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
friday 20 february
CARY GRANT DIED HERE PRESENTS: THE FAQ!?
CARY GRANT DIED HERE PRESENTS: THE FAQ!?
Join us in the QCs very own comedy gameshow!
Contestants:
Erik Johnson
Skip Greer
Kelly Lao (returning champion)
Hosted by Andrew King
carygrantdiedhere.com/
$10
7pm doors, 730pm showtime
(Runtime 90mins)
Contestants:
Erik Johnson
Skip Greer
Kelly Lao (returning champion)
Hosted by Andrew King
carygrantdiedhere.com/
$10
7pm doors, 730pm showtime
(Runtime 90mins)
saturday 21 february
AMATEUR SELECTORS SERIES
AMATEUR SELECTORS SERIES
CHROMESTHESIA W/ MARC HANS SHOWALTER
[electronic] [free improv] [experimental]
An exploration of experimental, psychedelic sounds from the past, present & future. Electronic Ethereal Obtuse Obscure outsider tracks that will let you hear the rainbow.
free admission
all ages
8-1130pm
[electronic] [free improv] [experimental]
An exploration of experimental, psychedelic sounds from the past, present & future. Electronic Ethereal Obtuse Obscure outsider tracks that will let you hear the rainbow.
free admission
all ages
8-1130pm
friday 27 february
DEATH CAFE
DEATH CAFE
a frank and fun discussion about death and dying, lead by death doula Lauren Gil-Hayes and anthropologist Adam Kaul.
post discussion: a curated musical coda exploring sonic themes of death and mortality with selector Jay Bryant.
free & open
all ages
discussion: 7-830PM
dj: 830PM-late
post discussion: a curated musical coda exploring sonic themes of death and mortality with selector Jay Bryant.
free & open
all ages
discussion: 7-830PM
dj: 830PM-late
saturday 28 february
TIME TRAVELERS VHS CINEMA: TWIN PEAKS INT'L PILOT
TIME TRAVELERS VHS CINEMA: TWIN PEAKS INT'L PILOT
we're capping off our month-long Twin Peaks fest with this alternate version of the pilot that was aired in europe as a stand-alone television movie, aka "the international pilot" and contains 20 extra min that was not broadcast in the states, ever, until it was released on VHS and laser disc. it was made incase the series didn't get picked up. so be warned, it has MAJOR SPOILERS and if you haven't watched the show before we do not recommend coming to this screening.
we'll also have free donuts on this morning until supplies last. let's rock.
free admission
7pm screening
runtime: 1h 56m
* TIME TRAVELERS VHS CINEMA is a nod to the neighborhood videostore of our childhood-- TIME TRAVELERS on 23rd ave in moline illinois. all screenings will be VHS tapes with previews (if any). we will do our best to not pick tapes that are too worn to watch, but do not expect a high def 4k crystal clear picture. as with any 20-40 year old media, there are sometimes imperfections. we just love movies and wanna have fun and share our VHS collection.
we'll also have free donuts on this morning until supplies last. let's rock.
free admission
7pm screening
runtime: 1h 56m
* TIME TRAVELERS VHS CINEMA is a nod to the neighborhood videostore of our childhood-- TIME TRAVELERS on 23rd ave in moline illinois. all screenings will be VHS tapes with previews (if any). we will do our best to not pick tapes that are too worn to watch, but do not expect a high def 4k crystal clear picture. as with any 20-40 year old media, there are sometimes imperfections. we just love movies and wanna have fun and share our VHS collection.
thursday 05 march
FILMOSOFIA
FILMOSOFIA
filmosofia is an ongoing philosophy-based series that pairs a film with a reading selection, curated by Deke Gould PhD. dekecainasgould.com/filmosofia-archives/
the film:
MEMENTO (2000)
dir. Christopher Nolan
runtime: 1h 53m
format: VHS
reading selection: Descartes, excerpts from Meditations on First Philosophy (1641, Ariew & Cress, trans.) *free print copies available in the cafe
free admision
17+ ages (the film is rated “R”)
pre-screening discussion (informal) 630pm
screening 7pm
post-screening discussion to follow
the film:
MEMENTO (2000)
dir. Christopher Nolan
runtime: 1h 53m
format: VHS
reading selection: Descartes, excerpts from Meditations on First Philosophy (1641, Ariew & Cress, trans.) *free print copies available in the cafe
free admision
17+ ages (the film is rated “R”)
pre-screening discussion (informal) 630pm
screening 7pm
post-screening discussion to follow
saturday 07 march
OUTLETProgramme Presents: V.VECKER
w/ LUCAS BERNS
OUTLETProgramme Presents: V.VECKER
w/ LUCAS BERNS
V.VECKER
https://tooluse.bandcamp.com/album/new-works
V.Vecker (b. Keith Wecker, 1983) is a composer, improvisor, and multi-instrumentalist using technology to explore his interest in the timbral and temporal possibilities that exist within electronic-based music. Utilizing sound design techniques to focus on the in-between sounds produced through a process developed around the act of layering, creating rich sonic textures that evoke a meditative sonic environment for the listener to immerse themselves in.
LUCAS BERNS
librarian, art maker, and sonic explorer. He'll be bouncing between repetitive loops, glitchy synth sounds, and textural noise elements.
$10 cash only
all ages
7pm doors, 8pm show
https://tooluse.bandcamp.com/album/new-works
V.Vecker (b. Keith Wecker, 1983) is a composer, improvisor, and multi-instrumentalist using technology to explore his interest in the timbral and temporal possibilities that exist within electronic-based music. Utilizing sound design techniques to focus on the in-between sounds produced through a process developed around the act of layering, creating rich sonic textures that evoke a meditative sonic environment for the listener to immerse themselves in.
LUCAS BERNS
librarian, art maker, and sonic explorer. He'll be bouncing between repetitive loops, glitchy synth sounds, and textural noise elements.
$10 cash only
all ages
7pm doors, 8pm show
saturday 14 march
AMATEUR SELECTORS SERIES
AMATEUR SELECTORS SERIES
FREQUENCIES FOR STRAYS W/ MS. CAT
[indie pop] [pop-punk] [rock]
belly up to the record bar for Cat's debut selector night.
free admission
all ages
8-1130pm
[indie pop] [pop-punk] [rock]
belly up to the record bar for Cat's debut selector night.
free admission
all ages
8-1130pm
friday 20 march
OUTLETProgramme Presents: JJJJJEROME ELLIS + LIA KOHL + ZACHARY GOOD
OUTLETProgramme Presents: JJJJJEROME ELLIS + LIA KOHL + ZACHARY GOOD
$25 cash only $20 advance
all ages
7pm doors, 8pm show
JJJJJEROME ELLIS
jjjjjerome.bandcamp.com/album/vesper-sparrow
The work of JJJJJerome Ellis lives comfortably in the gaps between silence and possibility. The Black disabled Grenadian-Jamaican-American artist creates atmospheric soundscapes with saxophone, organ, hammered dulcimer, electronics, and their voice. Improvisation is at the core of their artistry – often chipping away at large slabs of recordings to reveal the piece like a marble sculptor. It’s an expansive and interdisciplinary practice that allows JJJJJerome to adapt to any medium or form, including recorded music, live theatrical and performance art, scoring, spoken word and storytelling, and multimedia/visual works that incorporate sound.
Living as a person who stutters, using their mouth to express themselves proved difficult growing up. The practice of spelling their performance moniker “JJJJJerome” stems from the realization that the word they stutter most frequently is their own name. Despite a brief placement in speech therapy as a child, everything clicked when they picked up the saxophone in seventh grade. “I still stutter on the saxophone, but it’s different.” As an artist, their creative ethos now revolves around the exploration of stuttering through music, expounding upon the ability of each to shape time. They honor the stutter through art.
LIA KOHL
liakohl.bandcamp.com/album/various-small-whistles-and-a-song
Lia Kohl (b. New York, NY) is a composer and sound artist based in Chicago. Trained as a cellist, she also incorporates synthesizers, field recordings, toy instruments and radios into her work, searching for a balance between virtuosity and curiosity. She gravitates towards sound practices which reveal and speak to their time and place: field recording, improvisation, radio broadcast and transmission. She often focuses on mundane or pedestrian sounds – sounds which often go unnoticed or under-documented, searching for the profound, unknown, and beautiful in everyday life.
She performs as a soloist, a collaborator and composes works for ensembles. She has presented work and performed at the Art Institute of Chicago, the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, The Renaissance Society, Union Station Chicago, Eckhart Park Pool, and Big Ears Festival. She has created sound installations for Experimental Sound Studios' Audible Gallery and Roman Susan Art Foundation. She has been a resident artist at ACRE, Vashon Artist Residency, High Concept Labs, dfbrl8r Performance Art Gallery, Mana Contemporary, Stanford University, and Mills College and a Transmission Art Fellow at Wave Farm. An active recording artist, she has arranged strings and recorded with Makaya McCraven, Circuit des Yeux, claire rousay, and Steve Hauschildt, among others. Her work has been featured in Pitchfork, The Quietus, The Chicago Tribune , The Wire Magazine, and Downbeat Magazine, and on NPR, NTS Radio, Kunstradio, BBC Radio 6 Music, Dublab, and WFMU. She has releases on Drag City, International Anthem, Moon Glyph, Longform Editions, and American Dreams Records. She tours nationally and internationally.
ZACHARY GOOD
add-dye-editions.bandcamp.com/album/lake-heritage
Zachary Good is a Chicago-based clarinetist, chamber musician, composer, and music educator. He is the clarinetist of the sextet Eighth Blackbird, a member of Ensemble Dal Niente, and Honestly Same. Zachary is the Visiting Assistant Professor of Clarinet at Northern Illinois University. Zachary Good’s music meticulously explores the contrapuntal and harmonic possibilities of quiet two-note multiphonics on the clarinet, creating the illusion of multiple clarinetists playing simultaneously. His music is quietly virtuosic, inspired by the intricacies of the clarinet and a love for Baroque nuance and form. Lake Heritage was released on Good's own record label, Add Dye Editions.
* this concert is supported by the Illinois Arts Council
all ages
7pm doors, 8pm show
JJJJJEROME ELLIS
jjjjjerome.bandcamp.com/album/vesper-sparrow
The work of JJJJJerome Ellis lives comfortably in the gaps between silence and possibility. The Black disabled Grenadian-Jamaican-American artist creates atmospheric soundscapes with saxophone, organ, hammered dulcimer, electronics, and their voice. Improvisation is at the core of their artistry – often chipping away at large slabs of recordings to reveal the piece like a marble sculptor. It’s an expansive and interdisciplinary practice that allows JJJJJerome to adapt to any medium or form, including recorded music, live theatrical and performance art, scoring, spoken word and storytelling, and multimedia/visual works that incorporate sound.
Living as a person who stutters, using their mouth to express themselves proved difficult growing up. The practice of spelling their performance moniker “JJJJJerome” stems from the realization that the word they stutter most frequently is their own name. Despite a brief placement in speech therapy as a child, everything clicked when they picked up the saxophone in seventh grade. “I still stutter on the saxophone, but it’s different.” As an artist, their creative ethos now revolves around the exploration of stuttering through music, expounding upon the ability of each to shape time. They honor the stutter through art.
LIA KOHL
liakohl.bandcamp.com/album/various-small-whistles-and-a-song
Lia Kohl (b. New York, NY) is a composer and sound artist based in Chicago. Trained as a cellist, she also incorporates synthesizers, field recordings, toy instruments and radios into her work, searching for a balance between virtuosity and curiosity. She gravitates towards sound practices which reveal and speak to their time and place: field recording, improvisation, radio broadcast and transmission. She often focuses on mundane or pedestrian sounds – sounds which often go unnoticed or under-documented, searching for the profound, unknown, and beautiful in everyday life.
She performs as a soloist, a collaborator and composes works for ensembles. She has presented work and performed at the Art Institute of Chicago, the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, The Renaissance Society, Union Station Chicago, Eckhart Park Pool, and Big Ears Festival. She has created sound installations for Experimental Sound Studios' Audible Gallery and Roman Susan Art Foundation. She has been a resident artist at ACRE, Vashon Artist Residency, High Concept Labs, dfbrl8r Performance Art Gallery, Mana Contemporary, Stanford University, and Mills College and a Transmission Art Fellow at Wave Farm. An active recording artist, she has arranged strings and recorded with Makaya McCraven, Circuit des Yeux, claire rousay, and Steve Hauschildt, among others. Her work has been featured in Pitchfork, The Quietus, The Chicago Tribune , The Wire Magazine, and Downbeat Magazine, and on NPR, NTS Radio, Kunstradio, BBC Radio 6 Music, Dublab, and WFMU. She has releases on Drag City, International Anthem, Moon Glyph, Longform Editions, and American Dreams Records. She tours nationally and internationally.
ZACHARY GOOD
add-dye-editions.bandcamp.com/album/lake-heritage
Zachary Good is a Chicago-based clarinetist, chamber musician, composer, and music educator. He is the clarinetist of the sextet Eighth Blackbird, a member of Ensemble Dal Niente, and Honestly Same. Zachary is the Visiting Assistant Professor of Clarinet at Northern Illinois University. Zachary Good’s music meticulously explores the contrapuntal and harmonic possibilities of quiet two-note multiphonics on the clarinet, creating the illusion of multiple clarinetists playing simultaneously. His music is quietly virtuosic, inspired by the intricacies of the clarinet and a love for Baroque nuance and form. Lake Heritage was released on Good's own record label, Add Dye Editions.
* this concert is supported by the Illinois Arts Council
saturday 21 march
AMATEUR SELECTORS SERIES
AMATEUR SELECTORS SERIES
SIT NEXT BY US W/ LIS & SCOTTIE
[inde rock] [pop] [punk]
the Fellers are posting back up at the record bar on their anniversary to share some music with us. how sweet is that?
free admission
all ages
8-1130pm
[inde rock] [pop] [punk]
the Fellers are posting back up at the record bar on their anniversary to share some music with us. how sweet is that?
free admission
all ages
8-1130pm
sunday 22 march
OUTLETProgramme Presents: TAKAAT
w/ GLURGE + FRIENDLESS
OUTLETProgramme Presents: TAKAAT
w/ GLURGE + FRIENDLESS
$20 general $15 advance $10 members
all ages
7pm doors, 8pm show
TAKAAT
https://purplishrecords.bandcamp.com/album/takaat-is-noise-vol-2
TAKAAT (pronounced tuh-cot), meaning “noise” in the Tuareg language Tamashek, is the trio of Ahmoudou Madassane, Mikey Coltun, and Souleymane Ibrahim, also known as the rhythm section of Mdou Moctar. TAKAAT is sonic chaos, improvisation, freedom of exploration, and the punk styles of bands such as Fugazi and Unwound, all mixed together with the guitar music from the Sahel.
TAKAAT started during soundchecks while on the road with Mdou Moctar when the trio indulged their shared love for amps cranked to 11 and the sound of blown out speakers. Towards the end of 2023, the three started writing music together, inspired by their shared experiences with the sounds and energy of Hausa bar bands, gritty soukous, and 2000s post-punk. The music of TAKAAT is intense, dark, and energetic. Deeply inspired by the DIY ethos of punk, Ahmoudou, Mikey, and Souleymane capture that thrill of the new and the ecstasy of togetherness in these heavy rockers. TAKAAT follows in the spirit of the independent music culture that birthed hardcore basement shows, bedroom tape labels, and generator-powered pick-up wedding bands.
They will be playing as a duo for this show; Ahmoudou on guitar, and Mikey on bass. There will be a drum machine. It will be loud.
GLURGE
https://glurge.bandcamp.com/album/divertimento
Glurge is an apocalyptic dirge-pop duo from Minneapolis, comprised of Stu Cline and Jessica Dzielinski. Originally called Aqualife, Glurge began as Stu's solo project until it was expanded in 2024 with Jessica joining on drums.
Their music has been described as scary and cinematic, with bizarre chord changes laid atop droning organs and explosive, tympani-like drums. Their songs are short and manic, encapsulating the feeling of a small bug trying to crawl out of the sink.
FRIENDLESS
https://terrificrecordings.bandcamp.com/track/friendless-alternate-version
Friendless is a new solo project of drummer and percussionist Jon Mueller, developed from his duo with Andrew Fitzpatrick, called Friend. Refined to just acoustic drums, Friendless focuses on a similar flow of rapidly shifting time signatures over a pulsing and inviting core tempo, resulting in energetic rhythms that share elements of traditional folk music and modern electronic music in performance and feel.
Friendless appears on the compilation CD, The Milwaukee Protocol: Unfamiliar Audio for Rabies Awareness. Additional recordings and performances are planned throughout 2026.
Jon Mueller is celebrated for his uncommon technique, rigor and virtuosity. Notable solo performances have taken place at the Guggenheim Museum, New Museum, Issue Project Room, SXSW, Big Ears Festival, Hopscotch Fest and Witching Hour Festival. Beyond his solo work, Mueller has performed and recorded with Aaron Turner, Olivia Block, Who is the Witness?, James Plotkin, Mind Over Mirrors, Volcano Choir, Collections of Colonies of Bees and Pele.
* this concert is supported by the Illinois Arts Council
all ages
7pm doors, 8pm show
TAKAAT
https://purplishrecords.bandcamp.com/album/takaat-is-noise-vol-2
TAKAAT (pronounced tuh-cot), meaning “noise” in the Tuareg language Tamashek, is the trio of Ahmoudou Madassane, Mikey Coltun, and Souleymane Ibrahim, also known as the rhythm section of Mdou Moctar. TAKAAT is sonic chaos, improvisation, freedom of exploration, and the punk styles of bands such as Fugazi and Unwound, all mixed together with the guitar music from the Sahel.
TAKAAT started during soundchecks while on the road with Mdou Moctar when the trio indulged their shared love for amps cranked to 11 and the sound of blown out speakers. Towards the end of 2023, the three started writing music together, inspired by their shared experiences with the sounds and energy of Hausa bar bands, gritty soukous, and 2000s post-punk. The music of TAKAAT is intense, dark, and energetic. Deeply inspired by the DIY ethos of punk, Ahmoudou, Mikey, and Souleymane capture that thrill of the new and the ecstasy of togetherness in these heavy rockers. TAKAAT follows in the spirit of the independent music culture that birthed hardcore basement shows, bedroom tape labels, and generator-powered pick-up wedding bands.
They will be playing as a duo for this show; Ahmoudou on guitar, and Mikey on bass. There will be a drum machine. It will be loud.
GLURGE
https://glurge.bandcamp.com/album/divertimento
Glurge is an apocalyptic dirge-pop duo from Minneapolis, comprised of Stu Cline and Jessica Dzielinski. Originally called Aqualife, Glurge began as Stu's solo project until it was expanded in 2024 with Jessica joining on drums.
Their music has been described as scary and cinematic, with bizarre chord changes laid atop droning organs and explosive, tympani-like drums. Their songs are short and manic, encapsulating the feeling of a small bug trying to crawl out of the sink.
FRIENDLESS
https://terrificrecordings.bandcamp.com/track/friendless-alternate-version
Friendless is a new solo project of drummer and percussionist Jon Mueller, developed from his duo with Andrew Fitzpatrick, called Friend. Refined to just acoustic drums, Friendless focuses on a similar flow of rapidly shifting time signatures over a pulsing and inviting core tempo, resulting in energetic rhythms that share elements of traditional folk music and modern electronic music in performance and feel.
Friendless appears on the compilation CD, The Milwaukee Protocol: Unfamiliar Audio for Rabies Awareness. Additional recordings and performances are planned throughout 2026.
Jon Mueller is celebrated for his uncommon technique, rigor and virtuosity. Notable solo performances have taken place at the Guggenheim Museum, New Museum, Issue Project Room, SXSW, Big Ears Festival, Hopscotch Fest and Witching Hour Festival. Beyond his solo work, Mueller has performed and recorded with Aaron Turner, Olivia Block, Who is the Witness?, James Plotkin, Mind Over Mirrors, Volcano Choir, Collections of Colonies of Bees and Pele.
* this concert is supported by the Illinois Arts Council
friday 27 march
PET PEEVES + FATBABY
PET PEEVES + FATBABY
$10 general
all ages
7pm doors, 8pm show
PET PEEVES
https://petpeeves.bandcamp.com/album/sommar-solstice-mmxx
Pet Peeves is an experimental no-wave math band with an expanding contracting line up of Chicago’s weirdo music scene. They play high-energy, angular rhythm music with guitar, horns and drums employing dadaist composition with surreal absurdist humor and performance. Referred to once as Henry Cow meets Black Sabbath.
FATBABY
(Dubuque, IA - members of Cervine, Venereal Crush, and BBJr) is an improvisational unit featuring two or more people manipulating the textures of acoustic instruments (most often percussion and bass clarinet) through various electronic sources.
all ages
7pm doors, 8pm show
PET PEEVES
https://petpeeves.bandcamp.com/album/sommar-solstice-mmxx
Pet Peeves is an experimental no-wave math band with an expanding contracting line up of Chicago’s weirdo music scene. They play high-energy, angular rhythm music with guitar, horns and drums employing dadaist composition with surreal absurdist humor and performance. Referred to once as Henry Cow meets Black Sabbath.
FATBABY
(Dubuque, IA - members of Cervine, Venereal Crush, and BBJr) is an improvisational unit featuring two or more people manipulating the textures of acoustic instruments (most often percussion and bass clarinet) through various electronic sources.
SAT 04 APR 2026
OUTLETProgramme Presents: KELLY MORAN (WARP RECORDS)
w/ RANDALL HALL
OUTLETProgramme Presents: KELLY MORAN (WARP RECORDS)
w/ RANDALL HALL
$25 general $20 advance
all ages
7pm doors, 8pm show
KELLY MORAN
kellymoran.bandcamp.com/album/dont-trust-mirrors
Over the past decade, New York-based composer and producer Kelly Moran has challenged the piano's traditional, classically-imposed school of thought with a more contemporary, experimental approach. An accomplished and highly sought-after composer, Moran has collaborated and performed with FKA twigs and Oneohtrix Point Never as part of their live ensembles. Moran has also composed for classical musician Margaret Leng Tan and recorded collaborations with other visionary contemporaries like Kelsey Lu, Yves Tumor, The Avalanches, Helado Negro, Bibio, and more.
As a solo artist, Moran's critically acclaimed albums, Bloodroot and Ultraviolet, have explored a variety of extended piano techniques like John Cage-inspired prepared piano and exercises in improvisation. Her unique strand of experimental piano compositions, which conjure hypnotizing textures and dramatic compositional arcs, have been included on year-end lists across classical, avant-garde, and metal genres. Moran’s most recent album, Moves in the Field, was praised by the New York Times for being “a softhearted but steel-skinned set of 10 piano pieces that are as rapturous as a waterfall or as delicate as vapor. Her first album in six years, it is the redemptive conclusion in an extended span of personal tragedy and professional doubt, all ingrained in its sweeping songs.”
RANDALL HALL
randallhall.bandcamp.com/album/the-sacred-shouting-to-itself
Saxophonist, composer and improvisor RANDALL HALL moves at the sonic limits of the instrument to delve into the mythic, the esoteric, and the apophatic. As a leading interpreter of contemporary music for saxophone, his performances of new compositions and improvisations feature his mastery of extended techniques and cutting-edge electronics. Innova Recordings describes his music as “high-octane, supercharged sax” while The Wire says he plays with “utter confidence,” “fire and teeth,” and “unexpectedly tough beauty.”
* this concert is supported by the Illinois Arts Council
all ages
7pm doors, 8pm show
KELLY MORAN
kellymoran.bandcamp.com/album/dont-trust-mirrors
Over the past decade, New York-based composer and producer Kelly Moran has challenged the piano's traditional, classically-imposed school of thought with a more contemporary, experimental approach. An accomplished and highly sought-after composer, Moran has collaborated and performed with FKA twigs and Oneohtrix Point Never as part of their live ensembles. Moran has also composed for classical musician Margaret Leng Tan and recorded collaborations with other visionary contemporaries like Kelsey Lu, Yves Tumor, The Avalanches, Helado Negro, Bibio, and more.
As a solo artist, Moran's critically acclaimed albums, Bloodroot and Ultraviolet, have explored a variety of extended piano techniques like John Cage-inspired prepared piano and exercises in improvisation. Her unique strand of experimental piano compositions, which conjure hypnotizing textures and dramatic compositional arcs, have been included on year-end lists across classical, avant-garde, and metal genres. Moran’s most recent album, Moves in the Field, was praised by the New York Times for being “a softhearted but steel-skinned set of 10 piano pieces that are as rapturous as a waterfall or as delicate as vapor. Her first album in six years, it is the redemptive conclusion in an extended span of personal tragedy and professional doubt, all ingrained in its sweeping songs.”
RANDALL HALL
randallhall.bandcamp.com/album/the-sacred-shouting-to-itself
Saxophonist, composer and improvisor RANDALL HALL moves at the sonic limits of the instrument to delve into the mythic, the esoteric, and the apophatic. As a leading interpreter of contemporary music for saxophone, his performances of new compositions and improvisations feature his mastery of extended techniques and cutting-edge electronics. Innova Recordings describes his music as “high-octane, supercharged sax” while The Wire says he plays with “utter confidence,” “fire and teeth,” and “unexpectedly tough beauty.”
* this concert is supported by the Illinois Arts Council
friday 10 april
OUTLETProgramme Presents: CHARLES JOSEPH SMITH
W/ NONNIE PARRY FT. THE PERSONALS
OUTLETProgramme Presents: CHARLES JOSEPH SMITH
W/ NONNIE PARRY FT. THE PERSONALS
$15 general $10 advance
all ages
7pm doors, 8pm show
CHARLES JOSEPH SMITH
https://charlesjosephsmith.bandcamp.com/album/collected-works-and-war-of-the-martian-ghosts
Dr. Charles Joseph Smith’s remarkable story begins with a mute child’s gift for music, and the purposeful way he nurtured this talent to become both life practice and raison d'être. Charles recounts this artistic journey in his autobiography, The 88 Keys that Opened Doors, a self-published book that chronicles a life in which music was (and still is) the primary key to overcoming immense challenges posed by Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD).
His career as a musician starts in the church, reaches into the international concert piano circuit, and eventually settles to bear strange fruit in Chicago’s experimental underground. Along the way, Charles Joseph Smith’s compositional voice absorbed and metabolized popular music spanning pop to jazz, the gospel of the church, the canon of the classical conservatory, modern dance scores, and the rule-shattering experimentalism of his city’s DIY subculture, where he has been a mainstay for over 30 years. Since the mid-1990s, Charles has been performing, dancing, and selling his self-published musical and written works in person, often at the local shows he frequents. He is known around Chicago as a living symbol of the power of music, and of the beloved spirit of community at the heart of DIY. He will appear at Rozz Tox to celebrate the first retrospective collection of his work, a 90 minute album titled Collected Works and War of the Martian Ghosts, out April 3, 2026 on Chicago's Sooper Records. This is the definitive collection of his original recordings—though it would be impossible to ever encompass the galaxies of music, poetry, and prose penned by the prolific Dr. Charles Joseph Smith.
NONNIE PARRY
https://nonnieparry.bandcamp.com/album/untitled-album
Nonnie Parry is a two piece computer punk act that delights in minimalism, ambiance, and low noise. Featuring performance art duo ‘The Personals’ for one nite only.
all ages
7pm doors, 8pm show
CHARLES JOSEPH SMITH
https://charlesjosephsmith.bandcamp.com/album/collected-works-and-war-of-the-martian-ghosts
Dr. Charles Joseph Smith’s remarkable story begins with a mute child’s gift for music, and the purposeful way he nurtured this talent to become both life practice and raison d'être. Charles recounts this artistic journey in his autobiography, The 88 Keys that Opened Doors, a self-published book that chronicles a life in which music was (and still is) the primary key to overcoming immense challenges posed by Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD).
His career as a musician starts in the church, reaches into the international concert piano circuit, and eventually settles to bear strange fruit in Chicago’s experimental underground. Along the way, Charles Joseph Smith’s compositional voice absorbed and metabolized popular music spanning pop to jazz, the gospel of the church, the canon of the classical conservatory, modern dance scores, and the rule-shattering experimentalism of his city’s DIY subculture, where he has been a mainstay for over 30 years. Since the mid-1990s, Charles has been performing, dancing, and selling his self-published musical and written works in person, often at the local shows he frequents. He is known around Chicago as a living symbol of the power of music, and of the beloved spirit of community at the heart of DIY. He will appear at Rozz Tox to celebrate the first retrospective collection of his work, a 90 minute album titled Collected Works and War of the Martian Ghosts, out April 3, 2026 on Chicago's Sooper Records. This is the definitive collection of his original recordings—though it would be impossible to ever encompass the galaxies of music, poetry, and prose penned by the prolific Dr. Charles Joseph Smith.
NONNIE PARRY
https://nonnieparry.bandcamp.com/album/untitled-album
Nonnie Parry is a two piece computer punk act that delights in minimalism, ambiance, and low noise. Featuring performance art duo ‘The Personals’ for one nite only.
friday 17 april
OUTLETProgramme Presents: ALASH ENSEMBLE
OUTLETProgramme Presents: ALASH ENSEMBLE
$20 general $15 advance $10 members
all ages
7pm doors, 8pm show
ALASH ENSEMBLE
https://alashensemble.bandcamp.com/album/meni-mana
ALASH are masters of Tuvan throat singing (xöömei), a remarkable technique for singing multiple pitches at the same time. What distinguishes this trio from earlier generations of Tuvan throat singers is the subtle infusion of modern influences into their traditional music. One can find complex harmonies, western instruments, and contemporary song forms in Alash’s music, but its overall sound and spirit remain decidedly Tuvan.
Alash will play two sets w/ an intermission.
* this concert is supported by the Illinois Arts Council
all ages
7pm doors, 8pm show
ALASH ENSEMBLE
https://alashensemble.bandcamp.com/album/meni-mana
ALASH are masters of Tuvan throat singing (xöömei), a remarkable technique for singing multiple pitches at the same time. What distinguishes this trio from earlier generations of Tuvan throat singers is the subtle infusion of modern influences into their traditional music. One can find complex harmonies, western instruments, and contemporary song forms in Alash’s music, but its overall sound and spirit remain decidedly Tuvan.
Alash will play two sets w/ an intermission.
* this concert is supported by the Illinois Arts Council
saturday 25 april
AMATEUR SELECTORS SERIES
AMATEUR SELECTORS SERIES
THE GOOD SHIP ALBION W/ TREEPUNK
[punk] [reggae] [indie] [psych folk]
A mash up of bangers from across the pond to celebrate St Georges.. and cups of tea!
free admission
all ages
8-1130pm
[punk] [reggae] [indie] [psych folk]
A mash up of bangers from across the pond to celebrate St Georges.. and cups of tea!
free admission
all ages
8-1130pm
