12/10: Aqualads w/ Amigo & Late Bloomer (Rippin Weekend Night 2)
December 10, 2016 10:00PM - 1:00AM at Snug Harbor
Saturday, Dec 10, 2016 10:00 PM
(Doors @ 9:00 PM)
$7
18+
Aqualads:
The Aqualads first formed in the summer/fall of 1996. In 1997 their first EP "Aqualads Xmas" was released. The first full length recording "Aqualads Hotbox" was released in 1998, followed by their sophomore effort "Aqualads Revenge" in 1999. In 2003 "Surf Surf Surf" was released, gaining the band a wider audience. After playing hundreds of shows and festivals, contributing to various compilations and soundtracks, 2011 saw the release of "Aqualads Treasures" as well as "An Oso Grande Christmas". With plans to continue recording and playing live the "Alads" are here to stay. Surfs Up!!
Amigo:
Amigo jams econo in the footsteps of their punk rock heroes. Their music comes from their imaginations, where shit-kickin' east Texas honky tonks are infiltrated by weird and flamboyant art school kids and, somehow, everybody gets along famously! The music is about magic and despair, gettin' yer rocks off, not gettin' yer rocks off, being filled with innocence and wonder and then the world taking a giant dump on your head. Oh, yeah, and it's fun, too – because it's ROCK & ROLL music, y'all! Amigo looks forward to seeing everybody later this year on tour in support of their debut LP, Might Could. Be cool in the world
Late Bloomer:
“Michael Azerrad’s 2001 book Our Band Could Be Your Life chronicles the below-the-rader careers of pioneering bands of the American underground in the ’80s, icons who laid the groundwork for grunge and indie rock — the dueling idioms of ’90s alternative. Charlotte’s Late Bloomer resembles many of Azerrad’s subjects, in particular Dinosaur Jr.’s fuzzy fusion of noisy hardcore and melodic hard rock, and their descendents — the insistent Silkworm, the razor-sharp Archers of Loaf, the charged and peppy Superchunk. But Late Bloomer also transcends its obvious influences, its casual chemistry suggesting it would have come to this sound without these signposts.” – Patrick Wall (Free Times)