Chris is thrilled to present an album of new music from Codeine and to be performing with original band members Stephen Immerwahr and John Engle.

The band quickly sold out its two February 2023 shows in NYC (photos of those shows here). Codeine will be performing in LA, Philadelphia, DC, NY, and Cambridge in April 2023.

"Dessau" is a previously unreleased studio album from 1992. It was released September 9, 2022 by Numero Group. It's for sale at Numero Group and at the Codeine Bandcamp page.

The New Yorker wrote, "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."

NPR notes the originality of the music when it was created: "There was quite simply nothing else like it."

Treble says “Dessau is the band’s codex, a monument to their own aural navigation of sadness, contemplative, crushing, and finally complete.”

Additional Codeine dates are in the works for later this year. Codeine info here.

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In a project running from 2021 to 2023, Fire Records of London is reissuing the entire catalog of Come, the Boston-based band that recorded and toured the globe in the 1990s.

Scheduled for reissue in 2023 are Come's "GENTLY DOWN THE STREAM" and "NEAR LIFE EXPERIENCE."

Come performed throughout Europe and the US in 2022 to celebrate the releases (watch a performance of 'Finish Line'). Come continues its touring in May and June 2023 in the US, Europe, and the UK.

The first reissue, DON'T ASK DON'T TELL (from 1994), came out in 2021. PEEL SESSIONS recorded live at the BBC in 1992 and 1993, came out in 2022.

This review says the Peel session material "showcases of the magnificent guitar interplay between Chris Brokaw (Codeine) and Thalia Zedek (Live Skull)."

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Chris began playing drums in a new trio last year called Lupo Citta. The band recorded its first LP in January 2023 with Pete Weiss at Bluetone Studio, Somerville.

Lupo Citta is Jennifer Gori, Sarah Black, and Chris Brokaw.

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Chris traveled to Norway in June 2022 to perform a solo electric show at a small festival at a decommissioned power station in Florli, about an hour from Stavangar.

Chris writes: "The 'festival' turned out to be more like an artists' retreat, combined with the wedding of Iver and Marit. My involvement was kinda last minute but I was very happy to be there. I met some great artists, experienced some cool and unusual performances; and played 2 solo sets, one electric in this giant decommissioned power plant, and one acoustic in the living room of a cabin. Both were thrilling for me; my new friend Jim Dawson recorded the electric one. This tape is that whole performance. As 'post covid rejuvenation get togethers' go this one was pretty great; the tape a good memento to an inspiring weekend."

The recording was released by 12XU January 19, 2023. Cassette (limited edition, 150) and digital download, both for sale at 12XU's Bandcamp.

Watch a short video clip of the performance by Victoria Heggelund.

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Chris is currently at work scoring a new film by Julia Halperin and Jason Cortlund, "Crookedfinger."

Chris' other movie work includes Halperin and Cortlund's "Barracuda," a 2017 feature film that was nominated for the SXSW Gamechanger Award and the SXSW Grand Jury Award.

Chris composed the score for "Buck Run," which premiered at the 2019 Palm Springs International Film Festival. It's directed by Nick Frangione and stars James Le Gros. Watch the trailer.

Variety says: "The drifting electric guitar of Chris Brokaw’s score further amplifies a timelessly melancholy air."

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Reuss Musical Instruments of Copenhagen has collaborated with Chris on a guitar pedal, the Reuss Recidivist Chris Brokaw signature pedal.

Both the first edition and second editions have sold out, but there are plans for a third batch, hopefully later in 2023.

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Other projects: Chris' duo with Jeff Barsky, Sunset To The Sea, released its second cassette, "LOT COP," in 2022. Find it at Chris' Bandcamp page.

Chris and Jeff's first tape, from 2016, is long out of print but available as a digital download. "There’s a bleak dystopian feel in places that recalls the most probing and exploratory corners of industrial zones, but also a crackly warmth and humanity that only two skilled improvisers like these could add. Dark and hypnotic in the best way possible."

Chris was recruited to play drums with Dan Burton and Chris Carothers, who since 1994 have been making music under the name Ativin. They worked together in New Orleans and then recorded in Chicago in December 2021, with Steve Albini producing.

In another project called Dark Money, Chris plays drums and bass with Mark Morgan (guitar) and Greg Kelley (trumpet). The band recorded and mixed its first batch of music at Oddfellows in Weymouth, MA, in October 2021.

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