April 30th, FREE, 8 pm >>>> Ether Island makes dreams you never want to wake from.

playing with Tucson faves

Jess Matsen >>>>>>

Burning Palms >>>>>

Sonoran >>>>>>>>>

May 23rd, $5, 8 pm >>>>>> Black Pus is the solo project of Brian Chippendale from Lightning Bolt. so stoked!

playing w/ Womb Tomb, Playboy Manbaby (phx), and New Men

Widowspeak – April 5th, 2013

Widowspeak – Locusts (Live at Topaz, Tucson Arizona) from joel leshefka on Vimeo.

Colleen Green – April 5th, 2013

Colleen Green – Number One (Live at Topaz in Tucson, Arizona) from joel leshefka on Vimeo.

Otherly Love – April 5th, 2013

Otherly Love (Live at Topaz in Tucson, AZ) from joel leshefka on Vimeo.

Burning Palms – April 5th, 2013

Burning Palms – Fire Under Water (Live at Topaz, in Tucson Arizona) from joel leshefka on Vimeo.

Milk Music – April 2nd, 2013

milk music – cruising with god (live at topaz in tucson, az) from joel leshefka on Vimeo.

Blues Control – Febuary 13th, 2013

BLUES CONTROL feb 12 2013 // at TOPAZ in Tucson, Arizona from joel leshefka on Vimeo.

And a couple of Music Video’s we’ve made for Tucson faves:

Sleep Like Trees – The Slow Blade Defeats the Shield (released March 13th, 2013)

Sleep Like Trees – The Slow Blade Defeats the Shield from joel leshefka on Vimeo.

Jess Matsen (of Dream Sick) – Words (released November 13th, 2012)

jess matsen – words from joel leshefka on Vimeo.

^ APRIL 21st at TOPAZ ^ 8 pm ^ All-AGES ^ $5

Night Beats (Seattle)
Dream Sick
Shit Ton (members of Mr. Free)

RSVP

NIGHT BEATS:

DREAM SICK:

MILK MUSIC (playing April 2nd w/ Gun Outfit & Womb Tomb)
STICKERS (playing March 12th w/ Pony Time, Lié, Koban, Mind Slums, Womb Tomb, and Sleep Like Trees)
COLLEEN GREEN (playing April 5th w/ Widowspeak, Otherly Love, and Burning Palms)
LENGUAS LARGAS (playing March 20th w/ Audacity, Nu Sensae, and Boo Boo Kiss)
WIDOWSPEAK (playing April 5th w/ Colleen Green, Otherly Love & Burning Palms)
MIND SLUMS (playing March 12th w/ Pony Time, Lié, Koban, Stikcers, Womb Tomb, and Sleep Like Trees)
BURNING PALMS (playing April 5th w/ Widowspeak, Colleen Green & Otherly Love)
NU SENSAE (playing March 20th w/ Audacity, Lenguas Largas and Boo Boo Kiss)
PONY TIME (playing March 12th w/ Mind Slums, Lié, Koban, Stikcers, Womb Tomb, and Sleep Like Trees)
BEST DOG AWARD (playing March 16th w/ The Low Hums, Saint Maybe, and Gabriel Mintz

WIDOWSPEAK:

Colleen Green:

Otherly Love:

&

Burning Palms

MARCH 12th // TWO LANE BLACK TOP pt. 1 w/ music by STICKERS & PONY TIME (seattle), LIE & KOBAN (canada) & WOMB TOMB, SLEEP LIKE TREES & MIND SLUMS. opening reception for MALLEABLE EARTH with new artwork by Claire Mirocha, Sharon Moon, Jeff Lownsbury, Adam Rodriguez, Alex Lombard, and Krysta Jabczenski. Videos presented by Mind Slums, Rory O’Rear, Jess Holzworth, Nadine Roselle, Joel Leshefka, and Ryan Glenn (LA) // all starts at 7 pm // $5 // ALWAYS all-ages

KOBAN:

MARCH 16th // TWO LANE BLACK TOP pt. 2 w/ music by SAINT MAYBE, the LOW HUMS & GABRIEL MINTZ (seattle) & BEST DOG AWARD // featuring the continuation of MALLEABLE EARTH, w/ video installations by TOPAZ // all starts at 7 pm // $5 // ALWAYS all-ages

THE LOW HUMS:

MARCH 20th // TWO LANE BLACK TOP pt. 3 w/ music by NU SENSAE (canada), LENGUAS LARGAS, AUDACITY (ca) & BOO BOO KISS // featuring the continuation of MALLEABLE EARTH, w/ video installations TBA // all starts at 7 pm // $5 // ALWAYS all-ages

AUDACITY:

some vids from upcoming artists:

NU SENSAE (march 20th)

NU SENSAE – I’M A BODY from codyfennell on Vimeo.

LIE (march 12th)

Lié-Pressure from Lié on Vimeo.

PONY TIME (march 12th)

PONY TIME // LORI + JUDY from Emily Denton on Vimeo.

LENGUAS LARGAS (march 20th)

B U Y cassettes and cds

Featuring tracks by:

Algae & Tentacles
Altrice
Andrew Collberg
Dream Sick
Holyhead (brand new collaboration between Mike Sadat (Altrice) and June West (Death Moth Family Band)
Jess Matsen
Lenguas Largas
Lori LeChien & Daniel Lutz (Abner Jay cover!)
Ohioan
Otherly Love
Sleep Like Trees
Sutcliffe Catering Company
Womb Tomb
Young Hunter

Facebook RSVP

Music by

Womb Tomb
Dream Sick
Stephen Steinbrink (back in the desert!)
Upside Drown (on tour with Stephen!)
Rory O’Rear

Art by

Adam Rodriguez
Alexsey Kashtelyan
Alex Lombard
Claire Mirocha
Joel Leshefka (video installation)
Joie Estrella
June West
Krysta Jabczenski
Sharon Moon

FIRST EVER TOPAZ CASSETTE COMPILATION featuring tracks by

Algae & Tentacles
Altrice
Andrew Collberg
Dream Sick
Holyhead (brand new collaboration between Mike Sadat (Altrice) and June West (Death Moth Family Band)
Jess Matsen
Lenguas Largas
Lori LeChien & Daniel Lutz (Abner Jay cover!)
Ohioan
Otherly Love
Secret Highway Secrets
Sleep Like Trees
Sutcliffe Catering Company
Womb Tomb
Young Hunter

This will be a limited edition compilation, numbered to 100, and will be available the night of Feb. 3rd., and are $5.

Stephen Steinbrink – “Call you later” (Live @ Goldhouse) from Jesse Heidenfeld on Vimeo.

Popular Culture (Brooklyn)

http://popularculturemusic.com/welcome

Jess Matsen

http://jessmatsen.bandcamp.com/

The Original Saku

http://theoriginalsaku.tumblr.com/

And introducing, Holyhead
Altice’s Michael Sadatmousavi and Deathmoth Family Band’s June West.

https://soundcloud.com/altrice

http://deathmoth.bandcamp.com/album/dry-river-session

Also, had American Vacuum, Sleep like Trees and and Best Dog Award play last night. SUCH A FUN SHOW. I know it’s too late to post the flyer but we just love it so I’m posting it anyways.

Thank you to everyone that made our first year as a space SO GOOD. Too many amazing shows to name individually, and the mix is by no means a comprehensive list, but rather a sampling of some of our favorite shows, including a bunch of live recordings.

friend us here for the most up to date info on shows:

https://www.facebook.com/topaz.tundra

2012 MIX:

The Babies – (live at Topaz) // NYC
Grave Babies – (live at Topaz) a properly recorded version of this will be on their 2013 album CRUSHER on Hardly Art Records // Seattle, WA
Jess Matsen – Words (video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcE790cy1g4 // Tucson, AZ
Cousins – Thunder // Halifax
Womb Tomb – Iggy’s song (demo) // Tucson, AZ
Dreamsalon – (live at Topaz) // Seattle, WA
Mount Eerie – (live at Topaz) // Anacortes, WA
Algae & Tentacles – Little Body (live at Topaz) properly recorded single coming in spring 2013 // Tucson, AZ
Stephanie – Lucid Dreams // Seattle, WA
Gun Outfit – Phaedra // OIympia, WA
Case Studies – Secrets // Seattle, WA
Sleep Like Trees – Vindictive Concrete Waves (live at Topaz) // Tucson, AZ
Dream Sick – Eden (demo) // Tucson, AZ