Thor and Friends
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Thor and Friends are here tonight with Norman Westberg. Don’t miss Thor Harris’ meditative madness. Tomorrow, we’ll meet you at the Pico Union Project for Small Town Murder’s Shut Up and Give Me Murder tour. Doors open early—at 7 p.m.—so we can grab drinks after. Seating is first come, first serve.
Josiah and the Bonevilles will be supporting Blanco White’s Andeon and Flamenco fusion on Friday night. On Saturday, Non Stop Bhangra celebrates springtime with DJs, dance lessons, live drums and henna. Step out of your comfort zone and into the dance party everyone’s talking about.
Next Thursday, April 12, Yamantaka // Sonic Titan arrives with Daisy and the Jerkagram twins. Check out their First Play Live session on CBC Music and get to the gig. We’re celebrating the addition of Jawbreaker’s 24 Hour Revenge Therapy to the 33 ⅓ book series with author Ronen Givony on Monday, April 30. He’ll be interviewing drummer Adam Pfahler—I know, right?
The future’s so bright, we’re dedicating a whole section of the newsletter to it <3 We just announced the return of Swimsuit Issue Tuesday, May 15 and an evening of desert blues with RF Shannon, Jesse Woods and Alex Dupree on Monday, May 21. Criminal Hygiene is joining Yonatan Gat on Wednesday, May 16 fresh off of shows with Together Pangea.
On Thursday, May 17, we’re hosting the official DIIV afterparty with a DJ set by DIIV, plus live sets by Colin Caufield and OmenXIII. It’s gonna be a late night. The next evening, Woon returns to the patio for a homestyle noodle pop-up. What could be cozier?
And then it was June. We’re stoked on Steve Gunn, Anna St. Louis and Meg Duffy (Hand Habits) on Monday, June 4. Get up in your feelings with Anna St. Louis’ debut, First Songs, in the meantime. On Wednesday, June 20, Elle Belle celebrates the release of No Signal with Tampa. See you soon.
