Home of The Vauxhalls.
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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