As if the KBC Birthday Bash at eyedrum art & music gallery wasn’t stacked enough, we just added an ATL force of nature known for their chaotic live shows, appearing under the alias Goofy Goobers! They’ll be unleashing new songs from their highly anticipated third album, dropping this fall. You can probably guess who they are.

Goofy Goobers play at midnight after Ipek Eginli & Kebbi Williams + the Exploding Brass Ensemble blow the roof off. Don’t miss this.

Featuring:
Goofy Goobers
Exploding Brass Ensemble
Ipek Eginli & Kebbi Williams
Harmonic Continuum
Sneezing in Reverse
Iriamu
Kenito
Mark Warren
Real Live Ghost
Ben Garden
Foie Gramen
Erich Netherton
Colin Bragg
Butterknife

Thursday, March 20
Doors open at 8PM
The program begins at 8:30PM.

Admission: Free

This program is funded by the Fulton County Board of Commissioners and supported in part by the City of Atlanta Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs. Additionally, it receives partial funding from a grant provided by the Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta and Georgia Council for the Arts.

WHEN: Every 3rd Thursday of the month from 8–11:30PM

WHERE: eyedrum art & music gallery, 515 Ralph David Abernathy Blvd, Atlanta, GA 30312 - eyedrum.org

Razor Tail final show is happening at eyedrum and we’re excited to host their farewell shopw along with friends Reviler, Lucky Feeling, Super Redg and False Frame. Pull up!

Admission: $15
All Ages
Doors open: 7 PM

ADVANCE TICKETS HERE

JON MUELLER + TOM LECKY: ALL COLORS PRESENT

A sound and visual meditation
w/ opening set by: Ipek Eginli

Jon Mueller’s singular performance idiom is an awe-inspiring display of elegant athleticism, preternatural focus, brute restraint, and ecstatic, monastic reverie. Paired with Tom Lecky's photographs, it becomes a deliberate focus on form, shape and detail. It requires and demands a state of inner quietude from witnesses. Yet, from this seemingly metronomic exercise blossoms every possible tint and hue of infinite spectral sound. 

 Renowned percussionist and drummer Jon Mueller is celebrated for his uncommon technique, rigor and virtuosity. Mueller’s aim has been to move drums, percussion and rhythm from its anticipated backbeat to a central musical focus, something more intuitive and natural than usually imagined. Audiences throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, Japan, and the United Kingdom have experienced this idiosyncratic point of view as, paradoxically, both ‘cathartic’ and ‘meditative’. Notable solo performances have taken place at the Guggenheim Museum, New Museum, Issue Project Room, SXSW, Big Ears Festival, Hopscotch Fest, and Witching Hour Festival. Beyond his solo work, Mueller has performed and recorded with Olivia Block, Aaron Turner, James Plotkin, Who is the Witness?, Mind Over Mirrors, Volcano Choir, Collections of Colonies of Bees and Pele.  www.rhythmplex.com  IG: @jonmueller

Tom Lecky has worked in photography, music (as Hallock Hill), the book arts, prose and poetry writing, and literary criticism. His creative work concentrates on memory, place, and environment, the work of the imagination, perception, and the intersections of abstraction and representation. He often interweaves appropriated texts and images with his own, evoking a conversation with the history of book design and illustration.
 
These creative pursuits are linked to Tom’s career as an internationally recognized expert in the field of rare and antiquarian books and manuscripts. He has worked in the auction world – notably in a 17-year run as a specialist and Head of Christie’s New York Books and Manuscripts Department – and as an advisor to collectors and institutions.He is the owner of Riverrun Books, and the founder of the rare book and manuscript appraisal and advisory firm Lecky Art Group. www.tomlecky.com 

ADVANCE TICKETS HERE

Local Atlanta musicians Jack Thorpe (saxophones) and Celeena Corbin (percussion) will be joined by RE: duo (Wilson Poffenberger and Elsie Bae Han) for an evening of exciting contemporary chamber music, ranging from eclectic new works to free improvisations. 

Saturday March 1, 2025
eyedrum art gallery space
Doors at 6:30pm
Show starts 7pm 
$10 suggested donation

RE:duo (“Reply Duo”) engages audiences with innovative programming that blurs the lines between artistic disciplines. Consisting of saxophonist, Wilson Poffenberger, and violist, Elsie Bae Han, the duo formed following an interdisciplinary collaboration exploring the intersection between sound and movement. RE:duo has since expanded its repertory to include works that feature performative elements such as theater, improvisation, movement, and speech. With a principal objective of elevating and connecting with other artists, both duo members founded and hold executive positions with New Music Mosaic, a new music collective dedicated to  promoting a more equitable musical community through the performance, creation, and dissemination of new music by artists of diverse backgrounds and identities. Through New Music Mosaic, RE:duo curates a series of concerts across the U.S. as a part of their open call for scores initiative. 

Celeena Corbin is a percussionist, educator, and author active in the southeast. Before all else, she is an artist musician capable of working in a wide range of styles from new art music, to classical, to pop/rock and jazz. The breadth of her skillset is broad and commanding-Celeena is as comfortable in the concert hall as she is in the pop music venue. Her ability to bridge styles, genres, and percussion disciplines with ease and fluidity is nothing short of remarkable. Whether on drum set or hand drums, behind marimba or timpani, or delivering soulful solo performances on vibraphone while she sings, Celeena’s musical presence is authoritative.

Celeena is currently the Director of Percussion Studies at West Hall High School in Oakwood, GA. As an educator, Celeena has worked with high school, university, and Independent World WGI marching ensembles, percussion ensembles, and concert groups by providing engaging, effective, and efficient instruction. Additionally, her writing and arranging for marching and concert percussion ensembles is interesting, musical, and instructional-facilitating successful/competitive performances for the ensembles for which she composes.

Celeena completed her Masters in Percussion Performance in 2021 at Middle Tennessee State University and studied with Lalo Davila, Julie Davila, Brian Mueller, and Russell Wharton. Celeena also received her B.A. in Performance from University of North Georgia in 2018. Celeena is a proud endorser of Innovative Percussion.

Atlanta-based saxophonist Jack Thorpe currently serves as Artist Affiliate of saxophone at Georgia State University. As a soloist and chamber musician, Thorpe has performed throughout the United States, Japan, and Spain and is a frequent masterclass clinician at colleges and universities. He has performed with ensembles including the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Bent Frequency, and New Music Mosaic. As an educator who is passionate about community engagement, Thorpe coordinates Atlanta Saxophone Day, an annual event that attracts middle school through collegiate students from across the southeastern US. With funding from the Presser Foundation, Thorpe recently commissioned six solo and electroacoustic works for saxophone, which were recorded and released as his debut album, Illusory Dreams in 2023. He has performed as a concerto soloist at institutions including Berry College, the University of Illinois, Stephen F. Austin State University, and Georgia State University.

WEEPING will be raiding eyedrum with their depressive death metal assault on February 26th. They will be supported by Atlanta’s channelers of negativity CLOT and Atlanta death metal veterans MALEFIC. Endless suffering and merciless revenge beneath the uncaring eye of god.

Doors open: 7PM
Admision: $10
All Ages

Join us for an artist led tour of Splinter/ed

Exhibiting artists will deliver brief talks explicating their works. With:
Angela Bortone | David Robinson | Hanna Newman | Shanequa Gay | Jessica Caldas

Hospitality and viewing at 6:30pm;
Tour and talks start at 7

ADVANCE TICKETS AVAILABLE HERE

February’s KBC delivers a night of experimental brass, deep drones, dark ambient soundscapes, and total noise obliteration—culminating in an explosive and highly anticipated avant-garde solo snare performance.

Featuring:
RYOSUKE KIYASU (solo snare)
It’s About Time
tONY cURTIS
RARALALA
Alexandria Smith & Klimchak Duo
The Language of Men Dying
Leviathans of Black Hollering
MOMM
Lilith Smith - solo tuba

Thursday, Feb. 20
Doors open at 8PM, the program begins at 8:30PM. 
Admission $10
ADVANCE TICKETS AVAILABLE HERE

This program is funded by the Fulton County Board of Commissioners and supported in part by the City of Atlanta Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs. Additionally, it receives partial funding from a grant provided by the Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta and Georgia Council for the Arts.

WHEN: Every 3rd Thursday of the month from 8–11:30PM

WHERE: eyedrum art & music gallery, 515 Ralph David Abernathy Blvd, Atlanta, GA 30312 - eyedrum.org

A rave for trans Appalachia
Proceeds to @pansy.collective

DJ chooch @ashley1202vlzpro
Jagu4r @jagu444r
la COCHINO @shanisiaperson
twofold @2xtwofold

NOTAFLOF

Saturday, February 15
8-midnight
@eyedrum
515 Abernathy Blvd

Tickets & accessibility info to come

WEAR A MASK

Newgrounds Death Rugby is back at eyedrum with support by Bummer Hill and Buckshot Mouthwash and Page Girl! Don't miss out on this in-person event that promises to be legendary. Grab your friends and come join us for an unforgettable experience!

Doors open: 7:00PM
Admission $12 advance / $15 at door!

All ages welcome

ADVANCE TICKETS HERE

Join Javelinas and Meghan Yost to kick off 2025's Sound Now Festival.

Javelinas will be premiering "Counting Cards", a graphic-based improvisational score.

Meghan Yost will be performing pieces by Caroline Shaw, Reena Esmail and Nokuthula Ngwenyam.

Doors at 7pm
Free admission
Music begins 7:30

Join us for the first installment of #KirkwoodBallersClub for 2025—the avant-garde monthly forum held every 3rd Thursday at eyedrum art & music gallery.

From delicate piano improvisations and loop-based sound collages to harsh noise rituals, this month’s lineup invites you to experience music beyond the ordinary.

Featuring:
Jaycie Carver
Ipek Eginli with Killick Hinds
Aileen Loy & Ann Delay
Iriamu
Frank Schultz
laclaire
Kenito
Wizard Hotel
SOOTHSAYER
Guri Guri
Miracle Curse
Brandon Beachum

Doors open at 8PM, the program begins at 8:30PM. Admission Free.

Established in 2004, KBC takes place every 3rd Thursday at eyedrum art & music gallery from 8:00–11:30PM.

In its various incarnations over the years, Kirkwood Ballers Club has created an environment where generations of avant-garde musical energy and talent have flourished throughout periods of existence and inactivity.

During its early years at Lenny’s Bar, a parade of local punk, hip-hop, jazz, and indie rock musicians would sign up to perform, including everyone from garage punks and experimental musicians Cole Alexander of the Black Lips, Janelle Monáe, and Bradford Cox of Deerhunter to Grammy-winning saxophone player Kebbi Williams of Tedeschi Trucks Band. All utilized the format to create music in-the-moment that expanded upon their typical repertoires.

“The Kirkwood Ballers Club was always a place of pure freedom. I learned from KBC at Lenny’s Bar and from the scene at Eyedrum how to be free. I saw some of the most original and provocative things at the KBC, and it totally affected my life as an artist.” – Kebbi Williams

This program is funded by the Fulton County Board of Commissioners and supported in part by the City of Atlanta Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs. Additionally, it receives partial funding from a grant provided by the Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta and Georgia Council for the Arts.

WHEN: Every 3rd Thursday of the month from 8–11:30 PM

WHERE: eyedrum art & music gallery, 515 Ralph David Abernathy Blvd, Atlanta, GA 30312 -eyedrum.org

Please join us for the 16th edition of Respite, your locally-sourced evening of solace, focused on warm climes, relaxing sounds, and friendly company. This year boasts another unique lineup! In alphabetical order:

Anagrams - sax-er Jeff Crompton and guitarist/electro-guy Dan Walsh delight with jazzful instrumentals and ambient great-scapes!
https://anagramsband.bandcamp.com/album/blue-voices

Dubb Normal - back to woo us with his distincive brand of visual radicalness!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kw7u5tVjmPs

Stuart Gerber/Katherine Young - percussion and bassoon/electronics duo that blends modern classical astuteness with stellar in-the-moment-ness!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGGIRDI01DA

In a Kythe - Athens based Lydian Brambila cross-county travels to deliver lush cello-based ambient scapes !
https://lybram.bandcamp.com/album/brides-of-the-mystery

Ipek Eginli/Nathan Brown/ Rob Sepanski - a slew of like-minded racketeers in a new improvising trio!
https://weirdcry.bandcamp.com/.../field-recording-in-a...
https://themosquitogang.bandcamp.com/album/1

George Trotter/Frank Schultz - visual artist/guitarist and lap steel wiz will enlighten with video installation work and beautiful improvisations!
https://gtmusic1.bandcamp.com/.../subsequentattemptsmadew...
https://frankschultz.bandcamp.com/album/blots

Weatherly - Weatherly Knighton enchants with lush environmentals and gauzy vocals!
https://weatherlymusic.bandcamp.com/track/there-is-an-echo

Nadya Zeitlen/Sammy Spriggs - local movement experts bring a touch of site-based dance!
https://www.bautanzt.art/

DOORS OPEN: 8PM
MUSIC STARTS: 8:30PM
ADMISSION: $10

Yearning for a musical adventure off the beaten playlist? Make plans to visit eyedrum on Monday, Dec. 16 for a triple bill guaranteed to lead you astray. By now, everyone recognizes W8ing4UFOs as Atlanta’s preeminent no-fucks-to-give chamber rock ensemble. One of the fun factors about seeing the band of misfit boys and girls led by Bill Taft in person is that, due to life’s vagaries, you can never be certain what the instrumental lineup will be. Here’s hoping the whole crew shows up at eyedrum including that weirdo guitarist from Athens. Every time I’ve seen Flea Circus, they’ve honed their trippy jazz-rock thing to an ever keener edge. Can’t wait to hear how sharp they are this time around.

An okapi is an endangered mammal native to the Democratic Republic of Congo, which looks like a cross between a giraffe and zebra. It’s also the name of a duo featuring cellist Lindsey Miller and contrabassist Scott Gorski who play intricately composed, intensely ruminative music, which they hope will “stimulate a universal confrontation with reality, with the hope of inspiring consciousness, healthy growth, and individual empowerment.” – Doug DeLoach

DOORS OPEN: 7:00
MUSIC STARTS: 7:30
ADMISSION: $10

Closing reception Dec 07. 10 6pm-10pm

GRAB YOUR ADVANCE TICKETS HERE

Catch every amazing performance by original instrumental musicians (who happen to be women): From the revolutionary piano explosions of Ipek Eginli, Grammy award winning flautist Rasheeda Ali, Soul haunting artist Aileen Loy, Improvisational guitarist Ann Delay, Ambient trumpeter, Alexandria Smith, and Improvisational flute and clarinet duo by Al Yasha & Priscilla Smith.

HOTLINE TNT w/ Lorie, Team Deathmatch and Plasticine at eyedrum on Friday Nov. 22 - Grab your advance tickets HERE now!

Thursday, Nov. 21 is the final edition of #KirkwoodBallersClub for 2024—the avant-garde monthly forum held every 3rd Thursday at eyedrum art & music gallery. Don’t miss this month’s packed lineup!

Featuring:
𝑲𝒍𝒊𝒎𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒌
𝑹𝒐𝒈𝒆𝒓 𝑹𝒖𝒛𝒐𝒘
𝑲𝒆𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒐
𝑷𝒂𝒖𝒍𝒂 𝑽𝒂𝒏 𝑮𝒐𝒆𝒔
𝑵𝒂𝒕 𝑹𝒆𝒆𝒅
𝑩𝒓𝒚𝒄𝒆 𝑬𝒊𝒎𝒂𝒏
𝑩𝒆𝒏 𝑮𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒆𝒏
𝑶𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆 𝑳𝒂𝒘𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆
𝑪 𝑲 𝑷 𝑰 𝑻 𝑺
𝑯𝒀?𝑵𝑶
𝑭𝒍𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓
𝑴𝑶𝑴𝑴

Doors open at 8pm, the program begins at 8:30pm. Admission Free

Established in 2004, KBC takes place every 3rd Thursday at eyedrum art & music gallery from 8:00-1130pm.

In its various incarnations over the years, Kirkwood Ballers Club has created an environment where generations of avant-garde musical energy and talent have flourished throughout periods of existence and inactivity.

During its early years at Lenny’s Bar, a parade of local punk, hip-hop, jazz, and indie rock musicians would sign up to perform including everyone from garage punks and experimental musicians Cole Alexander of the Black Lips, Janelle Monáe, and Bradford Cox of Deerhunter to Grammy-winning saxophone player Kebbi Williams of Tedeschi Trucks Band. All utilized the format to create music in-the-moment that expanded upon their typical repertoires.

"The Kirkwood Ballers Club was always a place of pure freedom. I learned from KBC at Lenny’s Bar and from the scene at Eyedrum how to be free. I saw some of the most original and provocative things at the KBC, and it totally affected my life as an artist.”- Kebbi Williams

This program is funded by the Fulton County Board of Commissioners and supported in part by the City of Atlanta Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs. Additionally, it receives partial funding from a grant provided by the Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta and Georgia Council for the Arts.

WHEN: Every 3rd Thursday of the month from 8-11:30pm

WHERE: eyedrum art & music gallery 515 Ralph David Abernathy Blvd, Atlanta, GA 30312 - eyedrum.org 

SAVE THE DATE:
Registration for the next KBC on January 16, 2025, opens on Friday, December 20 at 10 AM. Come back then to fill out the questionnaire here and submit it for the event selection process.

PRINT THE KBC PARTICIPATION GUIDE AT HOME!

PUSSY GILLETTE play w/ De()t, B.I.M.B.O.S, and Chloride at eyedrum on 11/15. Doors open 9pm.

Opening reception & artist talk Sunday Nov. 10 2pm-6pm

ADVANCE TICKETS AVAILABLE HERE

Jaap Blonk (born 1953 in Woerden, Netherlands) is a self-taught composer, vocalist, poet and visual artist. His unfinished studies in mathematics and musicology mainly created a penchant for activities in a Dada vein, as did several unsuccessful jobs in offices and other well-organized systems. In the early 1980s he discovered the power and flexibility of his voice, and set out on a long-term research of phonetics and the possibilities of the human voice.

At present, he has developed into a specialist in the creation and performance of sound poetry and a unique vocal improviser, supported by a powerful and uninhibited stage presence. He performs and gives workshops worldwide on a regular basis.

With the use of live electronics and projection of visuals the scope and range of his concerts has acquired a considerable extension. To this date Blonk’s music has appeared on 30 CDs with his own Kontrans label; many other recordings as well as about a dozen books with his visual work have been published in several countries.

Featuring support by: Grady Cousins

DOORS OPEN: 7PM
ADMISSION: $15
ADVANCE TICKETS AVAILABLE HERE

SYNESTHESIA: COTA FACULTY PERFORMANCE & ART EXHIBITION Closing Reception

With performances by Andrew Ryker, baritone, Geoff Haydon, piano, Maria McDaniel, mezzo soprano, Jack Thorpe, saxophone, Alex Freund, trumpet, Miya Suen, piano, Stuart Gerber, percussion

eyedrum's NEW GALLERY PRESENTS SYNESTHESIA

A musical performance for the closing of the art exhibition.

CLOSING RECEPTION Oct 26th 6PM-9PM

ROGER QUILTER Go Lovely Rose 1923

RICHARD WAGNER O Du Mein Holder Abendstern 1945 - Andrew Ryker, baritone / Geoff Haydon, piano

FRANZ SCHUBERT An die Musik 1817

JACQUES OFFENBACH Ah! quel diner (Tipsy Song) from La Périchole 1868 - Maria McDaniel, mezzo soprano / Geoff Haydon, piano

DOINA ROTARU Legend II 1996 - Jack Thorpe, saxophone

PAUL HINDEMITH Sonata for Trumpet and Piano 1939 - Alex Freund, trumpet/Miya Suen, piano

STUART SAUNDERS SMITH Songs I-IX 2019 - Stuart Gerber, percussion

FRÉDÉRIC CHOPIN Fantasy Impromptu in C Sharp Minor, Op. 66 1834 - Geoff Haydon, piano

ENRIQUE GRANADOS Allegro de concierto, Op. 46 1903 - Geoff Haydon, piano

ADVANCE TICKETS HERE

8pm | $15 | All Ages

Chuck Johnson is a California-based composer, producer, and musician. He approaches his work with an ear towards finding faults and instabilities that might reveal latent beauty, with a focus on pedal steel guitar, experimental electronics, alternate tuning systems, and composing for film and television. Recordings of his work have been published by Western Vinyl, VDSQ, Thrill Jockey, Temporary Residence, Kompakt, Ghostly, and Three Lobed, among others.

Between 2011 and 2015 Johnson released a triptych of solo guitar LP’s – A Struggle Not A Thought, Crows in the Basilica, and Blood Moon Boulder – that have become touchstones of 21st Century acoustic guitar. Balsams, his first album to platform pedal steel guitar, was described by Pitchfork as “singular,” and “a mournful hymn built out of layers of sliding strings, cascading with a zenlike stateliness…” In 2019 he collaborated with Marielle V. Jakobsons to release their debut LP as Saariselka for Temporary Residence Ltd. The follow-up to Johnson’s acclaimed Balsams LP, The Cinder Grove delves further into the compositional possibilities of the pedal steel guitar in the context of chamber ensemble arrangements for strings, organ, and piano.

On his latest album Sun Glories, Johnson explores themes of time, memory, and illusion through his unique blend of pedal steel, synths, organs, strings, and drums. Pitchfork wrote about the album “A lot of ambient artists are embracing the pedal steel right now, but none are quite as willing to jettison the instrument’s readymade associations as Johnson.” And All Music Guide wrote “Sun Glories is a magnificent record displaying Johnson’s mastery of multiple instruments and techniques.”

Johnson’s credits as a film composer include scores for the HBO series Burden of Proof and the popular PBS shows Somewhere South and A Chef’s Life.  In 2009 he received an MFA in Electronic Music and Intermedia Art from Mills College, where he studied composition and electronic music with Pauline Oliveros, Maggi Payne, Chris Brown, John Bischoff, Laetita Sonami, and James Fei.

His work as a mixing and mastering engineer includes releases by Room40 records, No Quarter, Three Lobed Recordings, Temporary Residence, Bill Orcutt, Allison Russell, Nathan Salsburg, claire rousay, Bonnie “Prince” Billy, Daniel Bachman, Body/Head, and more.