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Hannah Jadagu will be performing at Barboza on Saturay September 23, 2023. www.hannahjadagu.com Bedroom pop musician Hannah Jadagu made her debut in 2021 with her EP, What Is Going On? made entirely on her iPhone 7 using GarageBand. Watch Hanna Jadagu's live KEXP performance from 2022: www.youtube.com

Cherry Glazerr are set to return on September 29th with a new album called I Don’t Want You Anymore. As a preview, bandleader Clementine Creevy has shared the record’s lead single “Soft Like a Flower.” Creevy explains in a press release that I Don’t Want You Anymore marks some of her “most personal, raw music to date,” catalyzed in part by the stillness the pandemic forced upon her. “I’ve spent these years taking a hard look at myself, at my relationships, and writing about it,” she adds. “When you’re always leaving [for tour], you don’t have a great sense of where your relationships stand, romantic or otherwise. You’re not thinking about the work that goes into maintaining them.”

Car Seat Headrest is an indie rock band formed in Leesburg, Virginia, and currently located in Seattle, Washington. The band consists of Will Toledo (vocals, guitar, piano, synthesizers), Ethan Ives (guitar, bass, backing vocals), Seth Dalby (bass), and Andrew Katz (drums, percussion, backing vocals). Car Seat Headrest play gleefully lo-fi power pop full of catchy hooks, and they always pump up the energy of their crowd-pleasing singalongs in concert. Frontman Will Toledo is the mastermind behind the band's brilliant sound, building a wall of raw guitar distortion as he sings his heart out on favorites like “Times to Die”, “Something Soon”, and “Maude Gone”. Wearing wire-rim glasses and loose fitting t-shirts, Toledo performs with a laid-back vibe that gets ticket buyers banging their heads and chanting in time to each catchy hook. Watch Car Seat Headrest perform live at KEXP Studios in 2018: www.youtube.com

Catch Mia Day at Capitol Hill Block Party, Friday July 21st, from 7:30-8:00pm on the Barboza stage! Mia Day has been releasing music since 2016, but she’s been writing music since she was eight years old. Her first full-length album, Gold, was released November 2018. She has performed at multiple venues, including Folklife, Chop Suey, the Royal Rook, and the Vera Project.

The Portland, OR band’s 2020 album 'Summerlong': www.echoesanddust.com ; They’re also on “All Summer Long,” Greg Vandy’s podcast and your new favorite summer mixtape: kexp.org ; www.roughtrade.com ; rosecityband.bandcamp.com ; www.facebook.com

The Jerry Garcia Band was a San Francisco Bay Area rock band led by Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead. Garcia founded the band in 1975; it remained the most important of his various side projects until his death in 1995. The band regularly toured and recorded sporadically throughout its twenty-year existence, generally, but not always, during breaks in the Grateful Dead's schedule.

Grian Chatten and Fontaines D.C. will be opening for Arctic Monkeys on Friday September 22 at Climate Pledge Arena. Stepping out from the impressive shadow cast by Fontaines D.C., frontman Grian Chatten has produced a debut collection of solo material that offers fresh insight into an intricate songwriting talent. Chaos For The Fly, Chatten's first solo effort, is less confrontational and rollicking than the music that most would associate him with. Instead, the album opts for pared back arrangements dripping in a bleakness that is still oddly intoxicating. www.abc.net.au

With Best Coast on an indefinite hiatus, Bethany Cosentino's releases her solo debut Natural Disaster at the end of July. Of the new album, Cosentino said in a statement: "When I look at all the artists I find most influential, the common thread is that they take risks and continue exploring different versions of themselves. My goal is to keep growing and challenging myself and living outside any kind of box, to keep on evolving as an artist and a person. And if anyone’s feeling stagnant, I hope this record inspires them to see what else life has to offer. It’s really scary to take those risks and make big changes in your life, but what you find on the other side can be so magical."

Fruit Bats is an American indie rock band formed in 1997 in Chicago, Illinois, as the project of singer/songwriter Eric D. Johnson. Johnson is the band's sole permanent member, with various musicians joining the band in live and studio settings. Fruit Bats have had a few iterations and one hiatus, but the one thing that's remained constant is their unmistakable indie-folk-rock sound. Originally from Chicago, Fruit Bats' leader and sole original member is Eric D. Johnson. Fruit Bats released their first album, Echolocation, in 2001. After that, they signed with Sub Pop Records and released four more albums: Mouthfuls (2003), Spelled in Bones (2005), The Ruminant Band (2009), and Tripper (2011). Fruit Bats announced a hiatus in 2013 while Johnson worked on a solo project, but came back together in 2015 with a new album, Absolute Loser, released in 2016. One of the band's most notable albums, In Real Life (Live at Spacebomb Studios) (2019), was a collaborative effort with Vetiver lead Andy Cabic. Based on the success of their solo tour collaboration, the album is a six-song joint effort. Later that year, Fruit Bats signed with Merge Records and released Gold Past Life and The Pet Parade (2021). Gold Past Life peaked at No. 13 on the Heatseekers chart. Fruit Bats released a retrospective in 2022, titled Sometimes a Cloud Is Just a Cloud: Slow Growers, Sleeper Hits and Lost Songs (2001-2021), a collection of fan-favorites, home recordings, demos, and unreleased tracks.