Chapped Lips • The Scratch Offs • Blacktop
Sun 03/19/23
7:00PM
All Ages
music
$10 ADV // $12 DOS
Show Lineup
Chapped Lips
(Milwaukee, WI)
Genre: Alternative Rock, Indie
Chapped Lips is a four-piece alternative rock band based in Milwaukee (originally from Sheboygan). Power pop, funk, blues, and punk all get thrown into a high-voltage blender. FFO The Strokes, Foxygen, Stephen Malkmus.
The Scratch Offs
(Madison, WI)
Genre: Garage Rock
After forming in Madison, WI in 2019, the pandemic hit, the drummer had a son, and the lead singer had THREE open-heart surgeries, but none of this has stopped the Scratch-Offs on their climb to the top of the rock n’ roll lottery. With their snappy guitar licks, soulful songwriting, and Stones-y close-harmonies, the four-piece harkens back to the music of the 60s and 70s, but they play it with an urgency and attitude like every show could be their last–that’s ’cause they almost have been. FFO The Rolling Stones, Guided by Voices, The Replacements
Blacktop
(Milwaukee, WI)
Genre: Alternative Folk
Blacktop is the Milwaukee-based writing and recording project of multi-instrumentalist and producer, Austin Wood. Resting gently between the genres of folk, surf rock, and dream pop, Blacktop’s sound is adorned with soft-spoken vocals, washed-out guitars and synthesizers, acoustic percussion, and field recordings.
When not working full-time in public health or mixing/producing for other artists, Wood writes/records music for Blacktop while drawing inspiration from spiritual philosophies of presence, mindfulness, and impermanence. The project incorporates a DIY- and analog-based approach to music creation, embracing the creative limitations and hands-on experience of recording to tape. Sonically, Blacktop draws from a large pool of influence ranging from Ethiopian jazz and Latin rhythms of the 1960s-70s to contemporary artists such as Florist, Loving, Alice Phoebe Lou, and Sam Evian.
For live performances, Wood is supported by a rotating cast of close friends, including Jordan Taylor, Jacob Olson, Jeremy Robinson, and Jacob Greenberg. Blacktop’s debut album, Gardening is a Practice, Not an Idea, was released independently in September 2023 with a deluxe re-release through Nice Guys Records in February 2024. Blacktop’s sophomore album, Modern Spiritualism, is slated for release on June 18, 2025.
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