FRI 27 NOVEMBER 2026 · 20:00
Blues garage rock from Vienna, Austria. Howlin’ Wolf, Small Faces, Chess Records, Etta James, Mike Bloomfield — and everything cool from the ’50s and ’60s. Blues garage rock from Vienna, Austria.
Blues garage rock from Vienna, Austria.
The Drags channel the spirit of Howlin’ Wolf, the Small Faces, and the Chess Records sound, filtered through a distinctly 60s pop garage blues lens — fuzzed-out guitars, driving rhythms, and sweet hooks. The band is leisurely crafting their debut album, chasing that same vibe local live audiences have caught a glimpse of at Café Carina.
The lineup pairs local Viennese musicians with a Chicago transplant Adam Arling, who has logged time in rock/indie outfits across three continents before landing in Vienna and falling hard for the city’s blues scene. Fronting the band is Lill Oehl, whose voice first turned heads in Blonde on Blonde, a beloved all-female 60s pop outfit that made its mark on the Vienna scene. Beating the skins is Thomas Haberl, a Vienna native who cut his teeth in London session rooms, and out front the twin guitars of Stefan Zisser and Alex K. — longtime friends who have been trading licks long enough to finish each other’s solos.
More to come soon.
The lineup
FRI 27 NOVEMBER 2026 · 20:00
FRI 19 JUNE 2026 · DOORS 20:00 · SHOW 21:00
SAT 18 APRIL 2026 · 20:00
PHOTOS BY Peter Kogoj & Casey Murtaugh