Next Tuesday, 7/1/25, Floral + Cloutchaser, taking a little detour from their tour with Standards to melt your mind, with the help of Victor Lee

Floral is a two-piece math rock band from California, known for their intricate and technical instrumental compositions. Their music, often described as "twinkly" and "melodic", features complex rhythms and unusual time signatures, appealing to fans of bands like Giraffes? Giraffes! and Tera Melos. While some find their music challenging, others appreciate the technical skill and artistry, with some even calling it a "masterful work of art". 

Cloutchaser (North Carolina) is a band that blends math rock with a unique, often humorous, and provocative style, garnering attention for their energetic performances and social commentary. Their music, while sometimes described as "low effort" math rock, is also praised for its complex rhythms and willingness to challenge genre conventions. 

This Sunday, 6/29/25, @ Six

Alex Cunningham (STL) - violin
Damon Smith (STL) - double bass
Jerome Bryerton (CHI) - drums, percussion

Alex Cunningham is a violinist, improviser, and visual artist based in St. Louis, MO. His recorded output spans free improvisation, drone, noise, and minimalist composition.

Double bassist Damon Smith (STL), a hardcore punk rock disciple turned free improvisational titan is fully in his element, helping unleash an impossible firestorm of loud noise. Other noise musicians have their “noise tables,” an arrangement of synths and other machinery they use to produce their crushing sound; Smith, on the other hand, towers over a sheet music stand stocked with a junkyard’s worth of miscellaneous contraptions—bows, drumsticks, clothespins, and chains—all ready to be rammed, prodded, poked, and spun into his bass strings.

Jerome Bryerton's (CHI) artistic expression evolved from years of playing drums in rock, jazz and experimental groups. Performing solo or collaboratively, he's toured and recorded internationally with many notable improvisers.

🌈 PRIDE MONTH AIN’T OVER… NOT HERE, NOT YET!

Dance party 1 to 5 PM, tunes provided by DJ KARABELLA

NO COVER

This Wednesday, 6/25/25

dylan ryan with nate lepine

Dylan Ryan has drummed with groups such as Red Krayola, Cursive, and Icy Demons while maintaining ties to the experimental community, frequenting the bandstand and recording studio alongside artists such as Bitchin Bajas, Jeff Parker, Patrick Shiroishi, Daniel Carter, Jeremiah Chiu, Sam Gendel, Jason Stein and Devra Hoff, and releasing two albums under his name on the Cuneiform Records imprint. He has performed at the New York Winter Jazz Fest, Massey Hall, Pritzker Pavillon, REDCAT Theatre, David Lynch's Silencio, and the Getty Center.

Ryan has been featured twice in works by the fine artist Doug Aitken; ‘Black Mirror’, a multi form video installation projected on a barge off the island of Hydra, and the New York Times Style Magazine’s documentation of Aitken’s home as a musical experience in ‘acid modernism’.

Chicago-based tenor saxophonist/ composer Nate Lepine has been a steady figure of the city's music scene since the early 90s and is an important contributor to its active jazz community, leading groups who are the primary vehicles for his compositional output. Sideman with Nick Mazzarella, Quin Kirchner, and Herculaneum. Lepine has also recorded, performed and toured with Cursive and Iron & Wine.

DOORS @ 7 / SHOW @ 8 / $10/pwyc

Gerrit Hatcher & Erez Dessel present a new project rooted in the tradition but looking ahead, never bound by aesthetics and deeply grounded by an improvisatory practice that spans space and time.

DOORS @ 8 / SHOW @ 9 / $10/pwyc

Monthly Jazz Night featuring Junk Trio

Seven to Nine PM

No cover

The Prannies - original pub rock from Lafayette, IN

The Operators - 8-piece ska/dub/reggae/punk - straight outta Indianapolis, IN

Persona 749 - rock band from Salt Lake City, Utah, blending rock, post-punk, and new wave

DOORS @ 7 / SHOW @ 8 / $10/pwyc

THE BANDS:

DRLN

Chemical X

Post Haize

The Jackies

DOORS @ 7 / SHOW @ 8 / $10/pwyc

Sandy Ewen is an experimental guitarist, artist and architect based in Brooklyn NY, Ewen's guitar playing playing is centered around found objects and extended techniques. She performs solo and in many diverse musical and multi-media collaborations. Ongoing projects include duo with a Damon Smith, an all-female large ensemble, the trio Etched in the Eye, and a duo with Tom Carter called Spiderwebs.

Local support from Jacob Sunderlin and Todd Rush

DOORS @ 7 / SHOW @ 8 / $10/pwyc

La Cerca is a psychedelic four-piece from Tucson, Arizona, whichemerged in the 1990s - originally under the name Wise Folk Malcontent - and changed its moniker after more than a decade of refining its sound.

Building on influences from Sonic Youth and The Cure to Bob Dylan and Ride, La Cerca  additionally incorporates a desert-infused blend of shoegaze, ambient, twangy pop hooks, and signature dueling guitars. WIth a unique sonic identity, La Cerca has established itself as pioneers of a new breed of psychedelic guitar rock with a diverse and growing global fanbase.

Luna Worldcast is a singer/songwriter from New Jersey. She moved to the Midwest in 2018 and began her journey as a full-time musician in 2023. She is known for her powerful solo acoustic performances and overwhelming vocals. With hours of original music, and a songbook spanning the history of Rock N Roll, she is guaranteed to deliver something for everyone. 

DOORS @ 7 / SHOW @ 8 / $10/pwyc

Karaoke returns to The Spot.

Show us what you got.

9PM - 1AM

Jazz night at the Spot is a monthly showcase of some of the incredible musical talent in the Greater Lafayette Area. With a slightly different cast of house band members each month, and surprise appearances by other area musicians, this is not an event to be missed!

No cover!

That's right, we got another one for ya...we will be open this Sunday, 5/18/25, to welcome the return of some SPOT OG'S!

Early show this day, so yall can get up for work the next day.

DOORS @ 5 / SHOW @ 6 / $10/pwyc

It's a rock 'n' party just in time for Purdue University commencement weekend!

DJs Circle T, Cat Hair and friends will be spinning before, between and after three stellar bands!

Thee Fine Lines (Missouri) and Cheap Suitors (Indianapolis) are 1960s garage rock 'n' roll superstars while The Jackies are the best punk rock band in the Laffy. It's gonna be most rocktageous.

DOORS @ 8 / SHOW @ 9 / $10 cover/pwyc

Hearsay is an improvising trio hailing from the vibrant musical landscape of Chicago. Comprised of visionary experimental sound artist Allen Moore, versatile cellist, guitarist, and composer Ishmael Ali, and dynamic drummer Bill Harris, Hearsay cultivates a distinct and captivating aesthetic that traverses ethereal dimensions, gradually morphing rhythmic tapestries, and electrifying improvised soundscapes. Their music elicits a mesmerizing blend of textures, as if conjured from another dimension, leaving listeners both spellbound and invigorated. Building upon the success of their self-titled debut album, Hearsay (2021), their highly anticipated upcoming record, Glossolalia, is a testament to the boundless creativity that emerged during their fruitful recording sessions. Pushing the boundaries of experimental music even further, this latest offering embraces a vast sonic palette, seamlessly interweaving timbres, grooves, and a compelling interplay that defies categorization but evokes familiarity and wonder.

Hearsay is:
Allen Moore - turntables
Ishmael Ali - cello, guitar
Bill Harris - drum set

DOORS @ 8 / SHOW @ 9 / $10/pwyc

This powerful duo encapsulates the hard-working Chicago improvised music scene in a nutshell. Tyler Damon's extensive vocabulary behind the kit has positioned him as an important figure in the American underground. Whether he’s working with improvised stalwarts like Mars Williams and Joshua Abrams, or indie acts like Eli Winter and Circuit Des Yeux, he remains deeply invested in spontaneous playing. Rempis' ubiquity matches his prowess — in addition to longstanding bands like Rempis Percussion Quartet, Ballister, and Rempis/Abrams/Ra, he’s also performed and recorded with the likes of Joe McPhee, Peter Brötzmann, Tomeka Reid, Joshua Abrams, jaimie branch, Chris Corsano and Nate Wooley. The pair comprise two thirds of the trio Kuzu alongside guitarist Tashi Dorji, and have released albums on Astral Spirits and Rempis' own Aerophonic imprint. Their relationship deepened even further over the course of the pandemic, when these Chicago neighbors hosted a weekly duo concert in a park near both of their homes on Friday afternoons through the warmer months. This regular and rare performance opportunity in that time, usually featuring a different guest each week, furthered their already simpatico musical relationship in a profound way.

DOORS @ 7 / SHOW @ 8 / $10/pwyc

Lafayette-based MALAMBRE brings to life a repertoire of soulful vintage songs from South America and the Caribbean. Their sound is shaped by a unique cultural mix with diverse influences rooted in mid-century Cuban music, American jazz and blues, traditional Colombian rhythms, and psychedelic cumbia from the Andes.

Cairo Jag is a 3-piece, psych rock and roll band from Indianapolis, IN. Forming in 2017, they quickly became a local staple in Indianapolis’ eclectic music scene. Overlapping influences that derive from punk, rock, soul and psychedelic music from the past and present, they’ve created their own brand of unhinged rock and roll.

Chaepter is a Chicago-based band from Chicago, IL. While difficult to narrow, their sound ranges from art-rock to post-punk, and they are currently touring their newest EP, 'Empire Anthems,' which is being released to cassette by Pleasure Tapes.

Official Claire is one of Chicago’s finest new songwriters. She works with calm confession, deep wit, and the detail of a poet– all on top of big, swaying hooks. She’s also a calm shredder of guitar– both gritty and delicate.

Concrete Chicken Psych Rock from West Lafayette providing local support.

DOORS @ 8 / SHOW @ 9 / $10 cover/pwyc

Victor Lee returns to The Spot

Victor Lee and the Fluffy Biscuits

Reincarnated as a Guitarist Who Can’t Live Past Spring

Bats Outta Hell

DOORS @ 7 / SHOW @ 8 / $10 cover/pwyc

"Spectral moments surface throughout as a bit of other-worldliness emerging from brassy cacophony. Raucous, delicately haunting, and most definitely coy, the album has a kind of nonchalant majesty to it." - Elise Mills, White Crate

"Baptismal is the group's debut and presents a band with high energy, lots of creativity, close interplay, subtlety, and plenty of fire" - Richard Gilman-Opalsky, Activator Magazine

"This is free jazz - you might think, well yeah, 70s style Milt Jackson - but somehow these chaps keep an edge to things. There is a continuous presence of free improvisation lurking around the corner, as well as a more 'rock' style approach to playing..." RSW, Vital Weekly

DOORS @ 7 / SHOW @ 8 / $10 cover/pwyc

Frank Hurricanes returns with his spiritual brand of blues ‘n folk.

Local support from Jeamus.

DOORS @ 8 / SHOW @ 9 / $10 cover/pwyc

Gun Metal Grey is the solo project of Brazilian musician Andre Baptista; the sound is composed of a mix of his pop music influences with the classic punk , indie and Brazilian music he grew up to. 

The band had its first body of work self-released in the mid-late stages of the pandemic, the debut LP Eagerness as Currency, and has now finished recording their second LP, produced by Brad Shultz from Cage the Elephant, to come out in 2024. 

Gun Metal Grey, or GMG for short, is the next big band you haven’t seen yet! 

FACHOSO is the new project of george arthur calendar, which for this project mixes

synth pop , tropical and mexican flavors to create a dream pop cumbia.

DOORS @ 8 / SHOW @ 9 / $10 cover/pwyc

ALL VINYL, multiple DJs

Come celebrate the glory of our favorite fruit

NO COVER

21+

Come learn about astronomy in a fun, casual setting! Featuring informal talks by professional scientists, fun trivia, prizes, and beer!

Why I Like Robins (Lafayette)

Modern Drugs (Champaign, IL)

The Remote Controls (Indianapolis)

WORKOUT 012 | LAST SPIN CLASS OF 24/25 SEASON | 04/11/2025
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WARM UP: ANTIK ONE
SPIN INSTRUCTOR: DUCK TRASH (DETROIT)
COOL DOWN: VON
RECOVERY: JOEY DESKTOP (NYC)
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$10/PWYC • DOORS @ 8p • MUSIC @ 9p

Adam Bronstein is a guitar player from Buffalo, NY known for his clever songwriting and playful improvisation. Focusing on guitar at the forefront of its sound, his music is instrumental with influences ranging from bebop through fusion, soul-jazz & psychedelia.

Adam has released 3 studio albums in the past two years: Intention/Invention (Nov 2022), ABtrio (Dec. 2023); most recently Jazz ≠ Jazz (Aug 2024) as well as a live release "Live at Black Dots" (Feb 2024).

Between touring with Louis Prima Jr & The Witnesses, as well as the soul jazz quintet Ellen Pieroni and The Encyclopedia of Soul Adam has taken his trio (aptly named ABtrio) on four separate independent tours across the Northeast and midwest United States, planning a fifth and sixth this spring and summer. 

Adam was nominated “BEST JAZZ GUITARIST” and ABtrio nominated “BEST JAZZ RELEASE” in the 2024 Jazz Buffalo Readers Poll and Adam has shared bills with Samara Joy, Pasquale Grasso, Charlie Balentine, Ghost Note, Paris Monster, Lespecial & more.

DOORS @ 7 / SHOW @ 8 / $10 cover/pwyc

Teiku reframes unique and rare Eastern European Passover melodies in a Creative Music context. The expansive possibilities of instant composition, the ritualistic origins of the melodies, and the inspiration of pioneers like Sun Ra and Ornette Coleman all contribute to the immersive world of Teiku. Featuring keyboardist Josh Harlow (microplastique, Vincent Davis, Wadada Leo Smith) and drummer Jonathan Barahal Taylor (saajtak, Michael Formanek, Angelica Sanchez.)

r & beyond - a mutual seeking. nicholas is a band that expresses our displeasure with the world around us thru the radical rejoicing of music and transparency.

Your favorite alternative and new wave band is coming back to Spot Tavern!

3 hours packed with hits and deep tracks from all your favorite new wave and alt rock artists including: The Cure, U2, REM, The Smiths, Pixies, Nirvana, Weezer, and more!

DOORS @ 8 / SHOW @ 9 / $10 cover/pwyc