Friday, Sep 25

popscene + rickshaw stop co-present

CAIN CULTO

TWOLIPS

DJ AARON AXELSEN

8 pm doors

$25 advance / $30 at door / $55 VIP prior to show

all ages

Cain Culto is a former worship pastor turned queer renegade, blending left-field pop and hip-hop with global influences. Raised in a Colombian-Nicaraguan household, he grew up between Florida and Kentucky, absorbing salsa, bluegrass, and evangelical culture. After leaving his acclaimed Christian band Ecclesia in 2021, he reemerged as Cain Culto—an artist reclaiming his spirituality, sexuality, and cultural roots. A fearless DIY auteur, he crafts provocative music and visuals that challenge faith, politics, and capitalism, fusing protest, satire, and undeniable pop magic.

The Culto persona represents a realignment with spirituality, sexuality, and cultural heritage. The ethos is built around challenging dogma, knowing oneself, and protecting freedom of thought. Dedicated to making some of the boldest, and most fearless alternative music around, Culto brings together high and low art, political protest, satire, controversy, and undeniable pop magic as an antidote to mass-produced music culture. A skilled singer, rapper, producer, and visual artist,

TwoLips (aka Kianah LongChase) stands at the intersection of punk, rap, rave, and metal genres, oscillating between playful sonnets, distress signals, and anthemic bangers. DIE ON EVERY HILL, the debut album from the sonic-shapehifter, is a darkwave, electro-goth epoch of resistance. Weaponized clarity and cult-like rage mark a new era for the multi-disciplinary artist, frontwoman and narrator. Rooted in LA and the American Southwest, TwoLips takes us on a journey, energetically and physically, with a project that is restless and expansive. She’s a tribal member of the Native Village of Eklutna in Alaska and identifies as afroindigenous (Dena’ina, Lakota, Black).