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  • Royal Teeth

    Royal Teeth

    ROYAL TEETH is a happy accident. On a whim, the New Orleans-based band started incorporating samples and electronics to its indie vibe. Though this sounds mainstream, the band catches audiences off-guard with its memorable male and female vocal hooks. More than ever, the band has cemented its stylistic sound. Before, the lineup changed from show-to-show. Now, the six members are set, ready for royalty.

    Opening the night will be Brooklyn four-piece, AMERICAN AUTHORS.

    Advance tickets available online at Ticketweb.

    • Venue: Underground
    • Type: Live
    • Cover: $15 ADV
    • Time: June 5, 2013, 7:30 p.m.
  • HANDS

    HANDS

    HANDS makes music like a rip tide, swirling in overlapping loops and riffs, slowly enveloping you. The group's members – Geoff Halliday, Ryan Sweeney, Sean Hess and Alex Staniloff – craft their hypnotic sound from a single dropping note that builds into a reverberating roar that crashes over you like a wave. It's a mesmerizing trick that they pull off on their debut LP, Synesthesia.

    For now, Hands' graceful and danceable indie rock is still under the radar, as evidenced by their spot in TIME Magazine's "11 Bands You Don't Know (But Should)" List, but they are quickly rising to the surface, bringing their melodies and thumping beats with them.

    Advance tickets available at Rotate This & Soundscapes, and online at Ticketfly.

    • Venue: Underground
    • Type: Live
    • Cover: $10.50 ADV
    • Time: June 6, 2013, 8 p.m.
  • AMERICAN ROYALTY

    AMERICAN ROYALTY

    AMERICAN ROYALTY is a psych-pop three piece that constructs an unlikely yet glowingly functional blend of dark psychedelic rock and poignant electronica. This creative soundscape is topped off by the vocal lead of Marc Gilfry, whose pipes both seem to fall somewhere in the realm of where blues and soul meet back on the other side.

    In February 2013, American Royalty moved from Los Angeles to Brooklyn and released their new EP, Prismatic. The new EP showcases the band’s distinctive style, characterized by forward-thinking electronic production, timeless blues rock musicianship and electrifying vocals.

    Advance tickets available at Rotate This & Soundscapes, and online at Ticketweb.

    • Venue: Underground
    • Type: Live
    • Cover: $12
    • Time: June 11, 2013, 8 p.m.
  • SUPERHUMANOIDS

    SUPERHUMANOIDS

    SUPERHUMANOIDS formed in a bedroom – an electronic experiment to escape the everyday of the everyday. Dreams of a more public lifestyle have taken this reverie to an unconventional conclusion – a troupe that incorporates equal parts harmony and dissonance, programing and organic instrumentation, lush harmonies and sparse arrangements. an exploration of pop through a spaced-out, kaleidoscopic lens.

    Advance tickets available at Rotate This & Soundscapes, and online at Ticketweb.

    • Venue: Underground
    • Type: Live
    • Cover: $10 ADV
    • Time: June 18, 2013, 10 p.m.
  • Dan Croll

    Dan Croll

    Having recently been awarded the MBF songwriter award DAN CROLL is the latest bright light to spawn from Liverpool’s new music scene. Dan and his seven-piece multi-instrumental cohort are your future soundtrack to lazy summer days, playing perfectly crafted pop in the vain of Beirut, Grizzly Bear and Bon Iver. Sweeping instrumental melodies accompanying vocals with bags of charm.

    Advance tickets available at Rotate This & Soundscapes, and online at Ticketweb.

    • Venue: Underground
    • Type: Live
    • Cover: $11 ADV
    • Time: June 20, 2013, 8 p.m.
  • Bleeding Rainbow

    Bleeding Rainbow

    BLEEDING RAINBOW started four years ago in Philadelphia as a two piece known then as Reading Rainbow. After completing two full length albums and a handful of singles, the group has expanded to include two additional members. This has allowed the band to evolve and gave them the freedom to explore the sonic extremes of their creativity. On their new LP, Yeah Right, the band has found a balance between the extremes of thrashy punk and psychedelic drone to create a new and inspiring sound.

    Advance tickets available at Rotate This & Soundscapes, and online at Ticketfly.

    • Venue: Underground
    • Type: Live
    • Cover: $11.50 ADV
    • Time: June 28, 2013, 8 p.m.
  • California Wives + My Gold Mask

    California Wives + My Gold Mask

    Chicago bands CALIFORNIA WIVES and MY GOLD MASK team up for a tour that hits the Drake Underground on this long-weekend night.

    CALIFORNIA WIVES incorporate their appreciation of electronic music, more specifically bands that mixed synthetic and traditional instruments like New Order and the Cure, with an indie pop and shoe gaze sound. Their debut album, Art History, is available now through Vagrant Records.

    MY GOLD MASK get experimental on their latest album, Leave Me Midnight, playing around with otherworldly guitars and electronic drums over a “wall of sound” production style to create an addictive mix of synth-influenced indie rock.

    Joining the bill are:
    SEAM play progressive folk-rock, with diverse influences from fellow Canadian acts City and Colour and Peter Katz, to Jason Mraz and Kings of Leon.

    GO DIANA reinterprets post-punk and alternative dance traditions for the new era of rock music.

    Advance tickets available at Rotate This & Soundscapes, and online at Ticketscene.

    • Venue: Underground
    • Type: Live
    • Cover: $12 ADV
    • Time: June 30, 2013, 8 p.m.
  • CAYUCUS

    CAYUCUS

    CAYUCUS, pronounced "ky-yook-us", is the new project from Zach Yudin, a young California native with a penchant for ecstatic harmonies and euphoric classic-pop arrangements. He makes supremely catchy and sunny indie-pop that comes shot through with old-school rock-and-roll popcraft, like what would happen if Local Natives were all serious Buddy Holly obsessives. The debut album , Bigfoot, is out now on Secretly Canadian.

    Advance tickets available at Rotate This & Soundscapes, and online at Ticketweb.

    • Venue: Underground
    • Type: Live
    • Cover: $11 ADV
    • Time: July 1, 2013, 8 p.m.
  • John Grant

    John Grant

    JOHN GRANT is an American singer/songwriter from Denver, Colorado and former lead vocalist with Bella Union cult favorites The Czars. When The Czars broke up, John moved up to New York for a change of scenery and found himself playing support to Flaming Lips and Midlake on a few shows. He recorded his 2010 debut solo album Queen Of Denmark with Midlake, and received critical acclaim, including being named Mojo magazine's Album of the Year. John is currently touring in support of his second solo effort, Pale Green Ghosts, released in Spring 2013.

    Advance tickets available at Rotate This & Soundscapes, and online at Ticketfly.

    • Venue: Underground
    • Type: Live
    • Cover: $15 ADV
    • Time: July 3, 2013, 8 p.m.