Neko Case

Singer, songwriter, music producer, visual artist, and writer Neko Case is the consummate career artist — fearless and versatile, with a fierce work ethic and a constant drive to search deeper within herself for creative growth. “One of America’s best and most ambitious singer-songwriters” (Rolling Stone) and “essentially peerless” (NPR), Case has long been revered as one of music’s most influential artists, whose authenticity, lyrical storytelling, and sly wit have endeared her to a legion of critics, musicians, and lifelong fans. In addition to numerous acclaimed and GRAMMY-nominated solo records, Case is a founding member of Canadian supergroup The New Pornographers. She is the author of The New York Times bestselling memoir ‘The Harder I Fight the More I Love You’ and the weekly Substack newsletter ‘Entering The Lung,’ and is currently composing the musical theater adaptation of the Academy Award-winning motion picture ‘Thelma & Louise.

Des Demonas

Washington, DC’s DES DEMONAS have been hailed as a favorite of Neko Case, Henry Rollins (KCRW FM/Black Flag), Marc Riley (BBC6 Music/The Fall), and Iggy Pop (BBC6 Music/The Stooges) since the release of their debut LP on In The Red Records and their subsequent singles and EP.

DES DEMONAS’ much anticipated follow-up LP “APOCALYPTIC BOOM! BOOM!” was just released on In The Red Records.

The group is made up of some familiar names from the DC punk, garage, and indie scenes. A Kenyan punk-poet-politique Jacky “Cougar” Abok (Sex Faces, Foul Swoops, Thee Lolitas) is on vocals & percussion, Chicano/Indigenous-American Mark Cisneros (Hammered Hulls, Kid Congo and the Pink Monkey Birds, The Make-Up) is on guitar, Paul Vivari (Benjy Ferree, DJ Soul Call Paul) is on Farfisa organ and bass machine, and Matt Gatwood (Halpine, Two Inch Astronaut) is on drums.

Des Demonas’ music is a melding of disparate sounds and influences, hitting  with a driving pulse and fiery intent.

“They are as punk as you can get and they make me feel so much better. They’re willing to sing about Black Power, misogyny, LGBTQ rights… They are there and they are at the front, and they are so beautiful. They are the perfect representation of what a better future looks like.”

• Neko Case

“The sonic fuel of the band is a blend of post punk, punk, funk, blues, psych rock, Afro beat, even bubble gum but the noise you hear is pure Des Demonas.”

• Kim Salmon / The Scientists

“Dig the Des Demonas. Play it loud. Twist your wig.”

• Kid Congo Powers / The Cramps-Gun Club-Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds