Hemlock • Angelica • Bitch Creek
Sun 07/20/25
7:00PM
All Ages
music
$10 ADV // $15 DOS
Show Lineup
Hemlock
(Chicago, IL)
Genre: Alternative, Folk
hemlock is the “phone-fi” alt-folk project of swamp-raised, multi-disciplinary creative force
Carolina Chauffe and various rotating collaborators, currently anchored between Chicago,
Austin, and Louisiana, but more often on the highway.
Doggedly DIY, they are an avid diarist & amateur archivist, with a prolific discography spanning
hundreds of songs in just half a decade. Their most expansive work yet, ‘444’ independently
releases October 11, 2024 as hemlock’s second album of the year. It is a “best of, so far” of
Chauffe’s twelve-year, ongoing, phone-recorded, song-a-day-for-a-month project — its 12 tracks
recaptured, rearranged, and reimagined with beloved Chicago-based band members Bailey
Minzenberger (Friko), Jack Henry (Free Range), and Andy Krull (Red PK) as the backbone and
beating heart.
An exaltation, mini-album ‘amen!’, was also released this spring on Double Yolk Records
(Hannah Read of Lomelda’s label) as an ode to transformation, recorded in Silsbee, Texas,
marking a return to the south, both in sound and on map.
Frontperson Carolina has also toured & recorded in such acts as Little Mazarn (2019-present),
Babehoven (2022), Fran (2023), and Merce Lemon (2023).
They are a neighbor, a gatherer, and a hopeful for a free Palestine, for a free tomorrow for all.
They will be a road dog for as long as they can, and a music-maker for as long as they live.
They believe in miracles, and their favorite color lately is green.
Angelica
(Milwaukee, WI)
Genre: Art-Rock, Post-Punk
Milwaukee art-punks influenced by psych, dream pop, krautrock, and post-punk featuring members of Lightninging, Wandering Nerve, Swim Two Birds, Absolutely, Sarnal Key, and Olevas Rice.
Bitch Creek
(Milwaukee, WI)
Genre: Alt-Country, Folk
If you’re ever tossing a line in on the Milwaukee river, you may be lucky enough to hear the strings of Bitch Creek coming down from Vienna Avenue. Formed in 2024 in a Riverwest bar, Bitch Creek fell quickly in love and began cultivating their distinct sound: a blend of melancholic finger-style guitar, eerie fiddle licks, earthy vocals, and droning string sections.
Bitch Creek’s self-titled EP, Bitch Creek, shares an intimate translation of queer love and identity, midwest scenery, nostalgia for places only visited in dreams, and harmonies to accompany the delicate and dissonant hum of Cicadas.
Bitch Creek combines traditional folk influences with contemporary lyrical inspirations into a whirlwind of unique alt-country.