Thursday July 29 * doors at 630 / music at 7 * outside at Rhizome * TICKETS

Near Northeast began as an attempt to write a good folk song, and then a textured, complex rock song. They have been subverting and combining the two templates ever since. Guitarist Avy Mallik weaves diverse styles from his upbringing in India, Europe, San Francisco, and Portland. Vocalist and violinist Kelly Servick brings flavors of Southern folk music and classical string orchestra. Austin Blanton, on bass, synths, and harmonies, has made noises in various punk, metal, and other weirdo bands in Virginia. Antonio Skarica’s childhood in the Balkans and teenage years in Santa Fe informed his approach to percussion.

Near Northeast has toured the Pacific Northwest, northern California, the mid-Atlantic, the American South, and Southeastern Europe. They've performed at the John F. Kennedy Center, Dischord Records' Fort Reno concert series, the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Rock & Roll Hotel, Black Cat, and the living rooms and basements of DC's blooming house venue scene. They've played at local community festivals like H Street Fest, the Kingman Island Bluegrass & Folk Festival, and the DC State Fair, as well as more distant festivals like the 4th River Fest in Pittsburgh. Their compositions have been nominated for three "Wammys" by the Washington Area Music Association.

"fuses Graceland grooves with ornate, chamber-pop flourishes" -Washington City Paper

"straddling the line between ... grandiosity and intimacy" -Mecca Lecca

Teething Veils began in 2006 in Washington, DC, playing very occasional live shows at places such at the Montgomery College Planetarium and their own living room at 611 Florida Ave. In 2013, they released the Velorio double-LP on the artist-run DC-and-Los-Angeles-based collective Etxe Records. The album was followed by three other LPs (Constellations, 2014; Sea and Sun, 2017; and, Canopy of Crimson, 2020) and a 7” single (Dinner Date, 2015), also through Etxe. They have shared their music live with audiences in 29 US states plus the District of Columbia, and two Canadian provinces. The band members also play, or have played, in The Antiques, Daamsel, Kohoutek, The OSYX, Parlor Scouts, Prom Concussion, Seamstresses, and Silo Halo.

"These little songs—sepia-toned yet searching, eccentric yet melodically inclined—add up to something that feels like its own pocket universe, sometimes wistful, sometimes the kind of menacing only achieved via a late-career Tom Waits death rattle." -Washington City Paper

“If the latest from this self-described chamber-folk outfit feels funereal, it isn’t just because bandleader Greg Svitil sings like a eulogist, or because Hannah Burris knows how to make her viola weep. It’s because funerals allow emotions to be purged and smothered, making time feel stranger than slow.” -Chris Richards, Washington Post