Yes Yes A Thousand Times Yes (PA), Year Twins (OH), Sweet Bike, Bottom Bracket
Yes Yes A Thousand Times Yes (or YY1KXY for the impatient) has certainly weathered the storm in the 7 years since releasing their debut LP through Broken World Media. In spite of all evidence to the contrary, YY1KXY wants you to know that optimism is not only possible, but the ultimate act of rebellion against a system designed to make you give up before you even start. Formed in 2018 against the backdrop of Columbus, Ohio, Year Twins is a three-piece band carving out their niche in the realms of punk, emo, and math rock. Reminiscent of bands such as A Great Big Pile of Leaves, PUP, and Into It. Over Chicago four-piece Sweet Bike play emo like 2013 never ended. Bottom Bracket is a Chicago-based emo band getting ready to ride their (also sweet) bikes all the way to your house.
Dance Against Fascism
Local DJ company, Groove is in the Heart and Cole’s are throwing a ticketed dance party to raise money for Chicago Abortion Fund, a non-profit organization which aims to advance reproductive autonomy and justice for everyone by providing financial, logistical, and emotional support to people seeking abortion services. Plan on buying raffle tickets to win prizes donated by groovy local businesses and dancing your ass off to new wave, house, disco, afrobeat, punk, funk, soul, pop hits, and electronica jams. https://www.chicagoabortionfund.org/ https://www.grooveisintheheartdjs.com/
Monte (NYC), Fetishist, Hell And The High School
Heet Deth, Multicult (MD), Microwaves (PA), Miserable People
Perfect Mash: A Dating Show
Perfect Mash is a monthly inclusive dating show from Hot Potato Hearts! Come early to the show to mingle, flirt, and most importantly fill out compatibility quizzes for each featured dater they are interested in. The show itself will be a combination of games, interviews, and storytelling exploring what our featured daters need and want out of their Perfect Mash. While the show is going on the Hot Potato Hearts team will be combing the quizzes filled out earlier to determine the three most compatible attendees for each featured dater. The daters will choose their Perfect Mash from their top three after chatting with them all on stage. The three Perfect Mashes will then blindly pick a date activity. Trust me you won’t be disappointed with these dates, friends of Hot Potato Hearts, Lincoln Hall, Uncommon Ground, Avondale Bowl, Central Park Bar, and Bernice’s Tavern to name a few, have graciously sponsored the winning dates.
Ridgio, th0rn, Parnell
Eggnort, Hydrone (OH), Piece Of Mind, Bussy Kween Power Trip
Mani Jurdan, DJ cymba of HUEY, JEFF K%NZ, Law of HUEY, Stark of HUEY
Barely Carvallo, Ano Ba, Lever
The Kantors, Janet Blackwell, Midwestern Dirt, Holy Joke
With comparisons to trailblazers like Joni Mitchell and Mitski, the Kantors don’t shy away from their unique sound. Their music is defined by powerfully vulnerable vocals, visual lyrics, flowing strings, catchy guitar solos, and tight harmonies.