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ARTIST PROFILE | Waxahatchee
What do we hold on to from our past? What must we let go of to truly move forward?
Waxahatchee’s Katie Crutchfield, a lyricist who has always let her listeners know exactly where she is at a given moment, spent much of 2018 reckoning with these questions and revisiting her roots to look for answers. The result is Saint Cloud, an intimate journey through the places she’s been, filled with the people she’s loved.
Written immediately in the period following her decision to get sober, the album is an unflinching self-examination. From a moment of reckoning in Barcelona to a tourist trap in Tennessee to a painful confrontation on Arkadelphia Road, from a nostalgic jaunt down 7th Street in New York City to the Mississippi Gulf, Crutchfield creates a sense of place for her soul-baring tales, a longtime staple of her storytelling.
This raw, exposed narrative terrain is aided by a shift in sonic arrangements as well. While her last two records featured the kind of big guitars, well-honed noise, and battering sounds that characterized her Philadelphia scene and strongly influenced a burgeoning new class of singer-songwriters, Saint Cloud strips back those layers to create space for Crutchfield’s voice and lyrics. The result is a classic Americana sound with modern touches befitting an artist who has emerged as one of the signature storytellers of her time.
From the origins of her band name—the beloved creek behind her childhood home—to scene-setting classics like “Noccalula” and “Sparks Fly,” listening to Waxahatchee has always felt like being invited along on a journey with a steely-eyed navigator. On Saint Cloud, Crutchfield adds a new sense of perspective to her travels. Reflecting on this, she says, “I think all of my records are turbulent and emotional, but this one feels like it has a little dose of enlightenment. It feels a little more calm and less reckless.”
Many of the narratives on Saint Cloud concern addiction and the havoc it wreaks on ourselves and our loved ones, as Crutchfield comes to a deeper understanding of love not only for those around her but for herself. This coalesces most clearly on “Fire,” which she says was literally written in transit, during a drive over the Mississippi River into West Memphis, and serves as a love song to herself, a paean to moving past shame into a place of unconditional self-acceptance. Coming from a songwriter long accustomed to looking in other directions for love, it’s a stirring moment when Crutchfield sings, “I take it for granted/If I could love you unconditionally/I could iron out the edges of the darkest sky.”
Which is not to say that Saint Cloud lacks Crutchfield’s signature poetry on matters of romantic love. Still, her personal evolution in this area is evident too, as this time around, Crutchfield examines what it really means to be with someone and how it feels to see our own patterns more clearly. On “Hell,” she sings: “I hover above like a deity/But you don’t worship me, you don’t worship me/You strip the illusion, you did it well/I’ll put you through hell.”
Crutchfield also looks at what it’s like to be romantically involved with another artist, someone in search of their own truth, on “The Eye”: “Our feet don’t ever touch the ground/Run ourselves ragged town to town/Chasing uncertainty around, a siren sound” and “We leave love behind without a tear or a long goodbye/as we wait for lightning to strike/We are enthralled by the calling of the eye.”
And of course, even when Crutchfield is taking a more nuanced approach to love, her ease with all-encompassing sentiments is still clear, with lines like “I give it to you all on a dime/I love you till the day I die” which sound culled from a classic torch song.
Over the course of Saint Cloud’s 11 songs, which were recorded in the summer of 2019 at Sonic Ranch in Tornillo, TX, and Long Pond in Stuyvesant, NY, and produced by Brad Cook (Bon Iver, Big Red Machine), Crutchfield peels back the distortion of electric guitars to create a wider sonic palette than on any previous Waxahatchee album. It is a record filled with nods to classic country (like the honky tonk ease of “Can’t Do Much”), folk-inspired tones (heard in the confessional lilt of “St. Cloud”), and distinctly modern touches (like the pulsating minimalism of “Fire”).
To bolster her vision, Crutchfield enlisted Bobby Colombo and Bill Lennox, both of the Detroit-based band Bonny Doon, to serve as her backing band on the record, along with Josh Kaufman (Hiss Golden Messenger, Bonny Light Horseman) on guitar and keyboards and Nick Kinsey (Kevin Morby, Elvis Perkins) on drums and percussion. Bonny Doon will also perform as Crutchfield’s live band during her extensive tours planned for 2020, which include the US and Europe.
Saint Cloud marks the beginning of a journey for Crutchfield, one that sees her leaving behind past vices and the comfortable environs of her Philadelphia scene to head south in search of something new. If on her previous work Crutchfield was out in the storm, she’s now firmly in the eye of it, taking stock of her past with a clear perspective and gathering the strength to carry onward.
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About Nickel Plate Amphitheater | Fishers, IN
The Nickel Plate District Amphitheater is one of the midwest’s premier outdoor music and event venues. Concerts and events at the Nickel Plate District Amphitheater (also knows as the NPD AMP) and offer something for everyone – from Fishers and Greater Indianapolis to the Midwest region – including global and national acts, family and community favorites, festivals, and so much more. The outdoor venue is open year-round and is capable of holding a variety of performances, from a simple acoustic set to a 6,000-person concert. During the Summer months, Nickel Plate District Amp is home to the popular Fishers Farmer’s Market every Saturday.
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Frequently Asked Questions About Nickel Plate Amphitheater | Fishers, IN
What are the age restrictions at this venue?
Nickel Plate Amphitheater is typically an all-ages venue. However, some shows may not be appropriate for children. To find out more about program content, please email: parks@fishers.in.us
For all-ages events, children 2 years old or under will be admitted at no charge with a paid adult ticket to the General Admission Lawn area. If your event features reserved or pit area and lawn seating, you must purchase a reserved ticket for them to accompany you in the reserved seating or Pit area. Children must be supervised at all times.
What items are permitted or prohibited at this venue?
Permitted Items & Activities
Permitted and restricted items may vary by show. Below is a general list of permitted and non-permitted items and activities. Ticket buyers will receive information prior to the show with any updates.
- Lawn Chairs (1 per person) and ONLY in designated lawn area – More info on lawn chairs HERE
- Blankets / Towels and ONLY in designated lawn area. Must be under 60″ x 30″ – No extra large beach towels
- Small purse and personal bags will be allowed (no larger than 12″x 12″ / No Backpacks or Camelbacks) – ALL bags are subject to inspection
- Small, handheld umbrellas
- Empty, reusable water bottles (refill station near bathrooms)
- Strollers
- Binoculars
- Poster tubes
- Documented service animals
Non-Permitted Items & Activities
- No pass-outs or re-entry
- No outside food or beverages, unless it’s for an infant
- No coolers
- No backpacks, duffle bags, CamelBaks or other bags larger than 12″ x 12″
- No glass of any kind
- No firearms or weapons of any kind which includes pocket knives, pepper spray, mace, multi-tools etc.
- No illegal substances, drugs, smoking or vaping (in compliance with governing ordinances)
- No audio or video recording devices (personal or professional) which also includes selfie sticks, tripods and monopods
- No pets or non-documented service animals
- No air horns or noisemakers of any type
- No fireworks or flares
- No flash photography, professional cameras or removable lenses (without an approved media credential)
- No laser pens or laser products of any type
- No skateboards, scooters, hoverboards, rollerblades, bikes (bike parking is located throughout Nickel Plate District)
- No large, oversized signs or signs on sticks (must be 11×17 or smaller)
- No fighting, public drunkenness or threatening behavior
- No throwing objects
- No soliciting, commercial activities (including vending) or distribution of promotional materials without a permit or written consent from event/venue management
Can I bring a bag into the show?
Small purse and personal bags will be allowed (no larger than 12″x 12″ / No Backpacks or Camelbacks) – ALL bags are subject to inspection
What’s the parking situation like?
- Public parking is available at several garage locations around the venue. Refer to our parking page for maps and the latest updates.
- No alcoholic beverages should be consumed in the parking lots are garages
- Pick up your trash, please
- Do your part to leave the grounds as in the same condition as when you arrived – we appreciate you and your support!
What is the camera/photo policy for this venue?
No flash photography, professional cameras or removable lenses (without an approved media credential). Contact Nickel Plate District Amphitheater if you are interested in securing media credentials for the show.
Is there food and drink at this venue?
Guests can enjoy a sampling of local food trucks, all ages beverage station and full bar options (21+ with valid ID). Official event vendors accept cash and credit.
To purchase alcohol, you must visit an ID check/information tent to show proof of age and receive a wristband. If you do not get a wristband before attempting to purchase, the vendor will send you back to and ID check tent, and you will lose your place in line.
Empty, reusable water bottles are permitted, as there is a water bottle filling station located inside the Pavilion building at the south end of the venue.
NO OUTSIDE ALCOHOL IS PERMITTED AT ANY TIME DUE TO INDIANA EXCISE LAW (Indiana Code 7.1-5-8-4).
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Most concerts at NPD Amp are general admission. Some shows may offer additional reserved seating options or upgrades. Be sure to check the event listing for your show before you arrive.
For some shows, General Admission Pit OR Reserved Section may be available. If your event has this option, and you purchased this ticket type, this area is located in the main area in front of the stage. When arriving, enter the main entrance and then proceed to the pit area, a member of the security team will issue you a pit wristband if your ticket grants access to this area. Once inside the pit area, it is a general admission area on a first come first served basis. There are no seats in this area and chairs/towls are not permitted. Standing room only.
Can I leave and re-enter the venue?
Once your ticket has been scanned, and you have entered the event grounds, re-entry will NOT be permitted. Have a question? Contact parks@fishers.in.us
Do you offer ADA, handicap or special needs options?
The Nickel Plate District Amphitheater is accessible for all abilities.
- Parking: Accessible parking is located in the surface parking lot at 3 Municipal Drive, directly adjacent to the venue at the southeast edge. Overflow parking is located in the Fishers Police Department garage at 4 Municipal Dr.. Visit our parking page to see the map of options.
- Restrooms: Portable accessible restrooms will be available on both the East and West sides of the lawn
- Seating: Accessible picnic table seating is available at the back of the front lawn on a first-come, first served basis.
- Sensory Bags + Assisted Listening Devices: Sensory resource bags and assisted-listening devices are available for checkout at the ID check tent.
Where is the box office located?
The box office is located next to the Splash Park building near the back of the venue (just to the left of the main event entrance) and is accessible from either side of Municipal Drive. The box office opens 1 hour before the scheduled door time for ticket sales, questions and support.
I lost something at the show. Who do I contact?
The NPD AMP is not be responsible for any personal belongings or items of any type. However, any item turned into staff or security will be placed at lost and found at the Fishers Police Department headquarters at 4 Municipal Drive (just east of the venue).
What is your refund policy?
Refund policies may vary from show to show. For MOKB Presents shows, refer to MOKB’s refund policy for cancelled and postponed shows. For information on Nickel Plate District Amphitheater’s refund policy, please contact parks@fishers.in.us
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Beware of counterfeit tickets. How do I tell if my ticket is valid?
The only tickets accepted for this event are authorized tickets from Tixr. We cannot guarantee tickets bought from third party sites and brokers including Vivid Seats, Facebook Marketplace, Stub Hub, etc.
Buyers beware! There are many folks out there selling fake tickets and we do not want you to be taken advantage of. Unauthorized or invalid tickets will NOT be admitted to the event.
Can I purchase tickets in person without fees?
Tickets for MOKB Presents concerts can be purchased in person at our Fountain Square Box Office inside Virginia Ave Mercantile. Hours of operation are Fridays from 10am to 6pm and Saturdays from 9am to 5pm.
Waxahatchee
Start Time: 8:00 pm
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ARTIST PROFILE | Waxahatchee
What do we hold on to from our past? What must we let go of to truly move forward?
Waxahatchee’s Katie Crutchfield, a lyricist who has always let her listeners know exactly where she is at a given moment, spent much of 2018 reckoning with these questions and revisiting her roots to look for answers. The result is Saint Cloud, an intimate journey through the places she’s been, filled with the people she’s loved.
Written immediately in the period following her decision to get sober, the album is an unflinching self-examination. From a moment of reckoning in Barcelona to a tourist trap in Tennessee to a painful confrontation on Arkadelphia Road, from a nostalgic jaunt down 7th Street in New York City to the Mississippi Gulf, Crutchfield creates a sense of place for her soul-baring tales, a longtime staple of her storytelling.
This raw, exposed narrative terrain is aided by a shift in sonic arrangements as well. While her last two records featured the kind of big guitars, well-honed noise, and battering sounds that characterized her Philadelphia scene and strongly influenced a burgeoning new class of singer-songwriters, Saint Cloud strips back those layers to create space for Crutchfield’s voice and lyrics. The result is a classic Americana sound with modern touches befitting an artist who has emerged as one of the signature storytellers of her time.
From the origins of her band name—the beloved creek behind her childhood home—to scene-setting classics like “Noccalula” and “Sparks Fly,” listening to Waxahatchee has always felt like being invited along on a journey with a steely-eyed navigator. On Saint Cloud, Crutchfield adds a new sense of perspective to her travels. Reflecting on this, she says, “I think all of my records are turbulent and emotional, but this one feels like it has a little dose of enlightenment. It feels a little more calm and less reckless.”
Many of the narratives on Saint Cloud concern addiction and the havoc it wreaks on ourselves and our loved ones, as Crutchfield comes to a deeper understanding of love not only for those around her but for herself. This coalesces most clearly on “Fire,” which she says was literally written in transit, during a drive over the Mississippi River into West Memphis, and serves as a love song to herself, a paean to moving past shame into a place of unconditional self-acceptance. Coming from a songwriter long accustomed to looking in other directions for love, it’s a stirring moment when Crutchfield sings, “I take it for granted/If I could love you unconditionally/I could iron out the edges of the darkest sky.”
Which is not to say that Saint Cloud lacks Crutchfield’s signature poetry on matters of romantic love. Still, her personal evolution in this area is evident too, as this time around, Crutchfield examines what it really means to be with someone and how it feels to see our own patterns more clearly. On “Hell,” she sings: “I hover above like a deity/But you don’t worship me, you don’t worship me/You strip the illusion, you did it well/I’ll put you through hell.”
Crutchfield also looks at what it’s like to be romantically involved with another artist, someone in search of their own truth, on “The Eye”: “Our feet don’t ever touch the ground/Run ourselves ragged town to town/Chasing uncertainty around, a siren sound” and “We leave love behind without a tear or a long goodbye/as we wait for lightning to strike/We are enthralled by the calling of the eye.”
And of course, even when Crutchfield is taking a more nuanced approach to love, her ease with all-encompassing sentiments is still clear, with lines like “I give it to you all on a dime/I love you till the day I die” which sound culled from a classic torch song.
Over the course of Saint Cloud’s 11 songs, which were recorded in the summer of 2019 at Sonic Ranch in Tornillo, TX, and Long Pond in Stuyvesant, NY, and produced by Brad Cook (Bon Iver, Big Red Machine), Crutchfield peels back the distortion of electric guitars to create a wider sonic palette than on any previous Waxahatchee album. It is a record filled with nods to classic country (like the honky tonk ease of “Can’t Do Much”), folk-inspired tones (heard in the confessional lilt of “St. Cloud”), and distinctly modern touches (like the pulsating minimalism of “Fire”).
To bolster her vision, Crutchfield enlisted Bobby Colombo and Bill Lennox, both of the Detroit-based band Bonny Doon, to serve as her backing band on the record, along with Josh Kaufman (Hiss Golden Messenger, Bonny Light Horseman) on guitar and keyboards and Nick Kinsey (Kevin Morby, Elvis Perkins) on drums and percussion. Bonny Doon will also perform as Crutchfield’s live band during her extensive tours planned for 2020, which include the US and Europe.
Saint Cloud marks the beginning of a journey for Crutchfield, one that sees her leaving behind past vices and the comfortable environs of her Philadelphia scene to head south in search of something new. If on her previous work Crutchfield was out in the storm, she’s now firmly in the eye of it, taking stock of her past with a clear perspective and gathering the strength to carry onward.
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About the Venue
Ticket Support: Box Office opens 1 hour before published door time. For ticket related questions please email boxoffice@mokbpresents.com.
Parking: Surface and garage parking are available throughout the Nickel Plate District. View the parking map to locate your best options close to the venue.
Reminder: Depending on the size, scope or expected attendance of the event, access to specific parking lots and garages may vary.
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