Stereo Mandrax (FREE w/ RSVP): Alan Licht • Ward/Holmes Volume Off • Gryphon Rue

Alan Licht is an American guitarist and composer whose work moves between rock forms and the experimental traditions of electroacoustic, drone, and avant-garde music. In New York City, he has appeared on bills like the one at Pianos with Ward/Holmes Volume Off and Gryphon Rue, where guitar becomes a tool for composition as much as performance.

Alan Licht is an American guitarist, composer, and writer whose work moves between experimental practice and the language of rock and pop. His playing often folds noise, drone, and open-form improvisation into pared-down structures, with an ear for minimal repetition and abrupt shifts.

Ward/Holmes is a rock/pop group heard in New York City rooms such as Pianos, where their sets move comfortably between song form and more open, exploratory passages. They’ve shared bills with guitarist and composer Alan Licht and with Gryphon Rue, placing their work in conversation with downtown experimental practice.

Gryphon Rue is a New York City–based performer working at the edges of rock and pop, with a foothold in experimental and ambient practice. On bills at Pianos, Rue has appeared alongside guitarist-composer Alan Licht and Ward/Holmes Volume Off, situating their work in a lineage of exploratory guitar and composition.