View Tickets

THUNDERCAT W/ MAARI (of 99 Neighbors)

Doors: 6:00 PM / Show: 7:00 PM

Born Stephen Bruner in Los Angeles, Thundercat came up in a lineage that prized musicianship and discipline. His father was a drummer; his brother, Ronald Bruner Jr., has gone on to play with everyone from Kamasi Washington to Snoop Dogg. Before Thundercat ever sang about love, lust or loneliness, he learned how to listen, how to sit inside rhythm, how to respect silence, and how to play with intention. His early years included a stint with the metal band Suicidal Tendencies, an experience that sharpened his sense of structure even as it widened his sonic palette. When he eventually emerged as a solo artist in the early 2010s, his music carried all of that history: jazz fusion’s complexity, funk’s elasticity, hip-hop’s intimacy, and a distinctly internet-era sense of humor.

Albums like The Golden Age of Apocalypse (2011) and Apocalypse (2013) introduced a musician not afraid to be vulnerable, but it was 2017’s Drunk that crystallized Thundercat as a singular voice.