The Brass Rail

Joyhouse, Long Neck, Best Sleep
2020-04-22 20:30 - 23:59 UTC | The Brass Rail, 1121 Broadway, Fort Wayne, IN, 46802, United States

Cup (new york), Slug Love, The Snarks
2020-04-20 20:30 - 23:55 UTC

L'Resorts, The Be Colony, Microwave Miracles
2020-04-18 22:00 UTC

Scarlett Jo
2020-04-17 22:00 - 23:55 UTC

CANCELLED…..Magic Giant with The Collection
2020-04-16 20:00 - 23:55 (America/Indiana/Indianapolis)
<<cancelled>>Magic Giant (Los Angeles, CA) with The Collection (Greensboro, NC)

Must be 21, general admission.
“Maybe the world is broken, but our house is always open.”
A dynamic blend of alt-rock meets pop wrapped in a festive, down to earth package, MAGIC GIANT have shown their progressive layers with their captivating new single “Disaster Party.” The group made up of Austin Bisnow (vocals/percussion), Zambricki Li (fiddle/banjo), and Zang (guitar) have recently been working on their new album from The Bunker, a 1940’s underground bomb-shelter the band converted in Silverlake, CA. Leading the way into their new album, their new single “Disaster Party” turned the fires of Los Angeles into a way to unite the community.
“Any time when shit is hitting the fan, instead of having a pity party, throw a disaster party,” Zambricki explains. “The band was out in the valley recording at a studio that almost got consumed by flames. The neighborhood got together, created their own mini force and fought the fire themselves when needed. When everyone was gathered at the center before evacuation, it was the first time some neighbors who lived within a few houses of each other for years ever shared a word.”
“Disaster Party” blends pop verses with alt-rock hooks while balancing the intrinsic meaning behind the track. Their upcoming album holds notes of growth and “digging deeper.”
“That is how we approached this album,” Zang says. “We’ve become a little more honest and real. There is still hope and triumph written into the songs, but there is more sincerity and honesty.”
Their upcoming album brings up the feeling where “sometimes songs can be bigger than life itself,” Zambricki says. Telling stories of love, loss, unity, friendship and heartache, the record is sincere and heartfelt. Calling this moment in the group’s lives a “marriage,” the music reflects the time, dedication and openness the group shared over the course of the making of the album.
“You have to write the truth,” Zambricki explains. “You better write songs you believe in.”

Must be 21, general admission.
“Maybe the world is broken, but our house is always open.”
A dynamic blend of alt-rock meets pop wrapped in a festive, down to earth package, MAGIC GIANT have shown their progressive layers with their captivating new single “Disaster Party.” The group made up of Austin Bisnow (vocals/percussion), Zambricki Li (fiddle/banjo), and Zang (guitar) have recently been working on their new album from The Bunker, a 1940’s underground bomb-shelter the band converted in Silverlake, CA. Leading the way into their new album, their new single “Disaster Party” turned the fires of Los Angeles into a way to unite the community.
“Any time when shit is hitting the fan, instead of having a pity party, throw a disaster party,” Zambricki explains. “The band was out in the valley recording at a studio that almost got consumed by flames. The neighborhood got together, created their own mini force and fought the fire themselves when needed. When everyone was gathered at the center before evacuation, it was the first time some neighbors who lived within a few houses of each other for years ever shared a word.”
“Disaster Party” blends pop verses with alt-rock hooks while balancing the intrinsic meaning behind the track. Their upcoming album holds notes of growth and “digging deeper.”
“That is how we approached this album,” Zang says. “We’ve become a little more honest and real. There is still hope and triumph written into the songs, but there is more sincerity and honesty.”
Their upcoming album brings up the feeling where “sometimes songs can be bigger than life itself,” Zambricki says. Telling stories of love, loss, unity, friendship and heartache, the record is sincere and heartfelt. Calling this moment in the group’s lives a “marriage,” the music reflects the time, dedication and openness the group shared over the course of the making of the album.
“You have to write the truth,” Zambricki explains. “You better write songs you believe in.”

Must be 21, general admission.
“Maybe the world is broken, but our house is always open.”
A dynamic blend of alt-rock meets pop wrapped in a festive, down to earth package, MAGIC GIANT have shown their progressive layers with their captivating new single “Disaster Party.” The group made up of Austin Bisnow (vocals/percussion), Zambricki Li (fiddle/banjo), and Zang (guitar) have recently been working on their new album from The Bunker, a 1940’s underground bomb-shelter the band converted in Silverlake, CA. Leading the way into their new album, their new single “Disaster Party” turned the fires of Los Angeles into a way to unite the community.
“Any time when shit is hitting the fan, instead of having a pity party, throw a disaster party,” Zambricki explains. “The band was out in the valley recording at a studio that almost got consumed by flames. The neighborhood got together, created their own mini force and fought the fire themselves when needed. When everyone was gathered at the center before evacuation, it was the first time some neighbors who lived within a few houses of each other for years ever shared a word.”
“Disaster Party” blends pop verses with alt-rock hooks while balancing the intrinsic meaning behind the track. Their upcoming album holds notes of growth and “digging deeper.”
“That is how we approached this album,” Zang says. “We’ve become a little more honest and real. There is still hope and triumph written into the songs, but there is more sincerity and honesty.”

Their upcoming album brings up the feeling where “sometimes songs can be bigger than life itself,” Zambricki says. Telling stories of love, loss, unity, friendship and heartache, the record is sincere and heartfelt. Calling this moment in the group’s lives a “marriage,” the music reflects the time, dedication and openness the group shared over the course of the making of the album.
“You have to write the truth,” Zambricki explains. “You better write songs you believe in.”

Fly Golden Eagle
2020-04-13 21:00 - 23:55 UTC

Pocari Sweater Fresh Tar Brian Wreck 10pm/$5
2020-04-11 22:00 UTC

Horse Jumper of Love and Strange Ranger
2020-04-10 21:30 - 2020-04-11 00:30 (America/Indiana/Indianapolis)
Strange Ranger (portland via montana) and Horse Jumper of Love (boston)

Strange Ranger loves smooth pads and keys that give way to distortion-heavy bass and guitars. “Message To You” fuses west coast alternative rock with sounds from the ’90s indie scene – npr
Horse Jumper of Love, Dimitri Giannopoulos, John Margaris and Jamie Vadala-Doran stitch together inquisitive and gripping slowcore out of everyday passing moments – fader
Must be 21 – General Admission – $6 no-fee advance tickets, $8 day of show

CANCELLED.....Roselit Bone (Apocalyptic Cowboy Music from Portland, Oregon)
2020-04-05 21:00 - 23:55 UTC
CANCELLED HOPE TO RESCHEDULE SOON

Roselit Bone
tbd
9pm/$6
When asking Charlotte McCaslin to describe Roselit Bone’s new record, Crisis Actor, with one word, she responds, “fucked.”
After several years of touring the US, the band has gone from relative unknowns to somewhat cult status, having perfected an infectious and powerful live show that falls somewhere between a demented Roy Orbison and an angelic Gun Club. Their anthems of loneliness, alienation, and triumph have allowed them to artfully navigate through a cluttered underground scene, captivating audiences and transfixing crowds in a nightly conversion ritual. On their newest release, she paints a picture of a world that is truly “fucked,” lacing vignettes of systemic violence, sexual confusion, and class warfare with a wry, suicidal humor straight from the gut of America. “I didn’t see the ascendancy of fascism as anything new here, so my freshest feelings of disgust were toward anyone who could point their finger in one direction and walk away with a smirk on their face.” When asked how the punk influence fits in, Charlotte smiles, “I don’t align with any genre. For me, the essence of punk is in dealing unflinchingly with the misery and violence of lower-class city life, coming out alive, and wearing your scars proudly.”
Crisis Actor’s birth can be traced back to Charlotte’s time growing up in Southern California’s Orange County; a place where economic exploitation and casual discrimination were intertwined and buried amid a sea of sunshine and palm trees. Eventually she found punk, idolizing Los Angeles bands like X and The Cramps. Nights were spent traveling to the Inland Empire (Riverside County) to witness countless shows at the Showcase, which at times would break out into bloodbaths. It was punks on punks, cops on punks. “There was always a threat of violence from skinheads, tweakers, gangs, or the cops there.” At twenty-one, Charlotte had seen enough and ditched Southern California for the more insular Pacific Northwest, picking Portland’s grayed out radius as a welcome landing spot. “Ten years ago, it was cheap and a good place to strike out on your own,” she notes. By the time she met guitarist Victor Franco and drummer Ben Dahmes, the nucleus of Roselit Bone was born.
Fast forward seven years and two full length records later, Roselit Bone entered Supernatural Sound (Oregon City, OR) to begin tracking Crisis Actor. Charlotte would oversee the majority of the writing and production. The sessions were long, yet after only a few days, the seven piece band had recorded the bulk of the record live. It was a valiant effort to capture the manic energy of their live set which previous records had yet to fully realize. Yet by the time Noah Georgeson (Devendra Banhart, Joanna Newsom) was tapped to mix the album, Charlotte was dealing with something on a much more personal scale. She was beginning a gender transition. “There are echoes of what was to come in the lyrics of this record. I spent hours tracking the vocals on the title track, getting deeper with each take into the headspace of the toxic, angry, sexually confused person I inhabit on that song. At the end of it I was totally drained and felt an amplification of the anxiety that I came to recognize as gender dysphoria.” And with such a revelation, there follows a sense of distraction that can accompany it, one that Charlotte is quick to point out. “I don’t think people should see this album much through the lens of my transition, as it was written before I knew what was going on.”
Beyond Crisis Actor’s self deprecation and societal condemnation, there’s a sweeter side that lies just beneath a half-cocked smirk. When singing, “I hate myself and I’m at war with the world around me” on “I Pissed The Bed,” the tension between honesty and illusion is forthcoming, and ultimately points out the beauty and ugliness that Charlotte aims to document. “Sometimes I’m speaking from the most despicable part of myself, sometimes I’m trying to find common cause with people who would want me dead, sometimes I’m just telling funny stories from tour,” she freely admits. While “Proving Grounds” sends an anthemic howl across the bombed out desert with “I was glad to have been sterilized / but now I’m pissing blood,” “Laughlin, NV” blares with a tweaked out country swing that only a group of fearless misfits could attain, capsized by “Every hand’s a winner / until we’re coming down / on the Colorado River / slow dancing in the loser’s lounge.” It’s like a pair of forgotten moments from Bukowski’s Ham on Rye. In fact, it was Bukowski who once wrote, “The free soul is rare, but you know when you see it – basically because you feel good, very good, when you are near or with them.” If there is anything that encapsulates Roselit Bone, it must be this.
Crisis Actor’s arrangements are vast and ambitious, revealing a sonic, panoramic landscape where street urchins, psychedelic vaqueros, and drunken outlaws ride painted horses through a savage, dystopian, yet ultimately hopeful, punk rock future. It’s a record of layers, revealing itself more fully with each listen. Charlotte admits, “there’s a little bit of myself in every character,” and it’s precisely those characters that bring to life the record’s vision of a broken society straight from the American underbelly, one that the sprawling seven piece outfit so vividly mimics on stage. But in the end, it’s hard not to believe that this record lies somewhere within Charlotte herself, an artist on the cusp of rebirth.

The Lippies, Abner, and Flamingo Nosebleed
2020-04-02 21:00 - 23:55 UTC

Joyhouse, Necromoon, Hughes Family Band 10pm/$5
2020-03-28 22:00 - 23:59 UTC

Middle Names album release show
2020-03-27 22:00 - 23:55 UTC

The Be Colony, Sungate, Pushing Daisies 10pm/$5
2020-03-21 22:00 UTC

Midwest Mic Masters ft Sankofa, J Tubbs, 2RQ 10pm/$6
2020-03-20 22:00 UTC
YM3 Music Group and The Brass Rail presents
MIDWEST MIC MASTERS
Hip Hop showcase of some of the dopest emcees in the Midwest area.
Sankofa
Extraordinary
Tru Klassick (Ann Arbor, MI)
2RQ
J. Tubbs
Tony Patagonia with DJ Morf Oner (Chicago, IL)
March 20, 2020
The Brass Rail
1121 Broadway
FTW, IN 46802
Doors At 9pm – Show At 10pm
Cover $6 | 21+

CANCELLED………Mucca Pazza and Boat Show
2020-03-14 22:00 - 2020-03-15 01:00 (America/New_York)
Cancelled

Minka (philadelphia), Dani House, Slug Love
2020-03-11 21:00 - 23:55 UTC

Reaver, Leones, Tuesday Atlas 8:30pm/$5
2020-03-08 20:30 - 23:55 UTC

Stonecutters, Lich King, Toxic Ruin, Disappear
2020-03-07 21:00 - 2020-03-08 00:00 (America/Indiana/Indianapolis)
Stonecutters
Lich King
Toxic Ruin
disappear.

Stonecutters

Lich King

Toxic Ruin

disappear.

Doorgirl, Kill Surf City, Necromoon 10pm/$5
2020-03-06 22:00 - 23:55 UTC

PBRart Contest
2020-03-01 16:00 - 20:00 UTC
Pabst Blue Ribbon Art Contest
Create PBR inspired art and enter your pieces for prizes. Artist Entry Fee is $10 for one art piece or $15 for two pieces. Artists, please drop off artwork from 1PM-3PM day of.
Voting for the public is 3pm-7pm. Cash Prizes for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place finishers. Sponsored by our friends at 260 Beer
There will be cash prizes for art judged by the patrons to be the best. There will be a raffle for some of The Sweetest PBR gear out there proceeds to go to a great charity we’ll announce here soon.

James Swanberg, Microwave Miracles, Heaven's Gateway Drugs
2020-02-29 22:00 UTC

The Cowboys, The Meat Flowers, Doorgirl
2020-02-28 22:00 - 23:55 UTC

Big Gorgeous and Slug Love
2020-02-27 21:30 - 23:55 UTC

Tijuana Tsunamis, Making Enemies and Last Chance at Failure 10pm/$5
2020-02-22 22:00 - 23:55 UTC
Punk Rock Show with some of Fort Wayne’s Favorite Bands

Erie Guardless, Funayūrei, Neras 10pm/$5
2020-02-21 22:00 - 23:55 UTC
Electronic music night with Erie Guardless, FUNAYŪREI, and neras
https://soundcloud.com/neras
https://www.funayureimusic.com/
https://soundcloud.com/erie_guardless

Free Happy Hour PUNK Show with Slow Death, Mikey Erg, Doc Hopper 5pm/FREE
2020-02-21 16:30 - 19:30 UTC
MUSIC STARTS at 5PM / NO COVER
with
The Slow Death (minneapolis)
Mikey Erg (minnaepolis)
Doc Hopper (Maine + Massachusetts)
Loose Behaviour (scattered)
Some friends are stopping by the bar but have to leave early so we’re throwing a FREE afternoon show. This is a jam packed rock and punk show that will be over by 8PM so don’t miss it.

March On, Comrade with Middle Names 10pm/$5
2020-02-15 22:00 - 23:55 UTC
$5

The Hill Country Devil and Kevin Hambrick (of Orange Opera)
2020-02-14 22:00 - 2020-02-15 01:00 (America/Indiana/Indianapolis)
The Hill Country Devil (nashville via austin, singer-songwriter)more artists to be announced$6 no-fee tickets available now, must be 21

“spartan, atmospheric, bleak, moody and at times, difficult. But it is never less than totally mesmerizing. I don’t think there are any tracks that have more than a couple of instruments. Most of them are one man and his guitar and voice. But oh, that voice! ” – Mark Kinton

“spartan, atmospheric, bleak, moody and at times, difficult. But it is never less than totally mesmerizing. I don’t think there are any tracks that have more than a couple of instruments. Most of them are one man and his guitar and voice. But oh, that voice! ” – Mark Kinton

Valentines Eve: Hallie Nowak, Jess Thrower, Lacroix Winget
2020-02-13 21:00 - 23:55 UTC
Live art, poetry, and music in celebration (and protest) of love!
Poetry by Hallie Nowak with music by Jess Flame Thrower, Lacroix Winget Art. Live art by Alyssa Deck. Handmade valentines for sale. Please bring winter clothes for Street Reach for the Homelesst or canned food for the Food Bank of Northern Indiana and get a discounted cover charge. Join the fun, wear some red or pink.
$5

Diagonal, Necromoon, Leones
2020-02-08 22:00 - 23:55 UTC
