yeah it’s a handful of or maybe even just one promoter(s) that uses it but seen some insanely good stuff there. kind of need to keep your ear to the ground or occasionally the Resident listing to hear about it. but yeah BYOB and it’s just a town hall so there’s no real pretence of artist separation. often people play on the hall floor rather than the stage.
Upcoming Jeffrey Lewis & Los Bolts show is the only thing I can find forthcoming there.
i think it’s better since it became Patterns, generally better stuff on and a nicer vibe.
Best / weirdest experience here was seeing The Internet + Kilo Kish on a random weekday afternoon with about 30 people in max. They’re literal grammy winners now but the atmosphere in there was so relaxed and fun, they seemed amused by the low turnout and they were pretty much chatting to the audience and asking for requests. Think at one point the drummer left the stage to get himself a beer from the bar and bought one for a random punter who had an Internet t-shirt on too.
Christ, saw all sorts of stuff in there (Peter Broderick, Why?, Fuck Buttons, Lightning Bolt, Vampire Weekend to name 5) when it was audio. Thought it hadn’t really changed when I saw Alex G a couple of years ago. Used to be the OIB venue of choice, so always put on decent shows for a mid 20s indie kid
Since Audio became Patterns is a much nicer venue, Audio was pretty dire but had some truly outstanding gigs for its size… most notably I saw a double headline show there with Beach House and Fleet Foxes