The Jokes w/ Brother Rye - $6

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 14, 2012

The Jokes: The Jokes actually sorta rule. There\'s one side of us that fully appreciates the greatness of dudes like Tom Petty or The Rolling Stones, but we\'re not revivalists or anything. We also have kind of a Ty Segall, Pixies side to what we\'re doing. Sometimes we play noise, sometimes go for a Velvet Underground type sound. We also like country. Actually, it\'s sort of up in the air what you might hear at a Jokes show. We sort of wing it. It usually turns out.

Brother Rye: Brother Rye plays Americana driven by slide guitar and rock sensibility. They have found the perfect blend of Delta blues, country, and folk styles, leading them to their well-tailored sound.