YES! THE MOMENT WE'VE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR!

Prototype 237 Residents, Rashad Wright & B:PM otherwise known as hip hop duo, PRETTY GOOD x PRETTY GREAT are dropping their first project.

PARTYBOYSTOIC is an observation of two very different characters trying to navigate love, status, and masculinity. Their actions are cartoonish yet their personalities are equally complex.

Recorded right in our P237 recording Studio, Azula Studios.

Scion Rae and Amaku will be sharing the stage as guest features.

$10 or pay what you can at the door.

THURSDAY, 4/25 @ 8P

Hosted by Nick Fierro:

Nick Fierro is a comedian and writer from New Jersey. Nick has performed his endearing yet unsettling brand of comedy everywhere from subway stations to punk houses to theaters—and he once performed at Rikers Island to mixed reviews. He started his comedy career as a sketch writer and actor, performing regularly at the Peoples Improv Theater in New York City, WFMU’s Monty Hall in Jersey City, and the Manhattan Neighborhood Network.

Join Nick & P237 every month for a rotating lineup of comedians.

FRIDAY, 4/19 @ 8P

A night of Kleztronica Yiddish Techno.

Chaia (Kaia Berman Peters): is a DJ, accordionist, and vocalist. Raised in the Jewish klezmer tradition, she makes electronic music that bridges klezmer with techno and house music. Using samples from traditional klezmer tracks, Jewish liturgical music, and her own field recordings, she weaves the two traditions to create something rooted and yet new. Chaia performs as a trio with Rachel Leader (fiddle) and Maddie Russell (bass).

Sam Day Harmet: is a multi-instrumentalist, composer, improviser, producer, and educator based in Brooklyn, NY. A musician of diverse tastes, Sam's projects range from deconstructive folk and jazz, to free improvisation, to left field electronic music, to Soundpainting and beyond. He has also written extensively in theater settings often composing material that blurs the lines between far flung styles and disciplines. His work has been called "wildly fresh" by Jazziz Magazine and "chic and eccentric" by The New York Times.

Bris Baby: Accordion and trombone duo.

NEXT UP: 4/18 @ 8p

Are you experimenting with a new project and wanna try it out? 💪 Do you love our stage and just haven’t been on it yet? 🙌 WE GOT YOU! 😘

Third Thursday is a chance to dive into the magic of our slice of heaven. 😇 It’s a night of “First Say, First Play” sets, picked right from this home-grown community. Here’s how it works:

1. At the top of each month, we’ll post this graphic to Instagram. The first three bands to DM us get to perform! 🎶

2. Before you message, please confirm anyone performing with you is available. Yes, this show will be hosted EVERY third Thursday, of EVERY month. 💕

3. You MUST arrive at 7p for soundcheck. ✅

4. Tix are $5 or pay what you can at the door. There’s a small guarantee for performers and we’ll pass the hat too. 👒

FRIDAY, 4/12 @ 8P

YAWNMOWER: YM is a fuzzed out, doom pop outfit from Asbury Park, NJ, on the Mint 400 Records label.

this HOLY rodeo!: this HOLY rodeo! is a group of very well-adjusted young gentlemen creating performance art music in New York City. Centered around four city-slicking snake oil salesmen in Mario Marques, Chris Harth, Sami Habib, and Gaetano Lardieri, the rodeo exists in many permutations and features a rotating cast of characters, real and fictional. Their mutli-faceted live shows have been described by Beyond the Stage magazine as “...electric and eccentric…”. Each show varies wildly in structure and method, some involving chapter-like title cards and paranormal possessions, others with pseudo-sermons and fanatical audience interplay.

STAREAWAY: Stare Away, hailing from New Jersey, craft a distinctive sonic identity, skillfully blending classic punk with electronic undertones. Their sound, a refreshing synthesis of influences, draws significantly from the rich tapestry of the late 70s and 80s music scene. By channeling elements from pioneers like The Sound and The Cure, they pay homage to the brooding, emotive textures of post-punk. Meanwhile, the influence of John Maus and Current Joys injects a modern twist, infusing their music with a blend of lo-fi electronic and indie-rock sensibilities.

EUPHORIA: QUEER HEAVEN AT P237

SATURDAY, 4/6, 9P - LATE

Here we go, Queers. Welcome to… Euphoria. 💋Shake those winter blues and dance the night away with IZM.🕺✨

Get those $$$ ready, we’ve got performances from Lemmeaddams 💸🎉

Come experience the elation of queer heaven at Prototype 237. 🕊️

$10 or pay what you can at the door.

SATURDAY, 3/16 @ 9P (TIL 4A!)

If you’ve been to our space, you’ve met Patrick. He sits perched, high atop our entryway, greeting newcomers and playfully guarding all of us as nighttime debauchery unfolds.

WELL FOLKS, IT’S HIS GODDAMN BIRTHDAY. SO LET’S CELEBRATE THE SAINT HE IS.

He’ll never die, but why not canonize him anyway?! On 3/16, come party with Patrick and the rest of Prototype! Dance around the nest all night long to the beats of DJBIZZNICE. Coo with us at a midnight processional in honor of our feathery friend. Be on the lookout for a peculiar character or two- a hopeless heretic, a pompous pope, a wily witch…and other critters of the night.

Come dressed in your saintliest attire, or perhaps, your most sinful. (Not required, but you know you’ll have more fun). We’ll see you at the gates of Patrick’s closest thing to heaven….PROTOTYPE 237!

GET TIX!

MONDAY, 3/11 @ 8P + ACOUSTIC JAM

SOFIA CAMPOAMOR: Born in Washington, DC, Sofía Campoamor first started writing songs to make school projects more fun. This lighthearted approach to academics led her to study music at Yale University, where she composed everything from a cappella arrangements to podcast theme songs, and performed around the world as the first woman member of the Whiffenpoofs. Campoamor now writes, records, and performs original indie folk in Brooklyn, and sings as a cantor and section leader with the Oratory Choir of St. Boniface. She facilitates collaborative songwriting at Gaia Music Collective and Hear Your Song. Her debut album "if you knew, i couldn't tell" blends dreamy acoustic soundscapes with biting vulnerability in tales of love, longing, and friendship. For more, check out her website. We’re so excited to have her back at P237!

LIZZY HILLIARD: Lizzy is a 23-year-old singer-songwriter trying to figure it out in New York City. She’s been making music for as long as she can remember and in recent years has been developing a folkier, softer sound, writing lyrics with evocative imagery, whimsy, and a twinge of fantasy. Lizzy self-releases all her own material and, with her newest release ‘growth vol. 3,’ adds producing and engineering to her growing list of skills. She grew up in Abington, Pennsylvania and she’s always searching for things to write new songs about (careful, you might be next!) Find more about Lizzy at lizzyhilliard.com or on her tiktok/instagram at @lizzy.hilliard :)

KATHERINE PATERSON: Katherine Paterson is an indie-folk singer/songwriter based in McKinney, TX. She writes music to keep you company. Paterson first began writing songs as gifts for far-flung companions. This evolved into a practice of using writing as a way to navigate life’s myriad moments–especially the more difficult ones. A homing beacon of sorts, Paterson’s debut album, Wake, invites you to come find her among past selves, loved ones, grief, dreams, and plants. Her intimate storytelling is a direct result of her admiration for the songwriting craft of luminaries like Joni Mitchell and Brandi Carlile. Check out www.katherinepatersonmusic.com for more!

Following the show, we'll be hosting our regular Monday night jam session--

This time it's acoustic!

FRIDAY, 3/8 @ 8P

THE GRAND MALS: Indie-Rock from Albany.

XAVIER AYY & THE UNSPOKEN LANGUAGE: Rap w/ musical backing band.

WIZARD BRAIN: Solo indie project from Bobby Kirner, returning to the P237 stage!

WEDNESDAY, 2/14 @ 8P

Here’s our love letter to everyone who was looking forward to watching our 24 hour contest unfold. Sadly we had to break up 💔with the concept, but we only break up to make up. 🥰

Come have a ONE NITE STAND with us and Puffy Shirt Productions! Share a laugh, a libation, & some power moves on the dance floor! 🕺

This time around our panel of judges is YOU! Audience vote will deliver some bragging rights awards to our participants. DJ after party set hosted by @the_izm3000 🫶✨

10 min plays & monologue performances start at 8p, with audience judging to follow.

FRIDAY 2/9 @ 8P

THE PETALTONES: Jack Powers makes queer indie rock with her fictional band, Jack Flowers and The Petal Tones. On stage, they go by Jack, Kyle, Calyx, Anthony, and Tim. Off stage, they are music majors from New Jersey (with the same names). They love having fun, making music, and committing to the bit.

NO BONES: No Bones is the solo project of Sam Martinez, multi-instrumentalist and drummer of 54 Ultra and Screenager.

VALENDINA: Valendina is an alternative rock band based right outside of Philadelphia. The members of the band consist of Karina Patricelli on vocals and bass, Chase Sakers on guitar and vocals, Tommy Kenish on guitar, and Shane Owen on drums and vocals.

A JACK POWERS COLLABORATION.

TUESDAY, 2/6 @ 8P

SAM ZALTA: Since 2016, Zalta has played guitar and keyboards for Bambara in their live configuration, touring the world with the Brooklyn-via-Atlanta rising outfit. Zalta has been writing and recording since his teens under different aliases, sharing them only with close friends and family, and performing live scarcely in and around New York. Now he’s ready to go public and make a mark with his own sound.

MONOGRAMS: Monograms is the alias of Brooklyn, NYC's Ian Jacobs, who communicates tones with dynamics and velocity. Pointillism lyrics, lucid beats and angular melodies create a driving backdrop of underground and popular music across an eclectic spectrum; From post-punk to gritty pop, angular psych to new-wave, Monograms' sonic coding points at the heyday of college radio, as well as contemporaries that push and pull from similar threads.

A PARALLAX VIEW: Experimental rock from Central New Jersey.

BROOKE PRIDEMORE: Brook Pridemore (born in 1979 in Detroit, Michigan, United States) is a New York City–based songwriter, performer, and lead vocalist. Their early work is affiliated with the antifolk movement. They've released five albums on the Bronx-based record label Crafty Records, and was responsible for co-producing the much acclaimed Anticomp Folkilation album which has since become an underground cult hit. Having lived in Kalamazoo, Michigan, for years doing backyard shows and working dead-end jobs to pay for musical endeavors, Brook was known to sing about the things friends did, or that they saw while hanging out downtown, just for something to do.

SHINNY ALBERT & THE CARNIES: I’m Shinny Albert and I’m a singer/songwriter/musician from New Jersey. I started playing and writing music with Bearing Obscurity . Even though I still wanted to continue my work with the band, I decided that I wanted to write music that was more personal to me and told my story and who I was and experiment with new genres and sounds. So I decided to take an old childhood nickname for my stage name and Shinny Albert came to be. I work very closely with my producer And great friend, AC Borress , to make sure that everything I put out is great! I hope you enjoy my music and my ideas. 
 - Shinny

Thursday, 12/7 @ 8:30p

DEAD GOWNS: Dead Gowns is the songwriting project of Geneviève Beaudoin. Her latest collection, the How EP, is a confident declaration of self-acceptance. Written in January 2021, during a period of personal and professional flux, Beaudoin found herself taking stock of what to hold onto. Having been immersed in the recording process of a separate Dead Gowns full length, these songs rose to the surface out of necessity and quickly took on a life of their own.

TULA VERA: We are SO STOKED to have Tula Vera back on our stage! The dinner leftovers of 60’s rock with some modern-day spooky blues, Tula Vera’s sound shines through. Tula Vera is a four-piece rock band based out of North Jersey/New York. Playing shows all over, including but not limited to New Brunswick basement shows, clubs in New York, and shows in Philadelphia. The band formed in 2015 from the DIY musical depths of New Jersey by songwriters Claire Parcells and Dylan Drummond. Bassist Joe Jansen and Drummer Margaret Marino joined the group in 2016, the same year their debut self-titled album was released. This record solidified the genre-bending 21st-century rock vibe that is Tula Vera’s signature sound. Tula Vera just released their Sophomore full-length LP “Again and Again…”

H.PRUZ: Again, there is the stunning debut EP by Brooklyn singer-songwriter h. pruz (full name Hannah Pruzinsky). It’s a quiet, powerful record, leaving its mark not with force but with gentle turns of melody and cutting lyrics delivered softly, easily. It’s a front porch with wind chimes sounding; it’s a nap on the couch on a summer afternoon; it’s a pair of dirty hands in compost, letting dead things turn into something richer, kinder. It’s fuzzy memories overlaid on each other to form the present.

The songs took shape as Pruzinsky spent time away from their home city in more rural settings — spending time in the Carolinas, visiting her Pennsylvania hometown, hiking excursions upstate. Oftentimes their voice barely breaks a whisper, as if deferring to the quiet of the trees. Though the EP was recorded in their New York apartment, while working as a medical practitioner in two Brooklyn ERs during a pandemic, the country had sunk into the songs. References to forest-bathing and hiking, to rough back roads and gravel, to meadows and hills, are peppered into their lyrics.

THIS HOLY RODEO: As they put it in their own words - “I will speak evil to thee - contort my heart and body, and let violence move through me, unfettered, untethered, uncontrollably, inconsolably,” this HOLY rodeo! is a group of very well-adjusted young gentlemen creating performance art music in New York City. Centered around four city-slicking snake oil salesmen in Mario Marques, Chris Harth, Sami Habib, and Gaetano Lardieri, the rodeo exists in many permutations and features a rotating cast of characters, real and fictional. Their mutli-faceted live shows have been described by Beyond the Stage magazine as “...electric and eccentric…”. Each show varies wildly in structure and method, some involving chapter-like title cards and paranormal possessions, others with pseudo-sermons and fanatical audience interplay. Their music has been described as “...What the fuck?...the most unique tracks we’ve heard all year,” by Havoc Underground, and “Bursting with creative rock flair…” by Obscure Sound. It has also been described by many drunk and coked out fans as “sick” and “wow!” respectively.

Saturday, 11/18

REESE VAN RIPER: We're excited to have Reese back on our stage, this time to celebrate the release of his book and musical trilogy, Sinners, Saints, & Psychopaths.

JOY ON FIRE: Loud, punk jazz that frequents our stage. Don't miss 'em cause they'll blow you the f%&$ away.

GUACK: Experimental fusion jazz from Berkeley Township.

Multiple Dates

A classic quest with a unique sci-fi twist, “Worlds Collide” is an apt name for this genre-bending adventure — but the collisions certainly do not stop there.

This theatrical collaboration represents not only Prototype's intro to the gaming world and NJ-based gaming company Union City Heroes’ inaugurative DIY artspace experience, but also quite possibly the first time the world has seen anything quite like this epic multi-session fantasy adventure in a theater-style game within an immersive art space.

This isn’t your uncle’s basement DnD game: Worlds Collide has many awesome extra features including a full original soundtrack plus an on-stage theatrical playthrough with an in-person interactive audience — all live-streamed with multi-camera setup!

If the original soundtrack — written by the atmospheric space-centric metal band Solfar — didn’t already say enough about the depths of curation involved, step into the enchanted medieval world of Honchak for a moment:

There you’ll join a one-of-a-kind adventure with a crash-landed starman through an enchanted land of Dogfolk. Just when you think you're safe from the vile Czartanate’s nefarious plots and horde of insectoid foot soldiers, the Fleze, you’ll have to smite the evil Crow Knight before he steals your soul and makes you do his bidding as a malevolent spy crow.

The cast of characters and settings run deep, with each having its own unique musical score! As an audience member, you’ll experience it all with full immersive sound/lighting and have a chance to influence decisions and even get a seat at the table!

$10 at the door, or pay what you can.

11/10 & 11/11 @ 8p, 11/12 @ 2p

ANNA BELLA EEMA (a dramatic comedy with music): a hermetic mother, her impish daughter, and a mischievous "mud girl" channel the supernatural to face the new life they must live in the world outside of their trailer home. a richly imagined tale of a fierce mother/daughter bond, spoken and sung by three women. (90 minutes without intermission)

Anna Bella Eema takes place in Prototype’s blackbox theater on the 4th floor. There will be an opening party and concert on Friday night following the show, up on the 5th floor.

FRIDAY, 11/3 @ 8P

PALAMINO: Cathartic dreamcore from Montclair, New Jersey.

NEMATODE: Psych-rock anchored by Aaron Easton and Larry Flatley, who brought Nematode to life in late 2017 while living in West Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The duo have since relocated to New Jersey where they can write and record their own music in house as well as produce for other bands. They are joined in the studio and on stage by Brian Hughes, Eddy Machado, and Dan Silve

JUJU GAY: Solo Indie-rock

SAX EXPLORATION NIGHT: NEW THREAD QUARTET, EL NOORDZO & JOY ON FIRE

FRIDAY, 10/20 @ 8P

We are very excited to present an evening of saxophone exploration. Join us for three bands, three unique styles, one badass instrument.

NEW THREAD QUARTET: New Thread Quartet was formed with the mission to develop and perform impactful new music for the saxophone, and to provide high level ensemble playing to feature today’s compositional voices. In 11 seasons, the quartet has commissioned and premiered over 45 new works by composers such as Amy Beth Kirsten, Richard Carrick, Ben Hjertmann, Ebun Oguntola, Scott Wollschleger, Kathryn Salfelder, Taylor Brook and Emily Koh.

Based in New York City, New Thread has a track record of working closely with composers in a workshop environment during the formation of new works. The quartet strives for multiple performances of newly commissioned works in an attempt to bring new music to different audiences as often as possible.

Ensemble members are Jonathan Hulting-Cohen (soprano saxophone), Noa Even (alto saxophone), Erin Rogers (tenor saxophone), and Zach Herchen (baritone saxophone).

EL NOORDZO: Psychedelic afro-carribean surf jazz.

JOY ON FIRE: Sax-bass-drums punk-jazz trio that frequents the P237 stage.

FRIDAY 10/13 @ 7:30P

An evening of original Russian and Ukrainian bard music by Ed Pergament-Cepeda (NJ), with guests Serhii Ponomarev (Odessa, Ukraine) and Oksana Kovalenko (Odessa, Ukraine).

Thursday, 10/12 @ 6p (‘til 10p)

Do you like poetry? Do you like cute drinks and skincare vendors?

Come kick it with us for Hot Girl Poetry, hosted by Youth Poetry Ambassador and Prototype Resident Isabel Cruz (@eesahvel), for our kick off to Paterson Poetry Festival Weekend.

This women and femme focused poetry event focuses on all women features— @keynote__ @aaliahb143 @ashjguzman—and women owned businesses: @clay_and_clear + @timmyleeg + @beautynatureandbeyond

BUT you don’t have to be a hot girl to join in on the fun! Our open mic is open to all people with all types of talents. come show us what y’all got!

$10 at the door. Door Code: #1012#

THURS, 10/5: OUTSIDE, @ 8:30P

FRIDAY, 10/6: IN BETWEEN, @ 8:30P

SATURDAY, 10/7 : INSIDE, @ 7P + RECEPTION

Quanty’s Leap: Inside, Outside and In-Between reuses found objects and materials from Prototype 237 to make sets and uses the architectures of the building to invent stories with finger puppetry, live filming and live projection in the space. This work is presented by Prototype 237 Artists in Residence, Kasper Klop & Morwenna Spagnol.

This is a triptych performance series. Each show night is a unique piece of the overarching narrative.

SATURDAY 9/30 @ 6P (TIL LATE!)

IT'S OUR 3 YEAR ANNIVERSARY AND WE ARE SO EXCITED TO CELEBRATE WITH YOU!

Join us for a special evening of music, dancing, food, games, and so much more!

In 1767, Benjamin Franklin crafted a kite with a silk string to capture electricity from lightning and store it in a Leyden jar – thought to be the emergence of the phrase “lightning in a bottle.”

In 2020, we built a space in Silk City to harness power from community and store it in a garment warehouse with big glass windows – a lightning bolt featuring prominently in our logo.

And in 2023, on the final day of September, we are proud to bring you Protopalooza 3: Lightning in a Bottle to celebrate three years of continuous community current.

If you have performed on our stage, danced in our living room, played chess in our garden, laughed in our kitchen….please show us some electrifying love as we continue our journey of art making and community building. It’s fun, tough work and we can’t do it without you!

Our third birthday will feature the band Aidan Jack Finnecy and DJ Bizz Nice spinning vibes 'til late night. Come hear some great music, play some games, dance the night away, and harness all of our community energy.

Grab those tix and stick around for the long haul as we relish not just some hot dogs, but the growth of our space.

FRIDAY 9/22 @ 8P

BELLEROSE: NJ/NYC based band of four gentlemen who want to create music you can vibe to. Pulling inspirations from music icons such as Harry Styles and John Mayer to Thundercat and Crumb, Bellerose is a collective of all the music we love into one project.

THE BAHA BOYS: Indie Rock from New Jersey!

Plus...stick around after the bands for a dance party! Song requests accepted!

THIS EVENT IS “PAY WHAT YOU CAN OR NOTHING AT ALL” AT THE DOOR FOR STUDENTS WHO SHOW STUDENT ID.

FRIDAY 9/15 @ 8P

JOY ON FIRE: Sax-bass-drums punk-jazz trio that frequents the P237 stage.

HEAVY FLOW: One part disgusting blues rock, one part sweaty stoner shit.

STARIKOVA: Four piece rock band, based in New Jersey.

THURSDAY 9/14 @ 8P

STRANGE NEIGHBORS: Strange Neighbors is a power pop outfit from New York City. Their music is jangly, hooky, and bound to get stuck in your head. Aidan sings. Dana plays bass. Beau drums. Zach plays guitar. They all write the songs, combining disparate elements from all corners of pop music with the common goal of a finely-crafted earworm. The group released their first album, How to Human, in 2019, followed by a series of singles collected on the Illuminasti and Party of None EPs.

FAKE POCKETS: Power pop & bummer bops. From Asbury, NJ.

SUNDAY 9/10 @ 7P

SORRY DARLING: Melodic Indie Rock from Brooklyn, NY.

SKYLAR POCKET: Jersey queer punk and love songs.

GOONEY: Angsty pattern driven rock from Manville, NJ.

FRIDAY 9/8 @ 8P

RICHARD LLOYD GROUP (of Television): Richard Lloyd is a legendary electric guitarist, singer/songwriter, and founding member of Television, a band that rose to fame with their 1977 debut release, Marquee Moon, widely regarded as one of greatest albums in rock and roll history and perhaps the most defining and highly influential release of the 1970’s New York rock scene. Lloyd embarked on a solo career after Television disbanded, releasing seven solo albums and working as a guitarist, session musician, and band member with Matthew Sweet, John Doe, Rocket from the Tombs, and more.

QUIZ SHOW: Punk Alt-Rock Indie band from Montclair, NJ, returning to the P237 stage.

THURSDAY 8/24 @ 8P

CHRIS GETHARD is a comedian, actor, and author who’s been doing comedy stuff for over twenty years. He’s the host of the Beautiful/Anonymous podcast, the former host of legendary public access television show “The Chris Gethard Show”, and had a special on HBO called Career Suicide where he talked about a few times he tried to kill himself. It was a comedy special.

He’s acted on shows like The Office, Broad City, Space Force, Parks and Recreation, and a bunch more. He’s been in some movies like Don’t Think Twice, The Heat, The Other Guys, and Ghostbusters.

But mostly, he’s a regular guy from New Jersey who likes traveling around and connecting with other human beings.

Hometown: West Orange, New Jersey

For avails and/or offers, contact: Brian@WIREDtourbooking.com

JOHN COZZ is a North Jersey based sometimes folky sometimes punky rarely both at the same time singer songwriter. With songs about Taylor Ham and the Passaic River John has used New Jersey as his muse for writing music. With the help of his backing band (whatever he is calling them for the night) Somewhere between mock rock and folk punk they bring a high energy set filled with bits and shticks!

FRIDAY 8/18 @ 8P

REESE VAN RIPER: We are excited to have "Papa Reese" back on our stage! Based out of New Jersey, Reese Van Riper have released over 10 albums and have over 100 songs available for streaming and purchase on all major platforms. Their raw, gritty and eerie rock sound has earned them their own classification known as “Jersey Swamp Rock”. According to Aquarian Magazine, "when I listen to their music, I picture living in a shack near the swamp, sitting in front of a fireplace with a shotgun in my hand and eating squirrel, while I listened to the music of Reese Van Riper on a phonograph. Their music is dark and certainly swampy.″ A terrific live band to boot their lead singer Papa Reese himself, “commands the stage standing at a towering 6’7″, and his band feeds off his energy live."

J HACHA DE ZOLA: J Hacha De Zola (“A wild man in the vein of such fire breathing artists like Screamin’ Jay Hawkins and Captain Beefheart.” – PASTE) is a Jersey City, NJ-based “Urban Junkyard” artist who, over the course of several LPs, EPs, and iconoclastic covers of pop songs, has established himself as a singular musical force, despite his “difficult” sound. Hacha De Zola’s albums, the last one produced by legendary engineer John Agnello (Sonic Youth, Dinosaur Jr, Kurt Vile), are created using the artist’s personally developed “Reductive Synthesis” method of “shooting the arrow first, and then painting the target around it.” Hacha De Zola’s live shows are similarly imaginative and unpredictable (fire breathing not guaranteed!).

SKEETER DE MILO: Skeeter de Milo is a NYC-based cosmic sludge band formed in 2019 by Matt Belen, Peter Carlovich, and Winsloe Fideler. They released their first self-titled full-length record in May 2020. Belen's highly original riffing and blazing guitar solos combined with the punchy, almost krautrock-esque rhythms of Carlovich, and the complex grooving bass lines by Fideler create a unique sound in the NYC scene that melds the crushing psychedelia of stoner and doom metal with the driving, bombastic sound of hardcore punk.