Providence, RI, at AS220, w/Slippers (LA), Glad38, and Dakou Dakou; tickets and info here
Lupo Citta -- East Coast USA Mini Tour 2026
July-Aug 2026
Lupo Citta presents hot, weird music for a hot, weird summer, performing songs from their second album, "Inverno," released earlier this year.
July 26 -- Lupo Citta
East Providence, RI, at Myrtle, w/ Vivid Bloom, Insomnies, and House Red. Daytime show, 2-5pm!
July 28 -- Lupo Citta
Easthampton, MA, at Daily Operation (116 Pleasant St. #13), w/Mark Robinson
Aug 1 -- Lupo Citta
Brooklyn, NY, at Mama Tried, w/Shadow Riot, Matt Hunter & The Dusty Fates. Daytime show, 4pm!
Aug 8 -- Lupo Citta
Cambridge, MA, at The Middle East, w/Cheater Slicks + Puke Pisstols
Aug 14 -- Consonant
Boston, MA, at Brighton Music Hall, as part of the celebration of 25 Years of Fenway Recordings. Consonant is Chris, Clint Conley, Winston Braman. With Roger Miller, BigTime, and more. Reserve a FREE ticket here.
Martha's Vineyard Ferries -- East Coast USA 2026 Tour
Aug-Sept 2026
The Martha’s Vineyard Ferries are back on the road for the first time in 2 years! MA/RI/VT/NH/ME/NY!
Aug 27 -- Martha's Vineyard Ferries
Vineyard Haven, MA, at Bunch of Grapes Bookstore
Aug 28 -- Martha's Vineyard Ferries
East Providence, RI, at Myrtle, w/Landowner and Exploding Zones
Aug 29 -- Martha's Vineyard Ferries
Medford, MA, at Deep Cuts, w/Minibeast; tickets here
Aug 30 -- Martha's Vineyard Ferries
Hadley, MA, at Asbestos Farm, w/Landowner
Aug 31 -- Martha's Vineyard Ferries
Montpelier, VT, at Monpelier Performing Arts Hub, w/Anachronist
Sept 1 -- Martha's Vineyard Ferries
Portland, ME, at Tandem Coffee, w/Company Lite featuring Stephanie Rabins
Sept 2 -- Martha's Vineyard Ferries
Keene, NH, at Nova Arts, w/Wet Tuna; tickets here
Sept 3 -- Martha's Vineyard Ferries
Brooklyn, NY, at Union Pool, w/Scrawl and Taxidermists; tickets here
Sept 5 -- Martha's Vineyard Ferries
Catskill, NY, at Dromefest (see below)
Sept 4-6 -- Come; Consonant; Martha's Vineyard Ferries
Catskill, NY, at Dromfest 2026. Chris will be performing with the bands Come, Consonant, and Martha's Vineyard Ferries at this three-day festival. He will also join Beth Kaplan on her set. 25 bands are playing including Wussy, Via, Barbara Manning, and Scrawl. See the full size poster here. More information and tickets here.
Sept 17 -- Chris Brokaw and Tanya Donelly
Gloucester, MA, at The Cut. Tanya Donelly presents the 20th anniversary reissue of her album THIS HUNGRY LIFE performed by the original band + some extra luminaries (Rich Gilber, Joe McMahon, Dean Fisher, Arthur Johnson, Carrie Bradley); opening set by Donelly/Brokaw duo performing brand new material and songs from their medieval record 'The Undone Is Done Again', released April 17 2026.
Sept 18 -- Chris Brokaw and Tanya Donelly
East Greenwich, RI, at Odeum. Tanya Donelly presents the 20th anniversary reissue of her album THIS HUNGRY LIFE performed by the original band + some extra luminaries (Rich Gilber, Joe McMahon, Dean Fisher, Arthur Johnson, Carrie Bradley); opening set by Donelly/Brokaw duo performing brand new material and songs from their medieval record 'The Undone Is Done Again', released April 17 2026.
Sept 19 -- Chris Brokaw and Tanya Donelly
Somerville, MA, at The Burren (two shows). Tanya Donelly presents the 20th anniversary reissue of her album THIS HUNGRY LIFE performed by the original band + some extra luminaries (Rich Gilber, Joe McMahon, Dean Fisher, Arthur Johnson, Carrie Bradley); opening set by Donelly/Brokaw duo performing brand new material and songs from their medieval record 'The Undone Is Done Again', released April 17 2026.
Oct 10 -- Chris Brokaw Solo
Austin, TX, at 04 Center, opening for Chris Smither; tickets here
Oct 14 -- Chris Brokaw and Tanya Donelly
Medford, MA, at Deep Cuts, opening for Roger Clark Miller (Mission of Burma) for his solo record release; tickets and info here
Chris Brokaw and Tanya Donelly -- Europe 2026
Nov 2026
Chris and Tanya Donelly (Throwing Muses, Belly) have a new record of medieval pieces for vocal and electric guitar -- 'The Undone Is Done Again' was released April 17 2026. They'll be performing new stuff, old jams, and songs from the record.
Nov 12 -- Chris Brokaw and Tanya Donelly
Gent, Belgium, at Kunsthal
Nov 13 -- Chris Brokaw and Tanya Donelly
Haarlem, Netherlands, at Patronaat. Tickets here.
Nov 16 -- Chris Brokaw and Tanya Donelly
Dublin, Ireland, at National Concert Hall, w/Vanishing Lakes, which includes Matthew Nolan (with whom Chris has done a number of live scores for Peter Hutton films). Tickets here.
Chris is teaching guitar and drums by video and in person. Email him at redcities2002@yahoo.com for details.
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UK import, limited edition yellow vinyl (unlimited black vinyl to follow). For sale at Chris' Bandcamp, along with two test pressings, signed by Chris and Tanya.
Brooklyn Vegan: “'Medieval purists be forewarned, we go where we want,' Tanya and Chris note, and these four songs are haunting, closer to something like Dead Can Dance or Cocteau Twins than anything that would’ve existed in the 6th century.”
The duo has begun playing out: Northeast U.S. in April, with plans for additional shows in the U.S. and abroad. Listen and read more here.
ALSO NOW OUT: NEW MUSIC BY LUPO CITTA: The trio's second LP, 'Inverno,' was released April 24, 2026, on 12XU Records of Austin, Texas.
"Uncompromising minimalist indie rock" ... "trash punk" ... "turning isolation into invective and anxiety into introspection."
Lupo Citta is Jennifer Gori, Sarah Black, and Chris Brokaw. Listen and purchase at Lupo Citta Bandcamp and at 12XU.
ACCOLADES FOR CHRIS' NEWEST SOLO ALBUM: Chris' "Ghost Ship" was celebrated in end-of-year best-of lists by ExitMusic of France (which named it #14 of the year), Thurston Moore (#68), and Sun 13 of the UK (#3).
The record was released April 20, 2025. Chris has been celebrating over the past year with solo shows in Italy, France, Mexico, Germany, and Scandinavia, and in the U.S. with his trio, the Chris Brokaw Rock Band, with Clint Conley and Luther Gray.
“Ghost Ship” is a landscape meditation (at sea) for vocals and electric guitars. It comes four years after his rock juggernaut “Puritan.” “I set out to make an 8 song statement like 'Desert Shore' or 'Raw Power', but it became a 9 song...something else,” says Chris. “I've described it to friends as 'Twin Peaks-ish' but that feels only part right.” Read more and purchase at the 12XU Bandcamp site. The album is available as an LP (grey vinyl or black vinyl, with a digital download) or just a digital download.
Codeine -- with original band members Stephen Immerwahr, John Engle, and Chris Brokaw -- performed their first ever shows in South American (Santiago, Chile, and Sao Paulo, Brazil) in October 2025. This follows shows in 2024-25 in the US Midwest, Canada, and first-ever dates in Australia, Japan, and Mexico. The band had an exhilarating 2023 touring Europe, the U.K., and the East and West Coasts of the US. The shows have been in celebration of "Dessau," a previously unreleased studio album from 1992. It came out September 9, 2022 on Numero Group. It's for sale at Numero Group and at the Codeine Bandcamp page.
Codeine in Berlin, Sept 1 2023
A profile in The Guardian noted "the glacial pleasures of slowcore." NPR says that when it was created, "There was quite simply nothing else like it."
The New Yorker writes, "During its original incarnation, in the early-nineties underground, the doom-laden New York band Codeine issued two LPs, “Frigid Stars” and “The White Birch.” Listen to Stephen Immerwahr’s dour poetry, John Engle’s tolling guitars, and Chris Brokaw’s glacial drumming, and picture falling snow." Treble says “Dessau is the band’s codex, a monument to their own aural navigation of sadness, contemplative, crushing, and finally complete.” See Codeine's full discography. Chris said of 'Dessau': “It was heartbreaking, for me anyway, when we shelved it. I thought it was the best thing we'd done.”
The newest 7" by The Martha's Vineyard Ferries was released Feb 28, 2025. “Decorations” b/w “Context” is available at a variety of services for purchase or streaming.
Reuss Musical Instruments (Copenhagen) released a third run of Chris' guitar pedal, the Reuss RECIDIVIST Chris Brokaw signature pedal. All the circuitry and sounds are the same on this third batch; a couple of tweaks include staggered knob layout, and inputs on top rather than sides (better for pedal board real estate concerns). All three editions have sold out.
Chris scored the newest film by Julia Halperin and Jason Cortlund, "Crookedfinger." It was presented at the Independent Film Festival of Boston in May 2024, among other festivals. This is the third film Chris has scored for Julia and Jason. The others are "Now Forager" and "Barracuda," a 2017 feature film that was nominated for the SXSW Gamechanger Award and the SXSW Grand Jury Award. Chris is currently scoring for a new HENI TALK titled "Nam June Paik: We Are In Open Circuits," by director Roddy Bogawa. HENI Talks are short films with insights about art history from leading experts. Chris and Roddy previously collaborated on films with Jonas Mekas on Andy Warhol, Ashley Bickerton on Gaugin, and Hal Foster on Cindy Sherman. See Chris' other movie work.
With the rerelease of "ELEVEN:ELEVEN" on April 20, 2024, Fire Records of London has now reissued the entire catalog of Come, the Boston-based band that toured the globe in the 1990s. "ELEVEN:ELEVEN" was the band's debut, from 1992.
Come in Boston, May 13 2023
"NEAR LIFE EXPERIENCE" (from 1996) was released June 2, 2023 and includes 3 extra songs (which Chris says "I think not only compliment but complete the album"). It joins "GENTLY DOWN THE STREAM" (from 1998), released April 22; "PEEL SESSIONS" recorded live at the BBC in 1992 and 1993, which came out in 2022; and the first reissue, "DON'T ASK DON'T TELL" (from 1994), which came out in 2021.
The original lineup of the band (Thalia Zedek, Arthur Johnson, Sean O’Brien, and Chris) regrouped to celebrate the releases and spent much of 2023 touring Europe, the UK, and the US. They played four shows in May 2026.Chris played drums on "Austere" by Ativin, with Dan Burton (Early Day Miners) and Chris Carothers (Hunting People, Grizzly Daughter), and a guest appearance by Alison Chesley. The record was released June 23, 2023, on Joyful Noise. Listen to a track and buy it here. They worked together in New Orleans and recorded in Chicago with Steve Albini producing.
Chris traveled to Norway in June 2022 to perform at a small festival at a decommissioned power station in Florli. He returned to play at the June 2025 festival. A recording of the 2022 show, "LIVE AT THE DECOMMISSIONED POWER STATION IN FLORLI, NORWAY," was released by 12XU January 19, 2023. The cassette (limited edition, 150) and digital download are for sale at 12XU's Bandcamp. "As 'post covid rejuvenation get togethers' go this one was pretty great," Chris writes. "The tape a good memento to an inspiring weekend." Watch a short video clip of the performance.
LUPO CITTA "INVERNO" lp -- 12XU, April 24, 2026 – Second album by Sarah Black, Chris Brokaw, Jenn Gori. Chris writes: “New times, new songs. ‘The sun is setting on the life we knew and rising on the ashes of our failed nation state, I took a nap at dawn cuz that's the only time now when I can't stop sleeping’, bennvenuti nell'INVERNO. … Written and recorded all over the place over many months. Jenn and I sang together on almost all of it. I wrote a lot more of the tunes than on the first album.” Listen and purchase at Lupo Citta Bandcamp and at 12XU.
PULLMAN "III" lp -- Western Vinyl, Jan 9, 2026 – Pullman's debut was "Turnstyles & Junkpiles" (1998), followed by "Viewfinder" (2001). Now 25 years later, they’ve released their third album. Pullman is Douglas McCombs, Chris Brokaw, Tim Barnes, Curtis Harvey, and Bundy K. Brown. Listen to 'Bray' on YouTube. Listen to a podcast interview with the band. Read an interview in SPIN with Brown. Songs for this new collaboration were recorded between 2021 and 2023. Read more at Western Vinyl and buy the record at Pullman's Bandcamp, either as a digital download or limited edition vinyl.
CHRIS BROKAW "GHOST SHIP" lp -- 12XU, April 28, 2025 –- Four years after his rock juggernaut PURITAN, Chris delivers GHOST SHIP, a landscape meditation (at sea) for vocals and electric guitars. "Ghost Ship is him out on the end of a decrepit pier in the misty bay, his electric guitar somehow powered by the ocean of tears shed to classic 4AD records."—yellowredgreen.com. "I felt like I was hearing something that was cascading through itself in a rare sequence of revelations, unfolding movement after movement like Satie’s Trois Mélodies or Talk Talk’s Laughing Stock."—Mitchell Rasor. Available as lp with download code or as digital album. Read more and purchase here.
COME "ELEVEN: ELEVEN" lp -- Fire Records, April 20, 2024 – Deluxe reissue of Come’s debut album from 1992. Includes the ‘Fast Piss Blues’ single and its flipside, a cover of The Rolling Stones’ ‘I Got the Blues’. Also includes a download link to ‘Live At Vermonstress Festival’ recorded November 1992. “Like watching someone howl into a rainstorm.”--Entertainment Weekly. Read more and purchase here. With this release, Fire Records has now reissued the entire catalog of Come.
LUPO CITTÁ "LUPO CITTÁ" lp -- 12XU Records, January 12, 2024 – Debut album of Boston-based trio Jennifer Gori (drums and vocals), Sarah Black (guitar and bass), and Chris Brokaw (guitar and vocals). In a June 2024 review, Aquarium Drunkard's "Best Of 2024 So Far" praised their "gothy, surfy, rock-and-roll havoc," writing that the record "weds Brokaw's incendiary leads with Gori's dream-haunted vocals and Black's surreal guitar/bass atmospherics, the ghosts of Link Wray and the Ventures looking on in approval." Read more and purchase at 12XU.
COME "NEAR LIFE EXPERIENCE" lp -- Fire Records, June 2, 2023 -- Originally out in 1996, now with 3 bonus tracks from the same era. Includes new liner notes and photographs. Limited edition pink vinyl. CMJ New Music Monthly says: "Near-Life Experience is heavier, and at the same time prettier, than Come has ever sounded." With Chris Brokaw (guitar/vocals), Thalia Zedek (guitar/vocals), Mac McNeilly (drums), Bundy K. Brown (bass), Kevin Coultas (drums), and Tara Jane O’Neil (bass).
COME "GENTLY DOWN THE STREAM" double lp -- Fire Records, April 22, 2023 -- Originally released in 1998, the band for this record is Chris Brokaw (guitar/vocals), Thalia Zedek (guitar/vocals), Winston Bramen (bass), and Daniel Coughlin (drums). Reissue on 2 lps, 180g vinyl, gatefold sleeve, new liner notes. Edition of 1000 copies. Includes digital download.
CHRIS BROKAW "LIVE AT THE DECOMMISSIONED POWER STATION IN FLORLI, NORWAY" cassette and digital download -- 12XU, January 19, 2023 -- This transcendent solo electric set was recorded June 2022 at Rimi/Imir's fest in Florli, Norway. Edition of 150. Available at Chris' Bandcamp page.
CODEINE "DESSAU" lp and digital download -- Numero Group, September 9, 2022 -- "Dessau" is a previously unreleased studio album from 1992 featuring Codeine's original line up of Stephen Immerwahr, John Engle, and Chris. “The sound, which typified the slowcore indie-rock subgenre, is so chilling, precise, and beguilingly extreme — shy, then crashing — that it recalibrates the vast spaces around each inquisitive note,” says The New Yorker. Available in a variety of vinyl colors (Barely Green, Sea Blue, Smoking Room, black) as well as cassette and digital download.
SUNSET TO THE SEA "LOT COP" cassette and digital download -- Tape Drift, March 4, 2022 -- This duo of Chris and Jeff Barsky weaves "a heavy and dense magic, with repetition and depth...[and] a crackly warmth and humanity." Studio recording, made in Maryland, guitars and electronics. For sale at Chris' Bandcamp.
COME "PEEL SESSIONS" lp -- Fire Records, February 25, 2022 -- Live sessions recorded for the BBC's John Peel in 1992 and 1993 showcasing "the magnificent guitar interplay between Chris Brokaw (Codeine) and Thalia Zedek (Live Skull)." Second release of Come's catalog, in a project running through 2023. Details here.
COME "DON'T ASK DON'T TELL" double lp/double cd -- Fire Records, October 22, 2021 -- This is the first release of the reissue of Come's entire catalog from the 1990s. The package includes the 1994 album, extra singles, b-sides, and a few previously unreleased gems from that era. The reissue landed on "Best of 2021" lists, with MOJO giving the reissue four stars. Read more at Pitchfork and Fire Records.
CHRIS BROKAW "PURITAN" lp, cassette, and digital download -- 12XU, January 15, 2021 -- Many years in the making, "Puritan" is Chris' first all-out rock album since 2012's "Gambler's Ecstasy." It features bassist Dave Carlson and drummer Pete Koeplin. LP and cassette for sale at Chris' Bandcamp page; digital at 12XU. Read about Puritan.
THE MARTHA'S VINEYARD FERRIES "SUNS OUT GUNS OUT" lp and digital download -- EJRC, February 26, 2021 -- Third release by guitarist/vocalist Elisha Wiesner (Kahoots), bassist/vocalist Bob Weston (Shellac, Mission Of Burma) and drummer/vocalist Chris Brokaw. The Ferries' Bandcamp page includes videos and links.
CHRIS BROKAW AND GEOFF FARINA "ALL OUT & DOWN" lp -- Landland Colportage, 2021 -- A 2016 collaboration of guitars and vocals by Chris and Geoff Farina (Karate). This reissue is a deluxe silkscreened edition, the 3rd version of the album, created by Dan Black and Landland Colportage. The album includes covers of the Carter Family, Gun Club and more. Numbered edition of 145 copies; for sale at Landland.
CHRIS BROKAW "END OF THE NIGHT" lp and cd -- VDSQ and tak:til/Glitterbeat, May 24, 2019 -- Chris and Steve Lowenthal came up with the idea: create the perfect last record of the night. Chris explains the evolution. MOJO gave the record 4 stars ("pensive mood-mastery") and Uncut hailed its "flinty, deep-breathing guitar." For sale at VDSQ (U.S., LP) and tak:til/Glitterbeat (Europe, CD, and digital). Read about End of the Night.
LEMONHEADS "VARSHONS 2" cd and lp -- Fire Records, February, 2019 -- As with "Varshons 1," this album is a set of covers of 13 artists, from Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds to Lucinda Williams. Chris played guitar on the album, including "Can't Forget" by Yo La Tengo. Track list here.
"CHARNEL GROUND" lp -- 12XU, April 6, 2018 -- Charnel Ground's debut release was recorded in Brooklyn, NY, and features Kid Millions (Oneida/Boredoms) on drums, Chris on electric guitar, and James McNew (Yo La Tengo) on bass and organ. Listen on Bandcamp. Described as going from “white-hot feedback” to “sunshine-infused pop numbers.” For sale here with download code. Read about Charnel Ground.
CHRIS BROKAW "THE HAND THAT WROTE THIS LETTER" cd -- Capitan Records, November 28, 2017 -- A friend asked Chris to play her wedding, requesting David Bowie and Prince covers. Chris turned some of their songs into classical guitar instrumentals and decided to make an album. Tracks include THE MAN WHO SOLD THE WORLD, I WOULD DIE 4 U, and CONTROVERSY. Read about The Hand That Wrote This Letter.
Chris' Bandcamp page sells many of these recordings along with other lp's, cd's, test pressings, limited edition posters, and other miscellany.