Hembree / LONDIN Thompson / Detention / .wavrunner

2785 EUCLID HEIGHTS BLVD,CLEVELAND HEIGHTS OH 44106

17 July, 2021

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Hembree / LONDIN Thompson / Detention / .wavrunner WonderStruck Fest Fire Up // part of Independent Venue Week ALL AGES Hembree Detention, LONDIN Thompson, .wavrunner WonderStruck Fest Fire Up // part of Independent Venue Week WonderStruck Fest Fire Up featuring Hembree / LONDIN Thompson / Detention / .wavrunner Doors 6pm / Show 7pm $5 (proceeds to charity) Hembree Hembree's atmospheric indie dance-rock is both anxious and infectious and from the start has garnered attention from impressive sources: their early single "Holy Water" debuted in Apple's HomePod Super Bowl ad alongside Lizzo and Kendrick Lamar. They've been featured by NPR's Slingshot, a series dedicated to emerging artists, and have been called "One Of The Best Bands We Saw at SXSW" by Rolling Stone. Their first album House On Fire came out in April 2019 featuring the highly touted single "Culture". "Culture" entered the Alternative Rock radio chart and both "Culture" and the follow-up single "Continents" were played heavily on Sirius XM's AltNation channel leading the band to perform on the AltNation Advanced Placement tour. They spent 2020 releasing an Amazon Originals cover of Ariana Grande’s “No Tears Left To Cry” and holing up in their studio writing and recording fourteen incredible songs that will mark the next chapter in the band's evolution. They'll be releasing the first song in July 2021. https://www.hembreemusic.com/ LONDIN THOMPSON Each lyric brings you a little closer to Londin Thompson. Candid confessions, off-the-cuff observations, and delicate details depict her life without posturing or pretense. For as unassumingly personal as the approach may be, her voice seamlessly stretches from gentle intonation into irresistible hooks. After independently generating millions of streams and landing on playlists such as Spotify’s “New Music Friday” and more, her Republic Records debut tells a real and relatable story. Under her birth name Julia Thompson, the self-described “girl from Cleveland” stirred up a buzz independently with the single “Hits.” On its heels, “Spark” captured coveted real estate on playlists such as Spotify’s Fresh Finds [713K followers] and Fresh Finds: Pop [86K followers]. Meanwhile, “Nights” graced New Music Friday [3.6 million followers]. As she cultivated a following, she also garnered airplay on MTV. In April 2020, she first shared a snippet of “Wish It Would Rain” on Tik Tok, and it sent fans into a frenzy. Soon after, she inked a deal with Republic Records. Now, she makes her formal debut with “Wish It Would Rain.” On the track, dreamy guitar bubbles beneath vivid lyrics such as the chorus reflects a moment of longing for home as she launches a high-register bridge https://www.wonderstruckfest.com/lineup/londin-thompson/ http://www.londinthompson.com/ Detention is a young rock band from in, and around Akron, Ohio. But how are these four high-school and middle-school-aged hellions making such strides? They’ve already been together for years creating their own sound. There’s an almost addictive, infectious energy in a band playing at the edge of its abilities, while staying fully committed to its potential. The band recently won the 24th Annual Tri-C High School Rock Off at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, OH. About their winning performance, Barry Gabel, Senior VP for Live Nation said: “The band was tight, fun, exciting, and had the audience going crazy!” Detention has also performed a packed show at the world-famous Whisky a Go Go in Hollywood, CA, which led to a showcase performance during the (postponed) SXSW Music Festival in Austin, TX. The band regularly packs shows around Northeast Ohio, and is starting to create a regional footprint – driven by consistent radio play of four self-released singles, “Devilberries”, “Emphatic YES!”, “In Reverse”, and their latest single “Thermo”. Detention has performed on-air for a sold-out live performance for “Studio Session C” on WAPS 91.3-FM The Summit and as featured guests on “The Really Big Show” with Tony Rizzo on WKNR ESPN Radio, Cleveland. Rizzo heard their version of “Helter Skelter” and wouldn’t stop talking about “these kids from Akron”. Detention’s music is a mash-up of its collective influences, which range from Foo Fighters to Twenty One Pilots, Green Day to Ani DiFranco and Billie Eilish. The result is part teenage angst and humor and part life growing up in the post-industrial Midwest. In performing “Dead Malls”, singer Elliott Carter sings: “Look around, it’s falling down / our London bridge, this broken town / where ivy crawls inside these walls / ’til kingdom calls, burn it down.” Founding members Fritz Dannemiller (bass) and Luke Konopka (drums) lock into heavy, pulsing grooves on tracks like “Emphatic YES!” and “Thermo”, while Evan Cox adds textured guitars, with pops of frenetic, shredding solos. The band’s high-energy spin on covers like Devo’s “Uncontrollable Urge” and The Beatles’ “Helter Skelter” have also received wide praise and radio attention. The band continues to hone its explosive live show to back it all up and have had heroes like Gerald Casale from Devo sit in on a show. In fact, Detention has been invited to be the house band for Devo’s 5K Race in downtown Akron and will be in the lineup for the “DEVOtional 2020” concert at Beachland Ballroom. https://www.wonderstruckfest.com/lineup/detention/ https://www.detention.live/ .wavrunner If you’ve been waiting for the next unhinged group of young artists who are here to tell you to fight for your right to party, then look no further .wavrunner (pronounced wavrunner) are Jack Wesley, younger brother JJ and Griff. Jack and Griff met as second graders in Cleveland, USA after realizing they were kindred, mischievous spirits. They first bonded over their shared passion for choice four letter words…. A decade later, Jack and Griff are just as fun-loving and cheeky in their roles as co-lyricists for .wavrunner with Jack handling lead vocals, Griff as co-vocalist and JJ who creates the beats and arrangements. The boys age from 18 to 20 years old, and are chaotic, fun, and unapologetically ambitious. https://www.wonderstruckfest.com/lineup/wavrunner/ https://www.wavrunnermusic.com/ Hembree Detention, LONDIN Thompson, .wavrunner The Grog Shop opened in September of 1992 in the Coventry Rd. neighborhood of Cleveland Heights. Though expanded in size when moved to it’s current location in 2003, the club maintains the intimacy and raw character it has always been known for. We have a full bar with an extensive list of micro-brews, imports, and domestic beer, and of course plenty of liquor.