Location: Kingston NY

Purple kniF plays Maximum Surf & Twang – all-instrumental surf/hot rod/juvenile delinquent rock ‘n’ roll. They are: Baker Rorick (red bass guitar), Ted Lawrence (blue lead guitar), Johnny Teagle (orange lead guitar) and Doug Wygal (champagne sparkle drums). The band shares a love of cool vintage music and collectible instruments. Rorick hosts the yearly Woodstock Invitational Luthiers Showcase at the Bearsville Theater; Teagle is the author of The Fender Amps Book – The First 50 Years – and a former columnist for Vintage Guitar magazine; Wygal is owner of Rocket Number 9 record store in Kingston, a consultant (and former V.P. of A&R) to Sony Music – an avid vintage drum collector, and his drumming credits include The Individuals, Paul Collins Beat, The Wygals, and Beat Rodeo to name a few; Lawrence own Stockade Guitars in Kingston, NY and was a founding member of NYC instro bands, The Supertones and The HumanTornados.

Buffalo Sex Change are a two piece Rock N Roll band out of Rochester, NY with dynamic live performances that focus on the visceral.

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Buffalo Sex Change sound like Buddy Holly’s Beechcraft Bonanza crashing into a snowy corn field, Little Richards heel banging piano keys, and the glass scratching against Iggy Pops chest. We’re David Johansen’s red lipstick and high heels. We’re David Bowie’s milk, red peppers, and cocaine. We’re black leather rock n roll babies. We’re your 21st century rock n roll band. It’s the big boppers last call coming through your phone. Helloooo baby. We’re here. Revving the motorcycle outside your window. It’s gonna shoot straight through your heart. Drag race between your ears. You can click the heels on your blue suede shoes and dream baby dream about going home, but it won’t do you any good…. We have decided to move in.

buffalosexchange.bandcamp.com

electronic post-industrial soundscape_experimental/krautrock/noise_we use projection and blacklight to enhance the visual presentation .
Zack – SYNTHS / DRUM MACHINE / MIXING / MASTERING
Bee Sleeve – SYNTHS / DRUM MACHINE / MIXING
Lex – SYNTHS / DRUM MACHINE

“Psychotic Sounds From Neglected Children”

Cross Culture is a musical experience you have yet to experience. Literally. When people think of a band with two emcees, they rarely think of a married couple. Rarely do they see the rest of the members in the roles they serve in the band. Formed by emcee, Saidu Ezike in October 2014; the goal of Cross Culture is to break barriers through the fusion of musical genres. In addition, the goal is for people to Break Barriers in their own lives as we believe the Cross Culture experience is greater than music. Though it may be difficult to see from the surface, members of the band have performed/collaborated with the likes of Run DMC, Beyonce, Black Sheep to name a few. Gearing up for the release of their debut album, Majesty in 2017, sky’s the limit for this motivated group of individuals.

www.crosscultureband.com

The Rough Shapes are an instrumental trio from Saugerties, NY. Their sound combines elements of Rock, Surf, Jazz, Soundtrack and Ambient – Link Wray meets Henry Mancini.

The band members are all natives of the Hudson Valley music scene (Lara Hope & The Champtones, Duke McVinnie, Voodelic and many others).

Members:
Jeff Kadlic – guitar
Colin Almquist – bass
Dan Cartwright – drums

Since 2007, the New York six-piece The Big Takeover has been fulfilling the mission implied in their name: packing clubs in the city and upstate and building their brand and reputation on the road and in the studio. A far cry from the pop-punk of American ska, The Big Takeover take their cues from Desmond Dekker and the first wave of Jamaican pop music as well as from the soulful energy and sophistication of Motown. At the center of this tight, grooving ensemble is the live-wire singing and deceptively subtle songwriting of the Jamaican-born NeeNee Rushie, a powerhouse performer who makes the audience feel like accomplices more than spectators. Traditional and experimental, The Big Takeover’s global blend reveals deep fluency in reggae and world music, hints of soul, and a pop classicism that is their own thing entirely. In New York’s musically hopping Mid-Hudson Valley, they are only the band around that is welcomed and honored at all the major national-circuit rooms: the indie/experimental haven of BSP in Kingston, the jazz and blues gem that is the Falcon in Marlboro, the classic rock mecca of the Bearsville Theater in Woodstock. The Big Takeover packs them all. On the road, the band has played over 500 shows, sharing stages with The Original Wailers, Jefferson Starship, Eek-a-Mouse, the Slackers and more. The band was recently selected to participate in a Converse Rubber Tracks Session in Brooklyn NY, and released their fourth full-length record, ‘Silly Girl’ in 2017- to critical acclaim.

www.bigtakeoverband.com

Brittani O’Hearn is a feminist, folk pop singer songwriter based in New Paltz, NY. Her acoustic songs are simple and honest with a touch of whimsy and angst. She believes the “personal is political” and writes about her own young love, loss, and experience figuring out what it means to be a girl/women, ghost hunter, activist, artist and mother.