enjoy a set from YAMAGUCHI RADIO while you read:
Yamaguchi Radio is a Rozz-Tox production of deejay sets that happen live in both the Rock Island & Guangzhou spaces.
HOURS
wednesday 5pm-12am
thursday 5pm-12am
friday 5pm-12am
saturday 10am-12am
sunday 10am-10pm
CLOSED MONDAY+TUESDAY
wednesday 5pm-12am
thursday 5pm-12am
friday 5pm-12am
saturday 10am-12am
sunday 10am-10pm
CLOSED MONDAY+TUESDAY
EVENTS
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AMATEUR SELECTORS is our new weekly all vinyl deejay series taking the place of FRESH WAX. this series is a nod to a small bar in Düsseldorf called Salon Des Amateurs - a space we admire for breaking the rules of what a "club" should be, and what kinds of music a deejay should spin. We feel like ROZZ-TOX follows a similar ethos, and we want to cultivate this mentality in Rock Island by not subscribing to any rules of what a venue/ club/ bar should be, but rather do what feels good and right.
check out RAGGED RECORDS next door to us, and downtown davenport - they're a couple of the best record stores in the midwest.
check out RAGGED RECORDS next door to us, and downtown davenport - they're a couple of the best record stores in the midwest.
saturday 01 october
AMATEUR SELECTORS: VINYL DEEJAY NIGHTS
AMATEUR SELECTORS: VINYL DEEJAY NIGHTS
SUB SPECIE SIMULATIONIS W/ APRI ORION
[ambient] [electronic] [experimental]
a staple on the RT tables -- apri orion aka retinal tear! listen in awe of his meticulous selections from his insane collection.
6pm - midnight
free, all ages
[ambient] [electronic] [experimental]
a staple on the RT tables -- apri orion aka retinal tear! listen in awe of his meticulous selections from his insane collection.
6pm - midnight
free, all ages
sunday 02 october
LABORSPACE X ROZZ-TOX PRESENT: LOWLAND BLOCK PARTY V
LABORSPACE X ROZZ-TOX PRESENT: LOWLAND BLOCK PARTY V
it's that time of the year! kicking off our favorite month with one of our favorite events, Lowland Block Party! there will be lots of food, vendors, music, and good times. this is the day of the year we celebrate this fantastic community-- thank ya'll for making it so special.
Live music from:
Hayes Noble - https://hayesnoble.bandcamp.com/
Mo Carter - https://moandco.bandcamp.com
Ragged Records & Music spinning vinyl
Live readings from: Midwest Writing Center
Food and Drink from: Rozz-Tox, Roosters, and Wake Brewing
Kids Activities from: WQPT/PBS
Vendors include:
Ragged Records & Music (vinyl), Midwest Writing Center (books), WQPT/PBS (games), Death Stitch Clothing (clothing), Blue Aether Witchery (art), Adventure Orange (art), Jon Burns (art), Glen Lowry (art), Rose Noble (art), Erica Parrott (art), Johnnie Cluney (art), Hillary Hansen (massage), Elliott Bay Towers (multimedia), Carolyn Krueger (pottery), Collaborative HeARt (art), Metscadicks (art), Dandylion Weeden (art), Jennifer Hinds (jewelry), Marc Showalter (art), Mellow Blue Planet (comics)
free, all ages (friendly dogs welcome)
11am-5pm
Live music from:
Hayes Noble - https://hayesnoble.bandcamp.com/
Mo Carter - https://moandco.bandcamp.com
Ragged Records & Music spinning vinyl
Live readings from: Midwest Writing Center
Food and Drink from: Rozz-Tox, Roosters, and Wake Brewing
Kids Activities from: WQPT/PBS
Vendors include:
Ragged Records & Music (vinyl), Midwest Writing Center (books), WQPT/PBS (games), Death Stitch Clothing (clothing), Blue Aether Witchery (art), Adventure Orange (art), Jon Burns (art), Glen Lowry (art), Rose Noble (art), Erica Parrott (art), Johnnie Cluney (art), Hillary Hansen (massage), Elliott Bay Towers (multimedia), Carolyn Krueger (pottery), Collaborative HeARt (art), Metscadicks (art), Dandylion Weeden (art), Jennifer Hinds (jewelry), Marc Showalter (art), Mellow Blue Planet (comics)
free, all ages (friendly dogs welcome)
11am-5pm
friday 07 october
AMATEUR SELECTORS: VINYL DEEJAY NIGHTS
AMATEUR SELECTORS: VINYL DEEJAY NIGHTS
THE DEPTHS W/ BRIAN BARR OF THE GARROTE/ ASEETHE (dj set)
[avant-garde] [drone] [doom] [hardcore] [noise rock]
aseethe guitarist/ vocalist and the garrote records co-founder is on deck solo spinning heavy, dark tunes to bring you into the autumn month.
8pm - midnight
free, all ages
[avant-garde] [drone] [doom] [hardcore] [noise rock]
aseethe guitarist/ vocalist and the garrote records co-founder is on deck solo spinning heavy, dark tunes to bring you into the autumn month.
8pm - midnight
free, all ages
friday 07 october
OPENING RECEPTION: THINGAMAJIGS AND RIGHT-FACING NUDES, works by Peter Xiao
OPENING RECEPTION: THINGAMAJIGS AND RIGHT-FACING NUDES, works by Peter Xiao
free & open
5-7pm
exhibition up until october 30
Bio:
Born in Beijing, Peter Tong Xiao grew up during China’s Cultural Revolution. When Nixon visited China, Tong was fooling with snakes and wild life at May 7 th Cadre School by Xiangyang Lake in Xianning, Hubei, while his parents toiled in the rice paddies with other disgraced writers and playwrights under the country’s Ministry of Culture. The year Chairman Mao died, he was again farming on a People’s Commune outside the capital and narrowly escaped injury when the stone wall tumbled onto his mud baked bed during the Tangshan earthquake. A year later Tong passed a national exam to enter the Beijing Normal University to study English. In his junior year, following his father’s participation in University of Iowa’s International Writers’ Program as the first Chinese writer, Tong transferred to Coe College, Cedar Rapids, Iowa to turn Peter, a name given by his English “godmother” Mrs. Tina Bailey. After completing a BA in fine arts and English at Coe, Peter went on to Temple University for his MFA in painting, was employed by the Philadelphia Museum of Art, part-time taught and exhibited in Philadelphia, New York and Chicago’s Art Expo. Since 1989 Peter has taught drawing and painting at Augustana College, Rock Island, Illinois, and co-chaired Asian Studies at present and in some years past. Peter shows work nationally, occasionally overseas, and now lives with his family in Iowa.
Statement:
Shown here are my paintings of thingamajigs used up and tossed out daily by us without thought or care, as concrete things - even if nondescript - deserve our attention and building up nowadays, not to mention minute reflections, fleeting, unnamable color tones that shift as if playing games each time one looks at them. The nude studies were made in the company of my doing the same, which explains why they face the same direction, in homage to the tradition, to people who model for artists and to the beauty of the human form. I thank Ben of Rozz Tox for an opportunity to show and toast all viewers good health and merriment!
email: peterxiao@augustana.edu
https://artworldchicago.org/peter-t-xiao/
fineartamerica.com/art/peter+xiao
5-7pm
exhibition up until october 30
Bio:
Born in Beijing, Peter Tong Xiao grew up during China’s Cultural Revolution. When Nixon visited China, Tong was fooling with snakes and wild life at May 7 th Cadre School by Xiangyang Lake in Xianning, Hubei, while his parents toiled in the rice paddies with other disgraced writers and playwrights under the country’s Ministry of Culture. The year Chairman Mao died, he was again farming on a People’s Commune outside the capital and narrowly escaped injury when the stone wall tumbled onto his mud baked bed during the Tangshan earthquake. A year later Tong passed a national exam to enter the Beijing Normal University to study English. In his junior year, following his father’s participation in University of Iowa’s International Writers’ Program as the first Chinese writer, Tong transferred to Coe College, Cedar Rapids, Iowa to turn Peter, a name given by his English “godmother” Mrs. Tina Bailey. After completing a BA in fine arts and English at Coe, Peter went on to Temple University for his MFA in painting, was employed by the Philadelphia Museum of Art, part-time taught and exhibited in Philadelphia, New York and Chicago’s Art Expo. Since 1989 Peter has taught drawing and painting at Augustana College, Rock Island, Illinois, and co-chaired Asian Studies at present and in some years past. Peter shows work nationally, occasionally overseas, and now lives with his family in Iowa.
Statement:
Shown here are my paintings of thingamajigs used up and tossed out daily by us without thought or care, as concrete things - even if nondescript - deserve our attention and building up nowadays, not to mention minute reflections, fleeting, unnamable color tones that shift as if playing games each time one looks at them. The nude studies were made in the company of my doing the same, which explains why they face the same direction, in homage to the tradition, to people who model for artists and to the beauty of the human form. I thank Ben of Rozz Tox for an opportunity to show and toast all viewers good health and merriment!
email: peterxiao@augustana.edu
https://artworldchicago.org/peter-t-xiao/
fineartamerica.com/art/peter+xiao
saturday 08 october
DESERT LIMINAL + CRISIS WALK-INS
DESERT LIMINAL + CRISIS WALK-INS
DESERT LIMINAL (chicago)
https://desertliminal.bandcamp.com/album/glass-fate
Desert Liminal is an experimental pop trio and fixture in the deep field of Chicago D.I.Y. Their unique sound combines elements of melodic dream pop, shoegaze, and noise.
opening act:
CRISIS WALK-INS
https://crisiswalkins.bandcamp.com/
$10 at the door
all ages
7pm doors, 8pm show
https://desertliminal.bandcamp.com/album/glass-fate
Desert Liminal is an experimental pop trio and fixture in the deep field of Chicago D.I.Y. Their unique sound combines elements of melodic dream pop, shoegaze, and noise.
opening act:
CRISIS WALK-INS
https://crisiswalkins.bandcamp.com/
$10 at the door
all ages
7pm doors, 8pm show
wednesday 12 october
OUTLET PRESENTS: MOLLY NILSSON
OUTLET PRESENTS: MOLLY NILSSON
MOLLY NILSSON (berlin - night school records)
https://mollynilsson.bandcamp.com/
The Swedish-born artist, now living in Berlin, Germany, has crafted a discography that waltzes between the electronic, minimal synth and hypnagogic pop genres. The essential thing about Nilsson’s music is just how well she evokes feelings of nostalgia with soundscapes that seem as though they are straight out of the ’80s while still retaining freshness through her relevant, reflective and often satirical lyricism. -dailynexus
Her new album, Extreme, is Molly’s tenth studio album. Recorded in 2019 and throughout the 2020 global pandemic at home in Berlin, Extreme is a departure for Nilsson, an explosion of angry love. It’s an album of anthems for the jilted generation, soaked with joy and offering solace, bristling with distorted, Metal guitars and planet-sized choruses that bring light to the dark centre of the galaxy. It’s an album of the times, by the times and for the people. It’s a record about power. About how to fight it, how to take it and how to share it.
APOSTILLE (uk - upset the rhythm)
https://apostille.bandcamp.com/
NOIR WAVE (dj set)
[new wave] [dark wave] [dance pop]
$12 advance / $15 at the door - *ON SALE NOW*
get a free drink when you buy tix online
all ages
7pm doors, 8pm show
PLEASE NOTE THAT WE WILL NOT BE OPEN INSIDE PRIOR TO DOORS AT 7PM
YOU MAY STILL COME EARLY TO SIT OUTSIDE AND ORDER FROM THE SERVICE WINDOW
https://mollynilsson.bandcamp.com/
The Swedish-born artist, now living in Berlin, Germany, has crafted a discography that waltzes between the electronic, minimal synth and hypnagogic pop genres. The essential thing about Nilsson’s music is just how well she evokes feelings of nostalgia with soundscapes that seem as though they are straight out of the ’80s while still retaining freshness through her relevant, reflective and often satirical lyricism. -dailynexus
Her new album, Extreme, is Molly’s tenth studio album. Recorded in 2019 and throughout the 2020 global pandemic at home in Berlin, Extreme is a departure for Nilsson, an explosion of angry love. It’s an album of anthems for the jilted generation, soaked with joy and offering solace, bristling with distorted, Metal guitars and planet-sized choruses that bring light to the dark centre of the galaxy. It’s an album of the times, by the times and for the people. It’s a record about power. About how to fight it, how to take it and how to share it.
APOSTILLE (uk - upset the rhythm)
https://apostille.bandcamp.com/
NOIR WAVE (dj set)
[new wave] [dark wave] [dance pop]
$12 advance / $15 at the door - *ON SALE NOW*
get a free drink when you buy tix online
all ages
7pm doors, 8pm show
PLEASE NOTE THAT WE WILL NOT BE OPEN INSIDE PRIOR TO DOORS AT 7PM
YOU MAY STILL COME EARLY TO SIT OUTSIDE AND ORDER FROM THE SERVICE WINDOW
thursday 13 october
SPECTRA READING SERIES INTERNATIONAL EDITION ft. TUNAY ÖNDER & CHUN SUE
SPECTRA READING SERIES INTERNATIONAL EDITION ft. TUNAY ÖNDER & CHUN SUE
University of Iowa International Writing Program x German American Heritage Center x Midwest Writing Center x Rozz-Tox Present: SPECTRA Reading Series ft. International Writers Tunay Önder (Germany) & Chun Sue (China/ Germany)
free & open to the public
7-9pm
TUNAY ÖNDER (essayist, curator, performer; Germany) is the co-author of the art book migrantenstadl [migrantown] and co-editor of the anthology Urteile [Verdicts], both 2016. Her transdisciplinary work, which merges literature, curatorial practice, and performance, has recently been supported by a grant from the German Foundation for Performing Arts (Fond Daku). She participates courtesy the Max Kade Foundation.
https://iwp.uiowa.edu/writers/tunay-%C3%B6nder
CHUN SUE 春树 (fiction writer, poet; PRC/Germany) became widely known with her iconic 2002 novel 《Beijing Doll》, translated into many languages. She has since published five additional novels, most recently the autobiographical 《Milk Teeth》 (2019), three poetry collections, and books of essays. A frequent presence at literary festivals and arts residencies in Europe, she also publishes in Chinese literary magazines. She was billed as a Chinese post-80s icon on the cover of "Time" magazine's Asian edition in February 2004. Chun Sue has been invited to the Stavanger Poesifestival, the Frankfurt Book Fair, the Durham Book Festival, the Poesiegalerie in Vienna, the Poetic Tandem in Vienna, and the Présences à Frontenay in France. Her participation is courtesy of the Paul and Hualing Engle Fund.
http://www.bjreview.com/You.../2009-07/01/content_204945.htm
This event is made possible by the collaboration of the following organizations:
https://iwp.uiowa.edu/
https://gahc.org/
https://www.mwcqc.org/
http://www.rozztox.com/
free & open to the public
7-9pm
TUNAY ÖNDER (essayist, curator, performer; Germany) is the co-author of the art book migrantenstadl [migrantown] and co-editor of the anthology Urteile [Verdicts], both 2016. Her transdisciplinary work, which merges literature, curatorial practice, and performance, has recently been supported by a grant from the German Foundation for Performing Arts (Fond Daku). She participates courtesy the Max Kade Foundation.
https://iwp.uiowa.edu/writers/tunay-%C3%B6nder
CHUN SUE 春树 (fiction writer, poet; PRC/Germany) became widely known with her iconic 2002 novel 《Beijing Doll》, translated into many languages. She has since published five additional novels, most recently the autobiographical 《Milk Teeth》 (2019), three poetry collections, and books of essays. A frequent presence at literary festivals and arts residencies in Europe, she also publishes in Chinese literary magazines. She was billed as a Chinese post-80s icon on the cover of "Time" magazine's Asian edition in February 2004. Chun Sue has been invited to the Stavanger Poesifestival, the Frankfurt Book Fair, the Durham Book Festival, the Poesiegalerie in Vienna, the Poetic Tandem in Vienna, and the Présences à Frontenay in France. Her participation is courtesy of the Paul and Hualing Engle Fund.
http://www.bjreview.com/You.../2009-07/01/content_204945.htm
This event is made possible by the collaboration of the following organizations:
https://iwp.uiowa.edu/
https://gahc.org/
https://www.mwcqc.org/
http://www.rozztox.com/
friday 14 october
OUTLET PRESENTS: BITCHIN BAJAS + JON MUELLER
OUTLET PRESENTS: BITCHIN BAJAS + JON MUELLER
Bitchin Bajas are a musical trio from Chicago playing meditative and textured music with hypnotic and rhythmic qualities combining electronic and acoustic instruments. Their new album, Bajascillators, is out on 9/2 via Drag City.
https://bitchinbajas.bandcamp.com/album/bajascillators
Jon Mueller is an American experimental percussionist, playing with textures and frequencies. For this performance he will be using gongs and a floor tom.
https://rhythmplex.bandcamp.com/album/afterlife-cartoons-in-the-buckland-museum
$15 advance / $20 at the door - *ON SALE NOW*
get a free drink when you buy tix online
all ages
7pm doors, 8pm show
https://bitchinbajas.bandcamp.com/album/bajascillators
Jon Mueller is an American experimental percussionist, playing with textures and frequencies. For this performance he will be using gongs and a floor tom.
https://rhythmplex.bandcamp.com/album/afterlife-cartoons-in-the-buckland-museum
$15 advance / $20 at the door - *ON SALE NOW*
get a free drink when you buy tix online
all ages
7pm doors, 8pm show
saturday 15 october
AMATEUR SELECTORS: VINYL DEEJAY NIGHTS
AMATEUR SELECTORS: VINYL DEEJAY NIGHTS
CHIPS & DIP W/ LIL SANDWICH BAGGIE
[hip-hop] [rnb] [house]
first time serving at the record bar!
8pm - midnight
free, all ages
[hip-hop] [rnb] [house]
first time serving at the record bar!
8pm - midnight
free, all ages
friday 21 october
ROARING RHETORIC POETRY OPEN MIC
ROARING RHETORIC POETRY OPEN MIC
saturday 22 october
PITCH BLACK MANOR + DJ BUDDHA
PITCH BLACK MANOR + DJ BUDDHA
Pitch Black Manor, Quad Cities first and only Goth band, back from the dead! 27 years since their last live appearance! On October 22nd 2022 a monstrous resurrection will occur! The stars are right!
https://pitchblackmanor.bandcamp.com/album/night-creeps
Regen Magazine voted their album Night Creeps as one of the top 10 albums of 2021.
THIS IS A COSTUME PARTY~ COME DRESSED TO SHOCK, STALK, AND GET DOWN WITH THE DEAD!
with special guest:
DJ Buddha
$10 advance / $15 at the door
get a free drink when you buy tix online
Under 17 Requires Parent/Adult Guardian
7pm doors, 8pm show
poster by Ahz d'Large
https://pitchblackmanor.bandcamp.com/album/night-creeps
Regen Magazine voted their album Night Creeps as one of the top 10 albums of 2021.
THIS IS A COSTUME PARTY~ COME DRESSED TO SHOCK, STALK, AND GET DOWN WITH THE DEAD!
with special guest:
DJ Buddha
$10 advance / $15 at the door
get a free drink when you buy tix online
Under 17 Requires Parent/Adult Guardian
7pm doors, 8pm show
poster by Ahz d'Large
friday 28 october
JUDSON CLAIBORNE
JUDSON CLAIBORNE
JUDSON CLAIBORNE (chicago)
https://judsonclaiborne.bandcamp.com/
Judson Claiborne is the folk-rock music project of Chicago-based songwriter and DJ Christopher Claiborne Salveter. Raised in a Missouri river town-turned suburb, his earliest musical influences were oldies radio and MTV’s 120 Minutes. The Chicago indie record labels and bands of the late 90s beckoned him to relocate there in 2000. Soon after, he started the group Low Skies, who released four records and toured as the support act for Neko Case, Explosions in the Sky, and Band of Horses. Low Skies’ final record, All the Love I Could Find (2006) received an 8.1 on Pitchfork.
support TBA
$10 at the door
all ages
7pm doors, 8pm show
https://judsonclaiborne.bandcamp.com/
Judson Claiborne is the folk-rock music project of Chicago-based songwriter and DJ Christopher Claiborne Salveter. Raised in a Missouri river town-turned suburb, his earliest musical influences were oldies radio and MTV’s 120 Minutes. The Chicago indie record labels and bands of the late 90s beckoned him to relocate there in 2000. Soon after, he started the group Low Skies, who released four records and toured as the support act for Neko Case, Explosions in the Sky, and Band of Horses. Low Skies’ final record, All the Love I Could Find (2006) received an 8.1 on Pitchfork.
support TBA
$10 at the door
all ages
7pm doors, 8pm show
saturday 29 october
12 HOURS OF TERROR HORRORTHON
12 HOURS OF TERROR HORRORTHON
3 screens; patio, garden, indoor! - weather permitting - if too cold or raining we will be indoors only.
films TBA
free, 17+ ages
12pm-12am
films TBA
free, 17+ ages
12pm-12am
saturday 05 november
TENCI
TENCI
TENCI (chicago)
https://tenci.bandcamp.com/
From the close-knit Chicago scene, [singer-songwriter Jess] Shoman is joined by Curt Oren on saxophone and guitar, Izzy Reidy on bass (Izzy True), and Joseph Farago on drums (Joey Nebulous). While the themes of Tenci shuffle around a serious pool of thought, trying to understand life’s calamities, their live sets often feature an ample amount of goofy light-heartedness. Their playful interplay of loose drums and bass, huffing sax, and vocal waterfalls leave us warmer than before. The songs on [their forthcoming album] A Swollen River, A Well Overflowing weave together like twigs to create that fire, a burning message to keep going.
PICTORIA VARK (iowa city)
Bedroom pop from singer-songwriter and bassist Victoria Park.
https://pictoriavark.bandcamp.com/
$10 advance / $15 at the door - *ON SALE NOW*
all ages
7pm doors, 8pm show
https://tenci.bandcamp.com/
From the close-knit Chicago scene, [singer-songwriter Jess] Shoman is joined by Curt Oren on saxophone and guitar, Izzy Reidy on bass (Izzy True), and Joseph Farago on drums (Joey Nebulous). While the themes of Tenci shuffle around a serious pool of thought, trying to understand life’s calamities, their live sets often feature an ample amount of goofy light-heartedness. Their playful interplay of loose drums and bass, huffing sax, and vocal waterfalls leave us warmer than before. The songs on [their forthcoming album] A Swollen River, A Well Overflowing weave together like twigs to create that fire, a burning message to keep going.
PICTORIA VARK (iowa city)
Bedroom pop from singer-songwriter and bassist Victoria Park.
https://pictoriavark.bandcamp.com/
$10 advance / $15 at the door - *ON SALE NOW*
all ages
7pm doors, 8pm show
friday 18 november
NORTHERN PARALLELS 056
NORTHERN PARALLELS 056
NP returns for an indoor party!
djs:
MIKE DERE
KATE ROWE
$5 at the door
8pm-12am, all ages
djs:
MIKE DERE
KATE ROWE
$5 at the door
8pm-12am, all ages
