Please join us for the special event at White Schoolhouse: the album release and final show for our beloved Commodities Exchange.

Doors: 7:00pm / Show: 7:30pm
$5

Commodities Exchange / commoditiesexchange.bandcamp.com
Virga / virgaks.bandcamp.com
Dalima Kapten / instagram.com/dalimakapten

All LAAND events are all ages and we do not permit outside alcohol to be brought to the show.

All Ages, as always

Flyer by @ugly_privilege

LAAND is pleased to welcome Mary Lattimore in her return to Lawrence for an evening of beautiful and mesmerizing music at the White Schoolhouse.

Los Angeles-based electronic music composer, graphic designer, educator and activist Jeremiah Chiu will perform as tour support and Lawrence guitarist Bradley McKellip will open the night with some lush and dreamy Kansas soundscapes.

Doors: 7:00pm / Show: 7:30pm
$20 / Printed tickets available at Wonder Fair and Love Garden / Online tickets at the link below

Mary Lattimore / marylattimore.net
Jeremiah Chiu / jeremiahchiu.bandcamp.com
Bradley McKellip / bradleymckellip.bandcamp.com

Weather-permitting, this event will be outdoors at the White Schoolhouse. Feel free to bring blankets, lawn chairs, and smores fixins' (hopefully we'll have a fire pit going).

All LAAND events are all ages and we do not permit outside alcohol to be brought to the show. For our outdoor shows, the audience is mainly on a grassy field. Bathrooms are located inside the Schoolhouse and are accessible by a staircase in the front of the building.

More about the coolest harpist we know:

Through evocative, emotionally resonant music, Goodbye, Hotel Arkada, the new LP from American harpist and composer Mary Lattimore, speaks not just for its beloved namesake — a hotel in Croatia facing renovation — but for a universal loss that is shared. Six sprawling pieces shaped by change; nothing will ever be the same, and here, the artist, evolving in synthesis, celebrates and mourns the tragedy and beauty of the ephemeral, all that is lived and lost to time. Documented and edited in uncharacteristically measured sessions over the course of two years, the material remains rooted in improvisation while glistening as the most refined and robust in Lattimore’s decade-long catalog. It finds her communing with friends, contemporaries, and longtime influences, in full stride yet slowing down to nurture songs in new ways. The cast includes Lol Tolhurst (The Cure), Meg Baird, Rachel Goswell (Slowdive), Roy Montgomery, Samara Lubelski, and Walt McClements.

“When I think of these songs, I think about fading flowers in vases, melted candles, getting older, being on tour and having things change while you're away, not realizing how ephemeral experiences are until they don't happen anymore, fear for a planet we're losing because of greed, an ode to art and music that's really shaped your life that can transport you back in time, longing to maintain sensitivity and to not sink into hollow despondency.”

Memories, scenes, and split-second impressions have long filled Lattimore’s musical universe. As one of today’s preeminent instrumental storytellers, she has “the uncanny ability to pluck a string in a way that will instantly make someone remember the taste of their fifth birthday cake," writes Pitchfork's Jemima Skala. Lattimore's impulse to record life as it happens matches her drive to travel and perform, as profiled by Grayson Haver Currin for The New York Times: "Lattimore recognized that being in motion shook loose strands of inspiration, moods she wanted to express with melody. She needed, then, to remain on the go." That sense of fluidity has also made her a prolific collaborator outside of solo work. 2020's Silver Ladders, recorded with Slowdive's Neil Halstead, opened the door for Lattimore to widen the vision of her primary project as well, and its proper follow-up is the natural next scale. “All of these people I asked to contribute have deeply affected and inspired my life.”

For the title and inspiration, Lattimore’s mind returns to the island of Hvar in Croatia, where she first saw those silver ladders at the water’s edge. “There's a big old hotel there called the Hotel Arkada, and you could tell it had been hosting holiday-goers for decades in a great way. I walked around the lobby and the empty ballrooms and it looked like a well-worn, well-loved place. My friend Stacey who lives there told me to ‘say goodbye to Hotel Arkada, it might not be here when you get back’ and I heard soon after that it was actually going to be renovated in a very crisp, modern way.” Lattimore became fixated on the ingredients that make a place special — for Hotel Arkada, the patinaed chandeliers, the patternedbedspreads, the echoes of its intangible charm — and how when those leave this world, as they inevitably always will, it feels important to memorialize them, “to bottle it for a brief second.”

All Ages, as always

Making their US debut all the way from the Netherlands, LAAND is thrilled to welcome Lewsberg to Lawrence!

Doors 6:30pm / Show 7:00pm
$15 / advanced tickets available online or at Love Garden and Wonder Fair

Lewsberg / https://lewsberg.bandcamp.com/album/out-and-about
Daysleeper / https://www.instagram.com/daysleeperband/
Perfect Lovers / https://www.instagram.com/perfectlovers4ever/

LEWSBERG from Rotterdam are a four-piece rock group, named after writer and fellow Rotterdammer Robert Loesberg, famous for his dangerous novel Enige Defecten from 1974. This is one of the band’s main sources of inspiration: the counterculture and big-city cynicism of the 1960s and 1970s. Yet there is also a softer side to Lewsberg’s music and lyrics. On their upcoming, fourth album, Out and About (to be released on Sept. 15th on 12XU), this side is more present than ever. Rudimentary pop and rock songs are deliberately kept bare, only occasionally embellished with a violin or organ part. In the lyrics, the tendency towards existentialism and black humour is nuanced with an almost naive openness and engagement. Lewsberg are: Shalita Dietrich (vocals, bass guitar), Michiel Klein (guitar), Marrit Meinema (vocals, drums) and Arie van Vliet (vocals, guitar, violin).

DAYSLEEPER are the purveyors of fine rock n’ roll of the dark and mysterious variety — like the aural version of Grant Wood’s American Gothic. Featuring some familiar faces of the LFK music multiverse.

PERFECT LOVERS (imagined here as a PERFECT SOLO SHOW) is one of KCMO’s most exciting musical exports, featuring the smart and tender songwriting of Cassandra Gillig (who you’ve also seen playing perfect bass guitar in Thee Silicone Prairie Live Band).

All LAAND events are all ages and we do not permit outside alcohol to be brought to the show. For our outdoor shows, the audience is mainly on a grassy field. Bathrooms are located inside the Schoolhouse and are accessible by a staircase in the front of the building.

All Ages, as always

LAAND is thrilled to welcome Strawberry Runners to Lawrence!

Doors 7:00pm / Show 7:30pm
$12 / advanced tickets available at Love Garden and Wonder Fair

Strawberry Runners / strawberryrunners.bandcamp.com
Dalima Kapten / instagram.com/dalimakapten
June Henry / aughen.bandcamp.com

Strawberry Runners is the musical project of Hudson Valley-based songwriter, Emi Night (they/them). Night writes folk and pop songs with lyricism exploring topics of grief, trauma, and growth, on the terrain of pop, folk, and country-reminiscent instrumentation. A survivor of childhood abuse, Night is committed to destigmatizing conversations about the complex entanglement of love, power, and control within relationships, as well as the lasting effects of trauma. Night wields the heavy lyrical material of failure, grief, and uncertainty with grace and disarming candor. This summer sees the release of a long-awaited debut full-length, arriving into the world lush and fully realized in ways earlier incarnations of the band only hinted at.

All LAAND events are all ages and we do not permit outside alcohol to be brought to the show. For our outdoor shows, the audience is mainly on a grassy field. Bathrooms are located inside the Schoolhouse and are accessible by a staircase in the front of the building.

All Ages, as always

Please join us for Virga’s debut album release party!

Doors: 6:30pm / Show: 7:00pm
$12 / advanced tickets available at Love Garden and Wonder Fair

Virga / instagram.com/virgaband
2w33dy / 2w33dy.bandcamp.com
Commodities Exchange / commoditiesexchange.bandcamp.com

All LAAND events are all ages and we do not permit outside alcohol to be brought to the show. For our outdoor shows, the audience is mainly on a grassy field. Bathrooms are located inside the Schoolhouse and are accessible by a staircase in the front of the building.

All Ages, as always

Yeehaw!

It’s the album release for Miles Luce and the Cowtippers.

Doors: 5:30pm / Show: 6:30pm
$10 or pay what you can / tickets available at the door

Miles Luce and the Cowtippers / milescluce.bandcamp.com
Fritz Hutchinson / fritzhutchison.bandcamp.com
Daniel Gum / danielgum.bandcamp.com

All LAAND events are all ages and we do not permit outside alcohol to be brought to the show. For our outdoor shows, the audience is mainly on a grassy field. Bathrooms are located inside the Schoolhouse and are accessible by a staircase in the front of the building.

All Ages, as always

LAAND is excited to present Lawrence’s own Sweeping Promises, celebrating the release of their second album, Good Living Is Coming For You! With special guests New Obsessions (KCMO) and Thimastr (LFK).

Doors: 6:30pm / Show: 7:00pm

The White Schoolhouse (outdoors)

$15

All ages, as always

Sweeping Promises / https://sweepingpromises.bandcamp.com/album/good-living-is-coming-for-you-2
New Obsessions / https://www.instagram.com/newobsessionsband/
Thimastr / https://www.instagram.com/thimastrlfk/

All ages, as always

LAAND presents Ovef Ow (Chicago) with 95 Sweetbird (LFK) and 2w33dy (KCMO)!

Doors: 6:00pm / Show: 7:00pm

Repetition Coffee

$12

All ages, as always

Ovef Ow / ovefow.bandcamp.com
95 Sweetbird / instagram.com/95sweetbird
2w33dy / 2w33dy.bandcamp.com

OVEF OW is Chicago’s preeminent self-described “dark tiki” ensemble, combining wicked waves of surfy punk with a propulsive rhythm section, zany synths, and vocal harmonies that shift between choral and confrontational. Dancing mandatory!

95 SWEETBIRD is the latest from Lawrence legends Jeff Stolz, J. Parr, Heidi Gluck, and James Thomblison.

2W33DY is an immersive, hypnotic excursion into the outer reaches of guitar experimentation.

ACCESSIBILITY Repetition Coffee is located on the ground floor of 512 E 9th Street.

All ages, as always

In collaboration with the Lied Center, LAAND is excited to present Water From Your Eyes with Pink Phase and Virga!

Doors: 6:30pm / Show: 7:00pm

Lied Center of Kansas Pavilion Room

$15 advance / day of show
Tickets available online or at the Lied Center Ticket Office on weekdays from 11 am–5:30 pm

Water From Your Eyes / waterfromyoureyes.bandcamp.com/
Pink Phase / pinkphase.bandcamp.com/album/wave
Virga / instagram.com/virgaband/

WATER FROM YOUR EYES is the experimental pop project of mad scientists Rachel Brown (they/them) and Nate Amos (he/him), whose kaleidoscopic sound — an intriguing mesh of frenetic beats, delightfully deadpan lyrics, and unexpectedly sweet melodic turns — has seen them ascend the ranks of underground dance/art-punk. Now poised to release their second album ‘Everyone’s Crushed’ on the legendary Matador Records this May, Water From Your Eyes breathes new life into pop while maintaining a firm grip on their captivating tension between minimalist cool and maximalist mayhem.

PINK PHASE is based Kansas City, MO, specializing in sparkling, energetic, tight-knit shoegaze.

VIRGA hail from Lawrence, KS. Led by the incomparable Faith Maddox, they plumb the depths of majestic, darkly dreamy pop.

ACCOMMODATIONS People with disabilities are encouraged to attend KU-sponsored events. Please contact the Ticket Office for assistance in finding the best location to meet your needs. Barrier-free entrances and accessible seating are available on all levels.

All Ages, as always

Lawrence All-Ages Noise Destination (LAAND) presents….

Doors: 7:00pm / Show: 7:30pm

ECM, 1204 Oread Ave, Lawrence, KS

$10 admission

Autumnal / autumnalcolorado.bandcamp.com
Miles Luce / milescluce.bandcamp.com
Cat Fight / instagram.com/catfight_lfk

Poster by @emmyyloohooo

ACCOMMODATIONS: The show is on the ground floor of ECM. There are no stairs to enter the building.

All Ages, as always

Lawrence All-Ages Noise Destination (LAAND) and the Emily Taylor Center for Women and Gender Equity (ETC) present Femme Fest 3!

Doors: 6:00pm / Show: 7:00pm

$5 suggested donation

Bad Alaskan / https://badalaskan.bandcamp.com/
Dalima Kapten / youtube.com/@kaptenthemusical9463/
Lily Kosirog / instagram.com/lilyskosirog
The Twangles / facebook.com/TwanglesBand
DJ Honey

Poster by @safetyscissorsdesign of @kucolorbar

Supported by KJHK and Student Union Activities Femme Fest is part of the Emily Taylor Center's Femme Frequencies initiative, which amplifies the creativity of women, femmes, and people of marginalized gender identities while building a feminist community around the joy of sharing music.

ACCOMMODATIONS People with disabilities are encouraged to attend KU-sponsored events. If you require a reasonable accommodation to participate, please contact the Emily Taylor Center for Women & Gender Equity at emilytaylorcenter@ku.edu.

All Ages, as always

Doors: 7:00pm / Show: 7:30pm
$10

Optic Sink / opticsink.bandcamp.com
Silicone Prairie / siliconeprairie.bandcamp.com
Thighmaster / thighmasterlfk.bandcamp.com

All Ages, as always

Doors: 7:00pm / Show: 7:30pm
$5-10

Free Music / statlerwt.bandcamp.com
Jackson Graham / jacksongraham.bandcamp.com

Paul DeGeorge says: I recommend that you come see Free Music, a performer from Minneapolis with a band name so generic it makes their music virtually impossible to find online. There's something compelling about this willful approach to obscurity at this moment in time when the majority of recorded music has become instantly accessible. As I was passing out flyers I was also reminded of how difficult this band name makes it on the promoter. “No, sorry, the show isn’t free, that’s just the name of the performer.” I’m not salty about it. It’s a simple, beautiful, and bold declaration. A mission statement encapsulated in a two-word band name.

I first saw Free Music play in an old fire station in Worcester, MA: a completely transfixing live performance that was funny and chaotic and involved synthesizers, found sounds, and a Minidisc 8-track machine. The last time I saw a performance, I felt like I was watching an NPR host soothingly narrate the audience through a tutorial on the synthesizer patches of the Yamaha DX7: a deconstruction of music and sound, both educational and hilarious. I think you’ll really love this show. 

Jackson Graham is a percussionist from Lawrence, Kansas who will be filling Wonder Gallery with the enthralling sounds of his vibraphone.

All Ages, as always

Masks encouraged.

In collaboration with the Lied Center, LAAND is excited to present a blissed out evening with Mary Lattimore.

Doors: 7:00pm / Show: 7:30pm
$17 / Tickets available online or at the Lied Center Ticket Office on weekdays from 11 am–5:30 pm

Mary Lattimore / marylattimore.net
Walt McClements / waltmcclements.bandcamp.com
Jackson Graham / jacksongraham.bandcamp.com

Mary Lattimore is a Los Angeles-based harpist. She experiments with effects through her Lyon and Healy Concert Grand pedal harp, concocting half-structured improvisations which can include both ambient glitter and unsettling noise.

Walt McClements is an accordionist and multi-instrumentalist living in Los Angeles. In a recent Pitchfork review, Jonathan Williger writes, “McClements imbues stylistic templates established by ambient minimalists like Stars of the Lid, Tim Hecker, and Kali Malone with a distinctive emotional urgency… Ruminative melodic fragments feel like maps through secret locations, and beds of drone swaddle the listener in an atmosphere both beautiful and mysterious.

Jackson Graham is a percussionist from Lawrence, Kansas.

All Ages, as always

Please note: as of August 9, 2021 masks are required to be worn at all times inside University of Kansas buildings. KU’s full mask policy is available here.

ac•cre•tion: the process of natural growth or increase, the increase of land.

Join us for our second gig back! This show is Part two of the 4-show series that will continue into the fall. All shows will be outdoors at the White Schoolhouse.

Doors: 6:30pm / Show: 7:00pm

And How / andhowdy.bandcamp.com
Blanky / blanky.bandcamp.com
Dylan Pyles / dylanpyles.bandcamp.com
Chloe Jacobson / chloejacobson.bandcamp.com

Please note: this event takes place outdoors. Masks will be required for entry into the White Schoolhouse to use the restrooms. The restrooms are not wheelchair accessible.

All Ages | $10 in advance /$15 day-of-show

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