SATURDAY FEBRUARY 25TH
@ The BOG
341 Adams Ave. – Scranton, PA
Doors at 9:00 PM – $5 – 21+ w/ ID

ROYAL BATHS
(Kanine Records / Woodsist Records)
Jeremy Cox and Jigmae Baer started Royal Baths without a plan in mind but soon the foundation for their writing found inspiration from Cox’s interest in the alternate and open tunings of delta blues, their shared fascination in the African rhythm of early Chicago blues, and Baer lyrically attempting to reflect with black humor and little judgment, and the thrills and troubles they stumble through. The band began touring before their first album was released, opening for bands the first two of which Baer had previously been a member: first with Thee Oh Sees, next Ty Segall, the Fresh and Onlys, and Wild Flag. The Royal Baths went on their first headlining tour after that, where they found inspiration to write their second full-length record, to be completed this time in a studio on higher quality analog tape. They declared the recording process complete only when their meager bank accounts were drained and they had borrowed too much money. Although the Royal Baths developed amidst the encouragement of friends in San Francisco’s garage scene they felt stifled by comparisons to a movement where their sound didn’t belong to, so they upped and moved to New York to assert their sound. The album ‘ Better Luck Next Life ‘ is set to be released by Kanine Records on February 7th, 2012.

CHEROKEE RED
In the late winter of 2011 in the low lying valley of Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania, Charles Davis and Christiana Bartolini, then acquaintances, inadvertently discovered that they were both searching for a new music project to pursue. Christiana, the lead singer, brought her laptop recording studio and a bag of various hand percussion instruments and Charles, pianist & guitarist, skillfully utilized those staple instruments and together they began combining their respective rough drafts of music. Fast forward to the spring of 2011- Charles and Christiana had numerous completed (but stripped down) songs and felt it was time to bring new perspectives into the group to help thicken and broaden their sound. In June of 2011, the stars perfectly aligned and Christiana & Charles effortlessly found three new members- Dirk Dekker (bassist/guitarist), Andrew Sgarlat (drums/guitar) and Brittany Thomas guitar/ vox) with Andrew and Brittany contributing to the song writing process- and the group soon formed Cherokee Red. The band began playing shows in the summer of June 2011, gaining a quick following of eager fans of all ages and drawing comparisons to the likes of Mazzy Star, Beach House and Fleetwood Mac. Cherokee Red have been self-producing their first full length album which will debut in the spring of 2012.

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