Abinnet Berhanu 's 2 & 4 Trio

Abinnet Berhanu 's 2 & 4 Trio

Thu, Sep 18

6pm doors 8pm show Full food and beverage available for this show. Seating is first come, first serve. 21+ NO COVER Join us in the Starlight room with Abinnet Berhanu's 2 & 4 Trio! featuring Graydon Peterson on bass & Ryan Freitas on tenor saxophone. 

NITE w/ Special Guests Immortal Girlfriend & Toilet Rats

NITE w/ Special Guests Immortal Girlfriend & Toilet Rats

Fri, Sep 19

6:30pm Doors 8:00pm Showtime Full food and beverage available for this show. 21+ $15 Adv (+fees/taxes) $22 Day of (+fees/taxes) Big, dark, dance music. Guitars, synthesizers, and dueling twin vocalists combine to make the songs you'll dance to for the next thirty years. NITE is an alternative band inspired by the sounds of Darkwave, Synthpop, and Post-Punk. Based in Texas, twin brothers Myles and Kyle Mendes, along with drummer Phil Helms, craft music that bridges the gap between dark nostalgia and modern electronic pop. Special Guests: Immortal Girlfriend is an Alternative Electronic/ Retrofuture band & production duo made up of brothers Kevin & William Bush. The self proclaimed “Dark Knights of Synth” define their sound as a blend of synths, cinema, nostalgia & long car rides at night. As composers and producers Their works have been heard on some of the biggest tv shows & Video Games worldwide, as a live duo, they’ve played some of the biggest stages throughout the Midwest. The Bush Brothers Blend genres from alternative Rock, R & B, and various electronic sub genres and unite them under synthesizers, for a sound that has become their own. Welcome to Immortal Girlfriend. 

June Berkowitz Benefit

June Berkowitz Benefit

Sat, Sep 20

Join us in the Courtyard for the June Berkowitz Benefit! 3pm doors 4pm show Full food and beverage available for this show. NO COVER 

InMotion

InMotion

Sat, Sep 20

InMotion: Prints&Patterns 10:30PM DOORS 11PM MUSIC 21+ $7 ADVANCE (+taxes/fees) $15 AT THE DOOR (+taxes) $20 AFTER 12AM (+taxes) InMotion is a monthly themed dance party curated by one of our bartenders, Jaboidia! Celebrating their 1 YEAR ANNIVERSARY! THEME: Prints&Patterns DJs: @mickey.breeze @awamally + special guest TBA 

Revelacíon By Twin Cities Flamenco Collective

Revelacíon By Twin Cities Flamenco Collective

Sun, Sep 21

4PM DOORS 5PM SHOW Full food and beverage menu available for the show. 18+ $25 ADVANCE $30 DAY OF SHOW ARTISTS Pepele Méndez (Guest singer from Jerez, Spain) Sachiko "La Chayí" (Flamenco dancer) Eva Makiko (Flamenco dancer) Ross "El Vecino" Fellrath (Flamenco guitarist) Twin Cities Flamenco Collective has created an unforgettable evening of fiery dance, haunting music, and soul-stirring emotion featuring Sachiko "La Chayí" and guest singer Pepele Méndez in this special performance "Revelacíon". The Twin Cities Flamenco Collective is a dynamic group of Flamenco artists dedicated to preserving and promoting the rich art of flamenco in the Minneapolis-Saint Paul area. Through performances, education, and community outreach, the collective brings the passion, rhythm, and soul of flamenco to diverse audiences and participants. Comprising skilled dancers and musicians, the members and their guests create vibrant and authentic flamenco experiences. Their mission is to foster appreciation for this art and culture from Andalusia, Spain while building a supportive local community for flamenco artists and aficionados alike. For more information. visit tcflamenco.org Pepele Méndez was born in Jerez de la Frontera, Spain into the legendary Méndez clan, a dynasty of singers from La Plazuela. Pepele is a direct descendant of La Paquera de Jerez and of the festero El Pili. As a child, he learned the art of flamenco at home listening to great artists such as "el Torta", Manuel Moneo, his cousins Paca and Manuela Méndez among others. Soaking in the presence of these amazing artists and without knowing it, Pepele learned the cante and his ancient art that is flamenco. A native of Osaka, Japan, Sachiko “La Chayí” is a Twin Cities-based Flamenco dancer, teacher, choreographer, and founding member of Twin Cities Flamenco Collective. She received a prestigious McKnight Dancer Fellowship in 2017. Sachiko’s artistic expression in movement and music are the heart of her artistry. She testifies Flamenco is a universal language which speaks the raw and authentic human emotions to the audience. She has received recognition and grants from Minnesota State Arts Board, Metropolitan Regional Arts Council, the Jerome Foundation, the Minnesota SAGE Awards for Dance, and New York State Flamenco Certamen by Flamenco Vivo. She has presented her original dance works at the Walker Art Center, the Southern Theater, and the Intermedia Arts. She was a resident artist and teacher of Zorongo Flamenco Dance Theatre and School from 2003 to 2009 before she moved to Seville, Spain to study the art of Flamenco for 5 years. She owes her artistic values and work to her incomparable teachers and mentors including Angelita Vargas, Farruquito, Javier Heredia, Juan del Gastor, Luis Peña, Miguel Funi, Pepe Torres, Pilar Montoya Manzano “La Faraona” and Susana di Palma (Alphabetical). 

Micky Braun & Jason Eady Acoustic

Micky Braun & Jason Eady Acoustic

Tue, Sep 23

6PM DOORS 8PM SHOWTIME Full food and beverage menu available for the show. 21+ $20 ADVANCE(+taxes/fees) $27 DAY OF For a handful of summers about 30 years ago, tourists who wandered into a large dancehall in Stanley, Idaho, witnessed a family tradition finding new life. Young and old sat shoulder-to-shoulder, taking a break from the town’s mountain hikes and river campgrounds to take in Muzzie Braun and the Boys––a local family band who’d made it to the Johnny Carson Show, effortlessly spouted cowboy poetry and Western swing at gatherings around the country, and featured Muzzie’s four young sons––precocious boys with rock-and-roll futures, the youngest of which is Micky Braun. The Braun brothers never stopped. Big brothers Cody and Willy started Reckless Kelly, and Micky and Gary left Idaho for Austin and started Micky and the Motorcars, a road-dogging favorite whose nonstop tour for the last 24 years has defined not just the lives of the brothers, but also shaped Austin’s roots-rock resurgence that has played out over the last two decades. Micky and the Motorcars cement their place as elder statesmen of that alt-country scene who have managed to master that ever-elusive blend of artistic familiarity and surprise. Beyond his role of co-fronting the band, Micky has been a prolific writer having written with Parker McCollum, Reckless Kelly, Randy Rogers, Cody Canada, Bruce Robison, Kevin Welch, Jason Eady, Adam Hood, Jessie Plemons, Wade Bowen, Courtney Patton, and more. “If you can put your heart on your sleeve and say it, it’s the best medicine for people,” Micky says. 

Ice Horse in the Starlight Room

Ice Horse in the Starlight Room

Wed, Sep 24

5PM DOORS 6PM SHOW $12 AT THE DOOR 21+ Join us in the Starlight Room! Seating is first come, first served. Full food and beverage menu available for the night. Ice Horse is Mikkel Beckman and Jeff Ray. Ice Horse duo Jeff Ray & Mikkel reimagine Minnesota winter as desert, using resonator guitars & hand percussion to create improvisations, original compositions & versions through a collision of tunings, rhythms & influences from Debashsish Battycharya, Tuareg desert trance blues & Hill Country Mississippi 

An Evening with Makaya McCraven

An Evening with Makaya McCraven

Thu, Sep 25

6pm Doors 8pm Showtime Full food and beverage available for this show. 21+ $25 Adv (+fees/taxes) $35 Day of (+fees/taxes) His newest album, In These Times, is the triumphant finale of a project 7+ years in the making. It’s a preeminent addition to his already-acclaimed and extensive discography, and it’s the album he’s been trying to make since he started making records. McCraven believes that the word “jazz” is “insufficient, at best, to describe the phenomenon we’re dealing with.” The artist, who has been aptly called a “cultural synthesizer”, has a unique gift for collapsing space, destroying borders and blending past, present, and future into poly-textural arrangements of post-genre, jazz-rooted 21st century folk music. Profiled in Vice, Rolling Stone, the Guardian, and NPR, among other publications, he and the music he makes today are at the very vanguard of that phenomenon. According to the New York Times, “McCraven has quietly become one of the best arguments for jazz’s vitality”. The artist explained to NPR in 2019, "I don't think what I'm doing is necessarily that far off of the legacy of jazz that I grew up in ... I think one of the things that gives it strength is that people want to argue over it. That's a good sign. That means there's life here." 

An Evening W/ EK / Amy & Will / Molly

An Evening W/ EK / Amy & Will / Molly

Fri, Sep 26

6:00pm Doors 8:00pm Showtime Full food and beverage available for this show. 18+ $22 Adv (+fees/taxes) $29 Day of (+fees/taxes) 

Rebecca Aadland & her All-star Band

Rebecca Aadland & her All-star Band

Sun, Sep 28

4pm Doors 6pm Showtime Full food and beverage available for this show. 21+ $25 Adv (+fees/taxes) $35 Day of (+fees/taxes) Minneapolis singer/songwriter Rebecca Aadland will be performing with her full band including some of Minnesota’s finest musicians -- Tommy Barbarella (Prince) keyboards, Jacqueline Ultan cello, Lantz Dale guitars, Ben Peterson drums, Nick Salisbury bass and Jordan Zais backing vocals. In addition to originals from her highly acclaimed album, Stronger Broken, she will share new songs from her upcoming record, produced by Kevin Bowe. This concert will celebrate the single release of the new track, I Could Use A Miracle. To add to the excitement, some of her captivating videos will be shown on Icehouse’s big screen. Rebecca’s edgy lyrics inspire, challenge and make you feel. She brings humor and passion to her storytelling as well. You won’t want to miss this special night. Rebecca’s genre spans styles from indie/folk to blues to rock. From the Press: “Fans who attend Rebecca’s concerts are treated not just to her soulful music but to her warmth, humor, and unguarded honesty, a rare combination that invites listeners to find strength in their own broken places. Stronger Broken is a gift. It reminds us all that sometimes, in the breaking, we find our truest, most unbreakable selves.” -- Stevie Conner, The Sound Cafe Magazine “Wandering between rootsy delicacy and rock drive, between bluesy grooves and folk finesse and country cool, this is about as fine a collection of songs, ones happy to wander across the musical landscape with grace and ease, as you are likely to hear. It’s a great album in its own right, but it’s also an eloquent and elegant sonic document of love, life, and loss.” -- Dave Franklin, The Big Takeover 

MAKR Presents the THE COLLECTION - An all Vinyl Night

MAKR Presents the THE COLLECTION - An all Vinyl Night

Wed, Oct 01

Join us in the Starlight Room! Seating is first come, first served. Full food and beverage menu available all night. 7PM DOORS 9PM SHOW NO COVER MAKR Presents the THE COLLECTION - An all Vinyl Night Featuring Ryan Olson 

Autechre w/ Mark Broom

Autechre w/ Mark Broom

Fri, Oct 03

6PM DOORS 8PM SHOW SOLD OUT Autechre are an English electronic music duo consisting of Rob Brown and Sean Booth, both from Rochdale, Greater Manchester. Formed in 1987, they are among the best known acts signed to UK electronic label Warp Records, through which all of Autechre's full-length albums have been released beginning with their 1993 debut Incunabula. They gained initial recognition when they were featured on Warp's 1992 compilation Artificial Intelligence. Tickets are WIll Call Only - Non Transferable - PLEASE DO NOT PURCHASE FROM ANY RESELLER. They will not be honored. 

Shadowlands (feat S. Carey and John Raymond)

Shadowlands (feat S. Carey and John Raymond)

Sat, Oct 04

6pm Doors 8pm Show Full food and beverage available for this show. 18+ $23 Adv (+fees/taxes) $30 Day of (+fees/taxes) John Raymond x S. Carey "Shadowlands" John Raymond and S. Carey have been playing music together for close to twenty years since their time studying music at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. While they both received training in jazz and classical music, their careers would soon head in very different directions. Carey would become the right-hand man to Justin Vernon (aka Bon Iver); collaborate as a multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, and producer with the likes of Sufjan Stevens, Low, and Bruce Hornsby among others; and release four albums of his own to critical acclaim from Pitchfork, NPR, and more. Raymond, on the other hand, would become a Grammy-nominated trumpeter and composer “steering jazz in the right direction” (Downbeat); release eight albums garnering praise from the New York Times, Stereogum, and others; and teach on faculty at the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University, one of the most prestigious music conservatories in the world. In 2019, the two reunited and began experimenting on what their artistic voices would sound like together. Raymond brought in a host of musical ideas, while Carey contributed lyrics and helped shape the ideas into songs. Producer Sun Chung (formerly with ECM Records) came on board shortly after, and together they enlisted a cast of A-list musicians to help flesh out the music including pianist Aaron Parks (Terri Lyne Carrington, Terence Blanchard), bassist Chris Morrissey (Norah Jones, Mark Guiliana), and guitarist Dave Devine (Brian Blade and the Fellowship Band). The result is their new album, Shadowlands (Libellule Editions), a stunning, genre-bending collection of songs that combines the warmth and beauty of Carey’s aesthetic with the improvisational, spontaneous nature of Raymond’s. The music ranges from intimate and meditative to soaring and anthemic, with electric moments of musical interplay throughout. It’s the kind of collaboration that feels as if it were years in the making. 

Gramps Morgan Live!

Gramps Morgan Live!

Sun, Oct 05

7:00pm Doors 8:00pm Showtime Full food and beverage available for this show. 21+ $45 Adv (+fees/taxes) $55 Day of (+fees/taxes) Trinny Cee Productions & Dada Son Entertainment presents Gramps Morgan Live in Concert - No Water in my Whiskey USA Fall Tour 2025. Roy "Gramps" Morgan is a three-time Grammy Award-winning artist and 14-time Grammy nominee known as the King of Country Reggae. He first rose to prominence as a member of the legendary reggae family band Morgan Heritage, whose 2015 album Strictly Roots topped the reggae charts and won the Grammy for Best Reggae Album in 2016. The group earned further nominations for Avrakedabra (2017) and for the work on Sting and Shaggy's 44/876. Blending reggae with country and soul crooning, Gramps Morgan appeals to fans of Ken Boothe, Toots Hibbert, Jimmy Buffett, and Kenny Chesney. His music is a sonic bridge between cultures-a soundtrack for the "Islander" in all of us. With heart, hustle, and harmony, Gramps is not just a voice of a genre- he is a movement. 

Ches Smith Clone Row w/ Mary Halvorson, Liberty Ellman & Nick Dunston

Ches Smith Clone Row w/ Mary Halvorson, Liberty Ellman & Nick Dunston

Mon, Oct 06

6:30 pm doors 8pm Showtime Full food and beverage available for this show. 18+ $15 Adv (+fees/taxes) $22 Day of (+fees/taxes) Ches Smith Clone Row Ches Smith: drums, vibes, electronics Mary Halvorson: guitar Liberty Ellman: guitar Nick Dunston: bass, electronics The fall 2025 tour in the USA will support Ches Smith's new release Clone Row, out June 6, 2025 on Otherly Love Records (and the vinyl release October 3). The album debuts an adventurous new quartet featuring guitarists Mary Halvorson and Liberty Ellman and bassist Nick Dunston. Smith finds endless possibilities in this seemingly limited instrumentation, weaving together varied threads from his divergent earlier projects in ways that sound not quite like any of them. “This definitely ain’t your father’s guitar band,” writes no less an expert on six-string subversion than Marc Ribot, who penned the album’s liner notes. “It’s as if I’m hearing a Jim Hall concert in which one of us did a lot of mushrooms, or… some post-punk post-Dave Brubeck post-trip-hop experiment with classical form.” 

Clem Snide's Fall Tour w/ David Huckfelt

Clem Snide's Fall Tour w/ David Huckfelt

Wed, Oct 08

6:30pm Doors 8pm Showtime Full food and beverage available for this show. 21+ $25 Adv (+fees/taxes) $32 Day of (+fees/taxes) The intersection of hope and resignation can be a disarming place but also incredibly beautiful. It’s where Oh Smokey, the tenth Clem Snide album, spends a lot of its time. Eef Barzelay, the songwriter behind the name since time immemorial, describes Oh Smokey as “slow, sad songs about God and death,” knowing full well that he’s being technically accurate but wryly incomplete. Like a sleepy late-night road trip conversation about a near-death experience, the record makes space for some intimate contemplation of what lies beyond. Barzelay wrote these eight songs while upending much of his life. His 25-year marriage dissolved, he parted ways with his longtime manager, and he left his Nashville home after two decades. If you look at it one way, he’s been almost cosmically unlucky in the business, with a big break always around the corner that doesn’t exactly materialize. Seen from another angle, he’s built a dedicated fanbase person by person by creating an improbably timeless body of work, playing living rooms, and even writing personal songs for individual fans. This collection of songs was brought to life with longtime Clem Snide fan Josh Kaufman (Bonny Light Horseman, Craig Finn, Hiss Golden Messenger). Kaufman added color and texture to Barzelay’s compositions, from the gentle sonic shrapnel of album opener “Free” to the organic hum that “At Your Command” rests on to the swelling expansiveness of title track “Smokey,” which was inspired by Eef’s fleeting collaboration with another Clem Snide fan: pop star YEBBA. With 30 years now of rising and falling Clem Snide emerges from the ashes, once again, with Oh Smokey. Still committed to loving the unknown, but with a more empathetic and mature appreciation for the bruises that come along with it. 

Bit Brigade Performs "Super Mario World" + "F-Zero" LIVE

Bit Brigade Performs "Super Mario World" + "F-Zero" LIVE

Thu, Oct 09

6:30pm Doors 7:30pm Showtime Full food and beverage available for this show. 21+ $20 Adv (+fees/taxes) $27 Day of (+fees/taxes) When was the last time you attended a live music performance with a genuine element of risk involved? And no, going to a Gwar show with a white t-shirt on doesn't count. When Bit Brigade takes the stage your mind will frantically oscillate between "Oh! Agh!! Please don't die!!" and "YES! He's doing it!!" Combining the dread and daring of a live video game speed run with the spot-on technique of a live band covering the musical accompaniment to everything you're seeing on-screen in real time, Bit Brigade will have you swinging between the two mediums. From thrashing about to live renditions of your favorite stage themes, fingers yearning to the sky in a rock 'n roll parody of sea anemones seeming to silently plead, "Please, feed us more fretboard pyrotechnics!," to being locked in stock-still rapture as the infallible maestro of the d-pad, Noah McCarthy, takes on the final boss and risks his video game life under the threat of intense peer scorn (or the reward of night-long glory and a credits score). No matter the outcome, Bit Brigade must play on until the deed is done - which it always is - on the first (and last) try. Once Noah’s NES buzzes on, there's no turning back." - Metalhead Mike of The Shizz, summer 2011 

The Current presents Bob Mould Solo Electric: Here We Go Crazy with David Barbe

The Current presents Bob Mould Solo Electric: Here We Go Crazy with David Barbe

Fri, Oct 10

7pm doors 8pm show 21+ show Full food and beverage menu available for this show. The Current presents Bob Mould Solo Electric: Here We Go Crazy with David Barbe. This show is presented by our friends at First Avenue, all information and ticket sales are handled by them. Copy the URL below for tickets: https://www.axs.com/events/974799/bob-mould-solo-electric-tickets?skin=firstavenue 

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Salsa Matinee w/ Charanga Tropical

Salsa Matinee w/ Charanga Tropical

Sun, Oct 12

4PM DOORS • DRINKS • FOOD 5PM SHOWTIME $15 (+fees & taxes) 21+ FULL FOOD & BEVERAGE MENU AVAILABLE ALL NIGHT. Seating is First Come / First Served Extend your weekend with Sunday Salsa Matinee, one of the best monthly music and dance events in the Twin Cities. From 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. 10-piece salsa orchestra Charanga Tropical mixes its spicy salsa with smooth strings. This is Cuba flavored salsa, from classic danzón to modern timba, straight out of Havana. 7pm-8pm: DJONE of Salsa Police Entertainment spins bouncy bachata and other Latin favs to close out the evening. Icehouse offers a wide open dance floor with booth and balcony seating. Enjoy an exceptional menu of top quality food and drink. 

Accordo, Presented by the Schubert Club

Accordo, Presented by the Schubert Club

Tue, Oct 14

5:30PM DOORS 7:30PM MUSIC $26 ADVANCE (+taxes/fees) KIDS AND STUDENTS FREE Full Food & Beverage Menu is available for the entire show. If you reserved a table, the table is yours for the night. You must purchase a ticket via the Schubert club for table reservations to be honored. To purchase an advance ticket please follow this link: https://schubert.org/event/accordo-at-icehouse-tuesday-october-14-2025/ To make a table reservation in addition to your ticket, click the "MAKE A RESERVATION" button. 

JW Francis + Magic River Tour

JW Francis + Magic River Tour

Wed, Oct 15

6pm Doors 8pm Showtime Full food and beverage available for this show. 18+ $17 Adv (+fees/taxes) $24 Day of (+fees/taxes) Indie sweetheart JW Francis returns to town with a brand‑new set of songs written while canoeing the Mississippi River. Part concert, part storytelling session, JW will be bringing his signature warmth, wit, and jangly melodies to the stage, plus a live Q&A on what it’s really like to paddle America’s most legendary waterway in a canoe. Expect tunes that shimmer like sunlight on water, tales that’ll make you laugh and lean in, and an evening that flows as easily as the river itself! 

Heartland Souvenirs & Eli Gardiner : Double Release

Heartland Souvenirs & Eli Gardiner : Double Release

Thu, Oct 16

6:30pm Doors 8:00pm Showtime Full food and beverage available for this show. 18+ $22 Adv (+fees/taxes) $28 Day of (+fees/taxes) Two powerhouse acts come together for one unforgettable night at Icehouse. Minnesota trio Heartland Souvenirs (Nikki Lemire, Becky Schlegel & Katy Tessman) celebrates their new EP with their signature blend of lush harmonies and roots-inspired soundscapes. Sharing the bill, singer-songwriter Eli Gardiner marks the release of his latest single—rich with gritty Americana tones, introspective lyrics, and a driving rock edge. This double release show promises an evening of fresh music, heartfelt performances, and the rare energy that comes when artists hit a milestone together. 

An Evening with Will Paquin

An Evening with Will Paquin

Fri, Oct 17

7:00pm Doors 8:00pm Showtime Full food and beverage available for this show. 18+ $17 Adv $17 Day of Buy tickets here: https://www.axs.com/events/1034320/will-paquin-tickets?skin=firstavenue Will Paquin used to write in isolation — songs came together behind closed doors, in bedrooms, dorm rooms, backseats. Even the years since he cracked the door open in 2020 with “Chandelier” - a woozy, glitch-pop oddity that caught fire online that has since gone gold - have only sporadically been punctuated by the release of a handful of standalone singles and a couple of EPs. “Sometimes I keep things a secret just to make them feel like they’re only mine,” he says. But Hahaha — his debut full-length album, out this September and still staunchly self-released — is the sound of Paquin breaking out of the bedroom. It’s loud, raw, chaotic, and full of life. And there’s no better demonstration of this than the title track. “Hahaha” is a high-voltage jolt of pure release expressly built to ignite a crowd from the very first clang of the guitar. “I wanted a song I could shout and that could be screamed right back at me,” Paquin says. The shift from solitude to communion runs throughout the record. Much of it was written while Paquin was on the road navigating a breakup, mingling that inherent sadness with the feeling of being on stage night after night embraced by the crowd “I was on tour, surrounded by live, loud music, and so there’s also this energy there. It's almost like a sarcastic ‘hahaha,’ with tears in my eyes”. The album plays with that multifaceted tumult. Take opener “We Really Done It This Time,” a straight-ahead rocker that sounds like the beginning of a panic attack. “I felt a little lost, not sure what to, or who to blame,” he says of the breakup that fuels the track. Whereas “Orangutan” keeps it playful. “I had this funny dream about an orangutan and decided to compare this relationship with this ape swinging by me in the street, going far away — and just wishing it well.” Things get tense and spare with “Roll the Dice,” which is about “counting up my mistakes and seeing where I went wrong,” before we clatter into “I Work So Hard,” a song Paquin originally started in middle school, bearing the mark of the psych rock bands he loved in those formative years, but recontextualized to his current life. “It's almost like when you get out of a relationship and you're on that grind set, and you're trying to make all these changes to be the best version of yourself.” “Our World Is Falling Apart,” another song with origins dating back a decade. “I had the format for the rest of the song, but I didn't have the maturity or skillset to flesh things out back then,” he says. Now, it’s a fitting closer — proof that even the oldest ideas can evolve when you’re finally ready to let them out. Much of the album feels this way, like a time capsule — a collection of ideas and sounds that Paquin has been quietly nurturing for years. As he began shaping the record, he found himself drawn back to the music that first sparked his imagination — the layered, melodic pull of The Beatles, the gritty urgency of The Oh Sees and Ty Segall. In the studio, these early influences blended with the more experimental textures he immersed himself in during the recording process, listening to The Magic by Deerhoof, Can’s boundary-pushing catalog, andTransmissions From the Satellite Heart by The Flaming Lips on repeat. The result is a record that doesn't just reference his past but reanimates it, layering old obsessions with new discoveries in a sound that's entirely his own. Now, for the first time, these diverse reference points come together in a cohesive whole, shaped by the passage of time and Paquin’s current perspective. “This album is kind of like re- centering what I actually like and what I want to put out to the world,” he explains. Remaining independent and free from label constraints, he took full creative control. He produced the album alongside childhood friend and longtime collaborator William Levin. The finishing touches came from Nathan Boddy (James Blake, Geordie Greep, Nilufer Yanya) who handled the mix, while Mike Bozzi (Kendrick Lamar, SZA, Tyler, the Creator) mastered the final product. Hahaha is a celebration of shared energy, of chaos, of the kind of laughter that erupts when you're fully alive in the moment. It’s a guitar-forward, psych-laced, garage-rock catharsis to be played out to the masses. Those closed bedroom doors have swung open. 

An Evening with Delicate Steve

An Evening with Delicate Steve

Sat, Oct 18

7:00pm Doors 8:00pm Showtime Full food and beverage available for this show. 21+ $22 Adv $25 Day of Get your tickets here: https://www.axs.com/events/1029546/delicate-steve-tickets?skin=firstavenue 

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