Acrpost: A Project of the Pacific Association of Artist Run Centres

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DREDG With special guestS FRIDAY, JULY 22ND RICHARD'S ON RICHARDS DOORS 7:00 pm SHOW 7:30 pm **EARLY SHOW** Leitmotif, Dredg's 1998 debut, was such an underground sensation it sold out of every independent pressing until Interscope released it three years later. Combining conceptual art-rock with experimental instrumentation and tuneful songs, the disc caught fire with fans of Tool, Sparta and the Mars Volta. The Bay Area band's 2002 follow-up, El Cielo, brought further comparisons to Radiohead and even U2 for its epic songs and instrumental grandeur as the group settled into a sound uniquely its own and indescribably beautiful. Fueled by the wondrous riff-rock and yearning melody of its Internet-available single "Bug Eyes," Dredg's third and latest al... more...