Puerta Negra with Odor Eater and Observation Room + Piggy Bank

Puerta Negra is an electro-punk/EBM band in the tradition of 80s Wax Trax!, Cabaret Voltaire, Portion Control, Nitzer Ebb, and Skinny Puppy. They adopted their name from a song by the beloved norteño band Los Tigres del Norte. Puerta Negra’s lyrics are inspired by the horrors of colonialism, globalization, and nationalism.

Odor Eater – If New Wave pop at its best was an implicit critique of the pre-programmed optimism and happiness of the Reagan era, a once faded memory that has come back to us now as a recurring nightmare—or an AI-induced psychosis delivered by phones rather than rabbit-eared TV sets, then Odor Eater picks up perfectly where those that came before them left off. Their songs ask the most urgent personal and political questions in a fearlessly playful manner utilizing a sonic palette that has remained relevant musically and politically for forty-plus years. As a result, Odor Eater are able to create music that pulls one in as it skips along, unable to sit still whether through excitement or anxiety—the allure is at least in part because it’s impossible to tell the ratio of either element of such a potent mix. This is perhaps the perfect soundtrack for a world that is both shocking and hilarious at the same time. -Ben Michaelis

Observastion Room – Brooklyn’s Observation Room crafts music that thrives in the tension between nostalgia and futurism. A duo rooted in moody synth-pop, their sound draws from the crystalline melodies of Book of Love, the industrial melancholia of Depeche Mode, and the stark minimalism of early Human League, creating music that is at once familiar and eerily contemporary.

Piggy Bank – synth/punk. members of Dials, Conditioner & Miracle.