The Brass Rail

Brother O Brother, Wolves, Jounce
2016-07-29 21:00 - 22:00 UTC | IN

Sea Mountains, Sankofa, Totally Orange Time Machine, The Be Colony, Trichotomous Hippopotamus, and Void Reunion
2016-07-30 22:00 - 23:55 | IN

The Aquadolls, Heaven's Gateway Drug, Slug Love
2016-08-04 21:00 - 23:55 | IN

The Lochness Mobsters, Big Jaw, wolfbearhawk
2016-08-05 22:00 - 23:55 | IN

Devious Ones, Jake Simmons and The Little Ghosts
2016-08-06 21:00 - 23:55 | IN

Rum Rebellion and Boat Show
2016-08-09 21:00 - 23:55 | IN

Brass Rail Trivia Night
2016-08-11 20:00 - 23:55, 2016-10-04 20:00 - 23:55 | The Brass Rail, 1121 Broadway, Fort Wayne, IN, 46802, United States

Close Only Counts, Shade,Oreo Jones,Flamingo Nosebleed
2016-08-12 22:00 - 23:55 | IN

Prom
2016-08-13 08:00 - 17:00 | IN

PLEASURES, Sisters Of Your Sunshine Vapor, Heaven's Gateway Drugs, Slug Love
2016-08-14 20:00 - 23:00 | IN

Jared Andrews & Unmanned Ship
2016-08-15 21:00 - 23:55 | The Brass Rail, 1121 Broadway, Fort Wayne, IN, 46802, United States

**cancelled*** Bummers Eve, Streetlamps for Spotlights
2016-08-16 20:00 - 22:55 | IN
Due to illness

Lowlight, George Gardner
2016-08-18 21:00 - 23:55 | The Brass Rail, 1121 Broadway, Fort Wayne, IN, 46802, United States

Language, Big Bliss, Void Reunion
2016-08-19 22:00 - 23:55 | IN

Bella's Bartok and Boat Show (Middle Waves Preshow)
2016-08-20 22:00 - 23:55 | IN

Big Eyes (Don Giovanni Records), Mark & The Max
2016-08-24 21:00 - 23:55 | IN

The Honeycutters, Jess Thrower
2016-08-25 21:00 - 23:55 | The Brass Rail, 1121 Broadway, Fort Wayne, IN, 46802, United States

Unlikely Alibi, Matt Wixon, Mickyle James Esh
2016-08-26 21:00 - 23:55 | IN

Hooten Hallers and Boat Show
2016-08-27 21:00 - 23:55 | IN

The Traditional, The Dead Records, Kill Surf City, Jess Thrower
2016-08-30 20:00 - 23:55 | The Brass Rail, 1121 Broadway, Fort Wayne, IN, 46802, United States

The Be Colony, Water Witches, Streetlamps for Spotlights
2016-09-02 22:00 - 23:55 | The Brass Rail, 1121 Broadway, Fort Wayne, IN, 46802, United States

Flamingo Nosebleed (7" split release), Smash The Jukebox, Filth & Majesty, Amuse
2016-09-03 22:00 - 23:55 | The Brass Rail, 1121 Broadway, Fort Wayne, IN, 46802, United States

Proud Parents, Meat Flowers
2016-09-07 21:00 - 23:55 | The Brass Rail, 1121 Broadway, Fort Wayne, IN, 46802, United States

James & The Drifters, The Kernal
2016-09-08 21:00 - 23:55 | The Brass Rail, 1121 Broadway, Fort Wayne, IN, 46802, United States

Heaven's Gateway Drugs (LP release), Streetlamps for Spotlights, DJ Joshua Elias
2016-09-09 22:00 - 23:55 | The Brass Rail, 1121 Broadway, Fort Wayne, IN, 46802, United States

Red Baraat, The Orange Opera
2016-09-10 21:00 - 23:00 | IN
$8 advance/$10 day of show
Famously dubbed “The best party band in years” by NPR, Red Baraat is a pioneering eight-piece band from Brooklyn, New York. Conceived by dhol player Sunny Jain, the group has drawn worldwide praise for its singular sound — a merging of hard driving North Indian Bhangra with elements of go-go, rock and jazz — fueled by 3 master rhythm makers, the muscle of horns, a raucous guitar and a booming sousaphone. Created with no less a purposeful agenda than manifesting joy and unity in all people, Red Baraat’s spirit is worn brightly on its sweaty and hard-worked sleeve. And is being returned to them in cities all over the world, as word spreads of the band’s incredibly powerful live performances.
Livewire, the band’s 2016 EP, is a 5-track scorcher recorded in-studio at Seattle’s KEXP. While still retaining many of the propulsive and uplifting musical elements that fired their previous albums, Livewire marks a departure for Red Baraat as their acoustic instrumentation evolves into new sonic spaces. Notably, the songs on the EP feature dark electric guitar textures and live effects processing from sousaphone and the dhol, the band’s signature instrument. The EP concludes with a bonus track (“Gaadi of Truth”) featuring the drumming and remixing talents of The Police’s Stewart Copeland.
The release of Red Baraat’s 2nd album in 2013, Shruggy Ji, which debuted at #1 on the Billboard World Music charts propelled the band on a nonstop three-year world tour that included performances at Bonnaroo, Austin City Limits, Monterey Jazz Festival and WOMAD, along with clubs, theatres, and arts centers. Along the way, they sold out rooms as diverse as the Luxembourg Philharmonic and the Bowery Ballroom, and performed at the request of The White House, Peter Gabriel, TED and the Olympic Games.
But even as it’s clear that Red Baraat is building a startling history of performances in iconic settings, the band’s bread and butter remains the sweaty clubs, festivals, packed performing arts centers, and college auditoriums that have kept the band on the road all over the world the last few years. It’s here where Red Baraat does what it does best – communing with their audience in a joyful, near hedonistic celebration of music and dance, which tellingly, draws a crowd even more diverse than the players on stage. The universality of what Red Baraat does is undeniable. And this is no happy accident. It is the product of intention and design. Says Jain, “The band…our songs…are addressing the multiplicity of viewpoints,” says Jain. “There’s ‘Zindabad,’ which means ‘Long Live’ in Hindi. In that song, we’re saying that we celebrate life, we celebrate devotion — but we also celebrate agitation and revolution. Question things, and move forward, and support your friends and lovers, and listen to the voice of your heart. Long live all of that; but at the same time, we’re talking about community, about responsibility, about helping one another. We are simple creatures that desire community. If we can unite people of all backgrounds and ethnicities to partake in the exuberance of life through the universal language of music, then life is that much sweeter.”

Pink Mexico, Slug Love
2016-09-13 21:00 - 23:55 | IN

Bravas Presents: Cole DeGenova, The Be Colony
2016-09-15 21:00 - 23:55 | IN
Bravas Cole

Middle Waves After Party with DJ Charlie Coffeen
2016-09-16 23:00 - 2016-09-17 02:30 | The Brass Rail, 1121 Broadway, Fort Wayne, IN, 46802, United States

The Slackers (new york city), Duppies
2016-09-21 21:00 - 23:55 | IN

Beach Slang, Void Reunion
2016-09-22 20:00 - 23:55 | The Brass Rail, 1121 Broadway, Fort Wayne, IN, 46802, United States
Beach Slang are a band who have garnered a lot of attention considering that they’ve only released two 7-inches, 2014’s Cheap Thrills On A Dead End Street and its companion Who Would Ever Want Something So Broken? Refreshingly this Philadelphia-based act have built their hype the old-fashioned way, without any gimmicks or marketing teams, which makes sense when you consider that frontman and writer James Alex cut his teeth in the Pennsylvania pop-punk act Weston while drummer JP Flexner and bassist Ed McNulty also play in buzzed about projects such as Ex-Friends and Crybaby. However there’s something indefinable about Beach Slang’s music that evokes the spirit of punk and juxtaposes it into something that’s as brutally honest as it is infectiously catchy.
“When this whole thing started it was like, ‘Alright, i’m going to get to hear my sappy little songs played loud and interact with other human beings again,’ the admittedly shy Alex says looking back on Beach Slang’s existence. “Then one day this really sweet explosion happened and Beach Slang became a thing that mattered to people.” As anyone who has seen Beach Slang live can attest, it matters to people a lot including the group’s peers like Cursive who hand-selected Beach Slang to open for them on their upcoming headlining tour. “I used to skate with this really sweet girl who would refer to the way I spoke as ‘beach slang’ and I’ve never shaken that off,” Alex continues. “The really soft parts of your childhood, I suppose, have a way of sticking around. I like that.”
That feeling of youth and vulnerability also lie at the core of Beach Slang’s music, which is part punk, part pop and all catharsis. It references the ghosts of The Replacements but keeps one foot firmly rooted in the present. It’s fun and it’s serious. It’s sad but it isn’t. It’s Beach Slang. Enjoy it and look out for the band’s debut full-length later this year because they’re still just getting started.

Jakobs Ferry Stragglers, Dag & The Bulleit Boys
2016-09-23 21:00 - 23:55 | IN

Going To California
2016-09-24 21:00 - 23:55 | The Brass Rail, 1121 Broadway, Fort Wayne, IN, 46802, United States

Watching for Foxes, Spirit of the Bear, and Sarena Steeber
2016-09-24 22:00 - 23:55 | The Brass Rail, 1121 Broadway, Fort Wayne, IN, 46802, United States

Must Be The Holy Ghost, Heaven's Gateway Drugs
2016-09-27 21:30 - 23:55 | The Brass Rail, 1121 Broadway, Fort Wayne, IN, 46802, United States

Church Girls, Slug Love, Sea Mountains
2016-09-29 21:00 - 23:55 | The Brass Rail, 1121 Broadway, Fort Wayne, IN, 46802, United States

James & The Drifters, My Dog Junior, Either/Or
2016-09-30 22:00 - 23:55 | The Brass Rail, 1121 Broadway, Fort Wayne, IN, 46802, United States

Void Reunion, The Meat Flowers, Crash
2016-10-01 21:00 - 23:55 | The Brass Rail, 1121 Broadway, Fort Wayne, IN, 46802, United States

Sarah Simmons from NBC's THE VOICE with The Howling Soul Orchestra
2016-10-02 20:00 - 23:55 | The Brass Rail, 1121 Broadway, Fort Wayne, IN, 46802, United States
It’s been three years since Sarah Simmons wowed her way onto the NBC reality show, The Voice. Audiences reacted strongly to Sarah’s 5-octave range and her uncanny ability to adapt to practically any genre of music. Though she didn’t win, the exposure has been its own reward and her first full-length album titled Freedom is set to release early this summer.
“I wrote part of this album while driving across the country from California to Nashville,” says Sarah, who now calls The Music City her home. “That’s when I started feeling an intense freeing from people, places, heartaches and all kinds of situations.”
A modern rock and pop powerhouse, Sarah can deliver the vocal thrills of Ann Wilson or the down home grit of Grace Potter, all with the vulnerability and Southern sensibility all her own. If Janis Joplin were alive today, she’d find a soul sister in Sarah Simmons.
Born and raised in Birmingham, Alabama, Sarah recalls watching old classic musical movies with her grandmother who loved the jazz finesse of Billie Holiday and Ella Fitzgerald. Her dad, meanwhile plied Sarah with the classic rock of Jimmy Hendrix, Neil Young and Led Zeppelin. The end result was “all kinds of music at a young age that I came to respect and love,” she says.
Worship and inspirational music also impacted the future singer, especially as a young child at church and singing along with her mother and sister in the car. Sarah saw the great Belinda George-Peoples sing the Carousel standard, You’ll Never Walk Alone and it hit her hard. “She sang from her soul and it moved me in a way that changed my feelings about music forever.”
In fifth grade, Sarah discovered her own musical aptitude when she blew away her teacher and classmates with a spontaneous, a cappella rendition of I’ve Got Rhythm. Vocal training soon began, including lessons with a retired Juilliard affiliate, Eleanor Trafton, who taught the 11-year-old about such fine points as breath control, a quality that distinguishes Sarah’s singing to this day.
A year later, she discovered how to channel her voice into big bold performances thanks to hearing Dead Can Dance vocalist Lisa Gerrard and her defining song from Gladiator, Now We Are Free. Sarah remains a fan to this day: “If Eddie Vedder and Lisa Gerrard had a child, that’s what I want my career to look like.” For the rest of her formative years she was heavily involved in musical theatre. Sarah has always dreamed of writing and singing for movies and television.
Sarah had already been writing poetry when, at 15, she was given a guitar from her dad. It holds a special meaning to this day. Then struggling with addiction, her father had been in rehab when a fellow patient left him a guitar before checking out. When Sarah saw her dad next, he placed the guitar in his daughter’s hands and simply said, “Put this to good use.”
She spent a few years at the University of Mobile majoring in voice and worship leadership before transferring to the Memphis-based Visible Music College. There she befriended fellow student, Sean Reeder, who told her about a television show called The Voice. He suggested she audition. As it happened, the Grammy award winning President of the college recommended Sarah to the show’s executive producers, and she made the cut. “Then it was living in a hotel for eight and half months,” she says.
One of the most impressive voices on The Voice, Sarah made it to the final eight in 2013 on the fourth season of the Emmy Award winning singing show. Those who saw her only got a glimpse of her true talents, which are on full, confident display on Freedom. Produced by Nashville pro Marshall Altman (Amy Grant, Eric Paslay, Frankie Ballard, Citizen Cope) at House of Blues studio, the album lets Sarah’s unique voice and style shine throughout. The result of her debut album carries with it an emotional honesty and intensity worthy of Adele that also takes advantage of rock’s ability to create epic moments.
“I’m a big Led Zeppelin fan,” says Sarah. “I tend to make songs a little longer than normal, the way it used to be. Back in the day, a lot of people would put on a vinyl, lie down on the floor and listen to it like a journey. I really want Freedom to be that journey.”
Just as impressive, Sarah wrote or co-wrote nearly all of the material, including such standout tracks as the hook-laden Southern rocker, Honey I’m Fine, and the anthemic closer, Staring At The Sun, written over the tragic death of Sean Reeder, the friend that was such an encouragement to her. Both of these songs will be released as her first music videos.
From The Voice to that voice, Sarah Simmons seems destined to be a star. She has recently signed with leading song-licensing company, Cutting Edge Group, and has been co-writing with film composer Deborah Lurie (Safe Haven, Footloose, Dear John), yet she tosses off any thought of fame, happy that music has always been there for her. “Music,” she says, “has really been the thing that has gotten me through everything.”

The Whigs (new west records), Streetlamps for Spotlights
2016-10-06 21:00 - 2016-10-07 00:35 | The Brass Rail, 1121 Broadway, Fort Wayne, IN, 46802, United States
WITH THEIR NEW ALBUM ENJOY THE COMPANY, THE WHIGS HAVE CREATED A RAUCOUS ODE TO ROCK AND ROLL. FROM THE OPENING TRACK, AN EXHILARATING EIGHT-MINUTE MISSION STATEMENT CALLED “STAYING ALIVE,” THE RECORD OFFERS A POWERFUL SONIC RENDERING OF A BAND OPENING UP TO THE DEPTH OF THEIR PAST AND KICKING OPEN THE DOORS TO THEIR FUTURE. BUT MOST OF ALL, THIS IS THE UNDENIABLY ESTABLISHED SOUND OF A BAND AFFIRMING THEIR LEGACY IN THE AMERICAN ROCK AND ROLL PARADIGM.
WHILE THE WHIGS RECORDED THEIR SECOND RECORD MISSION CONTROL AT FAMED SUNSET SOUND STUDIOS IN HOLLYWOOD AND THEIR THIRD RELEASE IN THE DARK IN ATHENS, THE MAKING OF ENJOY THE COMPANY WAS A DRAMATICALLY DIFFERENT AFFAIR. THIS TIME THE GROUP SOUGHT THE GUIDANCE OF VETERAN PRODUCER JOHN AGNELLO (DINOSAUR JR, SON VOLT, SONIC YOUTH) AND THE SOLITUDE OF DREAMLAND STUDIOS HOUSED IN A HISTORIC CHURCH IN RURAL WOODSTOCK, NEW YORK. “WE WENT OUT THERE TO RECORD WITHOUT ANY DISTRACTIONS,” BASSIST TIMOTHY DEAUX EXPLAINS. “THERE WERE NO GIRLFRIENDS THERE, NO BARS TO GO OUT TO. IT WAS JUST US AND THE MUSIC. OUR LAST ALBUM FOCUSED ON SOME PRETTY DARK THEMES AND WITH THIS ONE I THINK THERE’S A NEWFOUND SENSE OF OPTIMISM AND PURPOSE. WE DIDN’T MAKE A SUGARY RECORD, BUT I THINK WE ARE HONESTLY FEELING GOOD ABOUT THE BAND AND OUR LIVES AND IT COMES ACROSS IN THE SOUND.”
AS A RESULT, THE WHIGS LATEST FEATURES TEN TRACKS OF PURE CELEBRATORY ROCK AND ROLL FUELED BY THE RHYTHMS OF THE ROAD, THE CLASSIC ALBUMS THAT INSPIRED THEM AND NIGHTS SPENT TOGETHER ON STAGE. “WHEN WE’RE OUT THERE DRIVING FROM SHOW TO SHOW, THAT’S MY FAVORITE TIME TO GET NEW SONG IDEAS,” GISPERT SAYS. “AND THE TRACKS WE EVENTUALLY PICKED FOR THE ALBUM ARE THE ONES THAT WE LOVE PLAYING LIVE.”
THE SONG “GOSPEL” MINES A JOYOUS GUITAR HOOK FOR A TIMELESS FM RADIO FEEL WHILE ANOTHER TRACK “ROCK AND ROLL FOREVER” IS A SPIRITED HARD RIFFING LOVE LETTER TO THE POWER OF PRIMAL ROCK. AND AFTER OPENING WITH THE IMPASSIONED DECLARATION OF RESILIENCE IN “STAYING ALIVE,” THE RECORD PERFECTLY BOOKENDS WITH AN EQUALLY ARDENT PROCLAMATION ENTITLED “OURS.” THE SONG BEGINS WITH REFLECTIVE VOCALS OVER A LONE GUITAR. THEN, LIKE SOME LOST TRACK FROM A BELOVED VINYL CLASSIC, THE MUSIC BUILDS, DRUMS EXPLODING ACCOMPANIED BY A VOLLEY OF POWER CHORDS. “THAT SONG WAS WRITTEN ABOUT A CHILD WHOSE PARENTS WERE TEACHING HIM HOW TO SHARE,” GISPERT EXPLAINS. “IT’S NOT MINE OR YOURS, BUT OURS. OUR BAND, OUR MUSIC – IT’S OPEN TO ANYBODY.”

Left Lane Cruiser, Creepy Neighbors, Dave Arcari, Totally Orange Time Machine
2016-10-07 21:00 - 23:55 | The Brass Rail, 1121 Broadway, Fort Wayne, IN, 46802, United States

Wax Astro, Either/Or, Tamas
2016-10-08 22:00 - 23:55 | The Brass Rail, 1121 Broadway, Fort Wayne, IN, 46802, United States

Reggae Workers of the World (vic ruggiero/jesse wagner)
2016-10-10 21:00 - 23:55 | The Brass Rail, 1121 Broadway, Fort Wayne, IN, 46802, United States
Reggae Workers of the World is a side project featuring Vic Ruggiero of The Slackers and Jesse Wagner of The Aggrolites

Mondo Drag, Heaven's Gateway Drugs
2016-10-12 20:00 - 23:55 | The Brass Rail, 1121 Broadway, Fort Wayne, IN, 46802, United States
Presented by NEAT NEAT NEAT Records

Goodbye Party
2016-10-13 21:00 - 23:55 | The Brass Rail, 1121 Broadway, Fort Wayne, IN, 46802, United States

The Be Colony, The Orange Opera, Knit Cap Vigilantes
2016-10-14 22:00 - 23:55 | IN

And The Kids, Palm, The Snarks
2016-10-15 22:00 - 23:55 | The Brass Rail, 1121 Broadway, Fort Wayne, IN, 46802, United States
“…the unusual music they produce was, in short, deeply impressive.” – Valley Advocate
“…an incredible blend of harmonization, electric ukulele, synth, glockenspiel, and an
indie vocalization layered over a rock beat that will catch your attention immediately.” – Tuned In, Turned Up
And the Kids is made up of Hannah Mohan (lead vocals, electric ukulele and guitar), Rebecca Lasaponaro (vocals, drums, bells) and Megan Miller (vocals, synth, glockenspiel, woodblock). Playing what they call accessible unconscious existential indie glitter popsicle crisis music, they have been packing the sidewalks and clubs from Northampton to Boston to New York City with their fierce infectious harmonies, tight and unique grooves and songwriting that has the ability to reach down and tug at the truths of their generation and beyond. Hannah and Rebecca met in their grade 7 music class and have been collaborating ever since. Megan Miller met Hannah and Rebecca at the Institute for the Musical Arts (IMA) in Goshen, MA at a women’s recording and sound engineering program and together the trio is on a mission to inspire the hearts of all living beings of light and laughter one stage at a time.

Chuck Berry(90th)/Mitch Frazier(30th) Birthday Blowout w/The K.T.All-Stars playing the vinyl classic "The Great Twenty-Eight"
2016-10-16 21:00 - 23:55 | The Brass Rail, 1121 Broadway, Fort Wayne, IN, 46802, United States

The Bronzed Chorus / Metavari / George Gardner
2016-10-17 21:00 - 23:55 | IN

PUJOL, The Meat Flowers
2016-10-18 21:00 - 23:50 | IN
Daniel Pujol is an artist based out of Nashville, TN. Music City serves as the home-base for his eponymous musical project, Pujol. His back catalog includes numerous singles, EPs and LPs on labels such as Third Man Records, Infinity Cat Recordings, and Saddle Creek Records. In addition to music, Daniel writes prose and poetry. He has been published by The Nashville Cream, Third Man Books, Sobotka Literary Magazine, Impose Magazine, The Walrus, etc. The latest Pujol release is a blend of writing and music called KISSES. Daniel is currently working on a chapbook of prose poetry entitled Mighty Stranger and a new Pujol LP.
KISSES is eight tracks: three poems and five rock & roll songs. The EP is the second in a series of limited releases from Puj’s Bartertown Co-Op. So keep the dial set to PUJOLDOTCOM.com for all Pujol related news, and remember:
“You can’t save the world, but you can heal it–if your kisses blow one at a time.”

Presidential Debate Viewing Party
2016-10-19 21:00 - 23:00 | The Brass Rail, 1121 Broadway, Fort Wayne, IN, 46802, United States

Peelander-Z, Microwave Miracles
2016-10-20 20:30 - 23:55 | The Brass Rail, 1121 Broadway, Fort Wayne, IN, 46802, United States
PEELANDER-Z, the Japanese Action Comic Punk Band based in NYC, was originally formed in 1998 by Peelander-Yellow, Peelander-Red, and Peelander-Blue, after meeting in New York City (although they’ll tell you they’re all from the Z area on the planet Peelander). Peelander-Green was welcomed in July 2008 after Blue left the band.
Peelander-Z has appeared at major music festivals including Bonnaroo, CMJ and SXSW, and played with artists such as Buckethead, Electric SIx, Particles, The Vibrators, and Guitar Wolf. Peelander-Z has also been featured on TV programs like VH1’s Best Week Ever, Comedy Central’s Upright Citizens Brigade, Spike TV’s MXC: Most Extreme Challenge, and Anime Network. They also often perform at Anime conventions and festivals all over the US, as well as at Kaiju Big Battel.
At their live show, you’ll see the band in colorful costumes reminiscent of Japanese Animation, though they describe their outfit as their skin. Their shows guarantee intense audience participation and chance to exercise with the band. “Do human bowling with us. Do limbo dancing with us. Do karaoke competition with us. Hit our cowbell with us,” says Yellow. ” Don’t be shy, give us your smile! We can beat your stress! See you at our show!”
One experience would capture you. Just pay attention to their coming activities.

Elliott Smith Tribute
2016-10-21 21:00 - 23:55 | IN
jess

Night Is Electric, My Apollo, Belle & The Strange
2016-10-22 22:00 - 23:55 | The Brass Rail, 1121 Broadway, Fort Wayne, IN, 46802, United States

SPELL.THIS: the politically incorrect Spelling Bee
2016-10-25 20:00 - 23:55 | The Brass Rail, 1121 Broadway, Fort Wayne, IN, 46802, United States

Comedy For Kids 2
2016-10-27 19:00 - 22:00 | IN
260 Beer’s Bubba is throwing his 2nd annual COMEDY FOR KIDS show where Bubba and his friends will perform some anxious moments of comedy to help raise money for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. With a silent aution and great drink specials. $15.00 tickets.

80's Night with Unlikely Alibi
2016-10-28 22:00 - 23:55 | IN

The Dead Records, Lost Lakes, The Meat Flowers, Slug Love
2016-10-29 22:00 - 23:55 | The Brass Rail, 1121 Broadway, Fort Wayne, IN, 46802, United States

Electric Citizen, Horisont, The Be Colony
2016-11-03 21:00 - 23:55 | The Brass Rail, 1121 Broadway, Fort Wayne, IN, 46802, United States
Electric Citizen
Horisont (gothenburg, sweden)
The Be Colony
$8
After bursting to the American heavy rock forefront with their 2014 debut album, Sateen, Cincinnati four-piece Electric Citizen are ready for a Higher Time. Their second album for RidingEasy, a breakout moment for the band as a whole and for vocalist Laura Dolan, who stands tall in the spotlight throughout “Evil,” “Misery Keeper” and the rest of Higher Time, rising to the occasion of a fuller, bigger sound and meeting the memorable riffing of husband/guitarist Ross Dolan head on with already-stuck-in-your-head hooks and a fiery, passionate delivery.
Like its predecessor, Higher Time was recorded at The Diamonds studio in Cincinnati by Brian Olive (The Greenhornes, Dan Auerbach, Dr. John, etc.), and in search of an even more expansive feel, Laura, Ross and Brian traveled to mix alongside Black Keys engineer Collin Dupuis at Easy Eye in Nashville, TN. The results speak for themselves. In Laura’s performance and in the multi-faceted approach of Ross alongside bassist Randy Proctor and drummer Nate Wagner, Electric Citizen branch out with stage-born assurance across a collection of definitive rock ‘n’ roll. It is a bold, complete sound that sacrifices nothing of the band’s on-stage energy and clearly demonstrates that while their progression has been quick, it’s been hard won the traditional way: They worked their collective ass off.
“We chose producer Brian Olive because he’s an excellent musician with a great ear for rock ‘n’ roll, and a good friend that we trust,” notes Laura. The dividends of that trust can be heard in “Ghost of Me,” the rolling “Natural Law” or “Devils in the Passing Time,” as Electric Citizen brazenly refuse to be pigeonholed and craft a style that, like every stage they step onto, is completely their own.
Electric Citizen spread their name far and wide on tours with Fu Manchu, Wolfmother, Budos Band and Pentagram for Sateen. Look for them to support Higher Time on the road in North America and Europe throughout 2016 and beyond.

The Orange Opera, The B45's
2016-11-04 22:00 - 23:55 | IN

SAMVEGA, The Meat Flowers, The Snarks
2016-11-05 22:00 - 23:55 | The Brass Rail, 1121 Broadway, Fort Wayne, IN, 46802, United States

BRONCHO, Sports (oklahoma)
2016-11-06 21:00 - 23:55 | The Brass Rail, 1121 Broadway, Fort Wayne, IN, 46802, United States
BRONCHO
Sports (oklahoma)
9PM/$10
Blasted grassland, the thin ribbon line of the freeway unspooling beneath wheels, skies stretched wide
between mountaintop. It is dream music, foggy, atmospheric, the melodies you hear while you gazing
out through fingerprint smeared windows into a constantly moving, metamorphing – landscape….
It makes sense then, that BRONCHO, born out of out a film project, its initial incarnation sparked when
founder Ryan Lindsey was asked to create music, “to set to an early 80s punk film.” “That’s all I knew about
it,” he remembers, “they were looking for songs thattouched this era. And songs kept coming to me and
turned something on inside of me artistically.” Lindsey found himself in the midst of prolific run of songs and
he liked the idea “of starting out there and seeing where it could go.”

Soirée Presents: Dead Leaf Echo and March On, Comrade
2016-11-09 20:00 - 23:55 | The Brass Rail, 1121 Broadway, Fort Wayne, IN, 46802, United States

Soiree Presents: Dear Tracks, See Through Dresses,
2016-11-10 21:00 - 23:55 | The Brass Rail, 1121 Broadway, Fort Wayne, IN, 46802, United States

Teach Me Equals, Belle & The Strange
2016-11-11 22:00 - 23:55 | The Brass Rail, 1121 Broadway, Fort Wayne, IN, 46802, United States

Off With Their Heads (acoustic tour), The Dead Records, King Killer
2016-11-12 22:00 - 23:55 | The Brass Rail, 1121 Broadway, Fort Wayne, IN, 46802, United States

Fort Wayne Beard & Mustache Society's 3rd Annual Chili Cook Off
2016-11-13 15:00 - 20:00 | The Brass Rail, 1121 Broadway, Fort Wayne, IN, 46802, United States
It’s that time of year again, our Annual Chili Cook Off is back! To enter, please bring your chili in between 3:00 pm & 3:30 pm. The following are the four categories you may enter your chili in:
Traditional
Non-Traditional
Vegetarian/Vegan
Gluten Free
Not entering a chili? No problem, entry is only a $5 donation for all the deliciousness you can eat. We will also be collecting warm winter gear to benefit Street Reach for the Homeless.
The overall winner of each category will win $25 and a Best In Show will take home the grand prize of $50!

Nick Allison and The Players Lounge, The Craig Brown Band, The Meat Flowers
2016-11-16 21:00 - 23:00 | The Brass Rail, 1121 Broadway, Fort Wayne, IN, 46802, United States

Peg's B-Day Bash with The Jamie Simon Funk Band EARLY SHOW/FREE
2016-11-17 20:00 - 23:00 | The Brass Rail, 1121 Broadway, Fort Wayne, IN, 46802, United States

Shawn James & The Shapeshifters, Joseph Huber
2016-11-18 22:00 - 23:55 | The Brass Rail, 1121 Broadway, Fort Wayne, IN, 46802, United States

US Bastards, Against The Grain, Bison Machine, Warsleaze
2016-11-19 22:00 - 23:55 | The Brass Rail, 1121 Broadway, Fort Wayne, IN, 46802, United States

Soiree Locals Only: Heaven's Gateway Drugs The Snarks The Meat Flowers
2016-11-23 21:00 - 23:55 | The Brass Rail, 1121 Broadway, Fort Wayne, IN, 46802, United States

The Dandy Fops, The Orange Opera, Hot Gum, The B45's
2016-11-25 21:00 - 23:55 | The Brass Rail, 1121 Broadway, Fort Wayne, IN, 46802, United States

Unlikely Alibi, Djenetic Drift
2016-11-26 22:00 - 23:55 | The Brass Rail, 1121 Broadway, Fort Wayne, IN, 46802, United States

Foos for Food
2016-11-27 18:00 - 23:55 | The Brass Rail, 1121 Broadway, Fort Wayne, IN, 46802, United States

Amuse, Flamingo Nosebleed, tba
2016-11-29 22:00 - 23:55 | The Brass Rail, 1121 Broadway, Fort Wayne, IN, 46802, United States

King Mud (ft members of Left Lane Cruiser and Black Diamond Heavies), Tito Discovery
2016-11-30 21:00 - 23:55 | The Brass Rail, 1121 Broadway, Fort Wayne, IN, 46802, United States

Urban Pioneers, Hangdogs Hearts and Boat Show
2016-12-02 21:00 - 23:55 | The Brass Rail, 1121 Broadway, Fort Wayne, IN, 46802, United States

FUTUREBIRDS (athens, georgia), The Meat Flowers
2016-12-03 22:00 - 23:55 | The Brass Rail, 1121 Broadway, Fort Wayne, IN, 46802, United States

The Dead Deads, wolfbearhawk EARLY SHOW
2016-12-04 20:00 - 23:55 | The Brass Rail, 1121 Broadway, Fort Wayne, IN, 46802, United States

Soirée Presents Shana Falana, Leones, Jess Thrower
2016-12-06 20:00 - 23:55 | The Brass Rail, 1121 Broadway, Fort Wayne, IN, 46802, United States

Void Reunion, The Orange Opera, Heaven's Gateway Drugs
2016-12-09 21:00 - 23:55 | The Brass Rail, 1121 Broadway, Fort Wayne, IN, 46802, United States
VOID COMMUNION Release Party – A special release Imperial Stout beer created in collaboration with the band “Void Reunion”.
Bands:
Void Reunion
The Orange Opera
Heaven’s Gateway Drugs
Food:
Bravas – A special dog will be created to pair with the brew.
Cover:
$5

Radkey, The Fame Riot, Trichotomous Hippopotamus
2016-12-10 22:00 - 23:55 | The Brass Rail, 1121 Broadway, Fort Wayne, IN, 46802, United States

Swamp Hawk, Big Money & The Spare Change, Swamp Squat.
2016-12-11 20:00 - 23:00 | The Brass Rail, 1121 Broadway, Fort Wayne, IN, 46802, United States

The Nobodys, Flamingo Nosebleed, The D-Rays, Spicoli Culkin
2016-12-16 21:00 - 23:55 | IN

The Be Colony, Streetlamps for Spotlights
2016-12-17 22:00 - 23:55 | The Brass Rail, 1121 Broadway, Fort Wayne, IN, 46802, United States

Hillbilly Casino, Kenny Taylor Trio
2016-12-18 20:00 - 23:00 | The Brass Rail, 1121 Broadway, Fort Wayne, IN, 46802, United States

Busman's Holiday, Nice Try
2016-12-22 21:00 - 23:55 | IN

Coria (ft members of Fair Fjola)
2016-12-26 21:00 - 23:55 | The Brass Rail, 1121 Broadway, Fort Wayne, IN, 46802, United States

Elephants In Mud, DJ Josh Elias
2016-12-30 22:00 - 23:55 | The Brass Rail, 1121 Broadway, Fort Wayne, IN, 46802, United States

New Years Eve Party
2016-12-31 08:00 - 17:00 | IN

Amuse, Flamingo Nosebleed, The Biscaynies, Filth & Majesty
2017-01-06 21:00 - 23:55 | The Brass Rail, 1121 Broadway, Fort Wayne, IN, 46802, United States

Mobile Deathcamp, SNAFU, The Lurking Corpses, Warsleaze
2017-01-07 21:00 - 23:55 | The Brass Rail, 1121 Broadway, Fort Wayne, IN, 46802, United States

Limp Wizurdz, Slug Love
2017-01-08 22:00 - 23:55 | The Brass Rail, 1121 Broadway, Fort Wayne, IN, 46802, United States

Left Lane Cruiser, Tito Discovery
2017-01-13 22:00 - 23:55, 2017-04-21 22:00 - 23:55 | The Brass Rail, 1121 Broadway, Fort Wayne, IN, 46802, United States

Lux Drive, Human Dad
2017-01-14 22:00 - 23:55 | The Brass Rail, 1121 Broadway, Fort Wayne, IN, 46802, United States

Let's Comedy Presents Joe Zimmerman + music from Jared Andrews
2017-01-15 20:00 - 23:55 | The Brass Rail, 1121 Broadway, Fort Wayne, IN, 46802, United States

Ford Theatre Reunion and Boat Show with RS
2017-01-20 21:00 - 23:55 | IN

PBRart Contest
2017-01-21 15:00 - 19:00 | The Brass Rail, 1121 Broadway, Fort Wayne, IN, 46802, United States
$12 Entry fee for artist to showcase their Pabst Blue Ribbon inspired art pieces for cash prizes. Free to spectators.

DJ Charlie Coffeen (of Sidewalk Chalk)
2017-01-21 22:00 - 23:50 | The Brass Rail, 1121 Broadway, Fort Wayne, IN, 46802, United States

Sailor Poon, Void Reunion, Heaven's Gateway Drugs **early show**
2017-01-22 20:00 - 23:55 | The Brass Rail, 1121 Broadway, Fort Wayne, IN, 46802, United States

Garbage Greek, Heaven's Gateway Drugs
2017-01-26 20:00 - 23:55 | The Brass Rail, 1121 Broadway, Fort Wayne, IN, 46802, United States

The Orange Opera, Void Reunion
2017-01-27 22:30 - 23:55 | The Brass Rail, 1121 Broadway, Fort Wayne, IN, 46802, United States

(h) Bo
2017-01-28 21:00 | IN

Leggy, T-Rextasy, Sea Mountains
2017-02-01 21:00 - 23:55 | The Brass Rail, 1121 Broadway, Fort Wayne, IN, 46802, United States

Black Actress, The Snarks, wolfbearhawk
2017-02-03 21:00 - 23:55 | IN

Ryley Walker with Omaha, Alaska
2017-02-04 22:00 - 23:55 | The Brass Rail, 1121 Broadway, Fort Wayne, IN, 46802, United States
In November 2015, at the end of a ten month period which saw him play over 200 shows, Ryley Walker decided that he should probably head home. However you wished to measure it, he was surely due some sort of holiday. The preceding months had been extraordinary. In March, his second album Primrose Green, emerged to critical hosannas from the likes of NPR, Village Voice, Uncut, and Mojo – in the process, earning admiration of musicians who had chalked up no shortage of turntable miles in Walker’s life. Robert Plant declared himself a fan – as did double-bass legend Danny Thompson, with whom Ryley would later embark on a British tour. For all of that, a holiday was the last thing on Ryley’s mind – and certainly not a holiday in his adopted hometown. After a year spent on the road, all that Ryley could associate with Chicago was the emotional debris he had left behind.

Heaven's Gateway Drugs, Slug Love, Jess Thrower
2017-02-10 22:00 - 23:55 | The Brass Rail, 1121 Broadway, Fort Wayne, IN, 46802, United States

The Jasons, Children Of October (from Pittsburgh,) The Lurking Corpses, and Flamingo Nosebleed
2017-02-11 21:00 - 23:00 | The Brass Rail, 1121 Broadway, Fort Wayne, IN, 46802, United States

Quiet Hollers, James & The Drifters
2017-02-17 22:00 - 23:55 | The Brass Rail, 1121 Broadway, Fort Wayne, IN, 46802, United States

Doctor Smoke, Wild Savages, Riverbottom Nitemare Band
2017-02-18 22:00 - 23:55 | The Brass Rail, 1121 Broadway, Fort Wayne, IN, 46802, United States

Ne-Hi (chicago), Naked Giants, The Snarks
2017-02-22 21:00 - 23:55 | The Brass Rail, 1121 Broadway, Fort Wayne, IN, 46802, United States
Born out of the backyards and basements of Chicago’s DIY music scene, NE-HI’s nostalgic-rock brings you back to a time that may have never existed. It may be the past. It may be the future. But, it is certainly a place where you feel younger, better looking, and you dance until you are soaked in sweat. A place where you know the best bands
before your older brother and all the cool kids at school. The quartet’s guitar-driven songwriting and distinct harmonies produce a sound that is both raw and relaxed, rough and humble. Formed to score a friend’s film in the summer of 2013, the foursome—made up of Alex Otake, James Weir, Jason Balla and Mikey Wells—recognized the electricity between its four members and chose to continue making music. Since then, the foursome has toured the Midwest and East Coast, building a reputation as a promising young American band.

Summerbruise, Stay Away, Jess Thrower
2017-02-24 22:00 - 23:55 | The Brass Rail, 1121 Broadway, Fort Wayne, IN, 46802, United States

Beastii, The Meat Flowers, Slug Love
2017-02-25 21:00 - 23:55 | IN

Mobile Home, Streetlamps for Spotlights, Human Dad
2017-03-03 22:00 | The Brass Rail, 1121 Broadway, Fort Wayne, IN, 46802, United States

Ice Cream The Band
2017-03-04 08:00 - 17:00 | IN

Flatfoot 56 (chicago), Flamingo Nosebleed, Mickey Rickshaw
2017-03-05 20:00 - 23:50 | The Brass Rail, 1121 Broadway, Fort Wayne, IN, 46802, United States

Spandrels. Jess Thrower, Fresh Tar
2017-03-07 21:00 - 23:30 | The Brass Rail, 1121 Broadway, Fort Wayne, IN, 46802, United States

Moving Units (Joy Division Tribute), Viktor Fiction, Soviet
2017-03-09 21:00 - 23:55 | The Brass Rail, 1121 Broadway, Fort Wayne, IN, 46802, United States

Heaven's Gateway Drugs, Dead Coast
2017-03-10 22:00 | The Brass Rail, 1121 Broadway, Fort Wayne, IN, 46802, United States

Sankofa, Sub-Surface, The Prime Eights, wolfbearhawk
2017-03-11 22:00 - 23:55 | The Brass Rail, 1121 Broadway, Fort Wayne, IN, 46802, United States

Shade, Gape, Slug Love
2017-03-13 21:00 | The Brass Rail, 1121 Broadway, Fort Wayne, IN, 46802, United States

The Dead Records, Hellhawk, The Be Colony
2017-03-17 22:00 - 23:55 | The Brass Rail, 1121 Broadway, Fort Wayne, IN, 46802, United States

The Odd Ball: U.R.B. and Boat Show
2017-03-18 22:00 | The Brass Rail, 1121 Broadway, Fort Wayne, IN, 46802, United States

Let's Comedy Presents: Steven King with music by Jared Andrews
2017-03-19 20:00 - 23:00 | The Brass Rail, 1121 Broadway, Fort Wayne, IN, 46802, United States

Brass Rail Trivia
2017-03-21 19:45 - 22:00 | The Brass Rail, 1121 Broadway, Fort Wayne, IN, 46802, United States

The B45s, Couch Jackets
2017-03-22 21:00 - 23:55 | The Brass Rail, 1121 Broadway, Fort Wayne, IN, 46802, United States

Cloud Catcher, Bison Machine, Big Money & The Spare Change
2017-03-23 21:00 - 23:55 | The Brass Rail, 1121 Broadway, Fort Wayne, IN, 46802, United States

Lorde Fredd33, Trophy Club, Sankofa
2017-03-24 22:00 - 2017-03-25 02:00 | The Brass Rail, 1121 Broadway, Fort Wayne, IN, 46802, United States

The Orange Opera, My Dog Junior
2017-03-25 22:00 - 23:55 | The Brass Rail, 1121 Broadway, Fort Wayne, IN, 46802, United States

Fruit & Flowers, Big Bliss, HellHawk
2017-03-26 21:00 - 23:55 | The Brass Rail, 1121 Broadway, Fort Wayne, IN, 46802, United States

Soiree Presents: Dear Tracks, Slug Love
2017-03-28 20:00 - 23:00 | The Brass Rail, 1121 Broadway, Fort Wayne, IN, 46802, United States

Platinum Boys, The Meat Flowers
2017-03-29 21:00 - 23:55 | The Brass Rail, 1121 Broadway, Fort Wayne, IN, 46802, United States

The Lopez, Human Dad
2017-03-30 21:00 - 23:55 | The Brass Rail, 1121 Broadway, Fort Wayne, IN, 46802, United States

The Dead Deads, Riverbottom Nitemare Band, Jared Andrews
2017-03-31 22:00 - 23:55 | The Brass Rail, 1121 Broadway, Fort Wayne, IN, 46802, United States

KOLARS, Belle & The Strange, Omaha Alaska
2017-04-01 22:00 - 23:55 | The Brass Rail, 1121 Broadway, Fort Wayne, IN, 46802, United States
When it became clear that glam folk act He’s My Brother She’s My Sister was heading towards a hiatus, band members Rob Kolar and Lauren Brown decided to go off and find their own beat. What they learned from their previous outfit was that even folk fans want to find music that makes them move. That’s the dictum that’s guided the duo into the creation of KOLARS. As KOLARS, the pair create a kinetic brand of disco-inspired rockabilly they loving dub glam-a-billy. Kolar provides the soaring, fuzzy guitars while Brown pounds and literally stomps the percussion — she actually stands and tap-dances on a bass drum. Far from a gimmicky trick, the clacking feet add familiar moments one might expect from a hi-hat or the clapping of hands. Even without Brown’s unique method of performing, the band’s sound remains uniquely driving. Take their latest single “One More Thrill”. Crafted like a grooving ’70s country song carved out of the gleaming vibrations of modern rock, the track pulsates right into your chest. It takes your heart by the hand and leads you to the dance floor, daring you to not feel motivated to dance, shimmy, just escape the mundane. “‘One More Thrill’ is about someone who wants to break free from the monotony in their life to pursue their dreams,” the band tells Consequence of Sound. “The video uses imagery and creatures to symbolize that struggle and the excitement of taking that chance.”

Cicada Rhythm / Dylan LeBlanc
2017-04-02 20:00 - 23:55 | The Brass Rail, 1121 Broadway, Fort Wayne, IN, 46802, United States

Danny Tamberelli presented by Let's Comedy!
2017-04-03 20:00 - 23:55 | The Brass Rail, 1121 Broadway, Fort Wayne, IN, 46802, United States

Mark Porkchop Holder & MPH, Left Lane Cruiser
2017-04-04 21:00 - 23:50 | The Brass Rail, 1121 Broadway, Fort Wayne, IN, 46802, United States

Coloring Book and Patch Design Night
2017-04-05 20:00 - 23:55 | The Brass Rail, 1121 Broadway, Fort Wayne, IN, 46802, United States
Come out for some adult coloring with special Brass Rail live music images to color from. Also, sketch out designs for Brass Rail themed patches and we’ll pick the best designs to have made for a future Sewing Night. FREE

Parasites, Filthy Lowdown, The Snarks, Dear Darla
2017-04-07 22:00 - 23:55 | The Brass Rail, 1121 Broadway, Fort Wayne, IN, 46802, United States

The Whiskey Daredevils, Tito Discovery, Totally Orange Time Machine
2017-04-08 22:00 - 23:55 | The Brass Rail, 1121 Broadway, Fort Wayne, IN, 46802, United States

John Wesley Colemann III, Craig Brown Band, Jaill Vincent Kirccher, Omaha Alaska, Kenny Taylor & Mitch Fraizer
2017-04-09 20:00 - 23:55 | The Brass Rail, 1121 Broadway, Fort Wayne, IN, 46802, United States

Acid Dad, Honduras
2017-04-11 20:00 - 23:55 | The Brass Rail, 1121 Broadway, Fort Wayne, IN, 46802, United States
“This is punk in the classic sense –
music from the balls, not the brain,
that recalls the gleeful nihilism of
the Dead Boys and Sex Pistols.”
— John Gentile, Rolling Stone

Oso Oso
2017-04-13 21:00 - 23:55 | The Brass Rail, 1121 Broadway, Fort Wayne, IN, 46802, United States

Parsonsfield, Animal Years
2017-04-14 21:00 - 23:55 | The Brass Rail, 1121 Broadway, Fort Wayne, IN, 46802, United States
May 6, 2015: Day One in the abandoned axe factory hadn’t gone as planned, so today is the first time the five members of Parsonsfield will actually get to make music here. They’d been looking forward to converting this cavernous industrial space on the banks of the Farmington River in Collinsville, CT, ever since singer/banjo player Chris Freeman, who grew up nearby, brought it to their attention. The idea of recording in such a reverberant, reactive space held great appeal after the past six months spent in Canada exclusively performing their critically acclaimed original songs for ‘The Heart Of Robin Hood,’ a musical that required them to wear in-ear monitors for eight shows a week in theaters designed to be sonically dead.
They’ve got their amps and PA plugged in now, and there’s a faint layer of sawdust on top of all the gear. It’s nothing compared to yesterday, when they opened the doors for the first time and discovered sawdust an inch thick coating every imaginable surface. It was so bad they had to purchase respirators and devote the entire day to sweeping and vacuuming, trying to outwit the neighbor’s overzealous guard dog every time they came and went from the building. The whole process left so much dust still floating in the air that every time they take a break, another layer settles back down to earth, but at least they can comfortably breathe now.
Above them, a cyclist crosses the rickety bridge over the river, making a distinctive clatter as the wheels hit a particularly loose plank. It’s time to begin ‘Blooming Through The Black.’
* * *
Though they call western Massachusetts home, Parsonsfield draws their name from the rural Maine town that’s home to the Great North Sound Society, the farmhouse-turned-recording-studio of Josh Ritter keyboardist/producer Sam Kassirer. It was there that they cut their outstanding debut, ‘Poor Old Shine,’ which established them as a roots force to be reckoned with. The New York Times hailed the band as “boisterously youthful yet deftly sentimental,” while Folk Alley dubbed their songs “the most jubilant and danceable indie roots music this side of the Carolinas.” Their rowdy live performances only upped the ante, with The Bluegrass Situation falling for their “fun and frenzy” and No Depression raving that they’ll “give you rich five-part harmonies one minute, sound like bluegrass on steroids the next, and then rock you over the head with unbearably cool and raucous Celtic rhythms.”
It was only natural, then, that they called on Kassirer once again for their follow-up, ‘Blooming Through The Black,’ enlisting his engineering and production ingenuity to help convert the axe factory into a temporary recording studio. In addition to placing microphones on each instrument, Kassirer set up additional mics throughout the factory just to capture the feel of the enormous space, which itself became another instrument in the band’s already-impressive repertoire.
Parsonsfield spent nearly six months writing and rehearsing in the factory, discovering that song ideas that had begun life in Canada radically transformed in their new home. The space demanded understatement and subtlety to balance out the band’s exuberance and energy, and by the time they were ready to hit record, they were sitting on a collection chock full of the most infectious, emotionally mature songs of their career.
‘Blooming Through The Black’ opens with ‘Stronger,’ a slow-burner that, much like Parsonsfield’s career, begins as an acoustic folk number and builds to an electrified tumult. It’s a showcase for their instrumental prowess, lyrical chops, and unbridled passion, and it’s just the start. The title track—inspired by the sight of the first flowers growing back in the forest fire-charred landscape of Hell Canyon, South Dakota—finds Freeman blending punk energy with earnest sincerity in his delivery, while “Across Your Mind” rides a feel-good groove driven by bassist Harrison Goodale and drummer Erik Hischman, and “Water Through A Mill” ebbs and flows like a solemn hymn on top of Max Shakun’s meditative pump organ.
As the band explored the quirks and eccentricities of the factory, unexpected sounds and moments sometimes became permanent fixtures of the songs, but a particularly happy accident occurred outside the studio entirely, when Shakun called mandolin player Antonio Alcorn for help setting up his new record player. Upon dropping the needle somewhere in the middle of a copy of ‘Poor Old Shine,’ they discovered it was spinning backwards, but the melody coming out of the speakers was perhaps even more of an infectious earworm than it was when played forward. They brought the new riff to the rest of the band, where it morphed into “The Ties That Bind Us,” a stand-out foot-stomper and a highlight of their live show.
Catch Parsonsfield onstage any night and the band’s joy is palpable. They trade instruments, share microphones, and shoot each other big grins. They sing in tight multi-part harmonies, their voices blending like they’ve been doing this together all their lives. That’s because Parsonsfield is a family band, not by birth but by choice. And with an album this thrilling, it’s only a matter of time before you share their same enthusiasm.
Listen closely at the top of “Don’t Get Excited” and you’ll hear the clatter of a cyclist crossing the rickety bridge over the river. That’s the sound of Parsonsfield inviting you into the axe factory. It’s time to begin ‘Blooming Through The Black.’ Good luck not getting excited.

The Snarks, Deadbeat Beat, Big Money & The Spare Change
2017-04-15 22:00 - 23:50 | The Brass Rail, 1121 Broadway, Fort Wayne, IN, 46802, United States

Some Kind Of Nightmare, Kill Le Kill
2017-04-16 21:00 - 23:55 | The Brass Rail, 1121 Broadway, Fort Wayne, IN, 46802, United States

Church Girls, Sea Mountain, Jess Thrower
2017-04-19 22:00 - 23:55 | IN

Let's Comedy Presents Goodrich Gevaart
2017-04-22 21:00 - 23:55 | The Brass Rail, 1121 Broadway, Fort Wayne, IN, 46802, United States

Great Lake Swimmers, O'sister Brother
2017-04-23 20:00 - 23:55 | The Brass Rail, 1121 Broadway, Fort Wayne, IN, 46802, United States

Vinyl Night
2017-04-25 21:00 - 23:55 | IN

Trichotomous Hippopotamus. Trackless, John Fishell
2017-04-28 22:00 - 23:55 | The Brass Rail, 1121 Broadway, Fort Wayne, IN, 46802, United States

Dogs in Ecstasy, Trophy Club, Omaha Alaska
2017-04-29 22:00 | IN

Cave of Swords, Heaven's Gateway Drugs
2017-04-30 21:00 - 23:55 | IN

Hot Gum, Sea Mountains, Jared Andrews
2017-05-05 22:00 - 23:55 | IN

The Spectres, Shade, Kill Le Kill
2017-05-06 22:00 - 23:55 | IN

Blank Range, Omaha, Alaska, and Jess Thrower
2017-05-07 20:00 - 23:55 | IN

Beneath It All, The Illegals
2017-05-08 20:00 - 23:00 | IN

Magic The Gathering
2017-05-09 08:00 | IN

Local H, Flamingo Nosebleed
2017-05-10 20:00 - 23:55 | The Brass Rail, 1121 Broadway, Fort Wayne, IN, 46802, United States
Local H
Flamingo Nosebleed
$10
Local H is known for their blistering live shows and for pioneering the two-man band set-up — frontman Scott Lucas covers both guitar and bass through an extra pick up in his guitar and drummer Ryan Harding pounds out the rest of the sound. While they have earned praise in the past for their catalog of clever concept albums, Local H have forgone a singular theme on their most recent album — Hey, Killer (out April 2015 on G&P Records) — turning out a non-stop blast of straight-up, hooky, guitar-heavy rock songs — each one catchier than the last. The band’s discography includes seven other studio albums, a live album, and a bunch of EPs and “Straight Outta Zion,” a Blu-ray concert video (release date 8/12/16).
Local H’s widely praised 1998 concept album Pack Up the Cats earned a spot in SPIN magazine’s top 20 albums of that year. The band was named “Chicagoans of the Year” by the Chicago Tribune for their 2008 break-up album, 12 Angry Months, more than a decade after their breakthrough hit “Bound for the Floor” ruled the Modern Rock charts. In 2015, Local H celebrated the 25th anniversary of their first show and released a career-spanning coffee table book, Local H: Twenty-Five Years of Skin In The Game. Earlier this year, they re-issued their 1996 album, As Good As Dead, on vinyl for the first time.

Husky Burnette, Stump Tail Dolly
2017-05-11 21:00 - 23:00 | IN

Hillbilly Casino, The Krank Daddies
2017-05-12 22:00 | The Brass Rail, 1121 Broadway, Fort Wayne, IN, 46802, United States

My Dog Junior, Wax Astro, Keldon Snyder
2017-05-13 22:00 - 23:55 | IN

Beach Slang, Meat Flowers
2017-05-17 20:00 - 2017-05-18 01:00 | The Brass Rail, 1121 Broadway, Fort Wayne, IN, 46802, United States

Low Cut Connie, Scantron
2017-05-18 21:00 - 23:55 | The Brass Rail, 1121 Broadway, Fort Wayne, IN, 46802, United States
Low Cut Connie was recently called the essence of what rock n roll should be by Greg Kot (Sound Opinions / NPR)..and the New York Times has said their live show is a phenomenon. They have been a rolling DIY caravan with an explosive live act bubbling under the surface of the music industry for 5 years, building an obsessive fanbase from all walks of life…white and black, straight and gay, young and old…salty lunatics of every persuasion. Even former President Barack Obama is a fan. He chose their anthem of low-brow American life Boozophilia for his Spotify Playlist and met with Weiner at the White House in 2016.
But with Dirty Pictures (part 1), Low Cut Connie moves beyond the drunken bar boogie they have become associated with into a deeper, darker, dirtier American life.
Weve been thought of as a great party band by so many people, and we wear that as a badge of honor, but I really wanted to go deeper with this record. Weiner said recently. Weve been travelling this country now for a number of years, meeting people of all stripes, entertaining them in their bars and sleeping on their couches, laughing hard, holding them tight and sweating it out with them…I wrote this record really thinking about how people are feeling and living in this country these days. Its a wild scene out there.
And what is it that best brings Americans together in such wild and dirty times? Weiner has a simple answer: Rock n roll. Nothing moves people more…itll make the most unsuspecting citizen hot, horny, angry, weepy and emotional and ultimately open to life like never before. Ive seen it happen. Thats what we do. We change the molecules in the room.
Whether they succeed or not, Low Cut Connie always attempts to make us feel something real, something very raw. With Dirty Pictures (part 1), this little rock n roll band from Philadelphia attempts to undress America, laughing and crying real tears with us all night long.

Boy Rex, We Love You
2017-05-19 22:00 - 23:55 | IN

Migraines Flamingo Nosebleed Tri-State Killing Spree Spicoli Culkin
2017-05-20 22:00 - 23:55 | IN

Let's Comedy: Max Fine (comedian), Western Settings (punk band)
2017-05-22 20:00 | The Brass Rail, 1121 Broadway, Fort Wayne, IN, 46802, United States

Red City Radio, The Bombpops, Russian Girlfriends
2017-05-24 20:00 - 23:55 | The Brass Rail, 1121 Broadway, Fort Wayne, IN, 46802, United States
If, as the saying goes, life is less what happens to you and more how you deal with it, RED CITY RADIO have succeeded in spades, insatiable in their heart and singular focus.
Since forming in 2009 in Oklahoma City, Red City Radio have proven their punk-rock proficiency, turning in beloved albums (2011’s The Dangers of Standing Still and 2013’s Titles) and winning over fans around with the world with a sweat-soaked, raved-about live show honed by years of touring along acts like Strung Out, New Found Glory, and Anti-Flag.
But the band— Garrett Dale, guitarist Ryan Donovan, drummer Dallas Tidwell and bassist Jonathan “Jojo” Knight—are evolving, both professionally and personally: Red City Radio marks the group’s first album for Staple Records (after years spent with Paper + Plastick)
The new contrast between Dale’s gruff tenor (now the sole lead voice) and an increasingly rock-based musicality gives Red City Radio an innately fascinating dynamic. As such, songs like the power pop-leaning “Two Out Of Three Ain’t Rad” and slow-burning, country-tinged “… I’ll Catch A Ride” showcase the band’s newfound versatility and expand the definition of just what a Red City Radio song can—and should—sound like.
It’s this nuance and nimbleness that makes Red City Radio such a stirring listen. Named one of the most anticipated albums of 2015 by Fuse and VICE – hailed by outlets like PunkNews, also receiving 4 out of 5 stars from Rolling Stone, the album isn’t wholesale change, but rather the sound of a band expanding its influence and stepping outside itself to keep pushing forward. A sound once reminiscent of punk stalwarts like Hot Water Music has now swelled to include hooky rock á la Foo Fighters and Jimmy Eat World, and even Dale’s love of country.

Post Child, Heaven's Gateway Drugs, Water Witches, Girls Color
2017-05-26 21:00 - 23:55 | IN

Common Center, Knit Cap Vigilantes, The Be Colony
2017-05-27 22:00 - 23:55 | IN

Against The Grain, Badyear, Dipt
2017-05-28 21:00 - 23:55 | IN

Tin Foil (detroit), Mitch Fraizer and Kenny Taylor
2017-05-29 21:00 | IN

Groovement (funk), Tri Hippo
2017-05-30 21:00 - 23:55 | IN

Askultura and Boat Show
2017-06-01 21:30 - 23:55 | IN

Jagger Holly, Flamingo Nosebleed, Teenage Bubblegum
2017-06-02 22:00 - 23:55 | IN

SOLD OUT Sidewalk Chalk, DJ Charlie Coffeen
2017-06-03 22:00 | IN
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Strahan & The Good Neighbors and Boat Show
2017-06-08 21:00 - 23:55 | IN

Step Rockets, Three Cities
2017-06-09 22:00 - 23:55 | The Brass Rail, 1121 Broadway, Fort Wayne, IN, 46802, United States

Durand Jones & The Indictations, The Meat Flowers
2017-06-10 21:30 - 23:55 | IN
Durand Jones got his start in the church, after being forced to sing in the choir of his rural hometown Hillaryville, Louisiana because his Grandmother thought he sang too much at home. When his music career took him to Bloomington, Indiana, he was selected to join the legendary Indiana University Soul Revue, and it was through his involvement that he met writer/producer duo Aaron Frazer and Blake Rhein. The three began writing original soul music, recording themselves straight to tape in the basements of Bloomington – and their debut album is now available on our record label, Colemine Records.
$15

Miranda's Dungeon's & Dragon's Night
2017-06-11 20:00 - 23:00 | IN

Freya Wilcox & The Howl, Cold Wrecks, Jess Thrower
2017-06-13 20:00 - 23:55 | IN

Brass Rail Trivia Night
2017-06-15 20:00 - 23:55 | IN

Left Lane Cruiser, Streetlamps for Spotlights, Girl Colors
2017-06-16 22:00 - 23:55 | IN

Trophy Club, Omaha Alaska, Larry Wish & His Guys, Dani House
2017-06-17 22:00 - 23:55 | IN

Jakubi (australia), Love Hustler
2017-06-18 20:00 - 23:55 | IN

Son Little, James & The Drifters, Kory Dane
2017-06-20 20:00 - 23:50 | The Brass Rail, 1121 Broadway, Fort Wayne, IN, 46802, United States
Playing his songs across the United States and in Europe over the past year, with a wide range of artists and to varying audiences, Son Little has noticed something particular about his own music.
“As I’ve been going around to different places with this very eclectic mix of other acts, one thing that’s struck me about my music is just how American it is,” he says.
And while he’s not wearing a stars-and-stripes polo while shooting fireworks and holding a sousaphone, his sentiment rings true. Here in this proud, brave land of blurred lines and regional dishes is a musical melting pot that sizzles and smokes, from sea to shining sea. Son Little is stirring that broth.
“Part of what’s unique about this country is its intense mixture of things. People in different regions don’t always understand each other that well, but music can go places that people won’t always go. That’s part of who I am and definitely part of the music I’m making, so now more than ever I feel very American.”
The artist formerly known as Aaron Livingston knows his nation well. He was born to a preacher and a teacher in Los Angeles, where he learned how to listen and how to play before moving east to New York and New Jersey. He dropped in and out of schools in Manhattan then Philadelphia, and there he collaborated with acts like The Roots and RJD2. He first planted his flag as Son Little with last year’s highly praised EP, Things I Forgot, a small collection of big songs that showcased his ability to hop across genres as well as he does state lines.
The pastiche and reach of his music is all over the map, literally. And he can hear a map in his music. In it, he can recognize the places he’s lived, traveled, and played to, places explored and discovered. “I hear places in the songs without trying to evoke them while writing. I can trace where a lot of my music came from, as my life and my family touch so many different places. I can hear the Gulf Coast of Louisiana in my voice, the way I say some of the words; I hear New York, definitely in my lyrics. Detroit is a place I haven’t spent a ton of time in, but if I explore the music of Detroit, I can hear myself in there, too.”
The bins of Son Little’s record store are divided into sections called “Tuesday 3 a.m.” or “Fluorescent Blues” or “Saying Goodbye” rather than “Rock” or “Soul” or “Pop.” It’s a space where people can discover fresh sounds they might not have been expecting based on feelings, emotions, and truth rather than imaginary lines drawn in the sand. “I never thought that genres matter, I just mixed them all up and put them next to each other,” he says. “Making a mix growing up, I’d put Nirvana next to Nas next to Coltrane; Hendrix next to Naughty By Nature, whatever. I always thought of it that way. I actually feel like it’s maybe the norm that people don’t even think about it anymore, except in the industry, where there’s more pressure to conform. Maybe the landscape is so blurry it makes people nervous, they just want to categorize something. Using band names as adjectives, that’s kinda cool but I look at it from my own thing and it’s gonna need more band names.”
In truth, Son Little’s music is devoid of genre, as it blends sounds together into a bright white hotness, like all the colors in the spectrum do when finding focus as one. As the saturation of light increases, color appears more pure. His new full-length album, Son Little, does the same. The sonic elements create visuals and vice versa. The album’s cover image is a saturated snapshot of a whirring, suited Son, worked over with long exposures and leaky ink, revealing a brilliant portrait of the blurry artist: the pure man with the pure music. “There’s a lot of different colors there and they kinda fade into each other, but the constant for me is the dream, the smudge, the saturation,” he says. “Every color there is very deep, very rich; you put them all together and it’s the bright light of the sun.”
The songs inside follow suit. They teem with small moments creating a bigger picture, a pointillist art piece made from junkyards and viewed from space. Pulling inspiration from the color wheel diaspora of American music, Son Little draws from a deep well, using different buckets to visit and revisit, finding flourishes to add to the core of his songs. There, at the end of “Doctor’s In,” is a roving banjo; there, at the start of “Go Blue Blood Red,” is a keyboard riff culled from a kid’s Blue Man Group keyboard; there, in “Carbon,” is an electric Howlin’ Wolf stomp and start. For Son Little, studio time is a joy, where every good idea leads to four more, so it’s back to the buckets.
And all this weaving and digging is in his DNA. It comes easily and honestly, since he is the person he claims to be and has lived the life he sings about. It’s all there in his lyrics, the tales of struggle and joy, of fear and fortitude. His words, chosen with care and delivered with skill, address relationships with class and race as well as with people and projects. Vulnerability and virility are sung in equal parts, showing us the actual measure of a man rather than the imaginary bulletproof titan that pervades today’s airwaves. In this world so concerned with the “realness” of its artists, in this industry of hyper-categorizing and compartmentalizing every last detail, it’s easy to forget what “being true” is all about. Somewhere along the path it became cool to clam up, to stay icy, to keep in line and collect your check. It takes courage to be real, and to Son Little, the only way to be real is to simply be yourself.
“The easy way to describe my audience would be to say it’s pretty broad, but the more accurate way of saying it is that my audience is the brave,” he says. “It’s the people who move amongst different crowds easily, who are open to new things and not waiting for other people to tell them what to like, who are very certain and know what they want to hear. That feeling has been strengthened by all these shows I’ve played in different markets, with artists who are so different from each other. I meet these people, and the thing they have most in common is that they don’t care what the trend is, or what other people think about it, what’s it’s called. They don’t care about any of that shit, they just like what they like and that’s that. It’s not about gender, age, race, nationality, or any of those things; it’s just about how you feel inside, about the world. It’s more of an attitude, a sense, than it is a genre or trend. It’s not a shirt at Urban Outfitters. It’s a lot deeper than that.”
To call Son Little, both the artist and the album, brave would be perhaps the most apt compliment you could pay. Like his fearless heroes—Hendrix, Dylan, Prince, Nas—what he is doing takes guts, but in truth, it’s the only way he knows how.
“That’s what it’s about, be brave, do the thing you’re afraid to do. When I look at it now, the whole album is that, every song is that. There’s nothing but that. There’s some aspects of it that I probably wanted to hold back or edit and just didn’t. I think I’ve learned not to censor the things that make me uncomfortable. On ‘About A Flood’ I sing, ‘What if every tear in me comes out?’ That’s an as-not-hard a fucking thing as you can say. At the end of the day I have to say to myself, ‘I don’t care, I said it.’ I’m gonna say it. Every single song has an element of that, in the lyrics and also musically. Let it be what it is.”
Salutes to the bright, brave light of the Son.

Make Music Day
2017-06-21 08:00 - 17:00 | IN

The Jakobs Ferry Stranglers, Dag & The Bulleit Boys
2017-06-22 21:00 - 22:00 | The Brass Rail, 1121 Broadway, Fort Wayne, IN, 46802, United States

The Ghost Wolves, Brother O'Brother
2017-06-23 22:00 - 23:55 | IN

Damien Jurado's 50 State Tour with Jess Thrower
2017-06-24 20:00 - 23:55 | IN
Soiree Presents: Damien Jurado with Jess Thrower
It started as a dream as I drove past so many neighborhoods and towns on my way the “major market”. I have watched our choice to connect to the experience in front of us dwindle away, only to be replaced with connection to a screen. We are told what is success, sold what is the “it” thing, and fed what people think we should know. Its not that any of those are bad, but on their own, they are nothing. We are nothing without the connection to one another. We are blesssed to live in a beautiful world FULL of incredible people. If that isn’t worth getting together and celebrating, I dont know what is. Join me in celebrating our country and the things that not only make us the same but also the beauty of our differences. #50statetour

Off With Their Heads, Shade
2017-06-25 21:00 - 23:00 | IN

Foosball Tournament
2017-06-26 19:00 - 23:55 | IN

Telekinetic Yeti, Badyear
2017-06-28 21:00 - 23:55 | IN

The Orange Opera, Trophy Club
2017-06-30 22:00 - 23:55 | IN

Slug Love, Girl Colors
2017-07-01 22:00 - 23:00 | IN

A Giant Dog, The Meat Flowers
2017-07-04 22:00 | IN

Post Animal, Heaven's Gateway Drugs
2017-07-06 21:00 - 23:55 | The Brass Rail, 1121 Broadway, Fort Wayne, IN, 46802, United States

Las Pinas (argentina), The Meat Flowers, Slug Love
2017-07-07 21:00 - 23:55 | IN

Sleeping Bag, March On Comrade, The Be Colony
2017-07-08 22:00 - 23:55 | IN

Fruit & Flowers, Venus In Jeans, My Apollo
2017-07-09 21:00 - 23:55 | IN

Ford Theatre Reunion, Dreadnaught, Antlers As Roots
2017-07-14 22:00 - 23:55 | IN

Bo & Friends, Doubtful Sound (Philly Rapper), Hanging Hearts (Chicago)
2017-07-15 22:00 - 23:55 | IN

Clownvis Presley, Kenny Taylor Duo
2017-07-16 20:30 - 23:55 | IN

Quiplash Game Night with Isiah Gray
2017-07-17 20:00 - 23:55 | IN

The Dead Deads, Bohannons
2017-07-20 21:00 - 23:55 | IN
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Sean Rowe, Lee Miles and Honky Tears
2017-07-21 20:00 - 2017-07-22 01:30 | IN

Void Reunion, Omaha Alaska
2017-07-22 22:00 - 23:55 | IN

Broadway Street Stroll
2017-07-23 18:00 - 23:55 | IN
The Snarks
Five Pound Snap (Detroit)
The Meat Flowers
Heaven’s Gateway Drugs
The Harlequins (Cincinnati)

Joseph Huber, Dag & The Interlopers
2017-07-24 21:00 - 23:55 | IN

Coup D'eTat, The Electric Panda
2017-07-26 20:00 - 23:55 | IN

Patrick Sweany, The Orange Opera
2017-07-27 21:00 - 23:55 | IN
After 6 critically acclaimed records (two produced by longtime collaborator Dan Auerbach of The Black Keys), Patrick has expanded his touring radius to 49 states and Europe. He’s played premiere festivals (Newport Folk Fest, Merlefest, Montreal Jazz Fest, Telluride Blues & Brews) and supported international acts such as The Black Keys, The Tedeschi Trucks Band, The Wood Brothers, Hot Tuna, and others on tour.

Unlikely Alibi, Joey Sprinkles
2017-07-28 22:00 - 23:55 | IN

MR RUSSIA, Windbreaker, Kill Lè Kill
2017-07-29 22:00 - 23:55 | IN

YLNI Living Concert Series (Headwaters Park)
2017-08-02 18:00 - 23:00 | IN

NE-HI, Hot Gum
2017-08-02 21:00 - 23:55 | IN

The Young Rochelles, Flamingo Nosebleed, Smash the Jukebox!
2017-08-03 22:00 - 23:55 | IN

Let's Fest: Emotron, Metavari, Trophy Club, Jared Andrews
2017-08-04 21:00 - 23:55 | IN

Let's Fest Night 2: Open Mike Eagle, Jimmy Whispers, Sankofa, Microwave Miracles, Todays Hits
2017-08-05 22:00 - 23:55 | IN

Capitalist Kids, The Snarks, Nifty Skullet
2017-08-09 21:00 - 23:00 | IN

Megan Jean & The KFB Band, Creepy Neighbors
2017-08-10 21:00 - 23:55 | IN

Lee Bains III & The Glory Fires, Tito Discovery
2017-08-11 22:00 - 23:55 | IN
On June 30th, Don Giovanni Records will release Youth Detention///(Nail My Feet Down to the South Side of Town), the third full-length album by Lee Bains III & the Glory Fires.
Call it Youth Detention for short.
A double LP spanning 17 songs, it is the band’s most ambitious work to date — a sprawling and visceral record given to both deep introspection and high-volume spiritual uplift.
Where The Glory Fires’ previous LP Dereconstructed (2014) sought to dismantle one-dimensional notions of Southern identity and culture, Youth Detention has a similar, but more personal intent. “It’s about dismantling myself and the narratives that I’ve taken on,” explains Bains. “It’s an examination of youth and the processes through which we begin to consider ourselves, our identities, and what various communities we belong to or are in tension with.” Often, the songs detail moments in which cultural boundaries and biases become apparent — scenes in which systems of privilege and oppression become visible, particularly as they relate to race, class, and gender. Everyday settings — a church, a ballpark, a cafeteria — are revisited again and again, to explore these fleeting moments of revelation from different perspectives and roles. It’s a record defined by accumulation. Stories, images, and thoughts pile up to create confusion and cacophony in the narrative.

Void Reunion, James & The Drifters, My Apollo
2017-08-12 22:00 - 23:55 | IN

Blank Range with Omaha, Alaska
2017-08-16 20:30 - 23:55 | IN

The Hooten Hallers, Left Lane Cruiser
2017-08-17 21:00 - 23:55 | IN

Scott H. Biram, Gallows Bound
2017-08-18 22:00 - 2017-08-19 01:30 | IN

Gape, Slug Love, Windbreaker, You're Letting The Light In
2017-08-19 22:00 - 23:55 | IN

The Be Colony, Savage Blush (colorado pysch rock)
2017-08-21 21:00 - 23:55 | IN

The Sweet Hearts, Kenny & Colin Taylor with Mitch Fraizer and Alex Allison
2017-08-24 21:00 - 23:55 | IN

Carrion Vael, Karkosa, Swamp Squat
2017-08-25 22:00 - 2017-08-26 01:00 | IN

Enigmatic Luthifer, Ben Paul, Brad the Savage and Sam Baker, The Sugargliders
2017-08-26 22:00 - 23:55 | IN

The Lillingtons, Flamingo Nosebleed
2017-08-27 21:00 - 23:55 | IN

Luckily I'm The Hunter / Kyle / Dormant
2017-08-28 21:00 - 23:00 | IN

Bison Machine, Heaven's Gateway Drugs, wolfbearhawk
2017-08-31 21:00 - 23:55 | IN

Craig Brown Band, Omaha Alaska, Tin Foil, The Meat Flowers
2017-09-01 22:00 - 23:55 | IN

The Dead Records, Jake Simmons and the Little Ghosts, Ryan Kerr and the Rebellion
2017-09-02 22:00 | IN

Har Mar Superstar, My Apollo
2017-09-03 20:30 - 23:55 | IN

Freddie Mercury Tribute and AIDS benefit
2017-09-05 21:00 - 23:55 | IN

NOTS (goner records), Heaven's Gateway Drugs
2017-09-06 20:30 - 23:30 | IN

Trackless Single Release Party with 3Hippo
2017-09-07 21:00 | IN

Bella's Bartok and Boat Show
2017-09-08 22:00 - 23:55 | IN

Trophy Club, The Orange Opera, Slug Love
2017-09-09 22:00 - 23:59 | IN

Advance Base, Sea Mountains
2017-09-12 21:00 - 23:00 | IN

Matthew Sturm Band
2017-09-14 22:00 - 23:55 | IN

DJ Charlie Coffeen (of Sidewalk Chalk)
2017-09-15 23:00 - 2017-09-16 02:00 | IN

Jared Andrews "I Wanna Be Your Cartoon" release show with Bravas Bo & His Homies and Boat Show
2017-09-16 22:30 - 2017-09-17 01:00 | IN

Evolfo, Streetlamps for Spotlights
2017-09-20 21:30 - 23:55 | IN

Burlesque Night: starring Velvet Gypsies with music by Mojo Thief
2017-09-21 20:00 - 23:55 | IN

Parasites, The Snarks, Sour Mash Kats
2017-09-22 22:00 - 23:55 | IN

Void Reunion, Dream Version, The Be Colony
2017-09-23 22:00 - 23:00 | IN

Big Thief with Dear Nora
2017-09-24 19:30 - 23:55 | IN

Battalion of Saints, The Cryptics, and Flamingo Nosebleed
2017-09-26 21:00 - 23:55 | IN

Sisters of Your Sunshine Vapor, Heaven's Gateway Drugs
2017-09-28 21:00 | IN

Busman's Holiday, Peter Oren
2017-09-29 22:00 - 23:00 | IN

U.R.B, Djenetic Drift, Northern Kind
2017-09-30 22:00 - 23:55 | IN

The Hipshakes, Proto Idiot
2017-10-02 21:00 | IN

Future Punx and Omaha, Alaska
2017-10-04 21:00 - 23:55 | IN

Heaven's Gateway Drugs, Streetlamps for Spotlights, Girl Colors
2017-10-06 22:00 - 23:00 | IN

Lee Miles & Honky Tears, Joel Gragg
2017-10-07 22:00 | IN

Spence, Amor No More, Rahzenburg, OLC
2017-10-09 19:45 - 23:55 | IN

Freight Train Rabbit Killer, Joe Benton
2017-10-11 21:00 - 23:55 | IN

The Jasons, The Lurking Corpses, Mummula, Walk Among Us
2017-10-13 21:30 - 23:55 | IN

Thee Commons, The Meat Flowers
2017-10-14 22:00 - 23:55 | IN

Garbage Greek, Heaven's Gateway Drugs
2017-10-15 21:00 | IN

Crocodiles (san diego), Void Reunion
2017-10-16 21:00 - 23:55 | IN
Tarnishing sunny melodies with a scuzzy recording style and lots and lots of feedback, Crocodiles’ Charles Rowell and Brandon Welchez met during their formative teenage years in San Diego. Playing together in various incarnations since then, including in the Plot to Blow Up the Eiffel Tower, which featured Welchez on vocals and Rowell on guitar, the duo re-formed in a lo-fi capacity under the name Crocodiles in April of 2008. After self-releasing a distortion-driven 7″, their single Neon Jesus was championed by No Age on a Stereogum best-of-2008 poll. As Crocodiles’ debut full-length was recorded over that winter, blog readers started taking notice, and Summer of Hate was released by Fat Possum in late April of 2009. That winter, Crocodiles put out a Christmas-themed split 7″ with Dum Dum Girls and prepped their follow-up, Sleep Forever, for the summer of 2010. After adjusting their lineup to include bassist Marco Gonzalez, keyboardist Robin Eisenberg, and drummer Anna Schulte, Rowell, Welchez, and the group traveled from their hometown of San Diego to record their third full-length in Berlin. That album, Endless Flowers, was released in the spring of 2012 on Souterrain Transmissions in the U.K. and French Kiss in the U.S.
Crocodiles’ fourth album, 2013’s very focused and poppy Crimes of Passion, was produced by the Raveonettes’ Sune Rose Wagner and featured just the duo of Rowell and Welchez, plus the occasional guest on backing vocals and horns. Taking a break from the band, Welchez recorded an album with his wife, Dee Dee of Dum Dum Girls, under the name Haunted Hearts. The group reconvened and set up shop in Mexico City to record its next album. Working with producer Martin Thulin, the duo continued refining the poppier aspects of its sound, while incorporating some Latin influences. Boys was released in May of 2015 on Welchez’s own Zoo Music label. Their next album was recorded in the same location, with Thulin contributing instrumentation as well as steady production. Arriving in 2016, Dreamless de-emphasized guitars and used keyboards and other instruments to fill in the arrangements. ~ Jason Lymangrover, Rovi

Pinact, Streetlamps for Spotlights
2017-10-19 21:00 - 23:55 | IN

Grand Mammoth, Wild Savages, The Be Colony
2017-10-20 22:00 - 23:55 | The Brass Rail, 1121 Broadway, Fort Wayne, IN, 46802, United States

Comedy For Kids 3
2017-10-21 19:00 - 23:55 | IN

Beatallica, The Orange Opera and Boat Show
2017-10-26 21:00 - 23:55 | IN

DJ Charlie Coffeen of Sidewalk Chalk
2017-10-27 22:30 - 23:55 | IN

Ween On Halloween Tribute Show
2017-10-28 22:00 - 23:55 | IN

Sea Mountains, Slug Love, Fresh Tar
2017-11-02 21:00 - 23:55 | The Brass Rail, 1121 Broadway, Fort Wayne, IN, 46802, United States

Lollipop Factory, wolfbearhawk and Boat Show
2017-11-03 22:00 - 23:55 | IN

Flamingo Nosebleed, Spicoli Culkin, Tijuana Tsunamis
2017-11-04 22:00 - 23:55 | The Brass Rail, 1121 Broadway, Fort Wayne, IN, 46802, United States

Peelander-Z, Jared Andrews
2017-11-05 21:00 - 23:55 | IN

Iron Chic, Close Only Counts
2017-11-08 20:00 - 23:55 | IN

The Yawpers, Kenny Taylor Trio (KT3)
2017-11-09 21:00 - 23:59 | IN

Trophy Club, Vamos (chicago), Indiana Jones & The Rio Piedras
2017-11-10 22:00 - 23:55 | IN

80's Night w Unlikely Alibi, Love Hustler, Djenetic Drift, Jerome Schooley, Todd Roth
2017-11-11 22:00 - 23:55 | IN

Harpooner, Omaha Alaska, CoCoReilly
2017-11-12 21:00 - 23:55 | IN

Sun Parade, Kill Surf City, Leones
2017-11-14 21:00 - 23:55 | The Brass Rail, 1121 Broadway, Fort Wayne, IN, 46802, United States

Let's Comedy Presents Ben Moore, David Britton and music by Jared Andrews
2017-11-16 21:00 - 23:55 | The Brass Rail, 1121 Broadway, Fort Wayne, IN, 46802, United States

Skip Church (Chicago-Randy Records) Best Exes (Detroit) The Meat Flowers
2017-11-17 22:00 - 23:55 | IN

Tom Petty Tribute: The B45's, Adam Baker & The Heartache, Sea Mountains & The Current
2017-11-18 22:00 - 23:55 | The Brass Rail, 1121 Broadway, Fort Wayne, IN, 46802, United States

Fort Wayne Beard & Mustache Chili Cookoff and show
2017-11-19 16:00 - 23:55 | The Brass Rail, 1121 Broadway, Fort Wayne, IN, 46802, United States
It’s that time of year again! It’s still hot now, but soon it will be cold! Bring your chillis to enter it or them in one of four categories (Traditional, Vegan, Gluten-Free, and Wildcard) to win cash prizes! Bring all your clothing donations to benefit Sally Segerson and Street Reach for the Homeless! Updates as I get them! URB, O’ Sister, Brother, and The Interlopers!

The Snarks Singles Release, Big Money & The Spare Change, Streetlamps for Spotlights
2017-11-22 22:00 | IN

The Homies with Luke Maxon Thanksgiving Bash
2017-11-24 22:00 - 23:55 | IN
Bravas Bo is hosting a Thanksgiving Bash with his band The Homies with special guest Luke Maxon. $1 from every ticket goes to Street Reach for the Homeless we are also accepting warm sock donations at the door.
poster by Matthew Plett
10pm/$6

Chris Twist (chicago), Trophy Club, Fresh Tar
2017-11-28 21:00 - 23:55 | The Brass Rail, 1121 Broadway, Fort Wayne, IN, 46802, United States

James & The Drifters, Joel Levi, and Iron Range
2017-12-01 22:00 - 23:55 | IN

Spandrels, Big Money & The Spare Change, Fresh Tar
2017-12-02 22:00 - 23:55 | The Brass Rail, 1121 Broadway, Fort Wayne, IN, 46802, United States

Wild Savages, Slug Love
2017-12-07 21:30 - 23:55 | The Brass Rail, 1121 Broadway, Fort Wayne, IN, 46802, United States

March On, Comrade CD Release w/ 3 Hippo & The Be Colony
2017-12-08 22:00 - 23:59 | The Brass Rail, 1121 Broadway, Fort Wayne, IN, 46802, United States

Boy Rex, Holy Pinto, We Love You
2017-12-09 22:00 - 23:55 | The Brass Rail, 1121 Broadway, Fort Wayne, IN, 46802, United States

Brass Rail Trivia Night with Kelly & Ben
2017-12-12 20:15 - 23:45 | The Brass Rail, 1121 Broadway, Fort Wayne, IN, 46802, United States

Sankofa, The Homies, Doubtful Sound
2017-12-15 22:00 - 23:55 | The Brass Rail, 1121 Broadway, Fort Wayne, IN, 46802, United States

Thunderhawk, Omaha Alaska
2017-12-16 22:00 - 23:55 | The Brass Rail, 1121 Broadway, Fort Wayne, IN, 46802, United States

The Hillbilly Casino
2017-12-17 20:00 - 23:55 | IN
