Thursday, September 12th 2024  
Sour Widows + Youbet + Virg  
9PM - ADV $15 / $18 DOS - All Ages

SOUR WIDOWS  
San Francisco, CA  
https://sourwidows.bandcamp.com/

Maia Sinaiko and Susanna Thomson like to joke that they are delusional about Sour Widows, the Bay Area band they started seven years ago that is just now releasing its entrancing and powerful debut LP, ‘Revival of a Friend’. In those seven years, Sinaiko and Thomson each endured losses and hardships that at times required putting bigger plans on hold; looking back, they can only laugh at these hurdles and wonder if they should have taken them as signs—to stop, to start over, to succumb to the hardship.

YOUBET  
Brooklyn, NY  
https://youbetband.bandcamp.com/album/compare-and-despair

Nick Llobet (they/them) was ready to throw in the towel. Llobet, who grew up in South Florida, learned to play guitar at a very young age, dabbling in everything from classical, blues, classic rock, and flamenco. They’d spent much of their early 20s searching for their voice as an artist and as an individual, as well as for a musical community. Llobet would eventually move to Brooklyn, but after three years of looking for a hopeful artistic breakthrough, they spent much of their time in seclusion, consumed by social anxiety and imposter syndrome—and they were considering abandoning songwriting completely.

VIRG  
Leesburg, VA  
https://virg.bandcamp.com/

ViRG is centered around femininity and freedom while highlighting the whiplash of an unstable lifestyle, guilt, and the devastation of love.

ACCESSIBILITY INFO: Comet is wheelchair accessible

All ages

Rediscover Fire

Sour Widows, Youbet, Virg

youbet - Endless

Sour Widows

youbet

Gigs

Washington D.C.

Comet Ping Pong

Saturday, September 14th 2024  
Bay Faction + Cry Baby  
10PM - $Ticket Price - All Ages

BAY FACTION  
Boston, MA  
https://bayfaction.bandcamp.com/album/discography

Borne out of an online message board, Bay Faction emerged in the Boston DIY scene in 2015 with the debut of their self-titled record. It was the first release on Counter Intuitive Records with the band’s album pressed on highly coveted vinyl. Following its release, Bay Faction spent 2 years rigorously touring nationwide, developing a cult-like following.  
After graduation, the band relocated to New York, and camped out in a suburban New Jersey basement to write and record their sophomore record Florida Guilt. The record marked a departure from their earlier style, trading in a conventional rock setup for sampled drums, synths, and vocal processing, embodying the ethos they had long sought to define.  
Highsnobiety named Bay Faction as “your favorite band you haven’t heard of yet” and national touring ensued to promote their album. On the heels of the pandemic, Bay Faction bid farewell with the release of Swan Dive, their final song before entering hiatus.  
Now, in 2024, the band relaunched with a sold out tour and is releasing the first single, Drive Home, on August 9th from their forthcoming EP.

CRY BABY  
Brooklyn, NY  
https://crybabyofficial.bandcamp.com/music

ACCESSIBILITY INFO: Comet is wheelchair accessible

Bay Faction, Cry Baby

Bay Faction - Are You In The Mood?

Bay Faction - Are You In the Mood?

Bay Faction

Sunday, September 15th 2024  
Mali Velasquez + Bloomsday + Lucia Zambetti  
9PM - $16 ADV / $18 DOS - All Ages

MALI VELASQUEZ  
Nashville, TN  
https://malivelasquez.bandcamp.com/

When Nashville-based singer-songwriter Mali Velasquez traded her Texas panhandle home for the verdant foothills of Tennessee, she did so with a newfound perspective that mirrored her environment, culminating in the lushly raw edge of her folk-rooted indie rock. Wistfully openhearted and incisive, Velasquez tips the fulcrum between reflection and remedy with melody-forward unction and lyrical tenderness. Her forthcoming debut, I’m Green, is a perennial introspection into the wild animal of young adulthood and the renewing realization that the person we’re most often seeking permission from, crucially, is ourselves.

BLOOMSDAY  
Brooklyn, NY  
https://bl00msday.bandcamp.com/

Bloomsday is the tender, cerebral project of the New York-based Iris James Garrison (they/them). The way they write songs sits somewhere between a mirror and a memory. Spacious, full-bodied folk songs, they’re an ode to things that are good no matter how small. Bloomsday’s new record, Heart of the Artichoke (2024, Bayonet Records), is a relic of unfettered creativity and community. They recount the miracles of the mundane, the memories that become sacred, an ode to all that is holy: nightswimming, songs plucked from the ether, the ways friendship can endure. Like their 2022 debut Place to Land, the work here is threaded with warmth; it’s simmering, crisp and deeply human, encapsulating the present moment.

LUCIA ZAMBETTI  
New York, NY  
https://www.instagram.com/luchzz?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&igsh=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw==

NYC based singer-songwriter-performer, Lucia Zambetti, has tallied millions of spins across most streaming platforms with her self-penned music. Her original, well-crafted Rock tunes (with a tinge of a Folk) have hit a chord with her hundreds of thousands of followers on social media as they make their way through the maze of the current sound-alike/sound design material that saturates many playlists.  
Lucia's five-piece band comprises an incredible ensemble of musicians, each bringing vast experience and a multitude of influences to the musical table. In addition to her band performances, she also captivates audiences as a solo act, offering a more intimate setting for her music. Notably, her live setlist includes her ultra-popular song "THAT NIGHT" as well as her current releases "BABY BLUES" and “MISTER MYSTERY”. Lucia is an ASCAP writer & Z Sauce Music Recording Artist.

ACCESSIBILITY INFO: Comet is wheelchair accessible

Mali Velasquez, Bloomsday, Lucia Zambetti

Phase

Bloomsday

Monday, September 16th 2024  
Powerplant + JRDN & the Switchblades + Laughing Corpse  
9PM - $Ticket Price - All Ages

POWERPLANT  
London, UK  
https://ppowerplant.bandcamp.com/

JRDN & THE SWITCHBLADES  
Baltimore, MD  
https://jrdnandtheswitchblades.bandcamp.com/

LAUGHING CORPSE  
Washington, DC  
https://laughingcorpse.bandcamp.com/album/demented-thoughts-posed-as-dark-comedy

ACCESSIBILITY INFO: Comet is wheelchair accessible

Powerplant, JRDN & the Switchblades, Laughing Corpse

Dungen

Powerplant - Hey Mr. Dogman!

Powerplant

Friday, September 20th 2024  
Cumbia Heights + Los Shadows + Leon City Sounds + DJ Crown Vic  
10pm - $25 ADV / $30 DOS - All Ages

CUMBIA HEIGHTS  
Washington DC  
https://www.instagram.com/cumbiaheightsdc/

LOS SHADOWS  
San Diego, CA  
https://losshadows.bandcamp.com/track/atomic-purple

Los Shadows were founded in San Diego, CA in 2015 by friends Andy Saldana and Pepe Gonzales. Building from a foundational 4 piece Indie Rock band, Los Shadows self-released LPs ‘Miami’ in 2017,’ NOT a Safe Space’ in 2019, and ‘MOJOMOJO’ in 2023. Over the last 8 years, Los Shadows cultivated a strong national following built by self-released LPs, DIY merch roll-outs, regional and national tours, and supporting acts like Porter, Homeshake, Levitation Room, Tijuana Panthers, DIIV, and more.  
In 2024, expect Los Shadows to release more of their classic indie shoegaze sound with new splashes of psychedelic cumbia, followed by a United States tour.

LEON CITY SOUNDS  
Washington, DC  
https://www.instagram.com/leon_city_sounds/

DJ CROWN VIC  
Washington, DC  
https://www.instagram.com/electriccowbell/?hl=en

ACCESSIBILITY INFO: Comet is wheelchair accessible

Cumbia Heights, Los Shadows, Leon City Sounds, DJ Crown Vic

Wednesday, September 25th 2024  
Walter Mitty & His Makeshift Orchestra + Queen Moo + Pinky Lemon  
9PM - $18 ADV / $20 DOS - All Ages

WALTER MITTY & HIS MAKESHIFT ORCHESTRA  
California  
https://waltermitty1.bandcamp.com/album/there-there

Walter Mitty and His Makeshift Orchestra is a folk punk band from California led by singer / songwriter Dustin ColeHayes. After touring the DIY circuit for many years in the 2010’s, the band went quiet for a while before reemerging as anelectricoutfit called Walter Etc. Now the old moniker WMAHMO has reemerged to celebrate 10 years of its iconic album“Well Soon” with rumors of a new album completed and buried underground somewhere in the American frontier.

QUEEN MOO  
Hartford, CT  
https://queenmoo.bandcamp.com/music

PINKY LEMON  
Washington, DC  
https://pinkylemon.bandcamp.com/album/pinky-heaven

Flowerbomb is a Washington DC-based band consisting of Rachel Kline, Dan ABH, Connor White, and Abby Rasheed. Combining saturated guitars, ornate rhythms, and delicately raw lyrics, Flowerbomb creates a soundscape for nostalgia and heavy feelings accompanied by lush layers and dynamic sounds. Flowerbomb blends elements of alternative, bubblegrunge, 90's indie rock, and shoegaze to create their signature sound. In 2024, the band will release a series of singles, music videos, EPs, and their sophomore LP, as part of their upcoming musical project, “Gloom Scroll.”

ACCESSIBILITY INFO: Comet is wheelchair accessible

Walter Mitty & His Makeshift Orchestra, Queen Moo, Pinky Lemon

Walter Mitty and His Makeshift Orchestra - Chamomile

Walter Mitty and His Makeshift Orchestra

Queen Moo

Thursday, September 26th 2024  
Why Bonnie + Flowerbomb  
9PM - $16 ADV / $18 DOS - All Ages

WHY BONNIE  
Brooklyn, NY  
https://whybonnie.bandcamp.com/album/wish-on-the-bone

FLOWERBOMB  
Washington, DC  
https://flowerbomb.bandcamp.com/album/gloom-scroll-vol-2

ACCESSIBILITY INFO: Comet is wheelchair accessible

Why Bonnie, Flowerbomb

philly

Why Bonnie

Flowerbomb

Friday, September 27th 2024  
Sylvie +  John Andrews & The Yawns  
10PM - $15 - All Ages

SYLVIE  
Los Angeles, CA  
https://sylvie-music.bandcamp.com/album/sylvie-2022-2

In 1975, John Schwab and his band “Mad Anthony” sat in a barn in Southern California and recorded their songs. It was a narrative that was common during this period - the band was close to a record deal but it never came, and the tapes were stored in a box in a closet. Decades later, in a small town in Ohio, his son Ben Schwab came across them. The recordings would imprint a sound and feeling that he would end up chasing. They were timeless, effortless, and soulful. A harmonic birthright.  
Ben had a long career as a professional inline skater that sent waves through the subculture, before watching the industry fade away. Following a period at CalArts, he formed his first band, Golden Daze, and later joined the group Drugdealer. Sylvie is the full return to the musical lineage and spirit that lived in all those lost yet beloved cassettes and reels. True to Mad Anthony’s form, Ben and his friends also sat around in a garage in LA to make these recordings. Of course his father’s voice is featured prominently, he sings one of the songs. Not much has changed. -Mike Collins (Drugdealer)

JOHN ANDREWS & THE YAWNS  
New Hampshire  
https://johnandrewsyawns.bandcamp.com/album/love-for-the-underdog

ACCESSIBILITY INFO: Comet is wheelchair accessible

Sylvie,  John Andrews & The Yawns

New California Blue

Sylvie

John Andrews & the Yawns

Saturday, September 28th 2024  
Cuni + XK Scenario + Dorinda  
10PM - $15 - All Ages

CUNI  
Washington, DC  
https://cuni.bandcamp.com/

XK SCENARIO  
Washington, DC  
https://xkscenario.bandcamp.com/track/as-it-flies-the-time-weve-lost

DORINDA  
Washington, DC  
https://open.spotify.com/artist/5RMYon2fPf9AAOFEq0FfPF?si=bc9K93CiQp64dIx0uk5HNg

ACCESSIBILITY INFO: Comet is wheelchair accessible

Cuni (record release!), XK Scenario, Dorinda

Sunday, September 29th 2024  
Crush Fund + AFK + Sex Faces  
9PM - $15 - All Ages

CRUSH FUND  
New York, NY  
https://crushfund.bandcamp.com/album/drama

AFK  
New York, NY  
https://afktba.bandcamp.com/album/specimen

SEX FACES  
Washington, DC  
https://sexfacesdc.bandcamp.com/album/young-team-demos-2023-2

ACCESSIBILITY INFO: Comet is wheelchair accessible

Crush Fund, AFK, Sex Faces

Crush Fund

Monday, September 30th 2024  
Carina Round + TBA  
9PM - $25 - All Ages

CARINA ROUND  
Los Angeles, CA  
https://carinaround.bandcamp.com/

Carina Round, hailing from Wolverhampton, England, is a testament to the power of artistic authenticity and a commitment to pushing the boundaries of creativity. Over her career she has released four full-length solo albums as well as a variety of singles and EPs. She is a founding member of the mesmerizing indie/folk outfit Early Winters, joined Puscifer in 2009, becoming an integral part of the electro-rock outfit and going on to release three albums with the Maynard James Keenan-founded band, and, simultaneously, has been touring with Tears for Fears.  
The acclaimed Los Angeles-by-way-of-England musician who has spent the last several years performing with Puscifer and Tears for Fears, celebrates the 20 th anniversary of her sophomore album, The Disconnection.

ACCESSIBILITY INFO: Comet is wheelchair accessible

Carina Round

Wednesday, October 9th 2024  
Trace Mountains + Hannah Cole  
9PM - $15 ADV / $18 DOS - All Ages

TRACE MOUNTAINS  
New York, NY  
https://tracemountains.bandcamp.com/

Trace Mountains is the music project of American indie rock musician Dave Benton. Benton was formerly a member of the lo-fi band LVL UP.

HANNAH COLE  
Nashville, TN  
https://hannahcole.bandcamp.com/

ACCESSIBILITY INFO: Comet is wheelchair accessible

Trace Mountains, Hannah Cole

Lost in the Country

Trace Mountains

Thursday, October 10th 2024  
Fake Fruit + Spllit  
9PM - $15 ADV / $17 DOS - All Ages

FAKE FRUIT  
Oakland, CA  
https://fakefruitmusic.bandcamp.com/

Oakland, CA foursome Fake Fruit, fronted by Hannah "Ham" D’Amato, made a splash with their self-titled debut amidst the pandemic in 2021 via Rocks in Your Head Records. With Alex Post on lead guitar, Miles MacDiarmid on drums, and Dylan Allard on bass the band is “A whirlwind of biting critique, nervy post-punk guitars, and absurdist humor.” Pitchfork describes them as “spirited punk primitivism with two-minute art-rock tracks—punchy, melodic songs united by nervy guitars and cutting takedowns of modern frustrations.” Despite the global pandemic’s impact on live music, Fake Fruit have still managed to turn heads, touring the U.S. and overseas playing shows with Alvvays, Dry Cleaning, Amyl and the Sniffers, The Descendants, Cate Le Bon etc. and earning accolades from the likes of Bandcamp, Pitchfork, Brooklyn Vegan, Post-Trash, and more. With funny but biting lyrics, blistering guitars, and a powerhouse rhythm section you’ll feel in on whatever joke they happen to be telling.

SPLLIT  
New Orleans, LA  
https://spllit.bandcamp.com/

ACCESSIBILITY INFO: Comet is wheelchair accessible

Fake Fruit, Spllit

I Am the Car

Fake Fruit

Spllit

Friday, October 11th 2024  
Glitterer + Victor Arce + Roxy 2  
10PM - $10 - All Ages

GLITTERER  
Washington, DC  
https://glitterer.bandcamp.com/album/rationale

Glitterer is a band from Washington, D.C. Initially, and for some time, it was a solo project: a man and his laptop, with occasional in-studio and onstage assistance from other human beings. Four records, including two full-length albums on Anti-, were released in that one-guy period. But now Glitterer is a band: four charter members writing and recording songs and performing them at shows together, driving around the country, getting on each other’s nerves. Road cases piled in the van. Soundcheck at 5 p.m. Merch in the back. A band. You’re familiar with bands? Glitterer is one of those. They play loud melodic post-hardcore rock music that can sometimes seem simple but is always subtly weird and complex.

VICTOR ARCE  
Washington, DC  
https://victorarchie.bandcamp.com/album/hechizado

ROXY 2  
Baltimore, MD  
https://roxy2.bandcamp.com/

ACCESSIBILITY INFO: Comet is wheelchair accessible

All Ages

Glitterer, Victor Arce, Roxy 2

Glitterer - The Race

Glitterer

Saturday, October 12th 2024  
Bed Maker + Special Guests TBA  
10PM - $15 - All Ages

BED MAKER  
Washington, DC  
https://bedmakerdc.bandcamp.com/

ACCESSIBILITY INFO: Comet is wheelchair accessible

Bed Maker + Special Guests TBA

Wednesday, October 16th 2024  
Being Dead + TBA  
9PM - $18 ADV / $20 DOS - All Ages

BEING DEAD  
Austin, TX  
https://beingdead.bandcamp.com/music

Being Dead knows how to make an entrance – within the first several seconds of EELS, the duo’s new record, the bright, hard-strummed guitar line on “Godzilla Rises” conjures cinematic immediacy, a creature emerging from the depths of the ocean in campy, freaky stop motion, fittingly so. Being Dead’s records are mosaics, technicolor incantations, each song its own self-contained little universe. And while the dreamlike EELS probes further into the depths of the duo Being Dead’s psyche, it is, most importantly, in the year of our lord 2024, a 16-track record that is genuinely unpredictable from one track to the next: a joyous and unexpected trip helmed by two true-blue freak bitch besties holed up in a lil’ house in the heart of Austin, Texas.

ACCESSIBILITY INFO: Comet is wheelchair accessible

Being Dead

Treeland

Friday, October 18th 2024  
Pearl & the Oysters + klark sound  
10pm - $20 ADV / $22 DOS - All Ages

PEARL & THE OYSYERS  
Los Angeles, California  
https://pearlandtheoysters.bandcamp.com/

Pearl & the Oysters, international adventurers in eclectic pop, crash-landed their starship in Los Angeles in the year 2020. Born and schooled in Paris, the couple launched a nomadic romance fueled by music that would later see them crooning in New York jazz clubs, then wading the swampy waters of American DIY art rock in Gainesville, Florida. Today in L.A., the band's evolving sound complements a buoyant moment in a scene where their brand of space age jazz-pop is more than welcome.

KLARK SOUND  
Atlanta, GA  
https://klarksound.bandcamp.com/

Klark charms us with his soothing vocal harmonies and then blasts us with kick-ass guitar solos on his latest record “What Is Music.” The album is an invitation into Klark’s deepest vulnerabilities as an artist, where finding his identity and voice is contrasted with a near death experience that left his guts literally spilled onto the ground over a decade ago. Struggling with how he is perceived by the world despite his musical talent, Klark puts all of his moods and colors on display with heart wrenching songs about love, imposter syndrome, and the meaning of music itself. This record is unlike any other you will listen to this year. There are no production gimmicks, song features, or session players. This is Klark playing every instrument, each performance largely unprocessed and captured for the raw energy and spirit in which it was created.

ACCESSIBILITY INFO: Comet is wheelchair accessible

Pearl & the Oysters, Klark Sound

Pearl & The Oysters

klark sound

Saturday, October 19th 2024  
Sam Elmore + Argo & the Violet Queens + The Montaines  
10PM - $15 - All Ages

SAM ELMORE  
Washington, DC  
https://www.instagram.com/sam.elmore.music

D.C. musician Sam Elmore and his team of talented collaborators have repurposed Americana storytelling for the modern day; making it bittersweet and rich with emotional nuance. He and his band embrace a versatile rock sound that unites heartland classics with folk stories and pop melodies, showing the despair and desperation of modernity while uplifting our better nature. Elmore’s music is timeless, poignant, and challenges you to challenge yourself through high-octane, life-affirming, old-soul rock and roll.

ARGO & THE VIOLET QUEENS  
Washington, DC  
https://argoandthevioletqueens.bandcamp.com/

Argo and the Violet Queens are a psychedelically driven band based out of Washington D.C. that blend surreal stage props with nostalgic visual aesthetics and sociopolitical lyricisms in order to create a uniquely abstract world in which the music lives. Sonically, all four members make unique contributions to the band’s sound as they weave through explorations of what the 20th century’s preeminent genres can be once altered in a modern setting.

THE MONTAINES  
Washington, DC  
https://themontaines.bandcamp.com/

Nothing about The Montaines is subtle. They’re a wall of indie pop sound, blending genres and influences. The DC based band centers their sound around cascading guitar parts, while creating a rhythmic experience you can’t help but dance to. The Montaines’ newest song, Dramamine, came out June 24th.

ACCESSIBILITY INFO: Comet is wheelchair accessible

Sam Elmore (single release), Argo & the Violet Queens (single release), The Montaines

Friday, November 15th 2024  
Ed Shrader's Music Beat + TBA  
10PM - $15 - All Ages

ED SHRADER'S MUSIC BEAT  
Baltimore, MD  
https://edschradersmusicbeat.bandcamp.com/album/nightclub-daydreaming

Aesthetically, Ed Schrader’s Music Beat hates to tread water. At the same time, the Baltimore-based two-piece of vocalist Ed Schrader and bassist Devlin Rice won’t force their songs to fit a preconceived style. “The next album’s always gotta be different from the last one.  
We’re different people from record to record. So, writing authentically to ourselves will always bring our work to a place that we haven’t been to yet,” Rice said. Schrader added, “We’re terrified of turning into AC/DC. We never want to be married to one scene or time or sound. We want to be the Boba Fett of bands! Constantly altering the way in which we make records has been pretty key in that process.”

ACCESSIBILITY INFO: Comet is wheelchair accessible

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