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Starr & the Czars (Record Release!), The Owners
Comet Ping Pong
February 13, 2026
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10:00 pm
All Ages
$18.87
Saturday January 24, 2026
RECORD RELEASE SHOW
Starr & the Czars + The Owners
10pm - $15 at the door - All Ages
STARR & THE CZARS
Washington, DC
https://starrandtheczars.bandcamp.com/
Starr and The Czars rise from the smoke and static of the underground like a fuzz-worshipping cult. Led by Jake Starr of Adam West, The Delicious Fullness, and Go Mod Go!, the band joins forces with Boston legends Peter Greenberg and Michael Lewis from DMZ, Lyres, Barrence Whitfield & The Savages, The A-Bones, and even Yo La Tengo. Add DC’s own Sean Crowley and Nat Osgood from The Hall Monitors, and you’ve got a new gospel of distortion that stretches from Washington to Lisbon.
Their debut LP, It’s The Bad Times, out on Chaputa!, KOTJ, and Ghost Highway, is a sermon in twelve fuzz-filled chapters. It opens with “It’s The Bad Times,” a garage exorcism in full swing, and descends through the snarl of “Deborah Deevine,” the bratty shout-along “Baby, Cry,” and the delirious “There’ll Be No Squopping of the Winks.” By the time “Flashes” fades, the ritual is complete — feedback still ringing in your ears, grin still on your face.
This is The Unauthorized Garage Gospel: raw, hypnotic, and loud enough to wake the dead. The bad times are here — and they sound magnificent.
THE OWNERS
Washington, D.C.
https://theowners1.bandcamp.com/
DC punk scene veterans in a female fronted, melodic punk/power pop group featuring members of Ex Hex, The Shirks, Gray Matter, Iron Cross, and The Problematics (among others). The Owners are Dante and Catherine Ferrando, Laura Harris, and Alec Budd.