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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Bowling For Soup
Wednesday, October 23, 2024
Doors: 6:30pm / Show: 7:30pm
Punk
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High on Fire
Tuesday, October 29, 2024
Doors: 7:00pm / Show: 7:50pm
Metal/Hardcore
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Rocky Horror Picture Show
Thursday, October 31, 2024
Doors: 7:00pm / Show: 8:00pm
Musical Theater
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Y La Bamba Psyched! Fest
Saturday, November 2, 2024
Doors: 7:00pm / Show: 8:00pm
Latin
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GEMINI SEASON - Miles Away
Wednesday, November 6, 2024
Doors: 7:00pm / Show: 8:00pm
Hip-Hop/Rap
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julie
Thursday, November 7, 2024
Doors: 8:00pm / Show: 8:00pm
Rock
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State Champs
Thursday, November 14, 2024
Doors: 6:00pm / Show: 7:00pm
Punk
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Rise Against
Tuesday, November 19, 2024
Doors: 6:30pm / Show: 7:30pm
Punk
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Better Lovers The Highly Irresponsible Tour
Friday, November 29, 2024
Doors: 6:00pm / Show: 7:00pm
Metal/Hardcore
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Exodus
Friday, December 6, 2024
Doors: 6:00pm / Show: 7:00pm
Metal/Hardcore
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Porter / Hello Seahorse!
Tuesday, December 10, 2024
Doors: 7:00pm / Show: 8:00pm
Latin
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Benjamin Clementine
Wednesday, December 11, 2024
Doors: 7:00pm / Show: 8:00pm
Jazz
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Billlie
Thursday, December 12, 2024
Doors: 7:00pm / Show: 8:00pm
Pop
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Zeal & Ardor
Friday, December 13, 2024
Doors: 7:00pm / Show: 8:00pm
Metal/Hardcore
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BERTHA: Grateful Drag
Saturday, December 14, 2024
Doors: 7:00pm / Show: 8:00pm
Rock
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Marianas Trench
Sunday, December 15, 2024
Doors: 6:30pm / Show: 7:30pm
Pop
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Skegss
Friday, March 7, 2025
Doors: 7:00pm / Show: 8:00pm
Punk
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ALCEST "LES CHANTS DE L'AURORE NORTH AMERICAN TOUR 2025"
Saturday, March 8, 2025
Doors: 6:30pm / Show: 7:30pm
Prog Rock
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The Wrecks INSIDE : OUTSIDE Tour
Friday, April 18, 2025
Doors: 7:00pm / Show: 8:00pm
Pop
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Jazz Is Dead: Ebo Taylor & Pat Thomas
Monday, May 12, 2025
Doors: 7:00pm / Show: 8:00pm
Jazz