![STRFKR](/userfiles/events/images/573/strfkr.jpeg?20240726204327)
with special guests Das Kope
Being No One, Going Nowhere. The title of STRFKR’s fourth album may seem bleak at first. But hold it in your head a minute, feel its weight, and you may recognize the phrase for what it is: a goal. In the era of the personal brand — amid the FOMO Age — it’s increasingly hard to shed a stifling sense of self, or to just be in the moment that you’re in. Well, consider this an invitation to get blissfully insignificant. That’s what STRFKR founder Joshua Hodges aimed to do when he exiled himself to the desert to create this record, but he returned with his most significant work yet: a set of darkly glistening dance songs rife with sticky beats, earworming hooks, philosophical heft, and bittersweet beauty.
When Hodges started STRFKR in 2007, it was designed to be success-proof. The name was both unfit for radio and a jab at fame-chasers. But the project was also meant to be bright, playful and brimming with energy. He stumbled upon a winning juxtaposition that’s a STRFKR staple to this day: dark (or heavy) lyrics set to happy music. Hodges credits that to Elliott Smith’s influence, although Being No One, Going Nowhere has closer sonic kin in Italo-disco, kosmische musik and Tony Hoffer’s work with Phoenix, Beck and M83. English thinker/writer Alan Watts, a scholar of Eastern philosophy, was another muse for Hodges — his voice appears on nearly every STRFKR release, including this one. That’s him on “interspace,” talking about sloughing off preconceived identity to find one’s place in the universe, which is the story of Hodges’ eventual career: stop trying — no, start not trying — and succeed.
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GOSSIP
Monday, July 29, 2024
Doors: 7:00pm / Show: 8:00pm
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The Aquabats!
Saturday, August 3, 2024
Doors: 6:00pm / Show: 7:00pm
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Tinariwen
Monday, August 12, 2024
Doors: 7:00pm / Show: 8:00pm
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Peter Rowan w/ Sam Grisman Project
Saturday, August 17, 2024
Doors: 10:30pm / Show: 11:30pm
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Polaris
Wednesday, August 28, 2024
Doors: 6:00pm / Show: 7:00pm
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I.M (MONSTA X)
Thursday, August 29, 2024
Doors: 7:00pm / Show: 8:00pm
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Lalah Hathaway
Wednesday, September 11, 2024
Doors: 7:00pm / Show: 8:00pm
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Marianas Trench
Thursday, September 12, 2024
Doors: 6:30pm / Show: 7:30pm
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Oteil & Friends
Friday, September 13, 2024
Doors: 7:00pm / Show: 8:00pm
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Oteil & Friends
Saturday, September 14, 2024
Doors: 7:00pm / Show: 8:00pm
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An Evening With Vulfpeck
Wednesday, September 18, 2024
Doors: 9:30pm / Show: 10:30pm
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An Evening With Vulfpeck
Wednesday, September 18, 2024
Doors: 6:00pm / Show: 7:00pm
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An Evening With Vulfpeck
Thursday, September 19, 2024
Doors: 9:30pm / Show: 10:30pm
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An Evening With Vulfpeck
Thursday, September 19, 2024
Doors: 6:00pm / Show: 7:00pm
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An Evening With Vulfpeck
Friday, September 20, 2024
Doors: 9:30pm / Show: 10:30pm
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An Evening With Vulfpeck
Friday, September 20, 2024
Doors: 6:00pm / Show: 7:00pm
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Ricky Montgomery
Saturday, September 21, 2024
Doors: 7:00pm / Show: 8:00pm
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Jazz is Dead: Marcos Valle
Sunday, September 22, 2024
Doors: 7:00pm / Show: 8:00pm
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CORNELIUS
Wednesday, September 25, 2024
Doors: 7:00pm / Show: 8:00pm
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Flatland Cavalry
Friday, September 27, 2024
Doors: 7:00pm / Show: 8:00pm
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KNOWER
Saturday, September 28, 2024
Doors: 7:00pm / Show: 8:00pm
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Raf Saperra
Friday, October 4, 2024
Doors: 7:00pm / Show: 8:00pm
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OPIUO
Saturday, October 5, 2024
Doors: 7:00pm / Show: 8:00pm
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Prof
Tuesday, October 8, 2024
Doors: 7:00pm / Show: 8:00pm
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Bonny Light Horseman
Wednesday, October 9, 2024
Doors: 7:00pm / Show: 8:00pm
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Mumiy Troll
Friday, October 11, 2024
Doors: 7:00pm / Show: 8:00pm
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Shintaro Sakamoto
Wednesday, October 16, 2024
Doors: 7:00pm / Show: 8:00pm
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The Black Dahlia Murder + Dying Fetus
Thursday, October 17, 2024
Doors: 7:00pm / Show: 8:00pm
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Ebo Taylor & Pat Thomas
Friday, October 18, 2024
Doors: 7:00pm / Show: 8:00pm
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Valley
Saturday, October 19, 2024
Doors: 7:00pm / Show: 8:00pm
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The Red Pears
Tuesday, October 22, 2024
Doors: 7:00pm / Show: 8:00pm
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Bowling For Soup
Wednesday, October 23, 2024
Doors: 6:30pm / Show: 7:30pm
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Rocky Horror Picture Show
Thursday, October 31, 2024
Doors: 7:00pm / Show: 8:00pm
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Y La Bamba Psyched! Fest
Saturday, November 2, 2024
Doors: 7:00pm / Show: 8:00pm
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julie
Thursday, November 7, 2024
Doors: 8:00pm / Show: 8:00pm
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Rise Against
Tuesday, November 19, 2024
Doors: 6:30pm / Show: 7:30pm
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Exodus
Friday, December 6, 2024
Doors: 6:00pm / Show: 7:00pm
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Zeal & Ardor
Friday, December 13, 2024
Doors: 7:00pm / Show: 8:00pm
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BERTHA: Grateful Drag
Saturday, December 14, 2024
Doors: 7:00pm / Show: 8:00pm