KOFFIN KATS
THE GROUNDWORK FOR WHAT HAS BECOME THE RELENTLESSLY-TOURING SONIC ASSAULT KNOWN AS THE KOFFIN KATS WAS LAID NEAR DETROIT, MICHIGAN WHEN VIC VICTOR (LEAD VOCALIST, UPRIGHT BASS) JOINED FORCES WITH LONG-TIME FRIEND TOMMY KOFFIN (GUITAR). AFTER ADDING DAMIAN DETROIT (DRUMS) THE BAND KICKED OFF IN JUNE 2003, STOPPING FOR NOTHING. NOW, WITH OVER TEN YEARS […]
THE SURFRAJETTES
What’s thicker, our eyeliner or our guitar strings? The Surfrajettes are a four-piece instrumental combo from Toronto, ON, Canada. Since forming in late 2015, the band has charmed audiences with their clever mix of psychedelic rock and reverb-drenched surf music, sky-high beehives, go-go boots, and eyeliner as thick as their guitar strings. The band achieved […]
DARK SPRING
JAYKE ORVIS & THE BULLSH*T BROS.
Jayke Orvis had been making a name for himself as a mandolin player as the founder of unconventional/seminal bluegrass band The .357 String, before joining Detroit gutterpunks The Goddamn Gallows. During that time he released his first solo album “It’s All Been Said” and garnering himself the title “Artist of the year” by Saving Country […]
JED HARRELSON
Nashville based soul artist Jed Harrelson has found a way to fuse sounds of Soul, Rock and R&B. Music connects and he carries that into the center of his work, leaving both a euphoric and familiar presence. While he’s independently released 12 songs in the last three years, he is working on a debut project […]
DEKE DICKERSON, SHAUN YOUNG, WILLIE BARRY
Deke Dickerson’s newest band venture is Deke Dickerson and the Whippersnappers. Dickerson is a veteran of the Southern California roots music scene and has toured for years with various bands, including the Dave and Deke Combo and Deke Dickerson and the Ecco-Fonics. His former band members have gone on to play with Social Distortion, X, […]
GNARLY SACS
Clever songwriting, a brash delivery, and a quirky stage persona makes Gnarly Sacs a standout in the modern electric folk music revival. Gnarly Sacs brings his brand of Americana-infused punk to Jack Rabbits on Monday, December 9th.
WAYNE “the Train” HANCOCK / IV & THE STRANGE BAND
“Patience is a virtue.” Those words are tattooed across Coleman Williams’ right arm, forever reminding the alternative-country singer/songwriter of the benefits of taking one’s time. The lesson wasn’t always so clear. As the great-grandson of Hank Williams Sr., grandson of Hank Williams Jr., and only son of Hank 3, Coleman spent years waging an internal […]
MESSER CHUPS
While Messer Chups’ mostly instrumental sound is hard to neatly categorize, it’s safe to say that it would be embraced by fans of rockabilly, horror punk, vintage surf records, Italian slasher films, My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult, Pulp Fiction, lounge music, the theremin, The Cramps, and the theme song from The Munsters. Their […]
JARED PETTEYS & THE HEADLINERS
With a sound as classic as the crackling of a Sun Records vinyl still spinning somewhere in Memphis, yet as fresh as the musical stylings of the 21st century, Jared Petteys & The Headliners are busy making waves with their genre-bending brand of tunes. Reminiscent of the vibrant heyday of rock n roll music, the […]