Name: Waltzerr, Actress, All Friends Here
Start: 2026-05-31T20:00:00
End: 2026-06-01T00:00:00
Location: Baba Yaga

Heartbreak Ball 2026

Sad Galentine's Day with Quilli.fin, Charmed I'm Sure, Intrinsic, and Understater

Heartbreak Sip N Paint

Florida Man, Self-deprecator, Vanished, Craxis

 Benefit for the Washington Immigrant Solidarity Network

Hailing from the vibrant music scene of Houston, Texas, Vortxz is an Indie/Latino rock band on a mission to transport listeners to a world of hope, freedom, and self-expression. Founded by lead singer and songwriter Isaias “Rambo” Rodarte, the group’s eclectic sound blends new-wave indie, Rock en Español, and alternative rock, captivating audiences with its raw energy and emotive lyricism. Backed by the virtuosic guitar and keys of Noe Rodriguez and the driving rhythms of drummer Jonathan Lopez, Vortxz has carved out a unique niche in the local music scene, earning a loyal following for their electrifying live performances. With an unwavering commitment to creating music that helps people escape the trials of everyday life, this rising Houston-based trio is poised to leave an indelible mark on the indie rock landscape.

Vortxz with Andria Rose 

Global Groove presents: BRAZILIAN CARNAVAL 

Rainbow Jackson, Clover, Laura Dawn

Diirt, Ditch and Pitschouse

&nbsp;Cold night, hot jazz. Jazz Night in Pioneer Square officially returns on Tues, Feb 24th. Presented by&nbsp;Seattle Jazz Fellowship and the Alliance for Pioneer Square, join us for one night of jazz from 5:30p - 10p at 15 venues throughout the neighborhood. Free admission — no ticket required! Venues: <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.instagram.com/axispioneersquare/">@axispioneersquare</a> <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.instagram.com/babayagaseattle/">@babayagaseattle</a> <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.instagram.com/centralsaloon/">@centralsaloon</a> <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.instagram.com/darkalinos/">@darkalinos</a> <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.instagram.com/expansiveworkspace/">@expansiveworkspace</a> <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.instagram.com/europagalleryseattle/">@europagalleryseattle</a> <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.instagram.com/friendmuseum/">@friendmuseum</a> <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.instagram.com/longbrosbooks/">@longbrosbooks</a> <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.instagram.com/parlourpioneersquare/">@parlourpioneersquare</a> <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.instagram.com/seattlejazzfellowship/">@seattlejazzfellowship</a> <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.instagram.com/trinityseattle/">@trinityseattle</a> <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.instagram.com/underbellyofseattle/">@underbellyofseattle</a> <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.instagram.com/zeitgeistcoffeeseattle/">@zeitgeistcoffeeseattle</a> Skid Road Theatre + After party &amp; jam session at&nbsp;<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.instagram.com/owlnthistle/">@owlnthistle</a> All the venues listed are all-ages except Baba Yaga, Central Saloon, Underbelly, &amp; Owl N’ Thistle (until 10pm).More info at<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://seattlejazzfellowship.org/jazz-night">https://seattlejazzfellowship.org/jazz-night</a>

Jazz Night in Pioneer Square with Joe Doria

Like many Seattle bands before them, Summer School started off with humble beginnings, practicing in odd-spaces and overcrowded garages throughout the city. Originally a project by Joseph Carag (formerly Ragamuffs) and Legend Pham, Summer School has branched out into a five-piece indie group since forming in 2024. Carag and Pham were first introduced to each other through mutual friend and producer - Cameron Kuwada (Kuwada) who paired the two due to their connections to the islands, having both lived in Hawaii at different times. The duo soon recruited drummer Andrew Chegash (Apex, NC), guitarists Tyler Parson (Bend, OR) and Joseph Son (Raleigh, NC).The band released their debut EP ‘Wish I Never Met You’ in 2025 which was followed by performances at Austin's South by Southwest and Toronto's North by Northeast. Summer School was featured on the Recording Academy's AAPI heritage month, as a rising artist with members from pan-Asian backgrounds. The band has opened on festivals with major artist such as Khalid, Daniel Caesar and The Beaches. Summer School is currently working on their second EP, set to release in 2026.

Summer School with PONZI, Shelby Natasha and Joyla Red 

Schur is an indie-rock musician blending raw rock energy with the rhythmic influence of hip hop and a touch of reggae. Based out of Connecticut, he writes and records as a nomad, using the globe as his inspiration.

Schur

Body Roll: improv, burlesque, live musicJoin us March 4th at Baba Yaga for an improv burlesque fever dream. That’s right, your favorite local performers move and groove to your favorite local bands. Live music meets temptation, tease and maybe just a little bit of chaos. Watch some bodies writhe and wiggle for all your viewing pleasure.Not choreographed. Not polite. Just sensual, spontaneous and downright sinful.Live music provided by RUBHosted by: Miss Texas 1988FEATURING:Carson St ClairDulce&nbsp;Feather FataleEffie DuboisPinay GrigioPorcelainRuby Mimosa&nbsp;Rockabilly Barbie&amp; Scarlett Folds&nbsp;Scarlett Folds x Audioasis production

Body Roll: improv, burlesque, live music

Truly with King Youngblood

Multi-instrumentalist and artist Sam Greenfield has made a name for himself in the music industry playing alongside some of the biggest names in the biz. He has toured extensively with Vulfpeck’s Cory Wong, Joss Stone, Dave Koz, and Thank You Scientist.But he's not just a hired gun - Sam made waves with his latest release “WORST OF SAM GREENFIELD,” &nbsp;blending the sophistication of jazz with the lively spirit of pop and funk to create a sound that is uniquely his own. He has built a loyal following, drawing in listeners with his irresistible melodies, grooves, vibrant energy and infectious personality.And he's no stranger to the recording studio either, having worked with the likes of Ed Sheeran, John Legend, Mariah Carey, Queen Latifah, and more. With his fifth album in the works, Sam Greenfield is sure to cement his place as one of the most exciting musicians on the scene today.&nbsp;

Sam Greenfield

Fire In The Mountains x Northwest Terror Fest Present: Seattle Community Pop Up

Global Groove is back at Baba Yaga with a night of Live music, DJs, a vinyl&nbsp;popup and communal joy!&nbsp;Lineup:Fem Du Lit (Neo Soul)Rizoma (Cumbia)And special guest Mitchum Yacoub and The Brass Empire (Afrobeat) Bio:Mitchum Yacoub is an Egyptian-American producer, multi-instrumentalist, and DJ living in San Diego, CA. His sound is a vibrant stirring of rhythm and melody informed by global roots music; Strong, repetitive grooves layered with Afro-Latin percussion and bold horn lines that call all dancers to the floor. His band has shared stages with roots music heavies like Tinariwen, The Wailers, Antibalas, Jungle Fire, Los Gaiteros de San Jacinto, and Thievery Corporation. They supported Seun Kuti &amp; Egypt 80 for six shows across the U.S., where Yacoub also traded on percussion and drum kit for Kuti's band: Egypt 80 (formerly of Fela Kuti). His debut album, Living High in the Brass Empire, garnered attention from KEXP, BBC6 and KCRW, placing “Los Muñequitos” in Jeremy Sole’s Top 10 songs of 2024. With a new record slated for Spring 2026 and touring on the horizon, the anticipation continues to build.&nbsp;

Global Groove with Mitchum Yacoub 

An indie dance party for the ones who still romanticize a scratched iPod, American Spirits, and a blurry night scored by Bloc Party and Crystal Castles.&nbsp;

All Your Friends 

Sewer Society turns one year old on March 15th and YOU’RE invited to come celebrate with some of the coolest bands from Seattle, Portland, and Tacoma. @happyfaceink will have a specialty flash sheet for the evening including cute creatures that you can have on your body for LIFE! Cake will be consumed, music will be shared, friends will be made. Come one come all.&nbsp;

Sewer Society Anniversary Party and Zine release

Lillie West has always made her music in response to an itchiness to always be moving, but as she developed a burgeoning desire to settle, she found the surprise realization that steadiness can beget creativity. That evolutionary tension is what fuels much of her new album as Lala Lala, Heaven 2.&nbsp;For many years, West lived in Chicago, where she established her project Lala Lala as part of that city’s indie scene, releasing several records on the Sub Pop imprint Hardly Art. Those albums, The Lamb and I Want the Door to Open, were powerful statements from a curious artist: catchy guitar-pop songs about being stuck in the ups and downs of life, the struggle to stay sober, to leave town, to blow up your life.&nbsp; West left Chicago to search for more and, in the process, wrote her new album, Heaven 2. On her journey, she landed in New Mexico, where she lived off the grid in Taos. “It was very challenging, freezing, infested with poisonous animals. But it’s still the most beautiful and magical place I’ve ever been and I dream about it all the time,” West says. “I worked on organic vegetable farms and hiked in the mountains a lot, looked for staurolites, and sometimes rode horses. Cut off the top of my thumb at work. Those are just some things that happened.” She then made her way to Iceland, where she lived for two years on and off, with the off being in London, where she grew up. In Iceland, she was in “a residency at LunGa school in a tiny town called Seydisfjordur, where the sun never rose in the winter.” Eventually, she made her way to Reykjavik and settled in with the music community and released an instrumental album (If I Were A Real Man I Would Be Able To Break The Neck Of A Suffering Bird) before heading to Los Angeles, where she has, almost surprisingly, fallen in love and found herself settled. It’s been a good place to live, not specifically because she likes L.A. or because she doesn’t like L.A., but because she’s discovered that, “wherever you go, there you are,” she says. “I wish there was a cooler way to say that.” Fortunately, there is, and, again and again, on Heaven 2, she says it. On the single, “Even Mountains Erode,” West sings, “There are symbols and signs, you're missing your life,” which West says is about learning to slow down. To stop and smell the flowers. There are flowers wherever you live. She produced that song and the album, with Jay Som’s Melina Duterte, who provides a strong punchiness as a bed for West’s warm, rounded vocals. West says the relationship between the two of them was telepathic. It created a bold and confident album that West says would be perfectly appropriate to box to. Duterte and West performed almost all of the album’s instruments, with a few crucial guests, like Sen Morimoto on saxophone on the opening track, “Car Anymore,” and a bridge written by Porches’ Aaron Maine on the title track, “Heaven 2.” That song “is very melodramatic,” says West. “I was definitely feeling very doomed and defeated when I wrote it.” And the song does start with a bit of gloom. But it is lush, with West’s vocal building and building like a cloud swelling before a storm. The synths sweep across the song, the drums patter like raindrops on a car roof. And then the whole sky opens up, with a massive instrumental outro that feels like all your sins are being washed away.&nbsp; Catharsis is not only about the pain, but the escape that happens when you free yourself of it. And so there are moments of bold joy on the album, too. “Arrow,” which samples the French electro pop band La Femme, moves fast, and its swiftness and pleasure feel like running towards something, not away. “None of this was supposed to happen,” West sings, as the song races away from her. It wasn’t supposed to happen, but it did. “It’s such a basic spiritual thing,” West says, “Resistance is the root of all suffering, and I did not know that. I thought that I could dictate the course of my life.” Of course, like everyone else, she could not. Wherever you go, there you are.

Lala Lala with lots of hands

ALEXSUCKS

For Nottingham quartet Divorce, home is a feeling. The band, made up of Tiger Cohen-Towell (vocals / bass), Felix Mackenzie-Barrow (vocals / guitar), Adam Peter Smith (guitar &amp; synth) and Kasper Sandstrøm (drums), has spent much of their lifespan on the road. They met as teenagers through the city’s close-knit DIY scene but came together as Divorce in mid-2021, releasing a slew of genre-defiant singles that quickly caught the attention of Hand In Hive (TV Priest, Tancred, Wyldest). The years since have been breathless. In 2023 they signed to Gravity Records (Universal Music) for their acclaimed Heady Metal EP and sold out their first UK headline run off the back of it. Their 2024 schedule was filled with a raft of international festivals, a SXSW showcase, tours with Bombay Bicycle Club, The Vaccines and Everything Everything, rounding off with their biggest headline show to date at London’s Islington Assembly Hall. It wasn’t until they came to demo their debut album, Drive to Goldenhammer, that they finally had the breathing space to sit down as a band, as friends, and block out the rest of the world. “Everything up until that point, as wonderful and surprising and fulfilling as it had been, felt like we were being dragged through a hedge backwards – in a nice way!” says Tiger. The result is a pastoral blend of country, folk and chamber pop that traces the upheaval of the last few years while planting roots in their own sound. “When your life is transient and always moving, you look for that kind of solace in the songs that you write, because that's all you've got that stays constant,” Felix explains. Sonically rich and lyrically open-hearted, Drive to Goldenhammer sees Divorce assemble a shelter for themselves amid the chaos and leave the front door open to everyone.

Divorce 

Radium Dolls

Listening to them is a bit like leaning on your slightly older, begrudgingly wiser, yet equallyconfused best friend when shit hits the fan. In a mosaic of alternative and indie punctuated byunassuming pop appeal, the lived experiences of the band breathefluidly through the tracks astheir music yearns for connection, intimacy, for home or the past.The Detroit-born and Nashville-based trio—Trevor Dalrymple [vocals], Luca DiVergilio [bass],and Ethan Strain [lead guitar]—fearlessly flaunt personalities just as outsized as theseemotions, garnering them an online following of over one-hundred thousand. After amassing tenmillion-plus streams and earning early acclaim from A1234, SHEESH, and many others, theband continues to give form to relatable feelingson an upcoming 2025 EP.For as much as they’re on the same page these days, Luca and Trevor hated each other whenthey first met. “We met because we all dated the same set of twins,” Luca boasts. Best friendsLuca and Ethan began dating the twins on a road trip before Luca moved to Spain. Lucareturned home to find Trevor, a new addition to the friend group, dating his ex-girlfriend. “Lucaand I didn’t like each other at all,” Trevor recalls. “He was the ex-boyfriend, I was the newboyfriend, and we bothhad the same hair.”Over time, a shared romanticism and passion for art forced the two together and the threefriends began recording music in a cramped apartment. Nodding to inspirations such as The1975 &amp; Big Thief, they approached their artistry from aboundless perspective. Sharingindependent singles such as “Spaced Out,” Pretty Jane began to rise with fervent support in theunderground. They further fostered a tight knit relationship with the scene through incendiarybasement gigs, food fights with their fans, and crowd-surfing without fail at every show.They made waves with the breakout “Too Few Tattoos,” reeling in 7.8 million Spotify streams.A1234 hailed it as “an anthem that fits perfectly in a hangover recovery playlist, and equally soin a reflective morning playlist.” They maintained this momentum with the likes of “ShotgunWedding,” “Fur Coats,” and “under your tongue.” Of the latter, SHEESH praised, “It personifiesan emotion that only abrasive guitar tones can correctly convey, and with this single I can see areal maturation in their music."Their mastery of unexpected and unfettered intimacy lives up to the moniker of “Music that feelslike kissing your friends.” In short, the band urges their fans to make more bad decisions.“Kissyourfriends” is a call to live your life without the fear of consequence,” Luca grins. “I thinkour generation is less willing to settle for pissing their lives away, and we’re proud of that. ‘Kissyour friends’ is a bit of a battle cry for that.” “We as peoplehate monotony and inaction,” Trevorsays. “To me, ‘kissing your friends’ is like, Maybe there will be consequences, but go out, do it,and experience those emotions.” “I think that’s why we gravitate towards themes of yearning,”Ethan adds. “We’re all yearning for deeper connections and experiences.”

Pretty Jane

The Belair Lip Bombs might be Australia’s best-kept secret. But it won’t stay that way for long.Hailing from the coastal town of Frankston, the close-knit indie-rock four-piece have been building a loyal local following since they first formed eight years ago; fans across the band’s hometown of Melbourne and beyond have been magnetized to the group’s earnestness and ultra-sticky power-pop song structures.Now, the four close friends — lead singer/guitarist Maisie Everett, Mike Bradvica (guitar), Jimmy Droughton (bass), and Daniel “Dev” Devlin (drums) — are about to embrace a new chapter with their signing to Jack White’s Third Man Records (the first Australian release on the international label) and the unveiling of their endlessly listenable sophomore album, Again, which echoes the album’s joyous opening track (“Again and Again”) and winkingly symbolizes the band’s reintroduction to a global audience.It’s easy to see why Third Man snatched them up: Born from the creative hub that is Frankston DIY venue Singing Bird Studio, The Belair Lip Bombs pull you in immediately with their self-coined “yearn-core” combination of quick-footed rhythms, warm and fuzzy guitar melodies, and Maisie’s cathartic vocals, which recall the heartfelt stylings of Yawners’ Elena Nieto, Julia Jacklin, or Waxahatchee’s Katie Crutchfield. Such a vocal presence is ironically at odds with Maisie’s insular and pensive personality, but it’s in the music where her heart truly shines brightest, and it’s in the Bombs’ electric live show where her artistry confidently commands the stage.Following the breakout success of 2023’s Lush Life, the quartet’s follow-up effort gives the group’s DIY indie-rock style a fresh coat of polish across 10 rollicking new tracks, which were produced by the band, Nao Anzai (The Teskey Brothers), and Joe White (Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever).Laveda:Laveda have carved out their place in NY’s ever growing indie rock scene since moving fromthe state capitol to the heart of NYC’s up and coming underground music hub, RidgewoodQueens. Formed by co-foundersAli Genevich(vocals/guitar/bass) andJake Brooks(guitar/vocals), withDan Carr(bass/guitar) andJoe Taurone(drums), the group has evolvedfrom their dreamy indie roots into a charged, experimental force,harnessing aesthetics of 80’spunk and 90’s grunge.Their third studio album,Love, Darla,released onBar/None RecordsinSeptember of 2025, cements the band’s new noise-rock leaning sound through ten emotionallyresonant tracks thatmirror the harsh noise and static of the city they now call home.Far OutMagazine UKpraises Laveda’s “coyplayfulness, evidence of years spent together finding thebest way through a genre overflowing with lazy guitar work and unimaginative drummingpatterns” andTheNeedledropnames them “one of the most exciting bands in the undergroundright now”

The Belair Lip Bombs x dust with Laveda

Acopia is a band from Naarm/Melbourne, formed in 2018 by Kate Durman, Lachlan McGeehan, and Morgan Wright. Working with restraint and atmosphere, their music unfolds slowly and deliberately, guided by instinct and emotion. Their debut album Chances was released in 2022 on Melbourne imprint Companion, followed by a self-titled, self-released LP in 2023. Since then, they’ve sold out headline shows across the UK, Europe, and Australia, performed at festivals including Wide Awake (UK), Les Nuits Botanique (BE), and Golden Plains (AUS), and shared the stage with artists such as Bar Italia, Tirzah, and Raisa K. Their third album, Blush Response, is due out in September 2025 via London label Scenic Route.

Acopia

Jesus Christ Taxi Driver

“If Hiatus Kaiyote and Masters At Work had a child, corto.alto would be it - the future isnow!” - Gilles PetersonIt’s been an intense but rewarding few years for Liam Shortall, better known as themulti-instrumentalist, producer, composer and performer corto.alto, (the stage name anod to his Irish-Spanish heritage, translating as “short.tall” in Spanish). The release ofhis debut album ‘Bad With Names’ saw him nominated for the 2024 Mercury MusicPrize – alongside fellow Scot and now label-mate Barry Can’t Swim and the likes ofCharli XCX, Ghetts, Beth Gibbons (Portishead), Nia Archives, CMAT and more – andsaw him booked to play hundreds of shows across the world, including high-profilefestival performances and a sold-out UK tour that featured his own personally curated2000-capacity “Made In Glasgow” mini-festival at the city’s legendary BarrowlandsBallroom venue. Now making its Seattle debut, the collective formed by Liam Shortall(trombone, bass guitar, effects) deploys explosive brass textures, electronic beats, anddancefloor energy, showcasing Shortfall’s natural ear for cross-pollination of styles.

corto.alto

Spoon Benders is a three-piece punk rock band from Portland, Oregon, delivering raw volume, sharp hooks, and nonstop momentum. Stripped down and loud, the band thrives on a high-energy live show that feels just barely contained—fast, sweaty, and direct, with nothing wasted.Built on constant movement, Spoon Benders have spent years touring relentlessly, honing their sound on stages across the country and earning a reputation as a band that hits hard and never phones it in. Their music channels punk’s urgency and grit, powered by tight chemistry and anaggressive edge that only a three-piece can deliver.Now, Spoon Benders are preparing to release their highly anticipated third album, capturing the intensity of the road and the confidence of a band fully in its stride. With new songs on the way and the volume turned up, Spoon Benders continue to prove that three people are more than enough to make some serious noise.

Spoon Benders with Semisoft

&nbsp;If all the world is a stage, then our performance is a lonely one. Reflected not through eyes but through screens ad infinitum, our audience – real or imagined – is no longer a burden but a need. Attention, recognition, validation: we trade our interior worlds for the thrill of public display. In a hyper-individual world, Ulrika Spacek’s fourth album EXPO offers an antidote.&nbsp;Even as its five members have been pulled by tides of their own, Ulrika Spacek has always been a symbol of collective art. Despite a range of day jobs (experimental physicists, graphic designers, music producers) the collective pursuit is there in the shared dream logic of the music: the off-kilter melodies, jagged guitars and cirrus cloud atmospherics. It’s there, in all the things that are said and unsaid between them; there in the writing, producing and mixing processes they share in. And even as each of their parts moves toward a unified vision, it’s never more keenly felt than in the bigger picture to which Ulrika Spacek belong.&nbsp;Whether it is Oysterland, the self-curated night the band began to platform artists of other disciplines in live music spaces; Total Refreshment Centre, the East London studio acclaimed producer [caroline, Thurston Moore, Spiritualized] / bassist Syd Kemp runs which connects the dots between the jazz scene and like-minded experimental artists; or their creative bleed as musicians and producers with Crack Cloud and caroline, the band’s existence is inseparable from its community. And though singer/multi-instrumentalist Rhys Edwards now lives in Stockholm, it only underlines the band’s absolute togetherness when they create with one another - they go all-in, even at personal expense, for the sake of the whole. On the melodic, cold-sweat fever of “Picto”,&nbsp; states EXPO’s manifesto: “It’s back to strength in numbers, count in fives.”

Ulrika Spacek

Elephant Kind

After a whirlwind year of globetrotting, with electrifying performances across Europe and Mexico, SIX SEX has cemented herself as a force in the global electronic music scene. Named by Rolling Stone and NME as one of the essential artists to watch in 2025, this Argentine club queen continues to push boundaries and captivate audiences around the world.Known for his bold live shows, SIX SEX blends energetic club beats with a theatrical flair that leaves audiences mesmerized. Every stage she performs transforms into a visceral rave—a cathartic blend of liberation, performance, and raw energy. In recent years, she has collaborated with producers from the vibrant Latin Club scene as well as Berlin's electronic avant-garde, further expanding her sonic universe.Her highly anticipated new EP, X-sex, is a showcase of electronic euphoria, pop excellence, and overflowing attitude, featuring some of the most provocative tracks of his career. As usual, SIX SEX has assembled a dream team of international electronic producers—Luca Eck, Dauner, David Jackson, Pablo Bozzi, Bbynito, MCR-T, DJ g2g, and DBBD—to create an EP that further deepens the rave intensity he explored on his acclaimed previous EP, SATISFIRE. After being recognized by Rolling Stone and NME as one of the essential artists to follow in 2025, X-sex arrives to reaffirm this status.The EP begins with the iconic squat tutorial "How to Make Your Ass Bigger," setting the tone for what follows: an invitation to dance and fantasy. "Performance Actitud (Pose)" captures the moment when the music takes over the body and dancing is all that matters. Meanwhile, "Bitches Like Me" is a sassy, attitude-filled anthem, perfect for enjoying with friends. The second half of the EP takes on a more erotic tone, beginning with a guest appearance by Argentinian rapper Dillom on "Tócame," where the two engage in an uncensored dirty talk duel. The screams of pleasure and catharsis in "Ahhhhhh" and the polyamory anthem "U&amp;ME" form the climax of X-sex, proving once again that SIX SEX is unafraid to explore the limits of provocation and desire.In November 2024, SIX SEX made a triumphant debut at Berlin's iconic Berghain—a true sanctuary of rave culture—reinforcing her connection to the roots of electronic music. Looking ahead to 2025, she already has a performance scheduled at the prestigious Sónar Festival in Barcelona, Boiler Room in Ibiza and will embark on her highly anticipated debut USA tour. See you on the dance floor.

Six Sex

Borderline Bio:Borderline are quickly cementing their status as one of the Southern Hemisphere’s most compelling indie-pop exports. With a sound that expertly melds indie rock with contemporary pop, their music is built on infectious hooks, luminous melodies, and the deep, enduring chemistry of its members, four childhood friends from New Zealand. The band is renowned for their dynamic, high-energy live show, establishing them as one of the most exciting emerging acts globally.

Oceanic and Borderline

Chris Speed&nbsp;•&nbsp;Jim Black • Cuong Vu • Skúli Sverrisson&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;OGs of the NYC Jazz. &amp; New Music UndergroundBefore genre-blurring became a buzzword and boundary-pushing a branding strategy, Yeah NO was already redefining jazz on their own terms— authentic, dynamic, and unapologetically original. Initially convened in the mid-90s as an experiment in decoding and scoring group improvisations, the band - led by saxophonist and clarinetist Chris Speed (The Bad Plus) alongside Jim Black, Skúli Sverrisson, and trumpeter Cuong Vu - crafted an unconventional book of music that fused jazz, rock, Eastern European&nbsp;&nbsp;folk and minimalism, together pushing the NYC jazz and new music underground into new territory.Thriving in New York City's late 90s underground scene, Yeah NO toured extensively across the U.S. and Europe, establishing a vital legacy through four influential recordings, including Swell Henry (2004) and Emit (2000).Featuring an all-star lineup of innovators:Chris Speed - Tenor saxophone and clarinet visionary; equally at home in expressivelyricism and post-bop abstraction.﻿Jim Black - Drummer, electronic experimentalist, rhythmic architect; a foundational voice in NYC's avant-jazz drumming vocabulary.﻿Cuong Vu - Trumpeter known for blistering sonics and lyrical intensity, blending noise, jazz, and ambient textures with fearless grace.Skúli Sverrisson - Bassist, composer, and sonic innovator whose genius and unique approach have left a profound mark on contemporary music.Now, two decades later, Yeah NO returns with the same deep musical connection, fearless ensemble playing, and intensity that defined their early sound. 2026 will mark a rare opportunity to hear and experience their dynamic performance live!

Chris Speed's Yeah NO Featuring Jim Black, Cuong Vu, and Skúli Sverrisson.

Kyle Hume never planned on being an artist. A computer science major turned songwriter, he startedmaking music in his dorm room and found an audience online—now over 3 million strong. With songslike “If I Would Have Known,” “Fine,” and “Alive (It’s a Lie),” Kyle’s honest lyrics and sharp popproduction have earned hundreds of millions of streams and a loyal global following.Fresh off new releases like “Spiral Out” and “People Pleaser,” Kyle’s taking his music to thestage—bringing the energy, emotion, and connection that started it all.

Kyle Hume

Floral Tattoo IT's You! It's Me! and There's Dancing! You Are Something True

Every band worth its salt has a member who worked in a record store. In METZ, the fearless noise rock trio who released five full-length albums on Sub Pop between 2012 and 2024, it was singer and guitarist Alex Edkins. Slinging indie rock and hardcore records in his hometown record store while attending university, Edkins became an ardent student of rock ‘n’ roll; from the psychedelic 1960s to the DIY 1990s and beyond. Hoopla, the catchy, melodic second LP from Edkins’s solo project Weird Nightmare, mixes and matches these influences in fun and exhilarating combinations, displaying his sophisticated musical mind. Bursting to life with hooks and earworms, Hoopla is that one tape that never gets ejectedfrom the car stereo, but plays on repeat, soundtracking the summer. New and nostalgic at the same time, Hoopla will perk up your ears. Weird Nightmare’s self-produced, and decidedly lo-fi, self-titled debut was recorded at home during the pandemic and released by Sub Pop in 2022. Weird Nightmare displayed Edkins’s indie rock sensibility, with a penchant for undeniable hooks and massive sing-along choruses. His skills at writing and performing only tightened on a series of singles that followed. On the new studio album Hoopla—co-produced with Spoon’s Jim Eno and recorded at Seth Manchester’s Machines with Magnets—Edkins expands Weird Nightmare’s dimensions even further. Gilded onto the direct emotions of his straightforward songwriting, new musical textures such as piano, bells, and castanets give these well-wrought tunes a shiny luster. It’s like a beloved indie director leveling up to their first studio feature. If Weird Nightmare’s debut was anunderground crowd pleaser akin to Richard Linklater’s Slacker, then Hoopla is Edkins’s Dazed and Confused, or even better, Before Sunrise. Hoopla represents a huge leap forward in his sonic palette and emotional vulnerability. Resplendent with sunny, guitar pop, Hoopla was produced with just the right amount of fuzz and crunch. The immediate, crisp, unfussy recording brings you right into the studio with Edkins and his rhythm section: Loel Campbell on drums and bassist Roddy Kuester. This is top-shelf power pop; these sharp jolts of adrenaline could slip into a radio rock block between The Replacements and Elvis Costello &amp; the Attractions. Or fit just as easily on a college radio set alongside Sharp Pins, Ratboys, and Alvvays. At its heart, this album is an optimistic, shining light in our strange time. Through Weird Nightmare, Edkins wants you to know that he is still in love with the world, and he invites the listeners of Hoopla to feel the same. Take this chance to seize a glimmer of widescreen pop magic in our used-up old world. You deserve it.

Weird Nightmare

Dumbo Gets Mad is a psychedelic pop project founded in 2011 by Luca Bergomi, a songwriter, producer, and sound designer from Emilia. The name of the project is inspired by the scene Pink Elephants on Parade, one of the most famous, surreal, and psychedelic sequences in Disney's Dumbo (1941). It is a metaphor for the childlike spirit that confronts and confuses the absurd.Initially conceived as a duo with Carlotta Menozzi, the project stems from the artist's free vision, which unpredictably and playfully mixes styles, voices, languages, and genres filtered through his own taste. The project debuted in Los Angeles with their first album, Elephants at the Door, which immediately attracted the attention of an international fanbase. The first single released, Plumy Tale, was included by critic Joe Tangari among the 50 best tracks of 2011 according to Pitchfork, while Marmalade Kids was chosen by NPR (the American public radio station) as 'song of the day'.In 2013, the second album, Quantum Leap, was released, which, compared to the debut, presents itself as a true psychedelic jam session; the song Indian Food consolidated the project's presence on the US music scene.The third album, Thank You Neil, was released in 2015: a soul-tinged record inspired by American astrophysicist and science communicator Neil deGrasse Tyson. Recorded entirely live, the album showcases a more elegant and minimalist approach to production and once again received widespread acclaim from international critics.In 2019, the single Makes You Fly was released by the French label Nice Guys, anticipating the album Things Are Random And Time Is Speeding Up, released in February 2021 and followed by a tour in North America and Mexico.

Dumbo Gets Mad 

Brown Horse return with their third album Total Dive. Their strongest and most grounded work to date, it showcases a new level of skill and assurance in the Norwich, UK band’s thoughtful lyricism and musicality. Leaning away from the playfulness and eclecticism of their previous works, Total Dive sees Brown Horse step forward into the darkness with a cautious optimism. With songs from each of the four members (Patrick Turner, Nyle Holihan, Emma Tovell and Rowan Braham) the writing charts a world of small revelations and painful changes. As they move confidently between searing noise and delicate reflection, they take time to note the beauty and agony of the mundane; the death rattle of a vending machine, headlights flashing in the eyes of a road-killed fox, the heather-pink of a winter sky. The new album is the clearest expression yet of Brown Horse’s unique sound - somewhere between the stark country rock of Uncle Tupelo, the raw intimacy of early Cat Power, and the haunted landscapes of Magnolia Electric Co., while embracing the self-possessed noisiness of alt rock trailblazers like Built to Spill and The Breeders. Bolstered by the playing of Norwich drummer, Ben Rodwell, and the vocal harmonies of Leeds-based musician, Neve Cariad, Total Dive is the sound of a band coming fully into their own. These are songs inhabited by wide Norfolk skies, thousands of shared miles on the road, the noise of heartbreak and humour, and the echoing silence of long hours spent in strange in-between places.

Brown Horse

Easy Honey

What happens when two artists defined by independence decide to share the reins? Particularlyin the realm of electronic music, so often crafted in the privacy of a bedroom or a solitary studio,collaboration can feel like an exercise in ceding control. For Brothertiger and Hotel Pools, thisexercise proved surprisingly easy.Months of swapping ideas from opposite coasts gradually yielded Paradigms, a joint album thatfinds the two veteran artists melding their signature sounds into a dreamy electronicaconfection. Over seven hypnotic songs, Brothertiger’s entrancing vocals float in a rich mist oflayered synths, creating an ethereal sonic atmosphere that feels simultaneously calm andclimactic.At its face, this sound may not be unfamiliar to fans of either artist. Hotel Pools, the moniker ofPortland-based artist and producer Ben Braun, has been a stalwart presence in the vaporwavescene since 2018, and Brothertiger’s John Jagos has amassed a cult following for his masterfulelectronic production. Their affinity for synths isn’t the only thing they have in common — afterdemoralizing experiences with traditional record labels, both artists opted to go fullyindependent and release music directly to their fans.“Hotel Pools was born because I was tired of having to deal with other people controlling myoutput,” Ben explains. “When the project was born in 2018, I was just putting demos onSoundcloud — totally grassroots, and it just kind of connected with an audience. I leaned intomaking the music I wanted to make, having the artwork made that I wanted made, working withwho I wanted to work with, and kind of shunning the industry to a certain degree.”Meanwhile, on the other side of the country, John was honing his craft in New York and buildinga name for Brothertiger on the assemblage of music blogs that defined 2010s music discovery.Platforms like Bandcamp, Soundcloud and Myspace presented a refreshingly straightforwardalternative to the record label route, offering more creative autonomy and deeper relationshipswith fans.But after years of writing, producing, and releasing their own music, both artists foundthemselves yearning for creative kinship.“Being an independent solo artist, I’m so used to working by myself, and I know Ben is too,”says John. “But the past two years, I’d been thinking it would be cool to collaborate withsomeone whose music I really like who is also a solo artist who shares a similar vision andsound.”John reached out to Ben, Ben sent over a demo, John added lyrics. Immediately, both artists feltstruck by not only the fluidity of the working relationship but the comfort they felt in each

Brothertiger / Hotel Pools

Lowertown, the duo of Avsha Weinberg and Olivia Osby, first met in high school math class. They sparked a friendship when Avsha looked over Olivia’s shoulder to see what music she was playing on her laptop, bonding over a shared love of Alex G and The Microphones. They traded influences, and eventually, demos, releasing their first ever single as Lowertown in 2018 before they’d graduated high school. “It was trial by fire,” remembers Olivia, the band’s distinct and off-kilter style initially proving to be an obstacle to fitting in on local bills, but their 2019 debut Friends set things in motion.From the beginning, their approach to collaboration was shaped by their differing backgrounds. Olivia spent her formative years writing poetry, while Avsha took up classical piano at age 4. The interplay between Olivia’s intuitive approach and Avsha’s measured attention to detail is central to the sound of Lowertown.Within a short period of the time the duo had signed to a label, and hit the road supporting Wet Leg, quickly followed by a run with Porches, and a national tour with label mates and friends Beabadoobee.Across three albums, the band’s sound has expanded from their initial indie folk offerings to include flashes of electronica, jagged punk, and beautiful atmospherics. Mood has always been key to the sound of Lowertown, the singular interplay between Olivia &amp; Avsha’s alternatingly raw and melodic vocals playing out over freeform songwriting that Pitchfork described as “fascinating.”They are now gearing up to go on their first US headline tour. They plan to release their highly anticipated 4th album. The album was entirely written, performed, and produced by the duo in Avsha’s Brooklyn apartment.

LOWERTOWN with Micah Preite

While Bernstein is the primary composer, arranger, producer and designer for Zara, Zara’s live ensemble has had several iterations. The current line-up includes Max Zara Bernstein on guitar and vocals, Dave Braun on drums, Mal McDowell on bass, Julian Nguyen on viola, Nikhita Sheller on saxophone, Henry Mansfield on Keyboards, August Belheumer on cello, Ren Hollyaster on violin, and Peter Nelson-King on baritone and trumpet.&nbsp;

Zara with Seaside Tryst and Graveyard Gossip

Waltzerr, Actress, All Friends Here

MOOD SWING is a celebration of heavy basslines, shuffled drums, deep M1s, and the now-global retro/modern sounds of the UK Garage underground and beyond Seattle's #1 UKG night brought to you by DJ Mom &amp; Dad (Mike Ramos &amp; JELZ) is coming to Baba Yaga's basement with the crew Reverend Dollars and Toya B -- And plenty of HOT tracks to warm up your February and kick off your V-Day weekend early &lt;3 &lt;3 &lt;3 Come through for club steppers mixed in with cheeky vocals, breaks, edits, jungle and whatever the mood brings!

Mood Swing

Savage Master with Oxygen Destroyer, Solicitor and Hyper Strike

Cofgod Album Release

Ulthar

Join us as we celebrate the three year anniversary of Colours Global Sound!We've danced, we've sang our hearts out, and the connections we've made have been nothing short of magic. This night is for all of us, so let's make it one to remember.&nbsp;Sounds by:ZenISOKNayriamThis party is for the lovers of Afrobeats, Dancehall, Reggaeton, Soca, Dembow, Amapiano, Brazilan Funk and all the other flavours that make the waistline go crazy<img src="https://fonts.gstatic.com/s/e/notoemoji/16.0/1f483_1f3ff/72.png" alt="💃🏿"><img src="https://fonts.gstatic.com/s/e/notoemoji/16.0/1f57a_1f3ff/72.png" alt="🕺🏿">

Colours - 3rd Anniversary

"Real Don Music, the ongoing experiment of inveterate weirdo and serial bandleader Kirk Huffman (Gatsbys American Dream, Kay Kay &amp; His Weathered Underground, Wild Orchid Children, Co-Producer Portugal. The Man "Censored Colors" etc.) calls upon his copious experiences and influences to channel a horn laden and synth layered psychedelic Trip-Hop &amp; Acid Jazz, Steely Dan on Stones Throw pop sound he confidently calls his own.

Real Don Music with Lovely Colours and Clothing Optional

Dark Chisme Tour Kickoff w/ Vueltas & Mutual Shock

Nosretep with T.R.O.U.T and Authentic Luxury

Rituals of Mine

When Maria Maita-Keppeler was in college, she&nbsp;studied the ancient art of Japanese woodblock printmaking. “By the nature of the medium, you have to be bold,” she says — but, you also have to be delicate, deliberate, exacting. All those little cuts on their own add up to the whole — to a picture, a story, a life.&nbsp;The Japanese-American singer-songwriter applies that same approach to her band, MAITA; she only writes songs she intends to finish. She only makes cuts in service of the whole. And once the debris has been blown away, the melodies remain — vibrant, sharp, and often heartbreaking. The band’s latest LP,&nbsp;want, which was released in 2024 via Fluff &amp; Gravy Records, is all of the above. A razor’s edge look at a relationship in turmoil, the record serves to strip away everything undesired in Maita-Keppeler’s life, leaving behind only that titular word: want. “The album allowed me this opportunity to be a little more courageous about my feelings,” Maita-Keppeler says. “I grew up feeling very much like the peacekeeper. Now, I have to be really assertive about what I want for myself.”&nbsp; MAITA's first record,&nbsp;Best Wishes, was released via Kill Rock Stars in May 2020 — but it was bittersweet, according to Maita-Keppeler. The album came out peak-pandemic and they were unable to tour. And since COVID threw a wrench in the works, the band felt a bit like they had to reintroduce themselves with 2022’s&nbsp;I Just Want to Be Wild for You, which they recorded back in 2020. “This record was about how people can lose connection — whether with yourself, a partner or the world around you,” Maita-Keppeler says. “There’s this disillusionment that can happen in our modern world. But there’s this wealth of passion that lies underneath those moments — a desperation that's not being fulfilled.” As restrictions loosened MAITA began to see the benefit of rave reviews from&nbsp;KEXP,&nbsp;SPIN,&nbsp;FLOOD Magazine, and&nbsp;NPR’s&nbsp;Bob Boilen. They toured the US and Europe and played shows opening for the likes of Mirah, Blind Pilot, Horse Feathers, Typhoon, and garnered featured slots at SXSW and Treefort as well. Meanwhile, the band was working on polishing up their third LP,&nbsp;want, which Maita-Keppeler penned during the isolation of the pandemic. A fiercely private songwriter who draws mostly on her own experience for song fodder, Maita-Keppeler dug deeper than ever into her heart. “This album feels like the most cohesive of any batch of songs that I'd written, because the slate was pretty blank in terms of what was going on around me,” she recalls. “I had the chance to feel all these feelings without a lot of distractions from the outside world.” Recorded at Echo Echo in Portland, Oregon in the winter of 2022, the record serves as the most crystallized of MAITA’s works thus far; like Maita-Keppeler’s screen prints, which she does for each song she writes, it’s a stark, arresting image of a place in lost time. “We felt like the songwriting had a kind of visceral quality to it,” she says. “I love high highs and low lows.” Through it all, though, runs the theme of&nbsp;wanting. “These songs all explore desire within the framework of a long-term relationship where you're just trying to push and dig deeper,” Maita-Keppeler says. “I feel like not a lot of songs really get to the core of those struggles and how nuanced they actually are.”St Yuma BioSt. Yuma began its journey in 2015 in Seattle, WA. It has served as the creative outlet for Stevan Alva, a California native. After spending an extended period in Texas, Stevan returned to Washington in the spring of 2022. Following the release of "Country Sleight of Hand," recorded at The Unknown in Anacortes, WA, in 2024, a new album is set to be released in March of 2026 Entitled “Trout Man” St. Yuma's most ambitious work yet. Drawing on inspiration from artists such as Silver Jews, Damien Jurado, and various other artists from the 60’s &amp; 70’s.&nbsp;<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://styuma.bandcamp.com/album/country-sleight-of-hand">https://styuma.bandcamp.com/album/country-sleight-of-hand</a>

Maita with St. Yuma

VANISHMENT with Violent Insurrection, ACERBITY  and URSAWRATH

Dead Disko 1 Year Anniversary: Noche De Los Esqueletos

Milton, Hurry Up Snufkin, What Strange Beasts

Flur, Burning Urn, The Villains Inside, Along Drive Way

PARTYOF2 welcome everyone to their table. It doesn’t matter who you are, where you’ve been, or when you got there. The group’s hybrid of R&amp;B, hip-hop, rock, trap, and alternative is just as inclusive as their core ethos is. The Los Angeles group—Jadagrace and SWIM—architect the kinds of anthems that make you feel like you’re a part of something bigger, emboldening you with bangers in the process. They’re not simply creating music; they’re creating a community. 15 years ago, Jadagrace and SWIM forged a rock-solid friendship as they respectively pursued their dreams. Eventually, they unlocked once-in-a-lifetime chemistry during their time together in grouptherapy, releasing a string of projects, collaborating with Tinashe and Rejjie Snow, and performing to packed houses. They expanded on this foundation by introducing PARTYOF2 to the masses in early 2025. Right out of the gate, the pair struck a chord with the we owe you an explanation EP. Inciting tastemaker applause from the likes of CLASH, Earmilk, UPROXX, and many others, office raved, “Through bursts of saturated color and their own poetic, quick-fire lyricism, they’re crafting a space where sharp social observations and pure sonic joy can co-exist,” and Teen Vogue went as far as to hail it as “their best music yet.” Simultaneously, “POSER” popped off to the tune of 10 million-plus Spotify streams. Rallying an ardent audience behind them, generating tens of millions of streams, and receive widespread praise, the duo invite any and all listeners into their circle with their 2025 full-length debut LP, AMERIKA’S NEXT TOP PARTY [Def Jam Recordings].

PARTYOF2: AMERIKA’S NEXT TOP PARTY! TOUR

Jo Hirabayashi–the singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer behind Canada’s Jo Passed–is very much alive, even though his sophomore album, Away, took eight years to come out. You can’t, or shouldn’t, rush a good thing, and this collection of 11 layered indie rockers is as honest and real as it gets.&nbsp; With his 2018 debut LP Their Prime (Sub Pop) long behind him, Away showcases Hirabayashi at his creative best, and is the culmination of a long and arduous road on which he suffered burnout and anxiety as he scrapped various versions before arriving at its final state. “Away is a process record–about processing, about the process of making music, and the process of navigating one's own psyche,” he notes.&nbsp; Centered around Hirabayashi’s mental health journey and recovery in between releases, the songs of Away range from existential to deeply personal, all with a lighthearted touch and explored via a knotty, dynamic sound that might’ve occurred if Elliott Smith had jammed with Brian Eno in the ‘70s. Hirabayashi leads on vocals, bass, guitar and keys, along with Téa Mei on additional vocals, drums by Mac Lawrie and Justin Devries, strings by Meredith Bates, and woodwinds and saxophones by Andromeda Monk. The resulting album is like an impasto painting, layered on thick then scraped and glazed. The necessary soft cuddle in all this stress and uncertainty unfolds with the standout single "Ico" is dedicated to Téa Mei's cherished 15-year-old Siberian long-haired cat, co-parented by Hirabayashi for five years. Written during the pandemic, “Ico” chronicles the simple stress-free life of the feline’s day, while subtly zeroing in on the benefits of cognitive behavioral therapy and being in the moment, as well as reflections on philosopher Søren Kierkegaard’s The Lily of the Field and the Bird of the Air. “The lockdown era of the still-present COVID pandemic is already a kind of retro-referenced universe, and everyone seemed to write their own songs from that time. This one is mine,” Hirabayashi explains. “But more than that, this song is about my cat–her freedom in repetition, the steady rhythm of her days. Her calm, grounding presence became both a mentor and a lifesaver for me during those years, and I owe everything to her. Sadly, she’s been diagnosed with lung cancer and kidney failure. I'm hoping that I can get this record out and that song out before she passes away. Everything else on the album is this dark, dreary exploration of anxiety and human fixation, and I felt it needed something that was more positive.” As such, Away heavily plays on themes of ego death, death itself, and general loss. “J Walking” explores the notion of being stuck–paralyzed by imagined external voices peering within and preventing oneself from moving forward. “Precious Word” focuses on a person’s fixation with words and labels while grounding their identity, while “Dizzy Izzy” addresses a falling out with a friend. “Too Much Thought” returns to anxiety and losing yourself in your own thought patterns. Yes, it’s been a long eight years…six of those spent in therapy.&nbsp; Starting his music career on the West Coast, Hirabayashi became entrenched in Vancouver’s DIY music scene in his late teens before moving across the country to Montreal, then back to Vancouver. He started Jo Passed in 2015, a solo project that always had a dedicated touring lineup. They released a couple of EPs, Up and Out, before coming to the attention of iconic label Sub Pop and respected Canadian indie label Royal Mountain. Recording partly at his home studio, Thor's Palace in Vancouver, then finishing up and mixing at KW Studios, the resultant Their Prime was hailed as “a brilliant and unexpected ride from start to finish” by DIY Magazine, and enabled Jo Passed to tour with Wolf Parade in 2019. “It was one of the first times that I actually got to open for a band that I loved and was influenced by,” he says. But behind the scenes, there were some interpersonal problems. He cancelled a tour and the band dissolved. “It definitely triggered my realization that I was experiencing very hard burnout,” reflects Hirabayashi.&nbsp;&nbsp;What transpired over the next eight years was a lot of time away from his creative pursuits. Hirabayashi began to focus on supporting other artists through composition, production, and videography/filmmaking. During this time, Away was written, re-written, some scrapped, some reworked, and some left to contemplate then return to later with fresh ears. There was also a year-long break where he didn’t even listen to the album. Yet despite all the challenges, Hirabayashi emerged refreshed.&nbsp; “One of the biggest factors was taking space to actually find myself creatively,” says Hirabayashi. “I turned a tough time into creativity and found my way back to myself. Two years later, I've got an album I love. Taking that time was worth it, and I hope this record inspires others to be kind to themselves and patient with their own pace.”

Jo Passed with Versing and little angry 

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Briscoe with The Takes

Totem Star Winter Magic

As crushed, musicians Bre Morell and Shaun Durkan make maximalist dream pop music for themselves. Recording out of various homes, not fixed to any single location (Morell from Texas, now based in Los Angeles, and Durkan in Portland, Oregon), they write the songs they want to hear, tuning from shared taste for trip-hop, Britpop, electronica, and the canon of ‘90s alt radio, a desire for emotionality, and an instinct for when it sounds right and honest; when it means something real to them.Their full-length debut, no scope, embodies their trust in one another and in their craft. A “no scope” kill in the video game lexicon is achieved by shooting a sniper rifle at close range without scoping in on your target, an apt metaphor for two artists following their pop impulses, shooting from the hip with precision. “It might also mean like, having no future,” jokes Morell, “getting no-scoped by life.” The reality of failure looms in most creative pursuits, perhaps more pronounced the further into your field you get. Several musical lives and midnight transmissions have led Morell and Durkan to this project. And on the triumphant no scope, crushed take life’s best shots with their strongest work, wielding melodic, open-hearted hooks through a maze of breakbeats and spliced sound design with unprecedented immediacy and clarity. Next level, unlocked.no scope follows extra life, the 2023 EP and debut collaboration between Morell, who also fronts the band Temple of Angels (Run For Cover Records), and Durkan, who has produced for others (Topographies, Young Prisms) following the 2010s run of his former band Weekend (Slumberland Records). Their first batch of songs together saw a groundswell of support, finding early fans in Pitchfork, NPR, and Ghostly International, who signed the band and gave extra life a wider physical release in 2024. crushed capped the year with their first-ever shows in the UK, and tested new material and live arrangements in early 2025 as the album was finalized.

Crushed with Swinging

Wind-up Birds, All Friends Here, Roy G Biv

Dance to your favorite KPOP songs all night long at Baba Yaga! Party all night to your favorite hits from BTS, BLACKPINK, Stray Kids, TWICE, NCT, NewJeans, and more! Local dance cover groups will also be taking the stage throughout the night. #STAY #StrayKids #BLACKPINK #TWICE #KPOP #BTS #NewJeans #kpopparty

K-WINTERLAND

Lucha Luna Album Release Party with Bloqueador Solar, KATANiiCA, and DJ La Mala Noche

Nearly Nekkid Norwegians Special Olympics Fundraiser

Antarcticans with Half Life and Tony Borrego & The Sound Lab

An indie dance party for the ones who still romanticize a scratched iPod, American Spirits, and a blurry night scored by Bloc Party and Crystal Castles.&nbsp;All Your Friends is your basement-floor flashback to the bloghouse, post-punk revival, and early Tumblr era — when the jeans were tight, the eyeliner was smudged, and every night felt like a house show turned afterparty. Expect to move to LCD Soundsystem, The Rapture, Foals, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, TV on the Radio, and that remix you forgot you loved.

Tears of Joy, Karoshi, Toxic Tears

ART WALK AFTERPARTY w/ Mt Fog, RUB, and Peyote Ugly

Bliss, Animal Talk, Maybe Evan

Actress, Zailee Haze, Someone’s Daughter, Star Matriarch 

NYE - Flesh Produce, Stetson Heat Seeker, Ghost Fetish, and The Edison Cabinet

Arden Leas w/ Anna Justen and Bobby Soxxer

Capala, Shame Banger, Sunbather Die, NiGHTofAL

GRRRizzly, Self-doubt, Overripe

Hate Knife, Tripe, The Sleepers

Tiny Monsters

Fleetwood Snack, Welp Disney, Lonelygrrl15

Counterproductive with Fatal Femmes and Maya Experience

MONSTERWATCH 

Deft Lips with Thief Motif and Bonkonomics

Emo Karaoke

Big Sad 1900 

IDOL: A Katseye Afterparty

Clover Album Release 

FIRST THURSDAY ART WALK w/ Lovely Colours, Zailee Haze, Deafbloom

CLUB MILK Friday, November 29 | 9PM–Late Baba Yaga (Underground, Pioneer Square)Step into the dark hazy glow of CLUB MILK — where the lights blur, the bass hits, and chaos feels just right. We’re bringing back one of FRICKTION’s faves, MARY K from Chicago, alongside local legends FRIDA K, ELLIE WILD, ALEC, and CLAUDIA LB.💫 FREE before 10PM 🎟️ $10 early entry (arrive before 11PM) 🔥 $15 after 💖 Buy 2, get 1 free ticket deal — grab your crew and save a lil cash!Plus, we’ve got a tattoo corner, so come get something cute while you dance under the neon fog.

Club Milk

Miss Prince with Sun Over Static and Me and Who

Catica 

We are reclaiming thanksgiving for the babes and giving back big to our indigenous community!⭐️ Live Babe Bands + DJs! ⭐️ Native makers market by yəhaw̓! ⭐️ All ages until 10pm$2 of every ticket sold will be donated yəhaw̓ until we reach our goal of $1k!

Babe Fest 3 - BABESGIVING!

Sam Cobra with Funhouse and Llaredda

Dead Disko

Brute

Steph Strings

King Sheim 

The WAMEKI (Japan) 

When Casey Lowery’s grandfather passed away in 2023, he left him a caravan –&nbsp;an old holiday home on the English coastline, which contained a history Casey hadn’t previously thought about. But when he arrived, moving in temporarily with his dog, removing himself from the metropolitan music industry he’d spent over half a decade trying to make sense of, it unlocked something within him. There, amongst the company of pensioners and nature, the final pieces of lekkerland, his debut album, came together. The album, Casey says, is his effort to “reconnect with my past a bit,” and a reflection on the kind of community once promised to him by a music industry system he’s trying, in a more modest, loving form, to reshape and make work for him. “Lekker” itself is an Afrikaans term Casey picked up on the road and means ‘something pleasing’. After years of recalibrating,Casey has found a way to make something that pleases himself as much as it pleases others.&nbsp; Casey was born in Chesterfield, a market town in the English midlands, an only child with a penchant for the spotlight. Growing up, he was exposed to the greats of early 00s English pop culture, like Gareth Gates and Robbie Williams – two men who set the mould for what he thought he wanted to be. His mother, keen for him to follow that musical path, signed him up to clarinet classes. He played for eight years, all while his musical taste became a little more refined, listening to pop-leaning indie bands, before eventually becoming an Arctic Monkeys boy. “But I can't say it ever crossed my mind that I wanted to be a professional clarinettist,” Casey says. “I just wanted money.”&nbsp;Skateland:Dorian Williams II, known professionally as Skateland, is an American singer, songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist based in Austin, TX. After moving from Las Vegas to pursue a degree at the University of Texas, Williams began writing songs and experimenting with various instruments in his bedroom and&nbsp;<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://b4182b3f.streaklinks.com/Cd9B6CyyciCmjE-yqARgszsZ/https%3A%2F%2Fopen.spotify.com%2Fartist%2F56Ufgy06KtGmwmzBvnMsBc%3Fsi%3D3X7-8ZHkS6C1jN5lCTk8Cw">Skateland</a>&nbsp;was born. Described as a "bedroom pop mastermind", Williams blends "dreamy indie pop, cathartic synth pop, and lush indie rock for a remarkable listen" (<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://b4182b3f.streaklinks.com/Cd9B6Cy_P7CeQa-nKQOuzF0H/https%3A%2F%2Fearmilk.com%2F2024%2F11%2F18%2Fskateland-chats-new-ep-sxsw-tour-rider-and-more-interview%2F">via Earmilk</a>).&nbsp;Fresh off opening for Foster the People in October 24, Williams released his second EP "<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://b4182b3f.streaklinks.com/Cd9B6Cy-fsWjhnsSwQ1ywBfp/https%3A%2F%2Fopen.spotify.com%2Falbum%2F6s71Y4AFboqd0pUlr7d2vs%3Fsi%3D10lCJlRhRU6J_Zs9082mWw%26nd%3D1%26dlsi%3Ddf28382095ee49f2">Joyce Howell, How are You?</a>" The project is a "time capsule of Skateland's past year as an artist that grapples with insecurity, metamorphosis, and all-too-familiar brain rot," laden with "ear-catching melodies and vividly ethereal soundscapes strike a nerve that satisfy the indie-kid's sentimental cravings." (<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://b4182b3f.streaklinks.com/Cd9B6CytbWuTwOorQQGtI-4M/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.onestowatch.com%2Fen%2Fblog%2Fskateland-grapples-with-the-modern-world-on-transcendent-ep-joyce-howell-how-are-you">via Ones to Watch</a>). With more music to come, Skateland is quickly cementing himself as an emerging name you need to know, as it's apparent that "garnering a wider audience is more of an inevitability than an uncertain future." (via&nbsp;<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://b4182b3f.streaklinks.com/Cd9B6C-Y2FILcTKBhwAkrJA3/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.grimygoods.com%2F2024%2F10%2F07%2Fmusic-artists-you-should-know-skateland%2F">Grimy Goods</a>).

Casey Lowery with Skateland

The Daniels & Knowles Quartet

Clean Lines with The Coolers and Cheex

Satanik Royalty Present: Feral Season

NEPTUNA, Descargo y Maleficio, Rogelio the Third

bassvictim

As lead songwriter and vocalist for Chicano Batman, Bardo has toured around the US and EU. His upcoming solo debut on Stones Throw Records, set for release in 2025, highlights a new phase in his career with some of his most exciting and compelling work to date.

Bardo with Michael Seyer and Lilo Sanchez

Moon Panda’s Dumb Luck Tour with Night Heron

2 FLOORS!PERREO UPSTAIRS!LATIN HOUSE&nbsp;DOWNSTAIRS!LINE UP:DINA (LOS ANGELES)LEAH YORK&nbsp;DOZAJAOGAZACHAMATONY HLA MALA NOCHEPAPITO PEACEDATE: SATURDAY NOVEMBER 1STTIME:9PM - 1:45AM DOWNSTAIRS: 11PM-1:45AMTICKETS STARTING AT $20 ONLINE $30 AT DOORCOSTUMES HIGHLY ENCOURAGED!CODE OF CONDUCTPLEASE READ CAREFULLYWe are a Queer Friendly Space!Any of the following will not be tolerated and will result in immediate removal from the party with no refund:RACISMHOMOPHOBIAXENOPHOBISMSEXISMFATPHOBIATRANSPHOBIAAdditional Guidelines:CONSENT is everything.Honor each other's boundaries, personal space, and bodily autonomy. No means absolutely No.SPEAK UP Please ask for helpfrom the DJ's and/or staff if anyone is bothering you or anything is out of line or if you see something sus.NO CREEPS.NO REQUESTS Remember that DJing is an art and an expression of the artist's identity. Please refrain from going up to the Do and making a request.PARTY RESPONSIBLYBe aware of your limits, be mindful of your alcohol intake, &amp; take care of your friends. Don't forget to drink water and DO NOT take unattended drinks.PEOPLE WITH SENSORY SENSITIVITIESWe will provide complimentary ear plugsif the music levels are overwhelming.Failure to abide by these guidelines will result in immediate removal from the event, with no refund.

SAZON SEATTLE PRESENTS: DIA DE LOS MUERTOS

In September 2024, when The Sophs’ singer, Ethan Ramon, cold emailed Rough Trade’s Geoff Travis a demo reel including “SWEAT,” he didn’t expect a response. Before the end of the year, the band was signed. Now, the Los Angeles indie rock outfit makes a striking debut with the track—a woozy, driving anthem with urgently vulnerable vocals that builds to a powerful crescendo, echoing the spirit of acts like The Strokes and Weezer. With an LA residency kicking off in May, a New York debut in August, and confirmed festival appearances across the UK and EU, The Sophs are quickly emerging as a bold new voice in alternative music.

The Sophs

BABA YAGA HALLOWEEN with Zookraught x Filth Is Eternal

Halloween Fundraiser for Gaza Thursday Oct 30 Doors at 7, show starts at 8p at Baba YagaMasks available21+, suggested donation $25Sliding scale availableFeaturing drag performance by:Uh OhMusic by:TelehealthCasual HexSuxFeaturing:Costume contest!Photo Booth!Face Painting!Tarot!

Halloween Fundraiser for Gaza with Telehealth, Casual Hex and SUX

Deafbloom with Torch and Sunbather Die

Pansy with Jessica Wolfbird and Eleanor Murray

Carrion Kids 

Faith in Strangers, Plash, No Edits, Belly Cats

Sour Fuzz, New Confusion, Pink Steam

Nitrah Neon Listening Party

Swirlhood - revered bedroom pop duo<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://swirlhood.bandcamp.com/">https://swirlhood.bandcamp.com/</a>Jesse Miller - pop songwriter extraordinaire from JM Fodder appearing solo<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://swirlhood.bandcamp.com/">https://jmfodder.bandcamp.com/</a>babyboy - new project of multi-instrumental dynamo Kirsten Ourada<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://swirlhood.bandcamp.com/">https://kirstenourada.bandcamp.com/album/drip-city</a>

Swirlhood with Jesse Miller and babyboy

SlayerFest

Kumo 99

Brandon Woody is a Baltimore-born, Bach-endorsed trumpeter, composer, and bandleader whose music flows from the rich lineage of Black music, including jazz, gospel, improvisation, and beyond, to explore themes of love, resilience, and community. Hailed by The New York Times and Los Angeles Times as a rising force in contemporary jazz, Woody signed with the legendary Blue Note Records in November 2024 and released his debut album, For The Love Of It All (May 2025).Rooted in Baltimore, Woody has built his career from his hometown, drawing on its vibrant creative culture and community spirit. Woody has collaborated with artists such as Terri Lyne Carrington, BADBADNOTGOOD, Danilo Pérez, Casey Benjamin, Marcus Gilmore, Robert Glasper, and Solange Knowles. His television appearances include Godfather of Harlem, Lady in the Lake, and The Bride. Woody uses music as a tool for healing, connection, and joy. The band is Brandon Woody (trumpet), Troy Long (keys), Quincy Phillips (drums), and Michael Saunders (bass).<blockquote></blockquote>

Brandon Woody’s Upendo / Evan Captain Trio

It’s been an intense but rewarding few years for Liam Shortall, better known as themulti-instrumentalist, producer, composer and performer corto.alto, (the stage name anod to his Irish-Spanish heritage, translating as “short.tall” in Spanish). The release ofhis debut album ‘Bad With Names’ saw him nominated for the 2024 Mercury MusicPrize – alongside fellow Scot and now label-mate Barry Can’t Swim and the likes ofCharli XCX, Ghetts, Beth Gibbons (Portishead), Nia Archives, CMAT and more – andsaw him booked to play hundreds of shows across the world, including high-profilefestival performances and a sold-out UK tour that featured his own personally curated2000-capacity “Made In Glasgow” mini-festival at the city’s legendary BarrowlandsBallroom venue. Now making its Seattle debut, the collective formed by Liam Shortall(trombone, bass guitar, effects) deploys explosive brass textures, electronic beats, anddancefloor energy, showcasing Shortfall’s natural ear for cross-pollination of styles.2Opening is Evan Captain Trio debuting their first studio album, which features Captainon piano, Kelsey Mines on bass, and Chris Icasiano on drums, playing originalinstrumental jazz compositions exploring my own mixed heritage and cultural identity.

Corto.alto / Evan Captain Trio

Japanese-born pianist Miki Yamanaka has called New York City home since 2012 andin the past decade has wasted no time establishing herself as one of the leadingpersonalities of her generation on the piano and beyond. Critics laud her “light,expressive touch and solidly crafted, mainstream approach” - Mike Jurkovic (All AboutJazz), while audiences delight in not only her playing, but her vibrant personality as well.Yamanaka has gained international recognition from her albums as a leader; her mostrecent and most celebrated release, “Chance” (Cellar Music), features her NYC rhythmsection, Tyrone Allen and Jimmy Macbride. Additionally, Miki has emerged as a leaderof the “New York Scene” via her notable residencies at mainstay West Village sisterclubs Smalls and Mezzrow. During the pandemic, she developed a successful in-homelive-streaming weekly concert series cleverly titled “Miki’s Mood” where she features averitable who’s who of NYC talent (including her husband and frequent collaborator -drummer Jimmy Macbride). The series showcases her vast knowledge of Jazzstandards and tunes, often featuring themed offerings of various composers from boththe Great American Songbook as well as iconic Jazz composers.Opening is pianist George Colligan, winner of the 2015 DownBeat magazine Critics Poll(Keyboard), and favored by titans like Cassandra Wilson, Ravi Coltrane, and JackDeJohnette. Colligan is in collaboration with emerging vocalist/songwriter phenomZyanna Melada, Robert Rodriguez (bass) and Micah Hummel (drums), as they bridgegenerations with sophisticated piano stylings and radiant vocals.

Miki Yamanaka Trio / George Colligan ft. Zyanna

Lothario (Melbourne, AUS) w/ Stetson Heat Seeker and Rope 

Die Spitz (second show)

When the Venn diagram of passion, friendship, identity, and artistry collide, it can feel as iffighting words are spitting from your veins. And as postmodern society crumbles, Die Spitzgiddily bounce between a dozen different ways to push back. If the world of rock music were anice cream shop, the Austin quartet have sampled each flavor, flipped the freezer over, andstarted dancing with the employees they helped unionize. On their debut album, Something toConsume (due Sept 12 via Third Man Records), Ava Schrobilgen, Chloe De St. Aubin, EllieLivingston, and Kate Halter fight against the inescapable consumption that surrounds life.“There’s a political side to it, but addiction and love can also be all-consuming,” Livingston says.And as the foursome trade off instruments, swapping songwriting and vocal duties, andgenerating powerful songwriting in concussive bursts, Die Spitz have created their own littlepocket of the world where we can all stand on the edge together.That unity comes in part from the deep bonds between the 22-year-olds. All four are Austinnatives, with Schrobilgen and Livingston having met in preschool, befriending Halter in middleschool, and immediately bringing De St. Aubin into their inner circle when they formed theband in 2022. The group was initially just looking to find reasons to hang out more often, anddecided to start a band after a late-night viewing of the Mötley Crüe movie The Dirt. Thoughthey’ve only been playing together a few years (not to mention Halter only learning to play bassto start the band), Something to Consume shows a maturity and technical prowess always wieldedin service of their profound friendship.

Die Spitz

Glass Egg album Release&nbsp;Featuring Rylan Fischer&nbsp;dj princess misunderstooddj satan’s favorite album&nbsp;dj ghost girl&amp; Makers Market&nbsp;

Glass Egg Album Release 

Actress with Athleisure and Schmutz

81355 with Rituals of Mine and Sleeping Bag 

Kontravoid with VOSH, Nox Novacula and God Tongue

Pzonefest 2025

West Seattle School Of Rock FT: When We Were Young 

After garnering massive support from the international media world(KEXP, BBC6 Music, Gilles Peterson, Soulection, KCRW, FIP and manymore) of the back of their first two albums, "Susuma" and "Ye Ankasa/WeOurselves", and selling out numerous shows across Europe, with Festivalappearances at Supersonic Jazz (NL), JazzOnze+ (CH) London JazzFestival (UK), and many more, Jembaa Groove embarked on their 2025 tourwith a fresh line-up and brand new songs that are set to release inFall 2025. On their newest undertaking, Jembaa Groove are strengtheningties to Lagos and London's vibrant Afro-Fusion scenes. Joining forceswith "premium highlifers" The Cavemen (NIG), the band got together foranother contemporary take on Highlife, Jazz and Afrobeats, alsofeaturing legendary Malian singer Fatoumata Diawara and Nigerian vocalsensation Tim Lyre.The new wave of Afro-Jazz is flourishing around the globe, and JembaaGroove is on the way to becoming one of the most important ambassadorsof this aspiring genre. The newest additions to the line-up include twohighly acclaimed members of the European jazz scene who are successfulbandleaders themselves. Szabolcs "Àbáse" Bognar (HUN) on keys and PeterSomuah (GHA) on trumpet will join the band on their upcoming worldtour, which will take them through Europe, the UK, the US, and SouthAfrica.

Jembaa Groove 

ART WALK AFTER PARTY w/ Heavy Trip and Hog

Say She She Cut & Rewind Listening Party

DA QWEEN with Astral Trap and That's Nokay

Midpak with Sonic Blossoms and Rose Peak

Hibou

Cursive

Eight Bells was forged in 2010 in Portland, Oregon by guitarist and singer Melynda Jackson as acollaborative genre-bending metal songwriting project.Acontinuation of her previous dark psychproject Subarachnoid Space, the original trioconfigurationfeatured drummer Chris VanHuffeland bassist/vocalist Haley Allen.The band’s early records, 2013’sThe Captain’s Daughter(The Flenser/Seventh Rule/TartarusTapes) and the much-evolved 2016 follow-upLandless(Battleground/Tartarus Tapes), conjuredemotive and often bleakly atmospheric soundscapes.Debut album,The Captain’s Daughtertooka thematic approach that resulted in powerful, deeply evocative music that paid respect to thenatural tones and grandiosity of the 1970s.Its follow-up,Landlesscombined contemporary metal,haunting female vocals, and 19th-century ghostliness; a sound that transcended genre and timeentirely and earned the band tour dates with Voivod."Wraithlike vocals and numbed melodies hanging over pinprick prog fretwork... The pulse ofethereal '70s rock–from Pink Floyd to Hawkwind's more celestial moments... Dual vocal linesemanate from some unseen place, sometimes braided together in a conjoined plea forconnection... Heartbreakingly beautiful."–PitchforkAfter significant lineup changes, 2022 saw the release of the third album,Legacy of Ruin(Prophecy Productions) and brought sharper focus to Jackson's relentless pursuit of utilizingsoundas emotional translation with contributions for the album from Matt Solis(Cormorant/URSA) on bass and vocals, and Brian Burke (Cave Dweller) behind the kitas well asguest appearances by Andrea Morgan (Exulansis) and Melynda Amann (Hound theWolves/Jamais Jamais)