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The Hip Abduction - Live at The Hangar
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Doors at 6PM
Show at 7PM
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Avi Kaplan - Live at The Hangar
THE HANGAR PRESENTS:
AVI KAPLAN
MOVE OUR SOULS
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Doors at 6PM
Show at 7PM
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You Should be Dancing - Live at The Hangar
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Doors at 6PM
Show at 7PM
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Allah-Las Live at The Hangar
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Doors at 6PM
Show at 7PM
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“A ship in harbor is safe, but that’s not what ships are built for” the saying goes. But suppose the proverbial harbor is Los Angeles — a place not particularly known for being the origin of adventures. From the Spanish Conquistadors to the countless starry-eyed nobodies hoping to make it big, LA is usually the destination.
So it’s no wonder the Allah Las became fascinated with both the carefree spirit and glitter-in-the-gutter lifestyle of their hometown. After three records mining its lore and lure (from the desert to the sea) they have become global ambassadors of not just a place but a location.
Having taken their compact California on the road across the world (making stops in North, Central, and South America, Europe, South Africa, Australia, Russia, East Asia and beyond), they couldn’t help but peek through the other end of the telescope.
On their fourth LP, drummer Matt Correia, bassist Spencer Dunham, and guitarists Miles Michaud and Pedrum Siadatian turn their collective gaze outward and toward the horizon. Simply titled LAHS (a reference to a common misspelling of the band’s name), their forthcoming release on Mexican Summer finds the band turning in their most cohesive and ambitious work yet.
The Allah Las seem to be transmitting from a place not found on any map. Those familiar with the band’s work will recognize their skillful melding of melodies and moods, but through that lens we see them venturing into new, exciting territories. Indeed, their growth not just as songwriters, but as performers, arrangers, and producers — is clearly audible.
Correia sings in Portuguese on “Prazer Em Te Conhecer” (Nice to Meet You), which evokes George Harrison while also sounding like a rare 45 from a Brazilian flea market. The breezy sweetness of “Pleasure” could pass for a song by Spanish folk darlings Picnic, were it not for the wistful wisdom in Dunham’s delivery. “Polar Onion” takes us through the inevitable lows one encounters on a long journey, as Michaud laments “drown in the sea, I fill my cup - but it’s not enough”- a caricature of the lonesome cowboy seeking and occasionally glimpsing enlightenment.
One of the most notable evolutions from their previous work is a razor-sharp focus on the groove. We hear the rhythms of Krautrock influencing songs like “Houston” and “Electricity,” with steady and precise drumming that create complexity from repetition. Whilst both “Roco Ono” and “Star” incorporate elements of disco and soul into Allah Las universe, highlighting an airtight rhythm section unafraid to tap their toes.
Opener “Holding Pattern” conveys what the title suggests; you’ve almost arrived, you can see the ground, but you’re not quite there yet. Airy, ethereal harmonies chant the title, holding you in suspense- and eventually give way to an entirely different mood just before the fade- as if telling the listener “we’ve landed safely.” The persistent shuffle of “In The Air” drives the song forward, while Siadatian’s echo slapped voice bounces along on top, describing “images that can’t compare to the real thing in the air.” Electric guitar and mellotron trade licks, mirror each other's kinetic ascending and descending lines and calling to mind the playful jubilance of Kevin Ayers in his prime.
“We’ve been traveling a lot the past couple years and I think that played a role in influencing the broader variety of songs on this record” Correia explains. And this is precisely what sets LAHS apart from its predecessors -- a record inspired less by time, but by place. “LAHS to me feels like a soundtrack to the past 5 years or so. A sort of audio postcard to anyone who wants to listen.” This sentiment is echoed in the album’s artwork — a collection of exotic postcards, postmarked from equally exotic locals (designed by Matt Correia & Robbie Simon).
Tracking was done mostly by the band at their own studio in Los Angeles, allowing them more time and space to experiment with tunes and tones. Producer/Engineer Jarvis Taveniere (Woods) was brought in to help polish it off, resulting in a sound both crisp and clear while keeping with the warmth and atmosphere the band are known for.
The Allah Las have left the harbor. The infectious wanderlust that fuels these thirteen songs continues to propel the group forward across new frontiers, as they collect and catalog all they find and return with plenty of inspiration in tow. With LAHS we not only discover what souvenirs they’ve brought back for us; they’re inviting us aboard and taking us along for the ride.
Club Heartache : The Altons & Thee Sinseers Live at The Hangar
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Doors at 6PM
Show at 7PM
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Please DO NOT park at the Mini Golf location next door as you will be towed.
Straight out of East L.A. and led by multi-instrumentalist, producer and singer-songwriter Joseph Quiñones, Thee Sinseers feature a full brass section led by Eric Johnson (Tenor sax), Steve Surman (Bari sax) and Joseluis Jimenez (trombone). The line up also includes sweet harmonies and a tight rhythm section consisting of Christopher Manjarrez (Bass), Francisco Flores (Guitar), Bryan Ponce (Guitar/vox), Luis Carpio (Drums/vox) and Adriana Flores (Vox). Together they are a part of a community of musicians who are tying together the nostalgic and the classic with the innovative and the new to bring a unique sound to soul music.
Thee Sinseers are part of the Colemine Records family led by Terry Cole, who released their first singles, “It Was Only A Dream” and “I Don’t Mind” in 2019, with a full length LP, “Sinseerly Yours” releasing in March 2024. The band’s song “Seems Like” was also included in the inaugural compilation, “Presenting Penrose Records” from the Penrose imprint of the renowned, Brooklyn-based label, Daptone Records. The song “It Was Only A Dream” was featured in the feature film “Self Reliance” starring Jake Johnson, and in the TV show, “Riverdale.”
To date, Thee Sinseers have dazzled audiences across the country in soul strongholds such as California, Texas, New York, Chicago, Oregon, and more. The road is paved in love and soul and Thee Sinseers are on their way to a venue near you soon.
Emerging from Southeast Los Angeles, The Altons have become a fixture in the burgeoning West Coast souldies scene. Helping launch the Daptone Records imprint Penrose as one of the five premier groups on the label, The Altons blossomed from selling out local nightclubs to performing on the grand stages of Austin City Limits and the Corona Capital festival in Mexico–selling thousands of 45s in the process.
The heart of The Altons' alluring sound is the distinctive and oft romantic vocal harmony of Adriana Flores and Bryan Ponce. Their voices intertwine effortlessly, bringing a level of intimacy and sincerity to the music that groups can seldom achieve. Ponce’s virtuosic guitar playing is anchored by the formidable rhythm section of Caitlin Moss on drums and Chris “Bolillo” Manjarrez on bass, creating a captivatingly organic synergy . Together, the evolution of their sound can best be heard via the soulful, sing-along hit singles: “Over and Over” [borrowed as the viral song "Otra Vez" by ProdMarvin, which took over TikTok and Instagram in 2023,] and “When You Go (That’s When You’ll Know)” [sampled by Mary J. Blige on her Grammy-nominated album Good Morning Gorgeous.]
Their forthcoming debut album on Daptone Records, Heartache in Room 14, marks a significant evolution in their journey, as they collaborate with renowned Daptone Records producer Bosco Mann. "This whole album was a new experience for us, from the way we approach songwriting to how we recorded the music," explains Ponce. Flores adds, “Working at Penrose with Gabe was a turning point for us. Our songwriting process was broken down and rebuilt focusing on lyrics, melody and arrangement. We started to create songs that felt vulnerable lyrically and contagious melodically. We welcomed the change and were like sponges in the new environment taking it all in.”
The opening track “Waiting” is a testament to that vulnerability. Ponce and Flores’s tender vocals tell a story of longing, love and the patience that goes with it. Backed by a haunting organ and creeping rhythm, the song is a head nod to the classic soul sounds that inspired them–albeit delivered with hallucinatory aplomb. Sung in spanish they deliver “Del cielo te cuido,” a heartfelt homage to the boleros of their abuela’s living room and “Perdóname,” a mid tempo groover whose guitar driven instrumentation and heartbreaking lyrics create a moody juxtaposition that is uniquely theirs. “Your Light” , a dreamy, earnest declaration of love that further showcases the undeniably charming chemistry of Ponce and Flores. With the verses sung in heavenly unison the pleading call and response chorus brings another layer of depth and emotion to the track.
Scheduled for release in the first quarter of 2025, and with extensive worldwide touring in the works, the highly anticipated Heartache in Room 14 is poised to take The Altons distinctive brand of soul music to lofty new heights.
Collie Buddz - Spark Up Tour
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Doors at 6PM
Show at 7PM
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Colin Patrick Harper hails from the tiny island of Bermuda. In the music industry, he is known as the reggae artist Collie Buddz. Buddz was born on August 21, 1984 in New Orleans, Louisiana. After graduating from high school, he attended Full Sail University in Winter Park, FL, where he decided to study studio engineering. Upon graduating from the top in his class at Full Sail in 2006, Buddz began looking for work in the recording industry as a performer or producer. One of his first major gigs was working with recording star Shaggy on the single "Mad Mad World" from Shaggy's new album at the time entitled Intoxication, which was released in 2007. That was the same year Collie released his self-titled debut album with Sony Music with tracks such as ‘Come Around’ and ‘Blind To You’. The album was a success and well-received by critics. WWE (World Wrestling Enterprises) fans would immediately recognize Buddz's voice from the entrance theme ("SOS") for WWE superstar wrestler Kofi Kingston, which was included on the 2008 compilation WWE The Music, Vol. 8. Over the next year, he would continue making guest appearances on the works of many other artists.
It is no small coincidence that his stage name "Buddz" is slang for marijuana. There have been photographs taken of the artist holding bongs and other pot-smoking paraphernalia over the years. Of course, other reggae artists such as Bob Marley have made weed seem an essential part of the reggae lifestyle. When not working in the studio, Collie found himself selling out venue after venue on one of his many exhaustive tours. Now with new music being released and a good reputation under his belt, Buddz finds himself playing at some of the biggest reggae music festivals all across the world such as, Reggae Rise Up, One Love New Zealand, and California Roots Music Festival.
At the end of the decade, Buddz started his own record label called Harper Digital. In 2011, he would finally release his second album entitled Playback followed shortly with the Blue Dreamz EP. Buddz would then go on to release his next album, Good Life, fully independently through Harper Digital with features from the likes of Snoop Dogg, Jody Highroller, and the Bay Area’s very own, P-Lo.
More recently, he has finished up his fully self produced album Hybrid which came out in the spring of 2019. Hybrid is Collie Buddz's third full-length album. The album is fully produced by Buddz and features two tracks with Russ, as well as tracks with Tech N9ne, B Young, Stonebwoy, Dizzy Wright, and Johnny Cosmic. The first five songs on the album have been released and highly praised as singles. The FADER called "Love & Reggae" a "quintessential reggae jam," and Billboard praised "Bank" feat. Russ & B Young, claiming "Buddz effortlessly [flowed] on the self-produced melody." Meanwhile, "Bounce It" featuring Ghanian Grammy nominee Stonebwoy has gotten radio play around the world including on Sirius XM Pitbull's Globalization channel, and Buddz's latest single "Show Love" has quickly earned radio play on Sirius XM The Joint and was added to Spotify's elite New Music Friday playlist.
Hollow Coves
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Doors at 6PM
Show at 7PM
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Please DO NOT park at the Mini Golf location next door as you will be towed.
An earnest vulnerability combined with an uplifting message to seize each moment has
buoyed Hollow Coves and their fans through a journey of mutual understanding—the dream
isn’t success but rather the acute awareness of life’s fragility.
Hollow Coves is the indie-folk voice of connection to beauty and community—a reminder to
look inside the self and embody gratitude for the natural world. Living on the Gold Coast and
weaving their own perspective on paradise, Matt Carins and Ryan Henderson are equal
parts songwriters and vocalists, alternating lead roles to best serve the song.
After meeting through a mutual friend at the end of 2014, Matt and Ryan recorded a handful
of songs in a friend’s garage. Ryan spent the next year traveling as they went back and forth
over Dropbox, layering vocals and instruments as a means of creative release. After
uploading a few songs to SoundCloud, thousands of listens poured in overnight until they
amassed over a million clicks. Stunned, the boys phoned each other from across the globe.
Deciding to follow whatever it was that chose them, Matt put aside his carpentry job, and
Ryan gave up being a civil engineer to see where a life in music could lead.
Organic listening has grown their audience ever since, with over half a billion streams
worldwide and nearly a million followers across their platforms.
That twist in fate led them to release their debut EP Wanderlust in 2017. Travel stories and
ruminations on landscapes from years past defined their sound and their purpose as a group,
and Hollow Coves unintentionally became known for writing indie-folk anthems for the great
outdoors. Fan favourite ‘Coastline’ became one of the top 20 most used songs on Instagram
Reels in Summer 2021, and was certified Gold in Canada and Australia.
As opposites that attract, Ryan’s keen sense for detail as a classically trained pianist
compliments Matt’s easy-going surfer approach. The yin-yang pairing of their personal
polarities allows them to flip complex musings into poetic simplicities, evoking a palpable
feeling of weightlessness.
In 2018, they retreated to the countryside of Devon in the south of England to record
alongside producer Chris Bond (Ben Howard, Justin Nozuka, Xavier Rudd), leading to the
2019 release of their debut full-length album Moments.
A hand-crafted acoustic journey that pulls you out of your world and into something mellow
and free, Moments was well-received, with praise from the likes of Billboard, PASTE, Clash,
Sunday Times, OnesToWatch and more. The band toured around the world with artists such
as Tom Walker, The Paper Kites, Passenger, and most recently The Lumineers.
As the pandemic swept everyone into isolation, Hollow Coves moved into a house on the
Gold Coast. They sourced second-hand equipment, put Matt’s carpentry skills to use building
a soundproof recording booth, and learned the basics of recording together through trial and
error. Their EP Blessings was recorded and self-produced at the band’s home in 2021.
“We wanted the album to be the musical equivalent of some sort of new age retreat where
people might go to sit still, renew their mind, and shift their focus to something more
positive,” says Ryan.
Their narrative-driven lyricism pushed them beyond day-to-day life, capturing hard-learned
lessons and hopefulness during tough times. The EP resonated with listeners seeking
guidance and levity, and vulnerable stories and messages of gratitude poured in from fans.
Hollow Coves made their return in 2024 with the release of Nothing To Lose, via Nettwerk
Music Group. Across its eleven songs, Nothing To Lose is a rallying cry for appreciating the
here-and-now amidst the oversaturation and ephemera of the digital age - coupled with the
anxiety and burnout that too-often accompany them. It’s a collection that mines the
underestimated powers of gratitude, perspective and simplicity; taking time to cherish the
natural beauty of the world around us, and the presence of the ones we love.
Driven by the energy of their audience, a grounding oceanside lifestyle, and a sound that
genuinely reflects their mindset, the band continues to push forward to live their own recipe
for a good life.
Flamingosis - Live at The Hangar
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Doors at 6PM
Show at 7PM
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Flamingosis makes the soundtrack to being your best self. Under the spell of Aaron Velasquez, the New Jersey-raised and Brooklyn-based artist and producer, handcrafted electronic beats meet live instrumentation spiked with funk in the center of the dancefloor (right underneath the disco ball). The ensuing overflow of energy might just inspire you to get up and move, fall in love, or even change your life. Extending a creative arc without comparison, he strikes a deep emotional chord on his 2024 full-length album, Better Will Come.
“Everyone wants to get better in some way,” he states. “The album highlights my own personal experience of growing, and you can potentially relate your story to what I went through. I learned a lot of hard lessons, but I made a conscious effort to grow in every way—not just musically, but physically, mentally, and spiritually. I did a lot of inner work, and I channeled these experiences into the music. If you pursue self-improvement, life improves around you too.”
Artistically, he has continued to progress at an impressive pace. Piling up over 100 million streams and counting, he has dropped one fan favorite project after another, including Pleasure Palette [2015], Kahunastyle [2016], Bright Moments [2016], Daymaker [2021] and collaborative album Bliss Station [2023]. Of the latter, ThisSongIsSick raved, “This is the perfect album to rinse outside by the pool, at the park, in your backyard, or wherever you have a space to move around,” and EARMILK christened it “an electronic journey through time and space.” Along the way, he teamed up with everyone from Big Gigantic, GRiZ and Tokimonsta to Matoma for collaborations. Simultaneously, he notably shined at festivals, including Austin City Limits, Electric Forest, Okeechobee, Holy Ship!, Voodoo Music + Arts, and more.
A season of transformation and awakening underlined the genesis of Better Will Come.
“Around the time of the Daymaker tour, behind-the-scenes life hit me in an unexpected way I didn’t think was possible,” he recalls. “In turn, I took a downward spiral as a direct result of my poor choices and failure to balance things in my personal life. It was a hard pill to swallow, but I had to get real. I acknowledged it and consciously made a change. I started eating healthier, going to the gym, and seeing a therapist. Everything helped a lot. I funneled the inner pain and turmoil into the music.”
He did so during sessions in New York and Denver. Beyond shaping lively and lush soundscapes of his own, he orchestrated performances by a bevy of musicians such as Jeff Franca, Hunter Roberts, Bora Lee, Mike Tallman, and Eddie Roberts. Akin to a conductor, he actively produced the players and arranged the tracks.
Now, he introduces this chapter via the uplifting single “Feel Yourself” [with Marc Rebillet]. A seventies-style synth line wraps around the bass, while a head-nodding beat sets the tempo punctuated by glimmering guitar and a loose lead. Rebillet’s buttery smooth vocals engage and empower as he urges, “Nobody feeling you, gotta feel yourself.”
“Marc and I have known each other since 2019,” he says. “I admire him as a musician and as a person. We reconnected in 2022, and it was dope he made time for me. ‘Feel Yourself’ is straight-to-the-point. He came up with the hook on the spot, and it’s almost like a mantra. Your inner consciousness is telling you, ‘People around you can love you for who you are. At the end of the day though, nobody can help you and love you for you; you have to do that. You need to do the inner work.”
Elsewhere, “Soulsearcher” uncorks a blast of sonic sunshine enlivened by ecstatic strings, ebullient keys, engaging horns, and an entrancing vocal. “I finally knew how to finish the song after the life experience I’d gone through,” he states. “It’s about searching deep, inquiring within, and telling yourself the healthiest way to go on your path.”
“Nebula Gazer” hinges on a clean funk riff and foot-stomping bass. Built around a core synth line, successive solos swirl across this galaxy in an intergalactic call-and-response.
“There are way more solos on the album,” he smiles. “It made everything more colorful.”
The unabashed soul of “Life and Death of Hard Times” explores an overarching theme with a strutting groove and slick thump of its own. “We all go through rough periods,” he observes. “That’s just human experience. We suffer, but it doesn’t last forever. ‘Life and Death of Hard Times’ describes the beginning and end cycle of a hard time. You come out stronger on the other side.”
Then, there’s the closer “Better Will Come.” He samples Gil Scott-Heron whose words, “If you take your time, you might change your mind,” prove as prescient and appropriate as ever layered atop a buoyant soundscape.
“Gil’s words are looped through the song, and it ties the whole album together,” he notes. “If you really do take your time, you can change your mind and everything, in general. It’s a full circle moment.”
In order to bring the music to life on stage, Flamingosis will hit the road with a band for the very first time. At the end of 2023, he performed a pair of gigs in Denver at Cervantes joined by Bodega Groove Collective. The drums, horns, guitar, and bass added a full-bodied bombast to the set unlike anything he’d delivered prior.
“The shows in Denver were pretty much the climax of my music career thus far,” he goes on. “I’d never played with a live band, so it was a major change. I’ve learned you need to face new challenges head-on. It’s what we did, and it went great. It’s going to be really cool to do the same thing on the road.”
In the end, Flamingosis delivers a message meant to be shared aloud on the album.
“It’s a reminder that no matter what you’re going through, you can be better for yourself,” he leaves off. “Hard times don’t last. All of those little things add up to change you for the better. Am I where I want to be? Probably not yet, but I’m a lot better than I was when I started the whole process.”
Skinshape - Live at The Hangar
THIS IS A 21+ SHOW.
Doors at 6PM
Show at 7PM
Parking Information:
If you're going to drive, get here early. Leaving your car overnight in our lot is ok with us. Please consider riding your bikes and or using ride share.
If our lot is full you can find additional parking at these locations, which we have rented for the day :
971 & 981 Silver Dollar Ave (behind the Shell station), 80 parking spaces
Realty World Lake Tahoe , 949 Tahoe Keys Blvd, 20 parking spaces.
Please DO NOT park at the Mini Golf location next door as you will be towed.
Color & Chug
The title says it all. Color and Chug.
You could be classy with paint and sips, wine, acrylics and canvas…or you can let your hair down, scribble your heart out with some crayons and drink some damn good beers. All while recreating some iconic art from our favorite afro haired gentlemen. Win merch, gift cards, applause and the respect of your peers.
How much, it’s free…we encourage grabbing a beer while you create your masterpiece, because, why not.
Color & Chug
The title says it all. Color and Chug.
You could be classy with paint and sips, wine, acrylics and canvas…or you can let your hair down, scribble your heart out with some crayons and drink some damn good beers. All while recreating some iconic art from our favorite afro haired gentlemen. Win merch, gift cards, applause and the respect of your peers.
How much, it’s free…we encourage grabbing a beer while you create your masterpiece, because, why not.
Color & Chug
The title says it all. Color and Chug.
You could be classy with paint and sips, wine, acrylics and canvas…or you can let your hair down, scribble your heart out with some crayons and drink some damn good beers. All while recreating some iconic art from our favorite afro haired gentlemen. Win merch, gift cards, applause and the respect of your peers.
How much, it’s free…we encourage grabbing a beer while you create your masterpiece, because, why not.
Color & Chug
The title says it all. Color and Chug.
You could be classy with paint and sips, wine, acrylics and canvas…or you can let your hair down, scribble your heart out with some crayons and drink some damn good beers. All while recreating some iconic art from our favorite afro haired gentlemen. Win merch, gift cards, applause and the respect of your peers.
How much, it’s free…we encourage grabbing a beer while you create your masterpiece, because, why not.
Color & Chug
The title says it all. Color and Chug.
You could be classy with paint and sips, wine, acrylics and canvas…or you can let your hair down, scribble your heart out with some crayons and drink some damn good beers. All while recreating some iconic art from our favorite afro haired gentlemen. Win merch, gift cards, applause and the respect of your peers.
How much, it’s free…we encourage grabbing a beer while you create your masterpiece, because, why not.
Color & Chug
The title says it all. Color and Chug.
You could be classy with paint and sips, wine, acrylics and canvas…or you can let your hair down, scribble your heart out with some crayons and drink some damn good beers. All while recreating some iconic art from our favorite afro haired gentlemen. Win merch, gift cards, applause and the respect of your peers.
How much, it’s free…we encourage grabbing a beer while you create your masterpiece, because, why not.
Color & Chug
The title says it all. Color and Chug.
You could be classy with paint and sips, wine, acrylics and canvas…or you can let your hair down, scribble your heart out with some crayons and drink some damn good beers. All while recreating some iconic art from our favorite afro haired gentlemen. Win merch, gift cards, applause and the respect of your peers.
How much, it’s free…we encourage grabbing a beer while you create your masterpiece, because, why not.
Color & Chug
The title says it all. Color and Chug.
You could be classy with paint and sips, wine, acrylics and canvas…or you can let your hair down, scribble your heart out with some crayons and drink some damn good beers. All while recreating some iconic art from our favorite afro haired gentlemen. Win merch, gift cards, applause and the respect of your peers.
How much, it’s free…we encourage grabbing a beer while you create your masterpiece, because, why not.
Color & Chug
The title says it all. Color and Chug.
You could be classy with paint and sips, wine, acrylics and canvas…or you can let your hair down, scribble your heart out with some crayons and drink some damn good beers. All while recreating some iconic art from our favorite afro haired gentlemen. Win merch, gift cards, applause and the respect of your peers.
How much, it’s free…we encourage grabbing a beer while you create your masterpiece, because, why not.
Color & Chug (Copy) (Copy)
The title says it all. Color and Chug.
You could be classy with paint and sips, wine, acrylics and canvas…or you can let your hair down, scribble your heart out with some crayons and drink some damn good beers. All while recreating some iconic art from our favorite afro haired gentlemen. Win merch, gift cards, applause and the respect of your peers.
How much, it’s free…we encourage grabbing a beer while you create your masterpiece, because, why not.
Color & Chug
The title says it all. Color and Chug.
You could be classy with paint and sips, wine, acrylics and canvas…or you can let your hair down, scribble your heart out with some crayons and drink some damn good beers. All while recreating some iconic art from our favorite afro haired gentlemen. Win merch, gift cards, applause and the respect of your peers.
How much, it’s free…we encourage grabbing a beer while you create your masterpiece, because, why not.
Color & Chug
The title says it all. Color and Chug.
You could be classy with paint and sips, wine, acrylics and canvas…or you can let your hair down, scribble your heart out with some crayons and drink some damn good beers. All while recreating some iconic art from our favorite afro haired gentlemen. Win merch, gift cards, applause and the respect of your peers.
How much, it’s free…we encourage grabbing a beer while you create your masterpiece, because, why not.
Color & Chug
The title says it all. Color and Chug.
You could be classy with paint and sips, wine, acrylics and canvas…or you can let your hair down, scribble your heart out with some crayons and drink some damn good beers. All while recreating some iconic art from our favorite afro haired gentlemen. Win merch, gift cards, applause and the respect of your peers.
How much, it’s free…we encourage grabbing a beer while you create your masterpiece, because, why not.
Color & Chug
The title says it all. Color and Chug.
You could be classy with paint and sips, wine, acrylics and canvas…or you can let your hair down, scribble your heart out with some crayons and drink some damn good beers. All while recreating some iconic art from our favorite afro haired gentlemen. Win merch, gift cards, applause and the respect of your peers.
How much, it’s free…we encourage grabbing a beer while you create your masterpiece, because, why not.
Color & Chug
The title says it all. Color and Chug.
You could be classy with paint and sips, wine, acrylics and canvas…or you can let your hair down, scribble your heart out with some crayons and drink some damn good beers. All while recreating some iconic art from our favorite afro haired gentlemen. Win merch, gift cards, applause and the respect of your peers.
How much, it’s free…we encourage grabbing a beer while you create your masterpiece, because, why not.
2nd Annual Beerfest
The 2nd Annual Beerfest. Click for details…you won’t want to miss this one.
Bay Ledges - Live at The Hangar
Bay Ledges @ The Hangar : THIS IS A 21 + SHOW.
Come join us for an unforgettable night with Bay Ledges at The Hangar . Get ready for an evening filled with incredible music and amazing beer. Don't miss out on this chance to see Bay Ledges live in person. Grab your friends and head over to The Hangar for a night to remember!
Bay Ledges is the project of Maine-born and based musician Zach Hurd. Inspired by a
bi-coastal existence, he released his debut album, Ritual, a 13-song record written,
produced, and mixed entirely by Hurd in 2022. Exploring transience, nostalgia, and
Hurd’s own relationship to music and art, it’s a meditative record that’s both psychedelic
and thrilling.
Hurd started Bay Ledges in 2015 in his bedroom shortly after moving to Los Angeles,
where he stayed until 2020 when he moved back to his small hometown in coastal
Maine. The project initially took off when Hurd’s 2016 single, “Safe,” jumped to the
number three spot on Spotify’s Global Viral Chart. Since releasing Ritual, he has
garnered more than 115 million streams worldwide and received praise from the likes of
Billboard, Under The Radar, and Flood.
Bay Ledges has toured all over the US and Canada, sharing the stage with such acts as
Yoke Lore, Magic City Hippies, and The Palms and selling out headline shows at iconic
venues like the Troubadour in LA and Schubas in Chicago. 2023 will see him supporting
artists like Big Wild, Goth Babe, and Trevor Hall in addition to festivals and a headline
tour.
He is currently releasing new music as a part of his forthcoming album.
6th Anniversary Party
Join us at The Hangar Lake Tahoe 6th Anniversary Celebration! 🎉
THIS IS A 21+ Event
Celebrate our 6th year in South Lake with us! We’ll be slinging the best beer around the lake, bring the Adult Only amusement park back and we have a surprise colab beer in the mix. Be there, its free…and when can you drink and hit a slide?
The White Buffalo - Live at The Hangar
The White Buffalo @ The Hangar : THIS IS A 21 + SHOW.
Come join us for an unforgettable night with The White Buffalo at The Hangar . Get ready for an evening filled with incredible music and amazing beer. Don't miss out on this chance to see The White Buffalo live in person. Grab your friends and head over to The Hangar for a night to remember!
For The White Buffalo – aka singer / songwriter / guitarist Jake Smith, Oregon-born, Southern California-raised – it was time to take the less travelled path; to assemble notions for studio album Number 8, the follow-up to ‘On The Widow’s Walk’ (Snakefarm, 2020), and embark on a voyage of discovery.
Out with the old, the organic, the expected, the tried; in with the new – new producer, new studio, new location, no distractions, no looking back…
Enter ‘Year Of The Dark Horse’…
“You think we’re a country band? A folk band? Americana? Rock? What the fuck are you gonna say now?!” laughs Jake.“With this album, I wanted something outside of what I’ve ever done. I wanted to open up. Do something dangerous. I’m hard to put into a singular genre as it is, but now I really wanted to take away any kind of preconception or pigeon-holing.
“And don’t ask me, cos I don’t know what it is! It’s a genre-bending thing – there’s elements and influences from ELO, Daniel Lanois, Tom Waits, The Boss, circus, pirate music, yacht rock, and I’m driving and pushing some of these numbers in a way I’ve never done before.
“At the top of the pandemic, I put the acoustic guitar on its stand, got a synthesizer and began writing on it, not really knowing how to play keys, just exploring the different sounds and landscapes. In the not knowing, it allowed me to expand my vocal melodies and compositions in ways the guitar had possibly limited.”
When Jake, flanked by regular touring / recording compadres, bassist / keyboard player / guitarist Christopher Hoffee and drummer Matt Lynott, crossed the threshold of East Nashville’s Neon Cross Studio, a converted Southern Baptist Church, he wasn’t chapter an’ verse prepared, as usual.
The time before recording had been a crazy one, so there were a bunch of loose ends to be tied (“I’m a perpetual procrastinator” – Jake), plus only three of the 12 songs had been completely written. Jake had maps in his head, but most were mere bones of compositions with only a few key lyrics penned. This allowed producer / studio owner Jay Joyce – plus trusted assistant, Jason Hall – the wiggle room to really get involved, to guide and explore new frontiers …
“It was a whirlwind of creativity,” recalls Jake. “We tracked 12 songs in 11 days; no over-thinking, no looking for perfection, no egos, no playing it safe, just feel, and I’ve never had a producer act so much like a producer… twisting, elevating and contorting our talents!”
With an impressive clientele numbering Eric Church, Brothers Osborne, Fidlar, Ashley McBryde, Halestorm, Little Big Town, Cage The Elephant, to name just a few, multi-instrumentalist Joyce has a reputation for working at an intense level.
He’s a Grammy Award-winning Producer of the Year (2018), has 4 CMA and 5 ACM Awards, and when it comes to making music, the Ohio native is never one to take the obvious route – perfect for an album featuring a dozen musical vignettes, individual yet constant in flow; an album loosely based around the shifting of the seasons and the shifting of a relationship; an album showing off the complete scope of Jake’s song-writing craft, from the stripped back to the fully loaded…
“Jake is fierce, he basically wrote a whole movie,” says Jay. “We holed up in an old church, in the midst of the pandemic. It was just the four of us, making the soundtrack to his movie, and I have to say, it was inspirational.”
To keep the storyline as clear as possible, the 12 songs were recorded in sequence, with every square inch of Neon Cross brought into play; a new sonic palette was required, a unique set of sounds, and if it meant pushing the musicians into new, sometimes uncomfortable, areas, well, that was the price to pay…
“Oh, he would break at least one of us on the daily!” exclaims Jake. “At some point, we all questioned if we could even sing or play! We’d start at 11, have lunch at one or two, be done by seven, and we felt like we’d gone to war!! Exhausted, our heads spinning. Like, what did we even do today?!
“A lot of stuff was tracked on the fly, and Jay would help guide arrangements, bridges, links, all sorts of things, then he ended up adding other elements in the mix to bind it all together. He’s an insane musician and he would change things on a dime. We’d spend an hour getting a drum tone, then he’d say, ‘Sounds amazing, but any fool can make a drum kit sound good’. So he’d abandon all of that, and end up using a 50 dollar child’s kit mic’d with a singular microphone and pump it through a tiny Marshall amp. His mind works in a manner I’ve never witnessed in anyone else!”
But what about the vocal recording? Surely Jake’s signature baritone, a much-revered calling card, required nothing more elaborate than a candle-lit corner, some honey, cigarettes and coffee…
“Not reallyl!” laughs Jake, “he kept putting me in strange and awkward positions – on two or three of the songs, he sat me down on a low-profile couch, with the mic a foot off the ground, so I’m hunched over singing with my knees higher than my head. He was taking away my body, my power. He’d say, ‘Everyone knows that you can sing, bro, what else is there…?’ He was looking for a vibe, a cool factor, not vocal acrobatics.
“And he’s meticulous about trimming the fat, and about syncopation, where the words are landing. He would also sense if something wasn’t quite working, or if it was getting repetitive; on ‘Love Will Never Come’ he forced me to abandon the vocal melody and lyrics I had prepared, nearing a hundred words, saying it sounded like, ‘Hickory Dickory Dock… I’m bored after hearing that melody twice’. He made me take an entirely different approach, on the spot, like, ‘Make up something cool. Now! GO! GO!’ I’ve never been challenged like that before! The first thing that spilled out of me was the map for that performance.
“He’s a fucking genius with a splash of bullying ex-wife. You know he’s right, you trust him, and he will push you beyond what you think you’re capable of.”
For ‘Year Of The Dark Horse’ to achieve its full potential, Jake knew the experience had to be immersive, which is why the Nashville location proved crucial. Not only were the three musicians away from the lures of home, but the house they all stayed in was just a block from the studio, and filled with a variety of instruments. Wherever they were, they could hone in on the project, and some of the songs came together while the clock was ticking…
“I wrote ‘Love Song #3’ eight days into recording,” remembers Jake. “I knew the story and the scope of the album needed a true love song, so I wrote one from a melody I had swimming around in my head.
“I work strangely well under desperate conditions,” he continues, making sure to give credit to his fellow musicians, his ‘band of brothers’; they hadn’t heard the songs at all prior to entering the studio, “coming in blind”, but they collectively stepped up to the plate, and beyond, sometimes getting a tune out of instruments they’d never even heard of!
As for Jake, he was happy to embrace a project where new boxes were being ticked on a daily, sometimes hourly, basis. This time around, it was all about building on glories past, adding fresh, exciting, more left-field moments to a style and a sound that has seen his music growing in stature worldwide, supported by key placements in the worlds of TV and film (‘Sons Of Anarchy’, ‘Californication’, ‘The Punisher’, ‘The Terminal List’, etc.)
Over the years, Jake has built a second-to-none reputation for the emotional weight of his music, and here this core element dramatically underpins a body of work that allows the imagination of the listener to play an important part throughout, building on a tale of debauchery (of the drunken variety) and blame, of love and loss, a life lived against the odds, the whole thing set in one lunar year, following our anti-hero through the highs and lows of the seasons.
And who is this mysterious Donna? And what was she doing in the bar? And in the bathroom?! (‘She Don’t Know That I Lie’). She’s right there at the heart of the action, and the song that bears her name is probably the most propulsive on the album – an open display of Jake’s deep regard for the great Jeff Lynne…
“During the pandemic, I would ride around on my bike with a speaker on the back, tripping balls, and listening to ELO,”he recollects. “I love Jeff Lynne!”
Hard on the stiletto’d heels of ‘Donna’ comes album closer ‘Life Goes On’, which bring things to a conclusion in gentle, reflective tones. Jake felt his way through the song in the studio, then when he stepped up to do it for real, was told by Joyce that his first take was ‘the one’…
“He wouldn’t let me have another crack! ‘You can’t beat that!’ One single imperfect take when I wasn’t even aware we were recording. Pure, honest, true...”
Which effectively sums up ‘YOTDH’ as a whole, The White Buffalo’s most unpredictable and inventive work to date, the most well-rounded, too – surprising, spontaneous and spectacularly genre resistant.
The Hangar’s Inaugural Beerfest
The Hangar proudly presents The Inaugural Beer Fest on
Saturday, August 5th. This is not just another Beer Fest. The Hangar has inviting over 20 exclusive and award
winning breweries from all across the state for this one-of-a-kind event.
“There is no shortage of Brewfest events out there, but like our menu, we wanted to do something totally
different.” States Nate Riffle, Owner of The Hangar Taproom & Bottle Shop. “We busted out the rolodex, made
some calls and assembled a list of breweries that are no joke. We're honored and psyched that all these people
want to work with us, and come to Tahoe to serve some of the best beer in the country on our property!"
The current list of featured breweries (subject to change and be added to) includes:
Altamont Brewing
Alvarado Street Brewing
Ashland Seltzer
Barebottle Brewing
Faction Brewing
Fieldwork Brewing
Fruition Brewing
Ghost town Brewing
Grains of Virtue Brewing
Great Notion Brewing
Humble Sea Brewing
Juneshine
Machine Head Brewing
Moksa Brewing
Movement Brewing
Narrative Fermentation
Sante Adarius Brewing
Shred Brewing
Solid Ground Brewing
There Does Not Exist Brewing
Woodhouse Brewing
On Saturday, August 5th from 12-6pm The Hangar will host these award winning breweries with food trucks, and
live music under a canopy of pine trees on nearly an acre of grass. Not only will it be a fun day, but you're
drinking for a cause. This event will benefit CASA El Dorado - Child Advocates of El Dorado provides support,
empowerment, and a voice for the abused, neglected, and at-risk youth in our community. ·
Tickets are currently on sale for $45 and include unlimited samples, a commemorative glass and access to your
own taproom for the day, along with 400 of your closest drinking pals. This event is 21 and over.
Parking is limited around the venue; however, a complimentary bike valet is offered onsite. Biking or lime
scootering (with proper lighting) as well as ride-share services, carpooling and public transportation are all
strongly encouraged. Additional parking is available at the following locations:
- South Lake Tahoe Association of REALTORS 2307 James Ave, South Lake Tahoe, CA 96150
- Step-by-Step Early Education Center 981 Silver Dollar Ave, South Lake Tahoe, CA 96150
Rayland Baxter & Liz Cooper
This is a 21 + show only.
This is a 21+ only show, if for some reason you had missed that before, please send an email and your ticket will be refunded.
Parking is limited. Rideshare, carpooling, biking, and lime scootering is strongly encouraged.
Additional parking will be available at 971 Silver Dollar Ave. There are 90 spots available there.
PLEASE DO NOT PARK at Mini Golf - they will tow your car.
Please do not bring any outside alcohol, we will be checking bags and it will be immediately confiscated.
Come and see the first Rayland Baxter show in South Lake Tahoe on an acre of outdoor space under the trees with more beers than you can shake a stick at. Juneshine will be joining with beach vibes to make it a real party.
For the making of his fourth album If I Were a Butterfly, Rayland Baxter holed up for over a year at a former rubber-band factory turned studio in the Kentucky countryside—a seemingly humble environment that proved to be something of a wonderland. “I spent that year living in a barn with the squirrels and the birds, on my own most of the time, and I discovered so much about music and how to create it,” says the Tennessee-bred singer/songwriter. “Instead of going into a studio with a producer for two weeks, I just waited for the record to build itself. I’d get up and go outside, see a butterfly and connect that with some impulsive thought I’d had three months ago, and suddenly a song I’d been working on would make sense. That’s how the whole album came to be.”
The follow-up to 2018’s critically acclaimed Wide Awake, If I Were a Butterfly finds Baxter co-producing alongside Tim O’Sullivan (Grace Potter, The Head and the Heart) and Kai Welch (Molly Tuttle, Sierra Hull), slowly piecing together the album’s patchwork of lush psychedelia and Beatlesesque pop. In addition to working at Thunder Sound (the Kentucky studio he called home for months on end), Baxter recorded in California, Texas, Tennessee, and Washington, enlisting a remarkable lineup of musicians: Shakey Graves, Lennon Stella, several members of Cage the Elephant, Zac Cockrell of Alabama Shakes, Morning Teleportation’s Travis Goodwin, and legendary Motown drummer Miss Bobbye Hall, among many others. In an especially meaningful turn, two of the album’s tracks feature the elegant pedal steel work of his father, Bucky Baxter (a musician who performed with Bob Dylan and who passed away in May 2020). Thanks to the extraordinary care and ingenuity behind its creation, If I Were a Butterfly arrives as a work of rarefied magic, capable of stirring up immense feeling while leaving the listener happily wonderstruck.
Baxter’s debut release as a producer, If I Were a Butterfly bears a dazzling unpredictability that has much to do with his limitless imagination as a collector and collagist of sound. “Sometimes the bullfrogs in the pond outside would pulse in a certain tempo and I’d apply that to a song, or I’d hear a bird chirping and it would inspire me to add harmonica in a particular place,” he says. “I could be walking around this massive building in the middle of the night and the air-conditioning would turn on, and it’d give me the idea to include a synth part that holds a similar note. I’d wait for those moments to happen and whenever I tried to force anything, the music usually rejected it.”
A perfect introduction to If I Were a Butterfly’s elaborate sonic world, the album-opening title track begins with a recording of a Baxter singing at age four, then drifts into a delicately sprawling reverie ornamented with so many lovely details (lavish flute and cello melodies, radiant horns, the hypnotic harmonies of Lennon Stella and Baxter’s girlfriend, Sophia Rose). “I liked the idea of the first voice on the record being me as a little kid, not knowing where I’d be today,” notes Baxter, who embedded newly unearthed audio clips of himself and his older sister Brooke all throughout the album. Graced with the combustible guitar work of his bandmate Barney Cortez, “Billy Goat” kicks up a potent tension with its restless grooves and hot-tempered gang vocals. “It’s a breakup song about being with someone who’s on a different life path—one side wants to influence the other, and inevitably you part ways,” says Baxter. From there, the album takes on a feverish momentum with “Rubberband Man,” a delightfully frenzied track channeling a wild and giddy freedom. “There’s rubber bands all over the property at Thunder Sound—in the earth, in the concrete, used as insulation for the studio,” says Baxter. “I took a mishmash of images in my head and it turned into a song about staying flexible, rolling with the punches.”
In its searching reflection on love and loss and striving for transcendence, If I Were a Butterfly reaches a quietly glorious intensity on “Tadpole”: a piano ballad threaded with childhood memories at turns oddly tender (catching frogs and crawfish in a nearby toxic creek) and nightmarish (hearing the gunshot when an across-the-street neighbor took her own life). And on “My Argentina,” If I Were a Butterfly closes out with a piano-driven and painfully raw outpouring, its starkness intermittently broken by soulful strings and gospel-esque harmonies. “One time at the studio I stayed up all night and played that song maybe 100 times; we ended up using the last take, which was recorded at about five in the morning,” says Baxter. “It’s a song that represents the thoughts one might have about a perfect love life, and I love how it ends the album in a big angelic cloud of reverb.”
For Baxter, the act of self-producing such a sonically and emotionally expansive body of work proved both exhilarating and arduous. “It really wore me out to spend all that time alone at the studio, editing the hell out of this record; my heart definitely suffered,” he says. “But I also had the guidance of my dad, who was in my dreams all the time—if I was moving too fast, I’d hear him telling me to slow down.” Another profound influence on the album-making process: the 2018 deaths of Baxter’s close friends Billy Swayze (a musician whose parents owned the rubber band company that became Thunder Sound) and Tiger Merritt (the vocalist/guitarist for Morning Teleportation, who worked with Swayze in constructing the studio). “Billy and Tiger had been going up there since 2015, and finally they turned it into a legit recording studio,” he says. “It’s a very special place to me, so they’re two of the four angels I decided to dedicate this record to.”
Even in its most somber moments, If I Were a Butterfly wholly fulfills Baxter’s mission of imparting a certain purposeful joy. “It’s been a weird few years, but I think the big picture is for us to just exist and find love and be loved, and try to see that all the daily bullshit is simply bugs on the windshield,” says Baxter. “I hope that this album makes people feel the way I do whenever I listen to my favorite records, and that it gives them a platform to dream on.”