Maximiano (Release Show) • Field Report • Ava Brennan
Sat 04/04/26
7:00PM
All Ages
music
Sliding Scale $10-20
Show Lineup
Maximiano
(Milwaukee, WI)
Genre: Alternative, Americana, Folk
Ever since the release of their critically acclaimed debut album, “The Real Truth”, Maximiano’s music has reached indie, folk, and americana scenes all across the country. The Milwaukee, WI based singer, songwriter, producer, engineer, and multi-instrumentalist toured extensively in support of “The Real Truth,” which The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel named the 3rd Best Album of 2024, calling it “one of the most piercing and emotionally resonant collections of songs… a towering artistic achievement.”
Maximiano performed 107 shows in 28 cities across 15 states in 2025 while still finding time to produce, mix, and collaborate with 30 artists and bands. In the midst of this hard work, Maximiano had a brief period of rest when their friends asked them to dog sit in the Hudson Valley region of New York. During that ten day span, Maximiano wrote their new album, “Rokeby,” named for the area that inspired the songs.
“Rokeby,” which Maximiano wrote, produced, arranged, recorded, and mixed, expands upon the lush production of “The Real Truth” in its first half before refocusing around the raw intimacy of performance in the stripped back second half. Every song on the album, no matter the production style, is driven by Maximiano’s trademark songwriting style: “honest, vulnerable, and altogether beautiful,” (Milwaukee Record).
The album is rooted in peace, community, and opposition to technocratic fascism so, in line with these beliefs, it will not be released on Spotify. Additionally, in solidarity with every artist who suffers under the streaming model, only the first half of the record will be available on other streaming platforms. The full record will be available on Bandcamp, vinyl, and CD on April 1st.
Donate Direct to Artist
Field Report
(Milwaukee, WI)
Genre: Indie Rock
Fellesskap Records is pleased to present the music video for Field Report’s newest single “Puget Sound.” It’s a video that harkens back to the days of homemade movies, shot by relatives who are so consumed by the thrill of new technology that they don’t care what they film, but end up capturing precious capsules of time. For a song and narrative based around feelings of displacement, isolation, and paranoia, being set to images of its namesake is only appropriate. With footage captured by friend, Noah Gundersen, Christopher Porterfield has put his handwritten lyrics over the unmistakable water and landscape to give us a stark, yet hypnotic experience.
Ava Brennan
(Chicago, IL)
Genre: Folk-Rock
Ava Brennan is an experimental folk-rock musician born and raised in Chicago, Illinois.
Inspired by string players like Johanna Newson and Nick Drake, as well as experimental artists like Esperanza Spaulding and Laurie Anderson, she combines complex finger style guitar with progressive rhythms and unique songwriting. “At once lush and rhythmically driving, Chicago songwriter Ava Brennan’s insistent melodies and earnest delivery weave a whole world of dynamics.” (Old Town School of Folk Music)
Thematically, her songs meditate on intimacy, communion with nature, resisting fascism and recovering from chronic pain. “What Brennan does so well is build up a space of her own, a secret hideout… where each bit of wall is prime real estate for the most epic personalization and encouraged discovery that life has to offer.” (The Ugly Hug)
Her full band features Fiona Palensky on drums, Meredith Nesbitt on bass, and Seth Lauver on marimba.