Daisychain, Rvn3r, Incas
2022-08-23 20:30 UTC | The Brass Rail, 1121 Broadway, Fort Wayne, IN, 46802, United States

Best Sleep, Lollygager, Swell Time
2022-08-26 21:30
It’s our bartender Catie’s birthday so she’s assembled an awesome lineup of music for you. BEST SLEEP LOLLYGAGGER SWELL TIME $7 cover, must be 21 poster by Jaded Andrews

Atticus Sorrell Band, Los Galaxy, The Namby Pamby
2022-08-27 21:30 - 23:59
$7 cover, must be 21

Gool, The Namby Pamby, Home Phone
2022-09-02 21:30
Live original music by
Gool
The Namby Pamby
Home Phone
$7 cover, must be 21

poster by Jaded Andrews

Los Galaxy, Tony, Namen Namen
2022-09-03 21:45 - 23:59
NAMEN NAMEN (indie rock)
LOS GALAXY (funk fusion)
TONY (indianapolis rock)
$7 cover
must be 21
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War Cloud, Cursed Blade, Snakehandler Church
2022-09-10 21:00 - 23:59
Doors 9 pm Music 10 pm
$10
WAR CLOUD – Old School Heavy Metal hailing from Austin, Texas.
https://warcloudrock.bandcamp.com/
CURSED BLADE- Traditional heavy metal from Indianapolis, IN
https://cursedblade.bandcamp.com/album/cursed-demo
SNAKEHANDLER CHURCH- southern punk outta Ft. Waste, IN
https://snakehandlerchurch.bandcamp.com/releases

Jamie Buffet Night
2022-09-15 20:30 - 23:59
Jon Ross and Sean Richardson will be mixing up some of your favorite island drinks and sounds inspired by their ideas of Buffett Style living. No cover.

Private Education, Mighty Vices, ChrisRebellion
2022-09-16 21:45 - 23:59

The Be Colony w/ Ryne Shyne and TBD
2022-09-17 21:30 - 23:59

Namby Pamby, Necromoon, Bev Rage & The Drinks
2022-09-22 20:30 - 23:59

The Meat Flowers, Hayley & The Crushers, Lauren Balke
2022-09-23 21:45
Live original music $7 cover

poster by Jaded Andrews

Heavy Mother, Namen Namen, Craig Bell & The Dead Man's Handle
2022-09-24 21:45 - 23:59
Live Original Music with
Namen Namen
(Fort Wayne Indie Rock Band)
Heavy Mother
(R&R band from Bloomington, Indiana. Eddie Flowers (lead vocals), Mark McWhirter aka Dr. Ray (guitar), Zack Worcel aka Chode (bass), Clarke Joyner (drums). Eddie was in the original 1976/1977 Gizmos. Mark & Chode played with the Cowboys)
Craig Bell & The Dead Man’s Handle
(Bell and Pere Ubu leader David Thomas were band mates in garage-rock band Rocket from the Tombs in the mid-1970s, which makes Bell’s history important to countless fans of underground music as it rambled through punk rock, college rock, modern rock and indie rock through the decades.)
$7 cover, must be 21, poster by Jaded Andrews

Flamingo Nosebleed, Horror Section, Covert Flops, Ghost Party
2022-09-30 21:30 - 23:59
Come get wild as hell at this punk rock freak show! Flamingo Nosebleed, Horror Section (stl), Covert Flops (Indiana spy punks), Ghost Party (members of Putz and horror section)

SNAFU, Deathtax, Oberserver
2022-10-06 21:00
SNAFU
https://snafudetroit.bandcamp.com/

Deathtax
https://deathtax.bandcamp.com/

Observer
https://observerfw.bandcamp.com/

$7

Sankofa, Flostorm, Damo w/ Prophet Ecks, DJ MSG
2022-10-07 21:30 - 23:59

The Be Colony, The Namby Pamby, Secondhand Denim
2022-10-08 21:45 - 23:59
Live original music $7 cover. Poster by Michael Collins

Country Music Legend DALE WATSON with Kenny Taylor
2022-10-11 19:00 - 23:59
$15.00 no-fee advance tickets available. $20.00 day of show. Music starts at 8PM sharp Must be 21 to enter. With Kenny Taylor
Dale Watson, keeper of the true country music flame, latest album Call Me Insane, was recorded in Austin with veteran producer Lloyd Maines (Robert Earl Keen, Jerry Jeff Walker, etc.). The Austin-based honky-tonker carries on in the tradition of Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson with his “Ameripolitan” brand of American roots music.
Album highlights include “Jonesin’ For Jones,” a love song to the music of the legendary George Jones, “A Day At A Time,” about “getting by by barely getting by;” “Call Me Insane,” the album’s moody title track; “Bug Ya For Love,” a fun warning to all the single ladies, and “Mamas Don’t Let Your Cowboys Grow Up To Be Babies.” (Yes, it is an answer song to the Waylon Jennings/Willie Nelson hit.) “Crocodile Tears” is a tear-in-your-beer country song that sounds like an instant classic and “Burden Of The Cross” reveals Watson’s serious side.
Call Me Insane was recorded in Austin by Watson and his ace touring band, “His Lone Stars”: Don Pawlak (pedal steel), Mike Bernal (drums & percussion), and Chris Crepps (upright bass & background vocals). Dale plays electric guitar throughout and Lloyd Maines added acoustic guitar. They were joined in the studio by Danny Levin on piano and the Honky Tonk Horns: Jon Blondell (trombone), Joey Colarusso (saxophone), and Ricky White (trumpet).
“Having known Lloyd over 20 years and worked with him as a musician, I knew he was a great guy and picker,” Watson says. “But having Lloyd produce your record is like letting your mom in your kitchen. You know you’re gonna like what comes out and it’s amazing how such basic ingredients can be made even better. He is an artists’ artist.
The admiration is mutual. “I’ve been a Dale Watson fan since I played steel guitar on some of his early records,” Maines says of the sessions. “My early musical influences are the same as Dale’s. We both grew up playing real country music. Dale is one of a very short list of today’s artists who still keeps it real country. I’m honored that he asked me to produce his new record. I think he knew that I would maintain the integrity of his passion for the music.”
Dubbed “the silver pompadoured, baritone beltin’, Lone Star beer drinkin’, honky-tonk hellraiser” by The Austin Chronicle, Watson sat in with Jimmy Kimmel’s house band as a guest on Jimmy Kimmel Live (ABC) from SXSW 2015. He also emceed the first ever SXSW “Ameripolitan” showcase featuring the best of Honky-tonk, Outlaw Country, Rockabilly and Texas Swing music.
Since the release of El Rancho Azul in 2013, Watson’s profile has risen considerably via appearances on The Late Show with David Letterman (CBS), Austin City Limits and The Sun Sessions(PBS) and as a guest on NPR’s Wait Wait… Don’t Tell Me. A veteran touring artist and consummate entertainer, he is on the road more than 300 days a year. He also put his money where his heart is and took over ownership of two struggling Texas honky-tonks, the Little Longhorn Saloon in Austin (home of Chicken $#!+ Bingo) and The Big T Roadhouse in St. Hedwigs (outside San Antonio). If not on the road, he and His Lone Stars perform at one of them each Sunday.
Dale has flown the flag for classic honky-tonk for over two decades. He’s christened his brand of American roots “Ameripolitan” to differentiate it from current crop of Nashville-based pop country. The Alabama-born, Texas-raised Watson may be the hardest working entertainer today and is rapidly approaching legendary status. He is a country music maverick, a true outlaw who stands alongside Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, and George Strait as one of the finest country singers and songwriters from the Lone Star State

The Orange Opera, Matthew Sturm
2022-10-14 21:45
$7

Chilli Hendrix, Eli Sines w Beatrat, Chrisrebellion
2022-10-15 21:45 - 23:59
Live original music with
Chilli Hendrix
Eli Sines with Beatrat
Chrisrebellion
$7 cover
must be 21

Saintseneca, Swell Time
2022-10-20 20:00 - 20:30
$15.00 day of show walk-ups available.
Saintseneca’s Zac Little has been thinking a lot about memory. Not necessarily his memories, though they creep in often, too. Rather, he mulls over the idea of memory itself: its resilience, its haziness, how it slips away as we try to hang on, the way it resurfaces despite our best efforts to forget.
Memory is the common thread running throughout the Columbus folk-punk band’s fourth album, Pillar of Na, arriving in late summer via ANTI- Records. Following 2015’s critically lauded Such Things, the new album’s name is rooted in remembrance, referencing the Genesis story of Lot’s wife who looks back at a burning Sodom after God instructs her not to. She looks back, and God turns her into a pillar of salt. “Na,” meanwhile, is the chemical symbol for sodium. “Nah” is a passive refusal and the universal song word. It means nothing and stands for nothing. It is “as it is.”
Like Lot’s wife, Little cannot help but revisit where—and how—he grew up. Raised in church in southeastern Appalachian Ohio, he took up preaching when he was still a teenager, sometimes in small country settings and other times to congregations of thousands. But these days he’s more interested in listening. And questioning.
Musically, Pillar of Na is Saintseneca’s most ambitious album to date, with Little aiming to incorporate genre elements he’d rarely heard in folk. “I wanted to use the idiom of folk-rock, or whatever you want to call it, and to try to do something that had never been done before,” Little explains. “To reach way back, echoing ancient folk melodies, tie that into punk rock, and then push it into the future. I told Mike Mogis I wanted Violent Femmes meets the new Blade Runner soundtrack. I’m looking for the intersection between Kendrick Lamar and The Fairport Convention.”
“You’re always going to be situated in the folk legacy,” Little continues, acknowledging his past recordings, which include three albums (the aforementioned Such Things, 2014’s Dark Arc, 2011’s Last) and three EPs (2016’s The Mallwalker, 2010’s Grey Flag, and 2009’s self-titled). “But let’s move forward. I’m not trying to make the lost Velvet Underground B-side. I want to find something that has never been heard before, or at least go down trying.”

High Spirits, The Lurking Corpses, Tiny Wars
2022-10-21 21:45

Public Universal Friend, Swell Time, Man of The Flood
2022-10-22 21:30 - 23:59
Public Universal Friend is a real-life musical force based in Indianapolis, IN founded by songwriter Jody Friend. They are playing with Swell Time and Man Of The Flood

$7 cover, must be 21

Halloween Photo Shoot
2022-10-23 20:00
Bambi Guthrie Photography is back to host her annual HALLOWEEN PHOTO SHOOT. Come grab some pictures in y our outfits.
FREE / must be 21

Maggie Gently, The Namby Pamby, Doorgirl
2022-10-24 20:00
Live original music, doors at 8PM/$7

Sasha And The Valentines, Necromoon, Swell Time
2022-10-27 21:00
Live Original Music
$7 cover must be 21

Burial Party, Cavalcade, The Holy Nothing
2022-10-28 21:45
10/28/22 – This coming Friday is our EP release in Fort Wayne, IN at The Brass Rail (@brassrailfw)! Cavalcade (@cavalcadelansing) is coming down from Lansing, MI to join us, and The Holy Nothing (@theholynothing) will be playing their first show ever, so we hope to see you out! Costumes encouraged! (poster by @craighorky) #burialpartyfw #cavalcade #theholynothing #brassrailfw

$7 cover, must be 21

Hallo-WEEN Tribute Show
2022-10-29 21:00

The Meat Flowers album release Halloween Party with Loveseat
2022-10-31 21:00
THE MEAT FLOWERS are releasing their new albums “Woe Is Meat” with their friends LOVE SEAT $7 cover, must be 21. Costome Contest with Prizes
poster by Jaded Andrews

Norcos Y Horchata, Piques, Slug Love, and Half Built Homes
2022-11-04 21:30
Live original music

$7 cover, must be 21

Cloudmaker, Metavari, Sankofa
2022-11-05 22:00 - 23:59
Live Original Music with
Cloudmaker
Metavari
Sankofa
$7 cover must be 21

Grande Gigs Presents: Dead Register with Piss On Feet
2022-11-08 20:00 - 23:59
21+ with ID
$7 Cover at the Door
Doors @ 9pm / Live Music Starts at 10pm
Presented by: Grande Gigs – https://www.facebook.com/grandegigs
Live on stage at:
The Brass Rail
1121 Broadway St.
Fort Wayne, IN 46802
https://www.facebook.com/brassrailfw
Atlanta’s Dead Register has a complex kaleidoscope of sonic landscapes in their dark palette. Fronted by husband and wife tag team M.Chvasta (vocals, bass VI, bass) and Avril Che (keys, synthetic bass, piano bass, textures, backing vocals), the band is rounded out with the talents of drummer Randy Garcia. Together, the three musicians fuse a huge collection of inspirations into a rich, sophisticated hybrid of goth, post-punk, industrial, and 90s alternative rock. They do not simply bend genres; they snap them in half and rearrange them into entirely new crystalline structures.”
– Postpunk.com
Bands Include:
Dead Register (Atlanta, GA) – https://www.facebook.com/deadregister
Piss On Feet (Fort Wayne, IN) – https://www.facebook.com/YouCantBeatTheFeet

Mamalarky, Uncle Music, Home Phone
2022-11-11 21:00 - 23:59
$10 advance no-fee tickets on sale now / $12 day of show
with Uncle Muscle and Home Phone
Mamalarky spent two years working on their self-titled debut album (out via Fire Talk on November 20th). Raw and cerebral, the LP looks to a range of influences from their collective musical nerdiness. ”We might have a vocal melody that sounds like the lead steel guitar from Santo & Johnny, played over production that aims to be noisy and weird like Deerhoof or Sheer Mag, all the while steeped in the greats like Stevie Wonder or The Four Seasons,’ explains Livvy. The album itself was cobbled together in a mix of DIY ways: home recordings with Livvy’s roommate Joey Oaxaca (White Reaper, Mo Dotti), singles with Daniel McNeill (White Denim) and a “final wrapping-up” with engineer Jim Vollentine (Spoon, Skating Polly).
“We want to provide an experience that’s exploratory and trippy, but far removed from the problematic and corny psych stereotypes carried out by all those 60s dude bands. It grosses us out,” continues Livvy.
Topping it all off is Livvy’s hyper-personal songwriting. “I feel really exposed putting out an album,” she admits. Songs like “Drugstore Model” and “Don’t Laugh at Me” were inspired by her post-college move to LA where she didn’t immediately feel like she fit in with the local scene. The single “Fury” was born out of being on the road and written during a show soundcheck. “You Make Me Smile” had been penned in her car after an encounter with a stranger during a breezy day at the park that made Livvy reflect on her own romantic life.
“’You Make Me Smile’ came to me as I was unpacking feelings I had been repressing for a long time,” she says of the song’s origins. Even though the chorus says the song’s romantic title, it’s a sad, bittersweet song for Livvy. “I was transmuting this lovelorn, unexpressed, guilty feeling into something I could actually say out loud. At the time it was just a realization that my feelings for someone were never going to go away. They were always going to be carried with me whether I liked it or not.” It was a scary but necessary realization. “I knew I was going to be sitting with this crush in my head as I bumped along the road in a van.”
Even the band’s geological distance came to inspire the track “Schism Trek.” In between tours together, they were split between LA and Austin. “’Schism Trek’ explores what life looks like when you’re finding your way without the comfort of your friends beside you,” the singer explains. “The whole band was going through this in different ways as we went touring with different projects. Taking leaps and pushing our limits, we all came out stronger people for sure.”

The Namby Pamby (album release), Streetlamps for Spotlights, Loveseat
2022-11-12 21:30

Claude, Door Girl, Fresh Tar, Thinning
2022-11-14 20:30 - 23:59
Claude (existential dream pop from Chicago) with
Door Girl
Fresh Tar
Thinning
$7 cover, must be 21

Craig Brown Band, KT3, Squirrel Cage
2022-11-16 20:30 - 23:59
Live Original Music
Detroit’s CRAIG BROWN BAND
KENNY TAYLOR TRIO (KT3)
SQUIRREL CAGE
$7 cover, must be 21

Necromoon, Harlequins, Garbage Greek
2022-11-18 21:30

J Tubbs Presents: DeRay (Hip Hop) Esther Rose (Soul/Hip Hop) Best Sleep (Rock) 2RQ (Hip Hop) J. Tubbs with Los Galaxy & DJ Too Quick (Hip Hop/Soul)
2022-11-19 21:45
Live Original Music
DeRay (Hip Hop)
Esther Rose (Soul/Hip Hop)
Best Sleep (Rock)
2RQ (Hip Hop)
J. Tubbs with Los Galaxy & DJ Too Quick (Hip Hop/Soul)

$7 cover, must be 21

Overlook, The Piques, Man of the Flood
2022-11-23 21:00 - 23:59
OVERLOOK: In August of 2016, the four of us met in a basement for our first rehearsal. A month later, we started playing shows in our hometown, Fort Wayne, Indiana. Cut to January of 2018, we released our first single as Overlook. It’s hard to believe that we did all of this while spending our days in high school classrooms just trying to figure out what the hell was going on. Two studio albums, two EPs, a couple hundred shows, and a short stint at college later, we’re lucky enough to call Nashville home.
with MAN OF THE FLOOD and THE PIQUES
$7 no-fee ticket, must be 21

Arlen Gun Club, The Namby Pamby
2022-11-25 21:45 - 23:59

Cloudmaker, Necromoon, The Meat Flowers
2022-11-26 21:45 - 23:59
Live original music with
CLOUDMAKER
NECROMOON
THE MEAT FLOWERS
$7 cover, must be 21

Unlikely Alibi's 80's NIGHT
2022-12-02 21:30 - 23:59
Unlikely Alibi returns with their annual night celebrating the sights and the sounds of the 1980’s.
$7 cover, must be 21

Whiskey Daredevils, Uncle Muscle, Red Devil Ryders
2022-12-03 21:45 - 23:55
Live Original Music
Whiskey Daredevils
Uncle Muscle
Red Devil Ryders
$10 cover, must be 21

The Rosies, Man of the Flood, Namby Pamby
2022-12-08 20:30

Middle Names, March On Comrade, Golfcart Culdesac
2022-12-09 21:45 - 23:59
Live original music with
MIDDLE NAMES
MARCH ON, COMRADE
GOLFCART CULDESAC
$7 cover, must be 21 to enter

Loveseat, Connor Kelly & The Time Warp, Los Lemons
2022-12-10 21:45
Live Original Music by
LOVESEAT
CONNOR KELLY & THE TIME WARP
LOS LEMONS
$7 COVER MUST BE 21

Poster by Jaded Andrews

Left Lane Cruiser, Squirrel Cage
2022-12-16 21:45

Hillbilly Casino Xmas Special
2022-12-17 21:00
Hillbilly Casino returns with its annual Holiday Special with all of your favorite songs. **early show** $7 no-fee tickets on sale now.

Los Galaxy, Nostromo, Jiant
2022-12-23 21:30

Brass Rail Holiday Photo Shoot
2022-12-27 20:30 - 23:59
Bambi Guthrie Photography is back with her annual Holiday Photo Shoot. Stop by in your holiday get-up to take free photos with some of Christmas’s cheeriest characters.

Namen Namen, Janine (formerly CHURCH SHOES), Craig Brown Band
2022-12-29 21:00

Heaven's Gateway Drugs, Cloudmaker, Sisters of Your Sunshine Vapors
2022-12-30 21:45

Sankofa, Flostorm, DJ MSG, Doubtful Sound, 2RQ
2023-01-06 21:45

Dormant, The Part You Left Out, disappear.
2023-01-07 21:45
Live Original Music with
DORMANT
The Part You Left Out (first show!)
disappear.
$7 cover, must be 21

Loveseat, The Meat Flowers
2023-01-12 20:30
$7 cover, must be 21.

Poster by Jaded Andrews

Toe Cutter, Sorry Eric, Necromoon
2023-01-13 21:45

Chilli Hendrix, Buddy Merlot, Adam Araque, Tuffy Campbell & The Bussin Boys
2023-01-14 21:45

MAC DAY: A celebration of Mac Miller hosted by J Tubbs
2023-01-19 20:00

Best Sleep
2023-01-20 21:30

Thinning, Moongoons, Frogman and Friends of Frog Man
2023-01-21 21:45

Chocq. T, Lalo Cura, ChrisRebellion
2023-01-26 21:45
Live original music by

Chocq. T: https://www.facebook.com/iamchocqt?mibextid=LQQJ4d
Lalo Cura: https://www.facebook.com/lalocurarock?mibextid=LQQJ4d
ChrisRebellion: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100069426617013&mibextid=LQQJ4d

$7 cover, must be 21

See Ray Hardly, Cloudmaker, Funayūrei
2023-01-27 21:45 - 23:59

The Namby Pamby, Swell Time and Mol Sullivan (Cincinnati)
2023-01-28 21:45
The Namby Pamby TOUR KICKOFF SHOW with Swell Time and Mol Sullivan (Cincinnati)

The Relics, Private Education, Man of The Flood
2023-02-03 21:45

Cellar Dwellar, Necromoon, Namen Namen
2023-02-04 21:45

Mystik Fool, Gracie Jo & Mike Quinlivan, Kyla Walters
2023-02-09 21:00

Loveseat, Swell Time, The Dolphin Group
2023-02-10 21:45

Squirrel Cage, The Holy Nothing, and Faith in Nothing
2023-02-11 21:45

private function
2023-02-12 - 2023-02-13

Rookie Of The Year, Cedars, City Under Siege
2023-02-13 20:00 - 23:59
GIVIN UP NOW TOUR
$8 cover, must be 21. Poster by Corey Purvis

Middle Names, Piques, Loveseat
2023-02-17 21:45

My Dinosaurs Wear Ties (warped tour tribute band), Mighty Vicey, Private Education
2023-02-18 21:45
Hear all of your favorite “Warped Tour Songs” from
MY DINOSAURS WEAR TIES
with
MIGHTY VICEY and PRIVATE EDUCATION
$7 cover, must be 21
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Cole Ritter and The Night Owls with Kenny & Colin Taylor
2023-02-22 20:00
$9 no fee tickets on sale now
With a sound so nostalgic you’d swear you’ve heard them playing on a Sun Records album from the Golden Era, Cole Ritter and the Night Owls serve up a seamless blend of rockabilly, blues and vintage country that propels the listener into an entirely new sound space. Their rhythms rock in all the right ways, while the lyrics remind you of all the things you never knew you’d lost.
A true Nashville native, Cole picked up the fiddle at 3 years old, and began touring the southeast scene by age 8. Since then, he’s expanded his repertoire with the incredible voice and out of this world guitar playing that won him a spot on American Idol’s Hollywood Week. He soon went on to win Belmont University’s “Country Showcase” in 2020 along with his band the Night Owls.
With Father Son Legends Kenny & Colin Taylor

Zeta 20th Anniversary Tour with Necromoon and Kill Surf City
2023-02-23 21:00
$12.00 no-fee advance tickets on sale now. $15 day of show.
Must be 21 to enter.

Debutants, The New Normal, The Matchsell
2023-02-24 21:00
DEBUTANTS host an evening of stellar talent, featuring their friends…
THE NEW NORMAL (Nashville, TN)
THE MATCHSELLERS (Kansas City, MO)
Doors @ 8pm, Show @ 9pm
$10 cover, 21+

Heaven’s Gateway Drugs, Streetlamps for Spotlights, The Namby Pamby
2023-02-25 21:45

This Town Rocked Benefit Show
2023-03-03 21:00
Come relive the glory days with some old school punk bands and help raise money to finish This Town Rocked.
$10 at door with all proceeds going to film
Show starts promptly at 9
Opening Punk Prayer from Secretia Noxious
The Shortcuts
A few words from the director
Matt and the Maybe-Aughts
Secretia introduces 2nd trailer for This Town Rocked
Live Auction
Snakehandler Church
Secretia shares some stories
Last Chance at Failure

PIQUES, Los Lemons, and Frogman and the Friends of Frogman
2023-03-04 21:45
$7 cover

Shadow Show (detroit), Namen Namen, Necromoon
2023-03-10 21:45

Florets / Swell Time / March On, Comrade
2023-03-11 21:30

DJ Night with Tonga Conga and LUBS
2023-03-17 22:00

The Meat Flowers, Bochek, Roman New Time
2023-03-19 21:00

The Namby Pamby, Swell Time, Abel
2023-03-23 20:30

B﻿NNY with ULNA and THINNING
2023-03-24 21:30
BNNY with ULNA and THINNING
Everything, the debut album from Chicago quintet Bnny, may as well be a field recording taken from the lone country of grief. Written in sessions that span several years by singer Jess Viscius as she processed the death of her partner, the album is a chronicle of love at its most complex and loss at its most persistent. Viscius and her bandmates—her twin sister Alexa Viscius, plus best friends Tim Makowski, Adam Schubert and Matt Pelkey—render these songs as inky noir vignettes, with Viscius’ half-whispered vocals giving them a sense of poise and power that’s cool to the touch, even as the songs find her at her most vulnerable.
“I don’t cry often, generally I’m not super emotional,” Viscius says. “But when I sit down to play guitar, I can get in touch with the side of myself that I only know exists when I’m writing.” The first half of the album was written in the midst of a tumultuous relationship, while the second half was composed in its aftermath, but both sides are haunted by romance—even when she writes about her anger and disillusionment, the soft husk of Viscius’ voice and the depth of the songwriting as a testament to the sweetness that’s been lost. In the early songs, Viscius mulls over her responsibilities, bites back at broken promises, and occasionally finds herself adrift. In “Sure,” one of the album’s strongest songs, she circles around the titular word, testing its meanings and applications—“sure” as a positive affirmation, “sure” as a guarantee, “sure” as an exhausted acquiescence—and finding a weakness at the core of each of them. “I’ll change,” she sings in a disassociated loop in “August,” as if she’s trying to enchant herself into doing so. Later, in “Not Even You,” which recalls Sky Blue Sky-era Wilco, her voice breaks and she seems to gasp at her own loneliness and longing when she mistakenly thinks she sees her former partner on the street.
While Viscius cites the two-chord simplicity of the Velvet Underground as a major influence on her songwriting, she and her band use that minimalist blueprint to build sturdy songs that crackle with energy. Its lyrics are a reflection on instability and unreliability, but the pacey shuffle of “Promises” enacts the sweep of love, lust, and happiness that makes those promises feel worth keeping in the first place. In “Take That Back,” Viscius sings with a sarcastic laugh and the band backs up her cockiness. Guitar lines drift like fallen petals in “Little Flower,” and they trace dizzy circles through “August.” Everything is played in shades of blue: the navy haze of Jason Balla’s production, Viscius’ voice the color of morning light peeking through the blinds. Are these tunes familiar? Maybe, but so too is the sensation of falling in love and mourning its loss; in both instances, Everything is stamped with the complicated seal of the personal. “I don’t think you have to be a good musician to make good music,” Viscius says. “You just need to follow a feeling and be honest.”
That honesty, the sense of Bnny expanding as their world contracts, is ultimately what makes Everything such a powerful piece of music. Viscius toyed with the idea of only releasing the songs she wrote following her partner’s passing—the mournful, more pensive, and less castigating songs that make up the album’s second half. But, she figured, “That would only tell half of my truth. It seems more honest to include all of it, which is why I decided to call the album Everything. Because these songs, these memories, are everything I’ve got.”
Everything was recorded at Chicago’s Jamdek Studios and various bedroom closets with producer Jason Balla of Dehd, with additional production by Paul Cherry (“August,” “So Wrong”). The album was mixed by Collin Dupuis. It will be released on August 20th on Fire Talk Recordings.

City Mouse, Death Kill Overdrive, Flamingo Nosebleed, Zach Quinn (pears)
2023-03-25 22:00 - 23:59
City Mouse (Tampa/San Diego super rad female fronted punk/pop punk), Death Kill Overdrive(punk/garage/rnr from Iowa city, former lipstick homicide member), Zach Quinn (pears frontman solo electric), Flamingo Nosebleed (local headbangers)
$10 doors at 9, show at 9:30
Gonna be a killer show!

Prizefighter, Middle Names
2023-03-29 20:30

TAE & The Neighborly with Chocq.T
2023-03-30 20:45
$7 no-fee tickets available now
Tae & The Neighborly, a Wisconsin based Soul-pop R&B group, found themselves playing music together in a very unconventional way. With Fort Wayne’s CHOCQ.T
They were all neighbors, each one living alone on one floor of a five-story flat. Cake baking is a shared passion of the five member group, but in the sugar shortages early in the 2020 pandemic, they found themselves so continually knocking on each other’s doors asking for a single cup of sugar that a group decision was made to all move in together and share cake-baking resources. And since everyone knows all good rhythms begin in the kitchen, it wasn’t before long that the group began to write and perform together across the nation.
Critics hail the group as “having more kick than a bagged-up mule” (Rotary Times) and their live show “…going down smoother than a can of [beans] warmed on the campfire” (Cowboy Gazette). All in all, if you are looking for a dense show that will give you more inspiration fuel for self lovin’, world changin’, and consideration havin’ meet them where the music is made to be shared.

Private Education, The Namby Pamby, Swell Time
2023-03-31 21:45
Live Original Music with
PRIVATE EDUCATION
THE NAMBY PAMBY
SWELL TIME
$7 cover, must be 21

Observer, Cloudmaker, Loomspore
2023-04-01 21:30

Rabbit Foot Puppetry, Home Phone, Fresh Tar
2023-04-05 20:30

Matthew Sturm, Mudland, Squirrel Cage
2023-04-07 21:45

Anthony Giraldi The Be Colony Chocq. T
2023-04-08 21:45

Kandace's Country Line Dancing
2023-04-10 20:30

Necromoon, Swell Time, Frogman and Friends of Frogman
2023-04-14 21:45

The Namby Pamby, Jess Thrower, Lilly McKnown
2023-04-15 21:30

Franks & Deans (punk rock rat pack tribute) with Los Lemons
2023-04-16 20:30
FRANK & DEANS (punk Rock/ Rock & Roll Rat Pack tribute from Las Vegas, Nevada)
LOS LEMONS (surf rock/fort wayne)
$7 cover, must be 21

Man of the Flood, Overlook, The Be Colony
2023-04-20 20:00 - 21:00
The Crystal Bawl Tour
$7 cover, must be 21

Antlerhead, The Part You Left Out, Middle Names
2023-04-21 21:30 - 21:45

Private Education, The Namby Pamby, Thinning
2023-04-22 21:45

Keepers of Orchard (Indy), Frogman and Friends of Frogman,Thinning,
2023-04-23 20:00 - 21:00
Live Original Music
Keepers of Orchard
Frogman and The Friends of Frogman
Thinning
$7

Runaway Brother, Molly O'Malley, Thinning
2023-04-26 20:00 - 20:30
Live Original Music $8.00 cover

Loveseat, Stephie James, Sundog Sarah
2023-04-28 21:00

Swell Time, Diet Lite, Willie & The Cigs
2023-04-29 21:45 - 23:59

Scott H. Biram with Garrett T. Capps
2023-05-03 20:00
Scott H. Biram with Garrett T. Capps
$12.00 no fee advance tickets on sale now. $15.00 day of show
Scott H. Biram unleashes a fervent display of conviction through, not only the genuine blues, classic country, bluegrass, and rock n roll, but he seals the deal with punk, heavy metal, and frankly, anything else he wants to. He’s The Dirty Old One Man Band.
He will still the room with haunting South Texas blues, then turn it upside down, into a truck driver’s mosh pit. Like he says, it might be baptism, or it might be murder, either way…you gonna see the light.
This legally ordained preacher’s singing, yodeling, growling, leering and brash preachin’ and hollerin’ is accompanied by sloppy riffs, and licks literally yanked, one at a time, out of his collection of crusty, worn out, Gibson hollowbody guitars, and battle axes. All this held down with a pounding backbeat brought forth by his amplified left foot, and self customed stomp board. The remainder of this brutally charming one-man band consists of an unwieldy combination of beat-up amplifiers and old microphones strung together by a tangled mess of guitar cables. Don’t get too close! You gonna get some grease on ya!
Garrett T. Capps is a Bad mofo. He makes cowboy kraut with his band NASA Country & also lots of Tex-Mex rock n’ roll. He is San Antonio’s resident cosmic country gonzo honky tonk weirdo freak. He is a national treasure in Holland. He can usually be found at The Lonesome Rose, the bar he owns in the city he was born in. foo.

Justin Bailey, The Illegals, PK Houston
2023-05-05 21:00

Laid Back Country Picker, Squirrel Cage
2023-05-06 21:45 - 23:59
$7 no-fee tickets on sale now
Laid Back Country Picker: Devoid of genre, pure music with one foot in the truckstop, the other in 1970s guitar rawk. With Squirrel Cage

Dougie Poole with Meatflowers
2023-05-07 20:00
Tickets $12 advance (no-fee) or $15 day of show
Dougie Poole is a musician from New York City,. He writes earnestly about the experience of living in a city that is often a bellwether for changes in pop culture – addressing topics such as life in the gig economy (“Vaping on the Job”), romance in the digital age (“Claire”), and the existential urge to relocate (“Los Angeles”) – making for a unique perspective in the often Nashville-centric Americana space. His 2020 release The Freelancer’s Blues was reviewed in publications such as Pitchfork and All Music Guide, in addition to being featured as one of VICE’s Best Albums of 2020 (“equal parts heavy and hilarious”). Despite its indie origins, singles from The Freelancer’s Blues kept pace alongside entries from genre heavies like Orville Peck, Kacy Musgraves, and Charlie Crocket on a handful of commercially dominated DSP playlists, with “The Who’s Who of Who Cares” being featured on Spotify’s New Music Friday upon release.

Doors at 8PM, must be 21

Kepi Ghoulie Electric Band
2023-05-08 20:30
“KEPI GHOULIE once sang “I’ve got 99 lives” in the Groovie Ghoulies and he was not kidding! Six solo albums on Asian Man Records, a touring member of Chixdiggit for seven years, tours and albums with Mean Jeans, Copyrights and more…
Kepi and longtime cohort B-Face Rat were scheduled for a full on return to touring (Punk Rock Bowling, Europe, FEST) in 2020 (of course) when the pandemic ATTEMPTED to sideline him! Instead, he grabbed his trusty I phone and posted a song of the day for OVER TWO YEARS STRAIGHT! Playing virtual fests in Finland, Switzerland, Gainesville and more, this little buddy can not and will not stop!
The pandemic allowed Kepi to get caught up on some long time projects, re-issue much loved GROOVIE GHOULIES albums, sign a BRAND NEW DEAL WITH PIRATES PRESS RECORDS, and release multiple brand new and classic albums!!!
Maybe Kepi DOES have 99 lives! Either way, catch him on tour with one of his best lineups ever! Bface on bass (2/3 of the Fun In The Dark line up) , and Atom Bomb who has been on drums for over 10 years now!!! And YES, they play all of the old stuff too! ”

Man of The Flood, The Namby Pamby, Fernway
2023-05-11 20:00 - 20:30
Live Original Music, $10 cover, must be 21

Chilli Hendrix, Los Galaxy, Adam Araque
2023-05-12 21:00
$10 cover

Unlikely Alibi, UltraMagnetics
2023-05-13 21:45

The Namby Pamby, Caley Conway, Swell Time
2023-05-18 21:00

Bella's Bartok, Boat Show
2023-05-19 21:45
No-Fee $9 tickets on sale now
“Live your fantasy and embrace the stranger side of life with Bella’s Bartok. A band known for raucous theatrical performances and an outspoken political message of finding hope in a world beset by cruel uncertainty. With utter joy, they seamlessly blend a rich cacophony of sound and soul into their music with influences ranging from Punk to Folk and Pop to Americana. Let your freak flag fly high, fiercely and free, throw your societal inhibitions to the wayside and seek comfort in the warm sonic embrace of Bella’s Bartok. We are the night and you are bound to boogie.”

Speed Knobs, Carbon Decoy, Squirrel Cage
2023-05-20 21:45
Live original music with
SPEED KNOBS (Erick Coleman’s formerly of FAT ASS & THE BEAUTYS band)
CARBON DECOY
SQUIRREL CAGE
$7 cover, must be 21

Private Education, Thinning, A Salt River Sermon
2023-05-25 21:00
Our amazing sound person Daniel is leaving town. He’s helped us so much improve our sound so we want to send him off in style. Come here him play some drums and wish him the best on his move back to Texas.
Private Education
Thinning
A Salt River Sermon
$7

O’ Sister, Brother w/ Rosalind & The Way
2023-05-26 20:30

Swell Time, Necromoon, Cloudmaker
2023-05-27 21:30

Deer Scout, Thinning, Namby Pamby
2023-06-01 21:00

Heaven's Gateway Drugs, March On Comrade, The Piques
2023-06-02 21:30 - 23:59

LOVESEAT! Red Scarves, The Missed
2023-06-03 21:45

Soot, Snakehandler Church, The Holy Nothing, Squirrel Cage
2023-06-08 20:00 - 21:00

The Namby Pamby
2023-06-09 21:30

Le Tour Defort Official Stop
2023-06-10 12:00 - 19:00

Cloudmaker, Emmissary
2023-06-10 21:45

Kandace's Country Line Dancing
2023-06-12 20:30 - 23:30
Free

Damien Jurado with Chris Pureka
2023-06-14 20:00 - 23:59
$16 advance no-fee tickets on sale now. $19 day of show
“Play on, there’s no such thing as better days,” Damien Jurado sings on “Roger,” the sweeping wash of a song that opens Reggae Film Star, his 18th full length album and second release from Jurado’s own Maraqopa Records label. But as he enters his 25th year as a recording artist, it’s clear these are, at the least, very good days for Jurado on the creative front. In these 12 songs, which evoke half-recalled dreams and overheard conversations, the cosmic rushes headlong into the autobiographical and specific moments on the clock fade from past to future to scenes set only in the eternal now.
Playing out like a backlot documentary filmed on the location of an unnamed TV or film set—maybe a sitcom taping, or perhaps it’s a low budget science fiction B-movie, or could it be a talk show?—the album is populated by performers awaiting call times, camera operators praying for their shot, and studio audiences rapt with anticipation. The stars here eschew glitz and glamor. Instead, they wander grocery stores and parking lots in the verdant Pacific Northwest and the desert Southwest, looking for payphones and a sense of purpose.

Alexander Craig, Left Lane Cruiser
2023-06-15 20:30

Sirius Blvck, Max Well, MZMR
2023-06-16 21:00
$8 cover, must be 21

UAW Pedal Poker Run
2023-06-17 13:00 - 19:00

Jimmy Whispers, The Meat Flowers
2023-06-17 21:30 - 23:59
The LA-via-Chicago songwriter JIMMY WHISPERS returns to The Brass Rail with his Midwest-DIY-Emo stylings.
No-Fee $8.00 advance tickets on sale now.

Beat Creeps, Love Seat
2023-06-22 20:45
Nic Rullette (blue moon boys, hillbilly casino) is back with his project THE BEAT CREEPS from Nashville.
“UNAPOLOGETIC GARAGE ROCK N’ ROLL” – ROCKABILLY MAGAZINE
This gang of miscreants met trolling the highways of the great American South in search of the next big kick. Giving a hard nod to bands like The Cramps, The Sonics, and The New York Dolls, The Beat Creeps bring a raw, un-apologetic approach to rock n’roll- shoving it in your face proving it’s not a phase- but a way of life. Singer Nic Roulette (Hillbilly Casino/Blue Moon Boys) brings a theatrical in your face performance- a true wildman you just never know what your gonna get! Leilani Kilgore on guitar, shreds sick riffs- having shared the stage with greats such as Buddy Guy, she’s a can’t miss! Elliott aka “The Garbage Man” beats his trash cans Chevy to the levy driving the rhythm hard with Ariel (L’assassins/Toxenes) holding it down-on attitude and bass. Catch them in town or on the road…but watch your back–these guys travel with baseball bats!
with Fort Wayne’s own LOVE SEAT

Best Sleep, Devin Hopwood, Birdwatch
2023-06-23 21:00

Heaven's Gateway Drugs, The Holy Nothings, Florets
2023-06-24 21:45

Necromoon, The Meat Flowers, Northwest
2023-06-25 20:00 - 23:59

Tom Harts, Serepta, Funayūrei
2023-06-30 21:45

Loveseat, Future Misters, The Meat Flowers
2023-07-06 20:00

Arc Transient, Paths, Middle Names, Antlerhead
2023-07-07 21:45

Death Hex, Holy Nothing, Observer
2023-07-08 08:00 - 17:00
21+ (Must have Valid ID for entry)
$8 Cover at the Door
Doors at 9pm / Show at 10pm
Venue:
The Brass Rail
1121 Broadway St.
Fort Wayne, IN 46802
Presented by: Grande Gigs – https://www.facebook.com/grandegigs/
Live Performances by:
Death Hex (Toledo, OH) – https://www.facebook.com/deathhextoledo
Holy Nothing (Fort Wayne, IN) – https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100093190566481
Observer (Fort Wayne, IN) – https://www.instagram.com/observer_fw/

Sundogsarah, Sophia Corinne, Quiet/Creator
2023-07-09 20:00

The Hooten Hallers, Mucca Pazza
2023-07-13 20:30 - 23:59
$12 no-fee advance tickets on sale now
The Hooten Hallers are a band that was founded by guitarist/lead vocalist John Randall and drummer/ falsetto vocalist Andy Rehm, who performed as a duo and were known for their raucous and often improvised live performances. Paul Weber briefly joined the band in 2013–14 on harmonica and tuba, and wrote several of the group’s songs, such as “She Used to Love My Music” and “Trouble Is”. Baritone and bass saxophonist Kellie Everett joined in 2014 and solidified the group’s line-up as a trio. The Hooten Hallers are a “high-energy blues, soul and rock and roll band known for their gritty Americana roots music”.
Mucca Pazza is an intrepid interdisciplinary instrumental music ensemble from Chicago, IL. Since 2004, they have made a name for themselves playing alarmingly danceable music composed and arranged especially for their implausible instrumentation by band members – original music which defies classification but has bloomed out of manifold influences, from surf to Stravinsky, from Bartok to Zappa, from Esquivel to Ellington. In addition to blaring trumpets, slithering saxophones, clarinets, trombones, and tubas, the band boasts a drumline that seems to share a single nervous system, an entire section of disparate instruments that don’t belong anywhere near a marching band (electric guitars, accordion, violin, and yes, a cello), and contains within its multitudes a cheer squad that performs absurdist cheers and asymmetrical, impressively low-to-the-ground pyramids. No-one has ever been completely certain of the exact number of people in Mucca Pazza. Everyone can be completely certain that this group of weirdos belongs together! Mucca Pazza: embracing the absurd! in solidarity with the improbable!

Necromoon, Tears of A Martian, Split Parasite
2023-07-14 21:45

Filthy & Majesty, The Snarks, Covert Flops, Lackluster
2023-07-15 21:30
EP release show, $7 cover, must be 21

Small Doses, Urine Hell, Feticide
2023-07-21 21:45
SMALL DOSES
Asheville, NC
Past members of Off With Their Heads and Fur Coats
URINE HELL
Chicago Based Noise Metal coming to the Fort right before they take off on their tour with Chat Pile
https://urinehell.bandcamp.com/
FETICIDE
Fort Wayne, IN
New School Death Metal out of the Midwest with a hardcore ethos.
$7 21+
Brass Rail
1121 Broadway St
Fort Wayne, IN 46802

Best Sleep, Soft Idiot, Door Girl, Leisure Hour
2023-07-22 21:30
Live original music with
Best Sleep
Soft Idiot
Door Girl
Leisure Hour
$7 cover, must be 21

Loomspore, The Holy Nothing, Oberserver
2023-07-27 20:45

Los Galaxy, SunDyle
2023-07-28 21:45 - 23:59
Los Galaxy is a six-piece instrumental funk-fusion band based in Indiana. Initially conceived as a loose collective of like minded artists, they spent their formative days busking on the streets of Fort Wayne before evolving into a fully-formed band. Since then, they have become an integral part of the city’s thriving music scene.

$7 cover, must be 21

Snakehandler Church, Squirrel Cage, Suede Brain
2023-07-29 21:30 - 23:59

Loveseat (Single Release) with Strobobean (Cincinnati) and Thinning
2023-08-04 21:00
Loveseat! is releasing a new single! Strobobean returns from Cincinnati to join with their deserty post-punk and locals Thinning round out the evening of music.
$7 cover, must be 21

The Namby Pamby, Cai Caudill, Cal in Red (Grand Rapids)
2023-08-05 21:45

John & Ben Carraoke
2023-08-10 20:30 - 23:59

Trauma Cat and Cloudmaker
2023-08-11 21:45
$7 cover- Must be 21+

Trauma Cat
Trauma Cat are equal parts band and absurdist performance art troupe. Hailing from Syracuse, New York, they call themselves “America’s sorriest power trio” — at once a superlative and a self-own befitting of the strange, tongue-in-cheek musicians at the group’s core.
Co-fronted by guitarist Ralph Kojig and bassist Roman Pando with drummer Rutger DiBoyere, Trauma Cat’s sound is the bastard child of Cake and Tool, or a modern American answer to XTC — a collage of art rock and progressive rock with shades of post-punk, shoegaze, and powerpop. Lyrically, Kojig’s and Pando’s songs often reflect on religion, death, and the internet.
Cloudmaker
Hardware-based electronic duo from the Midwest

Tropa Magica with Los Lemons
2023-08-12 21:45
“Invigorating”, “brilliant”, and “charismatic” are just a slew of the adjectives used to
describe Tropa Magica. “The East L.A. duo made a name for themselves by combining
alternative, grunge, and psychedelic rock with cumbia” -Spin magazine.

Having toured nationally and on multiple southwest and west coast tours, they have supported
established acts such as Bomba Estereo, Molotov, and comedian Felipe Esparza. The band has
boldly and successfully taken on larger LA stages at venues such as The Microsoft Theater, El
Rey Theater and The Hollywood Palladium.

In 2018 and 2019 Tropa Magica performed at So-Cal festival favorites Desert Daze and
Tropicalia. At the end of 2019 the band self released a limited edition 7inch vinyl EP “Smells
Like Cumbia” featuring Nirvana songs as cumbia renditions.

Despite the pandemic, 2020 has been a fruitful year for the band. They wrote and recorded the
theme song for comedian Felipe Esparza’s new Netflix special and collaborated with the
notorious Foo’s Gone Wild on the “Foo Files Cumbia” track released earlier this year. The band
has partnered up as ambassadors with 805/Firestone Beer and is sponsored by Fender guitars
and Ernie Ball.

Their sophomore LP “Tripiando Al Infinito En Mi Recamara” has garnished appraisal by music
critics:

“…the psychedelic cumbia-punk that David and Rene Pacheco have pieced together over a
decade as Tropa Magica has coalesced into something sublime on their sophomore album”
-Grimy Goods

“they’ve spread their wings sonically while losing none of the charisma that made them a hot
item at festivals…Tropa Magica’s new album, while born in East L.A., will truly be a child of the
world.”
-Buzzbands LA

(To learn a bit more) Tropa Magica has a short documentary that introduces the band nationally
on the well known media and news company “BESE”.

Mickey Factz, J. Tubbs, 2RQ, Max Wells, Tesla Chapman
2023-08-13 20:00 - 23:59
$8 no-fee advance tickets on sale now, must be 21

The Namby Pamby, Low Phase, Loveseat,
2023-08-17 20:30

Necromoon, Coffin Problem, Leones
2023-08-18 20:45 - 23:59

Middle Names, Adam Araque, The Relics
2023-08-19 21:45

Loomspore, Lollygagger ( Chicago), The Holy Nothing
2023-08-24 21:00 - 23:59

Florets, Frog Tongue, The Part You Left Out
2023-08-25 21:45
Live Original Music with
FLORETS
FROG TONGUE
THE PART YOU LEFT OUT
$7 cover, must be 21

Best Sleep, Necromoon, Florets
2023-08-26 21:45

A Light Sleeper, Serepta
2023-08-28 20:00
A LIGHT SLEEPER “Chicago’s a Light Sleeper is an ever-evolving quartet exploring collaborative composition from the bottom up, featuring breezy intertwining melodies from saxophonist Maria Elena Hernandez and violist Traci Newhouse, D. Pennepalli’s idiosyncratic guitar lines, and drummer Matthew Jung’s graceful clockwork core.”
SEREPTA “Serepta (the alter ego of Chicago musician, Hope Arthur) presents a colorful and vibrant experience, weaving together the art forms of avant garde makeup and bedroom pop. Their music explores the possibilities of experimental accordion, and draws from influences such as Bjork, FKA Twigs, Kate Bush, Depeche Mode and Gakuto Kamui.”
doors at 8pm/$7 cover, must be 21

TAE & The Neighborly, Swell Time
2023-09-01 21:00 - 23:59

Middle Names, Arc Transient, The Relics
2023-09-02 21:30

The Namby Pamby, Swell Time
2023-09-07 21:00

Anthony Giraldi, March On Comrade
2023-09-08 21:45 - 23:59
$10 cover, must be 21

Danny Attack, Bullet Points, Thinning
2023-09-09 21:30 - 21:45
Chainsmoking Records Presents:
DANNY ATTACK (vinyl release)
BULLET POINTS (Indianapolis)
THINNING
9:30pm/$8 cover

Ron Record, Grape Juice
2023-09-13 20:00

The Prescriptions, Thumbrider
2023-09-14 20:30

Pale Shade, Leones, Loomspore
2023-09-15 21:45

James & The Drifters
2023-09-16 21:30
A full night of music with James & The Drifters.
$10 cover, must be 21

Clem Snide with Fresh Tar
2023-09-19 19:30
$17 advance no-fee tickets on sale now. $20 day of show. Must be 21

“The last ten years have been a rollercoaster of deep despair and amazing opportunities that somehow present themselves at the last possible second,” says Eef Barzelay. “During that time, the band bottomed out, I lost my house, and I had to declare bankruptcy. The only way to survive was to try to transcend myself, to find some kind of deeper, spiritual relationship with life. Once I committed to that, all these little miracles started happening.”

‘Forever Just Beyond,’ Barzelay’s stunning new album under the Clem Snide moniker, may just be the most miraculous of them all. Produced by Scott Avett, the record is a work of exquisite beauty and profound questioning, a reckoning with faith and reality that rushes headlong into the unknown and the unknowable. The songs here grapple with hope and depression, identity and perception, God and the afterlife, humanizing thorny existential issues and delivering them with the intimate, understated air of a late-night conversation between old friends. Avett’s production is similarly warm and inviting, and the careful, spacious arrangement of gentle guitars and spare percussion carves a wide path for Barzelay’s insightful lyrics and idiosyncratic delivery.

“I look up to Eef with total respect and admiration,” says Avett, “and I hope to survive like he survives: with total love for the new and the unknown. Eef’s a crooner and an indie darling by sound and a mystic sage by depth. That’s not common, but it’s beautiful.”

Named for a William S. Borroughs character, Clem Snide first emerged from Boston as a three-piece in the early 1990’s, and the group would go on to become a cult and critical favorite, picking up high profile fans from Bon Iver to Ben Folds over the course of three decades and more than a dozen studio albums. NPR highlighted the Israeli-born Barzelay as “the most underrated songwriter in the business today, with a sneakily firm grasp on poignancy and humor,” while Rolling Stone hailed his songwriting as “soulful and incisive,” and The New Yorker praised his music’s “soothing melodies and candid wit.”

Abadeer, Moon Goons, Necromoon
2023-09-20 21:00

Harley Poe, The Homeless Gospel Choir, SundogSarah
2023-09-22 21:30
$20 advance no-fee tickets on sale now. $25.00 day of show.
Harley Poe: Misanthropic horror-themed acoustic punk. The music will steal your heart… then eat your brain.
with The Homeless Gospel Choir and SundogSarah .
Presented by Chainsmoking Records
Must be 21

Open Walls Party: Karkosa, The Holy Nothing, Rvmpvge
2023-09-23 21:00

Hallie Fundraiser: Florets, Swell Time, Quiet/Creator with BRAVAS
2023-09-27 19:00 - 23:59
**EARLY SHOW**
Hallie’s friends are raising some money to help her after she lost everything in an apartment fire. Music starts early. Bravas truck will be on the scene 7pm-10pm
$7 cover, must be 21

Ethan Williams Bowers, Sturm Band, Halfcap
2023-09-28 20:30

Florets, Social Cig, The Namby Pamby
2023-09-29 21:45

Thinning., North by North, Language, Seventh Cloud
2023-09-30 20:00 - 23:59

James Swanberg, See Ray Harvey
2023-10-01 21:00
$8 cover

Iguana Death Cult with Loveseat
2023-10-03 20:00 - 23:59

Flamingo Nosebleed, Veterans
2023-10-06 21:45

Halloween Photoshoot with Bambi Guthrie Photography
2023-10-07 19:45 - 23:30
Free Photos. No cover. Must be 21

Smoke & Mirrors, The Part You Left Out, Bearcase
2023-10-07 21:00

Baby Wave, Streetlamps for Spotlights
2023-10-11 20:45

Dead Leaf Echo, Heaven's Gateway Drugs, Los Lemons
2023-10-13 21:45

Cloudmaker, The Holy Nothing, Split Parasite
2023-10-14 21:45

Brood X (oh) Black Surfboards (oh) Necromoon (fort wayne)
2023-10-19 20:45 - 23:59

Sturm Band, Mudland, DJ Lübs
2023-10-20 21:45

Elliott Smith Tribute
2023-10-21 21:00
Featuring
Jon Ross
Jess Thrower
Sundog Sarah
CMNDR
Roman New Time
Dylan Record
Colin Judson
$5 cover, must be 21, door money goes to charity

Los Galaxy's Halloween Party
2023-10-26 20:30

Swell Time, Loomspore
2023-10-27 21:45

WEEN Tribute
2023-10-28 21:45
Jon Ross’s annual tribute to his favorite band WEEN

$7 cover, must be 21

Taiyamo Denku (Milwaukee), J. Tubbs, Extraordinary, Chilli Hendrix, and 2RQ
2023-11-02 20:00

Chris_Rebellion w/ Middle Names, Tangerine Moonbeam, BEATRAT, Eli Sines & The Family Reunion
2023-11-03 21:45

Loveseat, Leggy, Swell Time
2023-11-04 21:45

ME LIKE BEES with PRIVATE EDUCATION
2023-11-07 20:00
$7 no-fee tickets on sale now.

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/me-like-bees-with-private-education-at-the-brass-rail-tickets-733187141477

The Minks, Funayurei
2023-11-10 21:30 - 23:59
$10 no-fee advance tickets on sale now
THE MINKS (nasvhille) “Influenced by legends as diverse as Patti Smith, Hank Williams, Lou Reed and The Sonics, the band blends traditional sounds with modern vibes. Self-labelled a “psychedelic-bloos” band, you hear elements of garage rock, country, and roots into the mix – not quite outlaw country, but not straight-ahead rock and roll either. The result is a kick-ass mix that should appeal to a wide range of listeners.”
Funayūrei:(fort wayne) “Funayūrei formed September 2018 in Fort Wayne, Indiana by Mandy Kawa and Rob Parker. At the time, both individuals had bands of their own. What started as a quick collaboration very quickly turned into a full-length album. In May 2019, their debut album “Liminal” was released, combining sounds taking a clear influence from eighties electronic music, and beyond. The album released to positive acclaim and found a way to create a sound that spoke to fans of synthwave and retrowave, yet somehow didn’t quite fit into those boxes.

Cloudmaker, Faith In Nothing, Swept Under
2023-11-11 21:45

Bastardane, Fury In Few, Klept
2023-11-12 19:00 - 23:59
BASTARDANE, the band featuring drummer Castor Hetfield, the son of METALLICA frontman James Hetfield
$10 no-fee advance tickets/$12 day of show
One of the bands of all time. BASTARDANE gives you music.
With high-gain riffs, groovy grooves and dissonant chord progressions, the boys in Bastardane supply an untamed concoction of sludge, thrash, progressive and melodic rock.
with FURY IN FEW and KLEPT
Early Show!! music starts at 7:45pm

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/bastardane-fury-in-few-klept-tickets-730709520847

*CANCELLED** Brook Blanche (The Calamity Cubes) with Mike Brown
2023-11-16 20:45
We will reschedule!

The Holy Nothing
2023-11-17 21:30

Unlikely Alibi's 80's Tribute
2023-11-18 21:45

"It Was Never EVER A Phase"
2023-11-22 20:30 - 21:00
In our second year: The Brass Rail proudly introduces an Emo Night just in time for the Holidays! This Blackout Wednesday, bring out that scene kid in you that never went away. Join us while our guest DJ’s go back to back playing all your favorite emo + pop-punk anthems, as well as a Special Musical Guest Artist… to be announced in the near future. Emo/Punk attire is strongly encouraged, so break out the old liquid eyeliner, grab that hair dye, and dust off those skinny jeans that somehow still have some life left in them.
$10 cover, must be 21.

Necromoon, Garbage Greek Brujas Del Sol
2023-11-24 21:45

The Brother Elsey with Swell Time
2023-11-25 21:00
$18.00 at the door
“If we didn’t start a band together, it would’ve been kind of a disgrace to the circumstance,” proclaims Brady Stablein, singer/songwriter/guitarist for Brother Elsey – the Nashville-based, Detroit-born group he formed with his older brother Jack Stablein (guitar/vocals) and twin brother Beau Stablein (bass/vocals).

Big believers in listening to the universe when it’s pointing you in a certain direction, the Stablein brothers always knew they were meant to make music together. After meeting drummer Dalton Thomas on their first day at the Detroit Institute of Music Education and making him a permanent fixture in the group, they moved to Grand Rapids in 2018 to explore new territory physically, personally and sonically. There, they quickly became a fixture of the local scene, playing the biggest shows of their career up to that point and further developing their arena-ready roots rock sound that’s at once hard-wearing and enthrallingly vulnerable. Searching for a wider network of creatives and a larger pool of opportunities, the group decided to migrate South to Nashville in the final days of 2021, leaving behind a dedicated audience and a built-in safety net in Grand Rapids.

with Swell Time

Hillbilly Casino's Christmas Show with The Debutants
2023-11-29 19:30
$8 advance no-fee tickets on sale now $10 day of show
Hillbilly Casino will be releasing this album (never before released on Spotify, Apple Music, and more) on streaming services November 24th, 2023!!
We have a fantastic set list full of classic Hillbilly Casino songs and some real exciting X-Mas music…highly energetic and festive (but not too festive).
Surprises coming your way, as well as fun, crowd-engaging material….”See ya on the Holiday Road.”
With The Debutants!

Igloos, Fresh Tar and Placeholder
2023-11-30 21:00
,

James & The Drifters with Anthony Giraldi
2023-12-01 21:00

The Namby Pamby, Abadeer, Thinning
2023-12-02 21:45

Sankofa, Damo The Great, DJ Heavy, Chemdogg Cordo, Doubtful Sound
2023-12-08 21:00

Cloakroom, Sleep Keeper, Necromoon
2023-12-09 21:45 - 23:59
$12 at the door.
Indie Shoe-Gaze legends CLOAKROOM!

The Namby Pamby, Stephie James, Liv Lafluv
2023-12-15 21:45

Los Electro, Wampus Milk Daddies, Honey Due
2023-12-16 21:45
$8 cover, must be w1

Brass Rail Santa Photoshoot
2023-12-22 21:00 - 23:35
FREE photoshoot with multiple Santa’s and helpers with Bambi Guthrie Photography

Funayūrei, The Igloos, Cloudmaker
2023-12-23 21:45 - 23:59

Myron Elkins with Pete Dio & The Old and Dirty
2023-12-28 21:00
Myron Elkins didnt set out to become a full-time musician. After graduating from high school, the then 17-year-old instead became a welder in his hometown of Otsego, Michigan and had every intention of making that his career. However, fate had other plans. Three years ago, a relative signed him up for a battle of the bands at a local venue, despite the fact Elkins only prior experience with live music was playing at church and a few bars in the small Michigan town where he grew up. With just three weeks notice, Elkins put a band together featuring three of his cousins and a friend. Although the group didnt win (they came in second), the experience opened Elkins eyes to a very different career path. Now, at 21 years old, hes poised to become one of musics most intriguing new artists with the release of his Dave Cobb-produced debut album, Factories, Farms & Amphetamines, via Elektra/Low Country Sound.

$9 cover, must be 21

Vacation, Uncle Muscle
2023-12-29 21:45

John & Ben's Carraoke
2023-12-30 21:45

Man of The Flood, Abadeer, Sun Dyle
2023-12-31 21:30
Live Original Music $8 cover, must be 21

**cancelled** Necromoon, Cloudmaker, Joyhouse
2024-01-05 21:45
Because of illness with some of the bands we’ll have to reschedule this show. Tis the season.

Namby Pamby, Thinning, Ulna,
2024-01-06 20:30

Swell Time, Mickyle James
2024-01-12 21:00
SWELL TIME and Mickyle James
$7 cover, must be 21

Thumbrider, Olivia Kramer, Salt River
2024-01-13 21:45

Sundogsarah, Roxy 2, Abadeer
2024-01-16 20:45

Red Temple Pray, Static Arm, Second To Last
2024-01-19 21:30
21+ with ID
$7 Cover at the Door
Bands Start at 10:00pm
Performing Live at:
The Brass Rail
1121 Broadway St.
Fort Wayne, IN 46802
Presented by: Grande Gigs – https://www.facebook.com/grandegigs
Bands Include:
Static Arm (Fort Wayne) [Pop Punk]- https://www.instagram.com/staticarm_band
Red Temple Pray (Columbus, Ohio) [ALT ROCK]- https://www.facebook.com/redtemplepray
Introducing:
Second to Last (Fort Wayne) [Pop Punk] – https://www.facebook.com/SecondToLastFW

Mac Day with J. Tubbs hosted by OG Killa Kels, Clyde Cyrus
2024-01-20 21:00 - 23:59

Overlook, Loveseat, The Reveal
2024-01-26 21:00 - 23:59

Antlerhead, Weekend Run Club, Private Education
2024-01-27 21:30

Mudland, Cowboy Abhyasi, Half Cap
2024-02-02 21:00 - 21:45
Live original music with

MUDLAND
Cowboy Abhyasi
Half Cap
$7 cover, must be 21

Loveseat, Cloudmaker, Heaven's Gateway Drugs
2024-02-03 21:00

The Magnavox's Necromoon, Florets
2024-02-09 21:45
Live Original Music
$7 cover, must be 21
The Magnavox’s
Haze-Twang brewed in Mansfield/Cleveland, Ohio
Necromoon
Florets

Gromulous, Burial Party, Observer
2024-02-10 22:00
GROMULOUS
Dayton, OH
Heavy Prog Metal Goodness
https://gromulous.bandcamp.com

BURIAL PARTY
Noisy, Post Hardcore, Rock bois
https://burialparty.bandcamp.com/

OBSERVER
Death Metal and beyond
https://observerfw.bandcamp.com/track/primordial-clairvoyance

Saturday, February 10th
Door 9 pm Show 10 pm
21+ $8

The Piques, Best Sleep, Joyhouse
2024-02-16 21:45

Los Electro with Lalo Cura
2024-02-17 21:00 - 21:45
Live Original Music doors at 9pm music at 10pm

$8 cover, must be 21

Ike Reilly & The Assasination
2024-02-22 19:30 - 23:59
$13.00 advance no-fee tickets on sale now. $15 day of show
Breaking new ground within the exploration of pure-styled rock & roll, Ike Reilly unveils an unusual ability as a songwriter, venturing to assault the ruggedness of hard rock tones and forwarding crude and fierce lyrics within his songs. Born in the little town of Libertyville, IL, Reilly has followed a trail separate from most of today’s singer/songwriters — unlike other such artists, Reilly prefers the harshness of intrepid rocking riffs, sustained by ingenious melodies and exalting words. A wave of enthusiasm within the indie music scene was motivated by his debut album, Salesmen & Racists, which hit record stores in 2001. Nevertheless, his path within the music world began years before in the late ’80s, while he was still in Libertyville.
During that time, Reilly played with the Drovers, a Celtic rock band active in Chicago’s club scene. After the Drovers, he moved on and formed the Eisenhowers, by then enjoying reasonable success on the local club circuit. Following the Eisenhowers, Reilly assembled Community 9, dedicating most of the band’s activity to classic themes of punk rock.
At the beginning of the ’90s, Reilly decided to retire. During the years that followed, the musician worked on all kinds of jobs, from hotel doorman to cemetery worker, only to return to music almost nine years later. Reilly’s chance showed up when Mike Simpson of the Dust Brothers listened to a demo tape containing some of his work. A few months later, Reilly signed a contract with Republic Records, and Salesmen & Racists, his successful debut album, hit record stores in July 2001, with recording credits including Reilly himself, Ed Tinley, and Mickey Petralia, previously responsible for the work of artists like Beck, Eels, and Luscious Jackson. Released in 2004, Sparkle in the Finish traded in the surrealist hip-hop of Salesmen & Racists for pure rock & roll swagger, while 2005’s Junkie Faithful adopted a dry-humored, Nick Lowe/Chuck Prophet-inspired style of pop/rock. The soulful, blues-tinged We Belong to the Staggering Evening arrived in 2007, followed in 2008 by the two-disc set of odd and ends Poison the Hit Parade and the Dylan-esque Hard Luck Stories in 2009. ~ Mario Mesquita Borges

Middle Names, Low Phase, Frog Tongue
2024-02-23 21:45

For Darlene (ep release), Quiet/Creator, Placeholder
2024-02-24 21:00

Loveseat, Dead People Park, Means of Entry
2024-02-27 20:00 - 23:45
clr mary

The Namby Pamby, Cai Caudill and Cal in Red
2024-02-29 20:30

Metavari / March On, Comrade / Necromoon
2024-03-01 21:45

The Be Colony, Evan Lee
2024-03-02 21:45
EP Release Show

John & Ben Carroake
2024-03-07 20:30

Mighty Vices, When The Sun Sets, Years Later
2024-03-08 21:30

Middle Names, Olivia Kramer, Chewy Lucas
2024-03-09 21:45

Abadeer, Placeholder
2024-03-15 21:00

Unlikely Alibi with The Essentials
2024-03-16 21:45
Unlikely Alibi at The Brass Rail, with very special guests The Essentials (Toledo’s finest reggae/rocksteady)

Fort Wayne, Indiana

Cloudmaker, Twice Dark, Adam Araque
2024-03-22 21:45

Caley Conway, Cathedral Becomes Tomb, Quiet/Creator
2024-03-23 21:45

The Namby Pamby, Mol Sullivan (Cinci), Hello Sapien (Cinci)
2024-03-26 20:00

Macho, The Holy Nothing, Flamingo Nosebleed
2024-03-29 21:30
Macho (dirty-gritty rock-n-roll)
https://machodetroit.bandcamp.com/album/ep-iii
The Holy Nothing (hardcore)
https://theholynothing.bandcamp.com/
Flamingo Nosebleed (punk)
https://flamingonosebleedpunk.bandcamp.com/
poster by Craig Horky
$7 cover, must be 21

Los Electro with Leones
2024-03-30 21:45
Live Original Music with
Los Electro – A Band full of Latinos playing Latin Rock and Psychedelic Cumbia for the Soul
https://solo.to/loselectro
Leones – Indiana 3 Piece
https://linktr.ee/leonesin
$8 cover, must be 21

Shadow Show, Uncle Muscle, Necromoon
2024-03-31 20:00 - 23:59
Live Original Music with
Shadow Show
shadowshow-detroit.bandcamp.com
Hailing from Detroit, Shadow Show is an uncompromising power trio that combines elements of 60’s garage-psychedelia into a 21st century modern pop-art incarnation. Sleek and spellbinding, the music sweeps you up into frenetic grooves and dazzling harmonies. Their music pushes the boundaries of what can be, yet remains deeply rooted in the raw, untouchable Detroit sound.
Uncle Muscle
unclemuscle.bandcamp.com
Necromoon
necromoon.bandcamp.com

Chainsmoking Records Presents: SBowe and Serepta
2024-04-02 20:30
Next month on Tuesday, April 2nd, we have experimental artist and composer Sbowe swinging into the Brass Rail in support of her first full-length album “Bat Hat”, out now via exoticfeverrecords for which she is currently on tour.
Sbowe is the solo project of Rachel Icenogle, a versatile cellist and composer based in Calabria, Italy with a mind for new and interesting sounds. Sbowe thrives in the scratchy, creaky, whirly sounds the cello can make, layering diverse musical textures in a lush groundwork for wild fables about insects and impressionistic stories about human batteries.
About her EP Morimus (2022), Breaking & Entering Milwaukee wrote, “…the two tracks here create massive, textural, exquisite movements that feel poetic as they feel intentional. It’s like we’re observing both the gorgeous and tense moments of nature unfold in real time, punctuated by a variety of cello sounds.”
Serepta (Chicago) an ethereal baroque synthpop project featuring creator Hope Arthur will be on hand to start it off.
“Serepta presents a colorful and vibrant experience, often sporting avant-garde makeup looks and otherworldly outfits created by Serepta herself. Their music draws from influences such as Bjork, FKA Twigs, Kate Bush, Depeche Mode and Gakuto Kamui.”
$7 cover

Sad Gravity, Florets, The Igloos
2024-04-05 21:45 - 23:59

Left Lane Cruiser, 20 Watt Tombstone, Snakehandler Church
2024-04-06 21:30
LEFT LANE CRUISER:
Headed by singer/guitarist Freddy J IV, Left Lane Cruiser is a bona fide blues rock band from the American mid-west. Far from pretending to be rambling hobos for the sake of a manufactured image, Left Lane Cruiser has been genuinely living the blues for over a decade, bringing its freestyle jams to crowds all over the world.
“Shake and Bake”, the band’s latest album, was cooked up in a van rolling heavy on the highway, headed by two baked and juiced musicians, veering across the lines, desperately steering towards rest and redemption at the nearest parking lot. It is a record about the juice that keeps the crowd dancing, the smoke that keeps the minds lifted. This is as real it gets.
Recorded “old school” analog by Jason Davis in his Fort Wayne’s studio, and with a cover by legendary artist William Stout (Ramones, Fred McDowell, Iggy Pop), “Shake and Bake” has a heavy sound and a big heart. For Left Lane Cruiser the blues is enduring and easy to feel.

20 WATT TOMBSTONE:
Hailing from Wausau, Wisconsin, this rock duo’s fuzzed out guitar licks are reminiscent of bands like Rival Sons, Clutch, or Graveyard. Making a name for themselves over the last 13 years, they pride themselves on the live show.
Best experienced loud and live, 20 Watt Tombstone recently released their third full album “The Chosen Few’ independently and has plans to tour in support of it heavily in 2023 and 2024.
If you like your rock n roll two piece dirty, with extra grease, look no further.
New music video here:
https://youtu.be/1Mjw9YzKT-U?si=TTl4tuFgTOGYDn-J

$8 cover, must be 21

Cloudmaker, Palm Ghosts, Bellhead
2024-04-11 20:30
Cloudmaker
linktr.ee/cloudmakersound
Palm Ghosts
linktr.ee/palmghosts
Bellhead
bellheadband.com

Middle Names, Spaceships, Man Of The Flood
2024-04-12 21:45
live original music
Middle Names
https://www.instagram.com/middlenamesband/
Spaceships
Man Of The Flood
https://linktr.ee/manoftheflood
$8 cover, must be 21

Anthony Giraldi, Augmentasia
2024-04-13 21:30
A Full Night of Neo-Soul, Funk and R&B. $10 cover, must be 21
Anthony Giraldi
https://www.instagram.com/anthonygiraldi/
Augmentasia
https://www.instagram.com/augmentasia_/

Necromoon, Moongoons, Frogman and Friends of Frogman
2024-04-17 20:30 - 20:45

Max Look, Mezcaldo, Streetlamps for Spotlights
2024-04-18 20:00

Skull Cult, Meat Flowers, Chewy Lucas
2024-04-19 21:45
Skull Cult
https://linktr.ee/skullcult

Another gem from the fertile Indiana scene, and if you like stuff like Coneheads, CCTV, and Liquids it’s probably more or less a given that you’ll be into this as well. Skull Cult have elements of a lot those bands’ sounds as well as some of their own tricks.
Another slab of goofy, shambolic keyboard punk from some of the best rockers Bloomington has to offer, this time with not one, but TWO jank-ass keyboards. I bring you Skull Cult: a newly-founded project from, assumedly, one of the bright minds behind Bloomington’s outstanding punk scene.
The claustrophobic, direct-in-the-board guitar sound and manic rhythms remind me of Coneheads and the big melodies paired with hardcore tempos reminds me of Liquids, but Skull Cult’s 60s-sounding synth work (which often sounds kind of like a farfisa organ) is all their own, as are the almost demonic screamed vocals (which, despite their harshness, manage to carry more than a little bit of melody).
A maniacal, goofy, utterly infectious synth-infused punk project with shameless songwriting. The hammy, omnipresent key tones sound as if they’re emanating from a Fischer-Price “Baby’s First Keyboard” that’s low on batteries, the vocals are discernably alien-like and hellbent on rattling your eardrums, and the bass and drums are so synonymously quirky and synchronized – this LP is insane in every sense of the word.
Stupidly catchy hooks and melodies offset with the best warbled/ distorted vocals. It’s the best. Throw in some downright iconic cover artwork and you have a real standout LP… grab this one now before it becomes another one of those things with shocking Discogs price tags.

The Meat Flowers
https://www.instagram.com/themeatflowers/

Chewy Lucas
https://solo.to/chewylucas

The Namby Pamby, Low Phase
2024-04-20 21:00 - 21:45

Lips Speak Louder, Squirrel Cage
2024-04-22 20:00 - 23:59

Riley Downing (of The Deslondes) with Jonah Leatherman
2024-04-25 20:30 - 23:59
Riley Downing
https://www.rileydowning.com/

You may know Riley Downing from his work with acclaimed New Orleans combo the Deslondes, or perhaps from his similarly rootsy and wide-ranging catalog of songs with the Tumbleweeds – indeed, the Missouri-based singer-songwriter’s ability to set gripping, evocative narratives within soundscapes that weave together country, blues, folk, r&b, bluegrass, rock, soul and whatever else catches his ear is something that, once you hear it, is hard to shake free from. Same goes for that voice – deep, dusty and drawling, it’s an instrument that can stop you in your tracks with its character and expressiveness, as well as through Downing’s knack for laying out complex emotions in plainspoken, direct language.
Must be 21

with Jonah Leatherman

Man of The Flood, Private Education, Honey Due
2024-04-26 22:00

The Celebration, Thumbrider, Abadeer
2024-04-27 21:30

thinning, Keep for Cheap ( Minneapolis, MN) Vireo (Pittsburgh, PA)
2024-04-28 20:00
Thinning
https://thinningg.bandcamp.com/track/waning-and-waxing
Keep For Cheap
https://www.instagram.com/keepforcheap/
Vireo
https://vireo.bandcamp.com/

$7 cover, must be 21

Los Electros, Augmentasia
2024-04-30 20:00

The Waymores, Thumbrider
2024-05-02 20:30
The Waymores are Atlanta-based married honky tonk Americana duo Kira Annalise and Willie Heath Neal. Media fans include Vintage Guitar who said “While 21st-century Nashville pays lip service to this timeless sound, the Waymores keep it alive” and the Austin Chronicle asserted “The Waymores… combine the bright and brash like June Carter and Johnny Cash…” They are gearing up to release their stunning new long player Greener Pastures on 8/25/23 via Chicken Ranch Records.
https://linktr.ee/TheWaymores
Thumbrider is one of Fort Wayne’s newest Classic Country-tinged groups.
https://www.instagram.com/thumbriderband/
$8 cover, must be 21

Mean Mistreater, The Holy Nothings, Snakehandler Church
2024-05-03 21:00 - 23:59
Live original music with

Mean Mistreater (austin)
meanmistreater.bandcamp.com
The Holy Nothing
theholynothing.bandcamp.com
Snakehandler Church
snakehandlerchurch.bandcamp.com/
$7 cover, must be 21

Poster by Hagen

Frogman and Friends of Frogman, Swell Time, Nappy Sol
2024-05-04 21:30
Frogman and The Friends of Frogman
instagram.com/frogmanandthefriendsoffrogman/
Swell Time
instagram.com/swell_time/
Nappy Sol
$7 cover, must be 21

Stephie James, Kenny & Colin Taylor
2024-05-05 20:30 - 23:59
It’s Colin Taylor’s 25th Birthday so we’re throwing a party.
Stephie Jameshttps://linktr.ee/stephiejamesmusic
Kenny & Colin Taylor$7 cover, must be 21

Ione, For Darlene and MWSS
2024-05-08 21:30 - 23:59
Ione, A 25 Year Old Singer/Songwriter From Sioux City Iowa, Started Her Singing Career At The Age Of 11. Since That Time She Has Toured Extensively Throughout The Midwest Developing Her Unique Style. Ione’s Powerful, Soulful Voice Is Undeniable Whether Singing Her Empowering Alt Rock Compositions Or More Intimate Heartfelt Confessionals.
https://linktr.ee/ucancallme_ione
with For Darlene and MWSS

Stay Outside, Thinning
2024-05-10 21:30
$9 no-fee advance tickets available. $12 day of show
Doors at 8:30pm music at 9:30pm
STAY OUTSIDE
https://linktr.ee/westayoutside
From the moment childhood friends Aaron Becker and Garrett Johnston first came together as
Stay Outside in 2016, it was evident that this rock & roll band from the heartland had something
special. It wasn’t until a few years later, that the Indiana natives caught their first glimpse of the
national spotlight. After solidifying their lineup with the addition of drummer Noah Mitchener and
releasing their 2019 EP Bottle Rocket , the trio made waves across the country when their
self-produced, self-directed music video for “All The Way Down” landed on the front page of
Reddit.
Stay Outside’s alternative-leaning tunes are held in place by frontman and lyricist Aaron
Becker’s hopeful, honest approach to songwriting. While much of their music is more explosive
in nature, their latest single “Overboard” finds the band exploring their surfier side. Since its
release, Becker (vocals/guitar), Johnston (guitar), and Mitchener (drums), have kept themselves
busy in the studio, working tirelessly on their full-length debut. The forthcoming LP looks to
continue the trio’s sonic evolution, as one of the Midwest’s best rock outfits shoots for
something even more special.
With THINNING
https://www.instagram.com/itsthinning/
Ticket Link
brassrailfw.ticketleap.com/stay-outside/

The Part You Left Out, Death By Lions (Grand Rapids), I Think Too Much
2024-05-11 21:45
Live Original Music
The Part You Left Out (Fort Wayne, IN emo/post-hardcore)
https://www.instagram.com/thepartyouleftout/
Death By Lions (Grand Rapids new post-hardcore)
https://www.instagram.com/deathbylions/
I Think Too Much
https://www.instagram.com/ithnk2mch/

$8 cover, must be 21

Loveseat, Jim E Brown
2024-05-16 20:30 - 23:59
Loveseat
https://www.instagram.com/lovethatseat/
Jim E Brown
https://www.facebook.com/jimebrown666/

"CHOUX GAZE" Sleep Keeper, Seventh Cloud, Necromoon
2024-05-17 22:00
A FRIENDLY GHOST POP-UP EXPERIENCE
A night of “Choux Gaze” music with bands
SLEEP KEEPER
sleepkeeper.bandcamp.com/merch
SEVENTH CLOUD
linktr.ee/seventhcloud
NECROMOON
instagram.com/necromoonband/

party by Friendly Ghost
instagram.com/friendlyghostfw/

$7 cover, must be 21

Chainsmoking Records Presents: Fury In Few, Cloudmaker, The Holy Nothing
2024-05-18 21:30
“Taking nods from indie rock, hardcore punk, and alternative beats, Fury in Few encompasses a
sound that is unapologetically in-your-face, hard rock for Gen-Z. Originating in the Dirty South,
Atlanta’s Fury in Few consists of Brayden Gomer (vocals, guitar) and Ryan Calatayud (drums).
The duo has racked up over 200 shows, playing on mix-genre tours with acts like Keep Flying,
Bastardane on the Metallica Takeover, and The Messenger Birds. The band continues to tour
heavily across the U.S. in sweaty mosh-pit-infested basements and dive bars. With Fury in
Few’s fierce live show, a growing movement of new rock fans are witnessing the band’s
underground proclamation to ‘Rock or Die. Be Dangerous.’
$10 no-fee tickets on sale now
with
Cloudmaker
The Holy Nothing

Cheesebrews!
2024-05-19 21:00 - 23:59

Juno Dunes with Quell Sane
2024-05-23 20:30
Juno Dunes (New Orleans Rock Band)
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/junodunes/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/junodunes/
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTAA3er5yPYrd9Eoijub2FQ
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/7hRXPMjh5Rccx8oV7efuAl
with Quell Sane
https://www.instagram.com/quellsanee/
$9 cover, must be 21

The Debutants, Mama Said String Band
2024-05-24 21:30
$10

Stress Dolls, Middle Names, Love Seat
2024-05-25 21:45
Stress Dolls (“Angry Girl Music from Buffalo, NY”)stressdollsmusic.com
Middle Namesinstagram.com/middlenamesband/
Love Seatinstagram.com/lovethatseat/
$10 cover, must be 21

Los Electro with Rafael Chavez (Lalo Cura)
2024-05-28 20:30
Live Original Music
Los Electro
Rafael Chavez (from Lalo Cura)

John's Little Sister, The Namby Pamby, Loveseat
2024-05-30 08:00 - 17:00
Live Original Music with

John’s Little Sisterhttps://linktr.ee/johnslittlesister

The Namby Pambyhttps://www.thenambypamby.com/

Love Seathttps://linktr.ee/loveseet
$7 cover, must be 21

Rachel Brooke Band with Thumbrider
2024-05-31 21:30
The Rachel Brooke Band
Country/Alt-Country
https://linktr.ee/rachelbrookemusic
With one of the most naturally blessed voices in country today, Rachel Brooke shows no mercy with her authentic brand of real-deal, straight out of the bottle alt-country gold.
She’s quite the paradox: a seasoned songwriter who perfectly embodies the music of the American South but lives in the wilds of Michigan. An artist who grew up performing with parents in the family bluegrass band but spent her teen years raging away in an all-girl punk band. An introvert off stage, whose wall-shaking voice has earned her a place at cutting- edge roots music festivals like Muddy Roots, SXSW, and the Rochester International Jazz Festival. An icon of underground country, whose newest critically acclaimed album has been featured in major media outlets like CMT, Parade Magazine, Glide, and Cowboys and Indians, and garnered the attention from Nashville big-wigs. But when you sing this well and play like hell, who do you have to answer to anyways?
with THUMBRIDER
$9 no-fee tickets on sale now. $12 day of show
must be 21 to attend

The Lurking Corpses, Wastelander, The Tentakills, Strange Waters
2024-06-01 21:45

Carraoke
2024-06-04 21:00

For Darlene, Mckenna Parks, Midwest Suburbanized Sasquatch
2024-06-06 21:00

Man of The Flood, Abadeer, Maren
2024-06-07 21:45

The High Curbs with Loveseat
2024-06-08 21:30
$12 advance no-fee tickets. $15 day of show
The High Curbs are a staple of the Southern California music scene. The band
was formed by Ed Moreno and Aaron Korbe in 2013 as young teens in the
suburban landscape known as the Inland Empire. Alberto joined them
Alvarenga when the band began to tour in 2016, he’s remained a pillar to the
group ever since. In recent years, the band welcomed Kenny Huerta on bass and
Taylor Hecocks of King Shelter on second guitar. The band has put out a massive
collection of music throughout the last decade, releasing 3 records, a series of
singles, and EPs.
The High Curbs have gathered notoriety over song” Want” thanks to Thrasher’s
“King of the road”.
The band is currently working on a new record set to release sometime in 2024.
Playing with LOVESEAT
https://linktr.ee/loveseet
https://linktr.ee/TheHighCurbs

Buy Tickets Online
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Los Electro, Eli Khan, The Erly
2024-06-14 21:30

Piques, Mudland, Frogman & The Friends of Frogman
2024-06-15 21:45

Cloakroom, Necroom, Pale Shade
2024-06-19 20:00
$12.00 no-fee tickets on sale now. $15 day of show
Cloakroom celebrate their tenth anniversary as a band with their new album, Dissolution Wave.
Dissolution Wave is a concept – a space western in which an act of theoretical physics—the dissolution wave—wipes out all of humanity’s existing art and abstract thought. In order to keep the world spinning on its axis, songsmiths must fill the ether with their compositions. Meanwhile, the Spire and Ward of Song act as a filter for human imagination: Only the best material can pass through the filter and keep the world turning.
This is the universe that Cloakroom guitarist/vocalist Doyle Martin conceived as a way of processing the last few years. “We lost a couple of close friends over the course of writing this record,” he says. “Dreaming up another world felt easier to digest than the real nitty-gritty we’re immersed in every day.”
With lyrics based on an imagined cosmology, Dissolution Wave also marks a grand expansion of Cloakroom’s dreamy space-rock palette. Written from the perspective of the album’s protagonist—an asteroid miner who writes songs by night—”A Force at Play” has an airy, pastoral feel. Meanwhile, the melancholy title track captures the miner’s regret as they lament that they signed up for such a long stint on the job, while closer “Dissembler” describes their anxiety about the revelator who will judge their work. “If you don’t write a good enough song in this universe, you run the risk of being forgotten and lose the opportunity to return as a meaningful form of life,” Martin explains. The stakes have never been higher!
Playing With
Necromoon
https://necromoon.bandcamp.com/
Pale Shade
https://www.instagram.com/_paleshade/
Must be 21 to attend

Connor Kelly, Nick Allison And The Players Lounge
2024-06-20 20:30 - 23:59

Messer Chups, Big Jaw
2024-06-21 21:00
$7 no-fee advance tickets on sale now. $9 day of show
Messer Chups is an experimental band from St.Petersburg, Russia and Clint Roth’s band BIG JAW
Messer Chups was founded by Oleg Gitarkin who had previously performed with Oleg Kostrow under the name of Messer für Frau Müller. Messer Chups is often considered a “spin-off” band of Messer für Frau Müller.
The band was originally a duo of Gitarkin on bass guitar and Annette Schneider who played the synths. In period 2000-2002 Messer Chups consisits of Gitarkin and Igir Vdovin on Synth.In 2003, the producer of Messer Chups and head of homelabel Solnze Records, Oleg Tarasov, invited the world famous theremin player, Lydia Kavina, to join them.
Together they have released several albums and reworked their previous releases. In 2005, Messer Chups became a duo consisting of Gitarkin and ZombieGirl on bass. In 2007, they became a trio, with drummer Denis “Kashey” Kuptzov from the famous band, Leningrad.
In 2008, they changed their drummer to Alexander Belkok, and Alexander Skvortzov became their vocalist.Messer Chups’ music often features a fundament of surf drums on which they build collages of samples from odd sources, like circus music, jazz, east European animation soundtracks, and American B-pictures.
On top of that they lay solos from guitar and theremin. The overall effect is one of loving parody and good fun.
Big Jaw describes themselves as “If Paul Simon Joined AC/DC but refused to help with lyrics = Big Jaw”
https://bigjaw.bandcamp.com/

Etymon, The Igloos, Placeholder
2024-06-22 20:00 - 21:30
Live Original Music with
Etymon
instagram.com/etymonsg/
The Igloos
instagram.com/theigloosband/
Placeholder
instagram.com/yourplaceholder/
$7 cover, must be 21
doors at 8pm

Good Looks (austin), Love Seat
2024-06-24 20:30
$7 cover, must be 21
Good Looks
goodlooksband.com
Today, the Austin, Texas rock quartet Good Looks announce their electric new album Lived Here For A While, out June 7th via Keeled Scales, and share its lead single/video, “If It’s Gone.” The follow-up to Good Looks’ critically acclaimed 2022 debut Bummer Year, Lived Here For A While trades the Americana sound that colored in the lines of their debut for clanging post-punk guitars and expansive indie rock. The album was tracked at Texas’ Dandy Sounds with producer/engineer Dan Duszynski (of Loma and Cross Record). Frontman Tyler Jordan’s primary focus on Lived Here For A While is dissecting relationships of all kinds: familial, platonic, creative, and romantic.
With Love Seat
https://www.instagram.com/lovethatseat/

Mojohand, Thumbrider
2024-06-27 20:30
NJ/NYC based Americana-rockers Mojohand have been winning over audiences from Pittsburgh, PA to Austin, TX and everywhere in between since late-2016. Mojohand have played countless shows in dive bars, DIY basement venues, and at colleges, and clubs across New Jersey, New York, Vermont, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Texas, Louisiana, Georgia, Tennessee, New Hampshire, and Connecticut.
With Thumbrider

$9

clr kevin white

Kumbia Queers, Los Electros
2024-06-28 21:45
Kumbia Queers
https://www.instagram.com/kumbia_queers
Get ready to rethink everything you know about cumbia at a very special Pride month event featuring the unmistakably unforgettable Kumbia Queers from Buenos Aires! This non-binary and lesbian quintet blends the grimy, electronic-driven subgenre of cumbia villera with driven guitar rock for a uniquely dynamic fusion of traditional and cutting-edge sounds. As NPR Latino says, “they’re no punchline. They’re for real.” Many of the members of the Kumbia Queers hail from the influential Argentinian ’90s punk trio She-Devils, who bring that combo’s signature grungy, DIY style to life with million-stream hits like “Mientes” and “Puesta”. The band’s debut at The Brass Rail will feature a relentless blast of tropical-punk originals, covers, and new tracks from the group’s latest album Fiesteria. A show with Kumbia Queers is more than just a concert; it’s a celebration of inclusivity and freedom where everyone is invited to let loose and join the party!
with LOS ELECTRO
$12 no-fee advance tickets on sale now

Loomspore, Lung, Necromoon
2024-06-29 21:45
Live Original Music with
Loomspore
https://www.instagram.com/lungtheband/
Observer
https://www.instagram.com/observer_fw/
Lung
https://www.instagram.com/lungtheband/
$7 cover, must be 21

ATCQ vs OutKast (DJ Party) with B. Jones and J. Tubbs
2024-07-05 21:45 - 23:59
YMC MUSIC GROUP PRESENT
A Tribe Called Quest Vs. OutKast (DJ Party)
$8 cover, must be 21

See Ray Hardy, Thinning, Anna Faye
2024-07-06 21:30
