cafe ~ bar ~ performance venue ~ library ~ guest house
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for booking inquiries please email: info[at]rozztox[dot]com
venue layout & tech specs here
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closed mondays
tuesday - friday 17:00-1:00
saturday 11:00-1:00
sunday 11:00-23:00
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for booking inquiries please email: info[at]rozztox[dot]com
venue layout & tech specs here
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closed mondays
tuesday - friday 17:00-1:00
saturday 11:00-1:00
sunday 11:00-23:00
JULY 2019
friday 19 july
saturday 20 july
Fresh Wax (digital version): DREAM CENTER w/ A.Boogie
Fresh Wax (digital version): DREAM CENTER w/ A.Boogie
digital wax from another time + another place- all nite long
no cover
21:00 - 1:00
[space pop] [italo disco] [field sound] [psych] [experimental]
no cover
21:00 - 1:00
[space pop] [italo disco] [field sound] [psych] [experimental]
wednesday 24 july
The Pandemics (NYC) | thepandemics.bandcamp.com
Road Soda | roadsoda333.bandcamp.com
old school ska/ reggae vinyl DJ sets
$5-10 sliding scale
20:00 doors | 21:00 show
[ska]
Road Soda | roadsoda333.bandcamp.com
old school ska/ reggae vinyl DJ sets
$5-10 sliding scale
20:00 doors | 21:00 show
[ska]
thursday 25 july
friday 26 july
Northern Parallels Presents:
Northern Parallels Presents:
saturday 27 july
Daytime Dance Party
Daytime Dance Party
Leesh (Chicago-- Daisy Chain / Walking & Falling) | soundcloud.com/dj_leesh
Ray Conde (Cleveland) | soundcloud.com/r-ei-1
12:00 - 19:00
Ray Conde (Cleveland) | soundcloud.com/r-ei-1
12:00 - 19:00
saturday 27 july
365 Horror Films Presents:
365 Horror Films Presents:
indoor screen:
Toolbox Murders '78
Torso '73
Pieces '82
patio screen:
Return of the Living Dead
+ one TBA
free admission
indoor films start at 19:00
patio films start at dusk
Toolbox Murders '78
Torso '73
Pieces '82
patio screen:
Return of the Living Dead
+ one TBA
free admission
indoor films start at 19:00
patio films start at dusk
AUGUST 2019
friday 02 august
Rozz-Tox Presents: Lena Willikens
**this event is in chicago**
Rozz-Tox Presents: Lena Willikens
**this event is in chicago**
the second Rozz-Tox presentation in Chicago brings you German DJ Lena Willikens (Cómeme, Salon des Amateurs, Dekmantel, NTS), a free and foward-thinking, leftfield selector playing anything but the hits. Willikens nimbly navigates electronic music’s darkest and most bizarre corners, sampling different temperatures, different moods and a dollop of chaos, just to keep things interesting. and although she herself doesn’t always know the final destination, when Willikens is at the helm, there’s no question that the journey is bound to be thrilling.
https://www.residentadvisor.net/dj/lenawillikens
http://futura-artists.com/lena-willikens/
and we're super fuckn' excited to be working with legendary party throwers RutCorp for this installment in the Chicago x Rozztox series ♥
with sets from:
Fair Faucet (live/ ep release) • Higgy (dj) • Matthew Kylestewa (dj) • Itsï (dj)
RutCorp | Chicago
$15 advance | $20 dos
22:00-3:30
poster by Bráulio Amado
badbadbadbad.com/Braulio-Amado
https://www.residentadvisor.net/dj/lenawillikens
http://futura-artists.com/lena-willikens/
and we're super fuckn' excited to be working with legendary party throwers RutCorp for this installment in the Chicago x Rozztox series ♥
with sets from:
Fair Faucet (live/ ep release) • Higgy (dj) • Matthew Kylestewa (dj) • Itsï (dj)
RutCorp | Chicago
$15 advance | $20 dos
22:00-3:30
poster by Bráulio Amado
badbadbadbad.com/Braulio-Amado
saturday 03 august
Rock Island School Supply Drive
Rock Island School Supply Drive
Many children in our city do not have access to adequate school supplies in the beginning of the school year. Many teachers have to purchase school supplies for their classrooms out of pocket for this reason. Let's do something about that!
Bring notebooks, pencils, calculators, and anything else you can imagine being useful in an elementary school classroom.
featuring:
Orlando Coolridge (of Slumpgang 777) | soundcloud.com/orlandocoolridge
Brian Barr (of Aseethe) | aseethe.bandcamp.com
Dark Family | darkfamily666.bandcamp.com
Jabez Da Sorrow | soundcloud.com/jabezdasorrow
+ more TBA
$5-10 sliding scale
17:00 doors | 18:00 show
Bring notebooks, pencils, calculators, and anything else you can imagine being useful in an elementary school classroom.
featuring:
Orlando Coolridge (of Slumpgang 777) | soundcloud.com/orlandocoolridge
Brian Barr (of Aseethe) | aseethe.bandcamp.com
Dark Family | darkfamily666.bandcamp.com
Jabez Da Sorrow | soundcloud.com/jabezdasorrow
+ more TBA
$5-10 sliding scale
17:00 doors | 18:00 show
sunday 04 august
The Fuck: A Quiz Show
Join your host Andrew King as he quizzes three contestants (two comedians and one civilian) in a series of jeopardy-esque trivia. The contestants must answer in the form of "The fuck?". In place of a buzzer each contestant will have a flashlight they must shine in the hosts' eyes. They're not playing for money- they're playing for a Rozz-Tox gift card and your amusement. Antics abound.
free admission
19:00
Join your host Andrew King as he quizzes three contestants (two comedians and one civilian) in a series of jeopardy-esque trivia. The contestants must answer in the form of "The fuck?". In place of a buzzer each contestant will have a flashlight they must shine in the hosts' eyes. They're not playing for money- they're playing for a Rozz-Tox gift card and your amusement. Antics abound.
free admission
19:00
friday 09 august
The Fey | thefey.band
SoulTru | soultrumusic.com
$8 | 20:00 doors | 21:00 show
[soul] [hip-hop] [jazz] [baptist]
SoulTru | soultrumusic.com
$8 | 20:00 doors | 21:00 show
[soul] [hip-hop] [jazz] [baptist]
saturday 10 august
Rozz-Tox x Wake Brewing x Ragged Records Present:
Rozz-Tox x Wake Brewing x Ragged Records Present:
Spotlights | spotlights.bandcamp.com
Vampyre | vampyreinc.bandcamp.com
free admission | 20:00 - 23:00
[post-metal] [doom-gaze]
Vampyre | vampyreinc.bandcamp.com
free admission | 20:00 - 23:00
[post-metal] [doom-gaze]
saturday 17 august
Lovataraxx (France) | lovataraxx.bandcamp.com
White Batzzz | whitebatzzz.bandcamp.com
Nonnie Parry | nonnieparry.bandcamp.com
Pulsing | pulsing8bit.bandcamp.com
$5-10 sliding scale
20:00 doors | 21:00 show
[coldwave] [darkwave]
White Batzzz | whitebatzzz.bandcamp.com
Nonnie Parry | nonnieparry.bandcamp.com
Pulsing | pulsing8bit.bandcamp.com
$5-10 sliding scale
20:00 doors | 21:00 show
[coldwave] [darkwave]
tuesday 20 august
The Nunnery | thenunnerymusic.bandcamp.com
Moon Ruin | moonruin.bandcamp.com
Pollinators | pollinators.bandcamp.com
$5-10 sliding scale
19:00 doors | 20:00 show
[ambient] [pop]
Moon Ruin | moonruin.bandcamp.com
Pollinators | pollinators.bandcamp.com
$5-10 sliding scale
19:00 doors | 20:00 show
[ambient] [pop]
friday 23 august
Outlet Presents: Ariel Zetina
Outlet Presents: Ariel Zetina
Ariel Zetina | arielzetina.bandcamp.com
Few young DJs and producers in Chicago are as charismatic, original and progressive as Ariel Zetina. But that’s likely because Zetina is one-of-a-kind. For one, most producers would not cite the late-’90s/early aughts era of pop-oriented trance music as one of the numerous influences in their current creations. And most don’t mention performance art within their origin stories. It is precisely because of Zetina’s tastes, which are broad and inclusive, that fans (and house music institutions) have flocked to her in droves.
-Chicago Tribune
opening set: Higgy
$10 advance | $13 dos
21:00 - 3:00
outlet is a series of curated rozz-tox events focusing on quality experimental and electronic music and performances.
Few young DJs and producers in Chicago are as charismatic, original and progressive as Ariel Zetina. But that’s likely because Zetina is one-of-a-kind. For one, most producers would not cite the late-’90s/early aughts era of pop-oriented trance music as one of the numerous influences in their current creations. And most don’t mention performance art within their origin stories. It is precisely because of Zetina’s tastes, which are broad and inclusive, that fans (and house music institutions) have flocked to her in droves.
-Chicago Tribune
opening set: Higgy
$10 advance | $13 dos
21:00 - 3:00
outlet is a series of curated rozz-tox events focusing on quality experimental and electronic music and performances.
friday 30 august
Tommy
Ahzia | soundcloud.com/zia-31
PoolBoy | soundcloud.com/smokedoutsessions
Zachreb | soundcloud.com/clustrr
Mill City Mob | mobqc.com
Xandrew | music.apple.com/us/artist/xandrew
hosted by Lil Mark
free admission
20:00 doors | 21:00 show
[hip-hop] [rap]
Ahzia | soundcloud.com/zia-31
PoolBoy | soundcloud.com/smokedoutsessions
Zachreb | soundcloud.com/clustrr
Mill City Mob | mobqc.com
Xandrew | music.apple.com/us/artist/xandrew
hosted by Lil Mark
free admission
20:00 doors | 21:00 show
[hip-hop] [rap]
saturday 31 august
The Common Faces | thecommonfaces.com
John June Year | johnjuneyear.com
Foxholes | foxholesmusic.com
$5 admission
20:00 doors | 21:00 show
[rock]
John June Year | johnjuneyear.com
Foxholes | foxholesmusic.com
$5 admission
20:00 doors | 21:00 show
[rock]
SEPTEMBER 2019
saturday 14 september
Outlet Presents: Ash Lauryn
Outlet Presents: Ash Lauryn
Ash Lauryn | undergroundandblack.com
nts.live/shows/ash-lauryn
Ash Lauryn is a DJ, Writer, and Radio Host hailing from Detroit, MI who is currently based in Atlanta, GA. Ash specializes in underground dance music, and says most of her influence stems from her roots back home in Detroit. As an active member of the dance music community for over a decade, she hosts her own event series alongside Stefan Ringer called Expressions, and is currently a resident DJ with Atlanta’s Deep South collective. In addition, Ash run’s a blog called “Underground & Black”, that shares the title with her monthly NTS radio show- the blog explores her experiences as a black woman and rising DJ on the dance music scene. Ash also hosts events under the Underground & Black moniker, with the inaugural edition taking place in NYC at Bossa Nova Civic Club, and the second to take place in Detroit during Movement Festival Weekend 2019.
Ash has quickly and firmly established her career as a DJ, and has successfully headlined gigs in NYC, Berlin, London, Paris and beyond. She has also shared bills with legendary acts such as Joe Claussell, Marcellus Pittman, Chez Damier, and Kai Alcè, to name a few. With 3 Europe tours under her belt, Ash made her debut at the world-renowned Tresor Club in Berlin in 2018, and more recently at Oval Space in London at the long running and respected SecretSundaze series. With a deep respect and appreciation for the roots and soul of dance music, Ash has solidified her sound and mission in music. This can be experienced through her emotive writing and DJ sets, that consist of everything from Soul, to Disco, to House and Techno. The Detroit native is a fresh and energetic voice; a passionate ambassador of one of America’s homegrown music traditions, and her “Underground & Black” vision is shaping the fabric of contemporary club culture.
$8 advance | $10 dos
20:00 doors | 21:00 show
[detroit house] [soul] [techno] [disco]
nts.live/shows/ash-lauryn
Ash Lauryn is a DJ, Writer, and Radio Host hailing from Detroit, MI who is currently based in Atlanta, GA. Ash specializes in underground dance music, and says most of her influence stems from her roots back home in Detroit. As an active member of the dance music community for over a decade, she hosts her own event series alongside Stefan Ringer called Expressions, and is currently a resident DJ with Atlanta’s Deep South collective. In addition, Ash run’s a blog called “Underground & Black”, that shares the title with her monthly NTS radio show- the blog explores her experiences as a black woman and rising DJ on the dance music scene. Ash also hosts events under the Underground & Black moniker, with the inaugural edition taking place in NYC at Bossa Nova Civic Club, and the second to take place in Detroit during Movement Festival Weekend 2019.
Ash has quickly and firmly established her career as a DJ, and has successfully headlined gigs in NYC, Berlin, London, Paris and beyond. She has also shared bills with legendary acts such as Joe Claussell, Marcellus Pittman, Chez Damier, and Kai Alcè, to name a few. With 3 Europe tours under her belt, Ash made her debut at the world-renowned Tresor Club in Berlin in 2018, and more recently at Oval Space in London at the long running and respected SecretSundaze series. With a deep respect and appreciation for the roots and soul of dance music, Ash has solidified her sound and mission in music. This can be experienced through her emotive writing and DJ sets, that consist of everything from Soul, to Disco, to House and Techno. The Detroit native is a fresh and energetic voice; a passionate ambassador of one of America’s homegrown music traditions, and her “Underground & Black” vision is shaping the fabric of contemporary club culture.
$8 advance | $10 dos
20:00 doors | 21:00 show
[detroit house] [soul] [techno] [disco]
sunday 15 september
Les Filles de Illighadad | lesfillesdeillighadad.bandcamp.com
The female led avant rock group hailing from the village of the same name bring their new genre of Tuareg guitar mixed with traditional rural folk. Versed in tradition, Fatou Seidi Ghali and her band have created contemporary studio versions that are unlike anything ever before recorded, transporting rural nomadic song into the 21st century.
Les Filles are all from Illighadad, a secluded commune in central Niger, far off in the scrubland deserts at the edge of the Sahara. The village is only accessible via a grueling drive through the open desert and there is little infrastructure, no electricity or running water. But what the nomadic zone lacks in material wealth it makes up for deep and strong identity and tradition. The surrounding countryside support hundreds of pastoral families, living with and among their herds, as their families have done for centuries.
The sound that defines rural Niger is a music known as “tende.” It takes its name from a drum, built from a goat skin stretched across a mortar and pestle. Like the environs, tende music is a testament to wealth in simplicity, with sparse compositions built from a few elements, vocals, handclaps, and percussion. Songs speak of the village, of love, and of praise for ancestors. It is a music form dominated by women. Collective and communal, tende is tradition for all the young girls of the nomad camps, played during celebrations and to pass the time during the late nights of the rainy season.
In the past years, certain genres of Tuareg music have become popular in the West. International acts of “desert blues” like Tinariwen, Bombino, and Mdou Moctar have become synonymous with the name “Tuareg.” But guitar music is a recent creation. In the 1970s young Tuareg men living in exile in Libya and Algeria discovered the guitar. Lacking any female vocalists to perform tende, they began to play the guitar to mimic this sound, replacing water drums with plastic jerrycans and substituting a guitar drone for the vocal call and response. The exiled eventually traveled home and brought the guitar music with them. In time, this new guitar sound came to eclipse the tende, especially in the urban centers. If tende is a music that has always been sung by woman, the Tuareg guitar was its gendered counterpart, and Tuareg guitar music is a male dominated scene.
Fatou Seidi Ghali, lead vocalist and performer of Les Filles is one of only a few Tuareg female guitarists in Niger. Sneaking away with her older brother's guitar, she taught herself to play. While Fatou's role as the first female Tuareg guitarist is groundbreaking, it is just as interesting for her musical direction. In a place where gender norms have created two divergent musics, Fatou and Les Filles are reasserting the role of tende in Tuareg guitar. In lieu of the djembe or the drum kit, so popular in contemporary Tuareg rock bands, Les Filles de Illighadad incorporate the traditional drum and the pounding calabash, half buried in water. The forgotten inspiration of Tuareg guitar, they are reclaiming its importance in the genre and reclaiming the music of tende. Hypnotic guitar riffs, driving rhythm, and polyphonic resonant vocals combine to create an organic sound that is timeless and ancient, bridging ancient tradition and modern worlds. With songs of love, celebrating the village, and praise for the desert and its people, Les Filles create a repertoire of ancient songs, village tende favorites, and new classics.
support TBA
$12 advance | $15 dos
19:00 doors | 20:00 show
[desert blues] [tuareg guitar] [niger] [tende]
The female led avant rock group hailing from the village of the same name bring their new genre of Tuareg guitar mixed with traditional rural folk. Versed in tradition, Fatou Seidi Ghali and her band have created contemporary studio versions that are unlike anything ever before recorded, transporting rural nomadic song into the 21st century.
Les Filles are all from Illighadad, a secluded commune in central Niger, far off in the scrubland deserts at the edge of the Sahara. The village is only accessible via a grueling drive through the open desert and there is little infrastructure, no electricity or running water. But what the nomadic zone lacks in material wealth it makes up for deep and strong identity and tradition. The surrounding countryside support hundreds of pastoral families, living with and among their herds, as their families have done for centuries.
The sound that defines rural Niger is a music known as “tende.” It takes its name from a drum, built from a goat skin stretched across a mortar and pestle. Like the environs, tende music is a testament to wealth in simplicity, with sparse compositions built from a few elements, vocals, handclaps, and percussion. Songs speak of the village, of love, and of praise for ancestors. It is a music form dominated by women. Collective and communal, tende is tradition for all the young girls of the nomad camps, played during celebrations and to pass the time during the late nights of the rainy season.
In the past years, certain genres of Tuareg music have become popular in the West. International acts of “desert blues” like Tinariwen, Bombino, and Mdou Moctar have become synonymous with the name “Tuareg.” But guitar music is a recent creation. In the 1970s young Tuareg men living in exile in Libya and Algeria discovered the guitar. Lacking any female vocalists to perform tende, they began to play the guitar to mimic this sound, replacing water drums with plastic jerrycans and substituting a guitar drone for the vocal call and response. The exiled eventually traveled home and brought the guitar music with them. In time, this new guitar sound came to eclipse the tende, especially in the urban centers. If tende is a music that has always been sung by woman, the Tuareg guitar was its gendered counterpart, and Tuareg guitar music is a male dominated scene.
Fatou Seidi Ghali, lead vocalist and performer of Les Filles is one of only a few Tuareg female guitarists in Niger. Sneaking away with her older brother's guitar, she taught herself to play. While Fatou's role as the first female Tuareg guitarist is groundbreaking, it is just as interesting for her musical direction. In a place where gender norms have created two divergent musics, Fatou and Les Filles are reasserting the role of tende in Tuareg guitar. In lieu of the djembe or the drum kit, so popular in contemporary Tuareg rock bands, Les Filles de Illighadad incorporate the traditional drum and the pounding calabash, half buried in water. The forgotten inspiration of Tuareg guitar, they are reclaiming its importance in the genre and reclaiming the music of tende. Hypnotic guitar riffs, driving rhythm, and polyphonic resonant vocals combine to create an organic sound that is timeless and ancient, bridging ancient tradition and modern worlds. With songs of love, celebrating the village, and praise for the desert and its people, Les Filles create a repertoire of ancient songs, village tende favorites, and new classics.
support TBA
$12 advance | $15 dos
19:00 doors | 20:00 show
[desert blues] [tuareg guitar] [niger] [tende]
sunday 22 september
Video Age | videoage.bandcamp.com
J Fernandez (Joyful Noise) | jfernandez.bandcamp.com
$8 advance | $12 dos
19:00 doors | 20:00 show
[new wave] [synth pop] [psych pop]
J Fernandez (Joyful Noise) | jfernandez.bandcamp.com
$8 advance | $12 dos
19:00 doors | 20:00 show
[new wave] [synth pop] [psych pop]
