ABOUT XOE

Wise is a singer-songwriter, producer, from NC, now based in Chicago. Xoe began playing music around 8 years old when she was enlisted as a triangle player for a local Zydeco band. With releases spanning folk to rock, Xoe has been heard on Netflix's Sense8, and Showtimes Work in Progress. Xoe enjoys making records, improv songs, and hot sauce. In 2020 Forbes featured her series "Curbside Live" where she played pop-up shows off a scooter raising money for venues and bringing joy to carry out. Find this queer artist not only on stage, but also developing music programs for the LGBTQ community and beyond. Xoe holds a masters in social work from UChicago focusing on music-centered, integrative, trauma responsive psychotherapy. Her latest album 'Wounds' was released on 10/20/23.

After the triangle, Wise started playing flute and guitar and wrote her first song for a baby goat on the outer banks of NC. She moved to Chicago to pursue music and study psychology. She began connecting with other musicians through open mics, and working on films such as Jupiter Ascending, Cloud Atlas, Sense8, and Work in Progress. Find her not only on stage but also developing songwriting and music programs for LGBTQ youth that help inspire self exploration, like music did for her as a young queer artist looking for ways to heal.

Wise has released 4 albums, and 2 EPS. Her latest album ‘Wounds’ (2023) shows that sometimes the deepest cuts come when you open the wounds. Xoe’s 3rd album Air was released in 2020 and features Xoe’s folk repertoire with lush yet intimate horns by Martin Wenk (Calexico, Nada Surf), string and synth arrangements and production by Wise and Minterm. Her debut record Echo was produced by Ethan Stoller and released in 2010 to critical acclaim. Chicago Innerview recognized Wise as “easily the singer/songwriter and pop counterpart to Columbia native Chaz Bundick’s (a.k.a. Toro Y Moi) laconic chill-wave synth ballads.” The Chicago Tribune’s Redeye described her next single “Dear Sendai” as “spiritual. Wise’s sophmore album Archive of Illusions was written on the road with co-producer and friend Matt Ryd in 2011. The record attracted a sold-out crowd to Schubas. TuneCore called the album “new and noteworthy”. Wise was a NPR newsong finalist, and has been featured on Huffington Post,and 101WKQX. 101 Recruited her to perform the sold-out Metro show supporting Wild Belle. She has shared the stage with Lisa Loeb, Guster, The Verve Pipe, St. Etienne, Daley, Verite, Meg Myers, Vera Blue, Greg Laswell, Andrew Belle, and more. Wise was featured at TNK and Mamby Festival and NME Magazine.

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Tour Dates

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10.15 Green Mill Paper Machete INFO

10.7 2022 StoryJam Highland Park, IL TICKETS

2021

9.25 SPACE opening for Dan Rodriguez TICKETS

8.14 Green Mill Paper Machete

6.26 Lakeview Front PorchJams Series

5.26 Saugatuck, MI

2020

All summer 2020: CURBSIDE LIVE W/ XOE WISE Pop Up Shows SOMEWHERE / SOMETIME. Follow on facebook HERE for pop up locations and other news.

5.10 Front Porch 5PM CST Concert Livestream Here

5.18 Foxhole Live 8PM CST Livestream Here

6.10 (rescheduled from 5.5) Hey Nonny - Arlington Heights, IL

All Thank You Thursday Shows can be watched at 6PM Central on facebook HERE

6.4 Thank You Thursday Series: 100% of proceeds benefitting La Casa Norte

6.11 Thank You Thursday Series: 100% of proceeds benefitting Refugee Community Connection

6.18 Thank You Thursday Series: 100% of proceeds benefitting Broadway Youth Center

6.19 Uncommon Ground Edgewater Patio 8PM-10PM

6.25 Thank You Thursday Series: 100% of proceeds benefitting The Major Lift

6.30 Thank You Thursday Series:100% of proceeds Lakeview Pantry

6.26 Uncommon Ground Edgewater Patio 11AM-1PM

7.9 Record Release Show Schubas Tavern: Tickets here CANCELLED DUE TO COVID

7.11 Schubas Brunch 1PM-2PM

All summer (Mostly Weekends): CURBSIDE LIVE W/ XOE WISE Pop Up Shows SOMEWHERE / SOMETIME. Follow on facebook HERE for pop up locations and other news.

7.25 Saugatuck, MI popup (Lucys 5PM, Everday Cafe7PM)

8.1 Scooter show: Frascas 6-9 PM

8.12 Portland Sessions 4PM CST online

8.19 Bandsintown Live stream online 7PMCST

8.22 Smokedaddy Wrigleyville Brunch 11-2PM

8.22 Scooter Show: Frascas 6-9PM

8.23 Scooter show: Smokedaddy Wicker Park 11-2PM

8.29 Scooter show: Frascas 6-9PM

8.30 Scooter Show: Smokedaddy Wicker Park 11-2PM Brunch

9.5 Scooter Show: Smokedaddy Wicker Park 11-2PM

9.12 Scooter Show: Smokedaddy Wicker Park 11- 2PM

9.26Scooter Show: Smokedaddy Wicker Park 11-2PM

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