3/8: DIET CIG, ALL DOGS & KISSISSIPPI

STRANGE MATTER & STAY SWEET Present... DIET CIG (NY, Father/Daughter) https://www.facebook.com/dietcigmusic/ ALL DOGS (OH, Salinas) https://www.facebook.com/alldogsoh KISSISSIPPI (Philly, Softspeak) https://kississippi.bandcamp.com/ 7PM Doors // 8PM Sounds | $10 Cover | All Ages BUY TICKETS--> https://dietdogs.eventbrite.com Diet Cig is a pop rock band from New Paltz, NY, fronted by Alex Luciano with Noah Bowman of Earl Boykins (Forged Artifacts) on drums. The five charming songs on the debut Over Easy EP, written by Alex in the comforts of her bedroom, capture the innocence of adolescence and infatuation. Over Easy was recorded on Halloween 2014 with Christopher Daly at Salvation Recording Co in New Paltz, NY (Porches, Quarterbacks, Earl Boykins) and mastered by Jamal Ruhe at West West Side Music. Over Easy was released digitally and on cassette in February 2015 with the support of Father/Daughter Records. Diet Cig released 7” in September 2015, on Father/Daughter and UK Label Art Is Hard. Diet Cig is currently working on their debut LP to be released in 2016. All Dogs is a loud rock band that plays pop songs. With roots firmly planted in the DIY punk scene, All Dogs present their sincere and bittersweet songs in a unique, demanding and dynamic fashion. Since 2012, the Columbus Ohio based quartet has been touring the United States, and have released a 7” and a split cassette tape. In 2015, they will be releasing their debut full length Kicking Every Day on Salinas Records. In August of 2014, Zoë Allaire Reynolds put out a 5-song EP under the moniker KISSISSIPPI, and later that month, Colin James Kupson moved to Philadelphia to attend The University of the Arts (for Music Technology). The two began collaborating on music together after meeting on Tinder(!) They honed their output, and went in to the Drexel studios in January 2015 with Jake Ewald. The record, named after a friend whom scrawled “we have no future, we’re all doomed” across a class picture of Zoë and themselves, is a 6-song exploration into what the duo were capable of. What comes of the creative foray is a magnetic, multi-faceted output that sees the marriage of the two’s musical backgrounds; featuring Beach House-like synth harmonies, syncopated beat manipulation, and Drop C basslines. After playing many months of shows as a 2-piece, they decided to approach friends to help flesh the performances out, creating a weighted and significant live show, which exemplarily demonstrate the duo’s goal to create “amp worshipping pop/popviolence,” or an amalgamation of heavy energy and theatrics with pop hooks and dreamy haze.