Name: Ominous Ambiguous + Side Pony + Amina Shareef Ali
Start: 2025-05-11T14:00:00
End: 2025-05-12T02:00:00
Location: Ivy Room

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.