Win Tickets ($89): Grouplove – Rock and Roll You Won’t Save Me Tour @ Crystal Ballroom | w/ Bully
We are giving away a pair of tickets to Grouplove – Rock and Roll You Won’t Save Me Tour @ Crystal Ballroom on February 29. To win, comment below on this post why you’d like to attend. Winner will be drawn and emailed February 26.
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From our sponsors:
Grouplove
Rock And Roll You Won’t Save Me Tour
Bully
February 29, 2024
Doors 6:30PM, Show 8PM |
ADV $39.50-$49.50
Doors $44.50-$54.50
More info: crystalballroompdx.com
Crystal Ballroom
1332 W Burnside St, Portland, OR 97209
The latest full-length from GROUPLOVE, I Want It All Right Now begins by shining a bright and cathartic light on one of the deepest tensions of the human psyche. In a moment of unbridled expression emblematic of the Atlanta-based band, the album-opening “All” finds vocalist/guitarist Christian Zucconi listing off a litany of unmet desires, then explodes into a glorious outburst of longing and frustration. “That song is our way of asking, ‘Why do we always want something more than what we have?'” says Zucconi. “So many of us are stuck in this perpetual cycle of seeking some type of validation or fulfillment from the outside world, when it’s very possible that everything we need already exists within us.” Built on a raw but incandescent sound vocalist/keyboardist Hannah Hooper refers to as “resistance pop,” I Want It All Right Now explores that paradox with equal parts tenderness, curiosity, and exacting self-revelation-ultimately arriving at a body of work that leaves the listener newly awakened to the wisdom of their own intuition.
GROUPLOVE’s sixth LP and first release since signing to Glassnote Records, I Want It All Right Now emerged from a period of intense transformation for Hooper and Zucconi, a married couple who are principal songwriters and lead vocalists for the band. “For me this whole journey started with wanting or asking for certain things from the world around me, then slowly turning inward and realizing I needed to pay more attention to what was going on internally,” says Hooper. Largely informed by their experience in raising a daughter with sensory needs, the album’s 11 wildly kaleidoscopic songs document that shift from external searching to radical self-discovery, embedding each track with so much warmly articulated insight. “Our daughter has been our teacher and completely reframed the way we see the world,” says Hooper. “From the get-go our band has been about bringing joy and a sense of safety and inclusion to people’s lives, and now we feel even more of a need to help everyone feel this very powerful love that we believe exists, and that links all of us together.”
Bully
Lucky For You is Bully’s most close-to-the-bone album yet. It’s an album that’s searing and unmistakably marked by its creator’s experiences, while still retaining the massive sound that Alicia Bognanno has become known for over the last decade. Her fourth album draws from personal pain and the universal struggle that is existing, learning, and moving on — and it’s all soundtracked by Bognanno’s rock-solid melodic sensibilities and a widescreen sound that’s impossible to pin down when it comes to the textures explored. These ten songs are simply the most irresistible Bognanno’s put to tape yet, making Lucky For You her greatest triumph to date in a career already packed with them.
Work on Lucky For You began last year, when Bognanno brought some in-progress demos to producer J.T. Daly in his Nashville studio to see if they could strike creative kismet. “Authenticity is always on my mind, without even knowing it,” she explains while discussing their recording process together. “If I’m doing something that doesn’t feel natural or right, I’m quick to shut it down. So it was great with J.T., because I could tell he was a genuine fan who wanted to emphasize what’s actually good about my writing instead of changing it. I could tell how much he cared about the project and it meant alot to me.”
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Take me to your best friend’s house, and take me and my best friend to this show!
wow….wen i hear the grouploves music, it transports me back to some of the most memorable times in my life… it was full of hardship, struggles, heartbreak, and lots of loneliness… grouplove defined an era of indi music that has been flourishing ever since .. they have a such a unique sound, and i will always treasure their music and hold it very dear to my heart… it helped me through some of the toughest times of my life… they broke the mold and created sounds still sound just as good as the day they were released… i hope grouplove will go down in history as being one of the greatest indie/alternative bands
of all time…
Oh yeaaaa
group loves music has been so influential, the music they make has a sound all its own and it will transport you back to a time in your life that was both full of hard lessons learned and that nostalgic beauty of happier times that you hope you never forget.. they defined a generation of indie alternative music and never followed the trends.. grouplove is truly one of the greatest alternative / indie bands of all time and seeing them on stage of the Crystal ballroom would be a once in a lifetime opportunity to make more of those memories ..
Awesome!
Love this band and haven’t seen them in entirely too long!
Loveee them and am so excited for this!
absolutely insane that i would see this post the exact same day i started listening to my throwback playlist that’s basically 75% grouplove😩 want these tickets so bad!!
One of my mom’s favorite bands, I would love the chance to take her!
Great live show, would love to see them again!
Grouplove has some great music. Please pick me so I can surprise my boyfriend with a fancy date!
Throw back! This would be awesome!
Saw Grouplove at Sasquatch many years ago— would love to see them perform their new stuff!
I live me some grouplove.
Sounds like a party…
Please and thank you!
Love this band! 😍
MY ABSOLUTE FAVORITE BAND OF ALL TIME!!!!!!!!! I would loooooove to go!
I love them so much!! Their music is so fun to dance to and lifts me up during dark times.
This was an incredible show 12 years ago. Would love to see them again.
wow i love grouplove!
Grouplove!! 😍
Yes please!!!
I love group love! They remind me of my first husband!
Woah! Would love to go 🙂
Grouplove is 👌 for us
Would love to win and take someone I love very much who I owe much to!
Camped next to these cats @ their first festival performance many moons ago …. have been a fan ever since!!
Fingers crossed!
Let it be a sunny day and the sun shine on meeeee
They seem really fun live
Grouplove is one of my best friend’s favorite bands, I would love to take her to this show!
I bet they put on a good show!
Jammed to Grouplove late into the night Wednesday with Christmas lights on while cooking. Could TOTALLY feel the live vibe! Wanna go!
Thus would be surreal!
Love me some Grouplove!
❤️💖🌻❤️🧡😋☀️☀️🎂🏜🏜 please pick I would love to Shake my ass
I love Bully! Been wearing out their new album!
I’d love to take in a live Grouplove show!
Don’t leave me tongue tied! Take us to your best friend’s house and a concert!
I love group love! I’d love to share this with my friend.
My husband and I love grouplove and need more date nights!
Would love to see group love!
I have been a huge fan of Grouplove for almost 15 years. I’d love to see them live!
Absolutely love the lyrics and the messages in these songs. I would love to see Group love perform live!
Would love to go!