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Lower Tar

Shows on record: 5
Rooms played: 5
Cities: 5
Releases: 16
Last show: Mar 16, 2023Rubycon Records & Tapes

About

Lower Tar is a band from Los Angeles, CA, tagged acid, ebm, electronic by its sources. Shows on record run from 2016 to 2023, across 5 rooms in 5 cities.

Lower Tar is based in Los Angeles — MusicBrainz
Sterile Hand: member — MusicBrainz
Lower Tar has 5 release group(s) on MusicBrainz spanning 2014–2021 — MusicBrainz
Lower Tar is based in Los Angeles, California — Lower Tar on Bandcamp
Latest release on Bandcamp: Rat King (2024-09-13) — Bandcamp
Lower Tar has 755 listeners on Last.fm — Lower Tar on Last.fm
Lower Tar has released 10 recordings between 2014 and 2023 — Lower Tar on Discogs

The summary is assembled from the record fields and shows on this page; each fact listed names its source. See Sources & corrections for what each source supplied.

Shows

5 on record · Songkick

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Shows per year

20162 shows
20192 shows
20231 show

Show history
Date	Venue	Billing	With
Mar 16, 2023	Rubycon Records & Tapes · Los Angeles (LA)Supportwith Madeline Goldstein, More Ephemerol	Support	Madeline Goldstein, More Ephemerol
Apr 25, 2019	Kung Fu Necktie · PhiladelphiaSupportwith The Confines, Field Agent	Support	The Confines, Field Agent
Apr 24, 2019	Saint Vitus Bar - Old Location · BrooklynHeadlinerwith Field Agent, The Confines	Headliner	Field Agent, The Confines
Jul 22, 2016	Beerland · AustinSupportwith JT Whitfield, Les Temps Barbares, Amulets	Support	JT Whitfield, Les Temps Barbares, Amulets
Mar 26, 2016	Gallery 1412 · SeattleSupportwith Bloom Offering, Perpetual Ritual, EQUALITYISAFALSEGOD, +1	Support	Bloom Offering, Perpetual Ritual, EQUALITYISAFALSEGOD, +1

Where they play

5 rooms in 5 cities

Rooms played most

Beerland · Austin1 show
Gallery 1412 · Seattle1 show
Kung Fu Necktie · Philadelphia1 show
Rubycon Records & Tapes · Los Angeles (LA)1 show
Saint Vitus Bar - Old Location · Brooklyn1 show

Cities played

Austin1 show
Brooklyn1 show
Los Angeles (LA)1 show
Philadelphia1 show
Seattle1 show

Releases

16 releases, 2014–2024

Rat King
Sep 13, 2024 · Track · 1 track
Human Hours
Mar 8, 2024 · Track · 1 track
Stung EP
Mar 5, 2024 · Album · 5 tracks
Crimes Of The 20th Century
2023
Blank Stare EP
Nov 4, 2022 · Album · 5 tracks
Blank Stare
2022
Palace Of Memory Where Nostalgia Is Fear
2022
Abstract Parasite
2021 · Album
Uncanny Valley Remixes
2020
Stung EP
2019 · Ep
Lower Tar S/t
Mar 23, 2018 · Album · 4 tracks
Lower Tar
2017
Vacant Lot//Permutation
2016 · Single
Untitled
2016
Of Spirit, of Madness
2015 · Ep
Torrid Fields
2014 · Ep

Lineup

Sterile Hand

Airplay

KEXP airplay: 1 plays, 2025-03-01–2025-03-01 — KEXP
Played on KEXP show 'Mechanical Breakdown' (Sharlese) — KEXP

Photos, art and posters

Lower Tar — Rat King — Release art · Rat King — release

Lower Tar — Human Hours — Release art · Human Hours — release

Lower Tar — Stung EP — Release art · Stung EP — release

Lower Tar — Blank Stare EP — Release art · Blank Stare EP — release

Lower Tar — Lower Tar S/t — Release art · Lower Tar S/t — release

Lower Tar — Rubycon Records & Tapes, 2023-03-16 — Poster · Rubycon Records & Tapes, 2023-03-16 — Songkick

Lower Tar — Gallery 1412, 2016-03-26 — Poster · Gallery 1412, 2016-03-26 — Songkick

Sources & corrections

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What each source supplied
Source	Used for
MusicBrainz	Artist facts
Lower Tar on Bandcamp	Artist facts
Bandcamp	Artist facts, Releases, Photos
Lower Tar on Last.fm	Artist facts
Lower Tar on Discogs	Artist facts
KEXP	Airplay
Songkick	Show history, Show posters
TheAudioDB	Photos
Discogs	Credited on the record; no item on this page cites it
Last.fm	Credited on the record; no item on this page cites it

This is a partial record of publicly documented activity. Missing shows, releases or members do not mean there are none. It does not confirm availability for booking.