Leoncarlo | Claire Morales | Davenport | Noah Ben [RUBBER ROOM]

Leoncarlo Canlas is a musician & violinist based in North Texas, with over twenty years of experience. Classically trained, he attended the University of NorthTexas for violin and went on to collaborate with a number of national acts, namely Seryn and Botany. Leoncarlo's career has sent him all over the world, including festivals such as SXSW and Telluride, and shows with Dave Brubeck, George Clinton, and many others. He offers session work, as well as private lessons. He teaches violin, viola, and piano at Bonduris Music School in Denton. Leoncarlo released his debut album Still Forms in 2016.

"...All That Wanting takes on a theatrical sweep and rock & roll edge as Morales delivers her dusky ruminating with a quaver somewhere between Joni Mitchell and Kate Bush." - Rolling Stone Listen if you like: Angel Olsen, PJ Harvey, Mazzy Star. Born to a family of artists and musicians, Claire Morales began playing music and making visual art at a young age. By middle school, she was performing her first solo sets at coffee shops, armed only with her father’s 1960s Gibson J-45 and a voice that many well-meaning people throughout her life would deem “more powerful than I thought it would be, looking at you.” Morales went on to form a band, making a sharp shift towards rock n roll while keeping a love for lyrics and a strong singer songwriter sensibility. In 2018, she released her second full length album, All That Wanting. There is a vast sonic range across the work—a kind of genre defying fearlessness, passing fluidly between moments of intense drama, fuzzy psychedelia, poppy fun, quiet reflection, and cathartic release. Morales toured the US with her band last year to promote the new album with plans to tour more in 2019.

Based out of Victoria BC, Canada, Davenport began in 2011 as a reimagination of older projects from frontman Peter Day. Their first release under the name Davenport came in the form of the full length LP "Applying Strategies to Matters of the Heart" released in 2012. The album's strong vocal melodies and sustained, ethereal guitar riffs defined their sound as they began playing venues and festivals around Victoria and Vancouver Island. In recent years, Davenport has been joined by fellow musicians Patrick Day, Matt Newton, Alex Marr, Jacob Weil and Christian Down to form their current line-up. Along with these musicians, the introduction of driving synths and percussive rhythms gave the band a renewed sound made for head bobbing and foot tapping. Davenport is once again actively performing in the Victoria music scene and is in the process of recording their second full length LP.