Catch Ritchot Textiles live on March 25th at the Artesian as part of their 2025 spring tour in support of their new EP! Special guests Black Thunder and The Moon Runners open up the night.
Show Details:
Ritchot Textiles with special guests Black Thunder and The Moon Runners
Date: Tuesday, March 25th, 2025
Doors: 7:00PM
Show: 8:00PM
Tickets: $15.00
*Advance tickets close at 5:00 PM day-of-show. Additional tickets will be available at the door unless it is officially labelled SOLD OUT*
The Artesian is wheelchair accessible, all-ages, and a proud supporter of positive spaces initiatives with a zero-tolerance policy towards hate, harassment, and/or discrimination. We reserve the right to remove any patron creating an unsafe environment. The accessible entrance is available via a lift, Please ask staff for help if necessary.
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Ritchot Textiles take inspiration from eclectic places and pull those concepts into their own world. Tinges of Dub, House, Punk, and Psych are woven into the dense & abrasive nature of their output. Recorded together in the span of three days with minimal overdubs, their new EP ii is a collection of 5 songs from the 12 that were tracked. Creating colossal soundscapes with larger than life elements rubbing shoulders against one another, until the friction is palpable and burning. The 5 songs are at peak energy for a group in its infancy, discovering how far they can take things without losing grip. Songs of simple torment explore housing, attempts to be self assured, and the wear and tear of life competing against business. Listen at your leisure.
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About Black Thunder:
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Black Thunder’s heavy psychedelia has been mutating in subterranean Regina Saskatchewan since 2009. Drawing upon the musical instincts of a trio of hard rock-and-psych-adjacent album hunters, their music builds in the borderlands between the labyrinths of progressive rock guitar riffs, boggy 70s hard psych basslines, and the amphetamine alleyways of hard hitting drumming.
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About The Moon Runners:
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The Moon Runners are an enchanting progressive emo band residing on Treaty 4 Territory. They combine complex and glitchy rhythms, frantic guitar, and impassioned, shouted melodic vocals. They are known for their intricate sound design, laser-focused delivery, and chaotic, silly demeanour. They are enigmatic, sometimes cowboys, sometimes not. The band is comprised of Stacy Tinant, vocalist and guitarist, Brett Tinant, drummer, and Logan Amon, guitarist. The explosive urgency of their performance is unforgettable. Melancholic, angsty, yet tongue-in-cheek. Nothing is too serious.
Their 2019 release, Wakeless 2095, saw them nominated for an SMA, and WCMA. Wakeless 2095 is an episodic concept album that features reflective songs and observations of the human experience. The album follows the story of a character who awakens in a dream-like utopia, later discovering they're actually asleep and trapped inside their own dream. The songs detail not only their experiences while within the dream, but also the conflicting feelings they have towards their waking life. Ultimately, they must decide whether to live in the fantasy or embrace reality. Overall, Wakeless 2095 is a story of dealing with the complexities of relationships, mental illness, and strength in the face of adversity.
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Their latest single, “sleep_in_the_swamp”, is entirely independently produced. It is a dizzying, glitchy, colourful piece about the nightmare of our current life under late stage capitalism, white supremacy, and a blanket of indifference and lethargy. The end is here. The horrors are inescapable.
Death to bro culture. No more bro bands. All people are welcome, and if you have a problem with that, we don’t want you.
