03/10/2018
GroundControl is please to announce our first show of 2018 this coming Saturday, March 17th!
Come join us for the NOW THE CHANGES / SAPPHIRE LUNG / EP RELEASE PARTY
Join activist rock band NOW THE CHANGES and chamber sludge ensemble SAPPHIRE LUNG for an evening of music and community. The event is hosted by Joe Markert and the team at GroundControl, 2233 Fifth St., Berkeley, CA, 94710.
Doors open at 7:30. Show begins at 8:00 PM. Tickets: $5-10 sliding scale at the door. Free RSVP through Eventbrite (RSVP recommended; limited admission). Donation bar.
Get Tickets Here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/album-release-party-for-now-the-changes-featuring-sapphire-lung-tickets-43328521775
NOW THE CHANGES will share songs from their debut EP, "Beginning," along with new work in response to our urgent cultural moment. Their material combines driving rhythms with experimental impulses in an effort to activate righteous energies, open up new perspectives, and help catalyze the needed transformation....
https://www.facebook.com/nowthechanges/
SAPPHIRE LUNG will perform a cluster of compositions by Dani Robison, reflecting the struggle for breath and survival under late capitalism. The unorthodox quintet (bassoon, sax, violin, percussion, and upright bass) explores soundscapes alternately bleak, sentimental, and cacophonous.
https://sapphirelung.bandcamp.com/releases