TUESDAY, JUNE 2, 2026
8PM
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THE RED KRAYOLA
TARA JANE ONEIL
ZEBULON
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It’s true. On Tuesday June 2nd, The Red Krayola – the long-venerated and ever-evolving band that coalesces around Mayo Thompson – plays live in Los Angeles, their only show on the books, near or far.
This year marks the 60th anniversary of the project, and – if anything is intact – it is certainly the refusal to repeat itself. The Red Krayola – and all of us that sail with it – must only move forward.
Still, amidst new songs and inventions, there are audible throughlines to various eras past: this is a new band that sounds like The Red Krayola.
Playing in this famously “nonmembership” organization are collaborators Mayo Thompson – now 82 – and Emmett Kelly on guitars, Connor Gallaher on pedal steel, and Marc Riordan on drums and keyboards, with all contributing vocals.
Having steered the craft deftly, Thompson’s crews have pioneered various styles: Texas psych, avant-garde soundmaking, capitalist critique songcraft, groovy proto-post-punk, and idiosyncratic indie rock. You don’t have to imagine what comes next; you can just come to the gig.
The Red Krayola are Drag City recording artists
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Tara Jane Oneil opens the show with a special set. TJO is a restlessly creative multi-instrumentalist, producer, and song maker whose sounds have long resonated with the independent and artful. She continues to carve quietly radical new paths, moving intuitively between improvisation and structure, meshing exploratory forms into her songs, melodic and hypnotic.
A prolific solo artist – with 10 LPs and counting – Oneil also frequently collaborates with other musicians, dancers and filmmakers. As a founding member of Rodan and guest player in countless other projects, TJO plays worldwide and finds home in Southern California.
8PM
THE RED KRAYOLA
TARA JANE ONEIL
ZEBULON
It’s true. On Tuesday June 2nd, The Red Krayola – the long-venerated and ever-evolving band that coalesces around Mayo Thompson – plays live in Los Angeles, their only show on the books, near or far.
This year marks the 60th anniversary of the project, and – if anything is intact – it is certainly the refusal to repeat itself. The Red Krayola – and all of us that sail with it – must only move forward.
Still, amidst new songs and inventions, there are audible throughlines to various eras past: this is a new band that sounds like The Red Krayola.
Playing in this famously “nonmembership” organization are collaborators Mayo Thompson – now 82 – and Emmett Kelly on guitars, Connor Gallaher on pedal steel, and Marc Riordan on drums and keyboards, with all contributing vocals.
Having steered the craft deftly, Thompson’s crews have pioneered various styles: Texas psych, avant-garde soundmaking, capitalist critique songcraft, groovy proto-post-punk, and idiosyncratic indie rock. You don’t have to imagine what comes next; you can just come to the gig.
The Red Krayola are Drag City recording artists
––
Tara Jane Oneil opens the show with a special set. TJO is a restlessly creative multi-instrumentalist, producer, and song maker whose sounds have long resonated with the independent and artful. She continues to carve quietly radical new paths, moving intuitively between improvisation and structure, meshing exploratory forms into her songs, melodic and hypnotic.
A prolific solo artist – with 10 LPs and counting – Oneil also frequently collaborates with other musicians, dancers and filmmakers. As a founding member of Rodan and guest player in countless other projects, TJO plays worldwide and finds home in Southern California.