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7 PM – Doors
8 PM – Show
MAXWELL STERN & THE GOOD LIGHT BAND
Maxwell Stern is a singer and songwriter living in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His musical career began and blossomed in his hometown of Cleveland, Ohio at the tail end of the 00’s with his band Signals Midwest. As Signals grew to become one of the tentpoles of Cleveland’s independent music community, Stern’s songwriting prowess grew and his world-traveling continued, with various iterations and projects eventually reaching the UK, Europe, Australia, China, and Japan.
Max’s latest 12-song LP, In the Good Light, was released on Los Angeles-based Lauren Records on August 9, 2024, and features contributions from members of Ratboys, Sincere Engineer, Into It. Over It, and Slaughter Beach, Dog. Pedal and lap steel contributions from Mike “Slo-Mo” Brenner (best known for his work in Magnolia Electric Company) are woven throughout, contributing a sweet and wistful edge to the album’s twelve tracks. The end result is a collection of thoughtfully crafted, pop-oriented songwriting filtered through a DIY punk ethos.
In the Good Light finds Maxwell Stern embracing love, tenderness, and authenticity. You can feel it in the performances and collaborations. You can hear it in Max’s voice, in the scenes he captures and the moments he memorializes in song. The title track speaks to that authenticity:
“I wanna see you in the good light / further out where your hope and home can
collide / So sing it out into the steep night / I wanna see you in the good light”
LABRADOR
The sort of lean, sharp pop music that you get from a steady diet of Motown, The Who, Creedence Clearwater Revival. The short-story wit of Paul Weller, Smokey Robinson, Nick Lowe. Labrador’s My Version Of Desire is that rarest of modern marvels: an impeccably crafted sonic story collection as replete with hooks as it is heartfelt insights into our todays and yesterdays. Guitars chime and fizz in the power pop tradition; choruses burst in technicolor, memorized before they’re even over. You sit down with My Version Of Desire — or you drive with it, let it guide you to the bus stop or the corner store — and hear the tangles of life pulled at like snarled-up guitar cables. It’s an album that’s lived-in and lived-with.
OLD SOULS
Old Souls is a two-piece instrumental musical project by life-long friends Sean Lee and John Helmuth. Their music is heavily influenced by scores written for old spaghetti western films, late night drives and latin instrumental music from the 1950s and 1960s.