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7:00PM DOORS, 8:00PM MUSIC
$10, (21+) AT DOOR
18-20YR ENTRY W/ ADV TICKET, AVAIL UNTIL 1230PM DAY OF SHOW

7:00PM DOORS, 8:00PM MUSIC
$25, (21+) AT DOOR
18-20YR ENTRY W/ ADV TICKET, AVAIL UNTIL 1230PM DAY OF SHOW

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7:00PM DOORS, 8:00PM MUSIC
$18, (21+) AT DOOR
18-20YR ENTRY W/ ADV TICKET, AVAIL UNTIL 1230PM DAY OF SHOW

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 five-piece’s playful sound will make you feel like a kid, then break your heart with its next turn of phrase. With the release of their sophomore album “Big Grass” the band strives to make music that moves, with driving instrumentals and poignant nostalgia-stirring lyrics. Drawing at times from their own love story, fronting members Kate and Autumn write music to make you pine over queer love and passing youth, seek inspiration in the natural world and connection wherever it can be made.

Latchkey Kids’ Year of Summers is a modern Greek tragedy about growing up and falling out of love in New Jersey. On their sophomore album, Hanny Ramadan narrates a staggering emo epic that comes alive at basement shows and in beat-up cars, with guitarist Joey Grzybowski and drummer Cyle Morris soaring alongside him. An emotionally ferocious yet tender song cycle about grief, identity, and resilience in the face of an uncertain future, Year of Summers aims straight for the heart with bombastic hooks and sharp storytelling.

THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 24TH

7:00PM DOORS, 8:00PM MUSIC
$15, (21+) AT DOOR
18-20YR ENTRY W/ ADV TICKET, AVAIL UNTIL 1230PM DAY OF SHOW

Formed in late 90s Seattle and currently based in Tulsa, Unwed Sailor craft a unique form of bass-led, instrumental pop with post-rock dynamics. For their eleventh album, High Remembrance, core members Johnathon Ford (bass, keys, guitar), Matt Putman (drums), and David Swatzell (guitar) embrace the bittersweet comforts of memory with shades of alt-rock grit, late 70s AM radio swagger, and rapturous New Wave abandon, among other touchstones that defy easy categorization. On these songs, Ford finds some of his strongest inspiration by reflecting on where the project began, while perpetually pushing it forward with new ideas, arrangements, and genre infusions. “It’s become about holding onto the things you love the most,” he notes, “including yourself.”

FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 25TH

8:00PM DOORS, 9:00PM MUSIC
$20, (21+) AT DOOR
18-20YR ENTRY W/ ADV TICKET, AVAIL UNTIL 1230PM DAY OF SHOW

SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 26TH

8:00PM DOORS, 9:00PM MUSIC
$16, (21+) AT DOOR
18-20YR ENTRY W/ ADV TICKET, AVAIL UNTIL 1230PM DAY OF SHOW

God is a Frog Heaven is a Swamp is the second studio album by Los Angeles-based band Dark Dazey. Self-ascribed as 'frog rock,' the sonics hop between hazy, atmospheric 'swampscapes' and country-fried garage rock, stitched together into a vivid, genre-blending collage.Set against the backdrop of late-stage capitalism and low-grade existential dread, Dark Dazey trades cynicism for something equal parts strange and playful: swampy escapism rooted in the belief that there really is something beautiful out there in the muck. They recast the swamp as a place of joy, humor, and possibility. A place to be worshipped, never drained.Blending the offbeat experimental spirit of Ween, the laid-back surrealism of Mac DeMarco, and the playful satire of Viagra Boys, God is a Frog Heaven is a Swamp sounds a bit like the Grateful Dead dosed Jimmy Buffett.It's an album best experienced with your feet in the water and a cold drink in hand or atop a lily pad.