John-Allison Weiss, Hit Like A Girl, Alexandra Burnet, Evelyn Gray

250 Bradley Street,East Haven CT 06512

11 November, 2021

Description

11.11.21 Tiny Box Booking presents: John-Allison Weiss "Sad songs for fun times," is how songwriter John-Allison Weiss (they/them) describes the music they've been making for over a decade. From power-pop anthems to soft folky tear-jerkers, the genres shift but Weiss’s core values—raw honesty, undeniable hooks, and DIY ethos—run deep. In 2009, Weiss was one of the first artists to crowdfund a record through Kickstarter with their debut album and spent the next ten years quietly collecting cred on tour with rock legend Lou Reed, writing with heroes like Tegan Quin and Kevin Devine, and cultivating a community of diehard fans across the globe. They released two more albums before coming out as trans and in 2020 they moved into a travel trailer and set out on a never-ending journey of self discovery. Through a global pandemic, the end of their marriage, and a search for home, Weiss wrote, recorded, and fundraised their most ambitious album yet with plans to self release songs starting in fall 2021 through their own label Lower Key Music. https://lowerkeymusic.bandcamp.com/ Hit Like A Girl Hit Like A Girl is an indie/emo/pop band from Montclair, New Jersey fronted by Nicolle Maroulis. Nicolle is a non-binary/queer artist who started this project on their own. They began writing these songs years ago with an acoustic guitar and a vision. They spent years and years supporting other artists' musical endeavors, and finally decided to put that same energy into their own music. What initially started as just a singer-songwriter acoustic project, has now transformed into the full-band energetic sound we know and love today as Hit Like A Girl. Most bands put a lot of effort and thought into the merch they print and sell at their shows, but Hit Like A Girl purposely does not sell merch at their shows. Nicolle (alongside Alex Dobrowolski of the band Sunrot) runs a non profit organization called No More Dysphoria, and at their shows sell merch for this organization instead. All proceeds of sales go towards aiding transgender individuals pay for major aspects of their transitions including but not limited to hormone replacement therapy, gender reassignment surgery, gender behavioral and occupational therapy, etc. You can learn more about their organization by visiting www.nomoredysphoria.com https://hitlikeagirl.bandcamp.com/ Alexandra Burnet NHV indie power pop ft. members of Laundry Day. https://laundryday.bandcamp.com/ Evelyn Gray NHV ambient rock. https://evelyngray.bandcamp.com/ The Beeracks | 250 Bradley Street | East Haven, CT 6:00 PM | $10 / $12 | All Ages (Bar 21+) Accessibility: Staircase to front door. Entry ramp on side of building. All bathrooms ground floor.