Name: Fireseek Festival
Start: 2025-04-05T17:30:00-05:00
Location: 3010 Minnehaha Ave, Minneapolis, MN, United States, Minnesota 55406

Windlass presents:
Fireseek
With Visit Lake Street, KFAI's MSP Sound, & Nitrowave
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Saturday, April 5
The Hook and Ladder Theater
Doors 5:30pm :: Music 6:00pm :: 21+
General Admission: $22 ADV (Box Office) / $27 DOOR
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3 TOURS // 12 ACTS // STORYTELLERS: WITH THE MUATAS // PHOTO BOOTH // VENDORS // EXTENDED GOTHESS DANCE
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SATURDAY
Temple (PDX)
Academy Order (PHA)
Bellhead (CHI)
Gothess
The Rope
Stranger Gallery
Finesse
Observant
Darkling I Listen
North Innsbruck
Velour Tomb
Proto-Rig
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OPENING NIGHT PARTY FRIDAY APRIL 4TH
(ON SALE SOON AT ZHORA DARLING)
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BOX-OFFICE Tickets Are Available in The Zen Arcade During Hours of Operation.
For More Information visit www.ZenArcadeTHC.com
NO REFUNDS
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Temple
“Dark post-punk from PDX. Mpls born!”
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“Academy Order arrived fully formed on 2021’s To Wilt Without Shame and have made good on their uniquely fierce blend of goth-tinged post-punk, death rock, hardcore, and new wave. Dispensing with the decidedly icy, arthouse posturing of other, lesser post-leaning acts, Academy Order brings a Blitz-like sensibility to their sound, which focuses equally on gorgeous melodies and a sense of attack. Admittedly influenced by the aforementioned bringers of Second Empire Justice, TSOL’s mid period, and The Chameleons, there a great deal more lessons to be culled from this three song herd. It should appeal to fans of synth wave and the like as much as it does Syndrome 81, Chain Cult, and labelmates Bleached Cross. - Adam Yoe, No Echo”
https://academyorder.bandcamp.com
https://www.instagram.com/academyorder
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Bellhead
“Post-punk male-female duo band. Two basses and a drum machine. No Guitar, No BS. MADE IN CHICAGO”
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Gothess
Featuring an extended dance set.
“Gothess is a inclusive goth dance night. The dj altar features BIPOC & LGBTQ dj’s. Non binary artist Mar Navarro(They/Them) is the creator of night.”
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The Rope
“Formed in Minneapolis in 2009, The Rope weaves post-punk, darkwave, and gothic threads into a uniquely dark and driving sound, with influences ranging from The Chameleons to The Sisters of Mercy. Their new album, Nightbird, dropped October 4, 2024.”
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Stranger Gallery
“Songs for the long night.”
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Finesse
“Pop duo inspired by 1982, created for 2020.”
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Observant
“Observant play anxiety-filled post punk songs about war, compassion, and forgotten films. The four piece have been playing sporadic live shows since 2019. Their musical antecedents lie somewhere in a forgotten eighties where somehow hope still lurked among the fallout from the dissolution of punk.”
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Darkling I Listen
“Darkling I Listen is a new gothic, post-punk duo. Synth-driven melodies and reflective lyrics create a dark and danceable sound.”
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North Innsbruck
“North Innsbruck exists in the obscure space between Cinematic Retrowave and DarkSynth electronic music. Since the release of their 2020 debut album MindBender, Minnesota based artist, multi-instrumentalist and producer C. Emblom has become a force in Minnesota music. Boldly fierce and more haunting than Synthwave, North Innsbruck is an aural horror-show, driving listeners to the cusp of madness.”
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Velour Tomb
“Inspired by the Deathrock movement of the 80s, Velour Tomb is a 5-piece queer band formed in 2024 in the Twin Cities, Minnesota. The band was started by lead singer Severin and guitarist Felipe and were joined by Elise on synth, Jeff on bass and Maxine on drums. Their music fuses punk-inspired danceable beats paired with lyricism that blends introspection, horror and queer experiences.”
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Proto-Rig
“New MPLS electronic.”
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Storytellers: With The Muatas
A multi-media workshop and conversation
“Chicago natives Ayanna and Cam moved to Minneapolis in the late 1980s to form an industrial dance band “Cold Front” with two others, releasing a short album on vinyl in 1990 entitled “Beyond The Beat”.
Cold Front performed locally for live audiences around the Twin Cities, and opened for bands like Meat Beat Manifesto and Nine Inch Nails at First Avenue in 1991. Looking for more consistent income, they disbanded one year later and moved into the mainstream workforce. In 2020, after an extended pause that lasted over three decades, Ayanna and Cam came together musically again under a different name, “The Muatas” with a brand new vision, new energy and new purpose! This new duo is one where they write, produce, and perform their own music.
The Muatas style is a mix of post-punk, trip hop, dark wave, shoe gaze, and electronic, and they have released three albums since 2020, and several singles including “Battle Weary”, “The Chase”, and “Everything Everything Everything”. The Muatas strongest desire is to connect with others through their music, reaching out especially to listeners who enjoy shattering genre stereotypes and who appreciate all kinds of music coming from all kinds of people. Moody and emotive, their music is multi-layered with programmed beats, live synths, guitar, and bass, and topped off with live vocals that often range between melodic and spoken.”