GONERFEST 21 - Saturday Bands
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(Memphis, TN)
Reemerging last year with a new album on the Medical Records, the long-running spacerock/drone/minimalist/psych concern of Kip Uhlhorn has released albums on the esteemed Kranky Records and one can expect them to sound exactly like a band that has a song titled, “Krautwerk”.
(Montreal, Canada)
Is French-Canada the new Australia in the Goner Fest Universe? Dunno but Joe Chamandy of Quebec’s The Retail Simps has this other band that has quite a knack for the really good kind of 90s indie-jangle. They have this record called Migration Magic that K Records wishes it had released in 1996, so it released it last year, which is way better on all counts.
(St. Louis, Missouri)
A longtime enthusiast of the intersection we know as stupidity@brilliance, Martin Meyer (Lumpy and the Dumpers, Lumpy Records) goes full-on shamble with a fleshed out sound, nuance and songwriting that recalls TV Personalities Dan Treacy at his carefree best.
(Melbourne, Australia)
A highlight of both Gonerfest 19 and the label roster itself, Michael Beach has logged a decade of applying wickedly-magnetic songwriting to whatever he wishes, be it lopsided Crazy Horse workouts, art-damaged ROCK, or piano/torch balladry that will put something in your eye. Make sure to check out his most recent single, “The Sea”; a six-minute statement of purpose that builds into what we would want the end of the world to sound like. 
(Memphis, TN)
Charismatic personality-rock with the excellent “Glass Ball” and “Hang Around” singles dropped since last GF appearance plus a debut album on Goner that’s actually OTW. Pls note: There will be tickets issued for anyone found parking on the dance floor.
(San Diego, CA)
Pat Beers first impression of rock and roll was as a youngun seeing KISS on one of their innumerable farewell tours that occurred during the 90s. So it makes sense that San Diego’s Schizophonics deliver their rock-and-soul party fuzz as if they are always playing in front of 100,000 people. The festival is not without bands preceded by their reputations as jaw-dropping live acts, but this is….well…this is the one. 
(Philadelphia, PA)
Since stunning the Gonerfest 19 crowd into instant fans of something they didn’t know they loved, Philadelphia’s Rosali signed to Merge Records and released the career-defining Bite Down album earlier this year. You know those first-quarter/first-half best-of-the-year-so-far listicles? Find one that did not include Bite Down and I will show you all of Memphis’ operating payphones. As with round one, Rosali is backed by the more-than-capable hands of David Nance & The Mowed Sound.
(Tokyo, Japan)
Tokyo’s Angel Face is the latest excuse for Fink of Teengenerate/Firestarter/American Soul Spiders fame to go full parkour on a venue stage. We know this is one of those ‘you had me at ‘Tokyo’...” moments, and you know to expect a lot of incendiary but smiling chaos courtesy of a type of rock enthusiasm we just don’t see very often. Seriously, this band would choose boiled leather jackets as their last meal. Garage Punk royalty from a scene that has spawned some of the best!
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Goner brings Agadez, Nigeria’s finest back to Memphis, but this time to the GF stage and if you missed Etran De L’Air’s 2023 appearance at Growler’s, well here’s a chance to see their patented ‘happy desert blues’ in an outdoor setting where it was meant to be experienced. 
(San Francisco, CA)
If the garage rock underground of the last 35 years had a board of directors, Greg Lowery would have laughed them out of the room a long time ago and named himself sole chairman. Within a timeline that would require volumes (including one for footnotes), Lowery formed the Rip Offs in 1993 (and the Rip Off Records label/store), following the dissolution of his previous garage rock trio, Super Charger. The Rip Offs added everything that needed to be added and nothing more: More punk, more guitar, more nastiness, more velocity, more hooks. Appropriately, they called it a day a year after releasing 1994’s Got A Record; an album loved by everyone from rockabilly freaks to crust punks. The Rip Offs have played sporadically (primarily a treat for those in Japan or Europe) since reuniting in the late-00s, but this is a Goner Fest first with what is a quintessential legacy act. Lowery would remain a force in the underground with too many things to list (like The Zodiac Killers and more recently, The Control Freaks), but the legend is traced back to The Rip Offs
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Headlined by Bay Area Budget Rock legends The Rip Offs and Derv Gordon of 60s/70s UK freakbeat heroes the Equals, Gonerfest 21 will showcase another unique and wide-ranging bill featuring bands, MCs, and DJs from Memphis and around the world.
Highlights include a number of acts coming from overseas, including performances by African desert blues collective Etran de L’Air, Japanese garage punks Angel Face, and Kiwi psych/shoegazers Bailter Space. There’s also another strong showing from Australia, with Split System, Gee Tee, Michael Beach and RFMC all making the trip over from Down Under. Garage rock legends Jon Spencer and the Cheater Slicks will also perform, as well as American bright lights Oneida, Rosali, and Schizophonics. Gonerfest 21 will also showcase exciting new bands like San Antonio's Sex Mex, Nashville's Sleeveens, and Calgary's Puppet Wipes.
Finalized MCs and DJs will be announced soon!
The first block of passes to the festival sold out earlier this year. Additional Gonerfest 21 tickets will be on sale next week. Golden Passes, which allow entry to all official GF21 events, are $150. Single-day passes will be available at the door, according to venue capacity.
Artwork by the excellent Eric C
DATES: September 26-29, 2024.
Over 30 bands over 4 days, plus afterparties and more fun in Memphis!
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Fact: Gonerfest 20 brought in fans from 41 U.S. states and 11 countries! Over half of our attendees are repeat visitors to Gonerfest!
Plan to stay through Sunday - Sunday afternoon's show is heavier than usual, plus Sunday Night DJ Sets are insane!
See you in Memphis!