Eiko Ishibashi

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8 PM – Doors
9 PM – Show

EIKO ISHIBASHI

Eiko Ishibashi is a Japan-based musician whose work has been released by labels such as Drag City, Black Truffle, and Editions Mego.
In January 2020, she was commissioned to compose music for the exhibition “Japan Supernatural” at The Art Gallery of New South Wales in Sydney. This composition was later released as the album “Hyakki Yagyo” by Black Truffle.
The following year, in 2021, Ishibashi composed the soundtrack for Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s film “Drive My Car.” In 2022, she unveiled her new LP “For McCoy” on Black Truffle and began her residency on the global radio platform NTS Radio. Continuing her collaboration with Hamaguchi, she created the score for his 2023 film “Evil Does Not Exist.” Additionally, they launched the project “GIFT”, featuring a silent film by Hamaguchi specially created to accompany Ishibashi’s live musical performance. This project took her on tour both within Japan and internationally.
Ishibashi is set to release her new song album “Antigone” in March 2025 via Drag City, marking her first song album release in seven years.

HOUR

Helmed by city scene veteran and Dear Life Records mastermind Michael Cormier-O’Leary, the vaunted Philadelphia instrumental collective shifts through song passages at a leisurely yet assured clip, coaxing listeners into an environment of pastoral post-rock beauty. Formed in the flourishing underground of West Philadelphia in the latter half of the 2010s, Hour has fluctuated in size and scope around Cormier-O’Leary’s clear yet open-ended harmonic framework and ambitious ear. Hour released their 3rd album ‘Ease the Work’ in April ’24, two standalone singles the following November, and have been touring extensively in support of all of it since March of 2023. Featured appearances included SXSW, Hopscotch Music Festival, and Brickside Fest, along with support slots for comedian Joe Pera.  Additionally, Hour has supported Dawn Richard and Spencer Zahn, Thor Harris, Loren Connors, Sam Amidon, Kath Bloom, and more. Their most recent release, a live album called ‘Subminiature’, provides a capstone for the band’s oeuvre to date. ‘Subminiature’ also serves as a hard worn tour diary, cataloguing concerts that were affectionately curated to highlight the strength of the music; at once adventurous and melodic and insistent upon spaces that encourage deeper connection. These tours saw the group performing in movie theaters, on islands, in machine shops and parking garages, crowded bars and living rooms, churches and theaters. Invariably, the music expands and contracts to match the space the ensemble is performing in.