Event

P.O.S. with Dessa and Astronautalis

P.O.S. built his reputation as an innovator, with an unlikely punk rock past and expressive, honest content. On Never Better, the new disc, he conjures get-away cars, racing chariots, the pursuit of sirens, and the occasional rueful nighttime drive. Like many great rappers, P.O.S. creates his own self-contained little microcosmâhis characters become familial to us; we get in on his slang and inside jokes. P.O.S. doesnât hesitate to call out the compounding absurdities of pop culture, either with a little friendly ribbing or with a Molotov cocktail. He drops deft one-liners that cut to the quick of Americaâs stuff-obsessed culture, Canât take it with them can they? P.O.S himself made more than half of the beats on Never Better, and the production bears his unmistakable signature. Feedback and relentless drum rolls are only occasionally tempered by sung choruses and clean, chiming guitar lines. P.O.S. is a rapper with range, heâs a real musician and an unstoppable performer. For him, genres are as they ever were: permeable. Dessa (emcee in the Minneapolis Doomtree Crew) joins the bill and SPACE favorite Astronautalis opens the night.