STAY SWEET SHOWS

RICHMOND DIY

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11/02: SEA OF STORMS drops, LIVING RHEUM added!

STAY SWEET PRESENTS: NOVEMBER 02, 2016 STRANGE MATTER 929 W GRACE ST OFF WITH THEIR HEADS (ACOUSTIC) dasowth.tumblr.com/ LONG ARMS https://www.facebook.com/longarmsmusic/ LIVING RHEUM http://livingrheum.bandcamp.com/ 6:00 DOORS $8 staysweetshows.tumblr.com RSVP: https://www.facebook.com/events/287244198324288/

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11/02: LONG ARMS added!

STAY SWEET PRESENTS: NOVEMBER 02, 2016 STRANGE MATTER 929 W GRACE ST OFF WITH THEIR HEADS (ACOUSTIC) dasowth.tumblr.com/ LONG ARMS https://www.facebook.com/longarmsmusic/ SEA OF STORMS https://seaofstormsrva.bandcamp.com/ 6:00 DOORS $8 staysweetshows.tumblr.com RSVP: https://www.facebook.com/events/287244198324288/

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11/02: SEA OF STORMS added!

STAY SWEET PRESENTS: NOVEMBER 02, 2016 STRANGE MATTER 929 W GRACE ST OFF WITH THEIR HEADS (ACOUSTIC) dasowth.tumblr.com/ SEA OF STORMS https://seaofstormsrva.bandcamp.com/ + TBA 6:00 DOORS $8 staysweetshows.tumblr.com RSVP: https://www.facebook.com/events/287244198324288/

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9/26: SUNDIALS added!

STAY SWEET PRESENTS: SEPTEMBER 26, 2016 @ CHURCH OF ABE SUNDIALS https://sundials.bandcamp.com/ SIGNALS MIDWEST (OH) https://signalsmidwest.bandcamp.com/ NAKED PICTURES https://nakedpicturesrichmond.bandcamp.com/ NAMETAGS https://nametags.bandcamp.com/ 7:00PM HANGS / 8:00PM MUSIC $5 staysweetshows.tumblr.com RSVP: https://www.facebook.com/events/125110444605098

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Just Announced 11/02: OFF WITH THEIR HEADS (acoustic) @ Strange Matter

STAY SWEET PRESENTS: NOVEMBER 02, 2016 STRANGE MATTER 929 W GRACE ST OFF WITH THEIR HEADS (ACOUSTIC) dasowth.tumblr.com/ + TBA 6:00 DOORS $8 staysweetshows.tumblr.com RSVP: https://www.facebook.com/events/287244198324288/

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Just Announced 11/07: MIKEY ERG / EMILYN BRODSKY / THE UNLOVABLES / SMOKE BREAK @ Gallery 5

Mikey Erg Emilyn Brodsky The Unlovables Smoke Break Doors 7PM Show 730PM $8.00 

RSVP: https://www.facebook.com/events/129849434134749/

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10/26: SUNDIALS added!

STAY SWEET PRESENTS: OCTOBER 26, 2016 @ LOVEJAIL IRON CHIC https://ironchic.bandcamp.com/ ADULT MAGIC https://adultmagic.bandcamp.com/ SUNDIALS https://sundials.bandcamp.com/ 7:00 HANGS / 8:00 SONGS $10 (srsly, don't come with less) staysweetshows.tumblr.com

RSVP: https://www.facebook.com/events/1754509401455968/

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Just Announced 9/06 RVA: DONOVAN WOLFINGTON / CADDYWHOMPUS / TEEN DEATH / THE MAGIC FOUNTAIN @ Amityville Music House

STAY SWEET PRESENTS: SEPTEMBER 06, 2016 AMITYVILLE MUSIC HOUSE DONOVAN WOLFINGTON https://donovanwolfingtonmusic.bandcamp.com/ CADDYWHOMPUS https://caddywhompus.bandcamp.com/ TEEN DEATH https://teendeath.bandcamp.com/ THE MAGIC FOUNTAIN https://themagicfountain.bandcamp.com/ 7:00 HANGS / 8:00 SONGS $5+++++ don't be cheap! staysweetshows.tumblr.com RSVP: https://www.facebook.com/events/1658601367790287/

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Just Announced 10/26: IRON CHIC / ADULT MAGIC @ LOVEJAIL

STAY SWEET PRESENTS: OCTOBER 26, 2016 @ LOVEJAIL IRON CHIC https://ironchic.bandcamp.com/ ADULT MAGIC https://adultmagic.bandcamp.com/ + LOCAL TBA (for the love of god do not ask me plz) 7:00 HANGS / 8:00 SONGS $10 (srsly, don't come with less) staysweetshows.tumblr.com RSVP: https://www.facebook.com/events/1754509401455968/#

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Just Announced 9/26 RVA: SIGNALS MIDWEST / NAKED PICTURES / NAMETAGS @ CHURCH OF ABE

STAY SWEET PRESENTS: SEPTEMBER 26, 2016 @ CHURCH OF ABE SIGNALS MIDWEST (OH) https://signalsmidwest.bandcamp.com/ NAKED PICTURES https://nakedpicturesrichmond.bandcamp.com/ NAMETAGS https://nametags.bandcamp.com/ 7:00PM HANGS / 8:00PM MUSIC $5 staysweetshows.tumblr.com RSVP: https://www.facebook.com/events/125110444605098/

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Just Announced 8/13 RVA: SMOKE BREAK (tape release) / SINISTER PURPOSE (tape release) / NAMETAGS @ LOVEJAIL

STAY SWEET PRESENTS... August 13, 2016 Lovejail SMOKE BREAK (tape release) SINISTER PURPOSE (tape release) NAMETAGS (first show) 8:00pm free as hell RSVP: https://www.facebook.com/events/259268727791139/

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TENEMENT tickets now on sale!

https://www.ticketfly.com/purchase/event/1266265

STAY SWEET PRESENTS... SEPTEMBER 19, 2016 STRANGE MATTER 929 W GRACE ST TENEMENT https://tenement.bandcamp.com/ DUSK http://countrydusk.bandcamp.com/ SMOKE BREAK http://www.avclub.com/article/take-breather-smoke-breaks-debut-album-239713 KOMODO https://wearekomodo.bandcamp.com/ 7:00 DOORS 8:00 MUSIC $8 (tickets: https://www.ticketfly.com/purchase/event/1266265) ALL AGES staysweetshows.tumblr.com

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Just Announced 9/19 RVA: TENEMENT / DUSK / SMOKE BREAK / KOMODO @ STRANGE MATTER

STAY SWEET PRESENTS... SEPTEMBER 19, 2016 STRANGE MATTER 929 W GRACE ST TENEMENT https://tenement.bandcamp.com/ DUSK http://countrydusk.bandcamp.com/ SMOKE BREAK http://www.avclub.com/article/take-breather-smoke-breaks-debut-album-239713 KOMODO https://wearekomodo.bandcamp.com/ 7:00 DOORS 8:00 MUSIC $8 ALL AGES staysweetshows.tumblr.com RSVP: https://www.facebook.com/events/1735106593443943/

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7/12 DIRECT HIT! time changes!

Please note that doors are now at 8, with music at 9. STAY SWEET PRESENTS... JULY 12, 2016 STRANGE MATTER 929 W. GRACE ST. DIRECT HIT! http://www.directhitsucks.com/ PKEW PKEW PKEW https://pkewx3.bandcamp.com/ PROBLEM DAUGHTER https://problemdaughter.bandcamp.com/ SMOKE BREAK 8PM DOORS / 9PM MUSIC $10 - 18+ Advance tickets: http://strangematterrva.ticketfly.com/event/1187133)

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Just Announced 7/12 RVA: DIRECT HIT! / PKEW PKEW PKEW / PROBLEM DAUGHTER / SMOKE BREAK @ Strange Matter

STAY SWEET PRESENTS... JULY 12, 2016 STRANGE MATTER 929 W. GRACE ST. DIRECT HIT! http://www.directhitsucks.com/ PKEW PKEW PKEW https://pkewx3.bandcamp.com/ PROBLEM DAUGHTER https://problemdaughter.bandcamp.com/ SMOKE BREAK 9:00 DOORS / 10:00 MUSIC $10 (buy in advance: http://strangematterrva.ticketfly.com/event/1187133) 18+ RSVP: https://www.facebook.com/events/243381539360398/

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Just Announced 6/30 RVA: PINEGROVE / RATBOYS / HALF WAIF @ GALLERY 5

Pinegrove After a number of different releases and years of touring, Montclair, New Jersey’s Pinegrove have offered their finest work to date with their newest LP, Cardinal. The band’s captivating blend of indie rock, pop and country elements is more vivid, fine-tuned, and addictive than ever before. Vocalist/guitarist Evan Stephens Hall along with brothers Zack Levine (drums) and Nick Levine (guitar) form a core that has been playing together since early childhood. Painting his emotions onto these songs with colorful and kinetic strokes, Hall moves through Cardinal’s eight songs with unforgettable energy and passion, with a vocal performance that is pleasantly reminiscent of Will Oldham and Built to Spill’s Doug Martsch. Highlighted by the downtrodden nostalgia of twangy opener “Old Friends” and the climactic refrain of “Size of the Moon,” where the confession “I don’t know what I’m afraid of,” is just as much of a sing-a-long as it is an emotional breakdown, moods don’t stay in one place for very long on Cardinal - they are carefully crafted and revisited throughout to continually evoke the album’s central themes of memory, language, and home. Ratboys Half Waif Doors 7PM Show 8PM 10/12 RSVP: https://www.facebook.com/events/1023411177696073/

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6/14: PWR BTTM & PETAL ADDED!

PITY SEX (Ann Arbor, Run For Cover) https://www.facebook.com/PitySexMI/ PWR BTTM (NY, Father Daughter) http://pwrbttm.bandcamp.com/releases PETAL (PA, Run For Cover) https://petalpa.bandcamp.com/ 7PM Doors // 8PM Sounds $12 Advance // $14 Day of Show ALL AGES Tickets available Friday 3/4 at 10am: http://pitysexrva.eventbrite.com/ Ann Arbor's Pity Sex built the world of White Hot Moon, their second album, inch-by-inch. The group, formed in 2011 by childhood friends and lifelong collaborators Sean St. Charles (co-lyricist/drums) and Brennan Greaves (vocals/guitar), came together explicitly to try its hand at writing pop songs. St. Charles and Greaves were putting their hardcore band to rest, enlisting Britty Drake (co-lyricist/vocals/guitar) and Brandan Pierce (bass) to round out Pity Sex's line-up. Now, the band is using the foundation of 2013's celebrated Feast of Love as the framework for something bigger, stronger, and altogether more monumental. Coming off of tours with Ceremony, Eskimeaux, and Colleen Green—including a run in Australia—the band dove into the studio with Feast of Love producer Will Yip to harness that momentum into an album to showcase Pity Sex's growth. And if White Hot Moon wears its ambition on its sleeve, that's by design: the band looked to wide-screen albums by Yo La Tengo and Sonic Youth for inspiration in finding a bigger sound. That shows: Drake and Greaves spin huge webs of sound, anchored in shoegaze but branching off in a dozen directions, from fuzzed-out power-pop (“ Bonhomie” ) to shimmering balladry (“ Dandelion” ) and back again, while St. Charles and Pierce lock into step subtly counterintuitive rhythms and floor-shaking low-end. That inclusive attitude toward songwriting fuels Pity Sex's creative fires. Drake’s more intimate and confessional songs complement St. Charles’s imagistic lyrics, and vice versa. This confluence enriches White Hot Moon and encourages compositional complexity and a shared affinity for pop solidity in equal measure. The record features some of the most directly collaborative songwriting in the band's career, and that spirit has taken them in exciting directions—often several at once, dipping into different stylistic touchstones while maintaining a constant, grounding sense of emotion throughout. As St. Charles explains, “ We thought a lot about pop conventions and how they work, and we're purposefully playing around with that.”  The result of this playful but dedicated approach to their craft: wherever you visit White Hot Moon, you'll come away refreshed, revitalized, and ready for Pity Sex to guide you along the rest of the trip RSVP: https://www.facebook.com/events/1770076116561443/