Fecto Glen, Atheena, Charity Work
Charity Work is a Chicago-based Indie Grunge with some rap & RnB thrown in. Atheena is rock band that mixes early 2010’s alternative rock and 90’s grunge sound. Our recent release,”What We Do In Secret”, highlights our influences that range from Narrow Head to The Smashing Pumpkins. Interesting guitar work with grittiness will captivate the crowd and have you thinking,”When’s the next show?” Fecto Glen is an up and coming high octane indie rock band from the Chicago Burbs. Their lead singer, Sophie Frances, brings electric energy to every set. With influences that range from Paramore and My Chemical Romance, to mid-2010’s indie rock, expect melodic guitar riffs and haunting melodies as they perform songs from their current and upcoming releases.
An Evening with La Rosa Noir + Friends
La Rosa Noir is a Chicago indie alternative band whose sound blends moody atmospheres with the sharp edges of surf, post-punk, and new wave. Their debut album, Arellano, dives into themes of love, loss, and self-discovery, weaving heartfelt, sentimental narratives through dynamic and emotionally charged arrangements. Formed in 2018, the band grew out of Chicago’s DIY scene and has since taken the stage at Millennium Park, Navy Pier, and Riot Fest, sharing bills with artists such as Jack White, Green Day, Citizen, Son Rompe Pera, and The Red Pears. For fans of: La Luz, Siouxsie & The Banshees, The Hives, Mazzy Star, The Cramps, Muse.
Ritual, Hell of a Life, Honor Choir, Hoverboard
Oklahoma City continues to rise with a new wave of independent bands, and Honor Choir are at the forefront. Not only are they doing something different for OKC, they’re doing something different within today’s DIY music. While Blink-182 can be a common influence, Honor Choir push their anthemic pop-punk foundation further, pulling from early-2000s emo and post-hardcore touchstones like Hey Mercedes, New End Original and Rival Schools, alongside ’80s new-wave influences such as New Order and When in Rome.That range can be heard clearly on “Satellite Receiver” which moves from an abrasive guitar riff into acoustic guitar and piano, and the five-minute closer “Envelope” feels like it could sit comfortably on New Order’s Republic. Honor Choir has mastered combining their range of influences into something incredibly cohesive, and manages to fit a chorus into each song that gets stuck in your head. Hell of a Life is dark, heavy shoegaze from Chicago. Without any set in stone sound, Hoverboard explore the sonic landscape of whatever path they end up following. They don’t fully belong to any certain genre, but have self proclaimed their sound as “aggressively dreamy.” They’ve grown a reputation for energetic and deafening live shows; and to date have organized a handful of tours that have seen them play all across America. With no shortage of material, Hoverboard are a tour de force.
Slow Slow Loris, Soundoferror, Heavy Pauses, Death Pyre, Animal Talking School
Slow Slow Loris is a duo whose industrial noise melodies merge with visceral avant-garde to create epic and delicate storms of sound that worship the unknown, a sonic sorcery through voice and electronics. Based in both Berlin and the US, they have released albums on Cloister Recordings, Zaetraom, & Staaltape and have toured Europe, Russia, and the USA. Daniel Burke (Illusion of safety) is Soundoferror focused on making music exclusively with synthesis of every kind. Hardware, software, modular, & keys. Any form is fair game, though the forms usually tend toward the abstract and experimental. Heavy Pauses is a St. Louis experimental ensemble featuring Chris Boron, Mike Broy, Chris Smentkowski, and Rick Wilson, described as “dense synth transportation rituals” that blend heavy drones and improvisation into sonically immersive trance states. Featuring members of The Conformists, Brain Transplant, and SkarekrauRadio, the group pushes sound into intense, exploratory territory. DEATH PYRE is the combination of the St. Louis, MO/Chicago, IL avant goth duo AMPYRE and the Chicago, IL post-industrial/noise unit DEATH FACTORY. They have a trilogy of albums that were recorded in one day at Chicago’s Experimental Sound Studio available on labels No Sides Records, Eh? Tapes and Bent Window Records. ANIMAL TALKING SCHOOL is the solo electronic music project of Richard Syska (SECRET MEANS OF ESCAPE, 312 Films). ATS’s music weaves a sonic tapestry of carefully curated sound sources, field recordings and manipulations which strive to challenge the listener both compositionally and sonically. The music immerses audiences in an evocative sonic landscape that can be at various times mysterious, foreboding, aggressive and alien, while at other moments comforting, familiar and relaxed.
Altamira, TOFTS, Something Easy
TOFTS are the best ska forward gloomtone punk in a 100 mile radius. Guaranteed or no money back! We sound like if Choking Victim, Joy Division and the Front Bottoms got into a weird polycule, got married, had an ugly baby and then went through a messy divorce. Altamira is a transsexual rock’n’roll mogul. Chicago’s flimsiest female songwriter will give you a look into her love life, transition, and hopes and dreams through caught hooks, bar chords, and vocal harmonies. If you get too close to her, you’ll smell hints of , , and in her songwriting. Something Easy is four dudes from Chicago’s South Side who’ve been making noise together for over 10 years. Our sound is shaped by a lifetime of listening across genres, pulling influence from Nirvana and Korn to Spanish rock, pop, and rap—and everything in between. is four dudes from Chicago’s South Side who’ve been making noise together for over 10 years. Our sound is shaped by a lifetime of listening across genres, pulling influence from Nirvana and Korn to Spanish rock, pop, and rap—and everything in between.
Two Piece Fest: Copies, Kafiza, in shining armour, Calico Loco, Sun King Ba
Copies is a guitar-drums-voice duo from Chicago. They play loud and noisily and try to have a lot of fun doing so. “Then, under the raw glow of makeshift spotlights, two figures emerge on the “stage.” They bulldoze through 30-odd minutes of screaming guitar riffs and deafening drum fills. So, this is KAFIZA.” – these days magazine in shining armour – rock music from aidan and seth Calico Loco will melt your face off Sun King Ba is an instrumental sludge/stoner metal band from Chicago, IL. The duo of Anthony Santoro and Calvin Schaller employ pummeling riffs, intricate leads and thundering rhythms to narrate the legend of the reptile demigod Sun King Ba.
Rotundos, Maldita Sea, When We Was Kids
ROTUNDOS is a alt-punk band from Chicago, IL. Formed in autumn 2022, the punk-ish quartet has set a fire beneath the underbelly of Chicago’s DIY music scene with their genre bending and mindful lyricism. Maldita Sea is a Chicago-based band representing the Latino community. When We Was Kids is a Chicago area band – Chris Lamb (vocals), Michael Roncone (guitar), Bryan Escareño (guitar), Norman Aguilar (bass) and Mark Serpico (drums).
The Delivery Boy, Eric Solitude, Mahal Slick
The Delivery Boy is an alternative artist based in Chicago who’s work is heavily inspired by life in the Midwest, 90s rock, and the more abstract sonics of hip-hop. You put Shoegaze, Coming of Age, Alternative, Rock, Indie, and hints of R&B through a blender; you get Eric Solitude. Through strength and weakness, there’s a carry on of hope and determination that follows suit in the world of Eric Solitude. An observer of everything he lives and sees. An embodiment of what worlds colliding creates.You can hear the conviction of somebody resilient. You can feel identity finding its placement yet, questioning what feels like could be set in stone. Eric Solitude pushes into the discomfort of the unknown, while tracing the steps he’s memorized for safety. Mahal Slick shows have a welcoming and high energy feeling/sound. With music ranging from boombap hiphop, pop rap, and indie singing, we bring a chill vibe that the crowd can enjoy.
Big Chemical, Disaster Kid, Growing Boys
Big Chemical is a twangy indie rock band formed in Ann Arbor and currently based in Chicago. They take inspiration from The Band, Dear Nora, and The Replacements to bring a complex and high energy performance. Chicago Nostalgia rock trio Disaster Kid finds reflection at the core of their music. Packed together by vivid detail and passionate melodies, their cathartic indie rock sound is lined with lyrical storytelling which puts an emphasis to the mysticism in the mundane. Growing Boys, a folk and alt band, is the brainchild of two best friends whose harmonies are as tight as their bond.
King Sans, Pudding, Braince
Gothic noisepunk from the shadows of Chicago:Always putting on a show to remember, as King Sans, Iz and Jake deliver chaotic energy with melancholic lulls, to create a night as dynamic as each day itself. 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 Braince- Scuzzy, fuzzy funtime boyz. We build stripped-down, bass-driven rippers special-made for going fast when you’ve been thinking too hard.