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Candiland with It’s Snakes and SKEW

Candiland Candiland is a 5-piece indie rock / dream pop band based in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Drawing from the dreamy textures of My Bloody Valentine and Cocteau Twins alongside the songwriting of Wednesday and Big Thief, their sound blends shoegaze, alternative rock, and indie folk into something immersive and emotionally direct. It’s Snakes It’s Snakes is a four-piece combo of Carolinas musical veterans, doing their eclectic homage to rock, punk, hillbilly and disco since 2015. Formed around the songwriting core of long time collaborators Aaron Pitkin and Hope Nicholls (Fetchin Bones, Sugarsmack), It’s Snakes lassoed in Darrin Gray, bassist extraordinaire and fellow member of the oughts Charlotte band Snagglepuss, plus Aqua-Lads guitarist Greg Walsh. Together they have dropped 5 L.P.s and played lots of shows, most especially wild ones supporting Southern Culture on The Skids, Gang of Four and The Growlers. Nicholls and Pitkin were inducted into the N.C. Music Hall of Fame in 2023. The most recent album, Record Record, was produced by local musician and wiz Stephen Warwick. Previous It’s Snakes albums were produced by legendary music and producer Don Dixon. SKEW SKEW is a new post-punk band in the Triangle. Featuring members of Trash Signal, Pastel Panties, Gio Mesto, and Em Gee. This is their first show.

Johnny Falloon

Johnny Falloon Instagram / Bandcamp / Spotify Johnny Falloon consists of John Edmondson (Vocals, lyrics), Joseph Clementi (drums), Matthew Greer (bass, production), Toni Hunlen (sampling/synthesizer), Scott Kelley (Saxophone). Edmondson, Clementi and Greer first convened in late 2022 to perform several impromptu and off-the-cuff performances. The then trio continued in this fashion, creating and destroying their sound and performance expectations constantly, a process leaving only the group’s bones behind. The surviving skeleton, which now includes saxophone and a sampler, finds its strength between enigmatic and varied vocal delivery, inspired, frantic, and enduring percussion, inventive and unconventional bass lines, and beautiful, contorted saxophone licks, all being tied together by the ambient punishment of Toni’s sampler/synthesizer setup. For their second album, the Johnny Falloon project returns with Esoterrorism, a record infused with personal experience, fear, magic, and sweat. Singer and lyricist, John Edmonson, describes the record as “hovering in a space between beauty, pain, meat, and the body’s relation to a growing digital world”. Recorded over four days outside of Athens, GA, the group’s frenetic approach to writing and performing yields a dense and excitingly varied 25 minute break from reality. The band’s sound grounds itself in the pulse of post-punk, but stretches into a more abrasive, noisier territory.

Hand Of Doom (Black Sabbath Tribute) with The Stones (Ween Tribute) and Bloodstains (Agent Orange Tribute)

Heavy Denim Single Release Show with Max Lane and the Converts and General Purpose

20 Watt Tombstone

20 Watt Tombstone Website / Instagram / Bandcamp 20 WATT Tombstone are Wausau Wisconsin’s hard touring death blues saviors They have played hundreds of shows over the past few years, and are now looking at embracing European shores this summer. Fusing the sounds of ZZ Top with Kyuss by way of Robert Johnson and Black Flag, the band has continually outdone themselves since their formation in 2011. The band built their name on the road, but it was a split with Left Lane Cruiser that propelled them to the next level. Now they seek to grow upon all of this and bring the entire stoner rock scene to a new frontier. This is the sort of band who remain devout to their community no matter the consequences. The stoner rock underground has allowed them to make a living from this, and they are determined to give back. Frontman Tom Jordan is even stepping in as an organizer of Wisconsin Doomed & Stoned Festival. Their DIY aesthetic has impressed fans across the world, all of whom are eager to see the band’s next steps. This dedication has paid off in other ways too and won the band endorsements from Gretsch Guitars, Saluda Cymbals, Scorpion Drum Sticks, Lava Cables, SIT Strings and Rock Relentless Clothing. With a dedication to writing good music and spreading their message across the globe, 20 Watt Tombstone refuse to give in. Fresh off their first European tour the intrepid duo continually pushes for opportunities to show the world what they are made of, be that crucial opening slots or driving 16 hours to play a dive bar. Remember – this is a group who records everything live in the studio. There’s no room to mess around in 20 Watt Tombstone. Instead they are doubling down on their live magic and are eager to delve ever deeper into this scene. With loud guitars and a passion for the music what could go wrong?

Neon Ruins Album Release Show with Scivic Rivers and Megayacht

Neon Ruins: Instagram / Spotify Neon Ruins makes indie rock with loud guitars inspired in part by a visit to the birthplace of H.P. Lovecraft. Along the way, they’ve somehow become the darlings of Knoxville, Tennessee’s Community Access Television. Their debut full-length, Gas Station Carnivals, produced in collaboration with Matt Douglas of The Mountain Goats, will be released on October 20, 2026.Scivic Rivers Instagram/SpotifyScivic Rivers is the show name of American singer-songwriter Randy Bickford. After issuing the eponymous Scivic Rivers “debut” LP in 2023, Bickford worked with Winton-Salem producer and multi-instrumentalist John Pfiffner to create the first installment of new works: Ghosts of My Life, a 4-song EP. The second EP, Legacy Admission, is due this fall on the local Potluck Foundation label.Megayacht Instagram / SpotifyFrank Peveler, Matt Blanchard, Mitch Bennett, and Kevin Jenkins played in each others’ bands in Chapel Hill in the 90s and 00s, then went off to do other things. When they came back together as Megayacht, (named after a lyric from their song “Vanity Eyepatch”) they picked up where they left off, making melodic indie rock.