The Rickshaw Presents: YOUNG FRIEND | BABE CORNER| WORRYWART | KYLIE V

The Rickshaw and Eastside Arts Festival presents

Young Friend

With guests, Babe Corner, worrywart and Kylie V (solo)

July 25th, 2025

The Rickshaw Theatre

19+

Doors: 7:00pm

Young Friend

Drew Tarves’ music as young friend feels classic and immediate all at once, capturing the nostalgia of post-adolescence while diving deep into a pool of self-reflection. His new album, Motorcycle Sound Effects, is bursting with big feelings and perfect golden light. It feels messy and raw, like long summer nights piling into the back of a pickup truck with all your friends, sprinting to catch the last summer sunset, taking off your shoes and dancing in the grass, falling, getting back up.

A trained dancer for most of his adolescence, the 24-year-old Vancouver native switched artistic disciplines after spending time jamming with his musician friends. “I found out very quickly that I loved it,” he recalls. “It was my favorite thing to do.” Armed with a guitar and a laptop, Tarves started hashing out early songwriting attempts on Garageband as he found his own style that suited him: “It was all about experimenting while trying to find what worked for me.”

In 2022, Tarves released his indie-pop debut EP HOW DID WE GET HERE? and quickly followed it up with a sophomore in 2023 titled scaredy cat. 2024 brought in his first Canadian and international touring as well as a Juno nomination. Now, young friend is releasing his debut full length, Motorcycle Sound Effects, that’s produced by friend and frequent collaborator David Marinelli (Wallice, Finneas, spill tab). The album pulls inspiration from a multitude of places and artists, landing in this comfy space of new and familiar while also making room for self-discovery. Motorcycle Sound Effects takes you along for the ride of your life. “This album takes notes from a lot of different artists and bands that I really love, and as a result it is this sort of genre-bending fever dream album.”

youngfriend.bandcamp.com

Babe Corner

Babe Corner is a rock band hailing from Vancouver, BC, Canada. Known for their captivating guitar riffs, dreamy synths, and soothing melodic lead vocals, the band brings a nostalgic rock vibe to life, elevated by lush four-part harmonies.

In 2023, Babe Corner released their debut LP, Crybaby, introducing their signature sound – a mix of heartfelt emotion and infectious energy. With a second LP set to drop later in 2025, the band continues to carve out their own genre, aptly dubbed “Babe Core.” But don’t try to define them too neatly, after all, nobody puts Baby in a corner.

babecorner.band

worrywart

worrywart blossoms from friendship, stitched tight in stretching the edges of sounds that attached them to music in the first place. Making noise for queer love and celebrating tender explorations of anxiety – they bring a sparkling grunge energy to performances. Their dynamics on stage demonstrate a clear commitment to make every show electric and memorable for everyone they share space with.

worrywart urges you to dance in spiteful joy, and hold your people through the collapse. xoxo

worrywart.bandcamp.com

Kylie V

Kylie V can level you with a single note. With their operatic voice and appetite for the devastating, Kylie’s discography is a blast of sonorous and explosive indie folk. Ranging from twisted tranquility to cataclysmic crescendoes, over a terrain of barest honesty and intricate rhythms, they capture the tender perils of love, loss, and sacrifice in evocative poetry. Kylie has carved a mythology into their wall of sound; sweet, heart-wrenching, and unmistakable, building into a beacon of their distinct personality and unflinching perspective.

kylievmusic.com

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