2018 spring hours:
closed monday / tuesday - friday 5p-1a / saturday 11a-1a / sunday 11a-11p
closed monday / tuesday - friday 5p-1a / saturday 11a-1a / sunday 11a-11p
~ MARISA "MISSY" SORRELLS ~
11.11.58 - 12.09.17
in memory of our mother, co-founder, and backbone.
we love you forever.
11.11.58 - 12.09.17
in memory of our mother, co-founder, and backbone.
we love you forever.
JUNE 2018
sunday 24 june
Circuit Des Yeux (drag city) / chicago
circuitdesyeux.com
circuitdesyeux.bandcamp.com
www.dragcity.com/artists/circuit-des-yeux
opening acts:
Aqualife / QC
aqualife.bandcamp.com
Anthony Worden / iowa city
anthonyworden.bandcamp.com
Vocalist, composer, and producer Haley Fohr has been CIRCUIT DES YEUX since she was eighteen years old. Born in the year of the Dragon in Indiana’s own “Star City” - that’s Lafayette IN - she released records regularly over the past decades; four full-length albums, along with several mini-albums and singles. Meanwhile, she has played shows everywhere, touring all the time. She has been based in Chicago since 2012.
All this was endeavored to be done out of necessity, in order for Haley to be Circuit des Yeux and for Circuit des Yeux to be Haley. The records and shows have been done in primarily DIY fashion, as a means of navigating the world, genuflecting with Sagittarian energy. Circuit des Yeux reflects from a singular angle, looking deeply, at times unblinkingly, at connections and collisions of the cerebral and the physical, with a sense of colloquial grit and an equally opaque transcendent spirit in her words and her music.
Circuit des Yeux is an ardent collaborator, numbering Glenn Branca, Lee Renaldo, Bill Orcutt, Bitchin Bajas & Bonny ‘Prince’ Billy and Olivia Block among her fellow performers. Circuit des Yeux has received enervated and affirmative commentary from The Quietus, NPR, New York Times, Chicago Reader, Brooklyn Rail, Pitchfork and The Wire, among many others. They have all made interesting speculations on her brand of entertainment. All we can tell you in addition is that she has a 4-octave range - at least on days when it isn’t raining.
$10 | all ages | event page | tickets (one free drink w tix bought online)
7p doors | 8p show
avant garde neo classical pop / minimal synth / new wave
circuitdesyeux.com
circuitdesyeux.bandcamp.com
www.dragcity.com/artists/circuit-des-yeux
opening acts:
Aqualife / QC
aqualife.bandcamp.com
Anthony Worden / iowa city
anthonyworden.bandcamp.com
Vocalist, composer, and producer Haley Fohr has been CIRCUIT DES YEUX since she was eighteen years old. Born in the year of the Dragon in Indiana’s own “Star City” - that’s Lafayette IN - she released records regularly over the past decades; four full-length albums, along with several mini-albums and singles. Meanwhile, she has played shows everywhere, touring all the time. She has been based in Chicago since 2012.
All this was endeavored to be done out of necessity, in order for Haley to be Circuit des Yeux and for Circuit des Yeux to be Haley. The records and shows have been done in primarily DIY fashion, as a means of navigating the world, genuflecting with Sagittarian energy. Circuit des Yeux reflects from a singular angle, looking deeply, at times unblinkingly, at connections and collisions of the cerebral and the physical, with a sense of colloquial grit and an equally opaque transcendent spirit in her words and her music.
Circuit des Yeux is an ardent collaborator, numbering Glenn Branca, Lee Renaldo, Bill Orcutt, Bitchin Bajas & Bonny ‘Prince’ Billy and Olivia Block among her fellow performers. Circuit des Yeux has received enervated and affirmative commentary from The Quietus, NPR, New York Times, Chicago Reader, Brooklyn Rail, Pitchfork and The Wire, among many others. They have all made interesting speculations on her brand of entertainment. All we can tell you in addition is that she has a 4-octave range - at least on days when it isn’t raining.
$10 | all ages | event page | tickets (one free drink w tix bought online)
7p doors | 8p show
avant garde neo classical pop / minimal synth / new wave
friday 29 june
The Midwest Writing Center (MWC) is thrilled to announce a public reading of the David R. Collins Writers’ Conference faculty, to be followed by an open mic featuring conference participants. Drinks will be available for purchase.
mwcqc.org
Our featured readers/faculty include:
Lyz Lenz
Amy Hassinger
Lauren Haldeman
Keith Lesmeister
live solo set from AJ WOODS will follow
woods.bandcamp.com
free admission | all ages
5:30p social mixer | 7-9p reading | 10p live music
mwcqc.org
Our featured readers/faculty include:
Lyz Lenz
Amy Hassinger
Lauren Haldeman
Keith Lesmeister
live solo set from AJ WOODS will follow
woods.bandcamp.com
free admission | all ages
5:30p social mixer | 7-9p reading | 10p live music
saturday 30 june
Fresh Wax
Fresh Wax
Low Tide w/ Liv Carrow
no cover | all vinyl | all night
alternative/ oldies/ psych folk/ world/ post punk
no cover | all vinyl | all night
alternative/ oldies/ psych folk/ world/ post punk
JULY 2018
sunday 01 july
Lonesome Leash - one-person-band, accordion and foot drums, future-rustic new wave, former member of Dark Dark Dark
lonesomeleash.com
donation based | all ages
7p doors | 8p show
lonesomeleash.com
donation based | all ages
7p doors | 8p show
friday 06 july
Artist Opening Reception
Artist Opening Reception
free & open | 5-7p
wednesday 11 july
The Lique - las vegas, nv
soundcloud.com/thelique
donation based | all ages
7p doors | 8p show
live band hip hop
soundcloud.com/thelique
donation based | all ages
7p doors | 8p show
live band hip hop
friday 13 july
Step into the head and heart of one of the QC's finest selectors. Dance your way through a 5hr journey exploring sonic landscapes both familiar and unknown.
thursday 19 july
Sam Moss - boston
sammoss.bandcamp.com
Sam Moss is a musician living in Boston. His discography ranges from early recordings of instrumental folk guitar to more recent lyrically centered efforts, including 2018’s Neon, which has been acclaimed by NPR and The Boston Globe. Since 2014 he has been regularly on tour, performing in all manner of venues: pubs, galleries, abandoned silos, living rooms, and the Newport Folk Festival. Moss is a recipient of fellowships from the MacDowell Colony and Marble House Project.
"Few fingerstyle guitarists have made the transition to singer-songwriter mode as gracefully as Sam Moss." - NPR
"Marvelous, resonating, magnetic stillness." - Boston Globe
“This fingerpicking guitar virtuoso characterizes the folk spirit in its finest sense.” - Paste
Her Crooked Heart - minneapois
hercrookedheart.bandcamp.com
HER CROOKED HEART is the new music of Rachel Ries – multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, producer, rock & roll choir director, sideman, singer. Her Crooked Heart’s debut EP, To Gentlemen, and forthcoming album, To Love To Leave To Live, feature members of Bon Iver, Shane Leonard and string arrangements by the inimitable Rob Moose.
Along with numerous and diverse collaborators through the years – including Hadestown mastermind, Anaïs Mitchell – Rachel has proven herself ever-curious to expand her sound, her scope, and sail on past the confines of ‘singer-songwriter.’ After all, sometimes what the heart wants is poetry and a syncopated horn line; a string section and a bass synth – all leaving exultation and devastation in their wake.
opening act:
Liv Carrow
livcarrowmusic.bandcamp.com
$5-10 sliding scale | all ages
7p doors | 8p show
finger-style folk songwriting
sammoss.bandcamp.com
Sam Moss is a musician living in Boston. His discography ranges from early recordings of instrumental folk guitar to more recent lyrically centered efforts, including 2018’s Neon, which has been acclaimed by NPR and The Boston Globe. Since 2014 he has been regularly on tour, performing in all manner of venues: pubs, galleries, abandoned silos, living rooms, and the Newport Folk Festival. Moss is a recipient of fellowships from the MacDowell Colony and Marble House Project.
"Few fingerstyle guitarists have made the transition to singer-songwriter mode as gracefully as Sam Moss." - NPR
"Marvelous, resonating, magnetic stillness." - Boston Globe
“This fingerpicking guitar virtuoso characterizes the folk spirit in its finest sense.” - Paste
Her Crooked Heart - minneapois
hercrookedheart.bandcamp.com
HER CROOKED HEART is the new music of Rachel Ries – multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, producer, rock & roll choir director, sideman, singer. Her Crooked Heart’s debut EP, To Gentlemen, and forthcoming album, To Love To Leave To Live, feature members of Bon Iver, Shane Leonard and string arrangements by the inimitable Rob Moose.
Along with numerous and diverse collaborators through the years – including Hadestown mastermind, Anaïs Mitchell – Rachel has proven herself ever-curious to expand her sound, her scope, and sail on past the confines of ‘singer-songwriter.’ After all, sometimes what the heart wants is poetry and a syncopated horn line; a string section and a bass synth – all leaving exultation and devastation in their wake.
opening act:
Liv Carrow
livcarrowmusic.bandcamp.com
$5-10 sliding scale | all ages
7p doors | 8p show
finger-style folk songwriting
saturday 21 july
Cabin 7 - ska punks on tour from detroit
cabin7.bandcamp.com
Aging - QC garage punks
agingqc.bandcamp.com
Short Horn - QC post punks
shorthorn.bandcamp.com
$5-10 sliding scale | all ages
7p doors | 8p show
cabin7.bandcamp.com
Aging - QC garage punks
agingqc.bandcamp.com
Short Horn - QC post punks
shorthorn.bandcamp.com
$5-10 sliding scale | all ages
7p doors | 8p show
friday 27 july
SeeYouSpaceCowboy - on tour from LA
seeyouspacecowboyca.bandcamp.com
Artorias
youtube.com/watch?v=KP0r5LSbWL4
Joint Dislocation
daggerscloaks.bandcamp.com
$5-10 sliding scale | all ages
7p doors | 8p show
screamo metalcore noise
seeyouspacecowboyca.bandcamp.com
Artorias
youtube.com/watch?v=KP0r5LSbWL4
Joint Dislocation
daggerscloaks.bandcamp.com
$5-10 sliding scale | all ages
7p doors | 8p show
screamo metalcore noise
sunday 29 july
Nordic Film Series
Nordic Film Series
Europa
a film by Lars Von Trier
1991 | war time art drama | 1h 52m | R | multi-lingual
free admission | 17+ ages
8p screening
a film by Lars Von Trier
1991 | war time art drama | 1h 52m | R | multi-lingual
free admission | 17+ ages
8p screening
AUGUST 2018
thursday 02 august
Uniform (sacred bones) / NYC
unifuckingform.com
unifuckingform.bandcamp.com
sacredbonesrecords.com
Uniform formed in New York City in late 2013 when old friends Ben Greenberg (Hubble, The Men, Pygymy Shrews) and Michael Berdan (York Factory Complaint, Drunkdriver, Believer/Law) realized they lived on the same street. Their impulsive collaboration quickly yielded Our Blood / Of Sound Mind and Body single. The six tracks that comprise the equally abrasive but more refined Perfect World have been coming together between tours and work ever since.
The music that Greenberg and Berdan conjure up under the Uniform moniker is immediate, aggressive, and even primal in form, but it plumbs untold depths. Berdan’s venomous voice mines deeply personal themes of resentment, regret, reflection and addiction over the hum of Greenberg’s almost impossibly disciplined guitar, bass synth, and drum machine lines. Greenberg uses the word “templatized” to describe their approach to writing songs for Uniform.
opening act:
VoidDweller
voiddweller000.bandcamp.com
$10 | all ages | event page | tickets (one free drink w tix bought online)
7p doors | 8p show
heavy industrial noise
unifuckingform.com
unifuckingform.bandcamp.com
sacredbonesrecords.com
Uniform formed in New York City in late 2013 when old friends Ben Greenberg (Hubble, The Men, Pygymy Shrews) and Michael Berdan (York Factory Complaint, Drunkdriver, Believer/Law) realized they lived on the same street. Their impulsive collaboration quickly yielded Our Blood / Of Sound Mind and Body single. The six tracks that comprise the equally abrasive but more refined Perfect World have been coming together between tours and work ever since.
The music that Greenberg and Berdan conjure up under the Uniform moniker is immediate, aggressive, and even primal in form, but it plumbs untold depths. Berdan’s venomous voice mines deeply personal themes of resentment, regret, reflection and addiction over the hum of Greenberg’s almost impossibly disciplined guitar, bass synth, and drum machine lines. Greenberg uses the word “templatized” to describe their approach to writing songs for Uniform.
opening act:
VoidDweller
voiddweller000.bandcamp.com
$10 | all ages | event page | tickets (one free drink w tix bought online)
7p doors | 8p show
heavy industrial noise
friday 03 august
Fran - chicago
franband.bandcamp.com
Tobacco City - chicago
link coming soon..
Liv Carrow - QC by way of a bunch of other places
livcarrowmusic.bandcamp.com
donation based | all ages
8p doors | 9p show
folk pop singer-songwriter
franband.bandcamp.com
Tobacco City - chicago
link coming soon..
Liv Carrow - QC by way of a bunch of other places
livcarrowmusic.bandcamp.com
donation based | all ages
8p doors | 9p show
folk pop singer-songwriter
friday 17 august
Charlie Kirchen Quartet / chicago
youtube.com/watch
The Charlie Kirchen Quartet is the latest project from Chicago-based composer/improvisor/bassist/theorist, Charlie Kirchen. Drawing on a sensibility informed by jazz, certain strains of 20th century classical music, and various folk traditions, Kirchen's music is focused on finding a balance between a visceral free-improvised expression and logically rigorous melodic, harmonic, and formal frameworks.
Nick Mazzarella - alto saxophone
Dave Miller - guitar
Charlie Kirchen - bass and ink
Devin Drobka - drums
donation based | all ages
8p doors | 9p show
free jazz neo-classical noise
youtube.com/watch
The Charlie Kirchen Quartet is the latest project from Chicago-based composer/improvisor/bassist/theorist, Charlie Kirchen. Drawing on a sensibility informed by jazz, certain strains of 20th century classical music, and various folk traditions, Kirchen's music is focused on finding a balance between a visceral free-improvised expression and logically rigorous melodic, harmonic, and formal frameworks.
Nick Mazzarella - alto saxophone
Dave Miller - guitar
Charlie Kirchen - bass and ink
Devin Drobka - drums
donation based | all ages
8p doors | 9p show
free jazz neo-classical noise
wednesday 22 august
Outlet Presents
Outlet Presents
Efrim Manuel Menuck - godspeed you black emperor founding member / Montreal
efrimmanuelmenuck.bandcamp.com
opening acts:
Archeress
archeressqc.bandcamp.com
Bob Bucko Jr.
bobbuckojr.bandcamp.com
Outlet Series:
http://www.rozztox.com/outlet.html
$15 | all ages | event page | tickets (free drink w advance tix)
7p doors | 8p show
hypnotic loud electronic drone
efrimmanuelmenuck.bandcamp.com
opening acts:
Archeress
archeressqc.bandcamp.com
Bob Bucko Jr.
bobbuckojr.bandcamp.com
Outlet Series:
http://www.rozztox.com/outlet.html
$15 | all ages | event page | tickets (free drink w advance tix)
7p doors | 8p show
hypnotic loud electronic drone
wednesday 29 august
The Nunnery - minneapolis
thenunnerymusic.bandcamp.com
donation based | all ages
7p doors | 8p show
electronic vocal looping dream chants
thenunnerymusic.bandcamp.com
donation based | all ages
7p doors | 8p show
electronic vocal looping dream chants
SEPTEMBER 2018
tuesday 11 september
Loud Sun - minneapolis
loudsun.bandcamp.com
Devata Daun - minneapolis
devatadaun.bandcamp.com
White Batzzz - quad cities
soundcloud.com/whitebatzzz/get-him-back
$5-10 sliding scale | all ages
7p doors | 8p show
lofi bedroom pop / electronic darkwave
loudsun.bandcamp.com
Devata Daun - minneapolis
devatadaun.bandcamp.com
White Batzzz - quad cities
soundcloud.com/whitebatzzz/get-him-back
$5-10 sliding scale | all ages
7p doors | 8p show
lofi bedroom pop / electronic darkwave
friday 21 september
Annalibera - des moines
annalibera.bandcamp.com
Squirrel Flower - on tour from boston
squirrelflower.bandcamp.com
Curt Oren - chicago
curtoren.bandcamp.com
$5-10 sliding scale | all ages
8p doors | 9p show
alt-pop farm punk freak folk
annalibera.bandcamp.com
Squirrel Flower - on tour from boston
squirrelflower.bandcamp.com
Curt Oren - chicago
curtoren.bandcamp.com
$5-10 sliding scale | all ages
8p doors | 9p show
alt-pop farm punk freak folk
