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http://rozztox.tumblr.com/
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S E P T E M B E R 2 0 1 6
WEDNESDAY 28 // THE GLASS EYES + MOUNTAIN SWALLOWER + AMATEUR
$5-10 slidgin scale | all ages
7PM doors | 8PM show
THE GLASS EYES// chicago pop
https://theglasseyes.bandcamp.com/
MOUNTAIN SWALLOWER// qc bridgegaze
https://mountainswallower.bandcamp.com/
AMATEUR// experimental rock from chicago
https://grandpabay.bandcamp.com/album/the-joe-and-anthony-cry-series
7PM doors | 8PM show
THE GLASS EYES// chicago pop
https://theglasseyes.bandcamp.com/
MOUNTAIN SWALLOWER// qc bridgegaze
https://mountainswallower.bandcamp.com/
AMATEUR// experimental rock from chicago
https://grandpabay.bandcamp.com/album/the-joe-and-anthony-cry-series
THURSDAY 29 // ANTILIA RAID + S.AL
$5-10 sliding scale | all ages
7PM doors | 8PM show
ANTILIA RAID// melancholic psych-pop from Milwaukee
https://antiliaraid.bandcamp.com
S.AL// experimental rap, also from Milwaukee
https://safarial.bandcamp.com/album/un-flood
RUBY YACHT TAPES~
http://www.rubyyacht.com
7PM doors | 8PM show
ANTILIA RAID// melancholic psych-pop from Milwaukee
https://antiliaraid.bandcamp.com
S.AL// experimental rap, also from Milwaukee
https://safarial.bandcamp.com/album/un-flood
RUBY YACHT TAPES~
http://www.rubyyacht.com
FRIDAY 30 // CUBITS + THE MAILBOXES + CHRASH + IDPYRAMID
$5-10 sliding scale | all ages
8PM doors | 9PM show
CUBITS// electro soul/ shoegaze
https://www.facebook.com/Cubitsmusic/
THE MAILBOXES// female fronted pop duo
https://themailboxes.bandcamp.com
CHRASH// optimistic rock
https://www.reverbnation.com/chrash
IDPYRAMID// synth soundscapes
https://idpyramid.bandcamp.com/
8PM doors | 9PM show
CUBITS// electro soul/ shoegaze
https://www.facebook.com/Cubitsmusic/
THE MAILBOXES// female fronted pop duo
https://themailboxes.bandcamp.com
CHRASH// optimistic rock
https://www.reverbnation.com/chrash
IDPYRAMID// synth soundscapes
https://idpyramid.bandcamp.com/
O C T O B E R 2 0 1 6
WEDNESDAY 05 // A ROZZ-TOX + GERMAN AMERICAN HERITAGE CENTER FILM SCREENING: A COFFEE IN BERLIN
free & open | all ages
6PM screening
A COFFEE IN BERLIN (OH BOY)//
a film by Jan Ole Gerster
2012 | germany | tragicomedy | 1h 26m
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1954701/
http://www.gahc.org/
6PM screening
A COFFEE IN BERLIN (OH BOY)//
a film by Jan Ole Gerster
2012 | germany | tragicomedy | 1h 26m
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1954701/
http://www.gahc.org/
WEDNESDAY 05 // WILLIAM Z. VILLAIN + JEREMY WAUN + A GANG OF TREES
$5-10 sliding | all ages
8PM doors | 9PM show
WILLIAM Z. VILLAIN// experiemental gypsy jazz
https://williamzvillain.bandcamp.com/
JEREMY WAUN// lofi freak folk from detroit on feeding tube records
Jeremywaun.bandcamp.com
A GANG OF TREES// qc freak folk
8PM doors | 9PM show
WILLIAM Z. VILLAIN// experiemental gypsy jazz
https://williamzvillain.bandcamp.com/
JEREMY WAUN// lofi freak folk from detroit on feeding tube records
Jeremywaun.bandcamp.com
A GANG OF TREES// qc freak folk
THURSDAY 06 // MATT VAN + LEWIS KNUDSEN
$5-10 sliding scale | all ages
7PM doors | 8PM show
MATT VAN// des moines independent singer-songwriter
https://mattvan.bandcamp.com/
LEWIS KNUDSEN// quad city singer-songwriter
https://lewisknudsen.bandcamp.com/
7PM doors | 8PM show
MATT VAN// des moines independent singer-songwriter
https://mattvan.bandcamp.com/
LEWIS KNUDSEN// quad city singer-songwriter
https://lewisknudsen.bandcamp.com/
FRIDAY 07 // THE TROUBLE NOTES (BERLIN)
$5-10 sliding scale | all ages
8PM doors | 9PM show
THE TROUBLE NOTES// berlin based mixed culture gypsy trio
http://www.thetroublenotes.com/
https://soundcloud.com/thetroublenotes
8PM doors | 9PM show
THE TROUBLE NOTES// berlin based mixed culture gypsy trio
http://www.thetroublenotes.com/
https://soundcloud.com/thetroublenotes
SATURDAY 08 // DaniELA IEZZI (ROME/BERLIN) + KOPLANT NO + PEAK PHYSIQUE
$5-10 | all ages
7PM doors | 8PM show
DANIELA IEZZI// vocals and loops from Rome via Berlin.. you will dance
https://soundcloud.com/daniela-iezzi
KOPLANT NO// experimental electronic jazz from Iowa City
https://koplantno.bandcamp.com/
PEAK PHYSIQUE// sex pop from knoxville
https://gezelligrecords.bandcamp.com/track/state-of-fire
7PM doors | 8PM show
DANIELA IEZZI// vocals and loops from Rome via Berlin.. you will dance
https://soundcloud.com/daniela-iezzi
KOPLANT NO// experimental electronic jazz from Iowa City
https://koplantno.bandcamp.com/
PEAK PHYSIQUE// sex pop from knoxville
https://gezelligrecords.bandcamp.com/track/state-of-fire
SUNDAY 09 // C L O S E D
TUESDAY 11 // PALM + PELVIS
$5-10 sliding scale | all ages
7PM doors | 8PM show
PALM// noisy rock with angular/mathy rhythms and melodies from philly
https://palmnewyork.bandcamp.com/
PELVIS// iowa rock
https://pelvismusic.bandcamp.com/
7PM doors | 8PM show
PALM// noisy rock with angular/mathy rhythms and melodies from philly
https://palmnewyork.bandcamp.com/
PELVIS// iowa rock
https://pelvismusic.bandcamp.com/
WEDNESDAY 12 // A ROZZ-TOX + GERMAN AMERICAN HERITAGE CENTER FILM SCREENING: GOOD BYE, LENIN!
free & open | all ages
6PM screening
GOOD BYE, LENIN!//
a film by Wolfgang Becker
2003 | germany | drama | 2h
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0301357/
http://www.gahc.org/
6PM screening
GOOD BYE, LENIN!//
a film by Wolfgang Becker
2003 | germany | drama | 2h
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0301357/
http://www.gahc.org/
WEDNESDAY 12 // SPECTRA X AUGUSTANA COLLEGE ENGLISH DEPARTMENT PRESENT: JOSHUA CLOVER MINI-RESIDENCY
free & open | all ages
starts at 9PM
Poet, scholar & journalist Joshua Clover will read from his poetry collection Red Epic to celebrate spectra's 5 years of live poetry, literature & music at Rozz-Tox.
http://english.ucdavis.edu/people/jclover
starts at 9PM
Poet, scholar & journalist Joshua Clover will read from his poetry collection Red Epic to celebrate spectra's 5 years of live poetry, literature & music at Rozz-Tox.
http://english.ucdavis.edu/people/jclover
THURSDAY 13 // MUTTS + DYNORIDE
$6-12 sliding scale | all ages
7PM doors | 8PM show
MUTTS// piano rock
http://muttsmusic.com/
DYNORIDE// 90's grunge pop
http://dynoridekills.com/
7PM doors | 8PM show
MUTTS// piano rock
http://muttsmusic.com/
DYNORIDE// 90's grunge pop
http://dynoridekills.com/
FRIDAY 14 & SATURDAY 15 // WEIRDTOWN FEST III
$5-10 sliding scale | all ages
4PM doors | 5PM show (both days)
FRIDAY:
BLUE MOVIES// Quad Cities fuck jazz afficionado
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_qSP2p_J3A&index=1&list=PLf2VDfpFyrSg56DgTFGJEBfkfdNzz8niW
HEAT JONES// Quad Cities noise wizard achieving new sonic spaces through various custom made as well as conventional instruments
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7y3cA9xrrE&index=3&list=PLf2VDfpFyrSg56DgTFGJEBfkfdNzz8niW
ARU// Dubuque beat master, the latest release is nothing to sleep on
https://arumusic.bandcamp.com/album/saturated
WE ALSO LET BLOOD + DEER SURROUND OUR HOME + KENTUCKY MEAT SHOWER + ELECTRICITY// The merging of 4 noise projects will unleash some kind of monstrosity upon anyone who dares (cares?) to watch it unfold.
TRUE COMMANDO// dub beat noise
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OtuNtRVwPl4&app=desktop
MUSICIAN// Harsh noise hailing from Des Moines, Iowa. Varied and innovative textural synthesis
https://centipedefarm.bandcamp.com/album/more-sound-less-effort
SEX FUNERAL// Improvisational jazz/noise unit from Dubuque. Really excited to give these guys any opportunity to tear up the QC
https://personalarchives.bandcamp.com/album/your-heaven-sucks
EYES// Quad Cities experimental music, this wouldn't be weird town fest without them
https://myspace.com/iieyes
STRONGER SEX// Queer Electro Experimental pop hailing from DC
https://strongersexmusic.bandcamp.com/
(Surprise Guest): Hmmmmm!! A performance from a QC noise legend many of you know and love
OLIVIA NEUTRON-JOHN// Aggressive Bedroom Pop from Washington DC, dancing is encouraged but not mandatory.
https://vimeo.com/106067483
SATURDAY:
I LIKE YOU, GO HOME// Originally hailing from Dubuque and now residing in Aurora, IL. I Like You, Go Home varies a wide margin of sounds within the project utilizing both beautiful and punishing sounds in the same set.
https://5cmrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/one-sound-one-feeling
BOAR// Harsh noise titan hailing from Dubuque providing some of the most compelling live sets to be seen anywhere. Don't miss out on this.
https://breachingstatic.bandcamp.com/album/xome-boar-split
INSTINCT CONTROL// Mindbending harsh noise from Chicago, IL. Never seen this project before and it's exciting to finally have the opportunity
https://instinctcontrol.bandcamp.com/album/part-no
AMPYRE// "Drone Opera" is how Ampyre describes their sound and that's a better definition than I could have ever come up with. Very excited to have them back this time around.
https://ampyre.bandcamp.com/album/reaches
RUSH FALKNOR// Experimental music hailing from Chicago, IL. I've heard nothing but good things and I'm excited to see for myself
https://rushfalknor.bandcamp.com/album/split-with-see-through-buildings
BLACK SANDWICH// Experimental/noise act from Chicago, IL. Got some really compelling material with this project.
https://blacksandwich.bandcamp.com/album/aber-knobber
CULLED// Harsh noise from Chicago, IL with tracks that will flip your head inside out.
https://structureswithoutpurpose.bandcamp.com/album/i
RANDALL HALL// Noteworthy professor of saxophone at Augustana College, from Rock Island. Randall Hall does something different at every performance and I'm always curious to see what's next.
WHITE WOMEN// "waves hand back and forth suggestively" is the best description of this band as per their facebook page description. It will certainly be weird.
TANTRUM THROWERS// An experimental act from deep within the great maw of Iowa.
https://tantrumthrowers.bandcamp.com/album/futrepaction-2
SID YIDDISH// Both conductor and presidential candidate alike, Sid Yiddish always brings a good time with him.
https://soundcloud.com/sidyiddish
NARCO ALMS// "Minimalism chopped not slopped" harsh noise from Kansas. Excited to see Narco Alms as a solo act after getting to see a collab set with Patrick Hopewell earlier in the year.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7KSvsTH3S0
BONEMAGIC// Matt Hex manipulates both furious noise and pummelling rhythms while screaming over the top at an unsuspecting audience.
https://bigpharmarecords.bandcamp.com/album/all-souls-should
EARTH PISS// Noisecore/harsh noise project from Olathe, Kansas. Don't sleep on it.
https://pissoftheearth.bandcamp.com/album/foreign-memories-demo
4PM doors | 5PM show (both days)
FRIDAY:
BLUE MOVIES// Quad Cities fuck jazz afficionado
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_qSP2p_J3A&index=1&list=PLf2VDfpFyrSg56DgTFGJEBfkfdNzz8niW
HEAT JONES// Quad Cities noise wizard achieving new sonic spaces through various custom made as well as conventional instruments
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7y3cA9xrrE&index=3&list=PLf2VDfpFyrSg56DgTFGJEBfkfdNzz8niW
ARU// Dubuque beat master, the latest release is nothing to sleep on
https://arumusic.bandcamp.com/album/saturated
WE ALSO LET BLOOD + DEER SURROUND OUR HOME + KENTUCKY MEAT SHOWER + ELECTRICITY// The merging of 4 noise projects will unleash some kind of monstrosity upon anyone who dares (cares?) to watch it unfold.
TRUE COMMANDO// dub beat noise
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OtuNtRVwPl4&app=desktop
MUSICIAN// Harsh noise hailing from Des Moines, Iowa. Varied and innovative textural synthesis
https://centipedefarm.bandcamp.com/album/more-sound-less-effort
SEX FUNERAL// Improvisational jazz/noise unit from Dubuque. Really excited to give these guys any opportunity to tear up the QC
https://personalarchives.bandcamp.com/album/your-heaven-sucks
EYES// Quad Cities experimental music, this wouldn't be weird town fest without them
https://myspace.com/iieyes
STRONGER SEX// Queer Electro Experimental pop hailing from DC
https://strongersexmusic.bandcamp.com/
(Surprise Guest): Hmmmmm!! A performance from a QC noise legend many of you know and love
OLIVIA NEUTRON-JOHN// Aggressive Bedroom Pop from Washington DC, dancing is encouraged but not mandatory.
https://vimeo.com/106067483
SATURDAY:
I LIKE YOU, GO HOME// Originally hailing from Dubuque and now residing in Aurora, IL. I Like You, Go Home varies a wide margin of sounds within the project utilizing both beautiful and punishing sounds in the same set.
https://5cmrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/one-sound-one-feeling
BOAR// Harsh noise titan hailing from Dubuque providing some of the most compelling live sets to be seen anywhere. Don't miss out on this.
https://breachingstatic.bandcamp.com/album/xome-boar-split
INSTINCT CONTROL// Mindbending harsh noise from Chicago, IL. Never seen this project before and it's exciting to finally have the opportunity
https://instinctcontrol.bandcamp.com/album/part-no
AMPYRE// "Drone Opera" is how Ampyre describes their sound and that's a better definition than I could have ever come up with. Very excited to have them back this time around.
https://ampyre.bandcamp.com/album/reaches
RUSH FALKNOR// Experimental music hailing from Chicago, IL. I've heard nothing but good things and I'm excited to see for myself
https://rushfalknor.bandcamp.com/album/split-with-see-through-buildings
BLACK SANDWICH// Experimental/noise act from Chicago, IL. Got some really compelling material with this project.
https://blacksandwich.bandcamp.com/album/aber-knobber
CULLED// Harsh noise from Chicago, IL with tracks that will flip your head inside out.
https://structureswithoutpurpose.bandcamp.com/album/i
RANDALL HALL// Noteworthy professor of saxophone at Augustana College, from Rock Island. Randall Hall does something different at every performance and I'm always curious to see what's next.
WHITE WOMEN// "waves hand back and forth suggestively" is the best description of this band as per their facebook page description. It will certainly be weird.
TANTRUM THROWERS// An experimental act from deep within the great maw of Iowa.
https://tantrumthrowers.bandcamp.com/album/futrepaction-2
SID YIDDISH// Both conductor and presidential candidate alike, Sid Yiddish always brings a good time with him.
https://soundcloud.com/sidyiddish
NARCO ALMS// "Minimalism chopped not slopped" harsh noise from Kansas. Excited to see Narco Alms as a solo act after getting to see a collab set with Patrick Hopewell earlier in the year.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7KSvsTH3S0
BONEMAGIC// Matt Hex manipulates both furious noise and pummelling rhythms while screaming over the top at an unsuspecting audience.
https://bigpharmarecords.bandcamp.com/album/all-souls-should
EARTH PISS// Noisecore/harsh noise project from Olathe, Kansas. Don't sleep on it.
https://pissoftheearth.bandcamp.com/album/foreign-memories-demo
SUNDAY 16 // LABORSPACE x ROZZ-TOX LOWLAND BLOCK PARTY
free & open | all ages
10AM - 6PM
antique/ vintage flea + local craft food vendors + dr. bob’s puppet show + busking + handmade pinatas by adventure orange + dj sets by just let go + art ‘n zines by erica parrott + art by desoto
fb event page:
https://www.facebook.com/events/646135025546712/
sponsors:
that crepe guy | discounted furniture | bent river | stecker graphics | ragged records | static melt | daytrotter
10AM - 6PM
antique/ vintage flea + local craft food vendors + dr. bob’s puppet show + busking + handmade pinatas by adventure orange + dj sets by just let go + art ‘n zines by erica parrott + art by desoto
fb event page:
https://www.facebook.com/events/646135025546712/
sponsors:
that crepe guy | discounted furniture | bent river | stecker graphics | ragged records | static melt | daytrotter
SUNDAY 16 // AMYGDALA + HIVE MIND + CLOSET WITCH
$5-10 sliding scale | all ages
7PM doors | 8PM show
AMYGDALA// Anarcho hardcore/screamo band from San Antonio, TX. Sociopolitically charged songs with "lyrical content ranging from child sexual abuse, patriarchy, misogyny and colorism that vocalist Bianca Quiñones performs with screams that leave her entire soul out on the stage."
https://amygdalatx.bandcamp.com/album/population-control-2
HIVE MIND// Indiana screamo/grind. Heavy. Fast. Loud.
https://hivemindin.bandcamp.com/
CLOSET WITCH// The greatest punk band in Iowa
https://hivemindin.bandcamp.com/
7PM doors | 8PM show
AMYGDALA// Anarcho hardcore/screamo band from San Antonio, TX. Sociopolitically charged songs with "lyrical content ranging from child sexual abuse, patriarchy, misogyny and colorism that vocalist Bianca Quiñones performs with screams that leave her entire soul out on the stage."
https://amygdalatx.bandcamp.com/album/population-control-2
HIVE MIND// Indiana screamo/grind. Heavy. Fast. Loud.
https://hivemindin.bandcamp.com/
CLOSET WITCH// The greatest punk band in Iowa
https://hivemindin.bandcamp.com/
WEDNESDAY 19 // A ROZZ-TOX + GERMAN AMERICAN HERITAGE CENTER FILM SCREENING: WORLD ON A WIRE
free & open | all ages
6PM screening
WORLD ON A WIRE//
a film by Rainer Werner Fassbinder
1973 | germany | sci-fi | 3h 32m
(w/ intermission)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070904/
http://www.gahc.org/
6PM screening
WORLD ON A WIRE//
a film by Rainer Werner Fassbinder
1973 | germany | sci-fi | 3h 32m
(w/ intermission)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070904/
http://www.gahc.org/
THURSDAY 20 // MWC PRESENTS: SPECTRA- FEATURING MATT HART
free & open | all ages
8PM
SPECTRA returns to Rozz-Tox to celebrate five years of live poetry, literature & music.
This one-of-a-kind event will feature Matt Hart reading his entire book-length serial poem RADIANT ACTION (H_NGM_N Books).
Matt is one of the most dynamic poets in the country & this will be a one-time only event. Special limited edition broadside programs, designed by Skylar Alexander, will be available for purchase at the event.
Ryan Collins will start with an introduction just after 8pm, reading to follow immediately after. There will be a brief intermission between the two sections of the poem.
Free & open to the public. Donations gratefully accepted to support touring poets.
Please note that this event will be recorded (audio and video) live.
For more information on RADIANT ACTION, visit the H_NGM_N Books website: http://www.h-ngm-n.com/radiant-action/
Praise for RADIANT ACTION:
‘Radiant Action’ is part reading list, part diary, part record review, part prayer. He throws it all in, rips it up, and starts again. He is not above flowers or the moon or love for his family. Imagine Kenneth Patchen fronting Black Flag: a voice brave with beauty vs. all of the guitars in the world vs. all of the fears of our fathers. [O]ne of the most me-shaking questions ‘Radiant Action’ makes me ask: how can anyone protect anyone from anything? Is there a magic word, a perfect phrase that might magically save us all from the slaughter? Matt Hart is the poet who taught me that, when in doubt, ask a question. Don’t trust answers. Answers are dead ends. A poem is all possibility, and Matt’s is a mouth that takes it all in. Matt has the guts to do whatever-the-what he wants.
—Ben Kopel, author of VICTORY!
In [Radiant Action’s] long, loping stanzas, we get Black Cats and TNT, pink polka dots, Dante’s Inferno, Slayer, cherries and asparagus. The inclusion of such a disparate range of material seems illustrative of an organizing idea: “Leave out nothing.” To be sure, these pieces give an effect of an unmediated experience of the world in its messiness and beauty and anger and delight and confusion. Matt Hart scans the landscape and takes everything in, organizing it into one massive soup. But through it all, patterns clearly emerge; everything orbits around the organizing voice, and it’s the voice that cuts through the mess, arranging the noise into “one giant cacophonous euphony / of unity.”
—Jennifer Moore, author of The Veronica Maneuver
Bio for Matt Hart:
Matt Hart is the author of six books of poems, including Sermons and Lectures Both Blank and Relentless (Typecast Publishing, 2012), Debacle Debacle (H_NGM_N Books, 2013), and Blue Jay Slayer, an art and poetry collaboration with artist Ken Henson (Aurore Press, 2016). Hart’s poems, reviews, and essays have appeared or are forthcoming in numerous print and online journals, including The Academy of American Poets online, Big Bell, Cincinnati Review, Coldfront, Columbia Poetry Review, H_NGM_N, Harvard Review, Jam Tarts Magazine, jubilat, Kenyon Review online, Lungfull!, and POETRY, among others. His awards include a Pushcart Prize, a 2013 individual artist grant from The Shifting Foundation, and fellowships from both the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference and the Warren Wilson College MFA Program for Writers. A co-founder and the editor-in-chief of Forklift, Ohio: A Journal of Poetry, Cooking & Light Industrial Safety, he lives in Cincinnati where he is Associate Professor in Creative Writing and the Chair of Liberal Arts at the Art Academy of Cincinnati. He plays guitar and shouts in the bands TRAVEL and THE LOUDEST SOUNDER.
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This season of SPECTRA manifest thanks to the generous support of the Regional Development Authority, and the Illinois Arts Council Agency through federal funds provided by the National Endowment for the Arts.
8PM
SPECTRA returns to Rozz-Tox to celebrate five years of live poetry, literature & music.
This one-of-a-kind event will feature Matt Hart reading his entire book-length serial poem RADIANT ACTION (H_NGM_N Books).
Matt is one of the most dynamic poets in the country & this will be a one-time only event. Special limited edition broadside programs, designed by Skylar Alexander, will be available for purchase at the event.
Ryan Collins will start with an introduction just after 8pm, reading to follow immediately after. There will be a brief intermission between the two sections of the poem.
Free & open to the public. Donations gratefully accepted to support touring poets.
Please note that this event will be recorded (audio and video) live.
For more information on RADIANT ACTION, visit the H_NGM_N Books website: http://www.h-ngm-n.com/radiant-action/
Praise for RADIANT ACTION:
‘Radiant Action’ is part reading list, part diary, part record review, part prayer. He throws it all in, rips it up, and starts again. He is not above flowers or the moon or love for his family. Imagine Kenneth Patchen fronting Black Flag: a voice brave with beauty vs. all of the guitars in the world vs. all of the fears of our fathers. [O]ne of the most me-shaking questions ‘Radiant Action’ makes me ask: how can anyone protect anyone from anything? Is there a magic word, a perfect phrase that might magically save us all from the slaughter? Matt Hart is the poet who taught me that, when in doubt, ask a question. Don’t trust answers. Answers are dead ends. A poem is all possibility, and Matt’s is a mouth that takes it all in. Matt has the guts to do whatever-the-what he wants.
—Ben Kopel, author of VICTORY!
In [Radiant Action’s] long, loping stanzas, we get Black Cats and TNT, pink polka dots, Dante’s Inferno, Slayer, cherries and asparagus. The inclusion of such a disparate range of material seems illustrative of an organizing idea: “Leave out nothing.” To be sure, these pieces give an effect of an unmediated experience of the world in its messiness and beauty and anger and delight and confusion. Matt Hart scans the landscape and takes everything in, organizing it into one massive soup. But through it all, patterns clearly emerge; everything orbits around the organizing voice, and it’s the voice that cuts through the mess, arranging the noise into “one giant cacophonous euphony / of unity.”
—Jennifer Moore, author of The Veronica Maneuver
Bio for Matt Hart:
Matt Hart is the author of six books of poems, including Sermons and Lectures Both Blank and Relentless (Typecast Publishing, 2012), Debacle Debacle (H_NGM_N Books, 2013), and Blue Jay Slayer, an art and poetry collaboration with artist Ken Henson (Aurore Press, 2016). Hart’s poems, reviews, and essays have appeared or are forthcoming in numerous print and online journals, including The Academy of American Poets online, Big Bell, Cincinnati Review, Coldfront, Columbia Poetry Review, H_NGM_N, Harvard Review, Jam Tarts Magazine, jubilat, Kenyon Review online, Lungfull!, and POETRY, among others. His awards include a Pushcart Prize, a 2013 individual artist grant from The Shifting Foundation, and fellowships from both the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference and the Warren Wilson College MFA Program for Writers. A co-founder and the editor-in-chief of Forklift, Ohio: A Journal of Poetry, Cooking & Light Industrial Safety, he lives in Cincinnati where he is Associate Professor in Creative Writing and the Chair of Liberal Arts at the Art Academy of Cincinnati. He plays guitar and shouts in the bands TRAVEL and THE LOUDEST SOUNDER.
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This season of SPECTRA manifest thanks to the generous support of the Regional Development Authority, and the Illinois Arts Council Agency through federal funds provided by the National Endowment for the Arts.
FRIDAY 21 // JACK LION + VAGABOND MAURICE + SOULTRU
$5-10 sliding scale | all ages
8PM doors | 9PM show
JACK LION// electronic jazz from iowa city
https://jacklion.bandcamp.com/
VAGABOND MAURICE// chicago hip-hop
https://vagabondmaurice.bandcamp.com
SOULTRU// quad city true soul
https://www.facebook.com/TheRealSoultru/
8PM doors | 9PM show
JACK LION// electronic jazz from iowa city
https://jacklion.bandcamp.com/
VAGABOND MAURICE// chicago hip-hop
https://vagabondmaurice.bandcamp.com
SOULTRU// quad city true soul
https://www.facebook.com/TheRealSoultru/
SATURDAY 22 // KARI LYNCH + TBA
SUNDAY 23 // MY EMPTY PHANTOM
$5-10 sliding scale | all ages
7PM doors | 8PM show
MY EMPTY PHANTOM// Austin based multi-instrumentalist
www.myemptyphantom.net
Performing 2016 World Tour concerts in Europe, Thailand, North America and Latin America in support of new album "Collection of Memories" pt. 1. Out this October~
7PM doors | 8PM show
MY EMPTY PHANTOM// Austin based multi-instrumentalist
www.myemptyphantom.net
Performing 2016 World Tour concerts in Europe, Thailand, North America and Latin America in support of new album "Collection of Memories" pt. 1. Out this October~
WEDNESDAY 26 // A ROZZ-TOX + GERMAN AMERICAN HERITAGE CENTER FILM SCREENING: PINA
free & open | all ages
6PM screening
PINA//
a film by Wim Wenders
2011 | germany | documentary | 1h 43m
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1440266/
http://www.gahc.org/
6PM screening
PINA//
a film by Wim Wenders
2011 | germany | documentary | 1h 43m
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1440266/
http://www.gahc.org/
THURSDAY 27 // QC NU GRUV SOCIETY
free & open | all ages
8PM
Live soul, funk, rap, r&b and spoken word performances from the Nu Gruv Society. Featured artist and filmmaker Julian Arsenio/
8PM
Live soul, funk, rap, r&b and spoken word performances from the Nu Gruv Society. Featured artist and filmmaker Julian Arsenio/
FRIDAY 28 // MUDDY RUCKUS
$5-10 sliding scale | all ages
8PM doors | 9PM show
MUDDY RUCKUS// gypsy folk rock
http://www.muddyruckus.com/
8PM doors | 9PM show
MUDDY RUCKUS// gypsy folk rock
http://www.muddyruckus.com/
SATURDAY 29 // 365 HORROR FILMS X FACTORY OF FEAR PRESENT: 12HRS OF TERROR
free admission | 17+ ages
12 noon - 12 midnight
the films/
The Monster Squad (1987) 12nooon
Trick or Treat (1986) 1:25pm
Cat in the Brain (1990) 3:10pm
Motel Hell (1980) 4:40pm
Trophy Heads (2014) 6:25pm
Halloween II (1981) 7:55pm
Children of the Night (1991) 9:30pm
Harvest Lake (2016) 11:10pm
http://365horrorfilms.blogspot.com/
http://www.qcfactoryoffear.com/
12 noon - 12 midnight
the films/
The Monster Squad (1987) 12nooon
Trick or Treat (1986) 1:25pm
Cat in the Brain (1990) 3:10pm
Motel Hell (1980) 4:40pm
Trophy Heads (2014) 6:25pm
Halloween II (1981) 7:55pm
Children of the Night (1991) 9:30pm
Harvest Lake (2016) 11:10pm
http://365horrorfilms.blogspot.com/
http://www.qcfactoryoffear.com/
SUNDAY 30 // ROZZ-TOX ARTHAUS FILM SERIES: VALERIE AND HER WEEK OF WONDERS
free & open | all ages
8PM screening
VALERIE AND HER WEEK OF WONDERS//
a film by Jaromil Jires
1970 | czech | fantasy | 1h 17m
8PM screening
VALERIE AND HER WEEK OF WONDERS//
a film by Jaromil Jires
1970 | czech | fantasy | 1h 17m
N O V E M B E R 2 0 1 6
THURSDAY 05 // BEAT BUMS
FRIDAY 04 // TRAILS AND WAYS + TBA
$5-10 sliding scale | all ages
8PM doors | 9PM show
TRAILS AND WAYS// oakland guitar pop
https://trailsandways.bandcamp.com/
From overgrown houses in north Oakland, Trails and Ways make guitar pop, thick with warm noise, driving beats, four voices, and the open chords of bossa nova. Take college commune roommates, have them live for stints in Brazil and Spain, bring them home together with the sparks of songs, see what catches flame.
Early singles "Nunca" and "Mtn Tune" rocketed them to the top of the blogosphere charts, followed by national tours and opening spots for Tycho, Stars, and Mac DeMarco. Debut album Pathology landed in 2015, earning the band a spot on Barsuk Records and São Paulo's Balaclava Records, and launching the band to shows across North America and Brazil.
Their lyrics and stands for environmental & social justice led Time Magazine to call them "decidedly political", their sound "lush and worldly". FADER says they're "seriously encouraging me to switch from blue jeans to bathing suits until further notice." 32 Ft/Sec blog says "The party, the Good Life, is out there somewhere, likely south and it sounds exactly like this."
8PM doors | 9PM show
TRAILS AND WAYS// oakland guitar pop
https://trailsandways.bandcamp.com/
From overgrown houses in north Oakland, Trails and Ways make guitar pop, thick with warm noise, driving beats, four voices, and the open chords of bossa nova. Take college commune roommates, have them live for stints in Brazil and Spain, bring them home together with the sparks of songs, see what catches flame.
Early singles "Nunca" and "Mtn Tune" rocketed them to the top of the blogosphere charts, followed by national tours and opening spots for Tycho, Stars, and Mac DeMarco. Debut album Pathology landed in 2015, earning the band a spot on Barsuk Records and São Paulo's Balaclava Records, and launching the band to shows across North America and Brazil.
Their lyrics and stands for environmental & social justice led Time Magazine to call them "decidedly political", their sound "lush and worldly". FADER says they're "seriously encouraging me to switch from blue jeans to bathing suits until further notice." 32 Ft/Sec blog says "The party, the Good Life, is out there somewhere, likely south and it sounds exactly like this."
THURSDAY 10 // EMILY JANE POWERS + TBA
$5-10 sliding scale | all ages
8PM doors | 9PM show
EMILY JANE POWERS// chicago folk rock
https://emilyjanepowers.bandcamp.com/album/part-of-me
8PM doors | 9PM show
EMILY JANE POWERS// chicago folk rock
https://emilyjanepowers.bandcamp.com/album/part-of-me
FRIDAY 11 // SUNJACKET + TBA
$5-10 sliding scale | all ages
8PM doors | 9PM show
SUNJACKET// chicago synth rock
https://sunjacket.bandcamp.com/
8PM doors | 9PM show
SUNJACKET// chicago synth rock
https://sunjacket.bandcamp.com/
SATURDAY 12 // BRETT NEWSKI
$10-20 sliding scale | all ages
8PM doors | 9PM show
BRETT NEWSKI// nomadic songman
http://brettnewski.com/
supporting act:
DAN HUBBARD//
http://www.danhubbard.net/
8PM doors | 9PM show
BRETT NEWSKI// nomadic songman
http://brettnewski.com/
supporting act:
DAN HUBBARD//
http://www.danhubbard.net/
