MUSICIANS

MUSIC MUSIC

TRUE/FALSE’S STRONG TRADITION of spotlighting innovative musical craft alongside the art of documentary continues in a big way in 2022. Each T/F film screening begins with live music positioned as the opening act, paired with the feature film or shorts program by our music team to greet audiences as they settle in for their cinematic experience. Devoted musical showcases, live-band happy hours, DJ dance parties, parades, and meditative musical oases also feature prominently in the festival programming. Support your favorite new musicians by coming out, smashing those follow buttons on social media, taking home some albums and merch—and showing them some extra love with a tip, whether via the hats being passed or Venmo.

Clockwise from left: Liam Kazar, Andreas Kapsalis, Angel Bat Dawid

MUSICIANS and DJs

ALEX SILVA Baltimore-based Alex Silva’s interpretation of electronic and contemporary composition draws influence from his early days playing in punk bands while growing up in Spain. His debut album, Mind Pattern Explorer, is available on Canadian Duck Tapes, and he comes to T/F fresh from touring with Dan Deacon. Venmo: @alexsilvasounds

ANDREAS KAPSALIS Greek-American guitarist, composer, and international performer Andreas Kapsalis may have you believing he has more than just two limbs as he produces myriad rhythms and melodies from his guitar.

Venmo: @andreas-kapsalis-1

ANGEL BAT DAWID Angel Bat Dawid’s afrofuturist opus The Oracle is widely regarded as one of the best jazz albums of recent years, bringing the Chicago-based composer, clarinetist, pianist, singer, and producer worldwide acclaim. Her latest release is 2021’s Hush Harbor Mixtape Vol. 1: Doxology. Venmo: @angel_elmore

BEGONIA Awe will be your first reaction to the subtle yet powerful voice of Alexa Dirks—until the beat drops and your feet pull your body into the audacious sound that is Begonia. Left with no choice, your movements will sync to the Winnipeg artist’s lush synth-pop rhythms. Venmo: @tf_music

with note: Begonia

BLVCK SPVDE A true cornerstone of the national music community, we’re fortunate to hold the talents of multi-instrumentalist and bandleader Blvck Spvde in such close proximity. Along with his robust ensemble, this St. Louis representative utilizes the language of neo-soul, future-funk, and hiphop to lead the audience to a place of resonance and healing. Venmo:

@tf_music with note: Blvck Spvde

CASE OATS When Casey Walker’s soothing voice delivers nostalgic imagery over a light acoustic strum, there’s a good chance you’ll feel a warm wash of connection to meaningful moments of your own past and present.

Venmo: @caseyewalker

DRONA This young, passionate sibling trio (ages ranging 11-16) of selftaught multi-instrumentalists is eager to bring their sonic concoctions to the stage, fusing their love of genres as different as bedroom pop and black metal into mathy musical structures while leaving room for the rule-breaking openness of jazz. Venmo: @dronatheband

DRUMMERSCALES WITH ZACH ZITO T/F veterans and former

members of Loose Loose, Jacob Somerscales and Zach Zito are joining up to bring audiences guitar- and drum-based improvised experiments likely to span from ambient minimalism to polyrhythmic cacophony. Venmo: @

drummerscales

ELEPHANT FOOT These Columbia locals bring their own hit-theroad-windows-down sound with bouncing grooves and soulful toned vocals.

Venmo: @elephant-foot

ESOE DJ, producer, and graphic designer, esoe, joins us from Chicagoland. Zooming through wide-ranging styles, esoe brings you to a vibration that is wholly groovy on their independent label, Home Sounds. Feeling is the fuel to their fire. esoe currently resides in Brooklyn and recently produced the art for Garrett David’s upcoming release Global Swing. Venmo: @isaiah-winfrey

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Can’t get one of our musicians out of your head? Grab an album at the

POP-UP SHOP

Hitt Records 10 Hitt St. (next to Ragtag)

Thursday: 11am-7pm Friday: 10am-8pm Saturday: 10am-8pm Sunday: 12pm-5pm

Music merch will also be available at concerts.

Faerie the Kid

FAERIE THE KID Emily Shaw is the kind of artist and musician that if stranded on an island would still find ways to make beautiful sounds with rocks, hollow logs, her voice, and whatever else is lying around. Emily is bringing to T/F her understated piano playing, melodic voice, and hook-laden songwriting. Venmo: @faeriethekid

GANSER Ganser is a post-punk, no-wave, art-rock Chicago quartet fronted by a self-described two-headed monster, lead vocalists Nadia Garofalo and Alicia Gaines. Their album Just Look at That Sky was named a Best Album of 2020 by Paste and Noisey and a Great Album You May Have Missed by Rolling Stone, which described it as “terrifyingly cool." Venmo: @tf_music

with note: Ganser

HEMLOCK Patient and colorful acoustic guitar strums get wrapped in the wispy blanket of Carolina Chauffe’s voice, offering a sound both sedating and capable of bringing your deeper feelings into focus. Venmo: @hemlocksounds

KIWICHA Listening to the dual guitar and vocal melodies of Kiwicha is like unfolding a lawn chair just before dusk and enjoying changing hues that settle you into a dreamy state as they cast a spell on you. Venmo: @nerenai

KYREN PENROSE A prodigious talent formerly known as The Adaptation, Kyren Penrose writes songs that seem to come from a slightly older soul, new notes that seem nostalgic, and hooks that could have found a home on '90s alt-rock radio. Venmo: @kyren_penrose

LIAM KAZAR In writing and arrangement, Liam's soulful voice always seems to emerge at the right moments, falling tastefully into the spaces between the instruments, whether he's lightly strumming a traditionalsounding folk tune or driving forward with a fun ked-up dance number.

Venmo: @liamkazar

LITTLE MAZARN This Austin-based duo brings modernity to a "high lonesome" Appalachian sound. Minimal, expansive, and ethereal, Little Mazarn offers a stunning juxtaposition between traditionalism and contemporary sound. Keep an eye out for the iconic Thor Harris sitting in with Little Mazarn during their sets. Venmo: @littlelindsey

LIV.E After a series of acclaimed, genre-bending EPs, Texas-raised, L.A.based exploratory neo-soul phenom Liv.e (pronunciation tip: Just say Liv; the “e” is silent) wowed critics and fans alike with her debut LP, 2020’s Couldn’t Wait to Tell You. We couldn’t be more excited to have her make her T/F debut with us in 2022. Venmo: @tf_music with note: LIV.E

LIVING HOUR Loose layers will keep you warm, and Winnipeg’s Living Hour will bundle you up in casiotones, polyrhythms, beautiful brass, melodic guitars, and a final layer that is the warm wooly sound of Sam Sarty’s emotive voice. Venmo: @lio-kanine

LUCAS OSWALD While often swept up to support other musicians (Shearwater, Jesca Hoop, Appleseed Cast) for his amazing talents as a multiinstrumentalist, Lucas will instead present to us his own catalog of heartfelt songwriting, delivered with a soothing voice and delicate guitar work.

Venmo: @lucas-oswald-1

THE MALL The dark analog drum machines, tunneling synths, and echoed voices of The Mall invoke visions of commutes on a train through a dystopian crumbling city. Venmo: @punks

MOBILE FUNK UNIT True/False March March veterans will deliver their driving brass section and thumping bass throughout the weekend with a joyful energy that embodies the essence of the True/False experience.

Venmo: @michael-huff-290

NOAH EARLE Midwestern treasure Noah Earle charms audiences with full-hearted songs that reflect the man himself—farmer, family man, troubadour. Complex yet essential, Earle’s music satiates and delights listeners who crave earnest, substantial work. Venmo: @noah-earle-2

PFORVENDETTA The sounds of Peter Schermer will lead you down a dark alley of jagged rhythms, blips, and sampled saxophone skronk in which you might find a door behind a dumpster emanating a cool lounge sound with aliens and robots smoking digital cigars. Venmo: @peter-schermer

QUIET TAKES Sarah Magill shows yet again how melancholy music can give all the feels, tingle the spine, and drape us in bliss with her dream-pop, avant-folk project, Quiet Takes. Venmo: @quiettakes

RAE FITZGERALD Sometimes the saddest sound brings the warmest catharsis. Hearing Rae Fitzgerald’s lonesome dreamy voice will often cause the world around you to melt away, offering an emotional release and a chance to purge your own tensions. Venmo: @rae-fitzgerald

SIFA Rwandan-American singer Sifa Bihomora has a voice that offers the familiarity of soulful greats such as Nina Simone and Erykah Badu but is most certainly her own, with an energy and urgency that draws you with haste into a world of her own making. Venmo: @sifa-bihomora

SPENCER AND SAMMY TWEEDY With Spencer on drums and Sammy turning the knobs, we'll get a taste of the sonic soup the Tweedy brothers concoct, surely influenced by their own upbringing in a house of wondrous and experimental sound. Venmo: @spencer-tweedy