
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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Jazz Is Dead: Ebo Taylor & Pat Thomas
Monday, May 12, 2025
Doors: 7:00pm / Show: 8:00pm
Jazz
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The Menzingers
Tuesday, May 13, 2025
Doors: 6:30pm / Show: 7:30pm
Punk
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Turnover - 10 Years of Peripheral Vision
Monday, May 19, 2025
Doors: 6:00pm / Show: 7:00pm
Rock
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Steel Pulse
Thursday, May 22, 2025
Doors: 7:00pm / Show: 8:00pm
Reggae
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The Damned
Friday, May 30, 2025
Doors: 7:00pm / Show: 8:00pm
Rock
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KASH DOLL
Saturday, May 31, 2025
Doors: 7:00pm / Show: 8:00pm
Hip-Hop/Rap
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Pub Choir "Something To Do Tour"
Saturday, June 7, 2025
Doors: 7:00pm / Show: 8:00pm
Party
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LUISA SONZA: ESCANDALO INTIMO US
Sunday, June 8, 2025
Doors: 7:00pm / Show: 8:00pm
Latin
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Tune-Yards
Friday, June 13, 2025
Doors: 7:00pm / Show: 8:00pm
Indie
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iDKHOW
Sunday, June 15, 2025
Doors: 7:00pm / Show: 8:00pm
Indie
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Ashe
Thursday, June 19, 2025
Doors: 7:00pm / Show: 8:00pm
Indie
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Matteo Mancuso
Friday, June 20, 2025
Doors: 7:00pm / Show: 8:00pm
Jazz
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Toad The Wet Sprocket
Saturday, July 19, 2025
Doors: 7:00pm / Show: 8:00pm
Rock
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of Montreal
Sunday, July 20, 2025
Doors: 7:00pm / Show: 8:00pm
Indie
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CARNIFEX “HELL CHOSE ME 15 YEAR ANNIVERSARY TOUR”
Friday, July 25, 2025
Doors: 5:00pm / Show: 6:00pm
Metal/Hardcore
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Bloodywood
Saturday, July 26, 2025
Doors: 6:30pm / Show: 7:30pm
Metal/Hardcore
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Femi Kuti & The Positive Force
Saturday, August 9, 2025
Doors: 7:00pm / Show: 8:00pm
World Music
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Béla Fleck and The Flecktones
Tuesday, August 26, 2025
Doors: 7:00pm / Show: 8:00pm
Country
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Morgenshtern
Friday, September 12, 2025
Doors: 7:00pm / Show: 8:00pm
Hip-Hop/Rap
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Artem Pivovarov
Saturday, September 27, 2025
Doors: 7:00pm / Show: 8:00pm
Electronic
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Murder By Death Farewell Tour
Tuesday, October 28, 2025
Doors: 6:00pm / Show: 7:00pm
Folk
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IC3PEAK
Saturday, November 8, 2025
Doors: 7:00pm / Show: 8:00pm
Electronic
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KNOWER
Friday, November 14, 2025
Doors: 7:00pm / Show: 8:00pm
Indie
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Splean
Tuesday, December 2, 2025
Doors: 7:00pm / Show: 8:00pm
Rock
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BLIND GUARDIAN SOMEWHERE FAR BEYOND TOUR
Friday, December 12, 2025
Doors: 6:30pm / Show: 7:30pm
Metal/Hardcore