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Ian’s Party 2020 Announces First Wave Lineup
The 13th annual Ian’s Party will take place Friday, January 3rd – Sunday, January 5th at both Chop Shop and Subterranean. The first wave lineup was revealed today and includes performances by Meat Wave, The Brokedowns, Vacation, The Bobby Conn Experience, Absolutely Not, Ono, C.H.E.W., No Men, Lung, Paper Mice, Typesetter, Howardian, Joshua Virtue, Malci, and Two Houses. In addition, the following acts will also appear: Blacker Face, Hitter, Masonic Wave, Bruges, Wood Chickens, Lovely Little Girls, Bev Rage and the Drinks, Topomaka, Hawley, Wig, Clickbait, Nonnie Parry, Abertooth Lincoln, and American Draft.
Early Bird weekend passes will go on sale Friday, November 1st at 10:00 AM and are available for $30 each. Purchase them here and be advised they’ll remain at this price until Sunday, November 3rd, but will increase after that. Single day passes will be available soon and more bands will be announced at a later date.
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Howardian – “Silly Shit”
Next month, Howardian will release their latest full-length, The Silly Shit You Say. We’re premiering the video for the album’s first single above, called “Silly Shit.” Frontman Ian Vanek, (ex-Japanther) described the making of the video, explaining “Filming was a really fun process. We worked efficiently in a tiny space in Chicago, shooting only 12 takes in total with very little preparation. A lampshade chases each band member through every shot, unifying and darkening the mood.”
When detailing the album’s writing process, Vanek said “We made demos on four tracks and laptops, revised them over email and then met up in Oakland to re-recorded everything. We made an excess of compositions in an attempt to find the magic and I feel really great about the unexpected beauty that we found.” Besides Vanek, Howardian’s lineup consists of seven additional musicians, (Scott Brummel, Justin Mckaughan, Gardner Allen, Farley Glavin, Mustafa Daka, Schuyler Maehl and Flo Amarino). Vanek cited a collective energy being important to keeping the project alive, as well as the significance of new outlooks during changing times.
When looking ahead to the record being released, Vanek said “Releasing this album is really big for us. We’ve been a band for four years and done seven releases, but this is our first 12” vinyl record. It’s by far the best Howardian work available, so I look forward to people getting it and digesting the album over the next few months.” The record comes out on March 15th via Let’s Pretend Records and Starcleaner Records.
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