**Bad Acid Presents:** https://www.instagram.com/bad_acid_presents/ **Rip Room:** https://www.instagram.com/riproom/ In a time of digital polish and studio patchwork, it has become increasingly rare to hear a record that captures the lightning-in-a-bottle dynamics of a live performance. Music continues to fill our queues, but it feels less and less human, so when a record breaks through the static, it can be a revelation. From San Francisco, Rip Room has emerged with a charismatic and alluringly unpredictable debut full-length record, Alight and Resound. Twelve pulsing songs that harken back to better musical times while somehow embracing the relevance of the moment. Think Unwound, Sleater-Kinney, and Fugazi — propulsive rhythms and piercing lyrics, but with a sense of buoyancy. Wolves in sheep’s clothing. “I wanted to be in a fun, high-energy band, but with a math-y, prog edge,” says vocalist/guitarist John Reed. “We’re always looking to capture our live sound, and with this record, we wanted that plus a little more to emphasize some ideas or sonic feelings,” adds bassist/vocalist Sarah McKinney. “The subject matter is pretty heavy, but the execution is sometimes a bit more lighthearted and dance-y which I think balances it out well. Our sound was once described as ‘dance music for people who don’t like to dance,’ which I don’t agree with — I’d say it’s ‘dance music for people who like to dance but are also bummed out’.” After successfully self-releasing and touring on two EPs (Self-Titled; Monsters) Rip Room returned to Louder Studios to reunite with storied engineer Tim Green (Melvins, Bikini Kill, Sebadoh). “The remoteness of Louder Studios is really conducive to making a record. Like a short summer camp for punks,” says Reed. “Tim has a calming effect that really elicits great performances in what can be a stressful process. While for the most part he just lets bands do their thing, he’s contributed some of my favorite moments to every recording I’ve ever done with him.” In addition to dialing in the three-piece’s own dynamic instrumentation, Green also contributed some less canonical sounds and recording approaches, namely stylophone, car fender clanking, and skilled tape manipulation. It is in the amalgamation of these types of individual moments that transforms the record from a casual listen to a layered experience. https://spartanrecords.com/collections/rip-room "Dead When it Started" Video Premiere: https://spr.tn/deadwhenitstarted **Warp:** https://www.instagram.com/warpsf/ San Francisco’s still doomed, and few residents can trace the fault-lines beneath with more familiarity than the members of WARP. With members’ musical origins in the Bay Area and beyond that include Mayyors, Flesh World, Residual Echoes, Mallard, Thee Oh Sees, Blank Square, Cruel Summer, and Straight Crimes (to name a few), the denizens of WARP manifest a sum total of decades spent seething in the once proud city by the bay; having helped shape the ‘San Francisco Sound’ of the new millennia, they are ready to tear it down. WARP recalls the nihilistic extravagance and rage of Flipper and No Trend with garage-y instrumental acumen a la Pissed Jeans and songwriting chops honed through hard fought years of jostling with techie slime, predatory landlords, the thuggish SFPD, and a mass exodus of friends, neighbors, and collaborators. In the midst of this hollowing out, WARP rose to fill the void and give voice to the defiant few who remained. Following their 2019 debut “Traffic Control,” lauded for its intensity and out-of-the-gates aggression, WARP’s latest offering is a guttural howl into the abyss, a defiant screech in the face of ennui and apathy that demands you get. fucking. pissed. \-Cooper Berkmoyer "Automatic Gratuity" Music Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWXZVxydvH0 Link: https://digitalregress.com/products/warp-automatic-gratuity-cs **Leather Pet:** Leather Pet is new but Billy Schmidt (ex- Scraper, Kill Helmet) on guitar/vocals, Kwame Korkor (ex-Urban Sprawl, Clique) on bass/vocals, and Greg Downing (Glitter Wizard, ex-BuffaloTooth) on drums/vocals have been kicking around the bay area for years in various bands to some degree of accolades. Together they are laying down a three-piece assault in the vein of '77 pönx Chron Gen, The Kids, Cock Sparrer with a flair for the dramatic. Everybody plays, everybody sings, let's do the damn thing. The debut "Leather Pet" EP is coming soon! **DJ Big Nate** Presented by Kilowatt. This is a 21+ event