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Why? #5: Norton, Stern, Roberts, Wisdom, Ferguson
Butch Norton hails from the San Francisco Bay Area. In 1980 Butch relocated to so cal to study with renowned percussionist John Bergamo at California Institute of the Arts where he met Mrs. Butch and they soon married in 1985. Butch’s recording and touring career started in 1989 when he hooked up with Lowen and Navarro then became a founding member of the Eels which led to work with Rufus Wainwright, Tracy Chapman, Tracy Bonham, the Psychedelic Furs and for the last handful of years with Lucinda Williams. In the midst of all the touring and recording Butch has supplemented his time lending his abilities to many modern dance, movie soundtracks, teaching, meditative, yoga, spiritual, healing rituals and other various percussive endeavours. www.butchdrums.com
Aaron Michael Stern is an LA-based bassist, producer, and mixing engineer. With a melodic and supportive style, he has toured and performed at leading festivals and iconic venues around the world. Former co-owner/operator of Verdugo Sound, he is now at the helm of a new recording studio at the site of the forthcoming Blue Whale music compound in Atwater Village.
Jason Abraham Roberts is a guitarist known for collaborations with Bedouine, Norah Jones, Ben Kweller, and Spoon.
Live painting from Norton Wisdom. Spoken word from Rich Ferguson.
Doors at 8 PM
$15 adv/$20 door - tickets here!
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Bird Call, Gold Child
For nearly two decades, Bird Call, the nom de plume of Guatemalan/Italian songwriter Chiara Angelicola, has garnered loyal ears from avante-music fans and critics like NPR, The Guardian, American Songwriter, and Nylon. The Life is Extraordinary EP is the second record self-produced by Angelicola following Year of the Dogfish LP (2019) and was recorded and mixed by long-time collaborator Gabriel Galvin (Rain Machine, Erin Durant, Buffalo Nichols). The Life is Extraordinary is a collection of Angelicola’s most masterful songwriting and production, labeled an "expressionistic dream" by American Songwriter, written under the influence of isolation during Covid-19 and the artist’s experience through postpartum depression after giving birth to her daughter.
Gold Child is the Los Angeles based alt-pop/country project of Emily Fehler. After finishing her studies at Berklee College of Music she fell back in love with country music by way of Patsy Cline and the great female troubadours of country’s golden era. Seduced by the raw emotion and timeless melodies of the classics, Fehler sought to apply her own stamp to the form. With the addition of ethereal, shimmering atmospherics to her own style of writing, Fehler laid the groundwork for what would become Gold Child’s unique sound.
$20 adv + DICE fees / $25 at the door
Sam Weber, Junaco
Sam Weber is a Portland-based songwriter whose reputation precedes him. If you haven’t seen him in your town on one of his many extended tours, you might have seen his name on marquees beside or in liner notes as a songwriter on the next record. His songcraft is rivaled only by his musicianship, both disciplined enough to stun and feel effortless. He’s well-practiced at his trade, touring solo or with an ensemble domestically and abroad since 2013. His relentless output — now counting seven full-length records in his discography — has led to an examination of human existence, eternal in a fragmenting modern world. His latest LP, Shape Confused Cowboy Be You, pushes the boundaries of what it means to be a songwriter in the 21st century. He is a Scorpio.
On tour with Weber, LA post-genre group, Junaco, joins the bill as well.
Doors at 8 PM
$15 adv (+DICE fees)/$18 door - tickets here!
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Torgelson, Oh Callaghan
Torgelson is an LA-based musician and composer originally from Seattle, Washington. A graduate of the USC Thornton School of Music, he has performed around the world at renowned venues including NPR’s Tiny Desk, Walt Disney Concert Hall, KUSI News’ Good Morning San Diego, the Montreux Jazz Festival, Jazz at Lincoln Center, Jazz à Vienne, Yaamava Theater, and the Umbria Jazz Festival. Torgelson has collaborated with a diverse range of artists, including REO Speedwagon, IDK, Sir Please, Musiq Soulchild, Lo Moon, and the Seattle Symphony. His debut album, Forest and Fjord—out June 13—is a colorful collection of jazz compositions inspired by the lush landscapes of the Pacific Northwest and the stark beauty of Norway’s fjords.
Torgelson is joined by Oh, Callaghan and live painting by Frances Schneck.
Doors at 8 PM
$12 adv + DICE fees / $15 at the door - tickets here!
($9 for Initiate members, $6 for Sponsor members, $0 +1 for Patron members, www.healingforcerecords.com/memberships)
The Westerlies
The Westerlies, “an arty quartet…mixing ideas from jazz, new classical, and Appalachian folk” (NY Times), are a New York-based brass ensemble featuring Riley Mulherkar and Chloe Rowlands on trumpet, and Andy Clausen and Addison Maye-Saxon on trombone. From Carnegie Hall to Coachella, they navigate genres with the precision of a string quartet, the audacity of a rock band, and the charm of a family sing-along.
Formed in 2011 and named after the prevailing winds from west to east, the self-described “accidental brass quartet” blends jazz, chamber, roots, and folk music into a sound that’s both “folk-like and composerly, lovely and intellectually rigorous” (NPR Music). With a background in gospel, union songs, experimental jazz, and the modern American songbook, their genre-defying collaborations include Fleet Foxes, Haley Heynderickx, and Aoife O’Donovan.
This June, The Westerlies celebrate the release of their new album featuring special guests Sam Amidon and Aoife O’Donovan at Healing Force of the Universe in Pasadena.
Doors at 8 PM
$25 adv (+ DICE fees) / $32 door - tickets here!
($18.75 adv for Initiate members, $12.50 adv for Sponsor members, $0 +1 adv for Patron members, www.healingforcerecords.com/memberships)
Molly Parden, Johanna Samuels, Hayfitz
Molly Parden didn’t chase music—it happened to her. Raised in Georgia in a big family where singing wasn’t the norm, she emerged as the lone artist, carving a quiet, distinct path from Atlanta to Nashville and now New York. Her songs shimmer with understated depth, her voice a balm for heartbreak, and her live shows balance poignant truths with dry, disarming humor. She’s equal parts heartache and levity, mystery and melody, offering a kind of private wisdom through every aching refrain.
Johanna Samuels, an LA-based songwriter, writes with clarity and compassion. Her album Excelsior! chronicles a journey back to self, tackling identity, miscommunication, and mutual understanding in relationships. With production by Josh Kaufman and a chorus of supportive womxn behind her, the record is both bold and tender.
Hayfitz is the Berlin/Los Angeles-based project of Brandon Hafetz, whose “gentle folk” sound explores queer identity, emotional vulnerability, and longing. His self-produced albums Capsules and Everything Else blend delicate vocals and acoustic intimacy in deeply personal narratives.
Doors at 8 PM
$25 adv (+DICE fees)/$35 at the door - tickets here!
($18.75 for Initiate members, $12.50 for Sponsor members, $0 +1 for Patron members, www.healingforcerecords.com/memberships
M.A. Tiesenga + Dustin Wong, Isaac Sherman, Pauline Lay
Electronic music from
M.A. Tiesenga + Dustin Wong (duo set)
Isaac Sherman
Pauline Lay
Doors at 8 PM
$15 adv/$18 door - tickets here!
($9.92 for Initiate members, $6.62 for Sponsor members, $0 +1 for Patron members, www.healingforcerecords.com/memberships)
Annika Bennett, Olivia Barton
Whale Songz Vol. 1 is a collection of songs by Olivia Barton and Annika Bennett, written by accident while dog sitting at their friend’s beach house in Oceanside, CA. They felt like middle schoolers at a sleepover, writing songs between making dance videos, eating whipped cream from the can, and crying to each other. Songs they first wrote off as a joke have grown into some of the most meaningful ones they’be written separately or together. This project continues to be a lesson in taking play seriously, cause at the end of the day the only difference between a demo and a recording is the title you give it. They recommend listening to Whale Songz Vol. 1 on a drive home from the beach after reading All Four’s by Miranda July.
Doors at 8 PM. Show at 8:30
$20 adv + DICE fees / $25 at the door - tickets here!
($15 for Initiate members, $10 for Sponsor members, $0 +1 for Patron members, www.healingforcerecords.com/memberships)
John Moods, Lightman & Lightman
Fresh to Los Angeles from Berlin, John Moods is a soul enclosed in a temporary fleshy body, whose music is as much about healing and observing the blind spots of life, as it is about heading the dark calling of the unknown. His melodies are intuitive, often delivered with a soft voice and the lyrics touch themes of death positivity, natural intelligence, friendship, and love. His sound is both of the future and past - intuitive, vulnerable, melancholic, joyful, and untamed. Recent collaborations include The Zenmenn, Ben Sinclair, Paul Cherry, Devendra Banhart, Discovery Zone, and Young Marco
Canadian twin sisters formerly known as Tasseomancy, Lightman & Lightman’s debut album Sister Smile Sister Smile draws upon themes of devotion, finding universal strands of beauty in the study of spiritual work. There is a timeless quality to their astral folk songs, weaving shimmering electronics into acoustic arrangements, while the duo’s close harmonies recall The Roches or Kate and Anna McGariggle.
Doors at 8 PM
$22 adv + DICE fees / $27 at the door - tickets here!
($16.50 for Initiate members, $11 for Sponsor members, $0 +1 for Patron members, www.healingforcerecords.com/memberships)
Mathias Kunzli, Dave Harrington, Zach Tenorio
Healing Force of the Universe presents...
Sunday Saloon with percussionist Mathias Kunzli (Regina Spektor, Lauryn Hill, Moby), guitarist Dave Harrington (Taper's Choice, Darkside), Zach Tenorio (Taper's Choice, Arc Iris)
And live drawings from Matt Sharack
Doors at 8 PM
$15 adv (+DICE fees)/$18 door - tickets here!
($11.25 for Initiate members, $7.50 for Sponsor members, $0 +1 for Patron members, www.healingforcerecords.com/memberships)
Spencer Zahn, Maria Usbeck
The music of multi-instrumentalist Spencer Zahn is marked by openness: spacious sonic landscapes, rich with contributions from his creative community. Zahn’s newest album, Sunday Painter, is a refined step forward for the New York City-based musician — a lush collection of instrumental songs that undulate along waves of jazz, ambient pop, Americana, and neo-classical — pulling from Zahn’s established musical background and collaborative ethos.
Maria Usbeck’s latest album, Naturaleza, is a bold new chapter for the always shape-shifting Ecuadorian singer-songwriter, diving deep into her singular realm of idiosyncratic pop music while retaining the observational, inquisitorial perspective that’s marked her work thus far. Usbeck’s third album for the Cascine label follows the striking debut Amparo from 2016 (which featured co-production credits from Caroline Polachek) and 2019’s expansive, exploratory Envejeciendo, which found Usbeck stretching her legs into the warm glow of 1980s electronic music and the spacious grooves of city pop.
Shags will be the DJ.
Doors at 8 PM
$18 adv + DICE fees / 23 at the door - tickets here!
($13.50 for Initiate members, $9 for Sponsor members, $0 +1 for Patron members, www.healingforcerecords.com/memberships)
Mike Frazier, Sharon Silva, Lady Apple Tree
Mike Frazier spent the last decade touring relentlessly, and releasing half a dozen records. Since his move to Seattle he has continued to tour around North America. Frazier is carrying on the tradition of record craft with a focus on authentic songwriting and high quality production. Frazier draws inspiration from the valley he grew up in, his travels around the world, protest movements, and the classic folk music storytelling he is so deeply inspired by.
Los Angeles based Sharon Silva, known for her passionate presence in the Wild Reeds, has built a strong foundation for her solo career. Silva sings with a direct pensiveness, nuance, and depth that can only come from real-lived experience. Her songs tap into a rich interior world, where feelings of loss, accomplishment, and love all coincide. In this world, these complex and complicated feelings are met with curiosity and hopefulness, brushed with a tinge of dirt.
Lady Apple Tree is the project of LA-based singer-songwriter Haylie Hostetter. Originally from Northern California, Hostetter moved to Los Angeles in her pursuit of music and has contributed to releases and performances from Sam Burton, Drugdealer, Caleb Landry Jones, and Sylvie while writing and recording her own material.
Doors at 8 PM
$20 adv+DICE fees / $25 at the door - tickets here!
($15 for Initiate members, $10 for Sponsor memers, $0 +1 for Patron members, www.healingforcerecords.com/memberships)
Mia Doi Todd
Prolific LA singer-songwriter Mia Doi Todd presents songs new and old in celebration of her birthday. Mia has released over a dozen of her own albums and collaborated with many amazing musicians, including Laraaji, Dntel, Flying Lotus, Carlos Niño, André 3000, Georgia Anne Muldrow, Julia Holter and more.
Author Rick Moody writes: “Mia Doi Todd, with her perfect ear, her restlessness, her superabundant musical compassion, represents a powerful example of contemporary music, in her ability to change and grow and incorporate new sounds, all while continuing to uphold a sort of Platonic ideal of music as a form, in which the difficult immensities of human emotions can still be entrapped, described, and deeply felt…. the songs are about love, but not merely carnal love, but the enormous swelling of agape in the face of grief and growing older.”
Doors at 8 PM
$20 adv/$25 door - tickets here!
($15 for Initiate members, $10 for Sponsor members, $0 +1 for Patron members, www.healingforcerecords.com)
Daniel Ellsworth & The Great Lakes, Linying
Strange days have found us. For indie rock trio, Daniel Ellsworth + The Great Lakes, they know that all too well. Formed in Nashville but now peppered across the country, connected by satellite, fibers, and vibes, the band is known for their high-energy live performances, introspective lyrics, and a touch of something familiar that you can’t quite pin down every time you hear it. Now it’s 2025, and DE+TGL is back with HIGH(er) LIFE – the deluxe version of their 2024 album HIGH LIFE, featuring the unreleased track "Keep It Cool", a re-imagined piano and strings version of “After All,” and a remix of “High Life” by artist/producer Kyle Andrews. This expanded release offers a fresh perspective on the album’s bold, hook-filled spirit - an album Spectrum Culture called "...23 minutes of densely layered... highly danceable indie rock, with plenty of hooks. Almost every track sounds like it could be a hit." HIGH(er) LIFE is an existential journey about change, resistance, love, regret, and recognition of our shared humanity. An expansion of a new album for a new chapter. No regrets, just the high life.
Daniel Ellsworth + The Great Lakes are joined by Linying.
Doors at 8 PM
$15 adv + DICE fees / $20 at the door - tickets here!
($11.25 for Initiate members, $7.50 for Sponsor memers, $0 +1 for Patron members, www.healingforcerecords.com/memberships)
Molly Miller Trio
Since Dr. Molly Miller picked up a guitar at age seven, she’s been captivating audiences with her sophisticated and raw style. She’s one of Los Angeles’s most sought-after musicians, recording and touring with artists such as Jason Mraz, Black Eyed Peas, Donna Missal, and Morgxn, at venues such as the Hollywood Bowl, Royal Albert Hall, and Coachella. In the renowned magazine, Guitar, Michael James Adam notes, “She slings the guitar like a wordsmith, wry and sarcastic with a playful slant and flows from hushed whisper to bursts of elation with aplomb”. Miller is featured on Jason Mraz’s latest albums Know and Look For the Good. She is in the house-band on The Bachelor’s newest ABC primetime show, Listen To Your Heart. Soon after earning her Doctorate in Musical Arts from the University of Southern California in 2016, she became the chair of the Guitar Department at Los Angeles College of Music, a position she still holds. When Miller’s not on tour, running a guitar department, or in the studio, she heads her own trio, Molly Miller Trio, showcased on NPR’s Fresh Air.
Doors at 8 PM
$20 adv (+DICE fees)/$30 door - tickets here!
($15 adv for Initiate members, $10 adv for Sponsor members, $0 +1 for Patron members, www.healingforcerecords.com/memberships)
Frank LoCrasto: Kolumbo
Since he was a landlocked Dallas, Texas kid, beach culture has held a tropical mystique for Kolumbo composer, arranger, keyboardist Frank LoCrasto. These days, LoCrasto uses his imagination to create dreamy musical locales with the Brooklyn-based, Tropically-minded Kolumbo. The tiki-jazz torchbearers are releasing their debut full length, Gung-Ho, out June 29 2022, Calico Discos. The 8-song album conjures the lush sounds of symphonic 1950s and 1960s exotica, and jazz-pop orchestral albums recorded in Capitol Records’ famed studios. The album title speaks to the herculean task of producing an exotica album averaging 11 musicians per track during a pandemic.
Previously, the Brooklyn-based composer has released four solo albums, recorded music for three feature length films, and has had songs placed in the 2014 movie, Obvious Child, and the 2020 HBO series, How to With Jon Wilson. In addition, LoCrasto has recorded and toured with Cass McCombs, Grateful Shred, Pat Martino, Jeremy Pelt, James Iha, Parquet Courts, Fruit Bats, Nicholas Payton, Greg Osby, Okkervil River, and Wallace Roney.
Doors at 8 PM
$20 adv + DICE fees / $30 at the door - tickets here!
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STACEY, LéPonds, Raspberry Blonde
A romantic for the apocalypse generation, STACEY distills golden age pop nostalgia into lush, modern soundscapes. Cruising from 60's psychedelic day-trips to glossy 70's daydreams, STACEY's velvet textures have earned acclaim from SPIN, American Songwriter, Clash, WONDERLAND, and more. She's performed alongside Charlotte Day Wilson, Cameron Avery (Tame Impala), and at Toronto’s ROM for the Christian Dior: 70th Anniversary Exhibit. Her music has been featured in over 20 TV shows & films such as Netflix’s Spinning Out, Lucifer, Pretty Little Liars, Disney+’s Hollywood Stargirl. STACEY’s debut album Saturn Return (2021) received glowing reviews from industry tastemakers Matt Wilkinson (Apple Music), Chris Douridas (KCRW), Lauren Laverne (BBC6 Music). She is currently working on her sophomore album.
LéPonds is the solo project of LA-based Lisa Houdei, an experimental folk artist whose haunting, angelic voice recalls Vashti Bunyan and Norma Tanega. With four albums of beautifully unexpected gems, her sound is both whimsical and deeply organic. She has opened for artists such as Jeff Tweedy, Natalie Prass, Haley Henderickx, and Black Belt Eagle Scout on tour.
Raspberry Blonde (Dylan Brosnan) opens the night.
Doors at 8 PM.
$17 adv (+DICE fees)/$21 at the door - tickets here!
($12.75 for Initiate members, $8.50 for Sponsor members, $0 +1 for Patron members, www.healingforcerecords.com/memberships)
Laney Tripp, Trella, Carla Bannister, + Friends
Laney Tripp grew up in the sleepy, surf-obsessed Florida enclave of New Smyrna Beach. In combining musing lyrics and folk-y songcraft with an inclination toward experimental soundscapes on previous releases, Tripp has hit on a kind of tropical-folk yin to the yang of Gulf-&-Western artists more often associated with songs that evoke saltwater gallivanting.
Cedar Island Songs amplifies the strengths of 2021’s Fishing From Heaven, which Laney recorded with frequent collaborator, the multi-instrumentalist and multimedia artist, Jacob Cummings. For the new collection, Tripp and Cummings tapped musician and producer Benny Yurco, working out the songs at the experimental wizard’s Burlington, Vermont studio. Joined by Michael Nau and Seth Kauffman, the quintet tracked the EP live, working Tripp’s demos into a distinct brine.
Tripp invites Deloyd Elze and friends to Healing Force of the Universe on June 10.
Doors at 8 PM
$15 adv (+DICE fees)/$20 door - tickets here!
($11.25 for Initiate members, $7.50 for Sponsor members, $0 +1 for Patron members, www.healingforcerecords.com/memberships)
Fezmaster, Ethan Marks + Nicki Chen
Fezmaster: Improvised flute and generative ambient from Salt Lake City
Ethan. Marks + Nicki Chen: viola + flugelhorn duo
$15 adv (+DICE fees)/$20 door - tickets here!
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INSTANT ALTER, Randal Fisher, William Alexander
INSTANT ALTER is a new project by saxophonist Emilio Modeste and vocalist Natasha Agrama, featuring drummer Miguel Russell and bassist Ryo Takenaga. Produced by Stanley Clarke and Lenny White, this supergroup blends jazz fusion with Brazilian Tropicália, creating powerful, story-driven music. INSTANT ALTER is a call to reflection, healing, and transformation—happening in every living moment.
Randal Fisher is a Los Angeles based Tenor Saxophonist and has plays with the Pan Afrikan Peoples Arkestra, Aloe Blacc, Ethio Cali, Carlos Niño, Dexter Story and many others. He has worked with Artists like Kamasi Washington, Moses Sumney, Miguel Atwood Ferguson, Rocky Dawuni and other Artists around the Los Angeles music scene for over 20 years.
William M Alexander opens.
Doors at 8 PM
$15 adv (+DICE fees)/$20 door - tickets here!
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Whale Song Workshop, Pink Dolphins
Whale Song: a Workshop is a response to and a decade of affectionate correspondence and collaboration between Daniela Gesundheit and bioacoustics researcher Katy Payne (Songs of the Humpback Whale). A trained musician, Katy listened to thousands of hours of recordings of humpback whale singing and found form where others heard noise. With Pink Dolphins as our sonic guardians, we will listen and vocalize together as we recreate a primary experience of the compositional techniques and structures at play in the humpbacks’ complex song.
The cool blue underwater feeling of Healing Force is the perfect stand-in ocean basin for apprenticing ourselves to the largest broadcasting mammals on the planet— humpback whales. As humpbacks simulcast their continuous composition, they listen attentively to their peers, incorporating the innovations that they hear around them into their shared, living song. Musicians especially geek out on what humpbacks are up to once they are privy. In this moment when deep, attuned listening is at a premium, what might we learn about group identity, innovation, and empathy from these marine masters?
Electroacoustic improvisation duo Pink Dolphins (Christina Marie Karr + Lillian Doyle) open, using keys and flutes to generate pre/post apocalyptic aural environments.
KID FRIENDLY
Lindor Farms Pizza: Farm to table catering and pop ups
Doors at 2 PM
$10 adv (+DICE fees)/$13 door - tickets here!
($7.50 for Initiate members, $5 for Sponsor members, $0 +1 for Patron members, www.healingforcerecords.com/memberships)
Kisskadee, Lilliana Villines, Gillian Frances, SLUGS
Kisskadee is the maximalist project of multi-instrumentalist Kasie Shahbaz. Her orchestral arrangements and strange time signatures break away from traditional songwriting limitations, keeping a lyrical, folklike sensibility. Elements of psychedelia and ambient chaos litter the records, while detailed imagery grounds the chaos with vivid detail. The album Black Hole Era uses the birth and death of the universe as a chronological allegory for childhood through adulthood. The record tracks our expanding circle of relationships as we age- first with mother, then with siblings, then with lovers. However, like the cosmos, as this circle expands, it is also dying. The record stands witness to the loss of childlike safety, and the lonely longing of adulthood.
Lilliana Villines rocks.
Doors at 8 PM.
$10 adv (+DICE fees)/$13 at the door - tickets here!
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Philip Krohnengold, Charlie Hickey, Sally Dworsky
Philip Krohnengold, music director, multi-instrumentalist, and songwriter, returns to Healing Force of the Universe with friends for his First Thursday Residency. PK & BUDS = Philip Krohnengold + buds serving his friends' songs as a backing band + a set of original PK music.
This month, PK invites his friend, Charlie Hickey and Sally Dworsky.
Hickey is an indie rock musician from Pasadena, California, born on September 28, 1999. Raised in a musical family, he began writing and recording songs at a young age. At 13, he gained attention by covering Phoebe Bridgers' song "Radar" on YouTube, leading to a collaborative friendship with Bridgers. She later signed him to her label, Saddest Factory Records.
Hickey's debut album, Nervous at Night, was released on May 20, 2022. The album features contributions from Bridgers, Christian Lee Hutson, Harrison Whitford, and Marshall Vore, who also produced the record. The album explores themes of transition from adolescence to adulthood, with a sound that blends elements of folk, pop, and indie rock.
In addition to his solo work, Hickey has collaborated with artists like MUNA and ella jane. He continues to develop his distinctive voice and songwriting style, earning recognition in the indie music scene.
Doors at 8 PM
$20 adv/$30 door - tickets here!
($15 for Initiate members, $10 for Sponsor members, $0 +1 for Patron members, www.healingforcerecords.com/memberships)
Max Bien Kahn, Nick Stockton
On Max Bien Kahn’s latest album Flowers, you can hear him stretch the limits of his own pre-determinations in a way that feels historical and futuristic all the same—timeless and lived-in yet existing someplace beyond the folk bonafides that have long encapsulated Kahn’s off-kilter lilt. The songs get personal without losing his trademark brightness. He’ll always try to be funny about the things that are following him around, be it death, marriage, and whatever triumphs and tragedies fall somewhere in between.
Nick Stockton’s latest release, Martinis & Dexedrine, finds the native Californian singer/songwriter exploring a gentler, yet darker sound inspired as much by Laurel Canyon-style folk as it is the boozy classic honky tonk of past releases. Recorded in San Francisco, the EP finds the singer reuniting with former Midnight Sons bandmates and a handful of other fellow 2010s SF garage rock scene denizens. But make no mistake— the track bears little resemblance to the jangling drunken anthems of those days. Instead: a lilting country waltz where barroom piano meets warbling harmonica, bolstered by a two-stepping Spanish guitar. Soaring harmonies paired with Stockton’s measured croon evoke the haunted, crumbling California cityscapes and desolate country highways that serve as the songwriter’s inspiration.
Doors at 8 PM
$10 adv (+DICE fees)/$12 door - tickets here!
($7.50 for Initiate members, $5 for Sponsor members, $0 +1 for Patron members, www.healingforcerecords.com/memberships
Laney Tripp, Trella, Carla Bannister, + Friends
Laney Tripp grew up in the sleepy, surf-obsessed Florida enclave of New Smyrna Beach. In combining musing lyrics and folk-y songcraft with an inclination toward experimental soundscapes on previous releases, Tripp has hit on a kind of tropical-folk yin to the yang of Gulf-&-Western artists more often associated with songs that evoke saltwater gallivanting.
Cedar Island Songs amplifies the strengths of 2021’s Fishing From Heaven, which Laney recorded with frequent collaborator, the multi-instrumentalist and multimedia artist, Jacob Cummings. For the new collection, Tripp and Cummings tapped musician and producer Benny Yurco, working out the songs at the experimental wizard’s Burlington, Vermont studio. Joined by Michael Nau and Seth Kauffman, the quintet tracked the EP live, working Tripp’s demos into a distinct brine.
Tripp invites friends Trella and Carly Bannister to Healing Force of the Universe on June 3.
Doors at 8 PM
$15 adv (+DICE fees)/$20 door - tickets here!
($11.25 for Initiate members, $7.50 for Sponsor members, $0 +1 for Patron members, www.healingforcerecords.com/memberships)
Audrey II, Megan Blake
Audrey II wants to introduce you to the monster under her bed. On her debut album, My Room, the Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter laments about being addicted to everything: “I can’t even feel my coffee in the morning anymore.” Exploring themes of delusion, avoidance, and obsession with all the wrong people, the folk-influenced record features stories as sharply funny as they are devastating. While she mirrors the lyrical wit of Kimya Dawson and the stylistic sensibilities of Jackson Browne, Audrey II brings a whimsical flair that’s all her own.
She's joined by dream-folk artist Megan Blake.
$15 adv + DICE fees / $18 at the door
Doors at 8 PM - Tickets here!
Joe Bourdet, Head Shoppe
"Illinois" single release show for Joe Bourdet, a California native and lover of mountains. Bourdet is an audiophile whose music is reminiscent of an analogue time. His album, Meadow Rock, is a shop favorite - especially "Songbird Revisited." Bourdet spends his days building guitars at James Trussart's Guitar Workshop in Echo Park and building his warm, handwired, Fender-inspired, tube amplifier.
Head Shoppe creates soundscapes using field recordings, classical guitar, warm synths and drinks Burgundy wine and stay up all night.
Doors at 8 PM
$15 adv (+DICE fees)/$19 door - tickets here!
($11.25 for Initite members, $7.50 for Sponsor members, $0 +1 for Patron members, www.healingforcerecords.com/memberships)
Kaycie Satterfield, Zelma Stone, Alice Osian
Kaycie Satterfield and Zelma Stone kick off their west coast tour with a show at Healing Force of the Universe.
Alice Osian opens.
Pay what you want $10-$20 adv/$12-$23 at the door
Max Naseck Trio, Jacob Mann
Max Naseck is a Los Angeles based musician. With his thoughtfulness and attention to detail, he provides top-quality work through his keyboard playing, sound programming, production, and music direction. He performs a wide variety of music on a regular basis and has played and toured worldwide with acts such as David Archuleta, NIKI, Laufey, Maddie Poppe, Harry Mack, Raquel Rodriguez, Carter Reeves, Bob Mintzer, Dick Oatts, and Mestizo Beat. Max has also performed at major festivals including Lollapalooza, Outside Lands, the Newport Jazz Festival, the Montreal Jazz Festival, and many more**.**
Naseck is joined by Brandon Bae and Julian Allen for a key-bass trio. Jacob Mann will be playing some solo piano.
$17 adv + DICE fees / $20 at the door
Isaac Soren
Los Angeles–born singer songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer Isaac Soren was born with a love of stories. At the age of thirteen he decided to begin writing a concept album about the life story of his great grandfather, a holocaust survivor. After several years of refining his craft, Isaac finished writing his debut album, APU, a tribute to the story of his great grandfather and so many other men and women who persevered through the second world war. The album piqued the interest of Grammy–nominated producer Ryan Hadlock who has worked with the likes of The Lumineers, Zach Bryan, Brandi Carlile, and Vance Joy. After two weeks in the Washington woods at Bear Creek Studios, Isaac’s thirteen year old vision became a reality. Now eighteen, he brings to you APU in all of its glory…
Doors at 8 PM
$10 adv (+DICE fees)/$14 door - tickets here!
($7.50 adv for Initiate members, $5 adv for Sponsor members, $0 +1 for Patron members, www.healingforcerecords.com/memberships)
Lila Forde Residency, The band
Lila Forde captivated us at the shop earlier this year with her blend of country and soul influences in her songs delivered by her perfect, smooth vocals, and magnetism. We look forward to hosting Forde every Tuesday night in May, and we hope you'll join us. Forde had a flash in the pan experience as a finalist on NBC's the Voice, where she earned her place as a finalist under John Legend's guidance. After that whirlwind, it is evident that Forde continued to pursue her craft and stay focused on her growth as an artist. We're not prone to follow the hype of television shows our moms enjoy, but we recognize a real deal star shining.
May 6 with the Brudi Brothers
May 13 with Rachel Mazer
May 20: Influences
May 27: with her band
$15 adv + dice fees/$20 at the door - click for tickets!
Doors at 8 PM for each show.
Goldenfinch, Devin Daniels
Goldenfinch (a.k.a. Atticus Reynolds) and Devin Daniels celebrate the release of their upcoming album at Healing Force of the Universe.
$15 adv + DICE fees / $18 at the door
Nicole Lawrence & The Durango House Band, Jenny O
Healing Force of the Universe presents...
Nicole Lawrence & The Durango House Band + Jenny O. live at G-SON Studios.
Nicole Lawrence is a sought-after musician who has toured globally with artists like Jenny Lewis, Coldplay, Devendra Banhart, and Bruce Springsteen. Known for her deft pedal steel and guitar work, she introduces her own voice on her debut solo LP, Time in Love. A blend of poetic wisdom and virtuosity, the album reflects themes of intimacy, relationships, and community, influenced by J.J. Cale, early Beck, and the societal commentaries of films and philosophy. Recorded live at Studio 606, it captures the raw energy of collaboration, marking Lawrence's evolution as both an artist and a person.
Jenny O. is a songwriter living in Los Angeles, California. Jenny’s first two albums Automechanic and Peace & Information were made with Jonathan Wilson. Spectra is her second album with Kevin Ratterman, following 2020’s New Truth. She has toured with legends like Sixto Rodriguez and Violent Femmes, contemporaries like Father John Misty and Faye Webster, and performed vocals on recordings by Bonnie “Prince” Billy, Conor Oberst, and Jim James.
G-SON served as The Beastie Boys recording studio and rehearsal space. In 1990, the musicians found this no-name studio that would give them the flexibility to try any crazy idea with the room to fail.
Pop-up from Solarc Brewery.
$20 adv (+DICE fees)/$25 at the door. Doors at 8 PM. Tickets here!
Matthew Mallinger, V. Ontiveros, Topu Lyo
Matthew Mallinger, V. Ontiveros and Topu Lyo at Healing Force of the Universe.
$15 adv + DICE fees / $18 at the door
Doors at 8 PM. Tickets here!
Unknown Venus, About You
Unknown Venus is a Los Angeles-based singer, songwriter, and harpist crafting a universe of contrasts—where bedroom pop vulnerability meets bold, bouncy grooves. UV blends dreamy harp textures, airy vocals, and emotionally candid lyrics into an eclectic sound that’s both gleaming and shadowed. A rising name in the indie scene, she’s brought her celestial sound to stages at Treefort Music Fest and Somewhere Fest, building a reputation for immersive, emotionally resonant performances.
About You supports.
Doors at 8 PM
$17 adv (+DICE fees)/$22 door - tickets here!
($12.75 for Initiate Members, $8.50 for Sponsor Members, $0 +1 for Patron Members www.healingforcerecords.com/memberships)
Lila Forde Residency, Jean-Luc Eldenwood
Lila Forde captivated us at the shop earlier this year with her blend of country and soul influences in her songs delivered by her perfect, smooth vocals, and magnetism. We look forward to hosting Forde every Tuesday night in May, and we hope you'll join us. Forde had a flash in the pan experience as a finalist on NBC's the Voice, where she earned her place as a finalist under John Legend's guidance. After that whirlwind, it is evident that Forde continued to pursue her craft and stay focused on her growth as an artist. We're not prone to follow the hype of television shows our moms enjoy, but we recognize a real deal star shining.
May 6 with the Brudi Brothers
May 13 with Rachel Mazer
May 20 with Jean-Luc Eldenwood
May 27 with Ryan Lerman
$15 adv + dice fees/$20 at the door - click for tickets!
Doors at 8 PM for each show.
David Pritchard Guitar Trio
The David Pritchard Guitar Trio (David Pritchard, Kevin Tiernan, and Loannis Markoulakis). The concert is being produced by the Lightbringer Project.
Guitarist/composer David Pritchard’s creates unique music for solo and multiple acoustic guitars. His latest recording, Evanescent is described in Acoustic Guitar magazine as “...mining a vein of intricately entwined guitars since his 1990 release, Air Patterns. Boasting ten trancelike yet energetic instrumentals, Evanescent is the apotheosis of Pritchard’s methods and the magical worlds they conjure.” Pritchard’s music has also been performed and recorded by the Los Angeles Guitar Quartet and the Aquarelle Guitar Quartet. He has now created his own acoustic guitar trio for the purpose of performing his music that straddles the lines between contemporary classical, jazz, and new acoustic.
$25 adv + DICE fees / $30 at the door
KATZROAR, Animal Prince, Hot Brother
Bay Area bands Animal Prince and Hot Brother are on tour down the west coast and are joining with LA-based KATZROAR for an evening of retro-pop, psych rock and alternative indie magic.
This is an album release run for KATZROAR’s second full-length album, Underworld and Hot Brother's debut album Songs for Cyd.
Presented by Chickadee Records
$20 adv + DICE fees/$25 door. Doors at 8 PM <— click for tickets
Marc Perez + Friends
Marc + friends is an afternoon hang at Healing Force of the Universe with performances by:
Filler Words (Marc Perez, Devin Daniels, Steve Blum, & Corey Fogel)
Jeff Schwarts + Tim Feeney + Robert Reigle
A Trio You Don't Know (ad hoc trio curated by Marc Perez featuring Marc Perez + Dan Clucas + William Roper)
Doors at 2 PM
$15 adv (+DICE fees) / $20 at the door - tickets here!
($11.25 for Initiate members, $7.50 for Sponsor members, $0 +1 for Patron members, www.healingforcerecords.com/memberships)
Valley Porno People, Dog Smoke, Scout
Valley Porno People, Dog Smoke, and Scout. live at Healing Force of the Universe.
$12 adv + DICE fees - click for tickets
Doors at 8 PM
John Schroeder, Ross Garren, Kait Dunton & Co
John Schroeder is a guitarist and producer based in Los Angeles. He makes his own music on six and twelve string acoustic guitar and with his group the Sheriffs of Schroedingham. He also works as a producer, session musician and sideman with a host of different artists ranging from indie singer songwriter Nataly Dawn to rock and roll hall of famer Frankie Valli.
Ross Garren is a harmonica player, keyboardist, and composer. His work can be heard on albums by Beyoncé, Bon Iver, Kesha, Ben Folds, Noah Cyrus, Rita Coolidge, and Pomplamoose. Additionally, I’ve contributed to film scores by composers such as Robbie Robertson, Hans Zimmer, Ludwig Göransson, Marco Beltrami, Buck Sanders, Bear McCreary, Lyle Workman, Mark Mancina, and Alf Clausen.
Kait Dunton is a Los Angeles-based keyboardist & composer. She exudes joy when she plays and her honest emotional expression invites her audience to be open and vulnerable right alongside her. Influenced by the work of Richard Tee, Ahmad Jamal, E.S.T., Brad Mehldau, Chick Corea, and Herbie Hancock, among others, Kait has evolved from an acoustic piano purist to a confident multi-keyboardist with her own groovy vintage sound which incorporates various styles outside the normal realm of “jazz,” including classical, pop, rock, R&B, soul, gospel, Brazilian, and Latin.
$20 adv + DICE fees / $13 at the door - click for tickets
Doors at 8 PM
Lila Forde Residency, Rachel Mazer
Lila Forde captivated us at the shop earlier this year with her blend of country and soul influences in her songs delivered by her perfect, smooth vocals, and magnetism. We look forward to hosting Forde every Tuesday night in May, and we hope you'll join us. Forde had a flash in the pan experience as a finalist on NBC's the Voice, where she earned her place as a finalist under John Legend's guidance. After that whirlwind, it is evident that Forde continued to pursue her craft and stay focused on her growth as an artist. We're not prone to follow the hype of television shows our moms enjoy, but we recognize a real deal star shining.
May 6 with the Brudi Brothers
May 13 with Rachel Mazer
May 20: Influences
May 27: with her band
$15 adv + dice fees/$20 at the door - click for tickets!
Doors at 8 PM for each show.
Hootenanny at SIJCC
We are partnering with Silver Lake Independent JCC for a Mother’s Day Hootenanny.
Join us for an unforgettable afternoon of music, community, and fun at the SIJCC Hootenanny! Whether you're a musician, a music lover, or just looking for a lively way to spend Mother’s Day, this event is for you.
🎶 What to Expect 🎶
Open Jam! Bring an instrument, grab a songbook, and sing along!
Delicious Food Included!
Cash Bar for those who want to sip and sing.
Childcare Available (ages 2-8) so everyone can enjoy.
Raffle Prizes to keep the excitement going!
Michael Murray Release, Kypsa
Michael Murray celebrates the release of his EP at Healing Force of the Universe on May 10.
Kypsa supports.
$14 adv/$18 door - click for tickets
Doors at 8 PM
Tess Comrie, Carly Bannister
Tess Comrie celebrates the release of her EP, joined by Carly Bannister.
$15 adv + DICE fees / $18 at the door
NEO Project West
NEO Project West offers a tantalizing blend of funked up jazzy soul music, spiced with flavors of rock and Afro-Caribbean world grooves.
NPW features:
Toni Peete - vocals - Jazz, R&B, Pop & Soul, Toni has sung with an array of major artists and local R&B/Jazz ensembles
Robert DeVaughn - vocals - raised on Gospel & Motown, Robert's traveled the world singing with garage bands, opera companies & orchestras
Louis Van Taylor - saxophones, flute, EWI - Cameo, Teena Marie, The Temptations, Ray Charles, The Gap Band, Michael Bolton
Harold Allen - drum kit - The Brothers Johnson, Jermaine Jackson, Ivan Neville, Leo Nocentelli, Percy Sledge, Jean Knight
Michael Haggins - electric bass - Robbie Neville Band, Tonight Show w/ Jimmy Fallon, Hall Pass Movie, KTLA-5 Morning News
Charles Love - electric keyboards - Stevie Wonder, Gladys Knight, Chaka Khan, Patti LaBelle, James Ingram, Dr. Dre
Dwight Carroll - electric guitar, vocals - Shalamar, Papa John Creach, Mary Wells, The Mizell Bros., Joe Battan, Ralphie Pagan
$15 adv + DICE fees / $18 at the door - click for tickets
Doors at 8 PM