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Friday September 23 2016
 8:30PM doors -- music at 9:30PM ••• ALL AGES
$20
Rogue Wave
roguewavemusic.com/
 ‎Indie rock‎, ‎Lo-Fi
Loquat
www.facebook.com/loquatband/
  electronic/pop ...
Oldtimers
(~James Leste)
soundcloud.com/jamesleste
 ‎Indie rock & roll

Rogue Wave
Zach Rogue, Pat Spurgeon, Dan Lead, Rob Easson, and Masanori Christianson
-from Oakland, CA

-Rogue Wave formed in 2002 when a newly unemployed Zach Rogue left his San Francisco home, visited friends in New York City, and returned to California with nearly a full album's worth of textured, cerebral indie pop. Rogue then quit his post in his previous group, the Desoto Reds, and finished the album, which was released on Rogue's own Responsive label under the title Out of the Shadow. As he was completing the record, Rogue decided to form a band in order to perform the material live, and he soon hooked up with drummer/keyboardist Pat Spurgeon, bassist Sonya Westcott, and guitarist Gram LeBron. This outfit played shows in 2003 with the likes of Spoon, Mates of State, and other indie rock big shots. Impressed with their growing buzz, Sub Pop signed Rogue Wave and reissued Out of the Shadow in 2004. At some point, Westcott was replaced in the lineup by Evan Farrell, and the revised band began recording a second album. The first result of their efforts was the 10:1 single, released in August 2005, which displayed a slicker and more produced sound without jeopardizing the elements that made the first record an artistic success. The full-length Descended Like Vultures followed in late 2005. Songs from the album appeared on television shows like Weeds, Friday Night Lights, and Heroes, and the band maintained a hectic touring schedule until 2006, when they were forced to take time off as drummer Pat Spurgeon underwent a kidney transplant and other bandmembers dealt with death (LeBron's father) and birth (Rogue's new daughter). The group also lost bassist Farrell, who left the lineup before perishing in an apartment fire in late 2007. Patrick Abernathy, formerly with Beulah, joined the group in his place. As if that wasn't enough tribulation, Rogue Wave couldn't come to terms with Sub Pop for future albums and was dropped from the label's roster. They found a suitable label soon after, however, as their friend Jack Johnson signed them to his Brushfire imprint and released their third album, Asleep at Heaven's Gate, in autumn 2007. With newcomer Cameron Jasper now handling bass duties, the band returned in early 2010 with their second Brushfire recording, Permalight. By the time of their next album, the group was down to Rogue and Spurgeon and had switched labels again. Nightingale Floors was released by Vagrant in early summer of 2013. Their sixth long player came after yet another label move, to Easy Sound Recording Company. Delusions of Grand Fur arrived in the spring of 2016 and saw Rogue and Spurgeon joined by multi-instrumentalists Dan Lead, Rob Easson, and Masanori Christianson (the latter mostly covering the precarious bass).

Loquat
Kylee Swenson Gordon, Anthony Gordon, Chip Cosby, Christopher Cooper, Jon Langmead
-from Minneapolis, MN/San Diego, CA/Richmond, VA/Oakland, CA/Baltimore, MD/

-Chronicles of train terrorism, space expeditions, criminal infamy, and monsters under the bed are just a few of the themes you’ll hear on Loquat’s third full-length album, We Could Be Arsonists. Recorded at Fantasy Studios (David Bowie, U2, The Pretenders) in Berkeley, Calif. while singer/guitarist Kylee Swenson Gordon was pregnant with her now 1-year-old son Braxton (with bass player Anthony Gordon), We Could Be Arsonists is Loquat’s strongest stand.

Through dangerously evocative lyrics and ultra-melodic songs, the San Francisco/Bay Area’s Loquat has captivated fans from as far as Tel Aviv, Hong Kong, and Kraków, and has infiltrated electromagnetic waves through shows such as MTV’s “Teen Mom,” “P. Diddy’s Making His Band,” and CW’s “One Tree Hill.” The band has played SXSW, CMJ, Noise Pop, and Treasure Island Music Festival, and has shared the stage with the likes of Goldfrapp, Miike Snow, TV on the Radio, The Cardigans, and Liz Phair.  Meanwhile, Loquat continues to blaze its own trail. With a new lineup (guitarist/singer Chip Cosby, keyboardist Christopher Cooper, and drummer Jon Langmead) and a batch of brand-new songs, the band is set to light the match with We Could Be Arsonists.



Oldtimers
(~James Leste)
James Leste
-from Oakland, CA

-"Oldtimers is the new musical project fronted by James Leste, previously a member of Oakland indie groups Audrye Sessions and Push To Talk. Upon relocation to Nashville, TN James started working on producing a series of new songs that would eventually become Oldtimers after returning to the bay area. Oldtimers fuses folk, pop, and electronic elements to create their hook laden songs. The project is slated to release a self titled EP in the fall of 2016. "