$12 ADVANCE // $15 DAY OF SHOW
8:30PM DOORS // 9PM SHOWTIME
Name: AirLands
Nickname: Kev
One Highlight of career: Opening for The Smashing Pumpkins at The Fillmore SF.
Three Lowlights: Mugged on tour in Columbus Ohio, BB lodged in the face from a wrist rocket in Lexington Kentucky, and cracked a tooth on ceiling jumping off an amp in Nashville.
Addiction: Harmonies, coffee, synth, double stuff oreos, glitch delay, bikes, falsetto, duplicate cello and guitar lines.
Funny fact: Since I signed up for AirLands Google alerts, I always get emails about a thing which flies through the “Air” and “Lands” on another thing. Cats, people, cakes, Volvos, etc…Sometimes it’s funny, sometimes is tragedy, but it’s never about my band.
Pre-show ritual: Misplace capo, lose picks, lose setlist, look for somewhere to warm up Vox but never find, give up and just hang with band.
Crazy moment: Meeting Roger Waters in NY at The Gibson Showroom, I froze, panicked and said “hey, Good job on the music Roger.”
Epic fail: See above.
Describe Music: (in the voice of Dignan from Wes Anderson’s sensational debut film Bottle Rocket)
“I mean, what does indie rock even mean man?”
Ben Noble is a Minneapolis-based artist and producer. He released his debut album Whisky Priest in the Spring of 2017. Fully self-produced and recorded in a cabin, Whisky Priest is a journey of exacting introspection. Noble loves the contrast of serene, innocent melodies with a haunting chorus of falsetto voices. A sea of guitars and strings adds cinematic qualities, creating a drama of darkness and light. Whisky Priest wrestles with the desire to create a good world for those he loves while facing the fact that there is a nagging darkness in him that will never go away. Noble’s follow-up album Where The Light Comes In is a major expansion of the sonic palette, introducing drums, synthesizers, electric guitars, and much more to Noble's signature melodies and textures. It is as much a sonic experiment as it is a heart-rending search for answers to questions of grief and the cyclical nature of trauma.
“Ben Noble’s music is a sonic sanctuary.” - CITY PAGES
“Noble’s intimate sound and lullaby-like melodies set him apart in the Twin Cities music scene.” - THE WAKE MAGAZINE
“Obvious comparisons to Bon Iver wouldn’t be too off, especially with his looped falsetto and harmonies. But Noble’s ultra-tender voice and haunting writing style better recalls Damien Rice.” - STAR TRIBUNE