Day 1 of Empty Fest took place May 1st at Refined Fool Brewery in Sarnia, ON.
2 stages. 8 performances. Hours of non-stop music.
In case you missed it, here are the artists that were featured in order of appearance.
1. A Loud Thing
Really cool low-fi indie psych sound. Listen here.
2. Jamaal Cody
Amazing electronic jazz. Listen here or else.
3. Rum Do
They are artful ambient experimental electronic music. Best described by fanimatist on BandCamp. "As dreamy at it is uncomfortable. As modern as it is vintage."
4. Gloin
Really wild and high energy music with garage rock vibes. Listen to their stuff on BandCamp here.
5. Horseless Headmen
Rad instrumental surf with hilarious song titles. Listen to their BandCamp here!
6. Jacob Barber's Melody Machine
Psychedelic pop rock! Listen here.
7. Pretty
Psychedelic proto-punk revival. We stan. Listen to them EVERYWHERE. ALL THE TIME.
8. Zoo Owl
Boy those light goggles were something else. Same with the rad DJing. Listen to the new EP here.
Thanks for discovering these rad artists. Unfortunately we couldn't make it to day 2 but all of the artist there were also guaranteed amazing.
All photos by Leanna Gennuso & Elijah Shark