Chicago, Illinois
Terrible Spaceship

Science fiction dance music. Original cinematic scores collide with vintage sci-fi, electronic beats, live instrumentation and synchronized video.

About

Vintage science fiction remixed for the dance floor.

Terrible Spaceship turns classic science fiction into cinematic, danceable live music. From Orson Welles' War of the Worlds to bargain-bin monsters, Fleischer-era Superman and the neon circuitry of TRON, each project rebuilds a piece of screen history as an original score.

Onstage, the music is synchronized with projected video, creating a show that sits somewhere between a concert, a film screening and a transmission from another planet.

“A mash-up of down-beat drums, radio static and electronic noise that sounds like DJ Shadow remixing an episode of ‘The Twilight Zone.’” Chicago Tribune
Four transmissions

Listen

Four albums. Four different collisions between old science fiction and new music.

Live signal

Watch

Terrible Spaceship's live performance combines the band with synchronized projection, giving the source films and animations a new soundtrack in real time.

Incoming transmission

Shows

Dec 11
Emporium Wicker Park
Chicago, Illinois · 9 PM
2026

More dates coming in 2027.

Wear the signal

Merch

Terrible Spaceship shirts and other transmissions are available through TuneThreads.

Booking / press

Bring the spaceship to your venue.

Terrible Spaceship's live set is built around synchronized projection. For booking, press materials, technical information and downloadable assets, visit the press page.