North Bloom, Hippie Love Party, Dietz and the Dilemmas, Warrington
LAVA Presents: Friday, January 31, 2025 at The Annex North Bloom Hippie Love Party Dietz & the Dilemmas Warrington Doors 7:30pm // Music 8pm Tickets $10 adv // $14 day of show All Ages Poster by Brendon Withers
Captive Birds, Long Division, Feminine Death, Obscure Son
LAVA Presents: Friday, January 17, 2025 at The Annex Captive Birds Long Division Feminine Death Obscure Son Doors 7:30pm, Music 8pm Tickets $10 advance // $14 day of show All Ages
Community Witch, Shagwuf, Cosmic Strain at The Annex
LAVA Presents: Friday, December 13, 2024 at The Annex Community Witch with special guests Shagwuf Cosmic Strain Doors 7:30pm // Music 8pm Tickets $10 ADV // $15 Day of show All Ages Our full bar + kitchen is open ALL shows!
Bread Collectors, Cigarettes For Breakfast, Shower Cry at The Annex
LAVA Presents: Saturday, December 7, 2024 at The Annex Shower Cry Cigarettes For Breakfast Bread Collectors Doors 7:30pm // Music 8pm Tickets $10 adv // $14 day of show All Ages
Pearloid, Drainlove, Work Wear at The Annex
LAVA Presents: Saturday, November 16, 2024 at The Annex Pearloid Drainlove Work Wear Doors 7:30pm//Music 8pm Tickets $5 All Ages
Bread Collectors, Shower Cry, Ladada
LAVA Presents:Saturday, September 21, 2024 at The Annex Bread Collectors Shower Cry Ladada Doors 7pm // Music 8pm Limited $5 tickets available at Packed House Tickets: $10All Ages
Berries, Obscure Son, Captive Birds, 95 Leo & Snshwr
LAVA Presents:Saturday, September 14, 2024 at The Annex Berries, Obscure Son, 95 Leo & Snshwr, Captive Birds Doors 7pm // Music 8pmTickets $5 All Ages
Ladada, Shagwuf, Superfang
LAVA Presents:Friday, September 27, 2024 at The Annex Ladada Shagwuf Superfang Doors 7pm // Music 8pmTickets $10All Ages
Frankie Cosmos with Michael Suhr, Chase Evers & the Doves at The Annex
LAVA Presents:Tuesday, November 12, 2024 at The Annex Frankie Cosmos with Michael Suhr, Chase Evers & the Doves Doors 7pm // Music 8pm Tickets $20 advance // $23 day of show All Ages — Several things happened before a warm day when I met the four members of Frankie Cosmos in a Brooklyn studio to begin making their album. Greta Kline spent a few years living with her family and writing a mere 100 songs, turning her empathy anywhere from the navel to the moon, rendering it all warm, close and reflexively humorous. In music, everyone loves a teen sensation, but Kline has never been more fascinating than now, a decade into being one of the most prolific songwriters of her generation. She’s lodged in my mind amongst authors, other observational alchemists like Rachel Cusk or Sheila Heti, but she’s funnier, which is a charm endemic to musicians. Meanwhile Frankie Cosmos, a rare, dwindling democratic entity called a band, had been on pandemic hiatus with no idea if they’d continue. In the openness of that uncertainty they met up, planning to hang out and play music together for the first time in nearly 500 days. There, whittling down the multitude of music to work with, they created Inner World Peace, a collection of Greta’s songs changed and sculpted by their time together. While Kline’s musical taste at the time was leaning toward aughts indie rock she’d loved as a teenager, keyboardist Lauren Martin and drummer Luke Pyenson cite “droning, meditation, repetition, clarity and intentionality,” as well as “‘70s folk and pop” as a reference for how they approached their parts. Bassist/guitarist Alex Bailey says that at the time he referred to it as their “ambient” or “psych” album. Somewhere between those textural elements and Kline’s penchant for concise pop, Inner World Peace finds its balance. Instant centerpiece “One Year Stand” is a small snowglobe of intimacy recalling the softest moments of Yo La Tengo’s And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out. Lifted by Martin’s drones on Hammond organ and synthesizer, it could be played on repeat in a loop. I like to think it’s obvious how Greta’s vocals were recorded: late at night as we all sat by in low light, transfixed as she sings “I’m not worried about the / rest of my life / because you are here today / I go back in time / I’m a cast iron.” The voices of Kline and Martin, who have sung together since middle school, blend seamlessly. Says Greta, “To me, the album is about perception. It’s about the question of “who am I?” and whether or not the answer matters. It’s about quantum time, the possibilities of invisible worlds. The album is about finding myself floating in a new context. A teenager again, living with my parents. An adult, choosing to live with my family in an act of love. Time propelled us forward, aged us, and also froze. If you don’t leave the house, who are you to the world? Can you take the person you discover there out with you?”
Slater at The Annex
LAVA Presents:Wednesday, November 13, 2024 at The Annex Slater Funerol Somewhere Special Doors 7pm // Music 8pm Tickets $15 advance // $20 day of show All Ages — From seductive club bangers to therapeutic, night-time-cruising tunes, Slater has solidified his role as a tastemaker and star of the new wave of alternative pop. Since 2013, Southern California’s rising underground sensation, Slater, has blended the best elements of alternative, pop, and hip hop into a new, unique sound all of his own. Smooth, groovy, and infectious, his niche style is as reminiscent of early 00’s pop and radio hits as it is innovative and fresh. As a member of the collective, Vada Vada (consisting of The Garden, Enjoy, Puzzle, Cowgirl Clue, Lumina, and Glitch), Slater is no stranger to experimentation. With over 20 releases under his belt, he continues sonically evolving his signature sound.
