Die Kreuzen "October File" 2026-09-04-Fresh Like a sheet being draped

Like a sheet being draped over a clothesline

When other bands streamed from their rehearsal rooms during the pandemic years

while "Cold and Drunk" and "Remember Me" describe characters that seem to be hopeless

In the process of making their new record

The Dream Syndicate started their own record company

Die Kreuzen "October File" 2026-09-04-Fresh Like a sheet being drapedFormed in 1981 by two Rockford, Illinois, and two Brookfield, Wisconsin, natives in the midpoint of Milwaukee, Die Kreuzen (pronounced dee kroyt zen) chose their name specifically to avoid stereotyping because no one knows what it means. 'Die Kreuzen' roughly translates out of German meaning 'to intersect' or 'to hybridize,' which is exactly what they did on their five LP's for Touch and Go. Their self titled debut is considered one of the most