Fly By Midnight w/ Kenzo Cregan

Larimer Lounge Presents Fly By Midnight with Kenzo Cregan on Friday, May 3 –Fly By Midnight is an LA based, self-distributed, pop duo consisting of singer-songwriter Justin Bryte and producer/singer-songwriter Slavo. The guys recently released their fourth album, “Fictional Illustrations,” which featured popular tracks including, “What If I Wasn’t Done Loving You”, “In The Night”, and “Infinitely Falling”. So far, the album has been streamed over 50M times, has charted internationally, and has been featured on Spotify’s New Music Friday, Chill Hits, soda, Daily Lift, Pop Chillout, young & free, Happy Drive, etc., as well as Apple’s Relationship Goals, Freshening Up, and Everyday Hits, amongst others. The guys also recently wrapped their first US headliner and have previously provided direct support for Teddy Swims, Jake Miller, VHS Collection, VINCINT and Loote, and have previously performed at Firefly and Panorama Festival. VIP Experience Includes: Private acoustic performanceQ+A sessionExclusive listening party to an unreleased upcoming single1 x Personal photo 1 x Signed tour posterEarly access to merch with item purchases to be personally signed by the band Early access to venueWith VIP purchase automatically entered in raffle to win a signed setlist (1 winner announced every evening from the VIP experience) -16+, under 16 admitted with ticketed guardian

Rosebay w/ Trisurfatops + Interpretive Tyranny

Larimer Lounge Presents Rosebay with Trisurfatops and Interpretive Tyranny on Saturday, March 30th.-16+, under 16 admitted with ticketed guardian

jjuujjuu

KGNU Presents jjuujjuu on Wednesday, July 31st. -16+, under 16 admitted with ticketed guardian

YOTP w/ Rubie Gold, De Gringos y Gremmies + Juniper Lamplight

Larimer Lounge Presents YOTP with Rubie Gold, De Gringos y Gremmies and Juniper Lamplight on Sunday, February 25th.-16+, under 16 admitted with ticketed guardian

Vegas Valley Drive w/ Lights in the Sky + Day Traitor

Larimer Lounge Presents Vegas Valley Drive with Lights in the Sky and Day Traitor on Saturday, March 23rd.-16+, under 16 admitted with ticketed guardian

Brainstory w/ Frail Talk

Larimer Lounge Presents Brainstory with Frail Talk on Wednesday, May 1 — Based in L.A. but hailing from the Inland Empire’s own Rialto, CA, two-thirds of Brainstory, Kevin and Tony Martin are brothers by blood, while Eric Hagstrom is a brother through their music and long term friendship. While the group’s initial connection comes from the heady mixture of jazz-performance-focused music school and the grind of playing local shows, their bond has been strengthened through countless hours on the road touring and the making of two studio records—2019’s debut full-length, Buck, followed by 2021’s Ripe EP. “Being on the road, doing our own tours, and backing incredible people like Lady Wray, has sharpened our skills and really revved us up for this record,” Kevin says. “It’s been four years since our last full length record, and with everything that’s happened since, it’s like we’ve been catching up to ourselves.” That’s one way to describe change: catching up to oneself. Each member of Brainstory has gone through shifts, both personally and musically, and all of that thread through this record.Since they started the band they have constantly faced situations that forced them to rise to the occasion. They got signed to Big Crown Records, they stepped up their game. Covid happened, they learned to record themselves. They started touring a ton sharing the stage with the likes of Lady Wray and they got their live show super tight. All of this time spent grinding and growing has certainly paid off. The path to take their art to the next level is clearer than ever and once again, they are here for it. If there is one thing that is abundantly clear on this album, it’s that Brainstory leveled up.Part of their evolution is undoubtedly attributed to having access to and working constantly in their own studio in Long Beach. Another major factor is that their brotherhood has expanded. “I’ve been playing music with my brother all my life and now with Eric for a long time,” Tony tells us. “Leon, though, is like another brother I’ve just met. “Leon Michels, Big Crown’s co-owner, produced this record and applied his unmistakable golden touch in crucial ways. One glaring example is “Peach Optimo.” “When we brought that song in, it was originally at double-time to what’s on the record,” Eric explains. “And Leon said, ‘Let’s do it half-time.’ So we played it a few times, then nailed it in one take. We were just like, ‘Damn—that sounds so good.” Another example of how gracefully they work together is Leon’s encouragement of Kevin’s Delfonics-style singing on “Gift of Life.” The B-side of Sounds Good’s first single, that manages to be drop dead gorgeous, haunting, and profound all at once. “I have never done that on a record before, singing like that,” Kevin admits. “It was a little uncomfortable at first, but, again, Leon’s like, ‘No, it sounds good!'” The other member of the Brainstory brotherhood whose contributions are essential, is studio engineer legend Jens Jungkurth who controls the tones and textures of the music. “That’s what you’re hearing, our connection, the fun moments, the little details,” Kevin describes. “This record isn’t half what it is without them—and it made us want to match that effort.”It’s easy to say that the music industry can be short on lasting, genuine relationships. However, for Brainstory, from day one it’s been about standing by each other, for each other. Their friendship started the group, and now, this expanded brotherhood is supporting them to push it further. The stars have aligned for them to take a big and well deserved step with this new album, and you can hear it in their music—music that just Sounds Good.-16+, under 16 admitted with ticketed guardian

Michael Seyer w/ sundiver ca + Yugs

Larimer Lounge Presents Michael Seyer with sundiver ca and Yugs on Monday, April 22nd.-16+, under 16 admitted with ticketed guardian

Blondshell w/ Tiny Tomboy

Larimer Lounge Presents Blondshell with Tiny Tomboy on Wednesday, May 8th. In the past few years, 25-year-old Sabrina Teitelbaum has transformed into a songwriter without fear. The loud-quiet excavations that comprise her hook-filled debut as Blondshell don’t only stare traumas in the eye—they tear them at the root and shake them, bringing precise detail to colossal feelings. They’re clear-eyed statements of and about digging your way towards confidence, self-possession, and relief. Teitelbaum grew up in a classic rock-loving household in several Midtown Manhattan apartments, raised primarily by her single dad. During an era of sleek teen radio pop, her most formative childhood obsession was the Rolling Stones. Piano and guitar offered a means of processing the instability around her. “I had a lot of really big feelings, but I had learned as a child that I couldn’t really express them,” she says. “Performing and writing ended up being the only place where I could get any feelings out.” In high school, she discovered new indie-rock bands by scouring the websites of Bowery venues with her fake ID in hand—teen fascinations that instilled in her a love for lyrics with specificity and intensity, particularly as learned from The National, whose lyrics “informed a lot of the way I write.” But when Teitelbaum moved to Los Angeles for music school in 2015, she began forging a different path. Entering USC’s Pop Program, she was swept into a context where the brooding pop legacies of Lorde and Lana Del Rey reigned. She dropped out after two years, but Teitelbaum studied classic and jazz theory, the art of harmonies, and found herself writing songs inside the world of pop studio sessions. The biggest gift the pop machine gave her was the stark clarity of realizing that she didn’t quite belong there. Her music was increasingly too raw and intense to easily categorize, and after finishing her last full-on pop EP with producer Yves Rothman (Yves Tumor, Girlpool, Porches) at the start of the pandemic, she gave herself permission to write without expectation. She began penning songs just for herself, with no thought that she would release them. The process emboldened her. Subtracting self-consciousness became a catalyst for the lucid songs of Blondshell, on which her experiences all coalesce to form her truest expressions of self yet. “It was me, as a person, in my songs,” she says. When she showed a few to Rothman, he encouraged her to write an album, joining a chorus of friends saying, “This is you.” For all its complicated, soul-baring subject matter—processing post-lockdown social anxiety, her relationships with men as well as with women—Blondshell is a comfort, and its songs often contain the perfectly-calibrated humor and levity we need to survive. “There were a lot of things that I was running away from—mainly loneliness, self-esteem stuff,” Teitelbaum says. It all left her yearning to make the kind of music that has helped her feel empowered herself—and the way there was in telling the truth. “I always want to make people feel like they have more power and control and peace because I know what it feels like to want that for myself. I know how music has helped me get there,” she says. “What I’ve realized I need to do is write realistically, and try to not bring shame into the writing. Each song gave me more confidence. I hope the songs help people in that way, too.” -16+, under 16 admitted with ticketed guardian