Music Events in Rock Island

**TAKAAT** (pronounced tuh-cot), meaning “noise” in the Tuareg language Tamashek, is the trio of Ahmoudou Madassane, Mikey Coltun, and Souleymane Ibrahim, also known as the rhythm section of Mdou Moctar. TAKAAT is sonic chaos, improvisation, freedom of exploration, and the punk styles of bands such as Fugazi and Unwound, all mixed together with the guitar music from the Sahel. They will be playing as a duo for this tour. **Glurge**'s music has been described as scary and cinematic, with bizarre chord changes laid atop droning organs and explosive, tympani-like drums. Their songs are short and manic, encapsulating the feeling of a small bug trying to crawl out of the sink. **Friendless** is a new solo project of drummer and percussionist Jon Mueller, developed from his duo with Andrew Fitzpatrick, called Friend. Refined to just acoustic drums, Friendless focuses on a similar flow of rapidly shifting time signatures over a pulsing and inviting core tempo, resulting in energetic rhythms that share elements of traditional folk music and modern electronic music in performance and feel.