Yamaguchi Radio is an archive of deejay sets that happen live in both our Rock Island & Guangzhou locations. Press play before scrolling down to listen while you read about our upcoming events. Enjoy!
HOURS
wednesday 5pm-11pm
thursday 5pm-11pm
friday 5pm-12am
saturday 10am-12am
sunday 10am-3pm
CLOSED MONDAY+TUESDAY
wednesday 5pm-11pm
thursday 5pm-11pm
friday 5pm-12am
saturday 10am-12am
sunday 10am-3pm
CLOSED MONDAY+TUESDAY
PROGRAMME
thursday 10 september
FILMOSOFIA
FILMOSOFIA
free community film screening and reading discussion with philosophical themes hosted by Deke Gould PhD (Augustana College)
the film:
_The Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind_ (2004)
dir. Gondry
runtime: 1h 48m
format: VHS
reading selection: Epictetus, “The Enchiridion, or The Handbook”, from _Discourses and Selected Writings_ (135 CE, Dobbin, trans.)
https://dekecainasgould.com/filmosofia-archives/
the film:
_The Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind_ (2004)
dir. Gondry
runtime: 1h 48m
format: VHS
reading selection: Epictetus, “The Enchiridion, or The Handbook”, from _Discourses and Selected Writings_ (135 CE, Dobbin, trans.)
https://dekecainasgould.com/filmosofia-archives/
saturday 19 september
AMATEUR SELECTORS SERIES
AMATEUR SELECTORS SERIES
PHONOTROPISM W/ TREEPUNK
[funk] [breaks] [dub] [reggae]
terry is back behind the record bar serenading the trees.
free admission
all ages
8-1130pm
[funk] [breaks] [dub] [reggae]
terry is back behind the record bar serenading the trees.
free admission
all ages
8-1130pm
wednesday 23 september
OUTLETProgramme Presents: BARRELEYE
w/ LAZY HEX
OUTLETProgramme Presents: BARRELEYE
w/ LAZY HEX
$15 door / $10 advance
all ages
7pm doors, 8pm show
BARRELEYE
barreleye.bandcamp.com
Barreleye are a trio (bass and guitar / drums / electric piano and synthesizers) formed in 2019 in Urbana, Illinois. After spending several years cutting their teeth in the Illinois DIY show circuit, their previously sold-out "cult" debut cassette One Eye Glitters (2024) was recently reissued on LP by London, UK based Kit Records in May 2026, mastered by Tortoise's John McEntire. In March 2026 they enjoyed their first tour accompanying indie darling Joe Glass (Sharp Pins) and have since made the storied leap touring the British Isles in June with fellow traveller D. Jean-Baptiste, joined by, among many other friends, post-pop angels Visit Me. All three are active in various groups and improvisation situations, notably the "super conceptual noise duo" ecm and the elusive Shining Example. They like cats, dogs and bickering.
LAZY HEX
https://lazyhex.bandcamp.com/
Lazy Hex is an experimental sound project from the quadcities. recording & playing live since 2019, in various configurations, solo, duo & group. Using modular synths, contact mics/samples & live instrumentation to create improvised soundscapes. Each performance unique & unsettling..This set will be a group improvisation with Lucas Berns, Ryan Collins, Dennis Hockaday & Marc Hans Showalter.
all ages
7pm doors, 8pm show
BARRELEYE
barreleye.bandcamp.com
Barreleye are a trio (bass and guitar / drums / electric piano and synthesizers) formed in 2019 in Urbana, Illinois. After spending several years cutting their teeth in the Illinois DIY show circuit, their previously sold-out "cult" debut cassette One Eye Glitters (2024) was recently reissued on LP by London, UK based Kit Records in May 2026, mastered by Tortoise's John McEntire. In March 2026 they enjoyed their first tour accompanying indie darling Joe Glass (Sharp Pins) and have since made the storied leap touring the British Isles in June with fellow traveller D. Jean-Baptiste, joined by, among many other friends, post-pop angels Visit Me. All three are active in various groups and improvisation situations, notably the "super conceptual noise duo" ecm and the elusive Shining Example. They like cats, dogs and bickering.
LAZY HEX
https://lazyhex.bandcamp.com/
Lazy Hex is an experimental sound project from the quadcities. recording & playing live since 2019, in various configurations, solo, duo & group. Using modular synths, contact mics/samples & live instrumentation to create improvised soundscapes. Each performance unique & unsettling..This set will be a group improvisation with Lucas Berns, Ryan Collins, Dennis Hockaday & Marc Hans Showalter.
friday 25 september
OUTLETProgramme Presents: YEA BIG / DRAZEK FUSCALDO
OUTLETProgramme Presents: YEA BIG / DRAZEK FUSCALDO
$15 door / $10 advance
7pm doors, 8pm show
all ages
beautiful free spiritual jazz composed and improvised by our homie Stefen Robinson (Yea Big) and his friends Przemyslaw Krys Drazek and Brent Fuscaldo. they will perform a Drazek Fuscaldo duo set, a solo Yea Big set, and a little bit of a combined trio to close out the night. hell yeah.
DRAZEK FUSCALDO
https://drazekfuscaldo.bandcamp.com/
Drazek Fuscaldo (formerly Mako Sica) is the dynamic, freeform duo Przemyslaw Krys Drazek (electric trumpet, mandolin, electric guitar) and Brent Fuscaldo (vocals, electric bass, harmonica, thumb piano, gong, percussion). They are composers who transcend categorical confines but weave together ideas that, as Dereck Higgins puts it “sound like group meditation.” They invite the spirit of improvisation when joined by guest musicians. Their ongoing collaboration with percussion master Hamid Drake has resulted in multiple live performances and releases on the Feeding Tube and Astral Spirits labels. Their album June 22 features legendary Chicago artists Joshua Abrams, Tatsu Aoki and Thymme Jones and was rated among Pitchfork’s 30 Best Jazz and Experimental Albums of 2023. Their collaboration with reedist and multi-instrumentalist Stefen Robinson aka Yea Big along with Tatsu Aoki resulted in the album Fishes (Island House Recordings).
YEA BIG
https://yeabig.bandcamp.com/
Yea Big is Stefen Robinson, solo and in collaboration. Robinson is a multi-instrumentalist whose compositions, performances, and recordings range from hip-hop to electro-acoustic to free improvisation. In addition to Yea Big, Robinson is a member of the bands, Nønl!near Fi3ld and Shoshin Trio, and he directs Normal Community High School Experimental Ensemble. His longest ongoing collaboration is with rapper and producer, Kid Static. Other recent collaborations include duos with Tatsu Aoki, Jon Mueller, Shane Parish, and Ryan Scott Mattingly, etc. He records and performs on occasion with Drazek Fuscaldo. Robinson is also a repeat contributor, live and on record, to Stephen Holliger’s, Swim Ignorant Fire. And the summer of 2025 saw him release a duo cassette with Furious Neighbor on Breaching Static.
Robinson's most recent Yea Big project is a duo LP with Greg Saunier of Deerhoof, released by Personal Archives, September 2025.
7pm doors, 8pm show
all ages
beautiful free spiritual jazz composed and improvised by our homie Stefen Robinson (Yea Big) and his friends Przemyslaw Krys Drazek and Brent Fuscaldo. they will perform a Drazek Fuscaldo duo set, a solo Yea Big set, and a little bit of a combined trio to close out the night. hell yeah.
DRAZEK FUSCALDO
https://drazekfuscaldo.bandcamp.com/
Drazek Fuscaldo (formerly Mako Sica) is the dynamic, freeform duo Przemyslaw Krys Drazek (electric trumpet, mandolin, electric guitar) and Brent Fuscaldo (vocals, electric bass, harmonica, thumb piano, gong, percussion). They are composers who transcend categorical confines but weave together ideas that, as Dereck Higgins puts it “sound like group meditation.” They invite the spirit of improvisation when joined by guest musicians. Their ongoing collaboration with percussion master Hamid Drake has resulted in multiple live performances and releases on the Feeding Tube and Astral Spirits labels. Their album June 22 features legendary Chicago artists Joshua Abrams, Tatsu Aoki and Thymme Jones and was rated among Pitchfork’s 30 Best Jazz and Experimental Albums of 2023. Their collaboration with reedist and multi-instrumentalist Stefen Robinson aka Yea Big along with Tatsu Aoki resulted in the album Fishes (Island House Recordings).
YEA BIG
https://yeabig.bandcamp.com/
Yea Big is Stefen Robinson, solo and in collaboration. Robinson is a multi-instrumentalist whose compositions, performances, and recordings range from hip-hop to electro-acoustic to free improvisation. In addition to Yea Big, Robinson is a member of the bands, Nønl!near Fi3ld and Shoshin Trio, and he directs Normal Community High School Experimental Ensemble. His longest ongoing collaboration is with rapper and producer, Kid Static. Other recent collaborations include duos with Tatsu Aoki, Jon Mueller, Shane Parish, and Ryan Scott Mattingly, etc. He records and performs on occasion with Drazek Fuscaldo. Robinson is also a repeat contributor, live and on record, to Stephen Holliger’s, Swim Ignorant Fire. And the summer of 2025 saw him release a duo cassette with Furious Neighbor on Breaching Static.
Robinson's most recent Yea Big project is a duo LP with Greg Saunier of Deerhoof, released by Personal Archives, September 2025.
thursday 01 october
AMATEUR SELECTORS SERIES
AMATEUR SELECTORS SERIES
READING IS A LISTENING W/ APRI ORION
[ambient] [electronic]
A selection of mostly ambient and electronic music from Balmat, Benbecula, Editions Mego, Ghost Box, Island, Kompakt, Kranky, Planet Mu, Skam, Silent, Thrill Jockey, and Warp; as well as recent purchases from touring artists who visited Rozz-Tox. Music that some people enjoying listening to while reading. Free and open to all.
Source Bookstore will have a table of specially selected $5 books.
free admission
all ages
7-1130pm
[ambient] [electronic]
A selection of mostly ambient and electronic music from Balmat, Benbecula, Editions Mego, Ghost Box, Island, Kompakt, Kranky, Planet Mu, Skam, Silent, Thrill Jockey, and Warp; as well as recent purchases from touring artists who visited Rozz-Tox. Music that some people enjoying listening to while reading. Free and open to all.
Source Bookstore will have a table of specially selected $5 books.
free admission
all ages
7-1130pm
friday 02 october
OUTLETProgramme Presents: STOMACHS
w/ POTS&PANS
OUTLETProgramme Presents: STOMACHS
w/ POTS&PANS
$15 door / $10 advance
all ages
7pm doors, 8pm show
STOMACHS squeak honk clank clunk buzz rattle drone groan bellow and befriend. Their practice draws on diverse backgrounds in free jazz, improvisation, heavy music, and noise. The result is a freely improvised music that dances between massive drones, delicate percussive gestures, and luminous, slippery noises. It might make you feel interesting feelings!
STOMACHS is Mabel Kwan (synth), Carol Genetti (voice/electronics), Bill Harris (drums), and Nick Meryhew (trombone/no-input mixer). Their work has been presented at Elastic Arts, Compound Yellow, Marmalade, and the 2025 Chicago Jazz Fest.
pots&pans (Ryan Collins) is a solo lyric percussion project. Based in Rock Island, improvised compositions (mostly), all sounds acoustic.
all ages
7pm doors, 8pm show
STOMACHS squeak honk clank clunk buzz rattle drone groan bellow and befriend. Their practice draws on diverse backgrounds in free jazz, improvisation, heavy music, and noise. The result is a freely improvised music that dances between massive drones, delicate percussive gestures, and luminous, slippery noises. It might make you feel interesting feelings!
STOMACHS is Mabel Kwan (synth), Carol Genetti (voice/electronics), Bill Harris (drums), and Nick Meryhew (trombone/no-input mixer). Their work has been presented at Elastic Arts, Compound Yellow, Marmalade, and the 2025 Chicago Jazz Fest.
pots&pans (Ryan Collins) is a solo lyric percussion project. Based in Rock Island, improvised compositions (mostly), all sounds acoustic.
sunday 04 october
LOWLAND IX
LOWLAND IX
our annual autumn block party. save the date! details coming soon..
friday 23 october
OUTLETProgramme Presents: AK’CHAMEL
w/ DEREK MONYPENY
OUTLETProgramme Presents: AK’CHAMEL
w/ DEREK MONYPENY
$20 door / $15 advance / $10 members
all ages
7pm doors, 8pm show
AK’CHAMEL
akuphone.bandcamp.com/album/spiritually-unemployed
They have been known by many names: The Givers of Illness; The Bandylegged Riders of the Ill-Promised Sun, etc… Honed and expanded through their travels, Ak’chamel’s singular sound comprising desert-scorched psychedelia, post-apocalyptic shamanism, and bizarre ritual folk is as unique as the physical theater of their otherworldly live performances.
DEREK MONYPENY
https://derekmonypeny.bandcamp.com/album/the-oppositional-imagination
Born in the Arizona desert, a veteran of multiple explorations into the Sahara desert via Morocco and Western Sahara, and now a resident of the Mojave, Derek Monypeny sees his musical mission as adding to and expanding on what he calls the "desert continuum;" the psychedelic sirocco swirl of desert-based stringed instruments played with utter abandon by musicians the world over.
all ages
7pm doors, 8pm show
AK’CHAMEL
akuphone.bandcamp.com/album/spiritually-unemployed
They have been known by many names: The Givers of Illness; The Bandylegged Riders of the Ill-Promised Sun, etc… Honed and expanded through their travels, Ak’chamel’s singular sound comprising desert-scorched psychedelia, post-apocalyptic shamanism, and bizarre ritual folk is as unique as the physical theater of their otherworldly live performances.
DEREK MONYPENY
https://derekmonypeny.bandcamp.com/album/the-oppositional-imagination
Born in the Arizona desert, a veteran of multiple explorations into the Sahara desert via Morocco and Western Sahara, and now a resident of the Mojave, Derek Monypeny sees his musical mission as adding to and expanding on what he calls the "desert continuum;" the psychedelic sirocco swirl of desert-based stringed instruments played with utter abandon by musicians the world over.
saturday 24 october
DEATH STITCH X ROZZ-TOX PRESENT: 12 HOURS OF TERROR XIII - 13 HOURS FOR 13 YEARS
DEATH STITCH X ROZZ-TOX PRESENT: 12 HOURS OF TERROR XIII - 13 HOURS FOR 13 YEARS
This is our 13th annual Horrorthon! And instead of 12 we're doing 13 hours this year (of course we are). We've pulled out the stops and went with some absolute bangers from the 90s and 2000s, plus a nasty 70s grindhouse to cap off the night. The first half hour will be an episode of Treehouse of Horror, then we dive into the movies. All titles are rated R, except The Driller Killer, which is unrated.
Scare Shop and Death Stitch will have horror and halloween goods for sale all day and night, and there will be a raffle with some rad prizes.
11am - midnight
17+ ages
free admission
the movies:
11:35am - TICKS (1993)
"a fun summer camp creature feature staring a young Seth Green, Carlton from Fresh Prince, and genre legend Clint Howard."
dir. Tony Randel
runtime: 1h 25m
1:05pm - SLEEPWALKERS (1992)
"a Stephen King joint starring Mädchen Amick off the heels of Twin Peaks, horror-legend cameos, and some incredible 90s shapeshifting fx."
dir. Mick Garris
runtime: 1h 29m
2:40pm - ICE CREAM MAN (1995)
"another fantastic Clint Howard performance. and fuck Eli Roth."
dir. Paul Norman
runtime: 1h 26m
4:10pm - BAD MOON (1996)
"badass werewolf flick with a badass dog."
dir. Eric Red
runtime: 1h 20m
5:40pm - IN THE MOUTH OF MADNESS (1995)
"an existential nightmare love letter to Lovecraft. RIP Sam Neill <3"
dir. John Carpenter
runtime: 1h 35m
7:20pm - BOOK OF SHADOWS: BLAIR WITCH 2 (2000)
"can we not slag off Book of Shadows, please?! this movie rips. a solid sequel and some great atmosphere and scares."
dir. Joe Berlinger
runtime: 1h 30m
8:55pm - THIR13EN GHOSTS (2001)
"unhinged 2000s energy starring Matthew Lillard and Shannon Elizabeth."
dir. Steve Beck
runtime: 1h 31m
10:30pm - THE DRILLER KILLER (1979)
"a bizarre, grimy, video-nasty artifact of 70s NYC."
unrated
dir. Abel Ferrara
runtime: 1h 36m
Scare Shop and Death Stitch will have horror and halloween goods for sale all day and night, and there will be a raffle with some rad prizes.
11am - midnight
17+ ages
free admission
the movies:
11:35am - TICKS (1993)
"a fun summer camp creature feature staring a young Seth Green, Carlton from Fresh Prince, and genre legend Clint Howard."
dir. Tony Randel
runtime: 1h 25m
1:05pm - SLEEPWALKERS (1992)
"a Stephen King joint starring Mädchen Amick off the heels of Twin Peaks, horror-legend cameos, and some incredible 90s shapeshifting fx."
dir. Mick Garris
runtime: 1h 29m
2:40pm - ICE CREAM MAN (1995)
"another fantastic Clint Howard performance. and fuck Eli Roth."
dir. Paul Norman
runtime: 1h 26m
4:10pm - BAD MOON (1996)
"badass werewolf flick with a badass dog."
dir. Eric Red
runtime: 1h 20m
5:40pm - IN THE MOUTH OF MADNESS (1995)
"an existential nightmare love letter to Lovecraft. RIP Sam Neill <3"
dir. John Carpenter
runtime: 1h 35m
7:20pm - BOOK OF SHADOWS: BLAIR WITCH 2 (2000)
"can we not slag off Book of Shadows, please?! this movie rips. a solid sequel and some great atmosphere and scares."
dir. Joe Berlinger
runtime: 1h 30m
8:55pm - THIR13EN GHOSTS (2001)
"unhinged 2000s energy starring Matthew Lillard and Shannon Elizabeth."
dir. Steve Beck
runtime: 1h 31m
10:30pm - THE DRILLER KILLER (1979)
"a bizarre, grimy, video-nasty artifact of 70s NYC."
unrated
dir. Abel Ferrara
runtime: 1h 36m
saturday 14 november
OUTLETProgramme Presents: TWIN TALK (two sets w/ intermission)
OUTLETProgramme Presents: TWIN TALK (two sets w/ intermission)
$15 door / $10 advance
all ages
7pm doors, 8pm show
https://shiftingparadigmrecords.bandcamp.com/album/twin-talk-live
Saxophonist Dustin Laurenzi, bassist-singer Katie Ernst, and drummer Andrew Green have spent the last fifteen years making music that has grown ever-more elastic, spontaneous, and open, embracing new inspirations without stifling the improvisational heart of their work.
While all three musicians are active members in Chicago’s bustling jazz community, each playing in numerous working bands (Laurenzi tours with singer songwriter Bill Callahan, Ernst is in the touring band for folk artist Iron & Wine, and Green is ubiquitous on the Chicago indie/jazz circuit), they’ve found a true collective voice as Twin Talk. They use live performances as opportunities to stretch—expanding on composed material and ditching set lists in favor of calling tunes on the fly. Their latest album Delights releases November 6, 2026 on Shifting Paradigm Records.
Recent concert highlights include the Chicago Jazz Festival and Big Ears Music Festival, with upcoming performances at the Sound & Gravity Festival (Chicago) and a world premiere of Delights at JazzFest Berlin in November 2026.
all ages
7pm doors, 8pm show
https://shiftingparadigmrecords.bandcamp.com/album/twin-talk-live
Saxophonist Dustin Laurenzi, bassist-singer Katie Ernst, and drummer Andrew Green have spent the last fifteen years making music that has grown ever-more elastic, spontaneous, and open, embracing new inspirations without stifling the improvisational heart of their work.
While all three musicians are active members in Chicago’s bustling jazz community, each playing in numerous working bands (Laurenzi tours with singer songwriter Bill Callahan, Ernst is in the touring band for folk artist Iron & Wine, and Green is ubiquitous on the Chicago indie/jazz circuit), they’ve found a true collective voice as Twin Talk. They use live performances as opportunities to stretch—expanding on composed material and ditching set lists in favor of calling tunes on the fly. Their latest album Delights releases November 6, 2026 on Shifting Paradigm Records.
Recent concert highlights include the Chicago Jazz Festival and Big Ears Music Festival, with upcoming performances at the Sound & Gravity Festival (Chicago) and a world premiere of Delights at JazzFest Berlin in November 2026.
