BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Royale Boston - ECPv6.15.16//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://royaleboston.com X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Royale Boston REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20180311T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20181104T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20190310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20191103T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20200308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20201101T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190502T210000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190502T210000 DTSTAMP:20260404T033329 CREATED:20190501T114836Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190501T114950Z UID:10002051-1556830800-1556830800@royaleboston.com SUMMARY:Sugarbabies Band Live! DESCRIPTION: URL:https://royaleboston.com/event/sugarbabies-band-live/ LOCATION:MA CATEGORIES:Concerts,Special Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://royaleboston.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/8B5C74D4-1696-4217-9407-8E4080700A5A.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190503T220000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190503T220000 DTSTAMP:20260404T033329 CREATED:20190123T160654Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190123T160654Z UID:10002019-1556920800-1556920800@royaleboston.com SUMMARY:Paul Oakenfold DESCRIPTION:Call or text 617.733.0505 for VIP table reservations.\n21+ URL:https://royaleboston.com/event/paul-oakenfold/ LOCATION:Royale Nightclub Boston\, MA\, 279 Tremont Street\, Boston\, MA\, 02116\, United States CATEGORIES:Nightclub ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://royaleboston.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/22izs1rI.png GEO:42.3499959;-71.0656288 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Royale Nightclub Boston MA 279 Tremont Street Boston MA 02116 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=279 Tremont Street:geo:-71.0656288,42.3499959 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190504T220000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190504T220000 DTSTAMP:20260404T033329 CREATED:20190403T142620Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190403T142944Z UID:10002756-1557007200-1557007200@royaleboston.com SUMMARY:Royale Boston: Cinco De Mayo Bash ft. DJ Tao DESCRIPTION:Call or text 617.733.0505 for VIP table reservations.\n21+ URL:https://royaleboston.com/event/cinco-de-mayo-bash-ft-dj-tao-2/ LOCATION:MA CATEGORIES:Nightclub ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://royaleboston.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/royale_cino-WEB.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190505T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190505T190000 DTSTAMP:20260404T033329 CREATED:20190115T150038Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190418T185915Z UID:10002011-1557082800-1557082800@royaleboston.com SUMMARY:Parachute DESCRIPTION:Presented by Bowery Boston \nDoors: 7:00 pm / Show: 8:00 pm \nTickets on sale Fri 1/18 at 10am! \nTickets available at AXS.COM\, or by phone at 855-482-2090. No service charge on tickets purchased in person at The Sinclair Box Office Wednesdays-Saturdays 12-7PM. \nPlease note: This show is open to all ages. Opening acts and set times are subject to change without notice. All sales are final unless a show is postponed or canceled. All bags larger than 12 inches x 12 inches\, backpacks\, professional cameras\, video equipment\, large bags\, luggage and like articles are strictly prohibited from the venue. Please make sure necessary arrangements are made ahead of time.  All patrons subject to search upon venue entry. \n*** \n \n*** \nParachute \n \nWebsite\nFacebook\nTwitter \nPlatinum-selling band PARACHUTE are on the brink of a momentous 2019 with the release of their first new music in three years\, the new single “Young” from their highly-anticipated fifth studio album\, coming spring 2019. In April\, they will embark on The Young Tour 2019 which will travel throughout 35+ cities across the United States. Will Anderson\, lead vocalist and songwriter of Parachute\, calls “Young” one of the most personal songs he’s ever written\, but notes its undeniable relatability. “Everyone has felt that vulnerable feeling of uncertainty and fear of the unknown. Maybe that’s what becoming an adult is all about\, and the song is an exploration of that.” Fans and critics alike are no stranger to Anderson’s impeccable ability to connect as a songwriter\, with Billboard hailing that he has a “knack for writing emotionally connecting\, hook-laden songs that linger in the brain for days” as well as Idolator calling the band’s past songs “well-crafted and infectious.” The album and tour will mark the trio’s first new material and full-fledged touring since the 2016 release of Wide Awake. Friends since childhood\, Parachute’s Will Anderson (vocals\, guitar)\, Johnny Stubblefield (drums)\, and Christopher “Kit” French (saxophone\, keyboards) spent nearly every afternoon of high school in Anderson’s basement\, dreaming up songs showing a deep affinity for classic pop\, heart-felt rock\, and tuneful blue-eyed soul. The band quickly began landing gigs locally and soon gained a following at the nearby University of Virginia. As their inaugural release under the name Parachute\, Losing Sleep debuted at #2 on the Billboard Digital Albums Chart and climbed to #40 on the Billboard Top 200 chart. Over the next few years\, along with releasing The Way It Was and Overnight (which shot to the #3 spot on iTunes)\, Parachute toured with such artists as Kelly Clarkson\, Gavin DeGraw and Mat Kearney in addition to three sold out headlining tours. The band has spent a decade touring internationally and turning out hit singles like the platinum “She Is Love” (#1 at iTunes)\, the gold “Kiss Me Slowly\,” “Forever And Always\,” and the infectious smash single “Without You” from Wide Awake (#1 iTunes Pop Album). \n*** \nBilly Rafoul \n \nWebsite\nFacebook\nTwitter \nEmerging singer/songwriter Billy Raffoul confirms North American tour dates this spring supporting Parachute. The extensive run of dates brings Raffoul to New York’s Gramercy Theatre\, Nashville’s Cannery Ballroom\, D.C.’s 9:30 Club\, Boston’s Royale as well as two dates at Los Angeles’ Troubadour. Raffoul has spent the past few years on the road sharing the stage with Kings of Leon\, ZZ Ward\, NEEDTOBREATHE\, Mondo Cozmo\, Judah & The Lion and more. Ticket’s on-sale begins on Friday\, January 18 and can be purchased at billyraffoul.com. See below for complete tour dates. \nRaffoul’s debut EP 1975\, which was released last year via Interscope Records\, continues to receive critical praise. The Observer proclaims\, “Falling somewhere in-between Hozier and James Bay is Billy Raffoul. The 22-year-old knows how to balance poetry with an anthemic\, hard rock edge. We’ll definitely be seeing more of this Nashville by Canada troubadour\,” while Ones To Watch adds\, “Never hiding behind overly-clever production techniques or superfluous furnishings\, lyrically or sonically\, 1975 paints a brutally honest portrait of Raffoul as a genuine artist.” \nRaffoul grew up in a creative family in the small farming town of Leamington\, Ontario. His mother is an artist\, writer and teacher and his father Jody Raffoul is a solo artist and hometown hero who has opened for everyone from Joe Cocker to Bon Jovi. Raffoul’s earliest musical influences come from his dad. “The Beatles were like Jesus in our house\,” he recalls\, adding that he also listened to soul singers like Otis Redding and Sam Cooke. On his tenth birthday\, Billy received a British Invasion-inspired guitar with a Union Jack on its front from Jody and started teaching himself to play. By 16\, he had bought his first real guitar\, a 1968 Gibson Les Paul Black Beauty. URL:https://royaleboston.com/event/parachute-2/ LOCATION:Royale Nightclub Boston\, MA\, 279 Tremont Street\, Boston\, MA\, 02116\, United States CATEGORIES:Concerts ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://royaleboston.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Parachute-Admat-2019.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Bowery Boston":MAILTO:info@boweryboston.com GEO:42.3499959;-71.0656288 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Royale Nightclub Boston MA 279 Tremont Street Boston MA 02116 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=279 Tremont Street:geo:-71.0656288,42.3499959 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190507T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190507T190000 DTSTAMP:20260404T033329 CREATED:20190226T150016Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190226T145642Z UID:10002748-1557255600-1557255600@royaleboston.com SUMMARY:The Dandy Warhols DESCRIPTION:Presented by Bowery Boston \nDoors: 7:00 pm / Show: 8:00 pm \nDue to overwhelming demand\, this show has been moved from The Sinclair to Royale! Tickets on sale now! \nTickets available at AXS.COM\, or by phone at 855-482-2090. No service charge on tickets purchased in person at The Sinclair Box Office Wednesdays-Saturdays 12-7PM. \nPlease note: this show is 18+ with valid ID. Patrons under 18 admitted if accompanied by a parent. Opening acts and set times are subject to change without notice. All sales are final unless a show is postponed or canceled. All bags larger than 12 inches x 12 inches\, backpacks\, professional cameras\, video equipment\, large bags\, luggage and like articles are strictly prohibited from the venue. Please make sure necessary arrangements are made ahead of time. All patrons subject to search upon venue entry. \n*** \nThe Dandy Warhols \n \nWebsite\nFacebook\nTwitter \n*** \nCosmonauts \n< \nWebsite\nFacebook\nTwitter \n*** \nThe Vacant Lots \n \nWebsite\nFacebook\nTwitter \nThe Vacant Lots are an American duo comprised of Jared Artaud and Brian MacFadyen. The key element of The Vacant Lots’ minimalist\, primitive rock and roll songs is their boundless energy\, which tears up the psych template with a genuine punk spirit. The notion of duality is also a recurring theme in the band’s minimal means maximum effect aesthetic\, whether in their lyrics or fiercely monochromatic artwork. \nThe group has collaborated with underground music legends including; Sonic Boom (who mixed their debut album Departure)\, Alan Vega of Suicide (who’s vocals are featured on the band’s second album Endless Night) and Anton Newcombe who has recorded and produced 2 EPs at his Berlin studio with the band. Their second EP together is expected for a 2019 release on Anton’s label\, A Recordings. \nHaving recently toured Europe with Black Rebel Motorcycle Club\, The Vacant Lots will be hitting the road with The Dandy Warhols this May in the USA. URL:https://royaleboston.com/event/the-dandy-warhols/ LOCATION:Royale Nightclub Boston\, MA\, 279 Tremont Street\, Boston\, MA\, 02116\, United States CATEGORIES:Concerts ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://royaleboston.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Dandys-1.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Bowery Boston":MAILTO:info@boweryboston.com GEO:42.3499959;-71.0656288 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Royale Nightclub Boston MA 279 Tremont Street Boston MA 02116 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=279 Tremont Street:geo:-71.0656288,42.3499959 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190509T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190509T190000 DTSTAMP:20260404T033329 CREATED:20190108T171935Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190402T215658Z UID:10002725-1557428400-1557428400@royaleboston.com SUMMARY:[SOLD OUT] Movements DESCRIPTION:Presented by Bowery Boston \nDoors: 7:00 pm / Show: 7:30 pm \nThis show is now SOLD OUT! \nTickets available at AXS.COM\, or by phone at 855-482-2090. No service charge on tickets purchased in person at The Sinclair Box Office Wednesdays-Saturdays 12-7PM. \nPlease note: This show is open to all ages. Opening acts and set times are subject to change without notice. All sales are final unless a show is postponed or canceled. All bags larger than 12 inches x 12 inches\, backpacks\, professional cameras\, video equipment\, large bags\, luggage and like articles are strictly prohibited from the venue. Please make sure necessary arrangements are made ahead of time. All patrons subject to search upon venue entry. \n*** \n \n*** \nMovements \n \nWebsite\nFacebook\nTwitter \nMusic and emotion share a timeless physiological\, psychological\, and spiritual bond. A chord\, a melody\, or a lyric can lift spirits and inspire. Movements achieve that sort of reaction on their full-length debut\, Feel Something [Fearless Records]. Threading together spacey guitars\, evocative and introspective lyricism\, ponderous spoken word\, and tight songcraft\, the Southern California quartet—Patrick Miranda [vocals]\, Ira George [guitar]\, Spencer York [drums]\, and Austin Cressey [bass]—immediately connect by opening up. That musical empathy quietly launched Movements on an upward trajectory in 2015. Formed by longtime friends\, the group landed a deal with Fearless Records after just one local gig. Produced by Will Yip [Tigers Jaw\, Title Fight\, Turnover\, Citizen]\, their debut EP\, Outgrown Things\, became a fan favorite. Acclaimed by the likes of Alternative Press and New Noise Magazine\, songs like “Nineteen” and “Kept” each respectively amassed over 800K Spotify streams and counting as they have toured nonstop. Along the way\, the boys started working on what would become Feel Something before returning to the studio with Yip in February 2017. In the sessions\, their signature style crystallized and coalesced. Ultimately\, Movements bring emotion to life in each note. \n*** \nBoston Manor \n \nWebsite\nFacebook\nTwitter \nBlackpool’s Boston Manor formed in 2013 and\, in two short years\, worked their way to signing with renowned US indie label Pure Noise Records\, worldwide. In that period\, they’ve successfully built a name for themselves with their modern day emotive rock anthems and DIY work ethic. A band with expert songwriting and craftsmanship\, they are also heavily involved in the production of their own videos and visual content\, and as a result are now a mainstay with the likes of Kerrang TV & Scuzz. The band has also been in constant circulation across major radio stations in the UK such as BBC Radio 1 & Kerrang\, with significant coverage also coming from Rock Sound\, Upset & Discovered to name a few. The band were even nominated for ‘Best British Breakthrough’ at the 2018 Kerrang awards. \nThey released their debut album ‘Be Nothing’ in 2016 to widespread acclaim and the band have continued to tour the world since then. Now veterans across the US\, UK & European circuits\, the band have toured with the likes of Moose Blood\, Knuckle Puck\, Have Mercy\, Lower Than Atlantis\, & Four Year Strong\, and also completed a Summer on Vans Warped Tour 2017. Topping their 2017 off with high profile slots at Slam Dunk Festival\, Reading & Leeds\, and the Kerrang Tour\, Boston Manor have stormed into 2018 fully charged\, ready to unleash their next offering onto the world. \nProduced by Mike Sapone (Taking Back Sunday\, Mayday Parade\, Public Enemy)\, ‘Welcome To The Neighbourhood’ is a soundtrack to disenfranchisement set in a fictionalised version of the band’s hometown. In support of it’s release\, the band will be heading out on their largest UK headline tour to date (including a London show at Electric Ballroom) before heading back to the US for a main support slot on the Real Friends tour to cap off an action packed 2018. \n*** \nTrash Boat \n \nWebsite\nFacebook\nTwitter \nIn nature\, crown shyness is a phenomenon in which the crowns of neighboring trees refuse to touch one another\, instead creating a canopy-like cover for the sun’s rays to peek through. From the ground\, it’s a stunning image\, and it paints a striking contrast between the trees’ interconnectedness at their roots and their complete detachment at their tallest points. \nOn their second full-length album\, CROWN SHYNESS (out July 20)\, the UK-based TRASH BOAT push toward the light as they explore similarly disparate emotions\, juxtaposing hard-fought introspection against external strife to create a propulsive\, captivating blend of punk and melodic hardcore. \nThe album\, produced by Andrew Wade (A Day To Remember\, Neck Deep) follows 2016’s Nothing I Write You Can Change What You’ve Been Through\, their debut LP for Hopeless Records that launched the quintet—vocalist Tobi Duncan\, guitarists Dann Bostock and Ryan Hyslop\, bassist James Grayson and drummer Oakley Moffatt—into the pages of Alternative Press and Rock Sound and onto festivals like the prestigious Reading and Leeds. \nTwo years of nonstop worldwide touring with acts such as New Found Glory\, Beartooth and The Wonder Years fine-tuned the band’s jagged\, muscular songwriting—and helped imbue Crown Shyness with an overflowing sense of honesty and\, above all\, accountability. \n“There’s a lot of things I’d like to keep secret: bad decisions\, anxieties\, thought processes\,” Duncan explains. “It’s so easy to hide those things\, but it can be a self-defeating process if you never address any of your issues. Through songwriting\, I can’t cut myself any slack. I’ll call myself out on these things and put them in a song\, then I have to sing it every day on tour and remind myself. It stops me from slipping.” \nSo the band look inward\, mining themes of personal responsibility (the caustic “Controlled Burn”)\, betrayal (“Shade”) and the subconscious (“Inside Out”) to wrestle with the at-times uncomfortable facets of ourselves. But at the same time they’re staring down the ugliness\, they’re finding the joy in celebrating unbreakable bonds (“Love\, Hate\, React\, Relate”) and resolving to live up to familial legacy (“Old Soul”). \nIt’s this push and pull that makes for such a powerful statement from a still-young band\, an emotional awareness wiser than their years. Ultimately\, Crown Shyness is overflowing with acceptance and understanding. Because Trash Boat don’t shut the darkness out—they invite it in\, knowing the only way to break through that canopy and into the sunlight above is to embrace life’s obstacles head-on and work every day to defeat them. \n“Throughout my life\, I’ve always found music as something that challenges me\,” Duncan says. “Sometimes you hear a song that hits you so hard\, it feels like it was exactly what you needed to hear at that moment. The spark could change your day and challenge you. That’s what this album did: It challenged my anxiety\, my family\, my responsibilities\, my past\, my future. I spent a lot of time looking inward\, and now the album is ready to reach out.” XX \n*** \nDrug Church \n \nWebsite\nFacebook\nTwitter \nDrug Church are a glorious contradiction. They are an unabashedly aggressive band that writes hooks you can’t stop humming: too poppy for the heavy crowd\, too heavy for the poppy crowd. Their frontman is a singer who rarely sings and delivers lyrics that revel in the darkest corners of the human condition\, but are just as likely to make you laugh as they are to make you flinch. They loudly shout the uncomfortable truths we prefer to ignore but somehow make us want to shout along with them; they make serious music but don’t take themselves too seriously; they are completely adverse to planning but have accidentally built a loyal cult following. On Cheer\, the band has doubled down on their Drug Church-iest impulses and emerged with an album that’s sure to please longtime fans and turn new heads. If there’s anything intentional about Drug Church\, it’s knowing the value of being unintentional. URL:https://royaleboston.com/event/movements/ LOCATION:Royale Nightclub Boston\, MA\, 279 Tremont Street\, Boston\, MA\, 02116\, United States CATEGORIES:Concerts ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://royaleboston.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Movements-admat-2019.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Bowery Boston":MAILTO:info@boweryboston.com GEO:42.3499959;-71.0656288 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Royale Nightclub Boston MA 279 Tremont Street Boston MA 02116 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=279 Tremont Street:geo:-71.0656288,42.3499959 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190510T220000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190510T220000 DTSTAMP:20260404T033329 CREATED:20190226T155753Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190226T155753Z UID:10002749-1557525600-1557525600@royaleboston.com SUMMARY:Ferry Corsten DESCRIPTION:Call or text 617.733.0505 for VIP table reservations.\n21+ URL:https://royaleboston.com/event/ferry-corsten/ LOCATION:Royale Nightclub Boston\, MA\, 279 Tremont Street\, Boston\, MA\, 02116\, United States CATEGORIES:Nightclub ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://royaleboston.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/ddp_fc_maWEB.jpg GEO:42.3499959;-71.0656288 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Royale Nightclub Boston MA 279 Tremont Street Boston MA 02116 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=279 Tremont Street:geo:-71.0656288,42.3499959 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190511T220000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190511T220000 DTSTAMP:20260404T033329 CREATED:20190403T142212Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190403T142244Z UID:10002755-1557612000-1557612000@royaleboston.com SUMMARY:Neon Nights ft. DJ RM\, Rivas (Wear Neon For Free Admission All Night) DESCRIPTION:Call or text 617.733.0505 for VIP table reservations.\n21+ URL:https://royaleboston.com/event/neon-nights-ft-dj-rm-rivas-wear-neon-for-free-admission-all-night/ LOCATION:Royale Nightclub Boston\, MA\, 279 Tremont Street\, Boston\, MA\, 02116\, United States CATEGORIES:Nightclub ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://royaleboston.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/royale_NEON1-WEB.png GEO:42.3499959;-71.0656288 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Royale Nightclub Boston MA 279 Tremont Street Boston MA 02116 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=279 Tremont Street:geo:-71.0656288,42.3499959 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190512T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190512T200000 DTSTAMP:20260404T033329 CREATED:20181105T170027Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190510T175749Z UID:10002706-1557691200-1557691200@royaleboston.com SUMMARY:[SOLD OUT] FKJ DESCRIPTION:Presented by Bowery Boston \nDoors: 8:00 pm / Show: 9:00 pm \nThis show is SOLD OUT! \nTickets available at AXS.COM\, or by phone at 855-482-2090. No service charge on tickets purchased in person at The Sinclair Box Office Wednesdays-Saturdays 12-7PM. \nPlease note: this show is 18+ with valid ID. Patrons under 18 admitted if accompanied by a parent. Opening acts and set times are subject to change without notice. All sales are final unless a show is postponed or canceled. All bags larger than 12 inches x 12 inches\, backpacks\, professional cameras\, video equipment\, large bags\, luggage and like articles are strictly prohibited from the venue. Please make sure necessary arrangements are made ahead of time. All patrons subject to search upon venue entry. \n*** \nFKJ \n \nWebsite\nFacebook\nTwitter \n*** \nLou Phelps \n \nWebsite\nFacebook\nTwitter \nA longtime fixture of the Montreal arts scene\, Lou Phelps is one of Canada’s foremost purveyors of club-rap bangers. Lou started making music in 2011 with KAYTRANADA\, forming a future-rap group called The Celestics\, releasing their debut project\, Massively Massive. Using the moniker\, Lou Phelps\, Lou developed a reputation for creating tasteful and danceable hip-hop music\, releasing Supreme Laziness in 2014 and curating Cause I Wanna\, an 80-minute DJ mix that featured tracks from innovative electronic artists like DJ Rashad\, RP Boo\, and Kyle Hall\, showcasing his excellent taste and long list of influences. In 2017\, Lou released 001: Experiments\, his debut project which racked up millions plays on SoundCloud\, featured appearances from Bishop Nehru\, Innanet James\, KALLITECHNICS\, and earned a nomination from Canada’s JUNO Awards for Rap Recording of the Year. In September 2018 Lou shared his sophomore album\, 002 / LOVE ME\, via Last Gang Records. 002 / LOVE ME sees Lou’s older brother\, Kevin\, aka the Polaris Prize-winning producer\, KAYTRANADA\, as executive producer\, with guest spots from BADBADNOTGOOD\, JAHKOY\, Planet Giza\, Pony and drum master\, Karriem Riggins. URL:https://royaleboston.com/event/fkj/ LOCATION:Royale Nightclub Boston\, MA\, 279 Tremont Street\, Boston\, MA\, 02116\, United States CATEGORIES:Concerts ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://royaleboston.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/FKJ_pressphoto.jpeg ORGANIZER;CN="Bowery Boston":MAILTO:info@boweryboston.com GEO:42.3499959;-71.0656288 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Royale Nightclub Boston MA 279 Tremont Street Boston MA 02116 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=279 Tremont Street:geo:-71.0656288,42.3499959 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190514T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190514T180000 DTSTAMP:20260404T033329 CREATED:20190219T170048Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190218T173850Z UID:10002029-1557856800-1557856800@royaleboston.com SUMMARY:Citizen / Knuckle Puck DESCRIPTION:Presented by Bowery Boston \nDoors: 6:00 pm / Show: 7:00 pm \nTickets on sale Fri 2/22 at 10am! \nTickets available at AXS.COM\, or by phone at 855-482-2090. No service charge on tickets purchased in person at The Sinclair Box Office Wednesdays-Saturdays 12-7PM. \nPlease note: This show is open to all ages. Opening acts and set times are subject to change without notice. All sales are final unless a show is postponed or canceled. All bags larger than 12 inches x 12 inches\, backpacks\, professional cameras\, video equipment\, large bags\, luggage and like articles are strictly prohibited from the venue. Please make sure necessary arrangements are made ahead of time. All patrons subject to search upon venue entry. \n*** \n \n*** \nCitizen \n \nWebsite\nFacebook\nTwitter \nCitizen’s As You Please reports from ground zero of an epidemic. Two years removed from their previous Run For Cover LP\, Everybody Is Going To Heaven\, Citizen’s perspective is far less sublime. As You Please is a confrontational record\, incapable of turning a blind eye toward the inescapable strife. And so\, songwriter Mat Kerekes pursues the source of discontent that is ravaging his friends\, his family\, and his Rust Belt city of Toledo\, Ohio with the band’s most dynamic record to date. \nOn As You Please the epidemic is bigger than addiction and overdoses. There is no longer a Dream to be pursued for the friends and family surrounding Citizen. The band explores that absence and the misguided ways in which it gets filled. On opener “Jet” the kids move slow and there’s a stranger living in the narrator’s home. Both are Kerekes’ discreet way of expressing the wreckage of widespread opiate addiction. “In The Middle Of It All” might be Citizen at their most hopeful\, but it also reads as agonizing expression of the ruin in the Heartland. \nAs You Please also showcases the growing versatility of a band seven years deep and still restless. Citizen has fully outgrown the pop punk\, but also refuses to brood in post-hardcore dirges. Written over the course of a year\, the record is devoid of the brutish and sinister elements found on Everybody Is Going To Heaven. Here\, Citizen go beyond the grunge to shoegaze contrasts and strive for something benevolent. \nThere’s a spiritual core to the record that manifests in subtle ways like the ethereal vocals echoing in the breakdown of “Control\,” the droning organs on “You Are A Star” or the almost operatic refrain on “In The Middle Of It All.” The finespun ways in which Citizen has written this record mark a cataclysmic breakthrough for the band. There is damage and disarray in the band member’s daily lives\, but within this record all the pieces have been restored in an ornate arrangement befitting a stained glass mosaic. \nIn the end\, As You Please tries to give strength to those in need. There are illitic factors that control\, but Citizen has written a guiding light of an album out of the debris. It concludes with “You Are A Star” and “Flowerchild;” one an unstable request of confidence set to soaring progressions\, the other a blistering finale that subverts expectation. As You Please might read as meek\, but it represents Citizen in its most confident and expansive state. \n*** \nKnuckle Puck \n \nWebsite\nFacebook\nTwitter \nIn early 2017\, Knuckle Puck entered the studio to record the follow-up to Copacetic—their 2015 breakthrough that debuted in the Top 10 of five different Billboard charts\, earned a nomination for Album of the Year at the 2016 Alternative Press Music Awards and launched them from the Chicago suburbs to a place among the most beloved acts of the modern pop-punk genre. \nBut midway through the process\, the band (vocalist Joe Taylor\, guitarists Nick Casasanto and Kevin Maida\, bassist Ryan Rumchaks and drummer John Siorek) realized they were on the wrong path. They weren’t only making the wrong album for Knuckle Puck—they were making the wrong album for themselves. They knew they had no choice but to start from scratch. \n“Having such a struggle and being so disconnected in the recording process felt wrong\,” Casasanto explains. “It felt so wrong\, and we were all afraid to talk about it. There was some denial when we realized what was unfolding.” \nDiscouraged but undefeated\, the band changed producers\, eventually landing back with Copacetic producer Seth Henderson\, and began rebuilding the songs they’d written from the ground up. Knuckle Puck’s first attempt would have produced a fine album\, but their second created the right one. \nThe result is Shapeshifter\, due October 13 on Rise Records. Despite its title\, the album isn’t a reinvention for the band; rather\, it’s the sound of Knuckle Puck taking their best qualities and honing them to make them even sharper. The songwriting became tighter and more deliberate\, the lyrics more introspective and urgent—without losing an ounce of the sweat-soaked authenticity and passion that made Copacetic so captivating. Above all\, it’s an album that proves the band are unflinchingly unwilling to compromise when it comes to their art. That’s a sentiment reinforced throughout Shapeshifter’s main lyrical theme—the importance of identity—which was only magnified during their first studio session. \n“When you reach early adulthood and start to see your life take shape\, it’s also important to shape your identity and break yourself free from anything that might be holding you down\,” Casasanto says. “That was a glaring parallel between what was going on with the record and what we were writing about at the time. Although it was tumultuous\, I truly think we wouldn’t have written the same record without going through what we did.” \nThroughout their struggle\, Knuckle Puck grew stronger and more confident in themselves\, something the band ultimately want listeners to take from Shapeshifter. \n“I hope the album instills a little bit of hope in people\,” Casasanto says. “You look at politics and how fast the world is now\, everything the internet is bringing to the world. It’s difficult to form an identity when there’s so much in your face. I hope people realize they should consume the things that really speak to them. Through that\, I feel like it’s the most satisfying way to be who you want to be.” XX \n*** \nHUNNY \n \nWebsite\nFacebook\nTwitter \nAlt-indie rock band HUNNY has signed to Epitaph and have released a new EP Windows II available today. Windows II is the follow up to the band’s 2017 EP release Windows I. \n“We’re super stoked to finally release this music we’ve been sitting on for a bit and even more stoked for who were releasing it with. I have dreamt of being on Epitaph since the first band I started back in the eighth grade. Please enjoy the second installment of our windows series. Be good to each other and play loud.” \nHUNNY is a band from Newbury Park\, CA who first made a name for themselves in early 2015 after releasing their debut single “Cry for Me”. Tastemakers and fans alike found the Southern California group to be a perfect mix of post-punk tinged pop and their childhood influences like Prince and The Cure. The result is a sound that feels uniquely them. With a few more years and more material under their belt\, HUNNY has gained across the globe by touring with the likes of The Neighbourhood\, The Frights\, Bad Suns\, Beach Slang\, and more. This is just the start of a long and promising career for HUNNY. \nHUNNY is front man Jason Yarger\, guitarist Jake Goldstein\, bassist/keyboardist Kevin Grimmett\, and drummer Joey Anderson. \n*** \nOso Oso \n \nWebsite\nFacebook\nTwitter URL:https://royaleboston.com/event/citizen-knuckle-puck/ LOCATION:Royale Nightclub Boston\, MA\, 279 Tremont Street\, Boston\, MA\, 02116\, United States CATEGORIES:Concerts ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://royaleboston.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/0514-Boston-Citizen-11x17.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Bowery Boston":MAILTO:info@boweryboston.com GEO:42.3499959;-71.0656288 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Royale Nightclub Boston MA 279 Tremont Street Boston MA 02116 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=279 Tremont Street:geo:-71.0656288,42.3499959 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190516T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190516T190000 DTSTAMP:20260404T033329 CREATED:20190213T170023Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190516T172828Z UID:10002743-1558033200-1558033200@royaleboston.com SUMMARY:Basement DESCRIPTION:Presented by Bowery Boston \nDoors: 7:00 pm / Show: 7:45 pm \nTickets on sale Fri 2/15 at 10am! \nTickets available at AXS.COM\, or by phone at 855-482-2090. No service charge on tickets purchased in person at The Sinclair Box Office Wednesdays-Saturdays 12-7PM. \nPlease note: This show is open to all ages. Opening acts and set times are subject to change without notice. All sales are final unless a show is postponed or canceled. All bags larger than 12 inches x 12 inches\, backpacks\, professional cameras\, video equipment\, large bags\, luggage and like articles are strictly prohibited from the venue. Please make sure necessary arrangements are made ahead of time.  All patrons subject to search upon venue entry. \n*** \n \n*** \nBasement \n \nWebsite\nFacebook\nTwitter \nAndrew Fisher (vocals) – Alex Henery (guitar) – Ronan Crix (guitar)\, Duncan Stewart (bass) James Fisher (drums) \nThe fourth full-length from Basement\, Beside Myself is an intimate look at the drawbacks of living in your own head\, and the attempt to shake off everyday anxieties. “One of the things everyone in the band seems to struggle with is living fully in the present time\,” says Andrew Fisher\, who co-founded the Ipswich\, England-bred five-piece in 2010. “We tend to look back on the past and think\, ‘That was so much better than what’s going on now\,’ or look toward the future and assume it’s going to be better than today. The title came from thinking about\, ‘Wouldn’t it be great if you could stop yourself from doing that\, and just appreciate the moment as it happens?’”\nBut for all its intense introspection and confessions of self-consciousness\, Beside Myself centers on a powerful\, passionately charged sound that makes every track feel deeply cathartic. A relentless burst of pure vitality\, the album expresses its unrest in the language of furious guitar riffs and visceral rhythms. And at the heart of Beside Myself are Basement’s indelible melodies\, an element that lends an anthemic quality to even the most heavy-hearted songs. \nThe follow-up to Promise Everything—a 2016 album whose re-release the following year\nmarked Basement’s debut for Fueled by Ramen—Beside Myself was co-produced by the band and Colin Brittain\, and mixed by Rich Costey (Arctic Monkeys\, Foo Fighters\, Muse). In creating the\nalbum\, Basement focused on channeling the raw energy of their live performance\, adding little adornment beyond the occasional synth line or piano melody. But despite the stark simplicity of its sonic\npalette\, Beside Myself emerges as the band’s most fully realized work to date. “We’d never been able to take this much time with something before\,” says Fisher. “It was always this rushed writing process\, rushed rehearsal\, rushed recording. This was the complete opposite\, and because of that it feels like the most complete thing we’ve ever come up with.” \nOn the album-opening lead single “Disconnect\,” Basement set the tone for Beside Myself with a hard- hitting track built on lyrics that closely detail the nagging pain of ambivalence. “From a young age I wanted very badly to be in a band and travel all over playing for people\,” says Fisher. “But now sometimes I get bogged down in thinking things like\, ‘Is this the best thing for me to be doing? Should I be doing something that could help make someone else’s life better?’ So ‘Disconnect’ is about trying not to get too entrenched in those thoughts\, and to let myself just enjoy this whole experience for what it is.” \nBasement continue that exacting self-examination on “Be Here Now\,” bringing a frenzied intensity to their own struggle with embracing the sentiment of the song’s title. Later\, Beside Myself veers into darker terrain with “Stigmata\,” whose serpentine guitar riffs and dizzying rhythms sharply capture what Fisher refers to as “those moments when everything’s going okay\, but you just feel incredibly down for real reason.” Meanwhile\, “New Coast” looks back on Basement’s first trip to Los Angeles and its exacerbation of their misfit tendencies\, the song’s shiny textures brilliantly clashing with their self-effacing lyrics (“For me it’s too bright outside/If it is bright at all/The leaves are alive outside/But better when they fall”). “There’s something unreal about L.A.\, in a way that’s magical but also slightly ridiculous\,” says Fisher. “‘New Coast’ is about us trying to cope with feeling so grateful to be in the position we’re in\, but also recognizing that it’s so different from where we came from.”\nOn the delicately unsettling “Ultraviolet\,” Basement turn their focus outward\, reflecting on the 2017 terrorist attack on the Westminster Bridge in London. With its eerily ethereal guitar tones\, the song is threaded with plainspoken yet piercing lyrics (e.g.\, “We’ll be wanting you home safe and sound”). “I remember hearing the news in my kitchen in America\, and feeling so alienated and far from home\,” says Fisher\, who now lives in Richmond\, Virginia. “I just felt incredibly helpless\, and realized that this kind of thing could happen to anyone at anytime.” \nWhile an undeniable volatility infuses much of Beside Myself\, Basement slip into a gentler mood on songs like “Keepsake\,” a harmony-laced reverie that adds a touch of wide-eyed romanticism to the album (“Can you put me in your pocket?/Let me be your lucky charm/I’m right here waiting/So come and use me”). A\nspontaneously composed interlude driven by elegant piano work and graceful acoustic guitar\, “Changing Lanes” looks at the fragility of human existence. “Anyone who’s ever been behind the wheel in a moving vehicle has probably had that realization that—at any minute—you could be in a fatal accident\,” says Fisher. “‘Changing Lanes’ is about that moment of realization\, and how terrifying that possibility is.” \nOn “Slip Away\,” Basement shift into a fast-paced\, joyfully frenetic epic that offers up a subtle message of hope (“Carry on\, it gets darkest before dawn/Wait a while\, it won’t be long until the morning”). And with “Reason for Breathing\,” Beside Myself turns gloriously pensive\, with Basement’s sludgy guitars and brooding rhythms create a perfect contrast to the song’s tender vulnerability. “When you’re a kid\, all that matters to you is your family\, and what you’re having for tea that night\,” says Fisher in discussing the song’s inspiration. “But as you get older\, you start to think about the fact that these people that you love so much are going to die someday—even though at some point they probably told you they’d never leave you. ‘Reason for Breathing’ is about those lies that parents tell their children to make them feel secure.” \nThroughout Beside Myself\, Fisher’s lyrics reveal the thoughtful sensitivity partly honed through his recent stint as a teacher of religious studies at a school in East London (a position he held while Basementtook a break between their 2012 sophomore album Colourmeinkindness and their 2014 EP Further Sky). “Every single day I could genuinely affect young people on a face-to-face level\,” says Fisher of his teaching experience. “I had a purpose and a drive\, and there was real meaning to it. I think it’s possible for music to inspire other people too—but as soon as you make that your goal\, or have an agenda to what you’re creating\, it taints everything. For me the only goal behind making music is some kind of emotional outpouring.” \nOn Beside Myself\, that outpouring unfolds at its own distinct pace\, with Basement bringing an unhurried deliberation to their meditations on mental health and the overall anxiety of getting by in the modern world. As a result\, the album invites a certain self-reflection in the listener\, and ultimately provides a sense of solace. “I don’t think making this album has changed my perspective in any way\, but I do think it’s good to talk about things that you’re struggling with\,” says Fisher. “Even if it doesn’t help you to understand the world any better\, it’s always good to just get those thoughts and feelings out. That’s what music’s always been able to do for me.” \n*** \nNothing \n \nWebsite\nFacebook\nTwitter \n*** \nTeenage Wrist \n \nWebsite\nFacebook\nTwitter \n*** \nFiddlehead \nWebsite\nFacebook URL:https://royaleboston.com/event/basement-3/ LOCATION:Royale Nightclub Boston\, MA\, 279 Tremont Street\, Boston\, MA\, 02116\, United States CATEGORIES:Concerts ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://royaleboston.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Basement-admat-2019.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Bowery Boston":MAILTO:info@boweryboston.com GEO:42.3499959;-71.0656288 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Royale Nightclub Boston MA 279 Tremont Street Boston MA 02116 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=279 Tremont Street:geo:-71.0656288,42.3499959 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190517T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190517T180000 DTSTAMP:20260404T033329 CREATED:20190219T140034Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190218T170048Z UID:10002026-1558116000-1558116000@royaleboston.com SUMMARY:Chromatics & Desire DESCRIPTION:Presented by Bowery Boston \nDoors: 6:00 pm / Show: 6:30 pm \nTickets on sale Fri 2/22 at 10am! \nTickets available at AXS.COM\, or by phone at 855-482-2090. No service charge on tickets purchased in person at The Sinclair Box Office Wednesdays-Saturdays 12-7PM. \nPlease note: this show is 18+ with valid ID. Patrons under 18 admitted if accompanied by a parent. Opening acts and set times are subject to change without notice. All sales are final unless a show is postponed or canceled. All bags larger than 12 inches x 12 inches\, backpacks\, professional cameras\, video equipment\, large bags\, luggage and like articles are strictly prohibited from the venue. Please make sure necessary arrangements are made ahead of time. All patrons subject to search upon venue entry. \n*** \n \n*** \nChromatics \n \nFacebook\nTwitter \n*** \nDesire \n \nFacebook \n*** \nIn Mirrors \n \nFacebook URL:https://royaleboston.com/event/chromatics-desire/ LOCATION:Royale Nightclub Boston\, MA\, 279 Tremont Street\, Boston\, MA\, 02116\, United States CATEGORIES:Concerts ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://royaleboston.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Chromatics-admat-2019.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Bowery Boston":MAILTO:info@boweryboston.com GEO:42.3499959;-71.0656288 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Royale Nightclub Boston MA 279 Tremont Street Boston MA 02116 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=279 Tremont Street:geo:-71.0656288,42.3499959 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190517T220000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190517T220000 DTSTAMP:20260404T033329 CREATED:20190509T200813Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190513T154857Z UID:10002772-1558130400-1558130400@royaleboston.com SUMMARY:Wax Motif DESCRIPTION:21+\nCall or text for VIP table reservations. URL:https://royaleboston.com/event/wax-motif/ LOCATION:Royale Nightclub Boston\, MA\, 279 Tremont Street\, Boston\, MA\, 02116\, United States CATEGORIES:Nightclub ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://royaleboston.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/bptQXzI2.png GEO:42.3499959;-71.0656288 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Royale Nightclub Boston MA 279 Tremont Street Boston MA 02116 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=279 Tremont Street:geo:-71.0656288,42.3499959 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190518T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190518T180000 DTSTAMP:20260404T033329 CREATED:20190130T170058Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190218T184920Z UID:10002731-1558202400-1558202400@royaleboston.com SUMMARY:[SOLD OUT] PUP DESCRIPTION:Presented by Bowery Boston \nDoors: 6:00 pm / Show: 6:30 pm \nThis show is SOLD OUT! \nTickets available at AXS.COM\, or by phone at 855-482-2090. No service charge on tickets purchased in person at The Sinclair Box Office Wednesdays-Saturdays 12-7PM. \nPlease note: This show is open to all ages. Opening acts and set times are subject to change without notice. All sales are final unless a show is postponed or canceled. All bags larger than 12 inches x 12 inches\, backpacks\, professional cameras\, video equipment\, large bags\, luggage and like articles are strictly prohibited from the venue. Please make sure necessary arrangements are made ahead of time. All patrons subject to search upon venue entry. \n*** \n \n*** \nPUP \n \nWebsite\nFacebook\nTwitter \n*** \nRatboys \n \nWebsite\nFacebook\nTwitter \nBorn out of fierce friendship and a mutual affection for melody\, Chicago’s Ratboys – anchored by the partnership of Julia Steiner and Dave Sagan – aim to ‘write songs that tell stories and honor the intimacy of memory\,’ according to Steiner. \nGN\, the group’s second full-length album via Topshelf Records\, offers a bevy of tales\, laments and triumphs\, which recount near-tragedies by the train tracks\, crippling episodes of loneliness\, remembrances of a deceased family pet with freezer burn\, and on and on. The songs shift and breathe as worlds all their own\, tied together by the group’s self-proclaimed ‘post-country’ sound\, which combines moments of distortion and a DIY aesthetic with a devotion to simple songwriting and ties to the Americana sounds of years past. \nDrawing influence from the down-to-earth sincerity of late-90s Sheryl Crow and the confessional confidence of Kim Deal and Jenny Lewis\, the songs on GN (aka ‘goodnight’) “largely detail experiences of saying goodbye\, finding your way home\, and then figuring out what the hell to do once you’re back\,” says Steiner. The songs chosen to close both sides of the record – the slow-burning ‘Crying About the Planets’ and quizzical ‘Peter the Wild Boy’ – unpack the respective journeys of two real people who were quite literally lost and found. ‘’Crying’ tells the survival story of Antarctic explorer Douglas Mawson from a first-person perspective\, and ‘Peter’ reflects on the life of a feral child in Germany who was eventually adopted by the King of England\,’ according to Steiner. ‘Writing as and about these people is the best way I can attempt to empathize with them and really just wrap my mind around these bits of history that otherwise might not get talked about. And it helps me understand my own experiences a little bit better\,’ she says. \nCertain personal stories – the tour adventures recapped in ‘GM\,’ the struggle to learn to show affection as divulged in ‘Molly’ – find Ratboys just as eagerly exploring subject matter that comes from within\, and then illustrating the highs and lows with soaring hooks and plaintive ones. Even in the moments that lie somewhere between bliss and misery\, a tension persists between Steiner’s sweet vocal delivery and Sagan’s physical\, almost-off-the-hinges guitar playing that lends each song a deeper sense of color and movement. \n
Steiner and Sagan felt the impulse to make music together from the get-go – they first met as university students\, quickly put out an EP together\, and started performing as an acoustic two-piece in dorm rooms and backyards. During the next few years\, the friends traveled separately\, eventually reunited\, and recorded what would become the first Ratboys record\, AOID\, which the folks at GoldFlakePaint describe as ‘a gleaming\, joyous\, raucous display of melodic indie-rock.’ \n
After a year and a half of touring the US and Europe as a plugged-in full band (featuring the additions of drums\, bass\, and trumpet)\, the members of Ratboys returned to Chicago and holed up at Atlas Studios for two weeks to record with engineer Mikey Crotty (who had previously worked with the group on the songs ‘Not Again’ and ‘Light Pollution’). ‘This time around\, we were lucky enough to feature the talents of friends who play the pedal steel\, accordion\, cello and violin to give the songs an extra something\,’ says Steiner. ‘Dave finally got to show off his ridiculous skills on the pocket piano\, and the whole thing felt like one big loving experiment.’ \nRatboys keep the good times going in 2018 with a new EP called GL (aka Good Luck). Featuring four songs recorded shortly after the GN sessions\, this new companion piece expands upon themes of isolation and memory\, while focusing closely on the ups and downs of personal relationships. \n‘Each of the songs on GL sounds like its own little world\, which is what we set out to do\,’ Steiner says. With each song sounding distinct from the rest\, the EP offers up four different takes on the sounds of heartache. \nOn the heals of their newest release\, you can find Ratboys on the road\, playing songs old and new all over North America and Europe. \n*** \nCasper Skulls \n \nWebsite\nFacebook \nCasper Skulls burst forth from the Toronto exurbs in 2015. Described by MTV as a collection of “confrontational art rock that bleeds with sincerity\,” and drawing comparisons to luminaries like Television\, The Fall (The Toronto Star)\, Pavement\, and Sonic Youth (Noisey)\, their debut EP\, Lips & Skulls (Buzz) attracted immediate attention from audiences in Toronto and up and down the Eastern seaboard. Riding the wave of rising excitement\, the band hit the road\, hard\, touring extensively and sharing stages with acts like Cloud Nothings\, Thurston Moore\, Suuns\, Weaves\, The Julie Ruin\, Solids\, Greys\, and Chastity Belt. \nFollowing the reverberating shout that was the band’s first EP\, Casper Skulls debut full length\, Mercy Works\, (out now on Buzz) is a startlingly ambitious statement of intent. The album was recorded in early 2017 with co-producer/engineer Josh Korody (Fucked Up\, Dilly Dally)\, and mixed by Alex Newport (At The Drive-In\, Death Cab For Cutie). While the rough and ready post-punk and lo-fi early ’90s indie influences present on the band’s first recordings still provide the foundation\, there is a sense of scale on display in their swelling guitar figures and sweeping string arrangements (provided by Toronto musician Paul Erlichman). Each of the album’s 11 songs are densely arranged\, intricately written and performed with an uncommon earnestness. \nDual songwriters and vocalists Melanie St. Pierre and Neil Bednis seek to represent lived experience in immense detail\, engaging with a diverse palette of references\, both musical and lyrical. Whether drawing on the poetry of William Blake (“What’s That Good For”)\, the dystopian sci-fi of Philip K. Dick (“Colour of the Outside”)\, or ruminating on mortality and evolving personal/cultural legacies through Elvis Presley and Paul Simon’s trips to Graceland (“You Can Call Me Allocator”)\, St. Pierre and Bednis collect pieces of the world around them and imbue them with new meaning as they attempt to understand their place in it. \nSwirling standout “I Stared at ‘Moses and the Burning Bush’” deals with the role of religion in experiences of grief\, cleverly wrapped in a reference to a ’80s pop artist Keith Haring. “I like the idea of exploring biblical imagery without necessarily picking sides\,” says Bednis. “It’s rationed throughout the songs what my stance is\, if I even have a stance. I find that religion can be therapeutic when people in your life die….(It) doesn’t necessarily need to be a sacred thing.” \nDespite how swiftly they seemed to have reached songwriting maturity\, Casper Skulls still see themselves as being at the beginning of their journey – an enticing prospect given the self-assuredness that underpins their debut. \n“We’re really only at the start of being a band\,” says St-Pierre agrees. “Our records don’t have to move mountains as long as we’re being true to our own ideas. We want to be a slow burning candle.” URL:https://royaleboston.com/event/pup-2/ LOCATION:Royale Nightclub Boston\, MA\, 279 Tremont Street\, Boston\, MA\, 02116\, United States CATEGORIES:Concerts ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://royaleboston.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/pup-ADMAT-2019-two-nights.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Bowery Boston":MAILTO:info@boweryboston.com GEO:42.3499959;-71.0656288 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Royale Nightclub Boston MA 279 Tremont Street Boston MA 02116 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=279 Tremont Street:geo:-71.0656288,42.3499959 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190518T220000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190518T220000 DTSTAMP:20260404T033329 CREATED:20190506T170900Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190506T170900Z UID:10002767-1558216800-1558216800@royaleboston.com SUMMARY:Royale Saturdays: Cryo Wars ft. Deadbeatz DESCRIPTION:Call or text 617.733.0505 for VIP table reservations.\n21+ URL:https://royaleboston.com/event/royale-saturdays-cryo-wars-ft-deadbeatz/ LOCATION:Royale Nightclub Boston\, MA\, 279 Tremont Street\, Boston\, MA\, 02116\, United States CATEGORIES:Nightclub ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://royaleboston.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Webp.net-resizeimage-3-2.jpg GEO:42.3499959;-71.0656288 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Royale Nightclub Boston MA 279 Tremont Street Boston MA 02116 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=279 Tremont Street:geo:-71.0656288,42.3499959 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190519 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190521 DTSTAMP:20260404T033329 CREATED:20190312T160601Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190509T153208Z UID:10002753-1558224000-1558396799@royaleboston.com SUMMARY:Glykeria and Kostas Karafotis DESCRIPTION:Sunday May 19th 2019 \n21+ \nDoors open at 8pm \n$50 general admission URL:https://royaleboston.com/event/glykeria-and-kostas-karafotis/ LOCATION:Royale Nightclub Boston\, MA\, 279 Tremont Street\, Boston\, MA\, 02116\, United States CATEGORIES:Concerts ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://royaleboston.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Glykeria-2019-ROYALE.jpg GEO:42.3499959;-71.0656288 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Royale Nightclub Boston MA 279 Tremont Street Boston MA 02116 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=279 Tremont Street:geo:-71.0656288,42.3499959 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190524T220000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190524T220000 DTSTAMP:20260404T033329 CREATED:20190129T220156Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190129T220156Z UID:10002732-1558735200-1558735200@royaleboston.com SUMMARY:Nora En Pure DESCRIPTION:Call or text 617.733.0505 for VIP table reservations.\n21+ URL:https://royaleboston.com/event/nora-en-pure/ LOCATION:Royale Nightclub Boston\, MA\, 279 Tremont Street\, Boston\, MA\, 02116\, United States CATEGORIES:Nightclub ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://royaleboston.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/54AB44A7-CA33-41F2-AEFC-1A9BC930DBDC.jpeg GEO:42.3499959;-71.0656288 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Royale Nightclub Boston MA 279 Tremont Street Boston MA 02116 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=279 Tremont Street:geo:-71.0656288,42.3499959 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190525T220000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190525T220000 DTSTAMP:20260404T033329 CREATED:20190506T164646Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190506T164646Z UID:10002766-1558821600-1558821600@royaleboston.com SUMMARY:Royale Saturdays: Memorial Day Weekend WHITE PARTY ft. Richard Fraioli DESCRIPTION:Call or text 617.733.0505 for VIP table reservations.\n21+ URL:https://royaleboston.com/event/royale-saturdays-memorial-day-weekend-white-party-ft-richard-fraioli/ LOCATION:Royale Nightclub Boston\, MA\, 279 Tremont Street\, Boston\, MA\, 02116\, United States CATEGORIES:Nightclub ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://royaleboston.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/royale_mem1.png GEO:42.3499959;-71.0656288 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Royale Nightclub Boston MA 279 Tremont Street Boston MA 02116 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=279 Tremont Street:geo:-71.0656288,42.3499959 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190526T220000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190527T020000 DTSTAMP:20260404T033329 CREATED:20190504T232630Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190504T232830Z UID:10002053-1558908000-1558922400@royaleboston.com SUMMARY:2019 Military Ball with DJ Paulo presented by Gay Mafia DESCRIPTION:https://www.ticketweb.com/event/military-ball-2019-with-dj-royale-boston-tickets/9427915?pl=chp URL:https://royaleboston.com/event/2019-military-ball-with-dj-paulo-presented-by-gay-mafia/ LOCATION:Royale Nightclub Boston\, MA\, 279 Tremont Street\, Boston\, MA\, 02116\, United States CATEGORIES:Nightclub ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://royaleboston.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/ROYALE_05262019-poster.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Gay Mafia Boston":MAILTO:rafael@gaymafiaboston.com GEO:42.3499959;-71.0656288 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Royale Nightclub Boston MA 279 Tremont Street Boston MA 02116 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=279 Tremont Street:geo:-71.0656288,42.3499959 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190528T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190528T190000 DTSTAMP:20260404T033329 CREATED:20190211T170047Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190211T154949Z UID:10002742-1559070000-1559070000@royaleboston.com SUMMARY:The Distillers DESCRIPTION:Presented by Bowery Boston \nDoors: 7:00 pm / Show: 8:00 pm \nTickets on sale Thu. 2/14 at 10am! \nTickets available at AXS.COM\, or by phone at 855-482-2090. No service charge on tickets purchased in person at The Sinclair Box Office Wednesdays-Saturdays 12-7PM. \nPlease note: this show is 18+ with valid ID. Patrons under 18 admitted if accompanied by a parent. Opening acts and set times are subject to change without notice. All sales are final unless a show is postponed or canceled. All bags larger than 12 inches x 12 inches\, backpacks\, professional cameras\, video equipment\, large bags\, luggage and like articles are strictly prohibited from the venue. Please make sure necessary arrangements are made ahead of time. All patrons subject to search upon venue entry. \n*** \n \n*** \nThe Distillers \nFacebook \n*** \nStarcrawler \n \nWebsite\nFacebook\nTwitter \nStarcrawler are a Los Angeles rock & roll band formed one year ago when Arrow de Wilde first met Henri Cash on the high school yard in Echo Park. The rhythm section of Austin Smith and Tim Franco came soon after\, found on the streets of Hollywood. They play rock & roll music heavy and loud and their incendiary performances resemble the children of the Cramps\, the Yeah Yeahs Yeahs\, and Alice Cooper. \n“Ants\,” a song they recorded days after first playing together\, was quickly discovered by London DJ Matt Wilkinson and debuted on Apple Beats One radio just as the band were playing their first few shows. The DJ loved it so much\, he played it twice in a row. Soon after\, it found its way to Sir Elton John\, who spun it on his “Rocket Hour” radio program\, as well as to Zane Lowe\, who played it to further accolades. Much media interest both from the music and fashion worlds has quickly followed. “Ants” & the forthcoming “Used to Know” are from an early session recorded by Steven McDonald (Red Kross) and document the unhinged beginnings of the group taking their first steps into the public eye. They have only now found the time to take a breath and are recording their more fully realized debut LP at Pax Am studios in Hollywood with Ryan Adams producing\, due out later this year. \nAs a group\, Starcrawler embodies that strange archetypal mojo that one finds in certain gangs of young rockers\, only once or twice a generation; all the while still kicking and screaming as they sprint toward finding something new and entirely of their own. The band consists of Arrow de Wilde on lead vocals\, Henri Cash on guitar\, Austin Smith on drums\, and Tim Franco on bass. URL:https://royaleboston.com/event/the-distillers/ LOCATION:Royale Nightclub Boston\, MA\, 279 Tremont Street\, Boston\, MA\, 02116\, United States CATEGORIES:Concerts ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://royaleboston.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/THE-DISTILLERS-admat-2019-17x11-presale.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Bowery Boston":MAILTO:info@boweryboston.com GEO:42.3499959;-71.0656288 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Royale Nightclub Boston MA 279 Tremont Street Boston MA 02116 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=279 Tremont Street:geo:-71.0656288,42.3499959 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190530T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190530T190000 DTSTAMP:20260404T033329 CREATED:20190103T141741Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190321T151923Z UID:10002723-1559242800-1559242800@royaleboston.com SUMMARY:6th Annual Battle of the Biotech Bands DESCRIPTION:21+ URL:https://royaleboston.com/event/6th-annual-battle-of-the-biotech-bands/ LOCATION:Royale Nightclub Boston\, MA\, 279 Tremont Street\, Boston\, MA\, 02116\, United States CATEGORIES:Concerts,Special Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://royaleboston.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/botbb2019-poster_royaleweb.jpg GEO:42.3499959;-71.0656288 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Royale Nightclub Boston MA 279 Tremont Street Boston MA 02116 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=279 Tremont Street:geo:-71.0656288,42.3499959 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190531T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190531T180000 DTSTAMP:20260404T033329 CREATED:20181113T150023Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190426T172447Z UID:10001992-1559325600-1559325600@royaleboston.com SUMMARY:Lady Lamb DESCRIPTION:Presented by Bowery Boston \nDoors: 6:00 pm / Show: 6:30 pm \nTickets on sale Fri 11/16 at 10am! \nTickets available at AXS.COM\, or by phone at 855-482-2090. No service charge on tickets purchased in person at The Sinclair Box Office Wednesdays-Saturdays 12-7PM. \nPlease note: this show is 18+ with valid ID. Patrons under 18 admitted if accompanied by a parent. Opening acts and set times are subject to change without notice. All sales are final unless a show is postponed or canceled. All bags larger than 12 inches x 12 inches\, backpacks\, professional cameras\, video equipment\, large bags\, luggage and like articles are strictly prohibited from the venue. Please make sure necessary arrangements are made ahead of time. All patrons subject to search upon venue entry. \n*** \n \n*** \nLady Lamb \n \nWebsite\nFacebook\nTwitter \n*** \nKatie Von Schleicher \n \nWebsite\nFacebook\nTwitter \nKatie Von Schleicher rose from intern to artist on Brooklyn label Ba Da Bing with Bleaksploitation\, a self-recorded 2015 mini album of irreverent\, fuzz-laden tunes. On her debut full-length\, Von Schleicher strikes again on the magic that comes from her warped and uncompromising sound. Shitty Hits channels the bright\, sunny radio burners of the 1970’s\, songs you drive to\, carefree\, and songs you can cry to\, which The Guardian describe as “Portishead meets the Beatles\,” and NPR’s Bob Boilen calls “one of those constant repeat records for me.” \nConjuring the home recorded sound of Paul McCartney’s McCartney or Jeff Buckley’s Sketches For My Sweetheart The Drunk\, Shitty Hits was created on a tape machine at Von Schleicher’s childhood home in Maryland. Where Bleaksploitation courted a kind of sonic nihilism\, Shitty Hits shows confidence\, growth and unflinching self-realization. Inhabiting the roles of producer and engineer\, Von Schleicher cements her voice as one to be reckoned with\, parsed and pored over\, on an album that is “never less than beguiling” (Pitchfork). \n*** \nAlex Schaaf \nWebsite\nFacebook\nTwitter URL:https://royaleboston.com/event/lady-lamb/ LOCATION:Royale Nightclub Boston\, MA\, 279 Tremont Street\, Boston\, MA\, 02116\, United States CATEGORIES:Concerts ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://royaleboston.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/lady-lamb-admat-2019-v2.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Bowery Boston":MAILTO:info@boweryboston.com GEO:42.3499959;-71.0656288 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Royale Nightclub Boston MA 279 Tremont Street Boston MA 02116 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=279 Tremont Street:geo:-71.0656288,42.3499959 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190531T220000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190531T220000 DTSTAMP:20260404T033329 CREATED:20190514T155051Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190514T155051Z UID:10002058-1559340000-1559340000@royaleboston.com SUMMARY:Carnage DESCRIPTION:Call or text 617.733.0505 for VIP table reservations.\n21+ URL:https://royaleboston.com/event/carnage-2/ LOCATION:Royale Nightclub Boston\, MA\, 279 Tremont Street\, Boston\, MA\, 02116\, United States CATEGORIES:Nightclub ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://royaleboston.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Ct2Y9CP8.png GEO:42.3499959;-71.0656288 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Royale Nightclub Boston MA 279 Tremont Street Boston MA 02116 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=279 Tremont Street:geo:-71.0656288,42.3499959 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190601T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190601T220000 DTSTAMP:20260404T033329 CREATED:20190222T175827Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190222T175938Z UID:10002034-1559415600-1559426400@royaleboston.com SUMMARY:Zveri Live at Royale DESCRIPTION:ZVERI The Best!\nOne of the biggest Russian Rock Bands is coming back to Boston.\nDoors 7pm/Show 8pm\n\nAdvance:\nGA 75\nVIP 105\n\nDay of:\nGA 85\nVIP 115 URL:https://royaleboston.com/event/zveri-live-at-royale/ LOCATION:Royale Nightclub Boston\, MA\, 279 Tremont Street\, Boston\, MA\, 02116\, United States CATEGORIES:Concerts ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://royaleboston.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/zveri2018-boston.jpg GEO:42.3499959;-71.0656288 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Royale Nightclub Boston MA 279 Tremont Street Boston MA 02116 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=279 Tremont Street:geo:-71.0656288,42.3499959 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190601T220000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190601T220000 DTSTAMP:20260404T033329 CREATED:20190521T154703Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190521T155050Z UID:10002060-1559426400-1559426400@royaleboston.com SUMMARY:Royale Saturdays: Cosmic ft. DJ Tao\, DiMare DESCRIPTION:Call or text 617.733.0505 for VIP table reservations.\nFREE BEFORE 11PM with RSVP.\n21+ \nHold on…we’re blasting off into another galaxy at the biggest Saturday night party in Boston! Explosive beats provided by Boston’s very own DJ Tao & DiMare! Don’t forget to download your FREE eTICKET for complimentary entry to Royale before 11. URL:https://royaleboston.com/event/royale-saturdays-cosmic-ft-dj-tao-dimare/ LOCATION:Royale Nightclub Boston\, MA\, 279 Tremont Street\, Boston\, MA\, 02116\, United States CATEGORIES:Nightclub ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://royaleboston.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/0.png GEO:42.3499959;-71.0656288 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Royale Nightclub Boston MA 279 Tremont Street Boston MA 02116 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=279 Tremont Street:geo:-71.0656288,42.3499959 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190603T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190603T190000 DTSTAMP:20260404T033329 CREATED:20190219T150010Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190225T003820Z UID:10002028-1559588400-1559588400@royaleboston.com SUMMARY:[SOLD OUT] Empire of the Sun DESCRIPTION:Presented by Bowery Boston \nDoors: 7:00 pm / Show: 8:00 pm \nThis show is now SOLD OUT. \nPlease note: this show is 18+ with valid ID. Patrons under 18 admitted if accompanied by a parent. Opening acts and set times are subject to change without notice. All sales are final unless a show is postponed or canceled. All bags larger than 12 inches x 12 inches\, backpacks\, professional cameras\, video equipment\, large bags\, luggage and like articles are strictly prohibited from the venue. Please make sure necessary arrangements are made ahead of time. All patrons subject to search upon venue entry. \n*** \n \n*** \nEmpire of the Sun \n \nWebsite\nFacebook\nTwitter \nAlt/Electronic pioneer Empire of The Sun has been making waves across the world with phenomenal live shows and anthemic smash hits for the last decade. Across multiple countries\, touching more than 100 cities in recent years\, Empire of The Sun’s dynamic performances are like nothing else on earth. \nEmpire of The Sun has amassed more than 1.75 billion total streams and has reached multi-platinum status with global singles “Alive”\, “We Are The People”\, “Walking On A Dream” and “High & Low”. In celebration of Walking On A Dream’s tenth anniversary\, Empire Of The Sun re-released their album on a limited-edition vinyl\, which included a free download of newly released track “Chrysalis”. The third album\, Two Vines debuted at #1 on the US Dance/Electronic Albums Chart and #8 on the US Alternative Albums Chart. The single\, “Walking on A Dream\,” has more than 210 million Spotify streams and 87 million YouTube plays. Empire of The Sun has more than 650 million streams on Spotify and more than 300 million YouTube views. \nThe last few years have been huge for the band with standout performances at the likes of Coachella\, for their third time\, Ultra Music Festival\, Outside Lands and Governors Ball. The 2015 US West Coast tour culminated in a spectacular sold-out headline performance at the legendary Hollywood Bowl venue in front of more than 17\,000 fans. URL:https://royaleboston.com/event/empire-of-the-sun/ LOCATION:Royale Nightclub Boston\, MA\, 279 Tremont Street\, Boston\, MA\, 02116\, United States CATEGORIES:Concerts ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://royaleboston.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Empire-Of-The-Sun-admat-2019.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Bowery Boston":MAILTO:info@boweryboston.com GEO:42.3499959;-71.0656288 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Royale Nightclub Boston MA 279 Tremont Street Boston MA 02116 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=279 Tremont Street:geo:-71.0656288,42.3499959 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190604T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190604T190000 DTSTAMP:20260404T033329 CREATED:20190225T165724Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190225T165724Z UID:10002747-1559674800-1559674800@royaleboston.com SUMMARY:Empire Of The Sun DESCRIPTION:Presented by Bowery Boston \nDoors: 7:00 pm / Show: 8:00 pm \nSecond show added due to overwhelming demand! Tickets are on sale Fri. 3/1 at 10am! \nPlease note: this show is 18+ with valid ID. Patrons under 18 admitted if accompanied by a parent. Opening acts and set times are subject to change without notice. All sales are final unless a show is postponed or canceled. All bags larger than 12 inches x 12 inches\, backpacks\, professional cameras\, video equipment\, large bags\, luggage and like articles are strictly prohibited from the venue. Please make sure necessary arrangements are made ahead of time. All patrons subject to search upon venue entry. \n*** \n\n*** \nEmpire of the Sun \n \nWebsite\nFacebook\nTwitter \nAlt/Electronic pioneer Empire of The Sun has been making waves across the world with phenomenal live shows and anthemic smash hits for the last decade. Across multiple countries\, touching more than 100 cities in recent years\, Empire of The Sun’s dynamic performances are like nothing else on earth. \nEmpire of The Sun has amassed more than 1.75 billion total streams and has reached multi-platinum status with global singles “Alive”\, “We Are The People”\, “Walking On A Dream” and “High & Low”. In celebration of Walking On A Dream’s tenth anniversary\, Empire Of The Sun re-released their album on a limited-edition vinyl\, which included a free download of newly released track “Chrysalis”. The third album\, Two Vines debuted at #1 on the US Dance/Electronic Albums Chart and #8 on the US Alternative Albums Chart. The single\, “Walking on A Dream\,” has more than 210 million Spotify streams and 87 million YouTube plays. Empire of The Sun has more than 650 million streams on Spotify and more than 300 million YouTube views. \nThe last few years have been huge for the band with standout performances at the likes of Coachella\, for their third time\, Ultra Music Festival\, Outside Lands and Governors Ball. The 2015 US West Coast tour culminated in a spectacular sold-out headline performance at the legendary Hollywood Bowl venue in front of more than 17\,000 fans. URL:https://royaleboston.com/event/empire-of-the-sun-2/ LOCATION:Royale Nightclub Boston\, MA\, 279 Tremont Street\, Boston\, MA\, 02116\, United States CATEGORIES:Concerts ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://royaleboston.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Empire-Of-The-Sun-admat-2019-two-shows.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Bowery Boston":MAILTO:info@boweryboston.com GEO:42.3499959;-71.0656288 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Royale Nightclub Boston MA 279 Tremont Street Boston MA 02116 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=279 Tremont Street:geo:-71.0656288,42.3499959 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190607T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190607T180000 DTSTAMP:20260404T033329 CREATED:20190219T150015Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190405T171304Z UID:10002027-1559930400-1559930400@royaleboston.com SUMMARY:Ibeyi DESCRIPTION:Presented by Bowery Boston \nDoors: 6:00 pm / Show: 7:00 pm \nTickets on sale Fri 2/22 at 10am! \nTickets available at AXS.COM\, or by phone at 855-482-2090. No service charge on tickets purchased in person at The Sinclair Box Office Wednesdays-Saturdays 12-7PM. \nPlease note: this show is 18+ with valid ID. Patrons under 18 admitted if accompanied by a parent. Opening acts and set times are subject to change without notice. All sales are final unless a show is postponed or canceled. All bags larger than 12 inches x 12 inches\, backpacks\, professional cameras\, video equipment\, large bags\, luggage and like articles are strictly prohibited from the venue. Please make sure necessary arrangements are made ahead of time. All patrons subject to search upon venue entry. \n*** \n \n*** \nIbeyi \n \nWebsite\nFacebook\nTwitter \nAshes typically have a funereal connotation\, and suggest a sense of crumbling. And it’s true that the two sisters of the electronic-soul duo Ibeyi\, Lisa-Kaindé and Naomi Díaz\, wrote the first song on their album Ash\, also entitled “Ash\,” during the American elections. Despite the heaviness in the air\, Ibeyi sought to write a song that plucked positivity from the very place where all hope seemed to be lost\, which\, in turn\, became an underlying theme for the album as a whole. “We can do positive things with ashes\,” Naomi says. “Ashes can fertilize\,” Lisa-Kaindé adds. “There’s still hope.” \nOn September 29th\, Ibeyi will release Ash via XL Recordings. Their first album\, the eponymous Ibeyi\, grappled with the past—the sister’s relationship\, origins\, loss\, and roots. It earned them fans and collaborators in some of the most iconic and crucial artists of today\, Beyoncé and Alvin Ailey included. By contrast\, Ash is a more visceral and potent political statement\, and while firmly rooted in Afro-Cuban culture and history\, finds itself entirely concerned with Ibeyi’s present: Who Lisa-Kaindé and Naomi are\, what’s important to them\, and how they live today\, especially given that the spheres\, both personally and politically\, are entirely different from when Ibeyi was recorded. It’s also a testament to their cathartic live performances\, where they’re able to transmute a vast array of emotions—sorrow\, anger\, sensuality\, happiness—to and through their fans. \nAsh is also a study in deft electronic production. The album’s rapturous opener “I Carried This For Years\,” awash with Lisa-Kaindé and Naomi’s voices interlacing with each other and a sampling of the “Dragan I Slavei” by the Bulgarian choir Le Mystere Des Voix Bulgares\, evokes the sense of both a mantra and a rallying cry. “This album was born because of feelings we had in our bellies\, whether it’s energy that wants to get out\, fear\, love\, anger\, joy and hope\,” Lisa-Kaindé says. “All the songs and the subjects that we’re talking about on this album\, we’ve actually been carrying them for years.” The meditative quality of single-line repetition also grounds mighty tunes like “No Man Is Big Enough For My Arms\,” which features samples of a speech given by former First Lady Michelle Obama and is drawn from a phrase in Jennifer Clément’s Widow Basquiat\, which Lisa-Kaindé was reading during one of the recording sessions. \nIbeyi worked once again alongside XL head Richard Russell\, a confidante and friend\, to produce Ash at his studio. “We absolutely wanted\, 100%\, to work with him again: It was not even a question\,” Lisa-Kaindé says. “Richard is an amazing producer…wherever you want to go\, he will guide you there. But it feels like you’re playing with him. You’re sharing ideas together and he has an amazing ear. It’s like a flow\, it’s really easy.” To that effect\, Naomi adds: “It’s like we produced the album too\, actually\, and it’s a good feeling.” Along with Russell’s stylized production sensibilities\, Ibeyi drew from a host of influences ranging from Kendrick Lamar\, Jay Electronica\, Meshell Ndegeocello\, Erykah Badu and Nina Simone and beyond\, to craft the wide-ranging musical landscape of Ash. Yet visual art also played a pivotal role here\, with the sisters particularly drawing inspiration from video artist Chris Cunningham for the striking “Numb.” \nThe sisters have never shied away from writing lyrics that reflect the depth of their shared history\, and include songs written in English\, French and Yoruban. Yet Ash also brings with it the first song the two have written that includes Spanish lyrics\, “Me Voy.” It’s not a coincidence that Lisa-Kaindé wrote the song when she was leaving Cuba\, a place where Ibeyi holds strong roots. The moving “Me Voy\,” which also features the vocal styling’s of the Spanish hip-hop artist Mala Rodríguez\, is also firmly intended to be a sensual song. “I feel when women talk about sensuality and it’s felt\, not only is it sexy but really powerful\,” Lisa-Kaindé says. “And also\, it’s really complicated: Sensuality is not being sexy.” \nInstrumentally\, Ash finds Naomi refining her skills at the cajón and the batá\, and Lisa on the piano\, and expands the use of electronics\, as well. It’s the idea of transmission\, though\, that lies at Ash’s core. “I think it’s one of the most important words that I know!” Lisa-Kaindé explains. “I wanted to be a music teacher when I was younger. So transmission has always been important for me. I feel like I was also raised by strong\, independent women and I think they transmitted that to me. I think that also artists saved my life through their art; that they transmitted to me. I feel like the most important thing you can do is transmit to people your truth and your energy and what you feel and how you feel when you’re a musician.” \nThis symbiotic exchange is writ large on Ash\, especially on the seven-minute-long epic and album centerpiece “Transmission/Michaelion.” It’s a song that Ibeyi wrote with their fans in mind\, and envision singing the song’s vivid chorus—“we sing and our tears dry / facing a clear sky”—at their cathartic live shows in a beautiful\, intense and symbiotic moment. The venerable Meshell Ndegeocello lends her talents on the bass for the song\, and it also features an excerpt from The Diary of Frida Kahlo\, as read by Maya Dagnino\, Lisa-Kaindé and Naomi’s mother (who also co-wrote many of the lyrical parts of Ash). “Richard has a seventh sense of knowing when a song needs a sample\,” Lisa-Kaindé explains. “And he said\, ‘It would be awesome to have a sample of a strong woman you admire\,’ and we said ‘Frida Kahlo!’” the two exclaim together. The two then asked Dagnino to choose a passage she felt connected with\, which resulted in the powerful Spanish mid-section of “Transmission/Michaelion.” Pies para qué los quiero / Si tengo alas pa’volar\,” she reads (“Feet\, what do I need them for / If I have wings to fly?”). \n“Transmission/Michaelion” also delves into a sample of the poet Claudia Rankine’s audiobook Citizen: An American Lyric\, in which she proclaims: “I don’t know what the water wanted.” This idea especially has resonance for Lisa-Kaindé\, who is the daughter of the Yoruban sea goddess Yemaya. “So she’s obsessed with water\,” Naomi says. “I love water. But my god\, I’m the thunder.” Naomi’s seismic presence has always been integral to the Ibeyi DNA\, especially where the duo’s production is concerned. But she has a more vocal presence on Ash; she shares lead vocal parts with her sister\, and on the likes of the lapping “Waves\,” which features just a synth and her raw vocals\, she steps completely into the spotlight. “I said to Lisa\, ‘I want to be more present\,” Naomi says. “I think when you see us\, we’re both doing the project. But for the first album\, you maybe thought Lisa was more in the front and I wanted to sing more on this one.” \nThe potency of Lisa-Kaindé and Naomi’s vocal interplay is especially evident on the barreling grooves of “Away\, Away\,” which Ibeyi released as Ash’s first single. It’s a song that demands to be listened to at top volume\, windows down\, as the two sing the tale of a girl who looks out the window\, sees the world falling down around her\, and doesn’t do anything about it. Until she begins to sing\, that is. “It’s the start of this fire that she feels in her belly and this energy that is going to make her do something\,” Lisa-Kaindé says of the girl in the song. It’s reflective of how a call to arms is a central theme on Ash. For instance “When Will I Learn\,” which features Chilly Gonzales on the piano\, deals with the idea of reversing past mistakes\, particularly concerning making others happy at the expense of your own-well-being. \nWhile Ash is an imprint of the sisters’ lives at this particular moment\, it’s also reflective of a lifetime of reckoning\, particularly with injustices not limited to the systematic oppression of police violence and racism. “Deathless\,” which features the incomparable Kamasi Washington on saxophone\, was written in the wake of an experience that Lisa-Kaindé had when she was sixteen that involved her being wrongly arrested by French police. “They were talking three centimeters away from my head saying\, ‘Are you fucking kidding me?’ and being really loud…he assumed I was obviously a drug addict or a dealer\,” she remembers. So he was really mean and rough\, and then he took my bag.” \nLisa-Kaindé mentioned the story to Russell\, who asked if she wanted to write a song about it. So she went home and wrote the emotive\, “Deathless\,” which describes her experience in unsparing detail\, and extends a hand towards anyone who has ever been made to feel inferior through an anthemic chorus. “I was writing ‘Deathless’ as an anthem for everybody!” Lisa-Kaindé says. “For every minority. For everybody that feels that they are nothing\, they are small\, who cares. And I want them to listen to that song and for three minutes feel large\, powerful\, deathless. I do have a huge amount of respect for people who fought for what I think are my rights today. And I think the fact that I’m saying ‘we are deathless’ is saying that they are living through me and trying to be in a better world.” \n*** \nSudan Archives \n \nWebsite\nFacebook\nTwitter \nSink\, the anticipated follow up to Sudan Archives’ self-titled debut\, continues to define the experimental R&B artist as a singular new voice. Her unique blend of ethereal R&B vocals\, violin figures and hip-hop beats has already won over the likes of Pitchfork\, the New York Times\, The Guardian\, NPR Music\, and more. “‘Sink’ describes the way I want my music to make you feel\,” she says\, “It’s inspired by my love of fluidity\, movement of jellyfish and water.” \nSudan Archives (Sudan for short) taught herself to play the violin in elementary school\, mostly by ear. After discovering the violin playing style of both Northeast and West African fiddlers and musicians like Asim Gorashi\, Ali Farka Touré and Juldeh Camarah\, her eyes opened to new ways of incorporating this instrument into her sound. “The way they played the violin was different from classical music. I resonated with their style\, and I was like\, maybe I can blend it with electronic music.” \nFusing folk music and electronic production was the turning point for Sudan. “I started mixing my violin into beats\,” she says\, “I’d just sing straight into the iPad.” She’s refined her early DIY style to a setup that centres on a midi violin\, and creates most of her songs\, synths and bass lines from the violin synthesizer. She moved to Los Angeles to study music technology at age 19\, and signed with Stones Throw in 2017. \nNow 24 and just beginning her career\, Sudan Archives is already winning fans around the world. After releasing her debut EP\, she toured the US (both solo and with Tune-Yards) and Europe. Her recent performances at SXSW were described by NPR Music\, Pitchfork\, the Chicago Tribune and more as highlights of the week. \nSudan Archives will make her Coachella debut this April before bringing her electrifying live show to Japan. This summer she’ll also return to Europe to perform at Field Day\, Best Kept Secret\, RUSH Festival\, and more. 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