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 21 august
BUSSY KWEEN POWER TRIP + RECESS + SHEER IMAGE
BUSSY KWEEN POWER TRIP + RECESS + SHEER IMAGE
$10 door
all ages
7pm doors, 8pm show
BUSSY KWEEN POWER TRIP
https://bussykweenpowertrip.bandcamp.com/album/coming-with-the-strap
Bussy Kween Power Trip is a Black Kweer Punk Trio from Chicago. No guitar— just absurd + sinister vox, bass that hits like a sledgehammer, and skull cracking drums.
RECESS
Powerviolence from Iowa City drawing inspiration from bands like Sex Prisoner, Despise You, Drop Dead, Extortion, and Friendship. Blast beats and riffs that are built to destroy. One thing about Recess, they will go fast then slow then fast.
SHEER IMAGE
Quad City old school mid/fast-tempo hardcore punk in the vein of negative approach, crudos, and discharge.
all ages
7pm doors, 8pm show
BUSSY KWEEN POWER TRIP
https://bussykweenpowertrip.bandcamp.com/album/coming-with-the-strap
Bussy Kween Power Trip is a Black Kweer Punk Trio from Chicago. No guitar— just absurd + sinister vox, bass that hits like a sledgehammer, and skull cracking drums.
RECESS
Powerviolence from Iowa City drawing inspiration from bands like Sex Prisoner, Despise You, Drop Dead, Extortion, and Friendship. Blast beats and riffs that are built to destroy. One thing about Recess, they will go fast then slow then fast.
SHEER IMAGE
Quad City old school mid/fast-tempo hardcore punk in the vein of negative approach, crudos, and discharge.
friday 28 august
OUTLETProgramme Presents: MICHAEL COLUMBIA
w/ JACK LION
OUTLETProgramme Presents: MICHAEL COLUMBIA
w/ JACK LION
$15 door / $10 advance
all ages
7pm doors, 8pm show
MICHAEL COLUMBIA
https://cuneiformrecords.bandcamp.com/album/mirrors-shapes-objects
A multi-instrumentalist trio of veteran genre benders, David McDonnell, Christopher Kalis, and Dylan Ryan first played together over a decade ago in the Chicago/Philadelphia-based post-rock collective, Icy Demons. Since then they have all consistently moved forward with their own respective musical identities, releasing records and performing with dozens of artists in the free jazz, indie, and electronic scenes in Chicago as well as on both coasts. Equally comfortable in an extended instrumental solo as in a committed motorik moment, the group drifts effortlessly between the Soft Machine-style soprano saxophone leads, the interlocking riffs of Discipline-era King Crimson, and the psychedelic-hypno-funk rhythms of Can. Their new recording, Mirrors, Shapes, Objects comes out July 31 via Cuneiform Records.
JACK LION
https://jacklion.bandcamp.com/music
Jack Lion’s members unearth the early ’00s interest in connections between jazz and electronic music and refashion it for this current era. Striking a balance between jazz composition, down-tempo break-beats, and hazy atmospherics they have made their mark as one of Iowa City’s headiest and most adventurous bands.
all ages
7pm doors, 8pm show
MICHAEL COLUMBIA
https://cuneiformrecords.bandcamp.com/album/mirrors-shapes-objects
A multi-instrumentalist trio of veteran genre benders, David McDonnell, Christopher Kalis, and Dylan Ryan first played together over a decade ago in the Chicago/Philadelphia-based post-rock collective, Icy Demons. Since then they have all consistently moved forward with their own respective musical identities, releasing records and performing with dozens of artists in the free jazz, indie, and electronic scenes in Chicago as well as on both coasts. Equally comfortable in an extended instrumental solo as in a committed motorik moment, the group drifts effortlessly between the Soft Machine-style soprano saxophone leads, the interlocking riffs of Discipline-era King Crimson, and the psychedelic-hypno-funk rhythms of Can. Their new recording, Mirrors, Shapes, Objects comes out July 31 via Cuneiform Records.
JACK LION
https://jacklion.bandcamp.com/music
Jack Lion’s members unearth the early ’00s interest in connections between jazz and electronic music and refashion it for this current era. Striking a balance between jazz composition, down-tempo break-beats, and hazy atmospherics they have made their mark as one of Iowa City’s headiest and most adventurous bands.
sunday 30 august
GARDEN STUDIO
GARDEN STUDIO
Garden Studio is an outdoor art-making group, led by Richie Masias and Art with Atticus. Supplies, such as paints, brushes, pastels, canvas, and paper will be available, but artists are welcome to bring their own. This is an open-ended group with no formal workshop goals, however attendees are invited to seek guidance from group leaders if they prefer direction.
free & open weather permitting
12-2pm
free & open weather permitting
12-2pm
friday 04 september
OUTLETProgramme Presents: SABABA 5
w/ VERNDON
OUTLETProgramme Presents: SABABA 5
w/ VERNDON
$20 door / $15 advance / $10 members
all ages
7pm doors, 8pm show
SABABA 5
https://sababa5.bandcamp.com/album/c-a-va-c-a-va
Sababa 5 are a Paris-based band known for their hypnotic blend of Middle Eastern psychedelia, Mediterranean funk, and analog groove. Their sound fuses swirling organs, surf guitars, and irresistible rhythms into a style that feels both nostalgic and forward-looking — rooted in vintage tones, but always evolving.
After gaining global attention with the single “Tokyo Midnight / Nasnusa”, featuring Japanese singer Yurika, the band continued to explore new directions through collaborations and live performances across Europe. Their self-titled debut album and follow-up, Aspan, deepened their signature sound: a rich instrumental fusion of funk, disco, and Eastern melodies. In recent years, Sababa 5 have expanded their palette through projects with vocalists including Shiran Tzfira, Inbal Nur Dekel, Yurika Hanashima, Canay Doğan, and Sophia Solomon, balancing analog depth with cross-cultural energy. Known for their captivating live shows, Sababa 5 bring an immersive experience that blends groove, improvisation, and vibrant sonic textures, connecting with audiences across Europe and beyond.
In 2025, they unveiled Nadir, their fourth and most ambitious album to date. Marking a new creative high, Nadir dives deeper into emotion, texture, and groove — the sound of a band unafraid to move forward. This journey continues into early 2026 with the release of their fifth album, Ca Va Ca Va, embracing a celebratory Hafla sound — a Middle Eastern party spirit — fully supported by an extensive European tour.
VERNDON
https://www.mixcloud.com/verndon/verndon-vinyl-therapy-second-sunday-market-06142026/
Verndon is a QC-born, Oregon-based open format vinyl deejay with wide-ranging sets rooted in soul, jazz, funk, boogie, and disco from around the globe.
all ages
7pm doors, 8pm show
SABABA 5
https://sababa5.bandcamp.com/album/c-a-va-c-a-va
Sababa 5 are a Paris-based band known for their hypnotic blend of Middle Eastern psychedelia, Mediterranean funk, and analog groove. Their sound fuses swirling organs, surf guitars, and irresistible rhythms into a style that feels both nostalgic and forward-looking — rooted in vintage tones, but always evolving.
After gaining global attention with the single “Tokyo Midnight / Nasnusa”, featuring Japanese singer Yurika, the band continued to explore new directions through collaborations and live performances across Europe. Their self-titled debut album and follow-up, Aspan, deepened their signature sound: a rich instrumental fusion of funk, disco, and Eastern melodies. In recent years, Sababa 5 have expanded their palette through projects with vocalists including Shiran Tzfira, Inbal Nur Dekel, Yurika Hanashima, Canay Doğan, and Sophia Solomon, balancing analog depth with cross-cultural energy. Known for their captivating live shows, Sababa 5 bring an immersive experience that blends groove, improvisation, and vibrant sonic textures, connecting with audiences across Europe and beyond.
In 2025, they unveiled Nadir, their fourth and most ambitious album to date. Marking a new creative high, Nadir dives deeper into emotion, texture, and groove — the sound of a band unafraid to move forward. This journey continues into early 2026 with the release of their fifth album, Ca Va Ca Va, embracing a celebratory Hafla sound — a Middle Eastern party spirit — fully supported by an extensive European tour.
VERNDON
https://www.mixcloud.com/verndon/verndon-vinyl-therapy-second-sunday-market-06142026/
Verndon is a QC-born, Oregon-based open format vinyl deejay with wide-ranging sets rooted in soul, jazz, funk, boogie, and disco from around the globe.
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
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
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! We're doing 13 hours this year (of course we are) and 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 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, and some incredible 90s shapeshifting fx."
dir. Mick Garris
runtime: 1h 29m
2:40pm - ICE CREAM MAN (1995)
"another incredible 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 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, and some incredible 90s shapeshifting fx."
dir. Mick Garris
runtime: 1h 29m
2:40pm - ICE CREAM MAN (1995)
"another incredible 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
