ivy room presentsFRIDAY NOV 7TH—WESTERLYAARON SKILES BANDTBA—Doors 7:00 pm / Show 8 pmAdvance Tickets Available / $15 Door—IVY ROOM860 San Pablo Ave, Albany • 21+WESTERLY—Americana Rock & RollWesterly is an indie-folk, rock band formed around the songs of singer and guitarist Sterling Spence. Originating in the San Francisco Bay Area, the five-piece has spread across the state and performs regularly in both the Bay Area and Los Angeles. Storytellers at heart, Westerly writes about spirituality, love, and the state of the world. Though they integrate roots influences, the band is expressly not a retrospective...
read more
ivy room presentsFRIDAY NOV 7TH—WESTERLYAARON SKILES BANDTBA—Doors 7:00 pm / Show 8 pmAdvance Tickets Available / $15 Door—IVY ROOM860 San Pablo Ave, Albany • 21+WESTERLY—Americana Rock & RollWesterly is an indie-folk, rock band formed around the songs of singer and guitarist Sterling Spence. Originating in the San Francisco Bay Area, the five-piece has spread across the state and performs regularly in both the Bay Area and Los Angeles. Storytellers at heart, Westerly writes about spirituality, love, and the state of the world. Though they integrate roots influences, the band is expressly not a retrospective. Their sound brings contemporary flourishes that often give nod to the R&B, punk, and indie rock scenes that have characterized the West Coast musical landscape of free love, passion, and protest.With three EPs and three full-length albums under their belt, Westerly has actively played live and toured, gracing clubs, bars, coffee shops, radio stations, old folks homes and circus tents. The band’s original songs and dynamic performances are known to get a crowd on their feet and dancing, melt faces with screaming guitar solos and deliver crowds to tears with its intimate songwriting and heartfelt performances.Westerly’s lineup includes Sterling Spence (lead vocals, guitar), Scott Wilson (lead guitar), Mike Bond (drums), Shiva Garshasbi (vocals), Jeff Peck (bass), and Jake Nickless (keys). The band has been featured extensively on Bay Area radio stations including KPFA, KALW, KALX, and Mutiny Radio and are beloved regular performers in both the San Francisco Bay Area and Los Angeles scenes.AARON SKILES band—Rock 'n' Roll with an Americana SplashBased out of Oakland, CAAaron Skiles creates music for the good times...and the bad. His guitar-driven, anthemic songs are designed to give you a boost before you go out, or give you something to retreat to should you decide to stay home instead. In 2022, Aaron released a rock album featuring members of the Drive-By Truckers and others, WRECKAGE FROM THE FIRE. According to Jason Warburg of The Daily Vault, WRECKAGE is "a vibe of brash, loud, slightly ragged but ultimately majestic indie-rock that draws heavily from the classics."In 2023, Aaron released his follow-up album, WHISTLE PAST THE GRAVE, which was voted by Americana Highways readers as Album of the Year for 2023. The album follows a similar raw, rocking tone as his previous release, and again features Taylor Hollingsworth on lead guitar. It’s a fast-paced tour of introspective songs taking on themes of justice, or the lack thereof, in the way that one lives their life. Jon Worley, of Aiding & Abetting, says about the record, "Skiles is one hell of a songwriter, and he's just as skilled and charismatic in his recording. What a wonderful, spiky breeze."
show less
