April 17th 2026 Downpoly opened the Rubber Room for iSOPOd and RobbieWabbieSabi in our second local showing this year! Rubber Gloves in Denton has been one of my personal bucket list items to play at- since the early 2000s. Clearly Downpoly isn't my first musical experience, I have spent many years doing a few different projects with various musicians both here in Texas as well as Florida for a while.
From 2 man acts to full bands, we always would hear about the latest incoming touring bands playing the Rubber Room when 102.1/94.5 was KDGE (The Edge) and 97.1 KEGL (The Eagle). Seemed like this crazy magical place to hear about on the radio back then- but you knew the acts were good! It was only now, that I had started something new, different, unique that made it possible to meet the connections that lead to shows like this.
On stage Brent and Brandon (iSOPOd), Robbie Ryan (RobbieWabbieSabi) doing their best to work around my horrible wiring (lol)
There are 3 spaces to play, including an outside area where some awesome thrash punk was happening when we played. The other two spaces were basically the same size now, large enough for big sound- but intimate enough for a good show to really engage with your audience.
Downpoly Setup and Ready – Robbie getting the projector just right…
As with Charlie's Star Lounge- the sound was fantastic- the FOH engineer worked to balance the sound at sound check and was extremely accommodating with the I/O. I did not have my 50ft optical HDMI to get our graphics to the main projector but thankfully, RobbieWabbieSabi had us all covered!
Downpoly Live on stage- Rubber Gloves Denton Tx
Here is a video of "_Gr$nd" live captured directly from my set before FOH. Probably one of the coolest live shows I have ever played.
I recorded the mix pre FOH direct to the camera on stage- for a nice POV-like view. I hope you all enjoyed the show that came out, and if you missed this one no issue- I hope to see you at the next one.
