Travollta prefers to show rather than tell. But if you ask passers-by from the 2021 Tomato Arts Fest, The Basement's Get Happier Friday series, or The Winter Formal at The Basement East  you'll hear them described as "interesting" or "quite something." The duo has made a name for themselves as "genuinely [the] best openers ever" (Someone on Instagram), having shared the stage with Thumpasaurus, Kitty Coen, Basic Printer, OTNES, Jive Talk, Luthi, and Mom Rock.
     
The group consists only of Coolio Heart (lead singer) and Radical Dex Rowdyhouse (the one with the cowboy helmet), but has some ephemeral connection to Atticus Swartwood & Andy Heath (Tayls, Chalaxy, Molly Rocket, Deep Talk, etc.). The group insists that dance-punk is 'back' and they will bring as many drum machines and synthesizers and kicks and Topo Chicos as needed to convince you of that. If you don't have a little bit of fun at their set you are legally allowed to stick one (1) finger into one (1) item from their lunch.

Zëta Ræ is the brainchild of Nashville-based singer, songwriter, and producer Hannah Schmeling. With a refreshing, energetic aura, her alternative pop/rock sound effortlessly blends nostalgia with post-modernism, oozes personality, and incorporates a number of genres including soul, ambient, shoegaze, jazz, and hyperpop.
 

Some artists come with a presence. As if the world falls silent when they share a song. For Miriam Kass, that presence flows both ways. Miriam speaks of music as a portal to true presence, free from who, what, when, or where. You could try to pin her at the crossroads of folk and americana, or somewhere between this vocalist and that songwriter, but such an effort would only serve to shrink the space and time that her songs demand. Better to follow her through that portal, to that place that only a voice so earnest and songs so striking could ever go.