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7 PM – Doors
8 PM – Show
STEVE GUNN
Steve Gunn has been at the vanguard of American experimental and guitar-oriented rock music for over a decade. Following a trio of acclaimed albums on Matador Records, Gunn will release his seventh studio album, Daylight Daylight, on November 7 via No Quarter—his first in four years, and a testament to an artist still moving forward with purpose and vision.
This past August, Gunn released Music for Writers, his first official solo instrumental album, on Three Lobed Recordings. The release highlights his ongoing exploration of tone, atmosphere, and composition.
Spanning a wide range of collaborations and influences, Gunn’s career includes a rich body of solo, duo, and ensemble recordings on labels such as Three Lobed Recordings, Paradise of Bachelors, and RVNG. His work continues to mark major milestones in contemporary guitar music and innovative songwriting. Even after more than a decade, Gunn is still moving along—shaping his influences into a unique and ever-evolving output.
CHRIS FORSYTH’S WHAT IS NOW
Chris Forsyth’s What Is Now
w John Moran & Joey Sullivan
What Is Now is a new collaborative project from Philadelphia guitarist Chris Forsyth (BASIC, Solar Motel Band) featuring double bassist John Moran (Bark Culture, Daniel Villareal Trio) and drummer Joey Sullivan (Florry, Bark Culture). Together they create spontaneous song forms with an emphasis on lyrically ambient moods, repetition, rhythmic interplay, and a mindful leaderless-ness. As suggested by the players’ pedigrees, elements or motorik propulsion, trance jazz, and deconstructed rock moves abound.
“…a scrappy and mystical historian… (Chris Forsyth’s) music humanizes the element of control in rock classicism (and) turns it into a woolly but disciplined ritual.”
-Ben Ratliff, N.Y. Times