Call Me Sy!, 6ixteenth, Bando Brando, Cvkes
Born to Pakistani immigrants in the summer of 93, Syed spent his early years on the north side of Chicago before drifting through various suburbs. After a musical shift in 2018, the artist “Sy!” was born. Swapping his gritty trap sound for a smooth, melodic approach. Incorporating harmonies, catchy flows, and vocal chops to a range of instrumentals spanning numerous genres.
Creaturefight, Cam, The Racing Pulses
Creaturefight is good music for moody people.Cam is a singer, rapper, songwriter and producer who has been making music in Chicago since 2018. She’s collaborated with various Chicago indie staples such as Billy Lemos, Jackie Hayes and Don’t Be Kendall, as well as heavy hitter names in the industry like Redveil. They strive to create music and spaces for queer, Black, youths.
Snacks, Modern Cults, Snowcuffs
Formed from the scattered ashes of rock & roll elusives, SNACKS brings primal, violently catchy jams to a thirsty southern audience. Focused on basement recordings & life in Alabama, SNACKS became a full-fledged guitar & synth driven live, revealing themselves to not only have timeless 60’s pop sounds with jangly hooks but also drone and psych abilities not too far removed from the likes of Spacemen 3 or The Brian Jonestown Massacre. Infectiously catchy tunes with vocal melodies that stay stuck in your head days after.Modern Cults is power pop trash pop slacker pop rock. With continuing inspiration from Sparklehorse and an added dose of just cryptic enough songwriting from the likes of Stephen Malkmus and Alex G, Modern Cults is urgent and complex but easily accessible with melodies catchier than a cold.Snowcuffs is a Chicago-based dream pop band, transcending the genre with razor-sharp hooks, entrancing vocals, and a bombastic rhythm section. Dueling guitars and hypnotic synths take the driver’s seat, producing a lush, multi-layered sound.
Pudding, SCUF
Secret agents by day, whistleblowers by night. Enter the viscous and demented world of Pudding. They got synths, slap bass, a virtual horn section… and they’re wearing sunglasses. When they’re not mingling with extraterrestrial hippies, dodging teleporting mall cops, or honking horns on the information superhighway, Pudding is on the move. And they have the documents to prove it.SCUF is a band from the South Side of Chicago.
Highdiver, Dyslexicon, ORISUN
Shoegaze rock from Chicago.
Wampus Milk Daddies, The Simsons
Wampus blurs genres and never fits perfectly into one box. They entice music lovers of all genres they participate in to expand their musical tastes. Wampus Milk Daddies is a jazz rock group from Indianapolis consisting of drums, bass, guitar, saxophone, trumpet, and auxiliary percussion. They cover genres such as: jazz, rock, funk, and prog.The Simsons is a jazz fusion/prog rock band from Kankakee Illinois. Their music is a combination of hooky instrumental prog rock, and jazz fusion improvisation, featuring intricate melodies and solos on electric guitar, backed up by a manic rhythm section. The Simsons play a diverse selection of original tunes, ranging from atmospheric ballads to explosive, noisey prog epics.
Annie Fish & the Hot Bono Band Present: U2, Wallplant, Neon Croissant
U2 was formed in Dublin, Ireland in 1976 and has since sold over 150 million albums worldwide. Annie Fish was born in 1987 and has been yelling in Chicago since 2005Wallplant is bedroom pop inflicted post punkNeon Croissant is the genre bending, feature on every song collaboration of Trung Vu and Abenicio Casias.
Earthgrazer, Deryk G., Inland
Earthgrazer is a Chicago-based power trio blending the impressionist sounds of shoegaze and psychedelic rock with the muscle and agility of alternative and progressive rock.
Matthew McNeal and Neighbors You Know
Matthew McNeal is an artist/songwriter based out of Fort Worth, Texas, known for crafting a modern analog sound while blurring the lines of genre. The band has released four studio albums alongside an all-star cast of studio personnel, all of which have aimed to move the needle forward in terms of creativity and storytelling with each song. When all of the elements come together – the spirit of indie rock, the passion of soul music, and the honesty of country music – Matthew McNeal and company craft a sound that is uniquely their own while being unmistakably representative of modern Texas music.
Emil and The Skinny Hendrixx Experience, Blake Davis, DJ sets by LEGIT and Cado San, Sounds by Mobeethicc
Cole’s Cutz Vol.2 is a night of sounds brought you to by Emil (aka Brokeboy Gamer, aka NoFoneFonz) an alternative rapper from Chicago, Illinois whose musical influences range from MF DOOM to Pink Floyd’s The Wall. Emil uses bombastic drums and balances humor with silky production to turn every song into a moment.Emil and the Skinny Hendrixx ExperienceFeaturing Murph Watkins and Blake DavisWith DJ Sets by LEGIT and Cado SanSounds by Mobeethicc