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Thursday May 8
2025 7:00PM doors -- music at 7:30PM ••• 21 AND OVER $27.50 in advance / $30 at the door Foxy Shazam foxyshazam.com Glam rock · pop rock The Number Twelve Looks Like You instagram.com/thenumber12lookslikeyou emo, mathcore, progressive metal Lobby Boxer instagram.com/lobbyboxer Emo/Math Rock/Punk plus special guests from... Hot Fix Sideshow Foxy Shazam -from Cincinnati, OH -Foxy Shazam's music is an unhinged, maniacal mix of piano, guitar, howling vocals, double-kickdrum percussion, and rock & roll theatrics. The quintet hails from Cincinnati, Ohio, where bandmates Eric Nally (vocals), Loren Turner (guitar), Daisy (bass), Sky White (piano), and Joe Halberstadt (drums) first joined forces in 2004. Recording sessions for The Flamingo Trigger began that year and stretched into early 2005, and Foxy Shazam supported the album's June release with a series of headlining show dates. New Weatherman Records took an interest in the band's rambunctious, genre-melding sound, and Foxy Shazam signed to the label before entering the studio for a second time. Released in partnership with Ferret Music, Introducing Foxy Shazam arrived in early 2008. The next year the band made the juimp to the big leagues, signing on with Sire Records and releasing its third album, the eponymous Foxy Shazam, in 2010. The album was well-received, and Foxy Shazam broke onto the Billboard charts for the first time at number 151. In 2012 the theatrical rockers released their fourth album, The Church of Rock and Roll. -Andrew Leahey The Number Twelve Looks Like You -from Bergen County, NJ -Taking their name (slightly altered) from a particularly dark, dystopian 1964 episode of The Twilight Zone, the Number Twelve Looks Like You plays a particularly dark and dystopian form of screamo that incorporates elements not only of the expected metal and hardcore but also Japanese-style noise rock à la the Boredoms and the show-offy tempo, time signature, and dynamic shifts of Frank Zappa. Forming in the New York City suburbs of Bergen County, NJ, in 2001 (initially under the name And Ever), the initial lineup of the Number Twelve Looks Like You was singers Jesse Korman and Justin Pedrick, guitarists Alexis Pareja and Jamie McIlroy, bassist Michael "Smoogs" Smagula, and drummer Christopher "Chree" Conger. This lineup released its debut EP, Put on Your Rosy Red Glasses, in March 2003. A concept record probing the fictionalized mind of a real-life serial killer, Put on Your Rosy Red Glasses got the band signed to the influential emo label Eyeball Records, which reissued the EP in 2006. In early 2005, with new drummer Jon Karel replacing Conger, the group released their second EP, An Inch of Gold for an Inch of Time. This was followed in June 2005 by their debut full-length, Nuclear. Sad. Nuclear. Following the release of that album, Smagula left the Number Twelve Looks Like You to focus on his own band, Batter Up; he was replaced by Chris Russell. ~ Stewart Mason, Rovi Lobby Boxer -from St. Louis, MI -four sickos Lobby Boxer officially started in 2013, but its origins can be traced back further to when guitarist/vocalist Zach Fendelman and drummer Max Sandza first met playing in a metal band in high school. After that band broke up, the two stayed in touch and wound up rooming together as students at Webster University, where they started working on what would become the first Lobby Boxer songs, soon adding bassist Andrew Gurney. Over the past decade, Lobby Boxer has made a name for themselves as one of the best DIY rock bands in St. Louis. Shortly after their 2019 release, Eugene’s Preference, Lobby Boxer wanted to get back in the studio and even planned to record with Foxing’s Eric Hudson in November 2019. But as they prepared, Fendelman says the group realized they just weren’t ready. “We kinda started from scratch at the beginning of 2020,” Fendelman says. That included adding another guitarist, Jack Catalanotto, into the mix. As lockdown hit, the band decided to use that time to recalibrate their approach “We took a little time off and then we started writing once we got back together,” Fendelman says. “That was the new inception point of what the album was.” Alongside releasing their newest record, Lobby Boxer has had a busy 2024. They toured with bigger bands, such as Gold Necklace, The Fall of Troy, and Hail the Sun. Playing for new audiences, many of whom weren’t already familiar with Lobby Boxer, at these shows allowed the band to better hone their live show and play with how they bring new people into the fold. “It got us to think about how we bring ourselves into a presentable form that would make sense to these people,” Sandza says. “I think the fun thing about this show coming up is that we’ve been able to hone in on how we’re going to play the album and segment it out.” Lobby Boxer have some tricks up their sleeve for 2025 that they’re not quite ready to share yet, but Fendelman notes that they’ll likely be heading back into the studio to start working on some new material. “Even though this album just came out, we’re really itching to see what’s next,” Fendelman says. “I think 2025 will be the coolest year yet for this band, but that’s all I can say about that for now.” - Max Havey Hot Fix Sideshow - |
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