Nick Whetro of Icarus Himself solo w/ Jentri Colello - $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, September 9, 2011

\"It\'s beautiful in its pretty green-glassed bottle for much of the time and then it gets all over the place. We knew it would happen. We knew it would get messy - beautifully messy with the ghosts of the past, with the ghosts of the present and with the lingering last words.\"-Daytrotter

\"a carefully considered pop gem....A-\"-Onion A/V Club

\"this is the elephant man meets once upon a time in the west. it\'s a highly-stylized, intricate production.\" - Pop Sucker

--lost Bowie demo tape overdubbed with acid confessions.- That should warm you up for (Nick) Whetro-s eleven-track, half-hour romp and prepare you for what first feels like alt-country experiments with a lunatic wailing at the back.- -cokemachineglow

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Jentri Colello:
\"One of the best things brewing in Wisconsin.\"-Muzzle of Bees

\"Jentri Colello takes over a room completely.\"-The Isthmus

\"Colello and band actually know how to create a mood with grace and starkness.\"- The Onion A/V Club