LAAND Presents: Ekko Astral at the White Schoolhouse at White Schoolhouse – Lawrence, KS

Washington, DC’s Ekko Astral — Jael Holzman, Liam Hughes, and Miri Tyler — present a complex mesh of bubblegum noise punk and no-wave art rock that holds an elastic space for the knotty, tangled horrors of living in the imperial core. Their songs thrash with intense, necessary defiance against codified gender-based violence, their distortion and sibilance a direct response to the dangers outside our front doors. It’s blistering. It’s frightening. It’s Ekko fucking Astral.

pink balloons, the band’s debut LP, was widely acclaimed, garnering fawning coverage from the likes of Pitchfork (#1 Rock Album of 2024), Stereogum, Washington Post, The Line of Best Fit and Paste Magazine, and was recently nominated for “Best Punk Album” for the 2025 Libera Awards. The band has also joined forces with Gender Liberation Movement to host “Liberation Weekend,” a two-day music and arts festival that took place in late May in the nation’s capital. Their visit to Lawrence arrives at the end of a month-long stint opening for PUP and Jeff Rosenstock.

Do not miss this one!

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With support from Wichita’s Yae and Lawrence’s Vicar Amelia.

$15

Doors at 7, music at 7:30.

ALL AGES AS ALWAYS

ACCESSIBILITY: There are 2 stairs to enter the front doors of the White Schoolhouse. Once inside, there are half-staircases up to the bathrooms and down into the concert area.

A ll LAAND events are all ages and we do not permit outside alcohol to be brought to the show.