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
in memory of our mother, MARISA "MISSY" SORRELLS
we love you forever.
we love you forever.
11.11.58 - 12.09.17
APRIL 2018
thursday 19 april
Cocordion / CO
cocordion.bandcamp.com
opening act:
Archeress / QC
archeressqc.bandcamp.com
$5-10 sliding scale | all ages | event page
7p doors | 8p show
experimental shoegaze soundscape rock
cocordion.bandcamp.com
opening act:
Archeress / QC
archeressqc.bandcamp.com
$5-10 sliding scale | all ages | event page
7p doors | 8p show
experimental shoegaze soundscape rock
friday 20 april
no nonsense stand up comedy from Wayne Lyter.
show will start around 7:12ish and last between 15 and 136 minutes.
FREE SHOW! please do not pay if you do not want to! donations will be accepted and all proceeds will go to Rozz-Tox and The Rock Island Supper Club.
event page
show will start around 7:12ish and last between 15 and 136 minutes.
FREE SHOW! please do not pay if you do not want to! donations will be accepted and all proceeds will go to Rozz-Tox and The Rock Island Supper Club.
event page
saturday 21 april
Northern Parallels: 018
Northern Parallels: 018
dj sets from:
Mike Derer / QC
northernparallelsrec.bandcamp.com
Dylan Newton : DJN / IA
tigertapes.bandcamp.com
Dj Buddah / QC
free to dance | 21+ to drink
8p - 1a | event page
house techno acid
Artwork by Cassie Marie Hall
Mike Derer / QC
northernparallelsrec.bandcamp.com
Dylan Newton : DJN / IA
tigertapes.bandcamp.com
Dj Buddah / QC
free to dance | 21+ to drink
8p - 1a | event page
house techno acid
Artwork by Cassie Marie Hall
friday 27 april
SPECTRA Reading Series
SPECTRA Reading Series
The SPECTRA Reading Series returns to Rozz-Tox to celebrate National Poetry Month with two acclaimed writers—jamie j. mortara & Gale Marie Thompson.
The event will also feature a set from Aubrey Barnes, MWC’s Poet-in-Residence, who will also release a new limited-edition letterpress broadside (designed by Joseph Lappie).
Other reading include Joshua Caffrey, Alyssa Pearson & more TBA.
The Out Loud Open Mic will precede SPECTRA, running from 7-8pm. Interested performers can sign-up prior to the start of Out Loud, and will have 5 minute sets to share their original poems, stories, songs, jokes, and whatever else.
**SPECIAL POETRY BONUS!! jamie j. mortara & Gale Marie Thompson will be teaching poetry workshops at the Midwest Writing Center on Saturday, April 28 from 9:30am-11:30am and 12pm-2pm. Full descriptions & registration info--but BOTH workshops will be free to high school & college students -- DOUBLE BONUS**
Please contact Ryan Collins at Midwest Writing Center for more information: (309) 732-7330 | mwc@midwestwritingcenter.org.
BIOS FOR MORTARA & THOMPSON
jamie mortara (pronouns: they/them/their) is a queer poet, performer, publisher, organizer, and artist. They grew up in New Jersey and have learned to stop apologizing for it. jamie is author of the poetry collection "some planet" (YesYes Books) and the interactive fiction collection "small creatures / wide field" (tNY Press). Three of their DIY zines are indie bestsellers and the others are likely scattered to the winds somewhere. Jamie is founder of the audio poetry magazine Voicemail Poems, a National Poetry Slam competitor, and has performed in 29 states and counting. jamie holds an MFA from UNCW, is a proud Capricorn, and a recipient of mail.
Gale Marie Thompson the author of Soldier On (Tupelo Press, 2015) and two chapbooks. Recent work may be found in Gulf Coast, Guernica, jubilat, Cosmonauts Avenue, Colorado Review, and Foundry, among others. She has received fellowships from the Vermont Studio Center and the Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts. She is the founding editor of Jellyfish Magazine and lives in Grand Rapids, Michigan, where she teaches at Grand Valley State University. You can find her online at galemariethompson.comand @thegalester on Twitter.
SPECTRA manifests thanks to the generous support of the Regional Development Authority, the Illinois Arts Council Agency, and Joe Chambers and Wells Fargo Advisors.
free & open | $5 suggested donation
all ages
7p - OUT LOUD OPEN MIC
8p - SPECTRA
The event will also feature a set from Aubrey Barnes, MWC’s Poet-in-Residence, who will also release a new limited-edition letterpress broadside (designed by Joseph Lappie).
Other reading include Joshua Caffrey, Alyssa Pearson & more TBA.
The Out Loud Open Mic will precede SPECTRA, running from 7-8pm. Interested performers can sign-up prior to the start of Out Loud, and will have 5 minute sets to share their original poems, stories, songs, jokes, and whatever else.
**SPECIAL POETRY BONUS!! jamie j. mortara & Gale Marie Thompson will be teaching poetry workshops at the Midwest Writing Center on Saturday, April 28 from 9:30am-11:30am and 12pm-2pm. Full descriptions & registration info--but BOTH workshops will be free to high school & college students -- DOUBLE BONUS**
Please contact Ryan Collins at Midwest Writing Center for more information: (309) 732-7330 | mwc@midwestwritingcenter.org.
BIOS FOR MORTARA & THOMPSON
jamie mortara (pronouns: they/them/their) is a queer poet, performer, publisher, organizer, and artist. They grew up in New Jersey and have learned to stop apologizing for it. jamie is author of the poetry collection "some planet" (YesYes Books) and the interactive fiction collection "small creatures / wide field" (tNY Press). Three of their DIY zines are indie bestsellers and the others are likely scattered to the winds somewhere. Jamie is founder of the audio poetry magazine Voicemail Poems, a National Poetry Slam competitor, and has performed in 29 states and counting. jamie holds an MFA from UNCW, is a proud Capricorn, and a recipient of mail.
Gale Marie Thompson the author of Soldier On (Tupelo Press, 2015) and two chapbooks. Recent work may be found in Gulf Coast, Guernica, jubilat, Cosmonauts Avenue, Colorado Review, and Foundry, among others. She has received fellowships from the Vermont Studio Center and the Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts. She is the founding editor of Jellyfish Magazine and lives in Grand Rapids, Michigan, where she teaches at Grand Valley State University. You can find her online at galemariethompson.comand @thegalester on Twitter.
SPECTRA manifests thanks to the generous support of the Regional Development Authority, the Illinois Arts Council Agency, and Joe Chambers and Wells Fargo Advisors.
free & open | $5 suggested donation
all ages
7p - OUT LOUD OPEN MIC
8p - SPECTRA
saturday 28 april
Karen Meat / iowa city
karenmeat.bandcamp.com
Dana T / iowa city
danatelsrow.bandcamp.com
opening act:
Mountain Swallower / QC
mountainswallower.bandcamp.com
$5-10 sliding scale | all ages
8p doors | 8p show
avant garde pop rock
karenmeat.bandcamp.com
Dana T / iowa city
danatelsrow.bandcamp.com
opening act:
Mountain Swallower / QC
mountainswallower.bandcamp.com
$5-10 sliding scale | all ages
8p doors | 8p show
avant garde pop rock
sunday 29 april
Nordic Film Series
Nordic Film Series
Songs From The Second Floor
a film by Roy Andersson
2000 | Sweden | dark comedy | 1h 38m | NR
free admission | 17+ ages
8p screening
a film by Roy Andersson
2000 | Sweden | dark comedy | 1h 38m | NR
free admission | 17+ ages
8p screening
MAY 2018
thursday 04 may
ABC Trio and HardHealth come to Rozz-Tox on the tail-end of their East Coast tour, joined by Opposum Sun Trail from Arcata, California.
Adams/Bucko/Cunningham / drums/sax/violin/electronics improvisation from Chicago/Dubuque/St. Louis
soundcloud.com/bbjr-bob-bucko-jr
personalarchives.bandcamp.com
HardHealth / experimental sampler duo from Kalamazoo
hardhealth.bandcamp.com
Opposum Sun Trail / psychedelic rock ragas from Humboldt County
opossumsuntrail.bandcamp.com
Tongues Unknown / Brooklyn-based experimental rock
tonguesunknown.com
$5-10 sliding scale | all ages | event page
7p doors | 8p show
Adams/Bucko/Cunningham / drums/sax/violin/electronics improvisation from Chicago/Dubuque/St. Louis
soundcloud.com/bbjr-bob-bucko-jr
personalarchives.bandcamp.com
HardHealth / experimental sampler duo from Kalamazoo
hardhealth.bandcamp.com
Opposum Sun Trail / psychedelic rock ragas from Humboldt County
opossumsuntrail.bandcamp.com
Tongues Unknown / Brooklyn-based experimental rock
tonguesunknown.com
$5-10 sliding scale | all ages | event page
7p doors | 8p show
tuesday 08 may
Close Encounters is a reading initiative for readers, writers, and critics.
Join us as we investigate a first chapter and discuss what makes the reader turn the page.
free & open | all ages | event page
6:30-8p
www.mwcqc.org
Join us as we investigate a first chapter and discuss what makes the reader turn the page.
free & open | all ages | event page
6:30-8p
www.mwcqc.org
saturday 12 may
Subatlantic / QC
subatlantic.bandcamp.com
CG, Gage Carter & Jay Benji / eldridge, ia
soundcloud.com/cg_productions
$5-10 sliding scale | all ages
8p doors | 9p show
alt rock / hip hop
subatlantic.bandcamp.com
CG, Gage Carter & Jay Benji / eldridge, ia
soundcloud.com/cg_productions
$5-10 sliding scale | all ages
8p doors | 9p show
alt rock / hip hop
friday 18 may
Outlet Presents
Outlet Presents
Kevin Greenspon / LA
kevingreenspon.bandcamp.com
Tippy / madison, wi
tippymusic.bandcamp.com
$5-10 sliding scale | all ages
8p doors | 9p show
ambient house garage pop
kevingreenspon.bandcamp.com
Tippy / madison, wi
tippymusic.bandcamp.com
$5-10 sliding scale | all ages
8p doors | 9p show
ambient house garage pop
saturday 19 may
Outlet x Northern Parallels Presents
Outlet x Northern Parallels Presents
For this special Outlet x Northern Parallels collaboration we bring you dj sets from Estonian producer/dj Maria Minerva & NTS radio monthly dj Nick Malkin (Post-Geography), along w Northern Parallels label-head Mike Derer and local selector Higgy.
we go until 3am this night. get ready.
Maria Minerva:
https://www.residentadvisor.net/dj/mariaminerva
https://mariaminerva.bandcamp.com/
http://dublab.com/labrat/labrat-maria-minerva/
Nick Malkin / Post-Geography (aka Afterhours):
https://www.nts.live/shows/post-geography
http://www.notnotfun.com/posts/afterhours-sleepwalker-12/
https://www.tinymixtapes.com/chocolate-grinder/listen-nick-malkin-interrupted-verse
Mike Derer:
https://soundcloud.com/mikederer
https://www.residentadvisor.net/dj/mikederer
Higgy:
https://facebook.com/discjockeyhiggy
https://soundcloud.com/higgybaby
https://mixcloud.com/higginsadam
Outlet:
http://www.rozztox.com/outlet.html
Northern Parallels:
https://www.residentadvisor.net/record-label.aspx?id=15680
https://northernparallelsrec.bandcamp.com/
$10 | event page | tickets
all ages to dance | 21+ to drink
9p-3a
house techno electronic dance
we go until 3am this night. get ready.
Maria Minerva:
https://www.residentadvisor.net/dj/mariaminerva
https://mariaminerva.bandcamp.com/
http://dublab.com/labrat/labrat-maria-minerva/
Nick Malkin / Post-Geography (aka Afterhours):
https://www.nts.live/shows/post-geography
http://www.notnotfun.com/posts/afterhours-sleepwalker-12/
https://www.tinymixtapes.com/chocolate-grinder/listen-nick-malkin-interrupted-verse
Mike Derer:
https://soundcloud.com/mikederer
https://www.residentadvisor.net/dj/mikederer
Higgy:
https://facebook.com/discjockeyhiggy
https://soundcloud.com/higgybaby
https://mixcloud.com/higginsadam
Outlet:
http://www.rozztox.com/outlet.html
Northern Parallels:
https://www.residentadvisor.net/record-label.aspx?id=15680
https://northernparallelsrec.bandcamp.com/
$10 | event page | tickets
all ages to dance | 21+ to drink
9p-3a
house techno electronic dance
thursday 24 may
Benjamin Cartel / brooklyn
benjamincartel.com
Seth Knappen / QC
sethknappen.bandcamp.com
$5-10 sliding scale | all ages
7p doors | 8p show
indie alt pop rock
benjamincartel.com
Seth Knappen / QC
sethknappen.bandcamp.com
$5-10 sliding scale | all ages
7p doors | 8p show
indie alt pop rock
saturday 26 may
Alex Fest
Alex Fest
Harakiri / MN
harakiriofficial.bandcamp.com
Closet Witch / IA
closetwitch.bandcamp.com
Pulsing / QC
pulsing8bit.bandcamp.com
Bereft / WI
bereftwi.bandcamp.com
Better Now / TX
betternow.bandcamp.com
Sea of Trees / QC,MI
Avoid. / IA
avoidmusic.bandcamp.com
The Central / WI
thecentral.bandcamp.com
Piss Exorcist / IA
pissexorcist.bandcamp.com
Trophy Husband / KS
trophyhusband2.bandcamp.com
Chill Smith / QC
Everlasting Light / QC
Dee Pretion / IA
$10-15 sliding scale | all ages
3p - 11:30p
harakiriofficial.bandcamp.com
Closet Witch / IA
closetwitch.bandcamp.com
Pulsing / QC
pulsing8bit.bandcamp.com
Bereft / WI
bereftwi.bandcamp.com
Better Now / TX
betternow.bandcamp.com
Sea of Trees / QC,MI
Avoid. / IA
avoidmusic.bandcamp.com
The Central / WI
thecentral.bandcamp.com
Piss Exorcist / IA
pissexorcist.bandcamp.com
Trophy Husband / KS
trophyhusband2.bandcamp.com
Chill Smith / QC
Everlasting Light / QC
Dee Pretion / IA
$10-15 sliding scale | all ages
3p - 11:30p
sunday 27 may
Nordic Film Series
Nordic Film Series
Jag är nyfiken - en film i gult [I Am Curious (Yellow)]
a film by Vilgot Sjöman
1969 | Sweden | 2h 1m | drama | X
free admission | 18+ ages only
8p screening
a film by Vilgot Sjöman
1969 | Sweden | 2h 1m | drama | X
free admission | 18+ ages only
8p screening
JUNE 2018
saturday 02 june
Mdou Moctar (sahel sounds) / niger
In the crowded scene of Tuareg guitarists, Mdou Moctar stands apart from his peers. Playing in the repertoire of desert guitar popularized by groups like Tinariwen and Bombino, Mdou is pushing the boundaries of the genre with a uniquely personal sound. With versatile compositions and genre-defying albums, Mdou's music has been an underground success with an international following, set on redefining the sound of the desert.
Mdou Moctar hails from a small village in the Azawagh desert of Niger, a remote region steeped in religious tradition. As a child, he taught himself to play a homemade guitar, cobbled together out of planks of wood. It was years later before he found a “real” guitar, teaching himself in secret. In an area where guitar music was all but prohibited, he quickly rose to the status of the local celebrity amongst the village youth.
Mdou Moctar and his band have toured Europe and North America, playing sold out shows from small DIY rock clubs in Portland to New York City's Lincoln Center. His music has been featured in the BBC, The Guardian, Pitchfork, New Yorker, L.A. Weekly, NPR, Rolling Stone, Les Inrocks, and his film continues to be screened at film festivals around the world. From underground star of Niger to international film star, Mdou Moctar has undoubtedly one of the quickest rises to success.
mdoumoctar.bandcamp.com
sahelsounds.com
$10 | all ages | event page | tickets
8p doors | 9p show
tuareg desert blues
In the crowded scene of Tuareg guitarists, Mdou Moctar stands apart from his peers. Playing in the repertoire of desert guitar popularized by groups like Tinariwen and Bombino, Mdou is pushing the boundaries of the genre with a uniquely personal sound. With versatile compositions and genre-defying albums, Mdou's music has been an underground success with an international following, set on redefining the sound of the desert.
Mdou Moctar hails from a small village in the Azawagh desert of Niger, a remote region steeped in religious tradition. As a child, he taught himself to play a homemade guitar, cobbled together out of planks of wood. It was years later before he found a “real” guitar, teaching himself in secret. In an area where guitar music was all but prohibited, he quickly rose to the status of the local celebrity amongst the village youth.
Mdou Moctar and his band have toured Europe and North America, playing sold out shows from small DIY rock clubs in Portland to New York City's Lincoln Center. His music has been featured in the BBC, The Guardian, Pitchfork, New Yorker, L.A. Weekly, NPR, Rolling Stone, Les Inrocks, and his film continues to be screened at film festivals around the world. From underground star of Niger to international film star, Mdou Moctar has undoubtedly one of the quickest rises to success.
mdoumoctar.bandcamp.com
sahelsounds.com
$10 | all ages | event page | tickets
8p doors | 9p show
tuareg desert blues
sunday 03 june
Outlet Presents
Outlet Presents
Carla Dal Forno (blackest ever black) / london
blackesteverblack.bandcamp.com
blackesteverblack.com
opening act:
Alex Body / iowa city
alexbody.bandcamp.com
Carla Dal Forno is an Australian born, Berlin/London based artist with albums out on Blackest Ever Black and regular DJ sets on NTS Radio.
You Know What It’s Like is an album for inbetween days, and occupies inbetween states: plain-speaking pop, disorientated by dub. Psychedelic folk delivered with (post-)punk economy. Drifting in space while still tethered to the ground. Astral tones blurred with earth sounds: wood, bone, breath, skin, dirt. Ending and beginning, dying and becoming. Longing for adventure and an unquiet life. Struggling to get out of bed.
New LP, Garden, out now!
$10 | all ages | event page | tickets
7p doors | 8p show
Outlet:
http://www.rozztox.com/outlet.html
delicate dreamy folk pop / electro dance punk
blackesteverblack.bandcamp.com
blackesteverblack.com
opening act:
Alex Body / iowa city
alexbody.bandcamp.com
Carla Dal Forno is an Australian born, Berlin/London based artist with albums out on Blackest Ever Black and regular DJ sets on NTS Radio.
You Know What It’s Like is an album for inbetween days, and occupies inbetween states: plain-speaking pop, disorientated by dub. Psychedelic folk delivered with (post-)punk economy. Drifting in space while still tethered to the ground. Astral tones blurred with earth sounds: wood, bone, breath, skin, dirt. Ending and beginning, dying and becoming. Longing for adventure and an unquiet life. Struggling to get out of bed.
New LP, Garden, out now!
$10 | all ages | event page | tickets
7p doors | 8p show
Outlet:
http://www.rozztox.com/outlet.html
delicate dreamy folk pop / electro dance punk
friday 08 june
Tomato Dodgers / MD
tomatododgers.bandcamp.com
Archeress / QC
archeressqc.bandcamp.com
$5-10 sliding scale | all ages
8p doors | 9p show
new wave funk jazz / shoegaze
tomatododgers.bandcamp.com
Archeress / QC
archeressqc.bandcamp.com
$5-10 sliding scale | all ages
8p doors | 9p show
new wave funk jazz / shoegaze
friday 15 june
The Terra Godz (Lunxch, Vagabond Maurice , Fxther Kari) / chicago
Ajani Jones / chicago
Swank / QC
Soul Tru / QC
$5-10 sliding scale | all ages
8p doors | 9p show
hip hop soul rnb
Ajani Jones / chicago
Swank / QC
Soul Tru / QC
$5-10 sliding scale | all ages
8p doors | 9p show
hip hop soul rnb
tuesday 19 june
Midwife / denver
midwifeco.bandcamp.com
America Grandma / denver
americangrandma.bandcamp.com
$5-10 sliding scale | all ages
7p doors | 8p show
ambient shoegaze / dream-pop
midwifeco.bandcamp.com
America Grandma / denver
americangrandma.bandcamp.com
$5-10 sliding scale | all ages
7p doors | 8p show
ambient shoegaze / dream-pop
friday 22 june
Mustard-In-Law / iowa city
BBjr / dubuque
Nonnie Parry / QC
Blue Movies / QC
Dog Hairs / QC
$5-10 sliding scale | all ages
8p doors | 9p show
weirdo electro-coustic noise dark distorted minimal pop fuck jazz
BBjr / dubuque
Nonnie Parry / QC
Blue Movies / QC
Dog Hairs / QC
$5-10 sliding scale | all ages
8p doors | 9p show
weirdo electro-coustic noise dark distorted minimal pop fuck jazz
saturday 23 june
Julian Lynch (of Real Estate) / WI
julianlynch.bandcamp.com
$5-10 sliding scale | all ages
8p doors | 9p show
avant garde freak folk
julianlynch.bandcamp.com
$5-10 sliding scale | all ages
8p doors | 9p show
avant garde freak folk
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
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
7p doors | 8p show
avant garde neo classical pop / minimal synth / new wave
JULY 2018
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