The Heavy Heavy w/ Jordan Lucas
Larimer Lounge Presents The Heavy Heavy with Jordan Lucas on Saturday, November 5 –The Heavy Heavy create the kind of unfettered rock-and-roll that warps time and place, immediately pulling the audience into a euphoric fugue state with its own sun-soaked atmosphere. Led by lifelong musicians Will Turner and Georgie Fuller, the Brighton, UK-based band began with a shared ambition of “making records that sound like our favorite records ever,” and soon arrived at a reverb-drenched collision of psychedelia and blues, acid rock and sunshine pop. As revealed on their gloriously hazy debut EP Life and Life Only, The Heavy Heavy breathe an incandescent new energy into sounds from decades ago, transcending eras with a hypnotic ease.-16+, under 16 admitted with ticketed guardian
Everybody But Jay w/ Lost Cause
Larimer Lounge Presents Everybody But Jay w/ Lost Cause on Friday, June 10 — -16+, under 16 admitted with ticketed guardian
Drumatrix w/ Nick Summers + Speltweird
Larimer Lounge Presents Drumatrix (6PM) Nick Summers (5PM) Speltweird (4PM) on Saturday, July 9 — -16+, under 16 admitted with ticketed guardian
Pawnshop Motel w/ Airam
Larimer Lounge Presents Pawnshop Motel with Airam on Friday, July 15 — -16+, under 16 admitted with ticketed guardian
The Coronas w/ Róisín O
Larimer Lounge Presents The Coronas with Róisín O on Sunday, November 13th–16+, under 16 admitted with ticketed guardian
Pennysick w/ Adrenalin + 2 Seconds to Denver
Larimer Lounge presents Pennysick with Adrenalin and 2 Seconds to Denver on Sunday, May 8 — -16+, under 16 admitted with ticketed guardian
Ozone Jones w/ Magnolia Grove + Travelin’ Rose Band
Larimer Lounge Presents Ozone Jones with Magnolia Grove and Travelin’ Rose Band on Saturday, May 28 — -16+, under 16 admitted with ticketed guardian
The Viewfinders w/ Occams Rose + Amaryllis
Larimer Lounge Presents The Viewfinders with Occam’s Rose and Amaryllis on Sunday, April 3 —16+, under 16 admitted with ticketed guardian
Ultra Q w/ Been Stellar + despAIR Jordan
Larimer Lounge Presents Ultra Q with Been Stellar and despAIR Jordan on Monday, June 20th — Not to add to the deluge of artistic clichés brought on by the Global Event Which Shall Not Be Named, but spending more or less a year in the house offers plenty of time for reflection, reevaluation, and revision. Though there was a lot to process already in those months, it was an opportune time to try and get your shit together, whatever that may mean for you. For Jakob Armstrong—in addition to many other things like the rest of us—part of it meant fine-tuning a collection of songs first recorded in late 2019. A prolonged process leading to five of the seven songs on Get Yourself a Friend retooled into their better-than-even final form. Jakob Armstrong—youngest son of Green Day frontman Billie Joe—began playing guitar at seven years old and honed his craft privately until about sixteen, playing in bands in and around Oakland after meeting friends with like-minded tastes in music. Soon enough, with the memories of Ultraman action figures fighting in his mind, he and a group of friends he cultivated from those years playing around and pouring over records, formed Ultra Q (its name inspired by an Ultraman prequel series). Fusing together the skyward lift of Interpol, the clever guitar interplay of the Strokes, the maudlin romanticism of the Cure, and the often impressionistic narrative gifts of Arctic Monkeys, Ultra Q’s growth since their 2019 EP We’re Starting to Get Along has been exponential. A traditional alternative rock sound was baked by the California heat, shards of broken glass gleaming in the sunlight, spanning the distance from Berkeley to Rodeo Drive. Over blaring guitars and thunderous drums, Armstrong’s voice is carried by a very familiar lilt. 2020’s In a Cave in a Video Game, self-recorded by Armstrong on a whim while quarantined, could easily be slotted between the blown-out, lo-fi tones of early Wavves and the works of intentionally harsh-sounding Columbus band Psychedelic Horseshit. Opening double-shot “Pupkin” and “It’s Permanent” soar to the heights of Ultra Q’s powers in much different ways; the former a black-clad romp through a rainy graveyard, the former pushing straight to the clouds with its soaring chorus. “Straight Jacket” veers pleasantly close to the jangle-pop of the Go-Betweens. “Bowman” features guitars like cats getting into a scratch-fight while an astoundingly metronomic drumbeat is played live rather than punched out on a beat pad. Closing the EP is its title track, an affecting end credits anthem full of nostalgia and a twinge of regret. As a whole, Get Yourself a Friend marks the synthesis of a songwriter’s vision and his band’s ability, forged through an invisible existential threat and an ever-changing world, eager to show what they’ve found while we were all inside. — Martin Douglas
THE BOBBY LEES w/ Fast Eddy + Crooked Rugs
Larimer Lounge Presents THE BOBBY LEES with Fast Eddy and Crooked Rugs on Friday, March 25 — THE BOBBY LEES are a young, Garage Rock band out of Woodstock NY. Audiotox UK said “Their raw and unapologetic energy promises to make you feel alive!” Find them and see for yourself. Their new album SKIN SUIT was produced by underground punk-legend Jon Spencer of the Blues Explosion and was released via Alive Naturalsound Records in 2020. Henry Rollins said “The Bobby Lees Skin Suit album is wild and different. I dug it immediately. Dangerous music is good for you”. THE BOBBY LEES have played with The Black Lips, Chats, The Gories, Boss Hog, and Future Islands.
