.Try the Pie in San Jose

Sep 26, 2023

Heavy Lemon presents a lineup of local legends to launch October with Try the Pie at the helm. Tongan-American vocalist and guitarist Bean Kaloni Tupou formed Try the Pie in 2006 and has since developed a poetic indie rock sound fusing country, Bay Area punk and Polynesian influences. With the addition of Nick Lopez on drums, Bailey Lupo on bass and Laine Barriga on guitar, Try the Pie has made waves far beyond San Jose, recently releasing their second album, A Widening Burst of Forever, on Get Better Records and landing a spot on Rolling Stone’s “10 Rising AAPI Artists You Need to Know.”

Try the Pie

Tues, 7pm, $15

Chromatic Coffee, San Jose

Try The Pie “Awful Moon” music video

Addie Mahmassani https://www.addiemahmassani.com/

Addie Mahmassani is a poet based in Santa Cruz. She holds a PhD in American Studies from Rutgers University-Newark and is currently an MFA student in creative writing at San Jose State University. There, she is a Teaching Associate as well as the lead poetry editor of Reed Magazine, California's oldest literary journal. She also surfs, sings and loves a part-sheepdog named Lou.