Desoto Reds at Ivy Room

ivy room presentsSUNDAY APRIL 14TH—DESOTO REDSTHE FREAK ACCIDENTAPPREHENCHMEN—Doors 5:00pm / Show 6:00pm$12 Advance / $15 Day of Show—IVY ROOM860 San Pablo Ave, Albany • 21+(rsvp on facebook)DESOTO REDS(website / bandcamp / facebook / instagram)—East Bay indie rock band Desoto Reds features literate and catchy songwriting, unpredictable arrangements, and psychedelic lap steel and organ. Desoto Reds have released multiple albums, made it into the CMJ top 200 once, and have played countless shows in the Bay Area, including, many moons ago, an opening slot with Of Montreal. We're too rocking to be jangle pop, too melodic to be prog rock, too angular for classic rock, and not young enough to be emo.Reformed in 2021, the Reds have lots of new songs, recorded by a 16-year-old producer named AddieSteri...

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ivy room presentsSUNDAY APRIL 14TH—DESOTO REDSTHE FREAK ACCIDENTAPPREHENCHMEN—Doors 5:00pm / Show 6:00pm$12 Advance / $15 Day of Show—IVY ROOM860 San Pablo Ave, Albany • 21+(rsvp on facebook)DESOTO REDS(website / bandcamp / facebook / instagram)—East Bay indie rock band Desoto Reds features literate and catchy songwriting, unpredictable arrangements, and psychedelic lap steel and organ. Desoto Reds have released multiple albums, made it into the CMJ top 200 once, and have played countless shows in the Bay Area, including, many moons ago, an opening slot with Of Montreal. We're too rocking to be jangle pop, too melodic to be prog rock, too angular for classic rock, and not young enough to be emo.Reformed in 2021, the Reds have lots of new songs, recorded by a 16-year-old producer named AddieSteri. The band features Alex Sterling (guitar/vocals), Jeremiah Johnson (drums), Scott Yowell (lap steel and keyboards), and Dan Lieberman (bass). FREAK ACCIDENT(website / bandcamp / facebook / instagram)—The Freak Accident is a Punk/Math/Garage/Pop/Surf/Rock collision led by Victims Family/Jello Biafra and the GSM guitarist-vocalist Ralph Spight. Their 3 LP’s and 2 EP’s are genre-hopping smart-ass punk and rock, equal parts comedy and tragedy. The new line-up of bassist Henry Austin Lannan and Stark Raving Brad on drums has begun work on a fourth LP tentatively entitled “Outer Space Is Boring and is booking shows all over the Western US now, email: hellwormsrock at gmail dot com and we’ll rock your stinky little dive like a diarrhea laced hurricane.APPREHENCHMEN(website / bandcamp / instagram)—Oakland 4-piece Apprehenchmen presents a sampler platter of weirdo rock, revealing a timeline where Can jammed with Pavement, and David Byrne read his poetry over it. Core couple Andy Tisdall and Stacey Swan craft rapid-fire modern-retro pop songs, and the band adds judicious layers of guitar fuzz and jammy freak-outs.

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