The Big Ass Sketch Revue is a week away and we're throwing a pre-party with KIDNAPPED! Join us for HaHaHappy Hour, a free comedy performance featuring Eunji Kim & Gena Gephart. Not only is it Happy Hour from 6-8PM at Sleeping Village, we'll be giving away tickets & prizes from Humboldt House.

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HaHaHappy Hour ft. Eunji Kim & Gena Gephart

comedy

Comedy

Chicago

Sleeping Village

Josh Dubman, AKA Fire Aux, is originally from a small town in Wisconsin, but eventually relocated to Chicago and started DJing. After Chicago, he spent a few years living in Hong Kong and DJed throughout all of Asia, but has now moved back to Chicago. During his travels, he developed an affinity for international club sounds and global dance music and is inspired by music from all over the world.

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Fire Aux DJ (Main Bar)

Fire Aux - It's Crazy

At a time when the world seems intent on pushing us further inward and further apart, Kiss the Tiger are here to rattle our bones and bust us out of our cocoons with some good old fashioned rock and roll.

Erik Koskinen is an American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, whose music is not categorized by sub-genres. Stylistically he is on his own. Influenced by roots music of the Americas and the world, the rhythmic integrity and musical tone is as important as the lyrical content and the artistic intent.

Naked Brunch is a four-piece funk rock band from Chicagoland. Groovy, irreverent and eclectic — this is body-bumping rock ’n’ roll that’s meant to be seen live. Shave your eyebrows, put on your Sunday clothes, and fall into the rhythm. Brunch is served.

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DBN: Kiss The Tiger, Erik Koskinen, Naked Brunch

Kiss the Tiger - Motel Room

Kiss the Tiger

Erik Koskinen

Naked Brunch

Gigs

**Strawberry Boy** are a dreamy indie rock band from Chicago, creating and orchestra of carefully arranged trauma and magic to shine to in the springtime and cry to in the winter.

They’re upcoming album “Better Not Tell You Now” was written by Sarah Bogosh and Simon small, mostly remotely during the pandemic between three different studios in London, UK and Chicago, IL. The record weaves half remembered dreams and memories through spiraling guitars, keyboards, strings and horns.

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Record Release: Strawberry Boy w/ Curtail, Hi Ho

Glitter

Hi Ho

Curtail

Strawberry Boy

Our pride is powerful! For our June edition at Sleeping Village, guests ICEY BBY makes their Slo ‘Mo decks debut and longtime fam Messy Misdemeanor returns, in addition to our resident sonic curation queen VITIGRRL. Resident twirlers Miss Angelica Grace & Empress Darling Shear have special performances in store, and Your Godmutha Tristen and Party Mom Kristen will warmly welcome you. We are excited to welcome Taylor’s Tacos back for the season turning out treats on the patio for the summer season, and there will be Del Maguey mezcal behind the bar! 

Tickets are sliding scale in advance $10-20 and $20 at the door, with five percent of sales benefiting Todo Para Todos Community Shelter for Migrant Families. We offer limited booth reservations for people with mobility challenges, folks who are pregnant or postpartum or otherwise need seating support. Email slomoparty@gmail.com. For Sleeping Village's policies, visit here. https://sleeping-village.com/faqs/

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Slo 'Mo Party

This is a partially seated, partially standing room show. First come, first served.

What do you do when the fun outgrows one show? You add another! What do you do when the fun outgrows two shows? You turn it into an all-day affair! KIDNAPPED! presents The Big Ass Sketch Revue—twice in one day! Catch a matinee showing of The Big Ass Sketch Revue, enjoy live music on the patio with a special guest in-between, and then stick around for the evening showing and get a full day of laughter and merriment!

Claire McFadden

Kim Quindlen

Chris Santiago

Jon Plester

October Brian

Garden Boys

Adisa Williams

Vernon Mina

Sage Huston

Jake Prizant

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 KIDNAPPED! Presents: The Big Ass Sketch Revue (Matinee)

A free musical performance part of The Big Ass Sketch Revue!

This is a partially seated, partially standing room show. First come, first served.

What do you do when the fun outgrows two shows? You turn it into an all-day affair! Enjoy free, live music by Boo Baby on the patio between our matinee and late showings of The Big Ass Sketch Revue.

Boo Baby is a Chicago band looking to put on a show. That's priority numero uno and no Boo Baby show has ever been the same as the last. It's a convergence of Chicago's rich art, music, and comedy scenes plus folk-y grooves and sideways poetry in one big boo against boredom. They might be the only band that encourages you to "boo" instead of clap, but you might end up yelling "whoo" more than anything. It's a mom and pop gas station. It's a backyard cookie. It's Boo Baby, baby.

Their newest album "The Opening Band" is out everywhere via veteran micro-label Summersteps Records (Tigers Jaw, Lewis & Clarke). Loose-knit yet classy, it celebrates the idea of the band as a vessel of art and heart.

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KIDNAPPED! Presents: Boo Baby (Patio Performance)

This is a partially seated, partially standing room show. First come, first served.

It’s back… with a vengeance! After a sold out debut performance in January, host comedy troupe KIDNAPPED! brings Chicago’s hottest sketch comedy show back to Sleeping Village this June with an all new cast of comedians and teams that will make you laugh harder than ever before! Come enjoy live sketches, solo acts, and video sketches by some of the best talent Chicago has to offer.

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KIDNAPPED! Presents: The Big Ass Sketch Revue

Jeff Draco is a rising star in the indie/alt-pop scene, captivating audiences with his unique sound and infectious energy. Draco performs with some of the most talented musicians around, including Josh Poggioli on keys and vocals, Tyler Drager on guitar, George Turner on bass, and Owen Greene on drums.

TOPAZ is 27 year old multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, and producer Zack Johnson. Born and raised around Chicago, he picked up a guitar at an early age. He began seriously studying the production of music around the age of 18 and eventually released his first EP, Half Awake. He went on to earn a degree from Columbia College while continuing to hone his craft and improve as a musician and producer. Since then, he has consistently released more music including his second full length album High Society. His third full length album Help Yourself To My Garden is out now.

Old Coke is a Chicago-based band focused on pushing the boundaries of heavy shogaze by incorporating elements from a wealth of genres. Sharing members with Sleepwalk, Old Coke brings a driving edge to a genre that focuses more on larger than life guitar tones rather than energy. Throughout 2022 the band gained traction from a set of impressively tight and energetic live shows that will continue on throughout 2023.

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DBN: Jeff Draco, Topaz, Old Coke

Jeff Draco - Desiderium

Jeff Draco

Old Coke

TOPAZ

Throughout her fruitful independent career, spanning three EPs and multiple collaborations, **Madison** has earned accolades from The New York Times, NPR, The FADER, and Pitchfork, who named her a Rising Artist in 2018. Her genre-bending work has led to Questlove dubbing her early sound “soul-appella.” In addition to a stirring performance on the renowned COLORS Studio platform, McFerrin has also performed at Lincoln Center, Central Park SummerStage and BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn, and shared stages with the likes of De La Soul, Gallant, and The Roots. Off the stage, Madison’s music has been featured in episodes of Comedy Central’s Broad City and HBO’s Random Acts of Flyness.

Hailing from the West Side of Chicago, Brooklynn Skye is a self-taught musician, producer, and artist who studied bass, jazz, and classical music growing up. Though her lyrics are riddled with themes of love and lust, she finds inspiration through one exceptionally uncommon medium: horror films.  Influences of Skye include Chicago House, jazz, and the 90’s grunge era, all of which are felt through her slow jams with a modern twist. “Her ability to tell stories through her words and symphonies doesn’t go unnoticed, and despite being at it since the age of 9, the musician’s evolution is still unfolding.

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Madison McFerrin w/ Brooklynn Skye

Madison McFerrin - Fallin'

Madison McFerrin

**John R Miller** is a true hyphenate artist: singer-songwriter-picker. Every song on his thrilling debut solo album, Depreciated, is lush with intricate wordplay and haunting imagery, as well as being backed by a band that is on fire. One of his biggest long-time fans is roots music favorite Tyler Childers, who says he’s “a well-travelled wordsmith mapping out the world he’s seen, three chords at a time.” Miller is somehow able to transport us to a shadowy honkytonk and get existential all in the same line with his tightly written compositions. Miller’s own guitar-playing is on fine display here along with vocals that evoke the white-waters of the Potomac River rumbling below the high ridges of his native Shenandoah Valley.

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John R. Miller w/ Todd Day Wait

John R. Miller

Todd Day Wait

***This is a partially seated, partially standing room only event. First come, first served.***

Sexy Unique Podcast began as the #1 podcast about the most important tragicomedy of our time: Vanderpump Rules, and has since evolved to include coverage of other thought-provoking and culturally relevant reality series. Every week, Lara Marie Schoenhals is joined by regular co-host Carey O’Donnell and other guests to recap, lol and discuss the deeper meaning of their shared passion: people being messy on TV.

**21+**

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Night One: Sexy Unique Podcast

Sexy Unique Podcast

podcast

Podcast

***This is a partially seated, partially standing room only event. First come, first served.***

Sexy Unique Podcast began as the #1 podcast about the most important tragicomedy of our time: Vanderpump Rules, and has since evolved to include coverage of other thought-provoking and culturally relevant reality series. Every week, Lara Marie Schoenhals is joined by regular co-host Carey O’Donnell and other guests to recap, lol and discuss the deeper meaning of their shared passion: people being messy on TV.

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Night Two: Sexy Unique Podcast

“Play on, there’s no such thing as better days,” Damien Jurado sings on “Roger,” the sweeping wash of a song that opens Reggae Film Star, his 18th full length album and second release from Jurado’s own Maraqopa Records label. But as he enters his 25th year as a recording artist, it’s clear these are, at the least, very good days for Jurado on the creative front. In these 12 songs, which evoke half-recalled dreams and overheard conversations, the cosmic rushes headlong into the autobiographical and specific moments on the clock fade from past to future to scenes set only in the eternal now.

Playing out like a backlot documentary filmed on the location of an unnamed TV or film set—maybe a sitcom taping, or perhaps it’s a low budget science fiction B-movie, or could it be a talk show?—the album is populated by performers awaiting call times, camera operators praying for their shot, and studio audiences rapt with anticipation. The stars here eschew glitz and glamor. Instead, they wander grocery stores and parking lots in the verdant Pacific Northwest and the desert Southwest, looking for payphones and a sense of purpose.

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Damien Jurado w/ Chris Pureka

Damien Jurado - Birds Tricked into the Trees

Damien Jurado

Chris Pureka

Nothing says summer in Chicago more than patios and pop-ups and the Wild Life Flea is pulling out all the stops for a truly uncommon market. Join WLF and their travelin' band of makers and vintage dealers at Sleeping Village Sunday June 18th from 12-5p. Come hang and shop a bit of vintage everything, insanely gorgeous jewelry, naturally made remedies, garden goods, intentionally crafted housewares, and some really cool artwork. But the fun doesn't stop there, stick around to have your aura photo taken, have a cold beer, and get some golden, permanent jewelry to remember the day forever! 

Entry is free.

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Wild Life Flea 

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Social

Jitwam is a Sydney-based artist whose work, including two acclaimed LPs – ‘ज़ि तम सि हँ’ and ‘Honeycomb – have been critically-acclaimed. He has featured on Moodymann’s DJ Kicks compilation, played at festivals across the world and become a darling of the underground in the past few years. Having lived in five countries across four continents, Jitwam is influenced by the culture around him, incorporating sounds from around the world while experimenting with melodies and songwriting. Born in Guwahati, Assam in India, Jitwam grew up in Sydney, Australia. He was introduced to electronic music whilst living in London, where his songwriting turned, allowing him to use the rock influences he grew up with and melding them into tightly melodic, luxuriously layered production. Threads of universality and one consciousness thread themselves neatly throughout his work. He is also the co-founder of the seminal label The Jazz Diaries and helped establish arts collective and label, Chalo.

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Metro + smartbar Present Jitwam (Live) w/ Joe Powers, Leja Hazer

Brooklyn Ballers

Jitwam

Joe Powers

Life is horribly dark right now. And yet, it is not unfunny.

That’s the sentiment that animates **Water From Your Eyes** on their new album, and first for Matador, Everyone’s Crushed. On the follow-up to the Brooklyn duo’s 2021 breakthrough, Structure, Rachel Brown (they/them) and Nate Amos (he/him) find silliness and fatalism dancing in a frantic lockstep, using heart palpitating rhythms and absurdist, deadpan lyrics to convey stories of personal and societal unease. Described by Brown as Water From Your Eyes’ most collaborative record ever – and, as such, a kind of reset for the pair, almost like a debut, despite technically being their sixth – it’s a swollen contusion of an album: experimental pop music that’s pretty and violent, raw and indelible.

Floatie is a four piece music band from Chicago. They’ve achieved the highest honors in musicianship and have been awarded many fine gems, golds, and silvers. But more than gold and silver, they have been awarded friendship.

Options (Computer Music) is the solo performance configuration of songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer Seth Engel. Drawing from a deep well of experience and inspiration, Seth's music is both obtuse and memorable. Often exploding with hooks, bursts of fuzz, and time-shifts, Options music makes for a thoroughly engaging listen.

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Water From Your Eyes w/ Floatie, Options (Computer Music)

Water From Your Eyes - 14

Water From Your Eyes

Floatie

Citing sources from early Dub influenced Clash, Blitz and The Modern Lovers — Spiritual Cramp exist in a strange vacuum somewhere between David Byrne’s oversized suit and a bar fight between a bunch of drunk goons on Polk Street in SF.

Hate for the police, the government and the status quo are reoccurring themes in Bingham’s lyrics. The sounds borrow from the past, echoes of late 70’s / early 80’s working class rock and punk, which function on the upbeat, showcasing very bright guitars yet generating darker vocal rhythms and darker patterning.

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LSAF After Show: Spiritual Cramp w/ Defcee + No Men

I Feel Bad Bein' Me

Spiritual Cramp

Defcee

No Men

Gather your loved ones, Together is here. duster’s fourth album is a 13-song exploration of comfortable, interplanetary goth. A sonic vaseline of submerged guitars, solder-burned synths, and over-driven rhythm tracks. “I know people say, ‘Oh Duster music so sad, we’ve even said it ourselves before,” Clay Parton said. “But it’s a lot more like absurdism than nihilism.”

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LSAF After Show: Duster w/ Sour Widows

Duster

Sour Widows

Based across Melbourne and Sydney, the core of Haiku Hands is Beatrice Lewis, Claire Nakazawa and Mie Nakazawa. Together, they curate, perform and work as a collective of artists, engaging and exploring social norms with their lyrical and visual content. Their influences range from hip-hop to pop, electronic to dance, and everything beyond.

East coast bred JILLIAN X is a house DJ based in Chicago, IL. Her style blends bangin’ beats with a touch of deep, tech and funky vibes. Jillian x has DJ’d dance parties throughout Chicago at Celeste, Emporium, Logan11, Maria’s, Cerise Rooftop, Arbella, Le Nocturne, Pennywhistle, Elastic Arts + more; and festivals My House Music Fest and House of Sol. Jillian x is resident DJ and co-founder of Stylin’ Out Network.

CQQCHIFRUIT (Jacquelyn Carmen Guerrero, she/they) is a multidisciplinary artist of Cuban and Puerto Rican descent, originally from Miami, FL. They got their start as a DJ in 2013 playing with the Chances Dances collective in Chicago, along with their first exposures to house music and underground queer culture. Since then, they've performed in nightclubs, art galleries, museums, and festivals across Chicago, nationally, and internationally.

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LSAF After Show: Haiku Hands  w/ JILLIAN X, CQQCHIFRUIT

Not About You

Haiku Hands

Greg Freeman deals in biblical deluges, apocalyptic fever dreams, Floridian miscreants, and green mountain malaise. On his excellent debut LP "I Looked Out," Gregs's voice takes center stage, creaking, crooning, and cutting through clouds of static. The songs are linked together by a palpable urgency, whether it is the punch-in-the-face, careening momentum of "Tower," the country-gazing guitar squall of "Souvenir Heart," or the singalong finale of "Palms." Careful arrangements and production choices bring out the best of the 7-piece band that ornament the album with pedal steel, horns, eerie strings, and tape warbles.

Case Oats is the musical outlet of Casey Gomez Walker. Her songs mine Midwestern life: an upbringing in Missouri, sickly sweet relationships, the joys and tragedies of friendship, and even true crime. She weaves these themes together without a hint of pretension and delivers them in her earnest, heart-pulling voice. Walker is joined by Max Subar (guitar and pedal steel), Scott Daniel (fiddle), Chet Zenor (guitar), Jason Ashworth (bass), and Spencer Tweedy (drums). Her debut album is expected in 2023. hemlock is the "phone-fi" bedroom folk project of swamp-raised musician Carolina Chauffe and various rotating collaborators, currently based in Chicago, IL. Bare-boned and bittersweet, this is means-to-an-end modern-day folk art for the open-hearted, often accompanied by intimate field recordings, and erring on the side of imperfect, eager, prolific.

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LSAF After Show: Greg Freeman w/ Case Oats + Hemlock

Greg Freeman - Colorado

Greg Freeman

The French-Caribbean singer-producer (now based in Brooklyn) recently announced her new full-length album, Lotus Glow, to be released on March 3. Her first album as Adi Oasis, the album features an eclectic range of guests, including KIRBY, Leven Kali, Jamila Woods, and Aaron Taylor.

On Lotus Glow, the French Caribbean, Brooklyn-based soul-funk-r&b artist combines her masterful production, soaring vocal chops, and spectacular bass prowess to create her most personal work to date – and also her most political. For Adi, the political themes are unavoidable. “Thematically my new album is fearless, yet vulnerable, and also more political, because I’m a black female immigrant, and these are my truths.”

The album title, Lotus Glow, sums up Adi’s journey while being a manifestation of her future dreams. “Out of the mud grows the lotus,” Adi explains, referring to the many struggles she has overcome in her life, from growing up in the Parisian projects to being a Black woman in America. “Lotus Glow represents the flower I’ve blossomed into, the artist I’ve worked on becoming all my life. The glow is where I am going next. It’s my destiny.”

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Adi Oasis w/ Kyra Horton

Adi Oasis - Mystic Lover

Adi Oasis

Modern Nun is a lesbian rock band from Chicago, Illinois. The band is fronted by Edie McKenna and accompanied by Lee Simmons on guitar and Haley Webster on drums. Over the past three years, Modern Nun has formed a loyal fan base with their captivating lyrics and catchy instrumentals. Their debut EP titled 'NAME' is available now on all streaming platforms and the band has released three singles in the summer of 2022. Keep for Cheap’s special blend of indie, country, rock, and pop has a little something for everyone. Playing what they call “prairie-rock,” the Minnesota 5-piece will make you feel like a kid, then break your heart without skipping a beat. Their debut album ‘Bundle’ pines over queer love and passing youth, exults the wonders of the natural world, and begs for connection wherever it can be made.

Biitchseat - Dynamic DIY from Cleveland

Burr Oak - Chicago, IL

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Modern Nun, Keep For Cheap, Biitchseat, Burr Oak

Modern Nun - Name

Modern Nun

Keep for Cheap

Biitchseat

Sun Organ

Candlelight shower time, the 6th record from philadelphia's Sludgepop legends sun organ showcases the project's evolution in terms of dynamics, songcraft and psychedelic/heavy production. Led by songwriter producer Tim Jordan (Nyxy Nyx , SPIRIT OF THE BEEHIVE , Nirvana), the album showcases Jordan's ability to craft both a unique sonic landscape while crafting a singular lyrical folklore allowing this album to be the project's most unique and fully realized album to date. Aided by longterm Sun Organ Collaborators Dan Angel, Pat Conaboy (Spirit of the beehive) the project also brings in new collaborators Benjamin Schurr (Nyxy Nyx , Luna Honey, Ruah), Rachel Gordon (Nine of Swords, Greg Electric), and Nyxy Nyx's Brian Reichert further showcasing Jordans ability to cultivate a wide breadth of collaborators to expand upon his vision. candlelight shower time will be dually released by Julias War and BLIGHT records

Options is the solo project of songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer Seth Engel. Drawing from a deep well of experience and inspiration, Seth's music is both obtuse and memorable. Often exploding with hooks, bursts of fuzz, and time-shifts, Options' music makes for a thoroughly engaging listen.

Harvey Waters is a band from Chicago Blaring, and Bellowing through an existential haze

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Sun Organ, Options, Smile Machine, Harvey Waters

WILD AUTUMN GOLD

Sun Organ

Options

Smile Machine

Harvey Waters

DBN: Paper Bee, Julia Blair Quartet, Mukiss, Al Scorch

Paper Bee - A Swarm

Paper Bee

Julia Blair

Al Scorch

The Holy Ghost Tabernacle Choir are touring in support of their new album Slow Murder, venturing into longer form songwriting. their sound is deeply rooted in post-hardcore, mathcore, and 90s screamo styles but with this album we moved outside of that. Pulling elements from spidery noise rock (akin to Slint, Sprain, and The Jesus Lizard) and angular metal (akin to Yautja, the Melvins, and Full Of Hell), they harnessed a sound that is both more focused and more mature without deviating from our expected chaos.

The record was recorded by Scary of Black Tusk at Hidden Audio in Savannah, GA in February of 2022, and was mastered by Jonathan Nuñez of TORCHE at Nuñez Sound. It features guest vocals from GG and Pierce of SOUL GLO, as well as Logan Rivera of Gillian Carter.

Stander's new album Vulnerable is out now on The Garrote (co-run by photographer Josh Ford and Brian Barr of Aseethe). Vulnerable is an unflinching reflection on emotional volatility and fragility, from existential dread to stagnance, incalculable grief to unbridled bliss. Recorded at Machines With Magnets with Seth Manchester (The Body, Liturgy, Lingua Ignota), the Chicago trio unravel the fabric of heavy music conventions and stitch their own distinctive jagged pieces into a mirage of atmosphere.

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The Holy Ghost Tabernacle Choir, Stander, What It Felt Like, Bussy Kween Power Trip

The Holy Ghost Tabernacle Choir - Cow Tools

The Holy Ghost Tabernacle Choir

Stander

Glitch Gum is the artist project of Nashville-based musician, producer, and songwriter Luke Huff. With a recipe that includes indie/emo inspired live elements, blippy electronic layers, sincere (yet tongue-in-cheek) lyrics, fun vocal performances, pop sensibility, and punk aesthetics, Glitch Gum has built a brand that is equal parts chaotic and cathartic. Glitch Gum draws influences from many different places. His inspirations include Blink 182, 100 Gecs, Phoebe Bridgers, American Football, Underscores, Alex G, and Glaive. Sprinkling these influences into tracks coated with energy and honesty, GG hopes that his listeners can find a party where they can be themselves within his releases.

Honey Creek is an alt pop/pop punk band from Milwaukee, WI. They love Fall Out Boy, Kid Dynamite, and 100 Gecs and constantly argue about how to blend each of those influences into their songs. If you see them live make sure you have insurance. The band lives together in the same house and their kitchen sink doesn’t work. Honey Creek’s median age is currently 25.8 and they are interested in taking over the world.

Hailing from New Zealand, DEATHTRIPPA's music blurs the lines been cybergrind, hardcore and hip hop for a face pummeling live experience. Filled with enough mosh heavy breakdowns and dance eccentric rave parts, it's no wonder DEATHTRIPPA has shared the stage with names such as Machine Girl. DEATHTRIPPA'S unique style of rave metal is aggressive, confrontational and unapologetic.

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SV x CC Present: Glitch Gum, Honey Creek (EP release show), whoTF, Blind Equation vs DEATHTRIPPA

Glitch Gum - My Brain is Lasers

Glitch Gum

Honey Creek

Blind Equation

The Backfires are a New York City rock band that formed in London in 2018. The band is from both sides of the Atlantic (half British-half American) and consists of Alex Gomez (lead vocals), Harry Ruprecht (lead guitarist), Matt Walter (bass), and Max Wanduragala (drums).

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The Backfires

The Backfires - Preoccupied

DBN: Family Junket, Kopano, Black Seinfeld

Kopano

SlutBomb, HEET DETH, Fall Children, Greed Worm, Hate and Discontent

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