Matt Joyce w/ Tim Schweiger - $5

Art in the cafe...

Laurel Statz


"The Spectator"


December 2025



Laurel Statz is a painter and Madison area native. Her work, while figurative, is influenced by abstraction and minimalism. The paintings often have a quick and instinctual nature, capturing just what’s needed. While she often times herself to eliminate extra details and over-precision, she has ventured into more detailed works as well. Laurel does not attach narrative to her pieces. Rather, she thinks of them like a journaling process for her scatter-brained psyche. The figures in the pieces are meant to be processing tools for the artist and the viewer. She hopes that seeing these figures helps the...
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Friday, December 12, 2008

MATT JOYCE lives in a chronologically distant world where precise song structures, jangling guitars and tight vocal harmonies ruled the day. Big Star, The Byrds, The Kinks and The Zombies are regular touchstones. A mix of crisp '60s melodies garnished with manic energy and occasional country flourishes. Matt can also be seen/heard in The Midwest Beat and The Grizzlies.

TIM SCHWEIGER writes genuinely honest songs about loneliness and freindship. His influences range from Paul Westerberg to Bruce Springsteen. He is currently the frontman for Tim Schweiger & the Middle Men and was previously with The Obsoletes, Yesterday's Kids, as well as a short stint drumming for The Blueheels. Tim has toured the country extensively and shared the stage with Superdrag, The Figgs, Screeching Weasel and Old 97's, to name a few.

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