BRAINIAC from Dayton Ohio

East Coast tour with MOGWAI

BRAINIAC will be hitting the road again this April with MOGWAI for a portion of their upcoming World Tour!

We love these guys a bunch and had so much fun with them in the UK. Cannot wait to do it again!

We will be peppering in some non-Mogwai BRAINIAC headlining dates as well, including

• April 5th at The Brightside in Dayton OH
^{>>> with Bomb Bunny and The Heartthrobs}

• April 6th at 123 Pleasant St. in Morgantown WV
^{>>> with with Exit Angles & Auric Echoes}

• April 9th at Metro Baltimore in Baltimore MD
^{>>> with Artificial Go and SLOT}

• April 15th at Grog Shop in Cleveland OH
^{>>> with DANA and Pal!}

Tickets are selling fast! See you at the show(s)!

UPCOMING SHOWS

2025 West Coast HERE WE COME!

BRAINIAC is vacating Dayton to head out west in January for a handful of shows across California, Oregon, and Washington state!

We have tons of great openers in each city, including Anthers, Luxury Condor, and Flat Worms, Mr. Tube and the Flying Objects and more!

THANK YOU FOR YOUR COOPERATION! 😎

BRAINIAC @ Athens Community Arts & Music Festival!

Saturday, August 3rd, 2024, BRAINIAC will be performing live along with Guided By Voices, pals LUNG, and many more at the free Athens Community Arts & Music Festival!

Athens’ Community Arts and Music Festival is a FREE annual celebration of the arts on Union St, in Athens OH. This year’s fest features Ohio indie-rock legends GUIDED BY VOICES,. and many more!

Inspired by our intimate outdoor location, Athens Community Arts and Music Festival provides high-caliber live music performances, a wide array of local and regional artists, and dynamic educational activities from local arts organizations that create a sense of discovery and community for diverse audiences of all-ages and backgrounds.

ACAMF 2024 is slated for Saturday, August 3rd, on Union Street in Athens, OH! We’re super excited to announce that ohio indie-rock legends GUIDED BY VOICES and BRAINIAC will be playing this year’s festival! We’ll be announcing lots of great acts over the next few weeks, along with a killer line-up of local and regional artists/vendors at our Art Market (so much cool stuff!), and a bunch of great local arts organizations and nonprofits sharing what they do best! We’re also proud to have American Sign Language interpreters included in the fest again this year, providing access to art and music for the local deaf community. Big shoutout to the City of Athens, Ohio, and all our great sponsors for helping us make Athens a much cooler, and more accessible place to create and enjoy the arts! Join us on Union Street, Saturday, August 3rd, for what we think will be the best one yet! This is a FREE event. We hope to see you there!

THIS EVENT IS FREE TO THE PUBLIC!!!
LOCATED ON UNION ST, at the corner of Congress and Union!

Visit https://acamf.com/ or ACAMF on FaceBook for more info.

MORE INFO

It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it is a BRAINIAC BOOK!

Greetings everyone!

Available from new imprint J-Card Press, a book all about Brainiac by writer Justin Vellucci. Brainiac is proud to be the first music biography in the series of this publisher.. you can pre-order the book now and it will be available May 16, 2024.

“A deep dive into the history and music of Dayton, Ohio’s Brainiac, the nineties group who perfected a combination of punk’s buzzsaw attack and New Wave’s angularities. Includes interviews with family members and all current and former band members.” – J-Card Press

Pre-Order the book HERE!

Southern Tour Success!

Hearts and bones were broken across the south! We’d like to thank Lung for killing it every night. A very special thank you Good Records in Dallas Texas for putting together a magnificent event with old Grass Records label mates Baboon! Check out a review of the show from the Dallas Observer.

Brainiac plays the Minneapolis Caterwaul Music Festival on Monday May 27th 2024, plus much more up our sleeve TBA! We’ll see you soon!

SMACK BUNNY BABY Vinyl Re-issue!

Smack Bunny Baby is 30! 🎂

We’re bringing the birthday baby back with a vinyl re-issue!

On December 1st, 2023, Craft Music is re-issuing Brainiac’s debut album! It will be available on green vinyl, as well as a limited edition pressing on violet vinyl which is only available through your local record store!

Buy GREEN vinyl from Craft Music

Buy VIOLET vinyl from your local record store

Buy Everywhere Else

See you in February!

BRAINIAC Southern Tour 2024!

Hey there, Brainiac fans!

We’re thrilled to announce the upcoming BRAINIAC Southern Tour 2024! This time, we’re heading south to warm up some chilly February nights! Join us in Birmingham, Houston, San Antonio, Austin, Dallas, and Memphis!

Check out the EVENTS page for ticket links and more details.

See you there! 🎶🔥

Tickets & Info

A couple of Brainiacs performing at Blind Bob’s!

John Schmersal, Tender Mercy, and Halicon (feat. Tim Krug) will be performing on Tuesday May 30th at Blind Bob’s in Dayton!

Tender Mercy: https://tendermercy.bandcamp.com/
“Louisville’s Mark Kramer (aka Tender Mercy) crafts softly dramatic experimental folk ballads that analyze the hypnotic ability of sound.“
-Zach Hart/We Listen For You

Halicon: https://halicon.bandcamp.com/
“I like to make sounds about contrast. Atmospheric and melodic, but sometimes aggressively harsh and obtuse.“

Blind Bob’s: https://blindbobs.com/

Greetings!

The Brainiac 2023 tour has come to a close. Thanks to everyone that came out in support and those that helped make the shows a reality.

NEWS FLASH! Due to higher demand than anticipated we will soon be making select band merchandise available here on the site soon. In the meantime, check out these great articles on the U.S. Brainiac shows.

The Agit Reader’s review of the Dayton show.
Article and photo gallery at dayton.com
Article and show review from cincymag.com
Review of the show at the Moth Club in London

Check back soon for merch news and more photos from the 2023 shows!
Thank you for your cooperation.

NEWS

April 13, 2025

BRAINIAC on KEXP

On January 21st, 2025, Brainiac performed on KEXP in Seattle WA.
V1NC3NT COM3 ON DOWN
Mr. Fingers
TH15 L1TTL3 P199Y
To The Baby-Counter
Hot Metal Doberman's
Check it out here on YouTube!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDY48GQ9C8Y

January 25, 2023

The Big Takeover interviews John Schmersal

John talks some shop with Chip Midnight at Big Takeover Magazine

January 23, 2023

Brainiac in The Guardian

Brainiac with Stevie at The Guardian about a little bit of this. A little bit of that.

Study up, there will be a quiz every night of tour. Check it out!

December 22, 2022

Brainiac list their favorite albums of 2022!

Listen to anything good this year? Want to? Check out the article at The Brooklyn Vegan.

November 24, 2022

BRAINIAC – PREDATOR NOMINATE

LIMITED EDITION SILVER VINYL - 3000 COPIES WORLDWIDE
PREORDER HERE

November 23, 2022

John on protonicreversal.com

John recently sat down for a chat with Conan of Conan Neutron’s Protonic Reversal. Check it out for some insight into our history, the upcoming ep, and what to expect from next years shows. Listen Here