LOBE Album Release Tour feat. Houseplants

Sun Oct 26 2025 at 07:00 pm to 09:00 pm UTC-07:00

1984 Bonita Ave, Berkeley, CA 94704, USA | Berkeley

The Back Room
Publisher/HostThe Back Room
LOBE Album Release Tour feat. Houseplants
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Emerging from the San Francisco Bay Area, LOBE is a collective of award-winning composers, arrangers, and musicians that lives at the confluence of intricate writing, dynamic improvisation, and imaginative textures. The collective features Daiki Nakajima (flute, bass, tenor/soprano sax), Sam Silverstein (violin), Ethan Buck (alto sax), Nolan Miranda (piano, synths), Mark Rau (bass, guitar), and Michael Hayes (drums). Originally united through a common penchant for rhythm-forward contemporary jazz, LOBE quickly developed an interest in building on this aesthetic with dance, folk, electronic, and pop influences. Over many years of practice, friendship, and chemistry, the group came into its distinctive voice: whimsical and lush, challenging but inviting, time-bending yet always attuned to the here and now. In Autumn 2025, LOBE is excited to showcase the culmination of the past three years of collaboration in their full-length debut album, was that on purpose?. Comprised of 8 chimeric original works and arrangements, was that on purpose?, celebrates the beauty that arises from chance encounters, mundane experiences with friends, and musical relationships transcending the professional. With this release, LOBE hopes to spread the communal joy they feel every time they sit down together on stage, in rehearsal, and at the dinner table.
This show will feature an opening performance by Houseplants.
Tickets are $20 in advance, $25 at the door general admission; $15 for students with ID/low-income individuals. Children under 12 are free. Advance tickets are available here, or if the show is not sold out, you may purchase your tickets at the door before the show.
Doors open 30 minutes before show time. We accept cash or Venmo only at the door.
The Back Room is an all-ages, BYOB (for those 21+) space, dedicated to (mostly) acoustic music of all kinds. You are welcome to bring your own food and beverages. The venue is ADA accessible. If you need more information or have any questions, please call us: #510-381-1997.
Thank you for your support!
Please refrain from using your phone during performances, and if you use your camera or video, please disable the flash.
Although masks are no longer required, we strongly encourage their use to keep everyone safe in our intimate space.
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