Akron/Family has a new album coming out in February, S/T II: The Cosmic Birth and Journey of Shinju TNT on Dead Oceans records and they will be stopping near by in Cincy on March 1st at MOTR Pub. They will be touring with Delicate Steve, who we saw with Fang Island at Skull Alley, and we were pretty impressed. Akron/Family – So It Goes 02/17 Brooklyn, NY- Knitting Factory 02/18 Boston, MA- Brighton Music Hall 02/19 Montreal, ON- Il Motore [...]
On Dec. 31st, Skull Alley o pened it's door for the last time (for the Young Lions, The Foxery Reading Group NYE show). owner/operator Jamie Prott sited zoning issues and land lord woes as the reason for closing. we've seen and thrown some good shows there, and we wish Jamie all the best in the future. below are some of our favorite photos from Louisville is for Lovers events we've had [...]
Photo credit Metromix The beloved East Broadway music and art space, Skull Alley , announced today that they will be closing their doors for the final time on December 31st . Not only did Skull Alley boast an eclectic calendar, it served as one of the city's only established all-ages, DIY-style venues ( one we welcomed Marmoset and Invaders to in September 2009). While there were undoubtedly a variety of reasons the owners' made this difficult decision, the loss of a business that, in just over [...]
FANG ISLAND DELICATE STEVE SKULL ALLEY $10 7:30 (Doors @ 7) Fang Island will also release a limited edition four-song 73 single for the tour featuring a song with special guest Andrew WK . Pitchfork has posted an exclusive download/stream of the song, " Patterns On The Wall " which will also be available via Amazon . The track was written by Joe Buzzell , who also sings on the recording. The [...]
Photos. Video. All the way from Australia was Darren Hanlon, and in our own backyard was Douglas Lucas and Hemingway Road. Enjoy the best video Backseat Sandbar has ever taken, and of one of the classiest people I've ever had the chance to befriend. [...]
Vandaveer will be at Skull Alley on Oct. 13th with Joe Pug and The Hundred Mile Band. Need I say more? Vandaveer stops by Louisville a lot and we are always treated to a great show. If you haven't seen the gang in a while, check'em out. Wed Oct 13 07:30 PM • Joe Pug • Vandaveer • Sam Hadfield Tickets: $10 at the door TOUR SCHEDULE: 9/21 – Easton, MD @ The Nightcat ## [...]
DOUGLAS McCOMBS of Brokeback and Tortoise will be playing with Solo artist DAVID DANIELL at SKULL ALLEY, Thursday, October 14(8pm $6). joining them onstage will be Louisville musician TIM BARNES (of current line up of The For Carnation), with special guest ZAK RILES (from Grails). if you like 90's indie conceptual bands and solo work, this could be your thursday night.
Checking in at Skull Alley tomorrow night is the Greensboro, NC band The Bronzed Chorus . They are a two-piece instrumental band that plays a blistering live set complete with tons of WTF-esque moments. Many of those moments come from Adam Joyce's monstrous guitar playing and mastery of one of the biggest pedal boards I've ever seen. Many of those other moments come from Hunter Allen's confounding ability to power out heavy drum beat while having his way with a keyboard and synthesized Atari. The duo's instrumental music is more than just post-rock. It certainly [...]
Y'all like Morrissey ? Well, I do. Everyone should know that. These girls got to open for Morrissey when a certain event happened that got the previous opener kicked off tour. Come talk to me about it! Not really happy that someone got booted off a Morrissey tour, but I probably wouldn't have hear Girl In A Coma if it didn't happen. They are worth checking out, so why don't you find out for yourself on Tuesday night? [...]
WAND (from Lexington, on Young God Records ) LITTLE GOLD (from NYC, on HeartBreakBeat Records ) INOCULIST (from NYC, on HeartBreakBeat Records ) STATE CHAMPION (from Louisville/Southern Indiana, on Sophomore Lounge Records ) Saturday, August 21st at SKULL ALLEY 1017 E. Broadway, at the corner of Barrett 8 PM, $6, ALL AGES! [...]
Local promoter Joel Hunt has a massive bill lined up this Saturday... James Jackson Toth has been playing and recording (and releasing) music for over a decade, most notably as leader of the now-defunct New York-based collective Wooden Wand and the Vanishing Voice . After a solo album in 2007 on Rykodisc, and Thurston Moore's Ecstatic Peace! label and the Mad Monk label, he continues under the name Wand with his new release on Michael Gira's Young God Records label with Death [...]
the Trophy Wives, who have an album coming out on 8/21, along with The Teeth and late 80's punk band Cerebellum are playing at Skull Alley on Sat. 7/31. $6. all ages . Cerebellum's recently released album of old and new recordings (first released at the endpoint reunion), and will be available as well. TROPHY WIVES ON PIKES.
We could not be more excited to announce this show!!! Backseat has been around for over three years now and one of the best things about running the site has been meeting amazing people. Owen Ashworth is one of those people. He started using the moniker " Casiotone for the Painfully Alone " back in 1997 and five albums, countless EPs and 73s, and years of relentless touring later, he's decided to retire the moniker (and the songs) and move on to new things. Before he does though, he is heading out on one final tour [...]
One Small Step , the DIY electrono-punk, and cute as a button rock couple, have played and released music in Louisville for years before moving to Wisconsin, and are finally coming home to play a show at Skull Alley on Friday, July 23, 2010 @ 8:00 PM . They will be joined by two great bands Egret, and Silo. Tickets are $5. You may not get another chance to catch One Small Step for awhile, so don't miss this opportunity!!! One Small Step - 413 South [...]
Conductive Alliance ok kino brainbheats Skull Alley - 7/15 $5 Conductive Alliance mixes acoustic and electric instrumentation to create a distinctive sound that is rooted within many styles and traditions. This Chicago group formed in 2007, when longtime friends Eli McLaughlin and Dan Larson began writing and performing high energy instrumental music. In the Fall of 2007 their debut EP "Wind Up Bird" was released. Soon after recording "Wind Up Bird", bassist Nicholas Hill, and drummer Corey Brekher joined the group, building [...]
our old friends, ONE SMALL STEP, the DIY electrono-punk, and cute as a button rock couple, have played and released music in louisville for years before moving to Wisconsin, and are finally coming home to play a show at Skull Alley. the show is Fri Jul 23 @ 8:00 PM, with State Champion, Egret, and Silo. Tickets: $5. they may not be back around for awhile, so get your safety pined leather jacket, and black and white checkered shoes out of the closet and get down there. One Small Step has [...]
These United States will be at Skull Alley on Wednesday! Joining them will be Yardsale and The Genius File . Kicks off at 8:00 p.m. and will set you back $7. Worth it. Be there or be square. Put it on your Facebook Events to remind yourself. Do it. Info below via the very same event page. THESE UNITED STATES - yep, folks have been asking for it for awhile now and These United States is finally coming back to Louisville to follow [...]
A Mourning Rain The Fine Grain (Nashville) Dude Plays Saxophone The Zero Element @ Skull Alley June 3rd - $5 Four bands for five bucks. That is a steal. Especially when you are getting three great Louisville bands (A Mourning Rain, Dude Plays Saxophone and The Zero Element) and they are throwing in a band from Nashville that is worth checking out. Call it the show of the night. There is no where else you [...]
ARBOURETUM (from Baltimore, Maryland; on Thrill Jockey ) SHEDDING (from Louisville, Kentucky) PONTIAK (from Baltimore, Maryland; on Thrill Jockey ) Wednesday, May 19th at SKULL ALLEY 1017 E. Broadway 8 PM, $5, ALL AGES! ARBOURETUM first began in late 2002 as a vehicle for singer/guitarist David Heumann's songwriting. Since their debut album, Long [...]
We here at Backseat have not been shy about showing our love for local musician extraordinaire Cheyenne Marie Mize . Her new EP, Before Lately was a " Local Listen " back in March and now we are excited to announce that she has signed with sonaBLAST! Records and will be having a formal CD release show at Glassworks on June 4th (details below). Word from the social networking buzz is that Before Lately may make an appearance on vinyl as well! Regardless of format, we've been waiting for [...]
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