Come Australia Mini Tour 2025
February 2025
COME (Thalia Zedek, Chris Brokaw, Sean O'Brien, Arthur Johnson) is thrilled to be playing three shows in Australia with ALAN SPARHAWK (Low) and CIRCUIT DES YEUX in February 2025. Tickets are on sale now!
Feb 13, 2025 -- Come
Sydney, Australia, at Oxford Art Factor, w/ Alan Sparhawk + Circuit Des Yeux; tickets on sale here
Feb 14 -- Come
Brisbane, Australia, at Crowbar, w/ Alan Sparhawk + Circuit Des Yeux; tickets on sale here
Feb 15 -- Come
Melbourne, Australia, at Northcote Social Club, w/ Alan Sparhawk + Circuit Des Yeux; tickets on sales here
Lupo Citta with the Avengers
March 2025
LUPO CITTA (Jennifer Gori, Sarah Black, and Chris Brokaw) is thrilled to be playing four shows with the AVENGERS.
March 6 -- Lupo Citta
Cambridge, MA, at The Middle East, w/ Avengers
March 7 -- Lupo Citta
Brooklyn, NY, at Gold Sounds, w/ Avengers
March 8 -- Lupo Citta
Philadelphia, PA, at Nikki Lopez, w/ Avengers
March 9 -- Lupo Citta
Washington, DC, at Comet Ping Pong, w/ Avengers
March 15 -- Chris Brokaw (solo)
Cambridge, MA at Lilypad, w/ w/Robert Poss + Martha Swetzoff. This is the first solo electric guitar show in decades in Boston by Robert Poss (Band of Susans); guitar, vocals + video by Martha Swetzoff (Bound + Gagged); and solo set by Chris. They all share the pedigree of having played with Rhys Chatham; the night might finish with a mini version of 'Guitar Trio'. 7-10pm. Advance tickets $15 Venmo: @Christopher-Brokaw-2 or PayPal: chrisbrokaw@yahoo.com (friends + family setting please).
Chris Brokaw Solo Japan
March 2025
Chris is excited to be traveling to Japan for two solo shows in late March.
March 23 -- Chris Brokaw (solo)
Tokyo, Japan, at Fever, w/ Karate
March 24, 2025 -- Chris Brokaw (solo)
Tokyo, Japan, at Fever, w/ Rob Noyes + Texas 3000
Chris Brokaw European Tour
April 2025
Chris is bringing his solo show to Europe in April for five shows in Italy and two in France. More European shows likely to follow in Fall 2025.
April 15 -- Chris Brokaw (solo)
Genoa, Italy, at Cinemino Ad Astra
April 16 -- Chris Brokaw (solo)
Firenze, Italy, at Circolo Arci Progresso
April 17 -- Chris Brokaw (solo)
Faenza, Italy, at Clan Destino
April 18 -- Chris Brokaw (solo)
Parma, Italy, at Borgo Santa Brigida
April 20 -- Chris Brokaw (solo)
Perugia, Italy, at T-Trane
April 25 -- Chris Brokaw (solo)
Tours, France, at Super 9
April 26 -- Chris Brokaw (solo)
Paris, France, at Supersonic Records
May 17 -- Chris Brokaw (solo)
Jamaica Plain, MA, at Streetcar, w/Kathy Snax (CHRIS BROKAW RECORD RELEASE SHOW)
Chris began playing solo in late 1999. His shows feature solo electric guitar and tambourine, vocals, and acoustic guitar. His solo records include "Red Cities" (2002), "Wandering as Water" (2003), "My Confidante + 3" (2004), the original film score "I was Born, But. . ." (2004), "Incredible Love" (2005), "Canaris" (2008), "VDSQ Solo Acoustic Volume Three" (2009), "Gambler's Ecstasy" (2012), "'Now, Forager' Soundtrack" (2014), "The Periscope Twins" (2015), "The Hand That Wrote This Letter" (2017), "The End Of The Night" (2019), and "Puritan" (2021). He occasionally performs as the CHRIS BROKAW ROCK BAND with a variety of musicians -- including, in 2024, Luther Gray on drums and Clint Conley on bass.
To quote The New Yorker: "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." In 2022, a previously unheard session recorded between the two LPs, called "Dessau," was released by Numero Group. Codeine has returned to performing in 2023 to celebrate "Dessau." Follow Codeine on Instagram.
Chris recorded and performed with Come from 1991 through 1999, releasing a body of work on Sub Pop and Matador Records and performing around the world. Fire Records of London, England, is reissuing Come's entire catalog in a project running from 2021 to 2023. The band's original lineup of Chris (guitar and vocals), Thalia Zedek (guitar and vocals), Sean O'Brien (bass), and Arthur Johnson (drums) has reunited for shows to celebrate the reissues.
Formed in 2022, Lupo Citta is a punk rock trio of Jennifer Gori (drums and vocals), Sarah Black (guitar), and Chris Brokaw (guitar). The band recorded its first LP in January 2023 with Pete Weiss at Bluetone Studio, Somerville, and it was released on 12XU Records of Austin, Texas, in January 2024.
MVF is a punk rock trio of Elisha Weisner (Kahoots) on guitar + vocals, Bob Weston (Shellac + Mission of Burma) on bass + vocals, and Chris on drums + vocals. Their 2010 record, "IN THE POND" is a 4 song, 1-sided 12" ep, with etching on side 2 by their pal Rosie. Their 2013 "MASS GRAVE" lp and cd is on Kiam and African Tape Records. Their most recent relase is "Suns Out Guns Out" (2021). Listen and buy at Kiam and at MVF on Bandcamp.
COME (Thalia Zedek, Chris Brokaw, Sean O'Brien, Arthur Johnson) was thrilled to play the band's first ever shows in Australia, in February 2025
LUPO CITTA (Jen Gori, Sarah Black, and Chris Brokaw) played four shows with OG SF punks AVENGERS
Chris was invited to Tokyo, Japan, to play two solo shows in March, 2025