Saturday, April 11 2026mclusky + Pile
8:00 - All Ages
MCLUSKY
Bristol, UK
https://mcluskymclusky.bandcamp.com/
It’s important to state that “the world is still here and so are we” is the fourth Mclusky album (no qualification being needed). They had an asterisk next to the name for a bit - out of respect for past band members and the precious memorial glue of teenage musical crushes - but fuck that, in for a penny, in for a pound. Lyrically it touches on subjects as rich and as varied as work-it-out-yourself and impenetrable-inside-joke-for-the-band, but one thing is clear, all of the songs have different words. All hilarious joking aside, the best songs are about things without being precisely about them. Mclusky endorse this sentiment. They positively insist on it. Formed in Cardiff, Wales in the late ‘90s, Mclusky quickly became one of the most beloved underground punk bands of their era, known for their biting lyrics, angular riffs, and chaotic live shows. The band released three critically-acclaimed albums – “Mclusky Do Dallas” (2002), “The Difference Between Me And You Is That I’m Not On Fire” (2004) and “My Pain And Sadness Is More Sad And Painful Than Yours” (2000) – before disbanding in 2005. Since reforming in 2019, they’ve continued to bring their ferocious energy to stages, with their fourth album, “the world is still here and so are we”, set for a Spring 2025 release via Ipecac Recordings. Mclusky is Damien Sayell (bass, vocals), Jack Egglestone (drums, vocals, percussion), and Andrew Falkous (guitar, vocals).
PILE
Boston, MA
https://pilemusic.com/
Sunshine and Balance Beams, Pile’s ninth album, alchemizes metaphors with its title. The first: finding happiness in nature and oneself. Second: the woozy posture one must strike to stay afloat in commercial society. These concepts seem antithetical—“But they might actually be the same thing,” hints guitarist, songwriter and singer Rick Maguire. On its newest record, Pile weaves a Sisyphean fable concerned with labor and living. “The fulfillment I receive from pursuing art has been a guiding force for me,” says Maguire. “But it can be damaging when that pursuit teases capitalist expectations of where you might be able to go, and then doesn’t square with the reality that follows.” Pile presents this parable with jagged guitars, sputtering drum bombast, eerie synths and aqueous strings, with panoramic production and loud-quiet dynamism matching the emotionality of the band’s thunderous performances.
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1811 14th Street Northwest Washington, DC 20009-4425, 1811 14th St NW, Washington, DC 20009-4425, United States
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