|
|
|
|
|
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
 
   
|
|
Listings are
in the opposite order of appearance: headliner is listed at the top,
next is the support band(s),
and the last band listed is the opener.
|
 |
|
|
|
| |
Wednesday August 27
2025 8:00PM doors -- music at 9:00PM ••• ALL AGES $20 in advance / $22 at the door -------on sale 5/16 Mal Blum malblum.com indie rock and Americana Charlie Mtn. instagram.com/charliemtnmusic Americana alt-folk Country Mal Blum -from Los Angeles, CA -"Mal Blum (born 1988) is an American songwriter and performer from New York. Critics often remark on Blum's strength as a lyricist. They spent their early career promoting self-booked diy solo tours and supporting other solo artists such as Mike Doughty, Melissa Ferrick, Jenny Owen Youngs, Amanda Palmer, and Jeffrey Lewis. In 2014, Mal Blum signed to Don Giovanni records and announced they would be working on a new album produced by Marissa Paternoster of the band Screaming Females. Before that point, they had never worked with a record label and fan-funded or self-funded recording costs. After the Don Giovanni release of "You Look a Lot Like Me" in 2016 Mal Blum began touring nationally as a three piece with a bassist and drummer, contributing to what critics called a "more developed but still gritty, punk" sound. Mal Blum is a recurring musical and non-musical guest on The Chris Gethard Show and has had music featured on Logo TV's The Click List: Top 10 Videos and NewNowNext Music Blum has contributed non-musical written work to Autostraddle, Huffington Post, and The Fader. Blum attended State University of New York at Purchase." ~ Last.fm Charlie Mtn. -from Hall County, GA -A queer kid born in the Detroit suburbs and raised in rural Hall County, Georgia, John-Allison Weiss has long embraced their identity as an outsider. That sense of difference fueled their determination to live authentically, capturing the hearts of listeners over the course of their storied career. Weiss started making music and sharing it online in the early 2000s. At sixteen years old, influenced by unrequited love and internet counter-culture, they were a pioneering participant in the act of creating art on the internet. A budding songwriter fueled by teenage feelings, Weiss unabashedly posted their breakup songs to their public feeds in the early days of Myspace, Purevolume, YouTube, and Tumblr. They found lifelong fans across the globe while the internet was still a fresh, free place of expression. They used then-startup Kickstarter to fund their first full-length studio album ...Was Right All Along (2009), becoming the first musician on the platform to do so. Meanwhile in the real world, Weiss was getting an art degree at the University of Georgia and cutting their teeth in the Athens, GA music scene. As a freshman in college they played open mics and coffee shops, but by their graduation year headlined regularly at legendary venues like the 40 Watt Club and the Caledonia Lounge -- while spending breaks from school on self-booked tours around the southeast. After moving to Los Angeles and subsequently signing a three-album recording contract with SideOneDummy Records, Weiss released their album New Love (2015) to critical acclaim. Their song "Who We Are" received worldwide attention as the theme song for Cameron Esposito's Queery podcast, and "Golden Coast" quickly became a streaming favorite. With high hopes for more music to come, Weiss was focused on touring. Their dreams dissipated in 2018 when SideOneDummy suddenly fired their staff and halted support for their artists, leaving Weiss and labelmates like Chris Farren and Kississippi with no funding for future releases. For John-Allison Weiss, the letdown was at least well-timed. Changes were afoot and room for growth was necessary. After a decade living in major cities, Weiss followed a pipe dream and moved into their hand-me-down Jeep to escape back into rural America. They were unsure of their future in music, and they were starting a radical personal transformation that would last three years through a testosterone prescription, a vocal metamorphosis, a name change, a divorce, and a global pandemic. Isolation brought introspection, and a perceived impending apocalypse brought a new sense of urgency for authentic pursuits. A deeper commitment to personal values required an untangling from the ties of capitalism. A new era started and continues in the present day. For the last few years, JAW has focused on smaller shows, less time on tour, and the connective powers of singing sad songs to everyone longing to listen. They're writing, reflecting, and constantly dreaming up new ways to share what they've learned through their art and music in cyberspace and good old-fashioned IRL. |
 |