OTHER COLORS (Baltimore, MD)
Harmonious lo-fi bedroom folk. For fans of White Fence and LAKE.

“Other Colors began as the bedroom pop project of Will Ryerson. From these beginnings it bloomed, broadening in scope from homespun 4-track hiss into soaring, mystically enhanced spectral pop. These songs manage to exude undeniable uplift vibes. It’s a carefree, adventurous spirit. Will has a particular gift for birthing earworms, too. They burrow your head for days, almost to the point of being annoying. Testimony of this comes in the song ‘Dark Things’, an effortless bit of refined guitar-pop.” -Faster Louder (Australia)

Band website: genpoprecords.bandcamp.com/album/other-colors

HOMEWORK MOUNTAIN (Boone, NC)
Homework Mountain is a band featuring Naked Gods members Seth Sullivan and Derek Wycoff. H/M performs sun-ambient/surf-drone/naptime music using only a fender telecaster 6-string solid-body electric guitar, RAT distorted pedal, boss super overdrive footbox sd-1, rc-20xl phrase recorder loop station, computer, roland sp404, boss dd20, micro-korg synthesizer & vocoder processor, peavey mark III series 100H power module, peavey classic 50 amplifer w/ factory loudspeaker, ampeg 4×10 loudspeaker, and crate 4×12 loudspeaker. H/M sounds like summertime amp-worship. H/M sounds like Brian Eno’s “Ambient 5: Watauga Lake.”

MERIDIAN (Boone, NC)
Voluminous, moody cave-wave and synth in the vein of Black Marble, conjuring the isolating chill of witch-housers Trust, and the motoric persistence of New Wave progenitors such as Front 242 and Kraftwerk. Meridian is fronted by Sean Bos on synth and vocals, with Brennan Zerbe on bass, and Brandon Hoskinson on guitar, et al.

:: $5
:::: ALL AGES
:::::: BEER SPECIALS

William Tyler – Nasheville, TN on Tompkins Square Records; guitarist of late Silver Jews and Lambchop. Exceptional instrumental guitar for fans of John Fahey and Jack Rose. Voted one of Spin Magazine’s best artists of 2012.

Impossible Truth is William Tyler’s debut album on Merge Records. Rooted in apocalyptic expectation and bittersweet nostalgia, Tyler describes the record as “my ’70s singer-songwriter record; it just doesn’t have any words.”

2010’s Behold the Spirit, William Tyler’s first album under his own name, was celebrated by Pitchfork as “the most vital, energized album by an American solo guitarist in a decade or more” and established him as a critical favorite.

Impossible Truth will challenge your ideas of what an instrumental guitar record can and should be. As his friend and tour mate M.C. Taylor from Hiss Golden Messenger puts it, “William will worry a phrase—some tangled chordal wormhole—until you are certain it’s all that exists. He’ll take you over the stiles, he’ll love you up and down, and then he’ll make you cry for the world and what we’ve done to it.”

$5 (cards accepted but not suggested)
9:30 pm
drink specials!

Iji- Seattle pop master, songs about ghost cats, levitation trips, homies, and sippin soda over the problem. Zach Burba played in Boone at Espresso News with James Rabbit. He also played drums with Megabog at Loven House a couple Halloweens back.

http://ijiiji.bandcamp.com/album/yerself
http://ijiiji.bandcamp.com/album/in-celebration

H1S- Dillon Kelly from Asheville. Industrial folk

5 Dollar cover

Water Liars- Misra/ Fat Possum Recs
“Pissed energy packed with solemn depression, leaning on the sides of agression and beautiful compassion and brokenness to an effect that makes all of the force feel and sound wonderfully wounded.”
– Daytrotter

“It is heartbreaking material, especially when savored alone — song’s reminiscent of writers like Raymond Carver and Flannery O’connor.”
– Paste Magazine – “Best of What’s Next”

http://boonelive.com/project/water-liars-12-2-2012/

The Wide Awakes- Boone, country-western duo

$5
:::9 PM
::::::All Ages

Young Sinclairs- Roanoke, VA
Even though they display a fondness for tube-amps, 12-strings, tambourines, spring reverb, and the analogue sounds of decades past, The Young Sinclairs are far more than just a fleeting retro act. Ever since the band formed in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Roanoke, Virginia in 2005, they have never veered from their original vision of creating harmonious pop tunes and unbridled rock excitement. They produce and record all of their own music in the personal all-analogue studio, The Mystic Fortress, and have concurrently been releasing albums themselves D.I.Y.-style and releasing them through a handful of different independent labels (Planting Seeds Records, Kindercore Records, and Chimney Sweep Records domestically – their latest two 7-inches are joint releases between France’s Requiem Por Un Twister & Croque Madame Records).

http://theyoungsinclairs.bandcamp.com/

Locals TBA soon

:: 9 PM
:::: $5 for the touring band.
::::: All Ages! Drink specials for those 21+

Cop City/ Chill Pillars (FL)

http://floridasdying.bandcamp.com/album/cop-city-chill-pillars-lp

Hive Master
“Owner hive is alex swings and a mixer without a view and a set of pedals. Starting material ranging from songs belt loops, Eastern ragas, crushed cars, and television. Performance varies greatly with the quality of the performance is a reflection of the audience addressed. it’s loud, so be sure.”
– translate.google.com

HATS
http://hats.bandcamp.com/

You may (or may not) remember Rainbow Road from the recent locals only quadruple-header. If you don’t know where it is, message us for details.
*5 dollar cover for touring band

The Dream Scene- Javier Morales (of Quiet Hooves) and crew. Last time they played Boone the party was surrounded by cop cars for a couple of hours but the party never stopped. Recalling the playful sexy vibes of Prince and R Stevie Moore. Forget yourself for a minute and dance like a maniac.

Man’s Trash- Yet another Party Party Partners side project. They recorded a song a day for a year, including one at Espresso News at a Bubbly Mommy Gun/ Red Snapper show back in 2011(?) Really weird stuff.
http://www.partypartypartners.com/sindex.html

Hive Master- Did you see that Rainbow Road set with Cop City Chill Pillars? WILD

Baby Habit

5 Dollars
::::18 +
::::::Dollar PBRS

ESTRANGERS make the kind of classic pop that hides in plain sight, the kind that lingers in the blown-out speakers of vintage thrift store amplifiers and makes you wonder why you stopped listening. Towering melodies, cavernous guitar reverb, lush analog synths and crashing bass & drums are bound together in their bright-eyed Rock and Roll stylings.

http://estrangers.com/

“In my dream, an ozone sky sucks the color from the seaside until it looks like a faded, hand-painted postcard. The beach is deserted, except for a distant gazebo where a clean-cut 1950s couple slow dances. And Estrangers provide the soundtrack. The lo-fi Winston-Salem sextet delivers dreamy/creepy fuzz-pop with yearning broken-hearted vocals. Boasting a gauzy sound that recalls the third, eponymous Velvet Underground LP, Estrangers evoke the pristine chamber pop of The Zombies and the wistful melodies of ‘50s crooner Ricky Nelson. Dual guitars add Jesus and Mary Chain bursts of over-modulated squall, augmented by a pair of jaunty-but-eerie Carnival of Souls keyboards and driving Dave Clark Five drums. It’s fun but slightly queasy, like stumbling upon a sock-hop hosted by David Lynch, complete with free nitrous oxide for all.” – Pat Moran, Creative Loafing Charlotte

NAKED GODS are a “hapless burly-pop prog-punk” quintet based out of the mountains of wes- alright, you’ve heard the spiel before, right? But if you haven’t seen this band live then crawl on out from under that rock and see what the bump in the night is all about. These guys make nervous energy cool, they’re raucous and in many ways larger than life. The ‘Gods are working on their third full-length album and will no doubt have some great new anthems to unveil.

www.nakedgods.com

:: $5
:::: 9:30 pm
:::::: All Ages!
:::::::: Drink specials for 21+

Viking Moses is coming back to Boone! This time in summer on Nathan’s birthday.

The VIKING MOSES was initiated by Southern Missourian Brendon Massei in 2003. The band has a dynamic, rotating cast of both established and obscure musicians worldwide, and is currently based in Northern Appalachia (USA).

More straight forward rock/soul than weird/folk as most of their contemporaries seem to be marketed, Viking Moses� recordings are very accessible in convention, though live shows normally tend to have an unconventional approach, being hosted in unorthodox venues, often having assembled bands night-of, using members of support bands or strangers in the audience. Both aspects are delivered with utmost soul, passion, and humility, and always offer fans and strangers an experience which is unique and often contrary to expectation.

Viking Moses has been finding very fair attention since 2004, thanks to Devendra Banhart’s “Golden Apples…” compilation and good words, followed by a signing by Alan McGee (Creation Records founder, and manager of Oasis, Jesus & Mary Chain, Primal Scream, Teenage Fanclub, Mogwai, Libertines, etc.) which has found Viking Moses high acclaim in UK and Europe, and kept them heavily active in that part of the world these past few years.

Potluck followed by music
::::5-10 dollar donation for Brendon (Viking Moses)
:::::::Open to the public, ask for directions

Younger Siblings, a “four-piece indie-pop band in the oddball sort of vein of They Might Be Giants or The Moldy Peaches,” are so much more than what their modest facebook band blurb suggests. These guys craft deceptively simple and clever songs that evoke all the levity and darkness of youth. If you caught the ‘Sibs the last time they came through Boone, you know that even with a boiled down lineup and skeletal instrumentation incorporating ukulele and electronic drums, these guys are an unsung stronghold of originality in the southeastern independent scene.

Check out their awesome split release with fellow ‘Bama shredders Nightmare Boyzzz, along with other cuts here:
http://youngersiblings.bandcamp.com/

Special Events –
On tour with YS – they’re a rap group that shares members with the terror pigeon dance revolt and yer heart. expect crazy diy light shows with lots of dancing.

Meridian –
Boone’s own dark-synth, melancholic cavewave trio. edit: solo SB performance with video accompaniment.

:: $5
:::: 9:30 pm
:::::: All Ages!