Kayo Dot with eli namay's NO PARTS at Government Center

Name: Kayo Dot with eli namay's NO PARTS at Government Center
Start: 2026-01-11T19:30:00-05:00
Location: The Government Center

Schedule

Sun, 11 Jan, 2026 at 07:30 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

The Government Center | Pittsburgh, PA

Sun Jan 11 7:30 pm all ages $12 advance/$15 door
Government Center, 715 East St., North Side
Tickets on sale at Government Center (no service charge) or online at https://kayodotpittsburgh.brownpapertickets.com
avant-garde icons blending orchestral music with progressive metal
formerly on labels such as Robotic Empire, Hydra Head and Tzadik
from New York City
KAYO DOT
http://www.kayodot.net/
https://kayodot.bandcamp.com/
with special guests
eli namay's NO PARTS
https://www.elinamay.org/
https://elinamay.bandcamp.com/
Kayo Dot has spent over two decades reinventing the boundaries of experimental music. Led by composer Toby Driver, the group has released eleven albums spanning chamber-metal, spectral jazz,
gothic synthscapes, and uncategorizable sounds that critics call vital to the underground canon. Their latest release, Every Rock, Every Half-Truth Under Reason (2025), pushes this legacy further
with custom microtonal instruments, expansive structures, and Jason Byron’s imagistic texts. Critics describe it as “a bad-time album, masterfully composed” (Treble) and “perhaps the purest
representation of Kayo Dot’s unpredictable spirit” (Toilet Ov Hell). On stage, Kayo Dot’s shows are famously transformative, reshaping songs into new forms each night. With a reputation for both
intensity and imagination, the band continues to attract listeners across genres from avant-garde composers to black metal devotees all drawn into its singular world of memory, loss, and invention.