Friday, June 2nd 2023  
454 + WifiGawd + Pig the Gemini + Niontay  
10pm - $18 ADV / $22 DOS - All Ages

454  
Brooklyn, NY  
https://squills.bandcamp.com/album/4-real

Hip-hop often goes hand in hand with progression. From its inception on the New York street corners of The Bronx to the current TikTok music revolution, the genre has always been keen to evolve and expand with the times.  
Few emerging rap stars have championed this journey quite like the Orlando, Florida-born artist 454. Born Willie Wilson, his music lands somewhere between the Y2K-era style raps of Lupe Fiasco and the glitchy, post-trap tidal wave that’s been dominated by Lil Uzi Vert in recent years. Equipped with beats sweet enough to induce a sugar rush and a retro PlayStation 2-like aesthetic, Wilson stands tall in a lane of his own: take his December 2020 single ‘4 LIFE’, which features low, rumbling drum patterns and J Dilla-inspired neo-soul quirks.

WIFIGAWD  
Washington, DC  
https://soundcloud.com/wifigawd

WifiGawd is entirely self-possessed. His work has a singular focus: finding the most interesting and innovative young producers working, teaming up, and creating cohesive full-length projects that push the sound of rap forward. Wifi approaches this task with the same reverent and solemn sincerity that may mark a Buddhist monk, a violinist in a symphony, a Shakespearean actor. He understands his job entails marathon studio sessions, "searching day and night" for the best producers, working outside of the mainstream, and a legion of biters, but for him the joy is found in the work.  
The Uptown D.C. native’s approach to music and culture is informed by his upbringing. He was raised in the D.C. Rasta community, where the history and values of hip-hop’s first Golden Age were embedded deep into his being.

PIG THE GEMINI  
Brooklyn, NY  
https://open.spotify.com/artist/5jcH3zjAdfg5RZWu8dXjGd?si=Dd6oqL1XRt-o170N4YDsUQ

NIONTAY  
Brooklyn, NY  
https://open.spotify.com/artist/3wkT6THiKqbXC0jJpfKL7t?si=3iyfodIRQhiUyXlrkK5iSg

ACCESSIBILITY INFO: Comet is wheelchair accessible

All ages

Rediscover Fire

454, Wifigawd, Pig the Gemini, Niontay

Scope

WifiGawd

Pig the Gemini

Niontay

Gigs

Washington D.C.

Comet Ping Pong

Tuesday, June 6th 2023  
Frances Grove + Synae + Flo Petite  
8:30pm - $15 - All Ages

FRANCES GROVE  
Little Rock, Arkansas  
https://francesgrove.bandcamp.com/

SYNAE  
Washington, DC  
https://synaemusic.bandcamp.com/album/wild-world

FLO PETITE  
Washington, DC  
https://flopetite.bandcamp.com/track/when-i-wake-up

ACCESSIBILITY INFO: There are 13 stairs at the entrance to Quarry House Tavern

All ages

Frances Grove, Synae, Flo Petite

Frances Grove - Sophie

Frances Grove

Quarry House Tavern

Wednesday, June 7th 2023  
The Amazons + Dot Dash + Kinda Evil  
8:30pm - $15 - All Ages

THE AMAZONS  
Reading, UK  
https://theamazons.co.uk/

Reading-based four piece The Amazons have propelled their way to the forefront of the UK Rock landscape armed with formidable riffs, anthemic choruses and ferocious live shows.  
Following the release of their eponymous debut album in 2017, and hotly tipped as one of the most exciting rock bands in the UK, the band achieved two Top 10 albums in under two years and sold out tours around the world.  
In 2022, and fresh from supporting Royal Blood on their UK and European tour, The Amazons return with their highly-anticipated, anthem-packed third record, ‘How Will I Know If Heaven Will Find Me?’. The album is both a love letter and a rallying cry. Expansive, uplifting, sun-drenched singalongs, produced with Jim Abbiss (Bombay Bicycle Club, Arctic Monkeys, Adele), find The Amazons emerging from the darkness of 2019’s Future Dust full of lust for life and post-pandemic optimism.

DOT DASH  
Washington, DC  
https://dotdashdc.bandcamp.com/album/madman-in-the-rain

Washington, D.C.-based power trio Dot Dash is a melodic band with a punk worth ethic, making compact and to-the-point songs full of smart vocal harmonies and distorted hooks. The band steadily grew from the fast and punky roots they exhibited on their earliest material to include touches of synthesizer and Kinks-esque psychedelia on their 2022 album Madman in the Rain.

KINDA EVIL  
Washington, DC  
https://kindaevilmusic.bandcamp.com/

Born at the bottom of a bourbon bottle, KINDA EVIL officially formed in the spring of 2022 when heavy artillery drummer Christopher Peli joined the DC band formerly known as Dad Legs – Amanda Dove (vocals & guitar), and brothers Nolan (guitar) and Mason Henry (bass). Weaving a darkly potent blend of blues, garage, punk, and rock & roll, this four-piece gets the blood pumping with their electrifying stage presence, big hooks, soaring guitars, and explosive grooves, appealing to fans of The Dead Weather, Priests, and All Them Witches.

ACCESSIBILITY INFO: There are 13 stairs at the entrance to Quarry House Tavern

All ages

The Amazons, Dot Dash, Kinda Evil

The Amazons - Black Magic

The Amazons

Saturday, June 10th 2023  
Kym Register & Meltdown Rodeo + Tami Hart + Evil  
9:30pm - $15 - All Ages

KYM REGISTER & MELTDOWN RODEO (FKA LOAMLANDS)  
Durham, NC  
https://meltdownrodeo.bandcamp.com/  
Kym Register + Meltdown Rodeo (formerly LOAMLANDS) is a transgressive and distorted country music outfit based in North Carolina that places queer storytelling at the forefront. Their music intimately grapples with identity, retribution, reconciliation and queer existence in both modern-day and historical (inclusive of mostly all) southern culture. According to NOISEY, our music is “written to directly address North Carolina, the people in the Durham DIY scene, and the area's long history with LGBT communities and police violence, the themes Register… wrestle\[s\] with throughout—queerness, police violence, bigotry and general intolerance to those who refuse to adhere to any kind of binary—are poignant no matter where you live.”

TAMI HART  
Brooklyn, NY  
Tami Hart’s music career began while still a high school student in South Carolina, when she was signed to Mr. Lady Records, and toured as a supporting act for Le Tigre. At age 18, Hart’s debut album, No Light in August, was described in the NY Times by Ann Powers as being one of the best albums of 2000. During that time, Hart toured in support of Sleater-Kinney, Indigo Girls, The Butchies and many more. Hart moved to San Francisco, forming the post punk band GangWay! (Featuring members of the band No Age). Following a move to NYC, Hart formed two more bands, Winning Looks, recorded by Kathleen Hanna. Hart also formed the Punk meets RnB duo Making Friendz, who’s album Social Life received several notable licensing placements (Last Bummer Records). In 2011, Hart joined the band MEN featuring prominent artist JD Samson of Le Tigre fame. Tami Hart has recently resurfaced as a solo artist, releasing a collection of old and new demos on the Seattle imprint Disc Drive will be releasing her next EP, Thanks For Saying Hi digitally on Cruisin Records.

EVIL  
Washington, DC  
https://evilmusic777.bandcamp.com/

ACCESSIBILITY INFO: There are 13 stairs at the entrance to Quarry House Tavern

All Ages

Kym Register & Meltdown Rodeo (FKA Loamlands), Tami Hart, Evil 

Kym Register + Meltdown Rodeo - Little River

Kym Register + Meltdown Rodeo - Something New

Tami Hart

Kym Register

Wednesda, June 14th 2023  
Trust Fund + American Poetry Club + Dim Wizard  
8:30pm - $15 - All Ages

TRUST FUND  
https://trustfund.bandcamp.com/

Ellis Jones has played music as Trust Fund since 2012 – with recordings ranging from lo-fi bedroom pop to full-band indie rock. His songs have been critically acclaimed by Rolling Stone, Pitchfork, and The Guardian, and endorsed via two placings on Frank Ocean's Blonded Radio. Trust Fund have played extensively in the UK and EU, including tours supporting Mitski, Speedy Ortiz, Frankie Cosmos and Los Campesinos!. After an extended break between 2017 and 2022, Ellis recently released the singles 'capital', 'late nite skate', and 'animals in war' – these quiet, introspective indie-folk songs have been playlisted by NPR, Merge, New York Times, and others. Trust Fund will be playing as a two-piece on their first ever US tour.

AMERICAN POETRY CLUB  
New York, NY  
https://discounteddanceparties.bandcamp.com/

A collective of folks doing their very best in a basement near you!

DIM WIZARD  
Washington, DC  
https://dimwizard.bandcamp.com/

For fans of never knowing wtf to expect comes Dim Wizard, a new project from Washington, DC's David Combs that will feature a different sound and cast of contributors from song-to-song. The whole idea of Dim Wizard is to subvert expectations; each song can go in whatever direction serves it best, without the constraints of a band identity. Most artists had to figure out new ways to create during the pandemic but David essentially started a different long-distance band for each recording—with different producers, vocalists, and instrumentalists for each song. Continuing in that vein the Dim Wizard live band takes the songs in new directions with a new cast of characters including members of Flasher, Emotional World and Glue Factory.

ACCESSIBILITY INFO: There are 13 stairs at the entrance to Quarry House Tavern

All ages

Trust Fund, American Poetry Club, Dim Wizard

Trust Fund - we'll both apologise

Trust Fund

American Poetry Club

As badly as we want our trajectory to be linear and to make logical sense, sometimes life has other plans for us. We have to listen to that little voice within, whispering: rebel against the status quo. This has been the experience of singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and composer Kate Davis, where she hits the brakes on the life she thought she knew, grabbed the creative reins and rebuilt her artistic foundation. As she triumphantly walks away from her previous life as a conservatory-trained jazz musician and into her future as an experimental art-rock singer, Davis has found a new home within herself. This coming-of-age story is at the heart of Davis’ sophomore album, ‘Fish Bowl,’ coming soon via her new label home of ANTI- Records.

\-Falling somewhere between Blondie and Dua Lipa, Mystery Friends makes fresh synth-pop and disco-tinged tracks you didn't know you were missing.

\-If the B52s were raised on dive bar Miller Light and 90s coming-of-age movies, they might sound something like The House You Grew Up In’s dancey tongue-in-cheek rock n roll.

This is an all ages event

Songbyrd

Kate Davis | Mystery Friends | THYGUI

Kate Davis - rbbts

Kate Davis

Five years since her debut album Delivery, Mikaela Davis has moved away from her hometown of Rochester, shared the stage with the likes of Bob Weir, Phil Lesh, Christian McBride, Bon Iver, Lake Street Dive and Circles Around the Sun and entered a new decade. But it’s the ever-evolving relationships between her closest friends and bandmates that has propelled the Hudson Valley-based artist onto her latest album And Southern Star––a truly collaborative effort that ruminates on the choices we make, and the people we always come back to.

The band, made up of Davis (harp/vocals), Alex Coté (drums), Cian McCarthy (guitars/vocals), Shane McCarthy (bass/vocals) and Kurt Johnson (steel guitar), have been playing together for over a decade and it’s the first time they’ve appeared on a full length record together. Weaving 60s pop-soaked melodies, psychedelia and driving folk rock, And Southern Star picks apart the reflection we used to recognise, while trying to build a new one. It navigates the periphery of past selves, the coexistence of isolation and excitement in a new environment and the tension of growing away from what we thought we wanted, tackling it with a luscious, kaleidoscopic grace. “I finally feel like this album is more me than anything else that’s been released,” Davis says, adding that producing the album along with her four bandmates allowed them to carve out their own ideas, rather than someone else’s. It’s the band’s collective step into adulthood that has informed much of And Southern Star’s thematic landscape.

This is an all ages event

Mikaela Davis 

Mikaela Davis - Pure Divine Love

Mikaela Davis

Raina Mullen

Thursday, June 22nd 2023  
Cathedral Bells + Dosser + Violet Evergreen  
8:30pm - $15 - All Ages

CATHEDRAL BELLS  
Orlando, FL  
https://cathedralbellsmusic.bandcamp.com/album/everything-at-once

Orlando, Florida’s shoegaze-by-way-of-bedroom-pop artist formed in late 2018 by Matt Messore, later joined by Griffin Marthe, Miguel Pais, & Jordan Bermudez. “Step into the world of Cathedral Bells. It’s a place at once familiar yet new; bright yet dusky; fast-paced yet calming. The captivating fusion of wistful dream-pop and airy shoegaze that Messore puts together here sees to all that, with its kaleidoscopic swirl of propulsive rhythms, shimmering, hazy guitars, warm swathes of synths, and vaporous singing.”

DOSSER  
Baltimore, MD  
https://dossermd.bandcamp.com/album/violent-picture-violent-sound

VIOLET EVERGREEN  
Frederick, MD  
https://violetevergreen.bandcamp.com/album/dreaming-with-open-eyes

ACCESSIBILITY INFO: There are 13 stairs at the entrance to Quarry House Tavern

All ages

Cathedral Bells, Dosser, Violet Evergreen

Cathedral Bells

Dosser

Boyish was formed by India Shore and Claire Altendahl in 2016. They met at Berklee College of Music when India needed a guitarist for an audition tape and Claire volunteered. Their musical compatibility quickly became apparent and they started collaborating soon after under the name “The Blue.” The duo went on to write and produce their debut project Carnation in 2018, which The New Yorker described as “looking uncertainty straight in the eye in songs that are confident in their musicality even when tackling themes of angst and doubt.” Carnation was nominated for Alt-Country Album of the Year at the Independent Music Awards.

After graduating college in 2019 and feeling the need to start over they changed their name to Boyish. They released their sophomore album Garden Spider on Valentines Day of 2020, which according to Atwood Magazine is “an immersive ten-track indulgence of introspection and inner angst channeled through a colorful, raw indie rock lens,” or as Claire calls it, a declaration of “Big Gay Sadness.” The album has amassed over 4 million streams and the title track “FUCK YOU HEATHER” was featured on editorial Spotify playlists such as “Fresh Finds Best of 2020” and “Undercurrents.”

\--Rarely does modern music earn the badge timeless, but BEL cuts through the noise. Hailing from the small town of Clovis, California, Isabel Whelan crafts nostalgic songs with honesty and attention to detail, occupying the intersection of indie, pop, and folk, while taking cues from the likes of Stevie Nicks, Joni Mitchell, and Mazzy Star.

After the 2022 release of her sophomore EP, Jet Lag, BEL landed on a handful of end-of-year “Artists to Watch” lists, and is continuing the momentum with new music in 2023. The first two singles, "Are You Okay?" and "Woman on Fire", have received ample support from Sirius XM, Pandora, Spotify, Apple, and several publications. With a 3rd EP underway and her first festival announcement, 2023 is shaping up to be an exciting year of releases and live performances for BEL.

This is an all ages event.

Boyish - Bimbos on Tour

Boyish - AnDroGay

Boyish

feeble little horse makes thrilling and wildly unpredictable songs that are a reflection of the joys that come with making music with your best friends. The Pittsburgh quartet’s sophomore album, Girl with Fish, which is out June 9 via Saddle Creek, was made focusing on intuition over intention: letting the magic of collaboration come first. “Anything that makes us laugh or puts a smile on our faces, we usually end up keeping in the songs,” explains drummer Jake Kelley. Across 11 self-recorded and self-produced tracks, the band careens from blissed-out pop to harsh noise, glitchy programmed drum beats, and off-kilter indie rock—sometimes all in one song. As a follow-up to their critically acclaimed 2021 debut Hayday, this LP, with its overwhelmingly inviting and emotionally resonant tracklist, is a document of four people trusting their instincts and most importantly each other.

For the members of feeble little horse, Hayday was originally going to be their first and last album. Guitarist Ryan Walchonski was moving to Washington D.C. for work while the rest of the band, including Kelley, guitarist-producer Sebastian Kinsler, and singer-bassist Lydia Slocum were all still in college. “When we made Hayday, we wrote really quickly to get it done before he moved away and we couldn’t make songs anymore,” says Kinsler. “But we realized making music with each other was too fun to walk away from. For this album, we got to take our time with every decision that went into it.” Despite the distance with Walchonski out-of-state and Slocum attending school a few hours away in central Pennsylvania, the band immediately started work on a new batch of songs, trading voice memos, new mixes, and song ideas remotely.

This is an all ages event.

feeble little horse - girl with fish summer tour

feeble little horse - Kennedy

feeble little horse

Full Body 2

Wallice is an indie pop wunderkind who has swiftly become one of Gen Z's most exciting new voices, known for her tongue-in-cheek, self-effacing anthems. After picking up her first instrument at age 6, Wallice started writing songs in middle school and later played in her high school band, inspired by the lyricism of Thom Yorke, Lana Del Rey and the punky irreverence of Weezer and No Doubt. She also modelled and acted (once appearing in an episode of Frasier) throughout adolescence, with her former actress mother supporting all creative pursuits. A proud college dropout, she attended the New School in New York City for Jazz Vocal performance for a year before moving back to California and connecting with childhood friend marinelli, who helped her hone the wistful indie pop style that led to her rise. A breakout 2021 culminated in the release of her debut EP Off the Rails, her signing to Dirty Hit, her first sold-out headline shows and support tours. Her second EP 90s American Superstar pushed Wallice even further, chronicling the rise and fall of a fictional version of herself. She wrapped up 2022 on a very high note with a gorgeous autobiographical song and video titled "Japan" and a sold out US headline run. Now about to tour Asia and Australia as direct support for the 1975, Wallice is rolling out her third EP while on the road. She'll then roll into a headline US tour this summer before heading to the UK for Reading and Leeds. She has found champions in the likes of Vogue, New York Times, The FADER, BBC Radio 1, Pigeons & Planes, Steve Lamacq, Zane Lowe and NME, where she was named as part of the 'NME 100' for 2022.

This is an all ages event

Wallice

90s American Superstar

Nitefire

Thursday, June 29th 2023  
Swim Camp + TBA  
9pm - $15 - All Ages

SWIM CAMP  
Philadelphia, PA  
https://swimcamp.bandcamp.com/

After releasing projects entitled Barlow Hill and Fishing in a Small Boat, Swim Camp’s Tom  
Morris accumulated a reputation for measured, introspective alternative country that drew on bedroom recording traditions and the bucolic soundscapes of his native Pennsylvania. Now, on the project’s forthcoming LP, Steel Country, Tom cranks up the distortion in a gentle nod to shoegaze that evokes senses of desolation and chaos that unfurl around him. Tom’s always been fascinated by visual signs of desolation, observing the abandoned century structures in his Philadelphia neighborhood and dreaming up stories of what they must have been. It’s through this narrative practice of archiving that Tom explores figures outside of himself after dedicating Swim Camp to autobiography and confession.

ACCESSIBILITY INFO: There are 13 stairs at the entrance to Quarry House Tavern

All Ages

Swim Camp

Stupid Thing

Saturday, July 8th 2023  
Washer + Dead Billionaires + Endlings  
9:30pm - $13 - All Ages

WASHER  
Brooklyn, NY  
https://okwasher.bandcamp.com/music

Washer is a rock band originally from Brooklyn, NY featuring Mike Quigley on guitar/bass/vocals and Kieran McShane on drums. Since forming in the late months of 2013, the duo have become a staple of the local DIY scene, another hard working band playing countless shows throughout the eastern and central US. They've garnered a strong reputation in that time thanks to the band’s scrappy energy and infectious indie leaning garage punk anthems. Impossibly catchy and deceptively complex, Washer’s songwriting stays with you, burrowing deep into the recesses of your mind as the band aim to “do a lot with a little”. Punk rock minimalism at its finest.

DEAD BILLIONAIRES  
Richmond, VA  
https://deadbillionaires.bandcamp.com/

Dead Billionaires are a ramshackle trio bent on scratching a primal itch -- empowering audiences through effervescent, driving rock n roll.  
Formerly known as Little River Creek Police, Dead Billionaires started as the songwriting project of frontman Warren Campbell in 2016 in Richmond Virginia. Settling into a power trio lineup with Nick Trbovich on bass and Hunter Rhodes on drums, the band wields music as a tool for grappling with the problems of our modern society, while having a hell of a lot of fun doing it.  
Their self-titled re-debut "Dead Billionaires EP" tackles themes of self-doubt, impermanence, and perseverance while capturing the frenetic and vibrant energy of their live set.

ENDLINGS  
Washington, DC  
https://endlingsdc.bandcamp.com/album/demos

ACCESSIBILITY INFO: There are 13 stairs at the entrance to Quarry House Tavern

All ages

Washer, Dead Billionaires, Endlings

Eyelids

Washer

Dead Billionaires

Endlings

Thursday, July 13th 2023  
Standards + Invalids  
9pm - ADV $15 / DOS $18 - All Ages

STANDARDS  
Los Angeles, CA  
https://wearestandards.bandcamp.com/album/standards

Led by exuberant guitarist Marcos Mena, standards is a math rock duo all of its own. Rounded out by Moises Popa on drums, the pair boast a fruitful combination of musical chops and catchy guitar-driven melodies which has garnished popularity among fans who laud standards for their uniquely danceable brand of complex instrumental rock. For almost five years, their instrumental compositions have captivated audiences all over the world as well as in their hometown of Los Angeles, California. Proclaimed as an interesting, new talent by Guitar World magazine, standards is poised to have their biggest year yet after signing with indie label Wax Bodega. As the band enters this new chapter, there is little doubt that they will continue to defy expectations of what an instrumental rock duo is capable of.

INVALIDS  
New Jersey  
https://invalids.bandcamp.com/music

Invalids started as the bedroom project of Pete Davis (with remote internet-based collaboration with other musicians). As of March 2015, it has grown to a proper four-piece band with the addition of Joe Scala, Raymond Bonanno, and Brock Benzel.

ACCESSIBILITY INFO: Comet is wheelchair accessible

All Ages

Standards, Invalids

Fruit Island

Standards

Invalids

Tuesday, July 18th 2023  
Fust + TBA  
8:30pm - $13 - All Ages

FUST  
Durham, NC  
https://fust.bandcamp.com/album/evil-joy

Fust is a songwriting project of Aaron Dowdy, carried out with friends Frank Meadows, Avery Sullivan, and John Wallace. It began as a home-recording attempt for Aaron in 2017, self-releasing seven four-song EPs on Bandcamp before it shifted to a live group. The four had played together in a combination of different bands for over a decade in Virginia and North Carolina. This permutation formed in 2018 in Brooklyn where they all lived at the time, meeting in Gowanus to play the lonesome, somewhat hopeless songs as quietly as possible—or as the group would call it, evilly, as it seems a violation to play gently songs of wrongdoing and despair. But Fust is also interested in these themes and moods as tropes, embracing the melodrama of country music, especially the idea that life isn’t adding up to much, or that one’s goodness isn’t being put to use. Fust—the word for the mildewy smell that lingers on unused things—is now based in Durham, North Carolina, and Evil Joy is both their record label debut and the group’s first recordings together.

ACCESSIBILITY INFO: There are 13 stairs at the entrance to Quarry House Tavern

All ages

Fust

Wednesday, July 26th 2023  
Bug Hunter + The Narcissist Cookbook  
9pm - $25 - All Ages

BUG HUNTER  
Seattle, Washington  
https://bughunterbug.bandcamp.com/

"Bug has the very unique skill of being able to put a lifetime of experiences in a single song. There is also a very rare quality where even the most painful lyrics manage to have a silver lining or hope within their theme. Every song has a story, and every story has something profound to pull from it. Every single album and song is an entire rush of words that manage to perfectly capture so many specific emotions and moments in time. There is such a rare quality in the writing, and I’ve yet to find another artist that I can fully compare to Bug Hunter."

THE NARCISSIST COOKBOOK  
Stirling, UK  
https://thenarcissistcookbook.bandcamp.com/

  
Mudslinger/songwrecker The Narcissist Cookbook uses five-rounds-rapid storytelling and powerful songwriting as a siege weapon trained on the barker between the stage and the audience. An irreverent, unpredictable and inimitable voice in modern spoken word.

ACCESSIBILITY INFO: Comet is wheelchair accessible

All Ages

Bug Hunter, The Narcissist Cookbook

Bug Hunter

The Narcissist Cookbook

Saturday, August 5th 2023  
Jackie & The Treehorns + Black Rails + The Moonbugs  
9:30pm - $13 - All Ages

JACKIE & THE TREEHORNS  
Washington, DC  
https://jackieandthetreehorns.bandcamp.com/

Rooted in the basic tenets of rock, Jackie and The Treehorns create music from just outside the nation's capital in Alexandria, VA and just outside the mainstream. Formed in 2009 and fronted by Steven Rubin under the guise of an altered ego (Jackie) and his band (The Treehorns) the group fight to keep the flames of the rock and/or roll fire lit with inspired original inventiveness.  
Jackie and The Treehorns' music covers a wide sonic palate, taking the listener down familiar paths before detouring towards parts unknown. While Jackie's lyrics explore topics ranging from celebrity stalkers, serial killers, and hitchhikers to odd phenomena like UFO's, déjà vu, ghosts, and extraterrestrial party favors.

BLACK RAILS  
Washington, DC  
https://blackrailsband.bandcamp.com/

THE MOONBUGS  
Oak Hill, VA  
https://themoonbugs.bandcamp.com/

ACCESSIBILITY INFO: There are 13 stairs at the entrance to Quarry House Tavern

All Ages

Jackie & The Treehorns, Black Rails, The Moonbugs

Jackie and The Treehorns - If They Only Knew

On his Polyvinyl debut ​Born Hot​, Chris Farren opens with a question he'll spend much of the album trying to answer: ​Why do I feel out of place in my own outer space? ​Telegraphing his inner narrative with a childlike candor, the Florida-born artist lays bare his most intense anxieties and -- in the very same breath -- documents the mildly soul-crushing minutiae of everyday life: the strange indecency of blasting AC/DC bangers through an iPhone speaker, the inexplicable bleakness of a Starbucks franchise tucked inside a Target. But with his irrepressible sense of humor and utter lack of self-seriousness, Farren defuses the pain of even the deepest insecurity, gracefully paving the way for pure pop catharsis.

On Born Hot​, Farren fully embodies the sensitive-goofball dichotomy found in all his work, especially his exuberant live show: a solo performance in which he plays to live-recorded backing tracks while projecting purposely wacky visuals (his own face duplicated thousands of times, text that reads "ANOTHER PERFECT SET" at the end of each closing song). By the same token, Farren went full-on tongue-in-cheek in choosing ​Born Hot​'s title and cover art -- a crudely drawn self-portrait that captures him lounging shirtless, looking every bit the '70s-pop Lothario.

This is an all ages event

Chris Farren 

The Way That I Love U Has Changed

Chris Farren - Surrender

Chris Farren

Diners

\- Singer-songwriter Molly Burch, renowned for her captivating vocals and vivid depictions of love and loss, is back to announce an upcoming tour and the release of her most recent album, Romantic Images. Burch's tour will showcase her introspective songwriting and deliver unforgettable live performances to audiences across 18 cities starting in the birthplace of her last three albums Austin, Texas and finishing in her hometown of Los Angeles with support from Christelle Bofale. Tickets go on sale this Friday May 26th at 10am local time.

Having recently relocated to her hometown of Los Angeles, Molly Burch embarked on a personal journey informing her upcoming work. Alongside the tour dates today she's teasing a small taste of what's ahead in a new visual titled "things to come." The visual cuts between footage from the present and Molly's childhood, a small fraction of the collage of experiences that have become a catalyst for her personal growth and the project to come.

\- christelle bofale (they / she) is a songwriter / cat parent / person whose sounds blend soul, jazz, soukous (a congolese style of dance music), and indie rock. Originally from San Antonio, bofale made their debut in 2019 with the release of their 5-track EP ‘Swim Team’, via Father/Daughter Records. christelle's songs are like journal entries, exploring the various nooks and crannies of their lived experience. ‘Swim Team’ focuses on loss, broken hearts, and mental health struggles.

christelle is looking toward the future with her new writing, which sits with similar themes along with a new focus on family, childhood, and the person they have found themself to be thus far. A frequent user of the voice memo app, christelle wishes to give a small window into their life through song that hopefully can transform into a small mirror for whoever is on the receiving end.

This is an all ages event

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