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The Oasis

Date of Show: August 1, 2015
Location: Grayslake, Illinois
Venue: The Oasis
Other bands on the bill:
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This was an interesting mixed-bag of an all-ages show. It opened punk, moved to alt-rock, shifted to grindcore then ended with a great hip-hop performance. The Oasis Youth Center Get with the program Grayslake and get your ears to The Oasis. Every weekend there’s a show here! Noxious Neighbors Fett the Younger Lucid Dreams Pickwick […]

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IBW Brewery, “Fire! Fire! Fire!”

Date of Show: May 19, 2015
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Venue: IBW Brewery

Our good friends at Illuminated Brew Works have invited us to play at their brewery. We will be opening for fire… literal fire… as in a bonfire. Playing in front of a giant ROA mural and the Chicago skyline: Let’s take a closer look: Look, Robert’s kid actually came to the show: Oh, there were also costumed […]

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Champaign w/ Terminus Victor, Darleen & Faster Forward

Date of Show: May 16, 2015
Location: Champaign, Illinois
Venue: Mike and Molly's
Other bands on the bill:
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Final night of the southeastward road trip. They tell us this might be an outdoor show (it wasn’t)? Here’s the info from The Facebook: $5 FIVE DOLLAR BUCKS TERMINUS VICTORindustrial post-rock NONAGONmathy noise punk Chicago style DARLEENheavy melodic (feat members of That’s No Moon) FASTER FORWARDWe’re happy to have FF joining us—this will be a […]

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South Bend, Indiana w/ Many Bands…

Poster by ???
Date of Show: May 15, 2015
Location: South Bend, Indiana
Venue: McCormick's Coney Island
Other bands on the bill:
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After an excursion to the Kalamazoo 10 Theater to catch the Mad Max: Fury Road Matinee, we headed down to South Bend. Oh look, another brew pub: It was prom night in South Bend. Unfortunately, none of the attendees strolled into McCormick’s for the show. Probably due to a lack of EDM. The evening opened with The Rutabega: […]

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Kalamazoo w/ Knife the Symphony & Brown Company

Date of Show: May 14, 2015
Location: Kalamazoo, Michigan
Venue: Louie's Trophy House
Other bands on the bill:
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We are off on another micro-tour of the Midwest. First stop: Kalamazoo! People may live everywhere, but did you know they pretty much brew beer everywhere too? Had to pay homage to the Bell’s Brewery before the show: Louie’s Trophy House featured many trophies including this cow thing. I’m calling “fake” here. No way that […]

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Dubuque, Iowa w/ Tyranny Is Tyranny & Boxelder

Date of Show: April 16, 2015
Location: Dubuque, Iowa
Venue: Eronel
Other bands on the bill:
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In which we began a weekend trek across the Upper Midwest. First stop Dubuque, Iowa: We rode an elevator/train thing to the top of the bluff: Eronel is a very cool space to play: On the way out we did some hiking at The Mines of Spain: This was a bit more nature than Robert is […]

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Quenchers w/ Knife the Symphony, The Shanks & Whales

Poster by Ryan Duggan
Date of Show: March 19, 2015
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Venue: Quenchers Saloon
Other bands on the bill:
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This was Whales first show with their new guitarist Ryan. Shanks Shanks are from Canada and rocked it with in suits with catchy, loud tunes. Knife the Symphony Knife the Symphony are one of our favorites and they were great as usual. Nonagon I didn’t get any pictures of us, but we had a few […]

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