2020 explodes into new sonic territory with a double-bill show featuring creative music explorer Corey Thuro and "Not-Jazz" ensemble ¡FIASCO! — who are celebrating the release of their debut album.

Like always, the loft gets going at 7 p.m., and it’s at Rhizome DC, just steps from the Takoma Metro stop. There will be potluck food and drink available. (Feel free to contribute some of your own too, if you like!) RSVP here.

Any musicians who come out are encouraged to bring their instruments; the night will end in an open jam, and anything can happen at the loft.

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Washington DC-based FIASCO began as a collaboration between saxophonist Andrew Frankhouse and guitarist Nelson Dougherty in 2016. The group was first assembled in quintet format with a two-tenor front line, to perform a pair of concerts honoring Paul Motian at the historic Twins Jazz Club in Washington. After an enthusiastically received initial run, the group expanded its repertoire inspired by a variety of sounds and colors, ranging from droning folk songs, to jittery hip-hop grooves, bluesy explorations, and all-out teenage garage rock. Drawing upon many sources and traditions, FIASCO looks to explore the widest possible spectrum of sound – soft, borderline fragile at one moment, screaming with distortions and multiphonics the next. Their musicianship and range creates a sound experience unlike any other – keeping audiences’ ears open, and taking them in all sorts of unexpected directions. With Keith Butler Jr. - drums; Steve Arnold - electric bass.

Corey Thuro is a musician, writer, and artist. For the past few years he has been living in Baltimore developing an original technique and voice for his primary instrument, the mandolin. Along with a dedicated self-guided study towards proficiency on the instrument he has invented and incorporated the use of new techniques, tunings, and ideas. He has performed hundreds of shows solo and in various bands across the U.S.