xBk presents
Quintron and Miss Pussycat
w/ Ramona & The Sometimes
TUESDAY, JULY 22
Doors: 6pm | Show: 7pm
All Ages
Day of Show Ticket: $22 + Fees
*Limited seating available on a first come, first served basis. If you require ADA accommodations please reach out to
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•• QUINTRON AND MISS PUSSYCAT ••
Quintron and Miss Pussycat have been making genre-defying noise and hard rocking dance music in New Orleans for over twenty years. The majority of their 17 full-length albums have the psychedelic soul of traditional New Orleans party music, filtered through a Hammond organ, technicolor puppets, and a battalion of distorted, homemade instruments. After the release of “Goblin Alert� (Goner 2020), the duo expanded to sometimes include other New Orleans musicians for live shows.
Quintron and Miss Pussycat’s sweaty musical blasts are paralleled in spirit and performance by Miss Pussycat’s dreamy puppet worlds – elaborate, and beautifully crafted for success in intimate venues of late-night drinking and dancing. She has also had several major solo museum exhibitions of ceramics, paintings and other visual work related to her puppetry.
In addition to his work with Miss Pussycat, Quintron has been releasing albums featuring a self-made weather synthesizer called Weather Warlock [
https://weatherfortheblind.org/], which uses sun, rain, temperature, and wind to make music. He has also played organ on a number of records by other artists, most notably The Oblivians (“9 songs�) and Steve Riley's "Grand Isle" which was nominated for a Grammy in 2012.
Miss Pussycat and Quintron have also produced several puppet films, including “North Pole Nutrias� (WLAE), “Trixie and the Treetrunks� (Vice Media), and “Frenchy and Jett� (Disney).
The Quintron / Miss Pussycat experience is one of barely controlled electronic chaos, "Swamp-Tech" dance beats, small explosions, incredible clothes, and entertaining puppet stories. You can see them perform regularly at The Spellcaster Lodge in New Orleans 9th Ward, or on one of their many tours around the world. This act somehow has equal relevance in sleazy nightclubs, pizza restaurants, and university lecture halls.
Quintron regards his most significant creation to be a patented instrument called THE DRUM BUDDY [
http://www.quintronandmisspussycat.com/drumbuddy.html], a light activated analog synthesizer which creates murky, low-fidelity, rhythmic patterns. Notable DRUM BUDDY clients include performers Nels Cline of Wilco, Laurie Anderson, Fred Armisen, and DJ Mr. Dibbs.
•• RAMONA & THE SOMETIMES ••
Ramona and the Sometimes is a Des Moines, IA based 5-piece pop-rock band led by multimedia artist Ramona Muse Lambert. The group relies on accessible hooks and pop song structures with emotionally raw, often positive and uplifting lyrical content. The songs frequently use lighthearted, occasionally humorous imagery to address more serious subject matter and darker emotions. With Muse Lambert’s roots being in visual arts, the project explores a strong visual element, with ever-evolving costume and stage design to enhance the live performance.
The band's 2022 album Did I Miss It? Is It Over? marks an evolution from the primarily joyful, celebratory sounds that characterized 2017's Negative Space is a Positive Thing. On the new record, the group explores the wider reaches of the mood spectrum. From raucous, playful love songs ("Station Wagon," "Oh What," and "My Elephant") to somber moments of emotional heaviness and vulnerability ("Onion Chopper" and "Everything"), Ramona Muse Lambert employs themes of love and loss, anxiety about the future, introspective personal reflection, and complex feelings about modern life. All of this is filtered through the lens of Muse Lambert's offbeat lyrical style, which injects humor into bold honesty to soften the blow of the underlying weight of it all.
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ADD ON OPTIONS
(does not include tickets for the show)
A limited amount of reserved tables are offered for this event if you'd like to ensure that you have seats. Reserved tables can comfortably accommodate up to a party of four individuals. Please note that the Reserved Table Add-On does not include a general admission ticket; each person must have their own general admission ticket for entry. For example, a party of three people would want to purchase three general admission tickets and one table. For the remaining tables, seating is available on a first-come, first-served basis.
Option #1: Floor High-Top Side Table : $50 (+ Fees)
Option #2: Premium Balcony High Top Table: $50 (+ Fees)
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