Sunday, September 7, 2025 at 4:00 PM EDT

Latchkey Kids

Latchkey Kids is a punk band forged in New Brunswick, New Jersey, playing the same dirty basements that made punk legends like The Bouncing Souls, Lifetime, and Screaming Females. Hanny Ramadan, Joey Gryzbowski and Cyle Morris are three friends from different walks of life who met in Rutgers University, who bonded over their love of The Menzingers and Pinegrove, and began writing songs about the tension and dissonance of being 20-somethings alive in America today. As second- generation immigrants, Hanny and Joey have a particular POV that gets to the quintessential American experience of assimilation and alienation, as well as growing up and breaking up, love, and loss. After graduation, the band moved in together and used Covid Lockdown to self-produce their debut album “The Week You Ran Away” in their basement in West Philly, and, after its release in late 2022, spent the better part of the following year touring across the country, playing every bar, house, club and coffee shop between Atlantic City and Appleton that would have them: 100 shows in the span of seven months. In the winter of ‘23/’24 after feeling spent both physically and financially, they eventually went back to jamming in Hanny’s parent’s garage in Voorhees, NJ. They began writing new material to bring to producers Kyle Pulley (Alex G, Dr. Dog, Hop Along) and Tom May (singer/songwriter of The Menzingers). They dug deep at Pulley’s Headroom Studios to make new songs that are heart-on-your-sleeve- rock- and- roll anthems. Hanny’s raw and sonorous vocals have elicited comparisons to two other New Jersey-ians: the grit and honesty of Bruce Springsteen with the twang and playfulness of Evan Stephens-Hall of the band, Pinegrove.   

His pipes even landed him on the TV show, The Voice , as a contestant on their 2022 season, though he never made it past the first episode. Judge Gwen Stefani, apparently not seeing pop idol stardom, opined, “It seems like you just want to be in an indie rock band….” Latchkey Kids will be releasing new music in 2025.

T!lt

An indie-punk powerhouse hailing from New Haven, Connecticut. The dynamic quartet weaves sonic tapestries that blend alternative rock with hints of folk and electronic elements, creating a genre-defying sound that captivates audiences. T!LT’s evocative lyrics, coupled with mesmerizing melodies, has launched them into the spotlight of the New England underground scene. With infectious energy and a commitment to authenticity, T!LT is reshaping the indie music landscape one performance at a time.

Big Girl

Big Girl, is a six-piece indie-rock band that is breaking fresh ground in the New York live music scene. Big Girl’s music is expansive and cathartic, combining indie-rock vulnerability with irreverent punk energy. Their adventurous songs are filled with delicious lyrics driven by soaring vocals – sometimes a chorus of them.

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Frontperson and carnival barker Kaitlin Pelkey is a raw and emotionally intense band leader, oscillating between the grave tones of a preacher, the sass of a schoolgirl, and the heartfelt croons of a torch-singer. Two backup singers flank the stage performing synchronized circus-like choreography, guitars tremble and wail while drums crackle and burst into improvised interludes before seamlessly checking into a groove. The band will sound like Deerhoof and B-52s one moment, only to take a hairpin turn into the textures of Sleater-Kinney or the intimacy of Phoebe Bridgers.

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The Deli Magazine describes the live experience of Big Girl as being “sucked into and enveloped by the band’s immersive mix of glitter-encrusted glam-rock-ish grandiloquence mixed with unguarded singer-songwriter-ish intimacy.” Full Time Aesthetic characterizes the atmosphere of Big Girl’s show as “Rocky Horror Picture Show energy. With choreographed dancing and saturated stage outfits, I almost felt like this show could be taken to Broadway.”

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Big Girl is set to release their debut record, Big Girl vs. God, with Weird Sister on June 30, 2023.