Your Fearless Leader
Tino Drima
This event is 21 and over.
$12.00 – General Admission (Advance)
$15.00 – General Admission (Door)
*plus applicable service fees
The general on sale begins Friday, May 4th at noon!
Tickets available at The Independent box office (628 Divisadero, SF) with no service charge.
Your Fearless Leader (YFL) is an American indie rock band from San Francisco, California, consisting of Marcus Ghiasi on lead vocals and guitar, Jerry Haagsma on drums and percussion, Alan Onymous on bass, Hannah Glass on violin, Aldo Jimenez on saxophone, Stephanie Seybert on keys, and Tito Martinez on trumpet/trombone.
YFL’s music is characterized by powerful dynamics and intricate orchestral arrangements, anchored by Ghiasi’ commanding vocals. With their contemplative and evocative lyrics, YFL creates a wall of sound that alternates between explosive energy and haunting stillness, leaving audiences on the edge of insight and revelation. The band has played some of the most notable stages and events in San Francisco, including the 2017 San Francisco Women’s March, in addition to having toured extensively on the west coast, showcasing their captivating live performances.
What began as a solo project by Ghiasi in 2015 quickly grew into a collaborative effort as other musicians joined the fold. Together, YFL pushed the boundaries of their sound, honing their craft and refining their unique blend of indie rock and orchestral arrangements. With new music slated for release in 2023, YFL is poised to take the indie rock scene by storm once again, showcasing their distinctive sound and electrifying live performances to audiences across the country.
Battlehooch is the kind of band you thought went extinct along with landline phones and cassette tapes. In one sense they’re a band from another, sturdier era: a band that releases consistently quality material on a consistent basis, a band that doesn’t sacrifice creative drive for commercial interest, a band that grows and evolves with each successive release. From the beautiful madcap mess of debut LP Piecechow to the more refined yet still quite surrealistic jams on Hot Lungs to a cool, polished psych-rock sheen on 2014’s Wink EP, Battlehooch has proven itself as a band built to last. They may possess an old-school mindset, but their music is diverse and daring enough to fit perfectly into this wild new century.
Formed in San Francisco – the birthplace of psychedelia – it’s fitting that the six-piece collective echoes the city’s tie-dyed past in its own compositions. However, the group isn’t content with becoming a mere tribute to a time period they never lived through. Instead, Battlehooch updates the sound of psychedelia for a new generation, one that can now access dozens of genres and millions of songs with a few clicks of an iPhone. Battlehooch reflects this modern trend of manic music consumption: on any of their many releases, the listener will be treated to a sonic smorgasbord, bouncing from hard rock to dance-pop to mind-warping head trips to flirtations with electronica and jazz and Afrobeat and everything in between within the span of a few minutes, sometimes even seconds.
In 2018, Battlehooch partnered with Prizefighter Records to release new singles and do reissues of past albums (including on cassette for the first time!). In addition, they will also be touring the US west coast and in Europe.