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The Happy Fits

- Age Restriction: 18+
- Door Time: 6:00 pm
- Event Time: 7:00 pm

The Happy Fits: Under The Shade of Green

Saturn (music venue) and Satellite (coffee and cocktail bar) is a facility located in Avondale just east of downtown Birmingham. It is owned by Alabama native and musician Brian Teasley. Domestique Coffee provides high quality and sustainably-grown coffees served in traditional and nontraditional formats in the Satellite. The venue caters to both national and local acts and we strive to be an important piece of the community as well as an outlet for arts and entertainment within the greater Birmingham area.

Saturn

- Age Restriction: 18+
- Door Time: 6:30pm
- Event Time: 7:30pm

Off With Their Heads

- Age Restriction: 18+
- Door Time: 9 PM
- Event Time:10 PM

If you can’t get enough of ABBA, boy do we have THE dance party for you! We are a DJ based dance party playing all your favorite ABBA tracks, plus plenty of other disco hits from the 70s & 80's like The Bee Gees, Donna Summer, Cher, & so much more. So honey honey, take-a-chance and you’ll be dancing all night long. Grab tickets, put on your best disco attire, bring your friends, and have the best night of your life!

Gimme Gimme Disco

- Age Restriction: 18+
- Door Time: 9 PM
- Event Time:10 PM
Welcome to Emo Night Brooklyn, a late night DJ based dance party blasting the best emo and pop punk jams. We may even invite some of your favorite artists and bands to surprise you and join the party. Get ready to scream your lungs out, mosh, and dance to all your favorite songs with all of your favorite people and experience the awesomeness that is Emo Night Brooklyn.

Emo Night Brooklyn

- Age Restriction: 18+
- Door Time: 7:00pm
- Event Time: 8:00pm

John P. Strohm is coming to town in support of his new album, Something To Look Forward To! Terry Ohms will be providing support.

The first new album from John P. Strohm in over 15 years, Something To Look Forward To will be released September 29 via Propeller Sound Recordings. The album is shaped by life-altering loss and the subsequent reawakening of Strohm’s voice as a songwriter. As he coped with the death of his closest friend and creative partner Ed Ackerson (a widely beloved musician/producer), the Nashville-based artist devoted himself to transforming raw emotion into transcendent melody and indelible lyrics (a skill first shown in his role as co-founder of seminal college-rock band Blake Babies). The result: a deeply affecting document of all the pain, clarity, and unexpected beauty that inevitably accompany the passing of time.

John P. Strohm

Del Water Gap

- Age Restriction: 18+
- Door Time: 7:00 pm
- Event Time: 8:00 pm
Scrawled in the margins of a William Carlos Williams poetry book dusted off in his late grandfather’sstudy, S. Holden Jaffe found a note that had once been left for his grandmother: “I miss you already, and Ihaven’t left yet.” A simple gesture preserved for decades illuminated a reality that Jaffe now faced atpresent: a perpetual state of similar departures.

The years during which Jaffe began writing, recording and performing as Del Water Gap were ones fueledby the kind of hedonism that you can get away with when you’re young and hungry in New York City. Butat some point between exiting the pandemic and releasing his long-awaited debut album via Mom + Popin 2021, that lifestyle had swiftly (and necessarily) vanished. Now midway through a global tour behindthat record, he had found stability in the constant transience through his relationship and his sobriety. Still,the rigor of spending every night in a different hotel room was taking its expected toll, and by the time hewas expected to put pen to paper for the next Del Water Gap project, Jaffe felt spiritually depleted.

Any trace of cynicism began to dissipate instantly upon his first session with producer Sammy Witte(Harry Styles, SZA) who encouraged Jaffe to abandon the self-conscious subtext of his previous workand make the record he’s always wanted to make but never allowed himself to. That meant hoisting hissonic palette up into panoramic pop heights, first on “Losing You” and later on lead single “All We Ever DoIs Talk,” a joyride hinging on massive existential doubt: “will we ever get that feeling again?” Can thecardinal jolt of young love last beyond its initial spark? Can one still achieve highs without the drugs? Arethe best times really over, or are they still within reach?

I Miss You Already + I Haven’t Left Yet doesn’t wait for the answers, generating its own propulsive thrillsthrough skyward hooks and resplendent imagery further punctuated by additional production from MikeMalchicoff (King Princess, Kanye West) and Ethan Gruska (Phoebe Bridgers, Manchester Orchestra),instrumental contributions from Clairo, Zach Dawes, Mason Stoops and Rob Humphreys, and a duet withArlo Parks, the glowing “Quilt of Steam.” As its striking cover suggests, I Miss You Already + I Haven’tLeft Yet presents a portrait of a man who is weathered but tenacious, standing upright and adamant onforging his way through an atmosphere of ennui with all his might.

Del Water Gap: I Miss You Already Tour

- Age Restriction: 18+
- Door Time: 7:00 pm
- Event Time: 8:00 pm
BACK IN NORTH AMERICA TOUR WITH DANCE WITH THE DEAD

THE PAST…

After the superb success of their first two records -their debut »Berserker«(2017) and its follow up »From Hell With Love«(2019), both platinum-certified in Finland, and the latter of the two also hitting the top 10 of the German album chart - sharp riffs and hyper-catchy choruses are still the dominating elements of the group's sound. Elements that have allowed the band to cultivate battalions of listeners all over the world. BEAST IN BLACK kick-started their live career with a couple of tours alongside well-known acts such as RHAPSODY, as well as a notable European arena run with symphonic metal masters NIGHTWISH that paved the way to their very own, mostly sold-out headline gigs. A memorable concert in front of 4,500 enthusiastic metalheads from allover the globe at Helsinki’s Ice Hall in December 2019 built the grand finale of their »From Hell With Love« touring cycle - just 10 months after performing for an 'only' 1,500 person strong audience in the same city! But that’s enough words for now about the quintet’s still young history…

THE PRESENT…

Produced, recorded and mixed by Anton Kabanen himself as well as mastered by Emil Pohjalainen (Amethyst Sound Productions), »Dark Connection« may feature the most prominent synths of all of BEAST IN BLACK’s recordings so far, especially in the form of the Italo disco, Euro beat and symphonic elements that the band are so widely loved for. Despite that, at its core it’s still all about simple heavy metal.

“The best and strongest songs are those that can get stripped down and turned into acoustic versions: with the line-up only including guitar or piano plus vocals, but without the melodies losing their very essence, ”begins Anton. “I actually started to get really excited about the new material in its midi-demo form. If it sounds really good and you can’t get enough of those melodies in such an early form of a song, there just has to be something memorable, right? Do you remember the old-school music from Nintendo and Super Nintendo games?“ explains the gaming fan one of his main sources of inspiration. “Very simple sound chips and limited resources pushed composers to write fantastic ageless melodies.”

The kind of ageless melodies that Kabanen has always been able to create. These tunes once again melt with heroic stories that are rooted in sci-fi, fantasy and cyberpunk, that are represented in the artwork of the band’s long-time companion Roman Ismailov. “There’s a few ongoing themes on the album at least, one of them might even be familiar to fans of my earlier work,” Anton reveals. “Tracks such as 'Highway To Mars' and 'Moonlight Rendezvous' lead into the cyberpunk worlds of the »Armitage III« anime series and are even partly »Blade Runner« inspired.”

But could there really be a BEAST IN BLACK album without »Berserk«? Of course not, and there will never be. »Berserk« is one of, if not the, guitarist’s favourite manga series which the band once again pays tribute to on the new album in the form of 'Dark New World', 'To The Last Drop Of Blood' and 'Broken Survivors'.

Whether it’s rapid bangers such as 'Blade Runner' and 'Revengeance Machine' or more sensitive songs such as the aforementioned 'Broken Survivors' and album closer 'My Dystopia'- alongside the seasoned musicians, the outfit’s lead singer Yannis Papadopoulos has offered up his 'last drop of blood' in the end too: “He’s one of those rare singers that can do anything!” praises Anton of the Greek vocal phenomenon. “He’s a very dedicated singer, and he doesn’t just do one or two takes - he does as many as it takes for a perfect result.” And you can clearly hear that on the group’s third studio album: “There are so many impressive Yannis moments all over »Dark Connection«. I’m quite sure people will find themselves thinking: 'Is this Yannis too?!' - and most of the times it’s really him. Sure, my raspy screams, some epic duets and a lot of back-up vocals can be heard too, but Yannis’ performance is definitely the most diverse he has ever delivered,” he concludes.

THE FUTURE

A mighty arsenal of hits, that’s been extended by the 11-track wonder that is »Dark Connection«, another extensive European headline run (fingers crossed!) in sight and a consistently growing fan base worldwide, all thanks to a band that are as motivated as ever. Do you think there is any end boss that could prevent the BEAST from easily jumping from level to level or even skipping some of the obstacles in the heavy music 'game'…? You may have guessed it right: there’s none!

“[BEASTIN BLACK], you possess [our] restless [heavy metal] heart[s]!”

Beast in Black: Back in North America Tour

- Age Restriction: 18+
- Door Time: 7:30pm
- Event Time: 8:30pm

“I want to do what makes me feel like a kid: experimenting, having fun, and trying to discover new things about this work,” says Pile’s Rick Maguire about All Fiction. It’s his band’s eighth record, and one that finds the ambitious group assembling its most texturally complex material yet—despite the fraught inspiration underscoring its restive lyrics. Alongside the blistering drums and scorched-earth riffs that first galvanized Pile’s dedicated fanbase, the band has incorporated elegiac strings, mystifying vocal corrosions, and haunting synths. From the creeping fear of cinematic opener “It Comes Closer” to the euphorically ascending keys on ego-shattering closer “Neon Gray,” All Fiction is an ornate, carefully paced study on the subjectivity of perception, the data-shaping despotism of big tech, and the connections between anxiety and death. In its most vital moments, it’s also a resolute recommitment to the restorative significance of art and imagination.

For fifteen years, Pile’s evolving take on rock has earned the group one oft-repeated superlative: “your favorite band’s favorite band.” Ceaseless touring took its members from Boston’s basement circuit to international festivals, hitting loftier technical apexes with each new record. Maguire—the fastidious composer, evocative guitarist, and potent voice behind the solo-turned-punk project—gives musical body to his interior world in scream-along-able lyrics that skew surreal. Drummer Kris Kuss’s time-defying performances, layered over gnarled basslines, have garnered widespread acclaim. 2019’s Green and Gray took Pile’s thunderous noise to more intricate realms, thanks to new recruit Alex Molini’s work on bass and keyboards, and Chappy Hull’s dexterous interplay on second guitar. That record drew praise for its political directness and instrumental ferocity, but Pile’s seventh album was almost a wholly different endeavor—one on which Maguire would favor piano.

“I’ve been trying to get out of what I think is ‘the rock band format,’ and I was also tired of what I saw as our identity as a band,” explains Maguire, citing the profound impact he’s drawn from Mt. Eerie’s unusual timbres, Kate Bush’s ambitious singularity, and Aphex Twin’s irreplicable soundscapes. “The confusion about identity combined with existential anxiety led to exploring my imagination as a means of escape.” As far back as 2017, Maguire’s songwriting gravitated toward more obtuse influences, with a Prophet X synthesizer eventually replacing guitar as his primary composing tool. But when Pile’s lineup changed after his move to Nashville, Maguire was hesitant to stray far from the band’s established heavy sound, lest his newer bandmates take critical heat. Squirreling away that material for a later record afforded him time to explore deliberately. “I’ve been more drawn to recordings where it’s difficult to identify what’s happening,” offers Maguire of the albums that impacted All Fiction; the list is vast, touching on adventuresome heavy-hitters like Portishead, Broadcast, Penderecki and Tinariwen. “I also wanted to use different instruments and recording techniques to highlight the songs, rather than creating the visual of a band performing them,” he says.

All Fiction—a reference to “the lack of any objective reality,” and the worries that accompany parsing truth from tale—is a record Maguire views in some ways as Pile’s most vulnerable, despite his embrace of symbolic lyricism. In 2019, Maguire and Molini began demoing All Fiction in Nashville; Molini, an established producer, brought appreciated focus to the process. As the pandemic interrupted Pile’s planned touring, Maguire leveled up at production to accommodate his fascination with electronic textures. On 2021’s Songs Known Together, Alone, he rearranged Pile’s back catalog for solo performance. Later that year, improvisational record In the Corners of a Sphere-Filled Room empowered the group to push deeper into orchestrated strangeness. In September 2021, Molini and Maguire were joined by Kuss—who was living eighteen hours away in Boston—for a month-long rehearsal of the twenty songs in contention. Kuss’s versatility gave him insight into synth patterns and atypical percussion choices like rhythmic breathing. The band, now a three-piece after the departure of Hull, recorded at home until they’d gotten All Fiction right, then they headed into the studio proper to try it all again. Recording once more with engineer Kevin McMahon (Real Estate, Titus Andronicus) at Marcata Recording in upstate New York, Pile tracked fifteen songs for over a month—the project’s longest studio stint by far. A “mammoth period” of synths, resonant vocal re-processing, and nightly full band overdubs yielded layers like doubled drums, warped classical guitars, and triggered samples of air ducts. Finally, Pile was joined by a string quartet, adding magical last touches. It marked a triumphant chapter for Maguire: “Part of it felt like pulling out all the stops,” he says. “I never really treated a Pile record that way.”

For a record intended to abdicate rock’s throne, several of the ten tracks finally chosen for All Fiction number among Pile’s rockingest. “Loops” finds Maguire questioning his motives as a songwriter, scrutinizing the border between his lived experiences and the stressors he sings about. Concerns about self-awareness, substance use, and music’s environmental impact infected “Poisons,” which takes cues from the loud-quiet splendor of PJ Harvey. A trip to Big Bend in Texas inspired the Lynchian “Nude with a Suitcase”; “I really like Kris’ breaths, and what Alex did on the Rhodes and Omnichord. It added textures that give this song a lot of life,” Maguire effuses. While global perspectives and personal moments shaped the record’s narrative arc—climate injustice, the addiction crisis, American cultism, and capitalistic overwork, to name a few subjects—Maguire says he’s more confident than ever in letting poignant images speak for themselves: “If this combination of words does it for me, it doesn’t need to make sense to somebody else.”

After completing past records, Pile’s had goals bubbling on the backburner. Maguire poured all of those and then some into All Fiction, and this purity of intention unlocked a refreshed sense of joy and fulfillment in Pile’s music. “I like thinking art has the capacity to change things and the way people function. But the means to get that art out there and get people to connect to it can be draining—and I overcommitted, in a lot of cases, to trying to be an island,” Maguire admits. All Fiction was sparked by a beguiling sonic palette, but it’s also infused with love from the years of trust between Kuss, Molini, and Maguire. Proof’s in the aftermath: though they spent five years as a long distance project, post-All Fiction, all three members of Pile are once again living in the Northeast.

Pile

- Age Restriction: 18+
- Door Time: 7:00 pm
- Event Time: 8:00 pm

In describing Henry Rollins, the tendency is to try to squeeze as many labels as possible into a single sentence. “Rollins is many things,” says The Washington Post, “diatribist, confessor, provocateur, humorist, even motivational speaker…his is an enthusiastic and engaging chatter.” Entertainment Weekly’s list includes “Punk Rock icon. Spoken word poet. Actor.
Author. DJ. Is there anything this guy can’t do?” TV Guide has more concisely called him a “Renaissance Man” but if Henry Rollins could be reduced to a single word, that word would undoubtedly be “workaholic.” When he’s not traveling, Rollins prefers a to keep a relentless schedule full of work, with gigs as an actor, author, DJ, voice-over artist and TV show host to name a few of the roles that keep his schedule full. Rollins has toured the world as a spoken word artist, as frontman for both Rollins Band and Black Flag and as a solitary traveler with insatiable curiosity, favoring road-less-traveled locales in places such as Nepal, Sri Lanka, Siberia, North Korea, South Sudan and Iran.

AUTHOR

• Author of more than 30 books, including Black Coffee Blues, Get in the Van, Solipsist, Roomanitarian and Broken Summers

• The travelogue series, A Grim Detail, A Mad Dash, A Preferred Blur and A Dull Roar documents Henry’s travels through Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and Europe.

• The Before the Chop series (parts I-III) compile Henry’s LA Weekly articles in their original, unedited form.

• Occupants, features photos and essays from Henry’s international travels.

SPOKEN WORD PERFORMER

• Henry is well known for his popular spoken word performances, or “talking shows,” that mix political commentary and personal anecdote, humor, outrage and pop culture, all with a healthy dose of skepticism. Dozens of Rollins’ talking show performances were released on DVD and available to view by streaming or download.

ACTOR

• Dreamland, motion picture, supporting actor

• Portlandia, TV series, guest star

• Sons of Anarchy, TV series, recurring guest star

• He Never Died, motion picture, lead actor

• Previous acting credits include more than 20 films, including Lost Highway, Bad Boys II, Heat, The Chase, and voice work for the animated series American Dad, Adventure Time, and others.

TV HOST

• 10 Things You Don’t Know About, History Channel H2 series

• Animal Underworld With Henry Rollins, National Geographic series

• Born To Rage, National Geographic Explorer special

• The Henry Rollins Show, IFC series

• Henry’s Film Corner, IFC series

Henry Rollins Biography (2018) — 2

DJ

• Weekly radio show host, KCRW 89.9, Los Angeles, (2009-present)

• Weekly radio show, “Harmony In My Head,” 103.1 FM, Los Angeles, (2004-2009)

MUSIC

• Rollins Band nominated for Best Metal Performance for the song “Liar,” 37th Annual GRAMMY Awards

• Henry spearheaded the West Memphis Three benefit album Rise Above, featuring two dozen songs by his former band (Black Flag) played by his then-current Rollins Band line up

• Before leading Rollins Band, Henry made his mark as the frenetic frontman for legendary band Black Flag.

AWARDS

• Southern California Journalism Award, 2017

• Ray Bradbury Award, 2014

• GRAMMY Award, Get In The Van: On the Road with Black Flag, 1994

LOW TICKET WARNING: Henry Rollins: Good To See You

- Age Restriction: 18+
- Door Time: 7:00 PM
- Event Time: 8:00 PM

Saturn

Saturn

The Happy Fits: Under The Shade of Green

Off With Their Heads

Gimme Gimme Disco

Emo Night Brooklyn

John P. Strohm

Del Water Gap: I Miss You Already Tour

Beast in Black: Back in North America Tour

Pile

LOW TICKET WARNING: Henry Rollins: Good To See You

Reaction Presents: Ajj

The Happy Fits: Under The Shade of Green

Off With Their Heads

Gimme Gimme Disco

Emo Night Brooklyn

John P. Strohm

Del Water Gap: I Miss You Already Tour

Beast in Black: Back in North America Tour

Pile

LOW TICKET WARNING: Henry Rollins: Good To See You

Reaction Presents: Ajj