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YOUNG WIDOWS (Old Wounds anniversary set)
https://www.facebook.com/Young-Widows-37160148471/
NULL (Birmingham)
https://nullvibes.bandcamp.com/
MANZARA (RVA)
https://manzara.bandcamp.com/

Sunday June 17, 2018
8PM Doors // 9PM Sounds
$12 // 18+
Tickets: https://www.ticketfly.com/purchase/event/1669886

Blending post-punk, noise rock, and post-rock into a beast all their own, we feel privileged to get to watch them grow and now honor an incredible personal milestone! YOUNG WIDOWS celebrate the 10 year anniversary their masterpiece "Old Wounds" with a string of performances, playing the album in its entirety. NULL from Birmingham (members of Coliseum) will be performing June 15th through 21st. and in Richmond on 6/17 they'll also be accompanied by RVA kraut/psych rulers MANZARA!!

SNAIL MAIL (Baltimore, Matador)
https://snailmailbaltimore.bandcamp.com/
BONNY DOON (Detroit, Woodsist)
https://bonnydoon.bandcamp.com/
+ 1 TBA

Wednesday July 11th, 2018
8PM Doors // 9PM Sounds
$12 Advance // $14 Day of Show
All Ages
Tickets On-sale: Friday 3/23 @ 10am: https://www.ticketfly.com/purchase/event/1666411

After playing to a sold out crowd at Cap Ale with Beach Fossils, finally SNAIL MAIL is doing a proper headlining show here at Strange Matter and we couldn't be more thrilled! Teenage prodigt Lindsey Jordan from Baltimore was once a guitar student under Mary Timony, has toured with the aforementioned act as well as Waxahatchee, Girlpool and Priests and just announced that her project Snail Mail has signed with the legendary Matador Records! They'll be joined on tour by Detroit and Woodsist Records' own BONNY DOON. With releases on Salinas and the upcoming debut on Woodsist, this act can't get out of our heads with strong nods to Neil Young, Silver Jews and label heads WOODS. Ticket on-sale Friday 3/23 which is also the day Bonny Dune drops their new album!
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SNAIL MAIL: SNAIL MAIL, the moniker of 18-year-old Lindsey Jordan, will release its full-length debut in 2018, following the 2016 release of its introductory EP, Habit. The Baltimore singer, songwriter, and guitar prodigy is the latest addition to the renowned Matador Records roster, having bowled them over with her powerhouse vocals, preternaturally wise lyrics, and mind-bogglingly technical compositions.

Snail Mail?s Habit EP was quickly noticed by both national press outlets and touring bands alike, landing Jordan the kind of attention that most of Mary Timony?s guitar students (yes, for real, she?s been classically trained for over thirteen years AND studied under fellow Matador guitar wiz Timony, while also juggling hockey practice) can only dream of?a New York Times Sunday Arts cover, a Pitchfork Rising feature, a FADER Gen F feature, a spotlight in V Magazine, and tours with Girlpool, Priests, and Waxahatchee.

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BONNY DOON: BONNY DOON emerged in 2014, its four members pivoting away from their punk origins to create something restrained and steeped in contemplation. Songwriters Bill Lennox and Bobby Colombo expanded their ongoing collaboration to include drummer Jake Kmiecik and bassist Joshua Brooks. From there Bonny Doon took form, developing a sound indebted as much to musical touchstones like Neil Young and the Silver Jews as it was to the emotional landscapes of their always changing hometown of Detroit.

The group recorded what became a self-titled 7? in the summer of 2014, tracked by Fred Thomas in his living room. A tape of 4-track demos, ?Classical Days and Jazzy Nights,? followed in 2015, before reenlisting Thomas to record their texturally dense debut LP, which melded their penchant for time-honored songcraft with production heavy on tape-delay and glowing, roomy sonics. The album was released on Salinas in early 2017, as the band was already deep into work on material for a follow-up. Working in a studio for the first time, they captured a more spare and vulnerable sound and signed on with Woodsist to release the resultant album, Longwave.

WILLIAM ALBERT PROMOTIONS PRESENTS:

Black Plastic (RVA)
(https://blackplastic.bandcamp.com/releases)


Kee Avil (MTL)
(https://keeavil.bandcamp.com/releases)

Lounge Lizzard (New RVA Band)

Ashes (RVA)
https://ashesrva.bandcamp.com/

July 10th 2018 at Strange Matter
8PM Doors // 9PM Sounds
$7 // 18+

SABBATH ASSEMBLY (NYC/TX, Svart)
http://www.sabbathassembly.com/
SANHEDRIN (Brooklyn, Cruz Del Sur)
https://thesanhedrin.bandcamp.com/
BOOK OF WYRMS (RVA)
https://bookofwyrms.bandcamp.com/
PETRICHOR (RVA)
https://petrichorva.bandcamp.com/

Saturday June 16th, 2018
@ Strange Matter - Richmond VA
8PM Doors // 9PM Sounds
$10 // 18+
Advance tickets https://www.ticketfly.com/purchase/event/1670811

As always, the opportunity to host Brooklyn's finest progressive Sabbathian warriors on our stage is always a privilege we're happy to oblige! On their 2nd Smatter appearance for SABBATH ASSEMBLY this top tier occult rock act will be supporting their brand new (6th!) record on the amazing Svart Records and for those uninitiated feature current and ex-members of such mighty acts as Gorguts, Dysrhythmia, Hammers of Misfortune, Kayo Dot, and WITTR and worship at the dark altar of Iommi as we all very well should. They'll be touring with NWOBHM influenced, hook-laden, classic heavy metal/rock of Brooklyn neighbors SANHEDRIN on their debut RVA appearance and will be joined locally by two of our favorites, the metallic space-doom of BOOK OF WYRMS and fellow psych/doom/occult rock rulers PETRICHOR! Hell yeah!!
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SABBATH ASSEMBLY: SABBATH ASSEMBLY returns with their sixth album, "Rites of Passage," led by vocalist Jamie Myers (ex-Hammers of Misfortune,Wolves in the Throneroom), featuring guitarist Kevin Hufnagel (Gorguts, Dysrhythmia) who has been with the band since 2011, original SA drummer Dave Nuss, bassist Johnny Deblase, who also played on the self-titled album, and the new addition of otherworldly second guitarist Ron Varod (Kayo Dot, Psalm Zero, Zvi).

In a time when others in the occult rock genre remain preoccupied with fantasy and dark mysticism, Sabbath Assembly finds the most profound of transformative moments in everyday experience. "Rites of Passage" presents its listeners with a set of songs that the band hopes will mirror their own experiences of transition, and in some way provide necessary passage.
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SANHEDRIN: Formed in 2015 by New York heavy music veterans Erica Stoltz (ex-Lost Goat, ex-Amber Asylum), Jeremy Sosville (also of Black Anvil), and Nathan Honor (ex-Vermefug), SANHEDRIN's sound is familiar but not derivative. A band rooted in classic heavy metal and hard rock, but unafraid to cross genre boundaries. Lyrically, Sanhedrin often forgoes the traditional fantasy-based themes found in much heavy metal in favor of more real-life themes of inner struggle and social commentary.

2015 saw the release of their cassette demo, followed by several shows in 2016. Sharing bills with Acid King, Satan ,Magic Circle, Khemmis, and many others, Sanhedrin have always held their own with tight, high-intensity performances. Sanhedrin is currently putting the final touches on their debut full-length album. Tracked and mixed at Menegroth Studios in Queens, NY by renowned engineer Colin Marston, this LP is a collection of 8 songs spanning a wide array of emotions and sounds

Aspire Presents - Friday June 15, 2018

Hockey Dad
https://hockeydad.bandcamp.com/

Cold Fronts
https://soundcloud.com/cold-fronts

MT. EDDY
https://mteddy.bandcamp.com/

Strange Matter - 9292 W Grace St
8PM Doors // $13 adv // $15 dos
This is an ALL AGES show!

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Tickets: https://www.ticketfly.com/event/1673764

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THE SECOND MOST IMPORTANT MEAL OF THE DAY
DRAG SHOW AT STRANGE MATTER
JUNE 24TH

Join us for a fun, silly night showcasing a variety of drag genres on one stage! Performances by:

Chicki Parm (Chase Keech)
Jasmen Clitopatra (Jay Elmore)
Shanita Quit (Benjie Stark)
Paloma (Cisco Hernandez)
Melanin Monroe

Performers are working for your tips so please be sure to bring cash!

Doors @ 9:30, Show @ 10
$6 cash cover || 18+ w/ ID

RVA SHOWS & THE BROADBERRY Present:

HAIL SAGAN
https://www.hailsaganofficial.com/
AMERICAN GRIM
https://www.americangrimmusic.com/



June 21, 2018
@ Strange Matter - 929 W Grace St - Richmond VA
7PM Doors // 8PM Sounds
$10 Advance // $13 Day Of Show
All Ages
Tickets: www.richmondshows.com

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HAIL SAGAN: HAIL SAGAN is a mystery. The band is fronted by the captivating Sagan Amery, a dynamic tattooed princess who is rapidly amassing an army of devoted followers. However, her loyal disciples could be anyone. Everyone. They wear masks to accentuate their anonymity. To enhance the mystery.
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AMERICAN GRIM: Freakshow is exactly what The United States America is in for 2017: a wild ride, split in two, multiple personalities, and making your head spin right up until the end. AMERICAN GRIM is a band that band has proved they don?t need to be a cookie cutter type of act. With the styles of Anti-Flag mixed with Orgy, the sound is intriguing, and it doesn?t stop there. It?s a never ending genre battle of how messed up this country is and what we can all do to fix the problems, packed into a 12-track record.

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