Space Ballroom Weekly Round up: 6 shows announced

Space Ballroom Weekly Round-Up: 6 shows announced

Space Ballroom announced Many Eyes, Taylors Version Dance Party , Dagwood with Classic Traffic, Beauty, Splitville, Willow Avalon, MISSIO, Horsegirl this week. Tickets go on sale on Friday November 22, 2024 at 10 am via spaceballroom.com

Many Eyes
Space Ballroom • 295 Treadwell Street, Hamden, CT 06514
December 21, 2024
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Many Eyes

Many Eyes began in 2022 when Keith Buckley (Ex-Every Time I Die, The Damned Things) connected with Nick (Producer/ Owner of Dexter’s Lab Recording) and Charlie Bellmore (Corpsegrinder/ Toxic Holocaust) through their mutual friend, Jamey Jasta, frontman for metal legends Hatebreed. Within a few weeks, The Light Age was written and recorded in both Buffalo, NY, and Milford, CT, where the members live. Taking cues from the Grunge Rock and Hardcore of the 1990s that influenced them growing up, the members of Many Eyes skillfully blend chaos with melody.

Many Eyes’ live performances, including their recent tour with post-hardcore icons THURSDAY, and their recent tour with SUM 41, demonstrate their ability to deliver high-energy shows with precision and emotion. With Craig Vittorio now on guitar and Sean Vallie on bass, alongside Nick Bellmore’s powerful drumming and Keith Buckley’s commanding vocals, the band remains focused on pushing forward and exploring new creative horizons.

Taylors Version A Swiftie’s Dance Party
Space Ballroom • 295 Treadwell Street, Hamden, CT 06514
January 17, 2025
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Taylors Version Dance Party

Taylors Version A Swiftie Dance Party at Space Ballroom in January 2025

Calling all Swifties! Welcome to Taylor’s Version, the dance party of your wildest dreams. We put on DJ-based events playing every Taylor era, no skips! Could you ask for anything better? Grab tickets, grab your friends, and come trade bracelets with us!

Dagwood with Classic Traffic, Beauty, Splitville
Space Ballroom • 295 Treadwell Street, Hamden, CT 06514
January 19, 2025
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Dagwood

Willow Avalon
Space Ballroom • 295 Treadwell Street, Hamden, CT 06514
February 18, 2025
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Willow Avalon

Willow Avalon, a rural Georgia native whose first word was “Elvis,” grew up surrounded by gospel and country music. She began playing piano in church and taught herself guitar at age 12, quickly turning to songwriting as a means of escape and salvation. At just 15, she left home and spent a brief period living in her car before making her way to California. Now based in New York, Avalon writes, plays and produces her own music alongside a small group of trusted collaborators, crafting a sound that refreshingly blends classic country and Americana. Her debut EP, Stranger, has racked up over 30 million streams, and her songs “Tequila and Whiskey” and “Homewrecker” have earned widespread attention. Avalon’s unique style has led her to share stages with artists like Charles Wesley Godwin, Paul Cauthen, Cage the Elephant and more. Her anticipated debut album, Southern Belle Raising’ Hell, is due out January 2025.

MISSIO
Space Ballroom • 295 Treadwell Street, Hamden, CT 06514
March 8, 2025
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MISSIO

Austin duo MISSIO—Matthew Brue and David Butler—fearlessly break the rules as they fuse elements of rock, electronic, indie, and hip-hop into an unmatched and uncompromising hybrid. They tie seemingly disparate threads together with honest and heartfelt lyrics meant to both provoke and inspire. Following the 2023-2024 Cinco EP series, the pair present their most definitive and dynamic vision with their full-length double-album, I Am Cinco [Nettwerk]. It collates five moods—I Am Sad, I Am High, I Am Awesome, I Am Angry and I Am Crazy—into one.

Since 2015, MISSIO have painted this picture with Loner [2017], The Darker the Weather // The Better the Man [2019], Can You Feel The Sun [2020], and VILLAIN [2022]. Tallying over 1 billion streams, their catalog has notably resonated with the Gold-certified “Everybody Gets High” Between packing houses on tour, they appeared at festivals like ACL and Lollapalooza and incited praise from Atwood, Billboard, Rolling Stone, New Noise and Substream.

The music initially took shape in Austin only to be completed on a creative sojourn to Mexico City. Excited to share the music with the world, everything set the stage for them to finally release I Am Cinco.

“We’ve been to multiple countries and had 10 different sessions to write and record these 28 songs,” David leaves off. “We’re not just here to check a box; we’re here to be prolific.”

Horsegirl with Free Range
Space Ballroom • 295 Treadwell Street, Hamden, CT 06514
March 26, 2025
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Horsegirl

We were kids, lined around the block; it was the summer of 2021 and Horsegirl was headlining Schubas Tavern. Our eyes were glowing and true as rockets of noise filled the room. There were legs and arms and bodies and hope and suddenly, there was a home for all of us, and we realized that this would be the hour from which our future sprung forth. Even from these early moments, Horsegirl possessed an honesty that has resonated with listeners. It is a spirit they have honored on their second album, Phonetics On and On, an exploration of the lines between pop, minimalism and playful experimentation.

There is something about the bitter cold in Chicago that unites the city in January— the two weeks in 2024 that Horsegirl spent recording Phonetics On and On were some of the coldest days in Chicago that year. With the heating off in The Loft to avoid sound interference, the band was bundled in multiple sweaters and sitting on their hands between takes. Working closely with musician/producer Cate Le Bon (Deerhunter, Kurt Vile, Wilco) Horsegirl found focus and intimacy in the studio that can only arise when it’s simply too cold to step outside. Abandoning the heavy saturation and character studies of Versions of Modern Performance, Le Bon leads them into new, bright, clear, sonic territories that highlight the inventive nature of these new songs.

After playing together for four years, Horsegirl explores the limits of the trio configuration within Phonetics On and On— what if instead of filling out songs with distortion, they utilized the expanse that the three of them didn’t occupy? This question seems to be the motivating force behind the record, and the songs are a testament to experimenting with space and texture while maintaining a pop song at the core. New tools help bring this world to life; violins, synths, and gamelan tiles are all woven into the record with complete effect.

One of my favorite moments of experimentation on the record is “2 4 6 8,” whose Raincoats-like violin parts and kinetic percussion elevate the song’s finale towards the same dynamic power of the Velvet Underground’s “Heroin.” The band relay that “2 4 6 8” was written almost entirely in the studio, as a result of Le Bon pushing them to lean entirely into the process of recording. It is an achieved byproduct of rewriting and rearranging, adding and subtracting, flash-moments of instability, and embracing the unexpected result. There’s also the album’s centerpiece “Julie,” whose synth drones become an ocean for Penelope’s vocals to sail above, all while Nora’s wonderfully avant-garde Rosa Yemen-like anti-solo’s pierce the woven sea.

Since their debut release in 2022, much has changed for the band. In the fall of that year, they relocated to New York City, where Penelope and Nora were to attend NYU. It was the first time the trio had written music outside of Penelope’s parents’ basement. You can hear the push in a new direction by virtue of their new environment, but through this time of unparalleled change, the band turns inward. They write with unanticipated honesty, leading us through scenes of girlhood and youth. Friends gathered around the kitchen table, smiling. Silent walks down cold streets as words freeze in air. Quiet mornings reading in bed with your partner sleeping beside you. The indelible truth is that Horsegirl is a band of best friends; being around them you can see that love in their eyes and it is always a joyous thing to witness.

It’s a love that is ever-present in Phonetics On and On. From the first seconds of “Where’d You Go?,” tenderness reverberates back and forth across the recording. Gigi’s dancing drum melodies and Penelope’s bright guitar leads direct your attention to the band’s chemistry and mastery of form. Horsegirl has the same playful rhythmic sensibilities of bands like The Feelies and Young Marble Giants, while still carving a path of their own. There is a confident simplicity to the songs of Phonetics On and On that brings the band’s songwriting ability to the forefront. These are songs to dance to.

Despite living in New York for the last three years, it was very important to the band to record their second album in Chicago. This is their home, both physically and sonically. Their music continues to blend with the adventurous Hallogallo music scene, which includes bands like Lifeguard (and their many side projects), TV Buddha, and Twin Coast. It’s a scene that prides itself on the pure collaboration of DIY culture, with its many house shows and zines. It’s an energy that is tangible in Phonetics On and On.

It’s hard to imagine any of these songs being written by anyone but Nora, Penelope, and Gigi. These are the moments of their lives. This truth arrives from the handmade core of the record, like a tapestry, or a journal; underlined, circled, and loved. Latching the door in place for all those who wish to follow.

– Eli Schmitt

Eli Schmitt is a long-time friend of Horsegirl, currently residing in Chicago. They are the editor of Unresolved fanzine, promoter of the New Now series of all-ages shows and YouTube channel, as well as a musician in multiple bands including TV Buddha and Post Office Winter.

Don’t Miss

Letters to Celo w/ Heretix – Thursday, November 21st
Jasta w/ Fuming Mouth, Extinction A.D. – Friday, November 22nd
Ceschi & Factor Chandelier w/ Myles Bullen, PT Burnem, Indigaux – Saturday, November 23rd
Carter Vail w/ Sego – Sunday, November 24th
Presence CT: Led Zeppelin Tribute – Friday, September 29th
Soul Blind w/ Montclair, In 2 Again, Private Mind, High Reach – Saturday, November 30th
Ride w/ Rocket – Wednesday, December 4th

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