Fatal Film is an indie rock/post-punk band from New London, CT.

Haunted Cat is an indie rock band from Albany, NY.

Sea Shanty Night returns to New London! This time with My Druthers and their old friend Kate McCann & her unbelievably talented trio, Skylark.

8pm doors / 9pm show / $10 cover

Regardless of what happens with the election on Nov. 5, three great acts are going to be coming to the Oasis Pub in New London to either celebrate victory or burn it all in defeat. One way or another, emotions will be let out and it will be cathartic for everyone.

Post rock builds. Noise rock bangers. Live painting masterpieces. This will will have it all, and no matter what we will prevail and continue on.

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Pocket Vinyl, the piano-slamming/live-painting band from CT, are returning with presents! Their live show consists of insightful piano indie rock coupled with a live painter, who creates a work of art on stage during the show, which gets auctioned off afterwards. Every painting and show is unique.

Xénos is an experimental Cretan folk group that merges the traditional songs & modern sounds of Crete.

Mike Slyne (Slyne & The Fam Stoned) will play a solo set.

We are so excited to host Number One Babe hot off the heels of their debut set at this year’s Newport Folk Festival! The band will captivate you with their singing as easy as breathing and soft lyrics twinged with heartache. It’s perfect for a breezy, summer morning by Narragansett Bay.

Lazy Trail is the new project of songwriter Emma Willer, more commonly known for her band Boyscott. Throughout the years she’s harnessed her craft—allowing the songs to form and grow, collect dust, and be made again. Lazy Trail takes you on lush adventures and offbeat musical excursions, guiding you through hazy daydreams of succinct simplicity.

Costumes. Pillow fights. Parachute games. Stuffed animals. Black lights. Dance parties in the street.

No, this isn’t the best sleepover ever. This is Terror Pigeon, the indie dance project of Nashville, TN’s Neil Fridd. Terror Pigeon has put on some of the most memorable shows in the history of the Oasis. Picture it, dance songs about friendship in front of a DIY stage set (inflatables sometimes included), with costumes for everyone to dress up in, strobing light rigs that are actually attached to the audience, a parachute game that ends in a dance party under said parachute… it’s a moment in time to let everything go and just fucking party.

Come to think of it, this is basically the best sleepover ever. You just won’t want to sleep.

“The Nashville weirdo party collective (formerly known as Terror Pigeon Dance Revolt!) sent us their forthcoming album Live It Up Before You Die It Up! We listened to their song “Girl” and instantly replayed it 1,400 times in a row. It is so goddamn catchy and anthemic, but with absolutely no song structure whatsoever. It sounds like they snipped out pieces of eight different half-finished songs and mashed them all together until they kinda fit (but not really). So prepare to go through a wide range of emotions on “Girl,” all of which wind down to one ultimate conclusion: party.” -Noisey/Vice Magazine

$10 cover. 21+. Starts at 9pm.

It’s a night full of sea shanties with My Druthers and The Johnson Girls!

My Druthers is a band that sings rebel songs of Ireland and the sea.

The Johnson Girls are an all-female sea shanty group from NYC!

This is going to be a blast!

9:00pm start • $10 cover (cash or credit)

Bad Movie Night takes place every Wednesday here at the Oasis. 8pm start. A $5 service fee gets added to your bill to assist in buying the rights for the movie. Happy hour from 7-9pm.

Who’s the black private dick / That’s a sex machine to all the chicks? Well, that would have to be The Guy From Harlem, a bizarre blaxploitation effort that features some of the poorest production i’ve seen outside of a Bloody Nightmares film. This one really has it all: a director lacking a rudimentary knowledge of storytelling, retina-burning 70s decor, actors who wouldn’t cut it in community theatre, and the fight scenes.. wow, the fight scenes. Despite these (obvious, glaring) flaws, for those in the right state of mind – and an appreciation for the goodness of badness – there is plenty to enjoy here. The Guy From Harlem is shit, but it’s deliriously entertaining shit. -No Budget Nightmares

We’re throwin a banger for Mike Slyne’s birthday! The Fam is back with New Haven’s Mountain Movers and they’re bringing the incredible Shirese, a band that we’ve been eyeing for a while now!

SLYNE & THE FAMILY STONED

slyne leads a group of punks and freaks and lovers and misfits
they try and make a glorious racket

SHIRESE

Shirese is the brainchild of Matt Paolillo and Jack Gumkowski. The band has undergone a few changes over the years but has truly meshed in recent times with Bill Davidge, Nicholas Serrambana, Logan Carr and Seany Nuelle in the lineup.

Shirese takes cues from their New Haven contemporaries, but their brand of psychedelia is more directly inspired by the late 60s garage bands who moved into unchartered waters. Far more dedicated to the song than, say, Headroom, but with plenty of eerie and swirling lysergic moments nonetheless. The band doesn’t shy away from the spoken word either, with word-salad-stream-of-conscious poetics given as much real estate as catchy melodies.

Shirese also allow their most experimental tendencies to roam free while never losing sight of what they are; a rock band. Out of phase tape manipulation and harsh noise find their places on the record, and why wouldn’t they, given Paolillo and Nuelle’s heavy roots in that arena. But somehow they always find their way back to the true core of Shirese - hard rocking on their own goddamn terms.

MOUNTAIN MOVERS

Watching the Mountain Movers' progression over the course of the past decade has truly been a treat. Their earliest beginnings saw the band documenting Dan Greene’s vast catalog of songs, while displaying a rotating cast of New Haven musicians’ unique skills. The band produced three albums and several singles of polished indie rock in this incarnation.

However, their fourth album, 2010’s Apple Mountain, saw the band transition to stranger territory; home-recorded and employing an arsenal of miscellaneous instruments, the record bore a folk-psychedelic element not displayed on their previous work. Shortly after Apple Mountain, constant members Greene and Rick Omonte were joined by lead guitarist Kryssi Battalene and drummer Ross Menze to form, what is now, the band's longest running lineup. The band has since produced a series of singles, lathe-cuts, cassettes, 2015’s Death Magic; an album that melded Greene’s song writing with the bands ability to stretch out and improvise.

In 2016, they previewed the "Sunday Drive / No Plans" cassingle (recorded at former drummer John Miller’s home studio), giving us - the listener - the first glimpse into the Movers’ newest modes. Two instrumental improvisations clocking in at just under 20 minutes that bring to mind names like Neu! and Ash Ra Tempel, as much as they do any number of American psychedelic acts of the 1960’s.

The band's sixth, eponymous album, Mountain Movers (released May 2017 on Chicago's Trouble In Mind), is bookended by two long-form jams with three perfect, crystalline pop songs sandwiched in between, mirroring both aspects of the band & representing the most fully realized recorded representation of the band's live show to date.

Are you ready to get a little heavy? Two outstanding live acts with shades of psych, doom and heavy blues will perform here at the O!

XÉNOS

Xénos is an experimental Cretan folk group that merges the traditional songs & modern sounds of Crete. If you haven’t experienced this band yet, do yourself a favor and see them live!

ADAPTER ADAPTER

Adapter Adapter is a stoner/doom/blues band based in Providence, RI and we’re excited for their return to the Oasis!

Doors: 8pm
Show: 9pm
Cover: $10 at the door (cash + credit accepted)

FLEET

Fleet is an Indie rock band with elements of blues and funk from Southeastern CT. Established in 2016, the band’s unique, funky sound has attracted lovers of music from all walks of life across New England. In 2019 Fleet beat out 15 other bands over the course of a five-week battle to win Mohegan Sun’s Locals Live contest. The band is currently finishing up their 3rd record.

CHRISTOPHER LISTORTI PROJECT

The Chris Listorti Project is a group comprised of friends Glen Metcalfe (Oberon Rose, Airlooms, Book II) on drums, Hollis Dunlap (Twin Laughter, Good God) on guitar, Mike Pace on bass, and Christopher Listorti (Oberon Rose, Twin Laughter, Call it Arson) on guitar and vocals. The band's sound is reminiscent of bands like Pavement, Wilco, Lou Reed, and Elliott Smith.

9pm start. $10 cover. 21+

Come see Pocket Vinyl perform their fantastic piano/painting show, followed by a reading from their book and discussion on how they did their world record tour, followed by a Q&A and signing.

POCKET VINYL

Elizabeth Jancewicz and Eric Stevenson are Pocket Vinyl, a duo consisting of piano slamming (Eric) and live painting (Elizabeth). A new painting is made on stage during each show, and auctioned off afterwards to the audience. They've played over 1000 shows, released over a hundred songs, made the documentary film Drive. Play. Sleep., and created the popular webcomic “The Touring Test”.

In their new graphic novel “How To Completely Lose Your Mind”, they detail a 2019 tour where they attempted to break the world record for “Fastest to Play a Concert in Each of the 50 States.” It's an amazing adventure that portrays the highs and lows of touring as an unknown indie band, and gives insightful advice on how to start an indie band and destroy your own mental health as well.

KINGSTON KANE

Kingston Kane is a 4-piece rock group from the New Windsor, NY area. They sport an ever changing sound, most recently landing in the hard rock, grunge and psych genres.

9pm start. $10 cover. 21+

Costumes. Pillow fights. Parachute games. Stuffed animals. Black lights. Dance parties in the street.

No, this isn’t the best sleepover ever. This is Terror Pigeon, the indie dance project of Nashville, TN’s Neil Fridd. Terror Pigeon has put on some of the most memorable shows in the history of the Oasis. Picture it, dance songs about friendship in front of a DIY stage set (inflatables sometimes included), with costumes for everyone to dress up in, strobing light rigs that are actually attached to the audience, a parachute game that ends in a dance party under said parachute… it’s a moment in time to let everything go and just fucking party.

Come to think of it, this is basically the best sleepover ever. You just won’t want to sleep.

Slyne & The Fam Stoned open the show. They’re not doing a super long set, so get here by 9pm to see them!

“The Nashville weirdo party collective (formerly known as Terror Pigeon Dance Revolt!) sent us their forthcoming album Live It Up Before You Die It Up! We listened to their song “Girl” and instantly replayed it 1,400 times in a row. It is so goddamn catchy and anthemic, but with absolutely no song structure whatsoever. It sounds like they snipped out pieces of eight different half-finished songs and mashed them all together until they kinda fit (but not really). So prepare to go through a wide range of emotions on “Girl,” all of which wind down to one ultimate conclusion: party.” -Noisey/Vice Magazine

$10 cover. 21+. Starts at 9pm on the dot. People got work in the morning.

With a sound that was born in Arizona and raised in Kentucky, A Former Friend uses the grand tradition of American songwriting to speak truth to power in the age of the apocalypse.

The Oasis & The Telegraph are proud to present a huge show with cosmic indie jam band Garcia Peoples (as seen at Bonnaroo and on tour with Dinosaur Jr., Meat Puppets & Tinariwen) & New London's own psychedelic folk-punk outfit Slyne & The Family Stoned!

Doors @ 8pm. Show @ 9pm. $10 presale / $15 door

GARCIA PEOPLES

Though the "Garcia" in the name of New Jersey cosmic indie jam band Garcia Peoples isn't an implicit reference, it's clear that the band has spent some time listening to Jerry & co.'s deeper catalog. Starting in the late 2010s, the band took notes from a canon of classic acid-washed searchers, including pillars like the Grateful Dead, Allman Brothers and Canned Heat, but also wove the influence of less-championed acts like NRBQ into their unique update on psychedelic sprawl. Prone to frequent collaboration and a rapid-fire approach to recording new material, the band releases both live documents and studio albums like 2022's Dodging Dues at a prolific clip.

Garcia Peoples formed in Rutherford, New Jersey and originally consisted of guitarist/vocalists Tom Malach and Danny Arakaki, drummer Cesar Arakaki, and bassist Derek Spaldo. The band quickly developed a style informed by '60s and '70s jam bands both renowned and obscure. They played often in the Brooklyn club scene, connecting with like-minded bands and gaining a reputation for their electric live show, which often stretched out into ambling psychedelic improvisations. In 2017, they expanded to include keyboardist P.G. Six (also a member of similarly jammy Wet Tuna) and began work on a proper debut album, which arrived in the form of Cosmic Cash, released in the summer of 2018 on the Beyond Beyond Is Beyond label. They returned less than a year later in March 2019 with their follow-up LP, Natural Facts.

Never slowing, the band toured and performed constantly and continued their prolific streak of album releases with third album One Step Behind in October of 2019, featuring a guest performance from Malach's father Bob, a studio saxophonist who'd played with everyone from Miles Davis to Madonna. One Step Behind was also the first release from the band to feature two new members, bassist Andy Cush and keyboardist Pat Gubler, with Spaldo shifting his duties to a more multi-instrumental role. This new six-piece lineup cruised into 2020 with several live releases, including the cassette-only 10-10-19 Live at Nublu NYC, and Peoples Motel Band, a document of a concert where Garcia Peoples joined Philadelphia guitar journeyman Chris Forsyth for a collaborative on-stage exploration.

In October of 2020, the band offered up a new studio recording with their fourth proper album, Nightcap at Wit's End. The album showed a shift in approach yet again, moving from the extended jamming of their live shows and One Step Behind toward more detailed compositions with 12 relatively compact songs. Fifth studio set Dodging Dues arrived in January of 2022. The album was produced by Matt Sweeney and saw the band expanding their range with songwriting and lead vocal contributions from newer members Cush and Gubler.

SLYNE & THE FAMILY STONED

A ramble of rousers. A pack of pickled peons. A band of beautiful bums.

Slyne & The Family Stoned has always been a rock in the river: steadfast as the water cuts over and around it, not an obstacle but a welcome change of pace.

Community with individual identity, the embrace of rock n roll with bright squeals of stringed cacophony, videos steeped in nostalgia as the band plays on in front of the screen almost melding together as one.

The experience is the medium. The medium is compassion.

The Fam Stoned is ~groovy groovy yeehaw~

Piano slam pop & paint plus a little orchestral folk pop for your mid-winter listening pleasure. come check out Connecticut's Pocket Vinyl and Brooklyn's The Eighty Six Seas at Oasis.

POCKET VINYL

The Basics about Pocket Vinyl:

-Eric Stevenson slams on the piano and sings while Elizabeth Jancewicz paints on stage (Jay & Tim complete the full band)

-The songs are mainly about death, sexuality, silence, uncertainty, and defiant hope.

-They've made many comics, records, and a film, and played over 1000 shows, and they have no plans to stop

Enjoy whatever you may find.

THE EIGHTY SIX SEAS

The Eighty Six Seas is the moniker of Brooklyn-based Nick Stevens who crafts sharp thematic folk pop in the vein of Belle and Sebastian, The Magnetic Fields and David Gray.

Stevens was studying at the University of Connecticut when he first started crafting songs, finding his footing as a solo folk artist and later cutting his teeth with indie rock collective The Condescending Foxes. After seven years living in Boston, he moved to Brooklyn - a location that exposed him to a smörgåsbord of musical sounds and styles including baroque pop and electronica.

Number One Babe are back with a killer new collection of tunes under the belt from the recently self-released 'ecstatic function'. They are joined by New London's own Brian Gore and The Tender Fritters.

Dark Ska Rising....or, yeah, something a whole lot more fun that that. Come get your horny groove on with Llama Tsunami! Special guests TimeVan to kick things off!

LLAMA TSUNAMI

Mixing rock instruments with a full horn section and delivering an enthusiastic live performance, Llama Tsunami is proud to be a ska band. Fans of Reel Big Fish, Streetlight Manifesto, and Save Ferris will delight in this CT band’s catchy horn riffs and danceable, rocking energy. Inspiring sing-alongs since 2008, Llama Tsunami has developed a strong fan base and encouraged a revitalization of ska music in their area.

With no intention of fading away, Llama Tsunami is looking forward to an eventful year. On May 12, they released their newest EP, "Don't Judge a Band by its Cover." Immediately thereafter, production began on their first full-length release since their debut album. While the lighthearted approach to songwriting featured on Get Serious endures in the spirit of the new material, the upcoming album will reflect the growth that the band has experienced through the years.

The title of the 2010 debut album Get Serious expresses the necessity for dedication, but also pokes fun at those who take themselves too seriously. It was this dedication tempered by a upbeat attitude and strong sense of humor that propelled Llama Tsunami to first place in the 2011 Shure Give It Voice contest, earning them a RedGorilla Fest performance in Austin, TX during SXSW. After that initial success, the band was recognized at other events, taking second place in the 2012 Mohegan Sun Rooftop Rockoff and the WXIN Rock Hunt.

Through various trials, line up changes, and other challenges, Llama Tsunami has emerged stronger and turns its attention to the future. With new material in the works and plans for travel, the band will continue to carve out its niche as a driving force in the ska scene today. As the band says:

“We play ska. Some people don’t like that because apparently ska isn’t fun anymore. We beg to differ.”

TIMEVAN

A power-house, alt-rock band that is making waves in the Eastern CT area. TimeVan has become known for music that is both infectiously catchy and hard hitting.

The members of TimeVan continue to navigate haphazardly through life and review the aftermath through their music. With as much angst as they can muster, they carry with them that 90's and early 2000's sound into the modern day.