1988 Entertainment Presents:
Beats Antique w/ Haywyre
Thursday, August 8th 2024
at the Ashland Armory
Beats Antique -
You can’t know Beats Antique until you’ve been a part of its journey, and experienced the act as an entity with a life of its own. A stage show that demands more music; music that needs costumes, ships and masks and shadow dances; an audience that comes for art, and takes away stories to feed their imagination.
When Beats Antique first drew breath, there was no pressure to become anything. The first album was just Zoe, David, and Tommy’s one-off experimental project for entertainment executive Miles Copeland, when Zoe performed with his Bellydance Superstars. From that creative freedom, a family formed, and in a good family each member wears many hats. Tommy steering percussion, piano, and music production. Zoe producing music, choosing themes and commanding a circus of travelling set designs, creating costuming, and, of course, dancing like nothing you’ve ever seen. David as the multi-instrumentalist, captain of banjo, songwriting, and production. These diverse skills are the muscle of the monster, how the creature moves through them, making itself real.
Some music evolved organically from the decades of experience each collaborator brings to the project. Other pieces were written for the show. In deeply vulnerable interplay, every song is woven into a tapestry of danced and drummed story. Commitment to the full performance art form is how Beats Antique fuses musical worlds, pulling on global sounds for experiments on the fringes of cinematic cabaret, informed by electronic mash-ups and inspirations who have joined them on the journey such as Les Claypool, Bassnectar, Alam Khan, The Glitch Mob, and the Preservation Hall Jazz Band.
Each album and stage show has built upon the last, with highlights such as: emergence from the bellydance and bass underground in the San Francisco Bay; performing to a massive crowd at Red Rocks Amphitheater; Thievery Corporation and their management discovering Beats Antique one fateful night at Burning Man; artist friends painting set pieces, or donning masks for the finale; performing in Egypt on the day some said the world would end; and playing a hometown show at The Fox on the night Occupy Oakland was evicted and merged with their fans to light bonfires in the street and leap over the flames.
Beats Antique is lifted in each step by loyal fans who are included in their definition of chosen family. Whether they’ve been music producers or appreciators, acrobats, illustrators, or students of Zoe’s, the multigenerational, welcoming faces in the crowd are the fire that keeps Beats Antique warm, and ready to explore new depths for the sake of these many muses. They aim for a show anyone can enjoy, a circus that feeds the spirit.
In this place, where they can teach and create and converse with their creation like it’s a dragon come to life full of riddles and blustery demands, Beats Antique is weaving a unique story.
Haywyre -
GRAMMY nominated producer and pianist Haywyre has captivated listeners with his unique take on electronic dance music for over a decade. The creator of the project, Martin Vogt, fuses live piano performance with electronic music, creating a genre-defying musical experience.
Martin made monumental leaps in 2014 with the release of his highly acclaimed “Two Fold Pt. 1” LP and a jaw- dropping viral performance of his rendition of Michael Jackson’s Smooth Criminal. Armed with impressive numbers and unrelenting creativity, he earned direct support tours with Zedd and GriZ and festival slots at Coachella and Bonnaroo.
Since 2019, Haywyre has officially released several remixes for stars like Charlie Puth and Bazzi while continuing to publish originals like Never Count On Me. His highly anticipated first album in over seven years is scheduled for release in 2024 and is sure to impress fans and critics alike.
1988 Entertainment Presents:
CANCELED
Eli Young Band w/ Eli Howard & The Greater Good
Sunday, September 8th 2024
Doors @ 5PM - Show Starts @ 6PM
Presale - $50 Day of - $60
Day of @ Doors - $65
Eli Young Band -
Since the band’s formation as college classmates 20 years ago, the Associated Press
has celebrated EYB as “a smart, relevant antidote” to overdone clichés in Country
music. The band has amassed 14 Billboard charting singles, including four No. 1 hits
via 4x Platinum “Crazy Girl” and 3x Platinum “Even If It Breaks Your Heart” plus 2x
Platinum “Love Ain’t” and Platinum “Drunk Last Night,” while also earning an ACM
Award for Song of the Year as well as multiple GRAMMY, CMA, CMT, ACA and Teen
Choice Award nominations.
The musical band of brothers – Mike Eli, James Young, Jon Jones and Chris Thompson
– play their own instruments, write their own songs and cling fast to their Texas roots.
While selling out venues from coast-to-coast as strong headliners, EYB has also shared
the stage with Kenny Chesney, Rascal Flatts, Tim McGraw, Jason Aldean, Toby Keith,
Chris Young, Darius Rucker and Dave Matthews Band. For more information on new
music and upcoming tour dates, visit www.eliyoungband.com and follow on social media
@EliYoungBand.
Eli Howard & The Greater Good -
Eli Howard, founder and lead vocalist of Eli Howard and the Greater Good, is a folk singer who ended up with an electric guitar. The Greater Good is Nick Lambert, Mason Judson, and Nik Elliot; together, these hippies hail from Molalla, Oregon. Their music offers a unique experience, blending elements of country, rock, and Americana. With infectious hooks, lush harmonies, and introspective storytelling, the songs connect with listeners on an emotional level. Their performances are known for their high energy and engaging stage presence. The band is constantly on the road, touring the United States more than 300 days a year. From the vibrant energy of the dirty South to the grand stages of the biggest country music festivals in the West, their powerful and soul-stirring songs, such as "Wildfire," will captivate you and leave you breathless.
Armed with the unique perspective of growing up in rural Idaho to become a favorite in the New York stand-up comedy scene, Ryan Hamilton is one-of-a-kind. He’s been named one of Rolling Stone’s Five Comics to Watch, and recent appearances include The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, Late Show with Stephen Colbert, and opening spots for Jerry Seinfeld as well as Gad Elmaleh at Carnegie Hall. Ryan is endearing stand-up lovers, and his future is bright. In addition to regular television appearances and a non-stop headlining tour, you can watch his first stand-up special, the one-hour original Happy Face, on Netflix.“One of the most reliably funny regulars at the Comedy Cellar, an observational comic who often riffs on the absurdity of his own wholesomeness.” –The New York Times
Armed with the unique perspective of growing up in rural Idaho to become a favorite in the New York stand-up comedy scene, Ryan Hamilton is one-of-a-kind. He’s been named one of Rolling Stone’s Five Comics to Watch, and recent appearances include The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, Late Show with Stephen Colbert, and opening spots for Jerry Seinfeld as well as Gad Elmaleh at Carnegie Hall. Ryan is endearing stand-up lovers, and his future is bright. In addition to regular television appearances and a non-stop headlining tour, you can watch his first stand-up special, the one-hour original Happy Face, on Netflix.“One of the most reliably funny regulars at the Comedy Cellar, an observational comic who often riffs on the absurdity of his own wholesomeness.” –The New York Times
1988 Entertainment Presents:
Serpentfoot & Screen Frogs w/ Crooked Looks
Sunday, September 29th 2024 @ The Domino Room
Genre - Psychedelic Rock
Doors @ 7PM - Show Starts @ 8PM
Presale - $15 Day of - $23
Serpentfoot is a psychedelic garage rock group based in Tacoma; The gritty heart of Washington. From the beginning the rowdy three piece has pumped out everything from jangly surf punk bops to soaring psychedelic compositions. No sound is sacred and no ears are safe. Sonically Serpentfoot bumps shoulders with acts like Osees, Slift, and King Gizzard while simultaneously stirring a dose of occult madness into the brew. The pure electricity and party atmosphere of the live experience is the real centerpiece.
Lead guitarist and vocalist Jordan Twiggs gives off an energetic aura of controlled chaos and tickles the ear with relatable, yet refreshingly creative guitar work and a wide range of unique vocal stylings. Bassist and songwriter Philip Shellabarger has an untameable live energy and a similarly unique playing style, merging surf and punk with fuzzed out stoner riffs. Ryan Schilawski smashes away at the drums like an unstoppable train engine. Constant and sustained energy with bursts of mind-bending complexity buries the group solidly into the shadowed realm of heaviness.
Diving headfirst into the psychedelic, garage rock frenzy, Screen Frogs delivers sonic pleasures from multiple genres, old and new. Formed by brothers Will and Mike Bacon in 2018 and later joined by Scott Minnich in 2019 and Preston Lewis in 2021, the group got their start in a garage north of Seattle, WA. Drawing inspiration from their favorite Kraut and Psych bands, Screen Frogs experiment with entrancing sounds that will infect the deepest parts of your brain and transport you to a realm of pure phonic mania.
Beware and prepare yourselves to be taken on a journey through the muck and slime that is the existential nonsense of humanity!
Formed by lead vocalist/lead guitarist Sage Collette, Crooked Looks is a hard stoner-rock band that rides the wave of fierce, fuzzy sounds made popular by Queens of the Stone Age and fellow Pacific Northwest band Soundgarden. Light melodies and firm riffs paired with lyrics that emanate a youthful but ever-knowing and ever-partying spirit stream from this group’s musical subconscious, and in a short span of time Crooked Looks has proven themselves worthy of a spot on the charts. Collette delivers his hot riffs with intensity as his unique voice hypnotizes with stories of love’s possibilities in the quick and firey single “Change,” while proving he can carry the range as he slows it down for the smooth ringing tracks “Loose” and “In Another Light” off the band’s first album, “Ultrasonics” (2018). Bassist Griffin McElmurry, the slow and steady to Collette’s quick and heavy, provides a reliable but exciting bass-line which highlights the mischievous nature of single “Going Down,” then shakes it all up with a throbbing heartbeat in the new single, “Is This Living?” adding an element of clarity to the fast-paced tune. Looking to the future is a common theme in this band’s music, and the future will no doubt bring this band the success they’ve already planted the seeds for.