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Home of The Vauxhalls.

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Welcome to The Crumper, home of The Vauxhalls. Tucked away in a crumbling, graffiti-riddled building, The Vauxhalls —Adriano D’Agnillo, Ben Koblmiller, Jacob Lloyd, and Kaja Kolar—a power pop band with a midwest twang, spend their time and cash shaping their sound. Formed in November 2023, the band’s members are all students, some work, some don’t. Rent is due on the first. Empty beer cans rattle when the bass kicks, old show posters peel from the walls—a collage of memories. The windows are cracked, the air is stale, and the rent is cheap. This is The Crumper—a DIY practice space and venue founded by Brett Martin and Emma Sharpe. Noise seeps through the walls in a collision of fluorescent hums and nickel-plated strings. Out back by the train tracks, the ground is littered with cigarette butts and the remnants of last night’s gig. It’s far from perfect, but for The Vauxhalls and countless others, it’s home—one of the last places in the city where music is made for the sake of making i...
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Found Still Life

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Mile-End, March. 18, 2025. A dumpster, decorated with detritus and spray can tattoos. Hidden in the alleyways, where garbage becomes art and  art becomes garbage. (Photo by Aaron Bauman/Concordia University Advanced PJ Class) Mile-End, March. 18, 2025. On the first sunny day of spring, Montreal's  bicycles reveal themselves after the record 74cm snowfall.  Some broken, some battered, some still in shock wrapped in cloaks. (Photo by Aaron Bauman/Concordia University Advanced PJ Class) Mile-End, March. 18, 2025. Business in the front, party in the back. A bicycle torn in two by snowplows, laid to rest in a rainbow cascade. (Photo by Aaron Bauman/Concordia University Advanced PJ Class) Mile-End, March. 18, 2025. Walk-in's accepted, ages 18+. (Photo by Aaron Bauman/Concordia University Advanced PJ Class) Mile-End, March. 18, 2025. A recycling bin, dressed to impress.  Patiently waiting for it's dance with the trash man. (Photo by Aaron Bauman/Concordia University Advance...
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Events

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La Biu.  Feb. 9, 2025. The outside of La Biu, an underground DIY venue.  Not on any maps —to come here, ask a punk. (Photo by Aaron Bauman/Concordia University Advanced PJ Class) La Biu.  Feb. 9, 2025. Smoke Spell performs a last minute folk punk  show on Superbowl Sunday. Jason Lariviere on stand up base,  Krystle Mckillop on lead vocals and guitar, Patrick Gillet on lead guitar and  Gabriel Lecompte on drums. (Photo by Aaron Bauman/Concordia University Advanced PJ Class) La Biu.  Feb. 9, 2025. Feet dangle from the rafters of La Biu as they watch Smoke Spell perform. (Photo by Aaron Bauman/Concordia University Advanced PJ Class) La Biu.  Feb. 9, 2025. Frontman Matthew Edens smokes a cigarette while playing his resonator guitar. His band, Yes Ma'am, hails from New Orleans. (Photo by Aaron Bauman/Concordia University Advanced PJ Class) La Biu.  Feb. 9, 2025. 1/2 of Yes Ma'am's 4 person band performs for La Biu. (Photo by Aaron Bauman...
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Adrian D'agnillo, Portrait #3 (bonus)

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Adrian D'Agnillo.  Jan. 28, 2025. Vocals, backing guitar, lapsteel and song writer for The Vauxhalls. (Photo by Aaron Bauman/Concordia University Advanced PJ Class) Jan. 28, 2025. Adrian D'Agnillo sits in The Crumper a DIY venue and practice space. Two weeks  prior he performed for 200 people in the same space. (Photo by Aaron Bauman/Concordia University Advanced PJ Class) Jan. 28, 2025.  Adrian D'Agnillo peers around the corner of the hallways in the  building which hosts The Crumper, searching for a place to shoot an  album cover for The Vauxhalls upcoming self titled album. (Photo by Aaron Bauman/Concordia University Advanced PJ Class)  
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Ahmad El-Zammar, Portrait #2

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  Jan. 29, 2025. Ahmad El-Zammar stands in front of his disheveled bed and busy walls. In 48 hours his flight to Lebanon departs, marking a departure from his life in  Montréal in order to finish his law degree and help rebuild Lebanon after the war. (Photo by Aaron Bauman /Concordia University Advanced PJ Class) Taking in the final moments before packing away the rest of his belongings.  Ahmad El-Zammar, Jan. 29, 2025.  (Photo by Aaron Bauman /Concordia University Advanced PJ Class) Jan. 29, 2025.  Ahmad El-Zammar stands pensive, in front of the bedroom wall that  separated us as roommates for years. A kaleidoscopic collage of memories,  too big to fit inside his only suitcase which stands behind him (Photo by Aaron Bauman /Concordia University Advanced PJ Class)
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Kaja Kolar, Portrait #1

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Jan. 28, 2025. Kaja Kolar of The Vauxhalls poses with a prop  head left behind by other artists residing in  The Crumper, A DIY  venue and practice space.  (Photo by Aaron Bauman /Concordia University Advanced PJ Class) Jan. 28, 2025.  Kaja Kolar drummer for The Vauxhalls switches to her symbols  on the shared studio drum set. In The Crumper , an inexpensive practice space and venue, everything is shared. (Photo by Aaron Bauman /Concordia University Advanced PJ Class) Illuminated by a blown out window of the stairwell, Kaja Kolar stands lead to the silhouettes  of her bandmates. During the day, their practice space, The Crumper operates as a machine shop  and manufacturer, at night it is host to artists studios, venues, and band practices. Jan. 28, 2025. (Photo by Aaron Bauman /Concordia University Advanced PJ Class)
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Guadalajara, Oct. 2023

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