In Tongues
Casper Allen & The Naturals
Color Green
For the California-based quartet Color Green, playing music together is all about stepping into the unknown. “When we play live, I don’t really know what’s going to happen,” says Noah Kohll, one of the band’s two guitarists and four vocalists. “You really have no idea what you’re going to get with this band, which keeps things fresh for us and maybe makes the live experience special.” In a very short time, they have developed a word-of-mouth reputation as a dynamic and unpredictable live act, grounding their cosmic jams in earthy melodies and drawing from ‘60s SoCal folk-r0ck, ‘70s classic rock, ‘80s underground rock, ‘90s psychedelic dance-rock, and any other sound that catches their ears. Adaptable onstage and off, Color Green has shared stages with a range of groups that reflect both the sophistication and the wild malleability of their sound, including Fuzz, Kikagaku Moyo, Circles Around the Sun, Hiss Golden Messenger, and the Brian Jonestown Massacre. Yet, because they see boundless possibilities from one note to the next, they anchor their music in the urgent present rather than the distant past. Color Green can be a million different bands without losing their essential hue. Color Green started out as a very different, much more limited kind of group. “Me and Corey worked together in New York scooping coffee beans for a living and putting them into bags,” says Kohll. “I was living in a basement sublet, and he would come over to write and jam and record.” From those casual sessions came a self-titled EP in 2021, full of spectral jams and offerings up to Jerry Garcia, their spiritual guide. The next year they followed it up with a self-titled full-length via Aquarium Drunkard, with various friends helping to round out the songs. “These things happen in an interesting way,” says Kohll. After sharpening their attack on the road—playing DIY shows in small towns while opening for some of their heroes—the expanded Color Green began writing songs for what they considered a debut album. “One of us will come in with a riff or an idea, and the others will take it up and let it morph into something completely different,” says Perlmutter. “What we come up with together, I don’t think any of us could do by ourselves. The music we make is always surprising me.” We might spend a lot of time working on something and get nothing out of it, but then in the back of my head I’m thinking, if you take this and add it to that… Sometimes it takes hours to figure out two seconds of a song, but it’s always worth it.” The aching heart of Fool’s Parade is “5:08,” a moving expression of grief—not moving through it, necessarily, but simply living with it, moment to moment. “What’s it like, on the other side?” they all sing together, as though consoling one another. “Oh, the longing for the space to peer thru.” Inspired by the death of Madden’s father, it is rooted in a Spiritualized show. “I was going through some gnarly personal stuff,” says Madden, “and it was all hitting me at once, all these emotions. I talked my way through some crazy shit, and by the end of the show I had ‘508’ hashed out in my brain. It’s about losing people very close to you and wanting to communicate with them and not really knowing how.”“It’s the quietest song on the record,” says Rose, “but it’s also the heaviest. We all cried while recording it. Everybody’s singing on it, and everybody’s crying on it. Sometimes we’re like, Let’s not play that song tonight. It all depends on how we’re feeling.”
BIB 10 Year Anniversary Show
with MSPaint, Plack Blague, Spine, Glow, Bootcamp, Jeff In Leather, Setback, Vile Desire, Exo Gen DJ sets by Ladie Muerte & Cvlt Play between bands Since 2015, BIB have been carving out their own unique identity—perhaps a reflection of their Omaha roots, where they’ve been free from the constraints of a traditional local scene or the weight of long-standing music legacies that often shape major city sounds. Instead, BIB have forged their own path, building a world entirely their own over the past decade. Having toured extensively across the U.S., the U.K., and Europe—and with upcoming shows in Southeast Asia and Japan—BIB bring the same raw intensity of their recordings to their live performances, known for being manic, chaotic, and at times, downright unsettling. All of it done the DIY way. With 10 studio releases and countless shows behind them, BIB are returning to Omaha for the first time in nearly two years to celebrate a major milestone: 10 years as a band.
SKYDXDDY: Traumacore Tour
smith.
With a sound that’s innovative but carries a familiar flavor, smith. showcases groundbreaking new sounds with all the heart and soul of the classics. Through his personal collection of hip-hop-influenced bass music, smith. initially attracted an audience on SoundCloud with his remixes and edits of timeless hip-hop tracks and chart-toppers alike. smith.’s playful, curious approach to production brings listeners a signature sound that can’t be mistaken for anyone else. Whether it’s an original production or a flip of one of today’s radio hits, Smith. delicately manipulates and experiments with noise through his own lens. Equipped with an unforgettable signature sound and a clever creative itch, smith.’s story is just beginning. With new music on the horizon and a stacked tour schedule, Smith. is poised to become a trendsetter in the scene and your favorite producer’s new favorite producer.
Simon Joyner and The Nervous Stars
Simon Joyner is a singer-songwriter from Omaha, Nebraska. He’s been flying under the radar since 1991, releasing music on various independent labels including: Team Love, Jagjaguwar, Sing Eunuchs!, Catsup Plate, One-Hour, Shrimper, Brinkman, Secretly Canadian, and Unread. He is also the co-founder of Grapefruit Records (grapefruitrecordclub.com) and an occasional producer of other people’s albums.
Fox Lake
Plague Garden
Plague Garden is a four-piece darkwave/deathrock/post-punk band from Denver, Colorado. Between writing and recording albums, the band plays frequent shows across the western US, often supporting international artists of numerous genres. The members of Plague Garden have a rich history in regional underground music scenes. Angelo Atencio and Fernando Altonaga have been established industrial artists in Colorado since 2015. Stephen Hannum brings a substantial history of performing in industrial, post-punk, and goth rock bands throughout California, Kansas, and Colorado. Daemien Alexander rounds out the band’s signature sound from years of experience in post-punk scenes across south Louisiana. On top of their experience as live musicians, three of the four members are also prominent DJs in Denver’s live circuit. Bandcamp: http://plaguegarden.bandcamp.com
Starcrawler
Starcrawler are a rock band for a new generation. Best known for their explosive liveshows, the 5-piece band consists of full-throttle frontwoman Arrow De Wilde,guitarist Henri Cash and brother Bill Cash on pedal steel/guitar, drummer SethCarolina, and bassist Tim Franco. With two studio albums under their belts, theirupward trajectory continues to roll full steam ahead in 2022 with the release of theirbrand-new single, “Roadkill.” Fully leaning into their own epic vision of acontemporary Hollywood Babylon, they’ve morphed into a modern day take on LAlegends X, with a sprinkle of The Go-Go’s, a smattering of The Distillers and someRolling Stones sleaze thrown in for good measure. Since their early days, Starcrawlerhave won the love of such legendary artists as Shirley Manson, Elton John, Iggy Pop,Jack White, Dave Grohl, and more all while opening for the likes of Jack White andMy Chemical Romance, and previous support slots with luminaries such as Beck,Foo Fighters and Spoon among others. Now embarking on a new ‘era’, Los Angeles ’most thrilling rock’n’roll collective are as raw and hungry as ever, but refined, refreshed and ready to take on whatever’s thrown at them.”