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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Hot Mulligan: Choose Your Fightour
Thursday, April 25, 2024
Doors: 6:00pm / Show: 7:00pm
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OPIUO
Friday, April 26, 2024
Doors: 7:00pm / Show: 8:00pm
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Infectious Grooves
Saturday, April 27, 2024
Doors: 7:00pm / Show: 8:00pm
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OMEGA FEST: Biohazard / Forbidden
Saturday, May 4, 2024
Doors: 3:00pm / Show: 3:30pm
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Donny Benet
Friday, May 17, 2024
Doors: 7:00pm / Show: 8:00pm
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1974 A.D
Saturday, May 18, 2024
Doors: 8:00pm / Show: 9:00pm
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CHAOS & CARNAGE 2024: CATTLE DECAPITATION / CARNIFEX
Thursday, May 23, 2024
Doors: 4:00pm / Show: 4:30pm
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Rawayana
Friday, May 24, 2024
Doors: 7:00pm / Show: 8:00pm
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Gogol Bordello
Saturday, May 25, 2024
Doors: 7:00pm / Show: 8:00pm
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Jazz Is Dead: Mulatu Astatke
Wednesday, June 12, 2024
Doors: 7:00pm / Show: 8:00pm
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Jazz Is Dead: Mulatu Astatke
Thursday, June 13, 2024
Doors: 7:00pm / Show: 8:00pm
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Little Big
Friday, June 14, 2024
Doors: 7:00pm / Show: 8:00pm
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of Montreal
Thursday, June 20, 2024
Doors: 7:00pm / Show: 8:00pm
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The Volunteers
Wednesday, July 3, 2024
Doors: 6:00pm / Show: 7:30pm
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Jazz is Dead: Cortex
Friday, July 12, 2024
Doors: 7:00pm / Show: 8:00pm
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Katchafire
Friday, July 19, 2024
Doors: 7:00pm / Show: 8:00pm
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Caspian & And So I Watch You From Afar
Sunday, July 21, 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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I.M (MONSTA X)
Thursday, August 29, 2024
Doors: 7:00pm / Show: 8:00pm
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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
Wednesday, September 18, 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
Thursday, September 19, 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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An Evening With Vulfpeck
Friday, September 20, 2024
Doors: 9:30pm / Show: 10:30pm
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Ricky Montgomery
Saturday, September 21, 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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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