Cribshitter + Pollinators
Doors 7PM / Show 8PM
$10ADV / $15DOS
Ween-influenced genre hoppers, Cribshitter is Madison, Wisconsin's premier fog machine-forward soft rock act. No one in their right state of mind could’ve possibly seen the first iteration of Madison’s most unapologetically unhinged band and predicted they’d be one of the most enduring acts the city would have throughout the 2000s, 2010s, and into the 2020s.
What started out as a near-parody of pop bands has turned into a seriously ambitious musical effort spiked with loads of obscure cultural references that will make you laugh. Cribshitter could well be Madison’s Flight of the Conchords.
Steve Albini once called them “Einstein-level geniuses.” And in 2024 the Mayor of Madison officially declared June 14th “Cribshitter Day” and gave them a key to the city (which they misguidedly cut in half thinking it was a ribbon cutting ceremony).
“It’s a rare band that can have a tuba-driven track called “Whippin’ Shitties” and simultaneously play most other bands off the stage.”
Pollinators are an indie rock trio with pop sensibilities who are celebrating the 10th year of the band. Formed in 2015 by Tom Teslik on guitar, Matt Magnusson on drums, and Cole Haman on bass, the band explored love and loss through minimalistic pop song writing on their debut EP Self Addressed Envelope. In 2019 their first full length album Return Home came out on a crowdsourced LP, and in 2022 the follow up Good Ear.