T-Rex Fest Artist Spotlight

To celebrate the release of her brand new album ‘Gumshoe’, Samantha Crain (Oklahoma, U.S) hits the road, bringing her spectacular twist of Folk/Americana/Indie along with her. The Choctaw singer/songwriter has a multi-faceted discography has been applauded by the likes of The New York Times, Paste, SPIN, BBC 6 Music, NPR, No Depression, The Guardian, NME, Uncut and more, with her last full-length album A Small Death landing on Rolling Stone’s list of the best music of 2020. Having shared stages with Neutral Milk Hotel, Brandi Carlile, Lucy Rose, First Aid Kit, The Avett Brothers, and The Mountain Goats, among others, she has toured extensively over the past 15 years with a dynamic range of performances that span full-orchestration to intimate solo performances. Catch her set Friday at T-Rex Fest!

crystal trench seems inextricable from the constant, cyclical flow of gloom and bloom that surrounds them. They’ve built their world around the ethereal, trance-like state of genres like darkwave and noise, with nods to their more energetic post-punk and synth-pop influences sprinkled throughout- creating a sound that’s both as dark, and as sparkly as their name implies. Catch them Sunday at T-Rex Fest!

Clawfoot is a cryptic darkwave synth rock project hailing from the midwest shadows of Grand Rapids, Michigan. Cloaked in funeral lace and red fog, they weave nocturnal hymns and haunting stories into hopeful melodies. Expect brooding electronic sermons and gothic cathedral songbirds that kiss your cheek before vanishing into a black velvet curtain. Make sure to check out their debut show on the closing night of T-Rex Fest!

Flesh and Blood Robot helped ignite the early Extreme Metalcore/Deathcore scene before vanishing in 2006. Nearly two decades later, the Michigan-based chaos machine has reanimated. With four original members and Rick Woods (See You Next Tuesday) now attached, this chaos machine is more unhinged and volatile than ever. Flesh and Blood Robot resurrects with fresh limbs, old wounds, and unfinished business. In March 2024, the band reunited at the Pyramid Scheme with a little help on guitar from their childhood friend, Billy Strings. The video above shows some of the madness from that sold-out show.