Ava Luna
with Kotic Couture
doors at 7pm, all ages
Ava Luna is Carlos Hernandez, Felicia Douglass, Julian Fader and Ethan Bassford. Called at various times “quirky and confident, mysterious and compelling” (The Village Voice), “post-soul…pulsating from one energy to another, suggesting art project and ritual” (New York Times), and “located somewhere between the control of modern R&B and the staccato angles of the art punk scene” (NME), the band has defied categorization through many changes in lineup and genre experiments through five full-length LPs. The common thread is fun hooky melodies, angular textures, infectious grooves, unexpected forms, and intimate worldbuilding. Since the late 2000s, Ava Luna has been a staple in NYC’s DIY music scene, and has built a reputation for exhilarating live shows, even as the quartet individually stay active as prolific producers, collaborators (YATTA, Helado Negro, Dirty Projectors, Youbet, Toro Y Moi, Tony Seltzer, Juan Wauters, Benét, Palehound, to name a few), educators, and performers in their own right.
