(((folkYEAH!))) presents UK legends The Mekons with special guest Kendall Jane Meade!
Tuesday, July 29th
Doors: 7pm / show: 8pm
$28 in advance / $32 day of the show
21+
*Tickets on sale Friday, Nov. 20th at 10am PT*
THE MEKONS
Sonic adventurers, punk rock fundamentalists, exuberant luddites, willing outcasts.
“The mekons are the most revolutionary group in the history of rock ‘n’ roll” – wrote rock critic Lester Bangs
The genre-defying mekons formed in Leeds, England in 1977. Born from the emerging British punk scene, they progressed from art students with no musical skills to the prolific, raucous progeny of Hank Williams. This current classic line-up has remained intact since the mid-1980s, continuing to regularly tour and release new music through to now. Theirs is an improbable history – a surprising and influential embrace of folk and country music with occasional forays into the art world. They have always worked collaboratively and collectively with all work credited to the band, never to individuals. Their mind-boggling output consistently blurs the lines between high art and low and has included exhibitions in the UK and US, a deranged pirate musical recorded and staged with Kathy Acker, an art performance with Vito Acconci, and several books including the unique art catalog/unfinished novel Mekons United. "Revenge of the mekons", a documentary about the band received nationwide release in 2015 on Music Box Films. The mekons continue to make bold, unpredictable music while staying true to the punk ethos. Their mind-boggling output consistently blurs the lines between high art and low and they remain one of the truly great live bands.
Their last album "Exquisite" was recorded completely remotely during the early months of lockdown and released on Bandcamp in June 2020. The band are working with Fire Records on their new album which comes out in 2025. The single from that album "You're Not Singing Anymore" will be released on Fire Records in early November 2024.
KENDALL JANE MEADE
Jon Pareles of The New York Times describes her best: "If Aimee Mann had fended off cynicism, she might sound like Kendall Jane Meade, the songwriter and singer of Mascott...turn(ing) folk-rock into stately pop, wrapping vulnerability and longing in quietly radiant arrangements." Meade is an accomplished singer and musician who has contributed to albums or played/sang live with Sparklehorse, Helium, The Spinanes, Lloyd Cole, Kris Gruen, Anders Parker, Stars, and many more. The first “solo” Kendall Jane Meade album, Space, was released on Mother West in February 2025, with Flood Magazine noting, “On her solo debut, Space, the Mascott songwriter carries on the tradition of vow-busting break-up albums with lush and folky new components added to her band’s indie-pop sound.”
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