DESERT SHARKS, Atlas engine, Screenager, American Jayne

//// DESERT SHARKS

/// ATLAS ENGINE

// SCREENAGER

/ AMERICAN JAYNE

Doors at 8 PM | 21+ | ALPHAVILLE

Desert Sharks

Brooklyn-based Desert Sharks are known for their heavy riffs, soaring vocals, and high-energy performances. Their highly praised 2019 debut full length album Baby's Gold Death Stadium received rave reviews from outlets such as Brooklyn Vegan and AdHoc, with Vinyl District calling it "undeniably major." Bandcamp agreed, referring to the LP as "a shadowy co-mingling of forceful hooks and fuzzy guitars making [it] a proper gloom-punk affair." Often compared to female-led heavy hitters such as Veruca Salt, L7, and Sleater-Kinney, Desert Sharks bring a fresh and inspired sound to the grunge-punk genre. In August of 2021, Desert Sharks released two popular singles: guitar-driven covers of “Voices Carry” by ‘Til Tuesday and “20th Century Boy” by T. Rex. They are currently recording a highly-anticipated follow up EP, with subsequent plans to tour the U.S.

Atlas Engine

The Brooklyn five-piece has established themselves live throughout NYC, London, and the Midwest, sharing the stage with Japanese Breakfast, Nation of Language, French Cassettes, and Boise’s Treefort Music Fest, as well as gaining online placements on Spotify's "Fresh Finds" and Pandora's "Today's Indie" playlists. The band's debut full length comes out later this fall with a national tour planned for 2023.

Screenager

Is a New Jersey based indie-rock band fronted by singer-songwriter Adri Maiella.

American Jayne

Is the moniker for Brooklyn based alt-rock artist, Erica Pierce. She was raised in a small town in Connecticut with more cows per square mile than people. To say there was little to do was an understatement. So, at age ten she started taking guitar lessons.

Crawling to get out of the small town she had known her whole life, Erica decided she would take a big leap. She packed her bags and moved into her first New York City apartment in January of 2018. She got hired as a bartender at the famous music venue, Rockwood Music Hall, in the Lower East Side. This is where everything changed. She was surrounded by live music every night and fell in love with the fast-paced, local-music driven scene the venue had cultivated.

Her coworkers were a mix of musicians, actors, and creatives who wanted to have their voices heard as much as she did. Through the venue and nightly drinks at an after-hours bar next door, she garnered a group of friends who wanted to help her make music. And thus, America Jayne was born.

While she started her career making folk inspired music, she soon realized she missed the grit and honesty of alternative rock. She teamed up with Ronnie DiSimone (producer, co-writer), Tiger Darrow (co-writer) to create a new and improved version of America Jayne. America Jayne released her debut EP, Homecoming, on June 30th, 2022.

Her current band line-up consists of Ian Grey (guitar), Aidan Shepard (drums), and JR Atkins (bass).

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

ALPHAVILLE, 140 Wilson Avenue, Brooklyn, United States