East Bay hardcore, punk, and indie. They strive for each song, and each live performance to be a beautifully mind-altering, goosebump filling, emotional rollercoaster of a journey.Their debut release, Nostalgia, was unleashed upon the world on August 8th, 2024 as the perfect unmasking of who they are, what they're about, what they're here for, and what they are capable of creating musically.<h2>Dark Satellite</h2>—From multiple cities and influences of music, comes a band that avoids all types of conformity. That band is known as Dark Satellite. Each member grew up playing different styles, coming together to form a one of a kind band with a coalescence of riffs and song structures. Mixing various types of rock genres, blues, jazz and experimental indie progressions results in their own unique aesthetic and wall of sound. Distorted jazz chords, 1950's melodies, grindcore inspired riffs covered in their own unique lyrical poetry. Dark Satellite is a band that has bloomed into their own style of music that some cannot fully categorize. The band decided not to follow the traditional song structures either, but to create their own depending on how they want each song to feel. Based in the San Francisco and East Bay Area of California, the band consists of members Charlie Hanlon (guitar), Trevor Gabriel (bass/vocals) and Travis Drumm (drums, no joke). “Death of a Classic" their second album was released early of 2023. Currently avaliable on Alternative Tentacles Records. Unlike their first album "Alone with Everyone" (2021), “Death of a Classic" was an approach to get back to the basics of stripped down playing. Dark Satellite is a band that plays with emotion, bending their strings while riding the guitar amp feedback, letting the drums be free. If you're looking for a nostalgic powerhouse of a band with sprinkles of timeless inspiration, I'd say look no further than Dark Satellite.<h2>Tektonic</h2>—Based out of East Bay, CA; each member of Tektonic brings their individual influences and style into the band. Epic jam sessions spanning back to late ’21 have produced a sound that encapsulates the extraterrestrial psychedelic spirit of Hendrix mixed with traditional Himalayan melodies, a dash of RHCP funk, heavy psych grooves, and experimental vocals that encapsulates today’s hip hop with yesterday’s shoegaze.Be sure to check out their latest single 'Path of the Wizard'.<h2>Jazmin Hope Virility</h2>—El Sobrante, California.

Dark Satellite +Tumescent + Tektonic  + Jazmin Hope Virility

$18 Advance / $23 Door(rsvp on facebook)<h2>IDAHO</h2>—Led by Laurel Canyon-based singer-songwriter Jeff Martin, IDAHO are the unsung cult heroes of 90s slowcore. Often grouped amongst post-grunge indie rock pioneers like Low, Songs: Ohia, and Codeine, IDAHO is distinguished by the desert atmospherics of frontman Jeff Martin’s four-string guitar, echoing out his elegant songcraft in a canyon of alien tones and melancholic feedback. Founded in 1992 in Los Angeles by singer/songwriter Martin and lifetime collaborator the late John Berry, IDAHO exemplified an adventurous and original take on the American underground, fusing fuzzed-chord grunge rock, pedal-pushing shoegaze, and post-hardcore experimentalism with an overall ambiance of beautiful despondency. Across its catalogue of now ten full-length releases, including 2024’s return, Lapse, its first new album after a thirteen year hiatus, IDAHO has defined modes of longing, mystery, grace, and dreamy-yet-edgy nuance entirely its own. Celebrated as a “brutally beautiful return to form” (Paste), Lapse has ushered in a renaissance for the band, including the career-spanning documentary Traces Of Glory and The Devil You Know vinyl anthology, all together honing in on the muse that ignited more than three decades IDAHO’s canon of deliberate and devastating beauty.

Idaho

ivy room presentsFRIDAY FEB 21ST----CIELOEAST BROTHERSMODERN MONSTERSBLOODHUM----Doors 8pm / Show 8:30$12 advance / $15 door----IVY ROOM860 San Pablo Avenue, Albany • 21+<h2>Cielo</h2>—East Bay Rock Band<h2>East Brothers</h2>—Less than mid punk band <h2>Modern Monsters</h2>—Modern Monsters is a Bay Area, California heavy rock band established in 2019. They elude a mix of greasy heavy, down-and-dirty rock with raw energy. <h2>Bloodhum</h2>—Hailing from the east San Francisco bay, Bloodhum creates an original songs with heavy riffs emotional vocal melodies, and a rhythm section that weaves together odd-time signatures and hard hitting grooves.<h2 style="text-align: start"></h2>

Cielo + East Brothers + Modern Monsters + Bloodhum

THURSDAY FEBRUARY 20thJoe Kaplow + Suzanimal + Bart Budwig (solo)$15/$17(rsvp on facebook)<h2>JOE KAPLOW</h2>—Before embarking on a full-time music career in California, I faced a tough decision: continue the family tradition of running our thoroughbred farm in New Jersey or chase my musical dreams. While I often wonder what life would have been like had I stayed, the allure of the music industry was too strong to resist. I still hope to return to the farm someday, perhaps with a red barn of my own.My music is deeply rooted in life's experiences. Whether it's the tranquility of a quiet morning on the farm or the frenetic energy of a tour bus, these moments shape my songwriting. The smell of freshly cut grass, the mist rising from a horse's breath, the feel of a guitar neck—these are the things that inspire me.Today, I find myself in the serene beauty of Bonny Doon, California, where I spend my days in my home studio, aptly named Hippie Cowboy. It's a place where I can slow down, stay focused, and let the music flow. The spirit of my late father, a man who loved horses and motorcycles, still lingers. I often dream of him and feel his presence in my music. I hope to dedicate my future work to him and my mother, who I hope will join me in California someday.This record is a special one. Unlike my previous albums, it captures the essence of a band. We recorded most of the tracks live in the studio, creating a cohesive and energetic sound. The camaraderie and musical synergy between Jeff, Elliott, Rob, and myself were truly special. We spent countless hours touring and honing our craft, and the energy of those live performances is reflected in this album.I hope you enjoy listening to this music as much as we enjoyed creating it.<h2>SUZANIMAL</h2>—Suzanimal is a smart, playful psychedelic pop/rock project from San Francisco Bay Area singer, songwriter and bassist Suzanne Galal. Inspired by her love of Talking Heads and the Tom Tom Club. Galal — a scientist and pharmacy professor by day — picked up a bass guitar for the first time at the age of 30, and began writing confident, groove-centered tracks soon after. With Galal’s seductive yet light-as-air vocals, lyrics driven by her curiosity about the human mind, and a rotating cast of veteran backing musicians, the band quickly earned a reputation for engaging live performances and genre-defying style. A Suzanimal show is designed to make you lose yourself to the rhythm — with just enough of the unexpected to keep you on your toes ‘til the afterparty.Suzanimal released their debut EP, Body, recorded at San Francisco’s legendary Hyde Street Studios. It was described by KQED as, "subtle, evocative and precise — swings with an attitude that’s breezy yet grounded." Passing, just released in September of 2022, is the first full-length from Suzanimal. Written over a period that included the birth of Galal’s son, her first year of parenthood, and the beginning of a global pandemic, the album expands on the funky, danceable sounds she introduced with her debut EP, Body. Featuring more experimental, sophisticated arrangements and lush production that makes each track feel both intimate and spacious. Passing finds Galal considering the ways of the universe and the plight of the household spider; crafting long-distance love songs and deeply felt lullabies; and making peace with coexisting joy and grief during a uniquely strange moment in time. The song “Eel” was recently featured in KQED’s Pass the Aux. (KQED)<h2>BART BUDWIG - SOLO</h2>—Sometimes when Bart sings, I forget what we’re talking about. I’m sure he knows though. I trust him. He sounds like John Prine, plays like Hoyt Axton, and looks like well...Bart Budwig. He’s a cosmic country lawn gnome. He’s cherubic, cheery, and an old soul. Songs spring from the dreams of his noonday naps, and punch the keys of his typewriter above the OK Theater in Enterprise, Oregon. When words won’t take, he calls 'em in with a bugle of his trumpet, or a strum of soothing guitar.

Joe Kaplow + Suzanimal + Bart Budwig (solo)

Bang The Bay Presents<h2>BANG THE BAY! Feat.</h2><h2>Luicidal (O.G Members of Suicidal Tendencies)</h2><h2>The Hajj</h2><h2>The Bonstones</h2><h2>Elegant Trash</h2><h2>Ansible</h2><h2>Fringe Benefits</h2>Every First and Third Wednesday at the Ivy RoomEarly show!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Doors 6:00pm / Show 6:30pm$10 Admission / $20 VIP*(*VIP includes a grab bag full of cool stuff! incl A CD, pins, stickers, patches, T-shirts and other new monthly gifts)

BANG THE BAY! Feat. Luicidal (O.G Members of Suicidal Tendencies)

$15 Advance / $18 Day of Show(rsvp on facebook)<h2>BUCK OFF! The Music of Buck Owens and The Buckaroos</h2>—The Bay Area's roots music community pays tribute to the late great BUCK OWENS, pioneer of the Bakersfield Sound and California's country music hero.&nbsp; Hear your favorite Buckaroo tunes sung by the likes of Hank &amp; Lynne (Nashville Honeymoon), Jill Rogers (Crying Time), Joan Wilson Rueter (The Dogweeds), Gayle Schmitt (Gayle Lynn &amp; the Hired Hands), Brian Mello, Maurice Tani, Micah Warren (The Ugly), Sara Gambina &amp; Ben Belknap (Them There Skies) and MORE!&nbsp; Presented by Aaron Burnham &amp; the Brushfires.

Buck Off! The Music of Buck Owens and The Buckaroos

Retrospekt (80's newave) + Erasure - Esque&nbsp;$15 advance / $20 day of show<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.facebook.com/events/1088859322940062/">(rsvp on facebook)</a><h2>RETROSPEKT {80s NEW WAVE Performed LIVE}</h2>—Retrospekt plays all your favorite 1980’s new wave hits LIVE. We’re a visually fierce synth explosion rocking the dance floor and putting the party back in your pretty in pink. Laced in lasers, leather, and guyliner, you’ll relive all your favorite John Hughes-themed prom scenes and high school fantasies.Our live show combines unrivaled renditions of your favorite 80’s new wave synth-pop mixtape paired with badass lighting and a custom video backdrop that would make MTV proud.All you ever wanted, all you ever needed, is here, in Retrospekt.<h2>ERASURE - ESQUE</h2>—Erasure-eque was formed in 2008 by two veteran musicians from the San Francisco. They took to the stage in a subdued opening slot in a small club in Walnut Creek, CA. Erasure-esque wowed many that night and immediately set a path for what was to come in the years to follow.Months after their debut performance, Erasure-esque, made their San Francisco debut at The Red Devil Lounge to a crowd that had been waiting months for their first chance to experience what many believe to be the best live tribute to Erasure. Over the years, Erasure-esque has graced the stages of some of San Francisco’s most popular live music venues including The Chapel, Slims, Rockit Room, Bimbo's, Cafe Du Nord, Red Devil Lounge, Brick &amp; Mortar, and Kimo’s, as well as performing at SF's Castro Street Fair. The buzz has continued to mount and has stretched beyond the Bay Area to places like New York City, Sacramento, Fresno, Seattle, Portland, Atlanta, Los Angeles, Sante Fe and Mexico!Blue Savannah, Oh L'Amour, Chorus, Chains of Love , A Little Respect, Sunday Girl, Run to the Sun, and Dead of Night are among the few of a rather extensive catalog of hits you will hear when this amazing likeness takes the stage. With glitter, sequins, feather boas, lights, sounds and all the flash and flamboyant attitude, Erasure-esque not only replicates the very sound of Erasure but captures and encompasses the very essence of what makes Erasure so hypnotically entertaining.As Erasure-esque continues to amaze fans around the San Francisco Bay Area and around the country, we still all love what we are doing; whether it be Jason providing the warm vocal harmonies that fill out our sound, Nate who spends hours working over each individual note, sound, drum part and effect, or Vince who’s strong vocal talent, range and performance skills has brought this band to where they are today, it still gives us all the thrill to get up on the stage and perform the music that we all love, to the fans of the music that they love, which is of course all done as a Tribute to Erasure.

Retrospekt (80's newave) + Erasure - Esque 

uc theatre and ivy room present—FRIDAY FEBRUARY 14TH THE DEAD TONGUES LOU HAZELIVY ROOM | 21+ <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.facebook.com/events/581683024727034/">(rsvp on facebook)</a><h2>THE DEAD TONGUES</h2>—The Dead Tongues: A New ChapterRyan Gustafson, the visionary behind The Dead Tongues, has solidified his place as one of modern folk's most distinctive voices. His albums, including Dust, Unsung Passage, and Desert, are celebrated for their idiosyncratic and spectral nature, coupled with their undeniable hooks.The latest offerings from The Dead Tongues, Body of Light and I Am a Cloud, are two sides of the same coin, exploring a diverse range of musical styles and themes. Recorded in a secluded cabin in North Carolina, these albums showcase Gustafson's raw talent and his ability to craft intricate and emotionally resonant songs.Collaborating with a talented group of musicians, including Jenn Wasner, Mat Davidson, Matt Douglas, Joe Westerlund, and Jeff Ratner, Gustafson has created a body of work that is both familiar and groundbreaking. The albums seamlessly blend elements of folk, rock, and experimental music, resulting in a sound that is both accessible and challenging.Whether it's the heartfelt melodies of "Daylily" or the introspective musings of "I'm a Cloud Now," Gustafson's songwriting continues to captivate listeners. His ability to weave together personal narratives and universal themes creates a deeply resonant listening experience.With Body of Light and I Am a Cloud, The Dead Tongues have once again proven their ability to push the boundaries of folk music and create something truly special.<h2>LOU HAZEL</h2>—Lou Hazel was born in the town of Olean, New York to a family of northeastern wiseacres.Not one to commit, he skirted the compulsive hunting and fishing tradition held close to his father’s heart - instead cultivating a sensitivity more suited to artists and vagabonds. As a result, his travels brought him across the country and eventually through debilitating depression before coming to rest with a sense of personal peace and positivity in Durham, NC.Yet, Lou’s brain is still a bat cave. Mostly, he wakes up with no idea what he’s going to do next, then finds himself there. In songwriting, he pulls from this cave rambling, heartfelt tales flowing through unselfconscious truth. In illustrations, he swirls and meanders towards an eventual finish only understood upon completion – as in his music. And in his photography and design work, he renders the essence of fellow musicians into expressive, personalized works of art.Today, Louie continues crafting genuine folk tales of honest longing, disquieting loss, and nostalgia through a brilliant sheen of fresh insight with humble humor. Grabbing us by the ears in a new-age, Prine-like grip. Transforming the minutiae of everyday life into ever more evocative music. And surprising us all, including himself, with where we emerge.In other words, Lou Hazel is coming out of this unbearable, unbelievably tragic, disconcerting year like a damn newborn moth with jet engine wings aimed toward a totally full super-moon. And it is good.

THE DEAD TONGUES

___<h2>THURSDAY FEBRUARY 13TH</h2><h2>JOHN DOE</h2><h2>BIG SURPRISE</h2>7pm doors / 8pm show$20 advance / $25 day of show<h2>JOHN DOE</h2>—As one of the founding members of the Los Angeles punk band , John Doe was one of the most influential figures in American alternative rock during the early '80s. In 1990, he stepped out as a solo artist, blending the uncompromising spirit of punk with country, folk, and roots rock flavors to create music that had a personality of its own without losing touch with the sensibility of . Possessing one of the richest and most expressive voices in American punk, Doe's vocal abilities were adaptable to the diverse roots rock sounds of 1990's Meet John Doe and the more introspective singer/songwriter approach of 2000's Freedom Is … Doe indulged his interest in classic country music on 2009's Country Club, recorded with Canadian roots rockers , and 2016's The Westerner and 2022's Fables in a Foreign Land showed him comfortably transitioning into a contemporary folk artist with a keen eye as a songwriter.John Doe was born John Nommensen Duchac in Decatur, Illinois on February 25, 1953. Doe spent time in Wisconsin, Tennessee, and Maryland and earned a degree at Antioch College in Baltimore before he relocated to Los Angeles, California in 1976. Doe was interested in poetry and was attending a poetry workshop in Venice, California when he met a fellow aspiring writer named . Around the same time, Doe, who had played bass in bar bands before moving to California, had answered an ad in a local newspaper from a guitarist eager to start a punk rock band. The guitarist was Billy Zoom, and when Doe brought to a rehearsal to show off some poems he thought would make good lyrics for a song, the band that would become began to coalesce. With the 1980 album Los Angeles, became the most talked about band in Los Angeles, thanks to the off-kilter harmonies of Doe and , the supercharged rockabilly guitar of , and the clattering rhythms of Doe and drummer D.J. Bonebeak. Four more albums would appear between 1981 and 1985 before left the band after Ain't Love Grand -- an experiment in pushing their music into a hard rock/metal direction, which failed to give the commercial breakthrough they desired. (Doe found time during this period to record with a pair of side projects, the acoustic country-folk combo – which also featured and Bonebrake – on 1985's Poor Little Critter on the Road, and 's group , popping up on their 1981 masterpiece A Minute to Pray, A Second to Die.)In 1987, returned with the album See How We Are, introducing new guitarist , and while the album received positive reviews, it once again failed to break the band to a larger audience. After bringing out a live set, 1988's Live at the Whisky a Go-Go on the Fabulous Sunset Strip, the band split up. By this time, Doe had been dabbling in acting, appearing in 's Salvador (1986), Allison Anders' and Kurt Voss's noir-ish L.A. scene drama Border Radio (1987), and the blockbuster Road House (1989). He had also been playing gigs on his own, and he signed a solo deal with , which had released his debut, Meet John Doe, in 1990. Doe butted heads with the album's producer during the recording sessions, and when it failed to sell to 's expectations, Doe was dropped. As it happened, 's breakthrough with Nevermind in 1991 led to plenty of major labels taking a second look at many noted underground bands of the '80s, and signed a reunited (with on guitar) for a new album, 1993's Hey Zeus! ' imprint stepped up to bring out Doe's next solo project, 1995's more rock-oriented Kissingsohard, which appeared the same year as Unclogged, a semi-acoustic live set from . Not long after the release of Unclogged, quietly broke up, though in 1998, to the surprise of many fans, the original lineup of Doe, , , and Bonebrake reunited for a handful of shows in Los Angeles. The reunion gigs were wildly successful, and continued to tour periodically from then on, when the schedules of the members permitted. While acting kept Doe busy for much of the rest of the 1990s (his résumé included roles in Pure Country, Wyatt Earp, Georgia, Boogie Nights, and Brokedown Palace), he recorded an EP in 1998 for the indie label, For the Rest of Us (it included a track Doe co-wrote with , "This Loving Thing"), and he reissued it in an expanded, album-length version in 2006 as For the Best of Us.In the 2000s, Doe devoted more time to working as a solo recording artist, offering a casually personal sound on Freedom Is…, released by the label in 2000. For 2002's Dim Stars, Bright Sky, issued by . Doe recorded his first acoustic album as a solo artist, though he brought in a number of guest stars to help, including , , , and . Doe signed with the respected roots music label for 2005's Forever Hasn't Happened Yet, a low-key but forceful set with appearances from , , and . Doe stayed with for his next two albums as well, 2007's A Year in the Wilderness and 2009's Country Club, where he was co-billed with Canadian roots band . A new solo album, Keeper, recorded at the Way Station and New Monkey studios in Los Angeles and featuring guest appearances from , , Smokey Hormel, Don Was, and , appeared in 2011. The album featured the rocking lead-off single "Never Enough."In 2012, Doe teamed up with his harmony partner for Singing and Playing, a low-key album featuring new songs as well as interpretations of favorites from the catalog. In 2014 released The Best of John Doe This Far, a collection of highlights from his solo career. In the spring of 2016, Doe found himself looking back and looking forward; he released a new solo album, The Westerner, while also publishing a memoir. Under the Big Black Sun: A Personal History of LA Punk offered an inside look at the scene that produced , with contributions from a number of his musical peers. A second autobiographical effort, More Fun in the New World: The Unmaking and Legacy of L.A. Punk, appeared in bookstores in 2019. In 2020, released their first album of new material since 1993 (and the first studio effort with since 1985), Alphabetland, which was hailed as an exciting re-creation of the band's powerful original sound. Doe and were invited to sing vocals on the song "Destroying Angels," which appeared on the expanded edition of 's 2021 album No Gods No Masters. Doe returned to his solo pursuits with 2022's Fables in a Foreign Land, an upbeat and stripped-down exercise in folk-rock that included an acoustic version of "Destroying Angels" with and contributing backing vocals. It was Doe's first LP for , which had issued 's Alphabetland. ~ Mark Deming &amp; Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Rovi<h2>BIG SURPRISE</h2>—Big Surprise is an indie folk duo that combines shoegazy electric guitar with high and lonesome harmony singing into a genre they jokingly refer to as "quiet riot." Arthur Leon Adams III (Phenomenauts, BLAMMOS) wrote his first song in bed under a blanket with a flashlight when he was 9 years old. His songwriting has improved somewhat since then. Kathryn Evangeline Adams played in rock bands on the Lower East Side and the West Village while the internet was still in diapers, so don’t bother looking it up. They met at a party in Oakland, CA and started writing and recording songs together. Big Surprise has released two critically acclaimed singles -- a cover of Massive Attack's "Teardrop" and an original song, "Caesium" -- and shared the stage with a diverse array of acts, including Clem Snide, Nellie McKay, Wheatus, Foxtails Brigade, and Hutch Harris (The Thermals). They are currently working on their debut full length LP.

John Doe

$15 Admission<h2>Smoke</h2>—Honest music for honest people…<h2>Stone Gnome</h2>—fter toiling for years in the gloomy darkness of the metal mines of the SF underworld, Stone Gnome has emerged from their subterranean lair to unleash their primordial aural assault on humanity. Combining shredding, nut-punching riffs from dual guitars with a seismic rhythm section forged in the molten core of the Earth, the Gnome will take you on a brain-melting odyssey to rock Valhalla.<h2>Deer Lord</h2>—Deer Lord is a heavy psychedelic doom/ stoner/ riff rock band from Santa Rosa, California. The Sonoma County power trio formed in 2019 and have released the Deer Lord EP in early 2020 and Dark Matter Pt.1 in February of 2023. Most recently, the band released their first full length album called Dark Matter Pt.2 on Halloween (October 31st) 2024. Deer Lord consists of Sheafer McOmber on guitar and vocals, Ryan Alderman on drums, and Jared Marill on bass. <h2>Reptilian Arms</h2>—SLUDGE/STONER/DEATH/DOOM-SAN JOSE, CA

Smoke + Stone Gnome + Deer Lord + Reptilian Arms

—SKATE PUNK FESTIVALSUNDAY, FEB 9TH—Paint The Town RadThe Boneless OnesCurb CreepsCement EatersLost Puppy Forever—3pm Doors / 3:30 Show$15 Admission—IVY ROOM860 San Pablo Ave, Albany • 21+

Paint The Town Rad + The Boneless Ones

$18 ADV / $23 DAY OF SHOW <h2>ALTAR DE FEY</h2>—Altar De Fey originated in San Francisco in the early 1980s as part of the emerging musical form that would come to be known as Deathrock.Out of the Zeitgeist flash of ’70s Punk Rock the new sound took the darkest elements of the counter culture into ever deeper gloomier and more mature territory.<h2>BESTIAL MOUTHS</h2>—As the voice and spirit of Bestial Mouths, Lynette Cerezo is a powerfully haunting figure. Across international stages and recordings, spellbinding performances take audiences through voidic visions.From their inception in 2009, the core root of Bestial Mouths has combined Cerezo’s voice with myriad genre influences across the spectrum of goth, industrial, post-punk, New Wave, noise, metal, and other underground sounds using live acoustic and electronic drums and analog synthesizers. With a history in fashion design and gender activism, Cerezo’s visual and social aesthetics are interwoven deeply into Bestial Mouth’s presentation, building outward into captivating theatrical live performances.<h2>PHYSICAL WASH</h2>—Physical Wash is the industrial solo project of Susan Subtract of High-Functioning Flesh. Maintaining a full hardware setup, Susan melds the rigid body beat and vocal snarl of HFF with grinding industrial melodies and a brooding atmosphere. Originally conceived in 2017 as an electro side project to compliment per songwriting in HFF, Physical Wash gradually became Susan’s main focus.<h2>EX-HEIR</h2>—Ex-Heir delivers raw, pulsating dark electronix to serve your body and sweat your soul. The solo project of San Francisco based John Mal conjures hypnotic &amp; visceral sonic spells composed with 80's hardware.

ALTAR DE FEY + BESTIAL MOUTHS + PHYSICAL WASH + EX-HEIR

<h2>FINAL CONFLICT</h2>—LA hardcore since 1983<h2>OPPRESSED LOGIC</h2>—Oakland HC Punk since 1994 <h2>VIOLENT COERCION</h2>—members of Jesus Fucking Christ, Kicker, Public Enema, Attitude Adjustment, Special Forces…..!!!<h2>BEFORE DAWN</h2>—Blending dark punk and deathrock influences from the city’s storied past with nods to 80s gothic rock.

FINAL CONFLICT + OPPRESSED LOGIC + VIOLENT COERCION + BEFORE DAWN  

$15 Advance / $18 Day of Show(rsvp on facebook)<h2>THE BOSS MARTIANS</h2>—Fronted by guitar-smashing, soul singing, anthem-writing buzzbomb Evan Foster, Seattle's BOSS MARTIANS were thee Rock &amp; Roll jet boys to look for in 2008! Got Songs?? HELL YES!! At least, that is, according to Rolling Stone's David Fricke who anointed them "rising stars" referencing their addictive hooks, killer tunes, and super-charged performance a couple years ago in New York City at Little Steven's International Underground Garage Festival alongside The Strokes and Iggy Pop (among many others!) SPIN Magazine, quick to get aboard, said "the Boss Martians' irresistible 'I Am Your Radio' should make them stars…" regarding the Foster-penned Power Pop instant-anthem. Taking it all over the top at the concert that day was the introduction the Martians received from the "Boss" himself -- Bruce Springsteen -- to 10,000 people!Martian History Lesson: Evan Foster (guitar, vocals) and NickC (keys) met as teenagers in Tacoma, WA and discovered a mutual obsession with Garage, Punk, Surf, Power Pop, New Wave, old SST Records releases, and CAFFEINE! They both wanted to start a weird rock band -- enter The Boss Martians!! The Martians uniquely combine the primal energy of Punk with the raw, unmistakable sound and swagger of Northwest Garage Rock (think The Sonics!!), English blue-eyed soul (think Small Faces and The Who!!), and the pure pop sensibility of a young, sneering Elvis Costello. Rounding out the band's low end and drum kit destruction plan, respectively, are Scott Myrene on bass guitar and the young, often angry, Spokane-born, "Dirty" Thomas Caviezel on drums.<h2>DEAD BARS</h2>—There’s something deeply comforting about being a regular at a dive bar. If you consistently patronize a warm, welcoming, low-lit dive bar, whether it’s in your neighborhood or not, you can build yourself a community amongst the other wayward patrons, and the bartenders who thanklessly keep everyone’s glasses filled. And even when you find yourself drinking alone in a dead bar, you still have a place to sit quietly and ruminate on the turning of the world around you. Sure, you might be quick to say it’s not the healthiest option to have your social life revolve around alcohol, but the fact is, in an era when the alternative is often isolation and endless scrolling, a good dive bar might just save your life.“I always liked this idea of being a regular, so I knew years ago that I wanted that to be the title of our new album,” says John Maiello, vocalist of Seattle pop-punk quartet Dead Bars. “Regulars is essentially an album that’s about loneliness and community, both co-existing equally. It's about looking normal to everyone else, but feeling out of place. It's about me, it's about us, and it's about the fans. It's about being in Dead Bars.”The album, which was produced by Jack Endino (yes, the same Jack Endino who recorded Nirvana, Soundgarden, Mudhoney, and many others in the early '90s) encapsulates this beautifully in the form of emotional singalong anthems -- perfect for screaming along after you've had a beer, or five.<h2>THE GREASY GILLS</h2>—Three creatures playing high octwang instrumental rock 'n' roll music.

The Boss Martians + Dead Bars + The Greasy Gills

Bang The Bay Presents<h2>BANG THE BAY Every First and Third Wednesday at the Ivy Room January 1st Early show!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Doors 6:00pm / Show 6:30pm $10 Admission / $20 VIP* (*VIP includes a grab bag full of cool stuff! incl A CD, Vinyl, pins, stickers, patches,T-shirts and other new monthly gifts)</h2>~ Weird Barbie ~ 630 <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.instagram.com_weird-5Fbarbie-5Fband_-3Ffbclid-3DIwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR23gVXI7NPnkV7SU9YxLaTUjB-5Fyzhj5KFVMgQh9npNMP8UBcxQCA-5FBIY4E-5Faem-5F4SJrMVCaAM6NL-2DQPjfvBBw&amp;amp;d=DwMFaQ&amp;amp;c=euGZstcaTDllvimEN8b7jXrwqOf-v5A_CdpgnVfiiMM&amp;amp;r=aIFo64Xwk4U8L0AGwA_nTJJ81h9Fyc2WWOemF-RWRaY&amp;amp;m=VOzddJmJpPM1SDhX7Kec3-MFPNaDMM6mtfaq_8Ebdp8e4UOShgEV75xdp6yKPFM-&amp;amp;s=ejiXDIVIPNWx-cNKtpuPRzXRRoBptg6eSCtNX6ki_9M&amp;amp;e=">https://www.instagram.com/weird_barbie_band/</a>~ Sparkle Plenty ~ 7:15 <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.instagram.com_weird-5Fbarbie-5Fband_-3Ffbclid-3DIwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR23gVXI7NPnkV7SU9YxLaTUjB-5Fyzhj5KFVMgQh9npNMP8UBcxQCA-5FBIY4E-5Faem-5F4SJrMVCaAM6NL-2DQPjfvBBw&amp;amp;d=DwMFaQ&amp;amp;c=euGZstcaTDllvimEN8b7jXrwqOf-v5A_CdpgnVfiiMM&amp;amp;r=aIFo64Xwk4U8L0AGwA_nTJJ81h9Fyc2WWOemF-RWRaY&amp;amp;m=VOzddJmJpPM1SDhX7Kec3-MFPNaDMM6mtfaq_8Ebdp8e4UOShgEV75xdp6yKPFM-&amp;amp;s=ejiXDIVIPNWx-cNKtpuPRzXRRoBptg6eSCtNX6ki_9M&amp;amp;e=">https://www.facebook.com/SparklePlentyMusic</a>~ Elegant Trash ~ 8:00 <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.instagram.com_weird-5Fbarbie-5Fband_-3Ffbclid-3DIwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR23gVXI7NPnkV7SU9YxLaTUjB-5Fyzhj5KFVMgQh9npNMP8UBcxQCA-5FBIY4E-5Faem-5F4SJrMVCaAM6NL-2DQPjfvBBw&amp;amp;d=DwMFaQ&amp;amp;c=euGZstcaTDllvimEN8b7jXrwqOf-v5A_CdpgnVfiiMM&amp;amp;r=aIFo64Xwk4U8L0AGwA_nTJJ81h9Fyc2WWOemF-RWRaY&amp;amp;m=VOzddJmJpPM1SDhX7Kec3-MFPNaDMM6mtfaq_8Ebdp8e4UOShgEV75xdp6yKPFM-&amp;amp;s=ejiXDIVIPNWx-cNKtpuPRzXRRoBptg6eSCtNX6ki_9M&amp;amp;e=">https://www.facebook.com/eleganttrash</a>~ Sacrapolitical ~ 8:45 <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.instagram.com_weird-5Fbarbie-5Fband_-3Ffbclid-3DIwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR23gVXI7NPnkV7SU9YxLaTUjB-5Fyzhj5KFVMgQh9npNMP8UBcxQCA-5FBIY4E-5Faem-5F4SJrMVCaAM6NL-2DQPjfvBBw&amp;amp;d=DwMFaQ&amp;amp;c=euGZstcaTDllvimEN8b7jXrwqOf-v5A_CdpgnVfiiMM&amp;amp;r=aIFo64Xwk4U8L0AGwA_nTJJ81h9Fyc2WWOemF-RWRaY&amp;amp;m=VOzddJmJpPM1SDhX7Kec3-MFPNaDMM6mtfaq_8Ebdp8e4UOShgEV75xdp6yKPFM-&amp;amp;s=ejiXDIVIPNWx-cNKtpuPRzXRRoBptg6eSCtNX6ki_9M&amp;amp;e=">https://www.facebook.com/Sacripolitical</a>~ Plaq ~ 9:30~ Nixed ~ 10:15 <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.instagram.com_weird-5Fbarbie-5Fband_-3Ffbclid-3DIwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR23gVXI7NPnkV7SU9YxLaTUjB-5Fyzhj5KFVMgQh9npNMP8UBcxQCA-5FBIY4E-5Faem-5F4SJrMVCaAM6NL-2DQPjfvBBw&amp;amp;d=DwMFaQ&amp;amp;c=euGZstcaTDllvimEN8b7jXrwqOf-v5A_CdpgnVfiiMM&amp;amp;r=aIFo64Xwk4U8L0AGwA_nTJJ81h9Fyc2WWOemF-RWRaY&amp;amp;m=VOzddJmJpPM1SDhX7Kec3-MFPNaDMM6mtfaq_8Ebdp8e4UOShgEV75xdp6yKPFM-&amp;amp;s=ejiXDIVIPNWx-cNKtpuPRzXRRoBptg6eSCtNX6ki_9M&amp;amp;e=">https://www.facebook.com/nixedband</a>

BANG THE BAY!

$25 Advance / $30 Day of Show(rsvp on facebook)<h2>Jill Sobule</h2>—Jill Sobule has released a dozen of albums spanning three decades of recording, tackling such topics as the death penalty, anorexia nervosa, shoplifting, reproduction, the French Resistance, adolescent malaise, LGBTQ issues, and the Christian Right, to name a few - with her trademark wit and aplomb.​The Denver-born songwriter/guitarist/singer's work is at once deeply personal and socially conscious, seriously funny and derisively tragic. While her songs cover expansive thematic ground, they benefit greatly from Jill’s subtle intelligence and skillful light-handedness. No sloganeering flag-and-fist waving here, but rather portrait-&amp;-story songs about human beings, real and imagined, which allow us to step back from the issues they tackle, be they individual or societal, and to relate to them as we would to a close friend.On stage, she entertains, amuses, provokes, and more often than not, takes her audiences on an emotional roller coaster, from comedy to pathos in a few bars of music, often within the same song.Jill Sobule’s recording career began in 1990 with the album Things Here Are Different (MCA), produced by Todd Rundgren. Radio took notice thanks to the single’s “Too Cool To Fall In Love.” Her 1995 self-titled album (Atlantic) brought her mainstream commercial and critical success with two hit singles: the satirical gem “Supermodel” from the movie Clueless and “I Kissed A Girl” (the original), the first ever openly queer-themed Billboard Top 20 record.For her most recent album, the Ben Lee-produced Nostalgia Kills, Sobule turned her warm wit and laser-focused poet’s eye on herself more than ever before. For all its graceful, funny, and heartbreaking explorations of awkward youth and grown-up regrets, Nostalgia Kills is as of-the-moment as anything in Jill Sobule’s catalog. Through her own experiences, she explores issues our society still collectively struggles with (LGBTQ rights, teen mental health, our unhealthy obsession with staying forever young) and gently skewers our tendency to dwell on the past at the expense of addressing the present.Sobule has performed with Neil Young, Billy Bragg, Steve Earle, Cyndi Lauper, Tom Morello, Warren Zevon, and John Doe. She inducted Neil Diamond into the Songwriter’s Hall of Fame. She has shared billing with Don Henley, Joe Jackson, Warren Zevon, the influential LA punk band X, and Lloyd Cole &amp; The Negatives. She regularly co-stars with comedian/actress/author/SNL alumni Julia Sweeney in their Jill &amp; Julia Show, an unusual and mesmerizing combination of song and storytelling. A road warrior, she plays more than 100 shows a year.In November of 2019 Jill sang a song as herself on an episode of the Simpsons. Jill’s latest project is her New York Times Critics pick, Drama Desk nominated autobiographical musical “Fuck 7th Grade” which premiered at the Wild Project in 2022; had a remount in the Winter of 2023; and in November of 2024.

Jill Sobule

FRIDAY FEB. 1ST$12 advance / $15 day of show(rsvp on facebook)<h2>SUPER GREENS</h2>—Super Greens is a funk/rock group based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Their sound is an eclectic mix of funk, soul, blues and rock inspired by artists such as Bill Withers, The Meters, Led Zeppelin, The Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Revivalists, and Goose.The high-energy Super Greens sound is driven by the powerhouse vocals of Dave Combs and blistering guitar of Andrew Harris. The band’s rhythm section, consisting of Bill Croughan (bass) Noel Butta (keys), and John Spencer (drums), delivers a bedrock of catchy grooves. Their band members have played to large crowds at many prestigious California venues and festivals such as The Independent, Great American Music Hall, Sweetwater Music Hall, Terrapin Crossroads, as well as High Sierra Music Festival, and Hangtown.<h2>SPACE GOAT</h2>(closing)—Space Goat is an electrifying funk band hailing from Berkeley, California. Known for their unique blend of virtuosic improvisation, danceable funk grooves, and infectious sing-alongs; these goats free your mind and get your booty to follow. Their mesmerizing performances have earned them a dedicated following throughout the Bay Area.<h2></h2>

Super Greens + Space Goat + Adventure Playground

glory or death presentsFRIDAY JANUARY 31ST—<h2>PHANTOM HOUND</h2><h2>MR BISON</h2><h2>GENGHIS BONG</h2>—Doors 8:00pm / Show 9:00pm $12 Advance / $15 Day of Show— IVY ROOM 860 San Pablo Ave, Albany • 21+<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.facebook.com/events/8838162572918392/">(rsvp on facebook)</a><h2>PHANTOM HOUND</h2>—Originally formed in 2013 as “Hound”. The original lineup consisted of Keith Hernandez on bass, Dominic Torres on drums, &amp; Jake Navarra on guitar and vocals. The power trio quickly recorded and released The Ether EP in 2016 focusing on desert rock driven riffs and grungy blues licks. After several lineup changes in the following years the core lineup was ironed out with Jack Stiles on drums and Stephen Rogers on bass &amp; keys. This new and refreshed lineup explored multiple tunings and influences ranging from doom metal, blues rock, and classic rock then officially expanding the name to “Phantom Hound” in 2018 and collectively focused on self-releasing their debut album Mountain Pass in 2020 via in-house record label Devil Blues Records with producer Chris Hughes.While pushing Mountain Pass throughout the pandemic, the band went on tour at the first opportunity in the fall of 2021 on a Pacific Northwest run and followed up with another southwest tour fall of 2022 to push the release. In 2023 the band reunited with producer Chris Hughes &amp; entered the studio to record their sophomore record. Taking influence from current day heavy psych lords such as All Them Witches, Elder, and King Buffalo and mixing them with core inspirations such as Alice In Chains, Soundgarden, &amp; Sleep; the new record experiments with a brand new heavy psych sound, bolstered backing vocals, guitar harmonies, synthesizers, and an endless onslaught of massive hooks the band has become known for. The Oakland, California power trio will be releasing their sophomore record “From Boom Town To Ghost Town” on Glory or Death Records in September of 2024.Phantom Hound has supported such acts as Belzebong, Greenbeard, Hippie Death Cult, Spirit Mother, 16, Holy Grove, Disastroid, Kadabra, Serial Hawk, Three Towers, &amp; High Tone Son of a Bitch.<h2>MR BISON</h2>—Mr Bison is a rock band that melts heavy psychedelic sounds with progressive elements and evocative soundscapes. Formed in a small coastal town in Tuscany / Italy, the band has reinvented their sound over the course of four albums from Stoner/Psych Sounds to Heavy Psychedelic Progressive Sounds, firmly establishing themselves in 2018 with the acclaimed “HOLY OAK” and the latest Concept Album “SEAWARD”, which suddenly brought them touring around Europe and US many times, attending the best festivals on the scene such as Desert Fest Berlin London Antwerp, Krach am Back, Duna Jam ….The band has just finished the new concept album, produced by guitarist Matteo Barsacchi, mixed by Nicola Giorgetti at the Indipendente Recording Studio and mastered by Carl Saff.<h2>Genghis Bong</h2>—Genghis Bong is an instrumental Three piece from the lower Haight in San Francisco, California. Specializing in jamming out heavy grooves with weed soaked mushroom infused melodies.