Secret Monkey Weekend and St. Divine

St. Divine is a critically acclaimed NYC based punk/Americana five piece band fronted by Will Croxton and Judy Ann Nock. Featuring duets, obscure covers (60s garage/honky tonk to 80s sleaze), and majestic rock, St. Divine has deep roots in the humid south, but is firmly planted in the blacktopped urban wilds. Formed in 2024, the band quickly gained traction on WFMU, The Underground Garage, and college radio. Their debut album was cited on Jim Testa’s Best of 2026 So Far, and reviewed in Jack Rabid’s The Big Takeover. St. Divine was chosen for Sound Opinions’ Buried Treasure and their lead album single, SPIT (Jan 2026) was named Constant Listener Song of the Week by Jim Testa. St. Divine has been described as “a blend of sass and subversiveness, melody and muscle, incendiary noise and infectious groove” (Dave Franklin, The Big Takeover, May 2025) and “dark, undulating, pounding, desperately yearning and searching – taps into the primal roots of punk…(Jim Testa, Punk Rock Scouting, Off Shelf, May 7, 2025) and a "riotous power punk sound" (Jim Derogatis, SOUND OPINIONS, July 2025).

Secret Monkey Weekend is a power pop garage trio from Durham NC, produced by REM-Smithereens producer Don Dixon. Their music and their compelling family story, arising from tragedy to healing with music, was profiled by PBS awhile back in a fifteen minute piece. It won an Emmy! Radio Free Americana's Album of the Year 2025 - Lemon Drop Hammer by Secret Monkey Weekend.

America’s coolest family band .. exhibit a sparkling pop chemistry on par with The Bangles and The dB’s. Their heartwarming story is the focus of an Emmy-winning PBS documentary in 2023. Harnessing timeless Beatles/Kinks melodic instincts to power-pop guitar jangle, it’s a record at once instantly classic and, with a teen and 22-year-old aboard, innately contemporary . “So Much Joy” evokes heyday Yardbirds; it’s “woo-ooh” backups framing textured co-ed vocals.