Provinces are a Chicago based rock and roll band who like to emphasize the roll over the rock. Fronted by former traveling circus ride operator and award-winning poet, Brandon Seyferth, Provinces is also comprised of former members of the Lollapalooza-featured Skybox. To complete their lineup the group added biomedical engineer Matt Perich, who fills out and texturizes their sound with melodic noise. Brandon has performed and collaborated with such acts as the Violent Femmes, Clyde Stubblefield (the most sampled drummer in hip-hop), and Jackson Browne, while rhythm section members, Aurelio Damiani and Christian Fields, have shared the stage with the likes of Ben Folds, Man Man, various members of Fun, and Tally Hall to name a few. Provinces will be playing Reggie’s on Saturday, May 25th.

New Missionaries was formed in the fall of 2012, the night that Randi Russo, a recent transplant from New York, performed live at Transistor Chicago, the gallery/shop/performance space owned by drummer Andy Miles. Miles was so impressed by Russo’s solo set he offered to be her drummer and put the rest of a band together. Charlie Crane (Airline-X, Feature Flick) joined the following week on lead guitar, with bassist Eric Gannon, another recent transplant from New York, joining in March of 2013. They plan to begin recording their debut EP in the spring of 2013 with a release date planned for the summer.