Live performance and live shows. Sleazy, snotty, and catchy as hell — The Oxys, formed by Ginchy (Dead Boys, Sylvain Sylvain) and Phil D., blast out late-70s gutter rock, punk, and power pop with sharp hooks and raw energy. Known for explosive live performance and live shows, they’ve hit the road hard behind A Date With The Oxys and Generation Irrelevant.Get addicted to the Oxys infectious sound.
somewhere in chicago
Hardcore punk from Chicago !
Chicago metal
Melodic Death/Doom metal from Austin, Texas.
Casey Hurd – Guitar/Vocals
Erik Shtaygrud – Guitar
Daniel Vieira – Drums
Michael Anstice – Keyboard
Matt Bius – Bass
emo band and also butt rock band.
Since forming in 2020, every single second of music recorded by Koyo has been completely and utterly genuine. Formed in Long Island, New York by five childhood friends who grew up together—vocalist Joseph Chiaramonte, guitarists Harold Griffin and TJ Rotolico, bassist Stephen Spanos, and drummer Salvatore Argento—Koyo’s music is the sound of Stony Brook summers flipping between Taking Back Sunday and Silent Majority while driving to the beach, living in songs that feel just like home.
Three years after their formation—and hot on the heels of a slew of acclaimed EPs—Koyo is now taking their next step in the hallowed halls of Long Island hardcore with Would You Miss It?, the band’s debut album. Following in the footsteps of the giants of hardcore, pop-punk, and emo that came before them, Koyo are aware of the weight a debut album carries, and they’ve been slowly crafting it since the band’s earliest days. “We really slow-cooked this record,” says Chiaramonte. “There are songs on it that go back as far as being written just after Painting Words Into Lines came out. Even as we were writing for Drives Out East, we knew certain songs had to be allocated or certain things. We’d just keep them in the bank and develop them over time.”
Despite all the planning and tinkering, there’s nothing contrived about Would You Miss It?, because there’s nothing remotely manufactured about Koyo. Every element is a genuine representation of the people creating it, and the album was concocted in the most authentic way possible: with five friends, all together, writing songs. “We have great chemistry as a band and as songwriters,” says Griffin. “That’s the beautiful thing about Koyo, that we can sort of fit into everything. We never try to box ourselves in, because no matter what we do, it will still be us.”
To fully immerse themselves in the recording process, Koyo decamped to a barn in rural New Jersey with producer Jon Markson (Drug Church, Regulate, One Step Closer) and spent six weeks digging into every detail of the record. The product is songs like “You’re On The List (Minus One),” “Message Like A Bomb (ft. Daryl Palumbo),” and “Anthem,” tracks that build upon Koyo’s established foundation, but feel sharper, stronger, and even more singalong ready. “This record was a labor of love,” says Chiaramonte. “Not just because of the work that went into it, but because of all the life experiences that shaped it. The record was a life-fulfilling, life-affirming thing to make, but it hurt a little bit to make, too.”
That’s no metaphor. Nearly every day working with Markson was a marathon 10-hour session with the band poring over every single detail to ensure their debut album met their expectations. Meanwhile, Griffin was learning how to walk again after an onstage accident precipitated a major ankle surgery. “The first week we were at the studio, I was in a wheelchair with my foot up and could not do anything,” says Griffin. “Three of thesongs on the album were written from that wheelchair. I had a physical therapist a mile away from the studio, so I learned how to walk while living at this farm for six weeks.”
For Chiaramonte’s part, the lyric writing process forced him to dig deep into himself. Musically, Koyo’s songs flow out of Griffin and Rotolico as naturally as a conversation at an all-night diner but, for Chiaramonte, writing lyrics proved to be a deeply introspective experience. He’d drive somewhere remote and sit for hours with a notepad until what filled the page was an honest, open-hearted sentiment. “Life’s A Pill” is a prime example, and a perfect encapsulation of the range of emotion Koyo captures throughout each of the tracks on Would You Miss It?.
“‘That song is about a family member of mine passing away from a drug overdose when I was on my first full U.S. tour,” says Chiaramonte about “Life’s A Pill.” “Ultimately, I chose to stay on that tour. I didn’t want to grieve. I didn’t want to think about it. It was all so overwhelming that I just opted to shoulder how I was feeling, finish the tour, and deal with it another day. I found that I started to do that with a lot of things because I started to tour full time that year. There were so many interpersonal problems that I was just smothering. That song dives into that. The loss, the avoidance, and what I was doing mirrored what some people turn to drugs for. It’s a giant song about loss and escapism.”
Would You Miss It? is the kind of album that could only be made by a group of self-proclaimed genre-obsessives. It’s why Koyo can seamlessly transition from playing the This Is Hardcore festival to opening for Bayside, because they make perfect sense no matter what bill they’re on. That natural musical dexterity is what fostered collaborations with Glassjaw’s Daryl Palumbo (“Message Like A Bomb”), Vinnie Caruana of The Movielife (“What’s Left To Say”), and Vein.FM’s Anthony DiDio (“Flatline Afternoon”) on songs where each part was written specifically with the guest vocalist in mind. Each person fits right into Koyo’s musical language, and expresses the range of sounds and feelings the band can express at any given time.
Taken in full, Would You Miss It? is the coming-of-age tale of five friends joining together to take on the world. Fueled by a love for music, and a shared creative bond, Koyo sets the bar for the new wave of Long Island bands. As Chiaramonte notes on “Anthem,” a lyrical love letter to Long Island scenes of the past, present, and future, “the best is yet to come.” Pay attention, because you won’t want to miss it.
INTERCEPTOR is THE heavy metal band. With the barreling sonic might of traditional metal, black metal, speed metal, thrash metal, power metal, and straight rock ‘n roll, headbangers find their hunger satiated by the old-school, raw, and true sound that the band lives by.
While formed in Charleston, South Carolina on April 1st of 2022, they were the furthest thing from a joke. Pure, raw, total mayhem has always been the principle of the band, and when they played (and headlined) their first show just one year later, they spared absolutely none. Former drummer and longtime member of the local scene, Asher DiBernardo, said the turnout was unlike he had ever seen at the venue. Interceptor has gone on to share stages with other underground household names such as Artillery, Nocturnus, and Nasty Savage.
On June 22nd of 2024, Interceptor made its full length debut with the sonic terror “Tales of Mayhem,” garnering flattering reviews and praise and even some radio play. Within just two weeks the run of cassettes and records on Motorpunk Records were almost sold out and the band passed 10 THOUSAND monthly listeners on spotify alone. The band followed up with a successful supporting mini tour of the Gulf of Mexico, hitting metal beacons such as Tampa and Houston. Based on the success and turnout of these shows, Interceptor was asked to play with Nasty Savage and Nocturnus at SwarmFest in Tampa.
Dark Angel became known in thrash metal circles for their ability to deliver some of the genre’s most challenging and articulate albums without ever losing touch with its core attributes of pure speed and primal aggression. And although, like many of their peers, the band’s appeal would never really extend beyond the metal underground, their recorded legacy has stood the test of time much better than the bulk of their ’80s thrash metal peers.
Formed in Los Angeles in 1983, Dark Angel went through countless incarnations before settling on a somewhat stable lineup featuring vocalist Don Doty, guitarists Eric Meyer and Jim Durkin, bassist Rob Yahn, and drummer Jack Schwartz. After having one of their demos, “Welcome to the Slaughterhouse,” chosen for inclusion on Brian Slagel’s Metal Massacre IV collection in 1985, the group proceeded to assemble their remaining demo tapes into a primitive but enthusiastic first album called We Have Arrived, released later that year. New drummer Gene Hoglan joined the band in time to be pictured on the album sleeve, but he made his performance debut on 1986’s much improved Darkness Descends, released by thrash metal-friendly Combat Records and usually viewed by fans as the band’s true arrival. Bassist Yahn would depart shortly after the album’s release (replaced by Mike Gonzalez), soon to be followed by original vocalist Doty at tour’s end.
Unsure about their next step, Dark Angel undertook a long hiatus before resurfacing with drummer Hoglan firmly entrenched as the band’s major creative force. After drafting new vocalist Ron Rinehart, they recorded 1989’s Leave Scars, the first of two albums that earned them the unlikely label of progressive thrash due to the longer, more complex songs the band had begun composing. Recorded in April 1989 and released later that year, Live Scars introduced new six-stringer Brett Eriksen, who had recently replaced Durkin, and documented the group’s ferocious live energy. Another extended break ensued before the recording of what is arguably their finest effort, 1991’s Time Does Not Heal. Hailed by critics for the sheer creative scope of its ambitious songwriting, the album was considered the last word on technical thrash metal, but arrived at the end of thrash metal’s time in the limelight and sold poorly. The departure of Rinehart soon thereafter convinced Hoglan to break up the band, and he eventually joined Florida’s Death and contributed to some of their finest albums. Relativity Records issued a collection of Dark Angel’s finest moments, Decade of Chaos, in 1992. Guitarist Jim Durkin died on March 9, 2023 at the age of 58. ~ Eduardo Rivadavia, Rovi
explosive no-wave post jazz with an ever-rotating lineup
Ampevene is a fresh, experimental fusion of original Progressive Rock, Psychedelic, and other genres. Based out of Albany, NY, the band has opened for nationally touring acts such as Moon Hooch, Consider The Source, Flux Capacitor, and Aqueous. They have played some of the regions best venues including Larkfest, The Hollow, and Putnam Den in the Albany Capital Region, The Chance Theater in Poughkeepsie, Nectar’s in Burlington, Vermont, and Funk ‘n Waffles in Syracuse, NY. Ampevene is currently comprised of Gabe Stallman (guitar and vocals), Mack Hogan (bass), Ava Smith (keys and synth), and Brian McKinney Fahey (drums). A pure listening and visceral experience, Ampevene blends a free form frenzy, jagged riffs, and hypnotic rhythms into a tight, psychedelic, sonic landscape, designed to trip up and trip out any listener. Ampevene draws influence from renowned artists such as Omar Rodriguez Lopez, Miles Davis, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, TOOL, Mastodon, King Crimson, John Frusciante, and more, yet somehow manages to create something completely unique for their listeners. An Ampevene live show will take you through a transcendent experience of sounds ranging from soft floating grooves to heavy math based confusion, and even downright noise, yet somehow the complexity doesn’t obscure the pure emotion, and even comfort that the songs exude. They have recently released their first full length album, Ephemagoria, which can be heard on their music page.
Simply put, Wynton Existing is Wynton Existing due to the fact that Wynton exists to make art. Rather then identify as a specific genre, Wynton Existing is an exploration of sounds, vibes and emotions, generally which finds itself swimming around Garage, Psychedelia, Progressive, Punk, Stoner, Indie, and countless other subgenres.
The mission of Wynton Existing isn’t to highlight Wynton alone, but to remind the listener they exist too. The band invites us to live in the moment and open the audience up to the opportunity of feeling something. You too are alive and can exist just as brightly as the talent on stage.
The live show is a high energy splendor of noise experimentation, jams, and crowd participation, inviting the audience to join the madness with psychedelic breakdowns in songs such as “Tomtom Song”. The lyrical content ranges from wonder, perseverance, anguish, curiosity, hopelessness, inflection, and varying levels of acceptance, all generally with enough vagueness for the listener to takeaway their own meanings. Wynton Existing wants to pull the safety net off the music industry. They can make a big hit single, but don’t want to limit themselves to just making pop songs, they can play a consistent genre, but don’t feel they should be defined by a singular style. As Andy Warhol said:“Don’t think about making art, just get it done. Let everyone else decide if it’s good or bad, whether they love it or hate it. While they are deciding, make even more art.”
Chicago Alternative Hard Rock
nineteen year old artist / producer from london, uk.
Al’s Hwy50, a project by Al Laughlin, an original founding member of the iconic Colorado band The Samples, will be performing select shows throughout 2025… Al’s fusion of reggae and ska rhythms is sure to get you dancing all night long.
A Chicago-based, blues-gospel band playing music that is good for the soul.
Questionable Decisions is an exciting new ensemble consisting of four of the Chicago Jazz scene’s most unique musicians. All four of these musicians have played in myriad situations across multiple genres, and their flexibility is on full display whenever they start playing. They’re a band upholding a tradition of Jazz as subversive party music. Drawing inspiration from Eddie Harris, Medeski, Martin & Wood, The Bad Plus, and Lester Bowie, they fuse Pop melodies, Jazz harmonies, Brazilian, Afro-Cuban and Funk rhythms, jammy improvisations with punk ferocity.
Or, as one friend once said, “someone’s going to have to invent a whole new genre just to describe you guys.”
Experimental no-wave band with a revolving lineup of musicians. Praise the Orb.
MADAM RADAR is an Americana rock band that punches hard with its explosive harmonies, soaring guitar solos, and eclectic original tunes. The band is a tangled web of family and friends; Jace Cadle (rhythm guitar/vocals) is married to Kelly Green (lead guitar/vocals), the sister of Kody Lee (drums/vocals), married to Violet Lea (bass/vocals).
Fronted by the trio of Kelly, Violet, and Jace, MADAM RADAR is a revolving door of high-energy singer-songwriters, each with their own perspective and style that magically seem to overlap like the layers of a kaleidoscope. With all four band members providing harmonies, MADAM RADAR is a wall of colorful sound that changes shape, demanding your undivided attention.
The Reverent Few don’t chase trends or polish their edges. They play like it matters—because for them, it does. Rooted in gospel shouts, blues grit, and rock ‘n’ roll soul, their music isn’t just heard—it’s felt, deep in the chest.
Frontwoman Paige DeChausse delivers vocals that are raw and resonant, the kind that crack you open and stitch you back up in the same breath. At her side, Nick James layers in blistering guitar and grit-soaked harmonies, while Ashlyn Shanafelt and Spanky lock in a rhythm section that hits like muscle and memory.
Their debut record Ain’t No Place to Be dropped April 1st, 2020—into a world that stood still. But the songs kept moving. In small rooms, on quiet stages, and through the headphones of anyone who needed them.
Their newest single, The World Will Be Wood To You, is a rope swing of hope—equal parts tenderness and tenacity. It’s a reminder that beauty still lives in the burn, and resilience is a rhythm worth keeping.
underground death metal band
Formed in the Netherlands in 1987, ASPHYX have always been one of death metal’s most ruthlessly idiosyncratic bands. With a sound that draws from the rawest of materials, they have skilfully blended fast ‘n’ furious extremity with some of the most claustrophobic, suppurating slow-motion doom ever committed to tape. Opening their impeccable account with 1991’s stone cold classic The Rack, ASPHYX have never wavered from their singular vision, delivering a series of legendary albums that have always been considerably heavier than everything else around.
Songs like ‘Scratch & Claw’ feature impactful and introspective rap lyrics and haunting yet passionate vocals over polished, metal inspired, instrumentation, while ‘Going Rogue’ pushes the creative threshold of what a band can excel to be. Dropout Kings, formed in 2016, have already garnered millions of streams from their debut album, AudioDope, which was released August 10th, 2018 through Napalm Records. The group signed to the label before they even performed their first concert, confirming the band’s raw talent and creative fortitude. AudioDope went on to receive rave reviews, being herald for it’s refreshing yet nostalgic sound while blurring the lines between rock and hip hop. In 2019, Dropout Kings signed to Stay Sick Recordings and released the GlitchGang EP. In 2021, DOK signed with Suburban Noize Records and re-released the GlitchGang EP, only further cementing them as a force to be reckoned with. With their latest release and more tours on the way, it is clear that Dropout Kings are on a quest to make the world hear their story.
Since bursting forth from the cosmic ether in 2014, Seattle’s Xoth (pronounced ZOTH) has evoked fan and critical acclaim for their innovative approach to extreme metal. 2019’s Interdimensional Invocations has become a cult classic, blending technical death metal, black metal, and thrash in a novel synthesis that eludes categorization.
In partnership with Dawnbreed Records, their third triumph Exogalactic is an ambitious leap forward. It’s as if they’ve excavated musical relics from Earth’s core and melded them with sounds from the far reaches of the universe. Each song is an event horizon, stirring subgenres into a timewarp of past and future sonic chaos.
Amidst the vortex of sound, the mixing sorcery of Joe Cincotta at Full Force Studio (Obituary, Suffocation) manifests an auditory odyssey and the artwork of Shindy Reehal at Shindy Design sets the tone for the voyage. Xoth is not just music; it’s a journey across the celestial landscape led by interstellar luminaries.
“Through four years of trials and tribulations, we are thrilled to finally unleash an album that has demanded immense dedication, fortitude, and sacrifice. The results of our experiment have surpassed our wildest imagination!”
Xoth is: Tyler Sturgill – Guitar & Vocals Woody Adler – Guitar Ben Bennett – Bass Jeremy Salvo – Drums
WE CRAWL ON OUR BELLIES !! WE SLITHER IN YER EARZ !! DEEP FRIED 3 PIECE WEIRDOS FROM ORLANDO FL !!
Like a molotov cocktail hurled at the new millennium’s bland alt-rock scene, The Briefs exploded onto the punk landscape 25 years ago with their debut “Hit After Hit.” Now, these bleach-blonde Seattle troublemakers continue to set stages ablaze from Vegas to Berlin. Fresh off a European tour and armed with forthcoming 7″ “High Society b/w You Move Me,” they’re proving punk’s not dead—it’s just getting weirder, baby. To cap off a momentous 2024, the Briefs have reissued their sought-after first single “Poor and Weird b/w Rotten Love” while simultaneously gearing up for a US West Coast tour this fall. Five albums deep and countless bottles of peroxide later, these idiot savants continue to urge a new generation to grab a junk guitar, a pair of second-hand shades, and join the punk rock mutation!
Labyrinth is a Thrash Metal band based in Houston, TX. Influenced by classic Thrash Metal [83-94]
How do I drive this thing?
We’re detached one-car garage rock.
for the late nights and red eyes, bleached out is a two piece bedroom project born out of boredom as most things are. please enjoy <3
We are a Hi-NRG, Disco Goth band from Chicago, IL.
Roster: The Law of HUEY, Stark of HUEY, DJ Cymba of HUEY, LOCKWOOD, King Vo of HUEY, KaydoeXO°, John Jones, Jefe of HUEY, STEEEVE
Originating from the Pacific Northwest, Tory Ward combines her amiable, light hearted personality with sardonic humor creating an experience that is singularly hilarious. She’s performed in festivals across the country including Limestone Comedy Festival, SF Sketchfest and 10,000 Laughs. She’s opened for comics such as Louis Katz, Kyle Kinane and Marc Maron.
Known as the Positive Vibe Technician for Perpetual Groove, Brock “The Rev” Butler founded the band with Adam Perry while attending SCAD (Savannah College of Art and Design) in 1997.
“Adam and I were sequential art students, but I eventually switched to Film, Video and Sound Design. We really put the sound design facilities to work for our own Perpetual Groove purposes.”
After more than two decades, Brock has become a successful solo artist in tandem with the evolution of
Perpetual Groove…
Stay tuned.
CHEZ is an independent alternative pop force on the rise, unfiltered and unapologetic. Known for her blend of raw lyricism and explosive energy, CHEZ has quickly carved out a space of her own – amassing over one million streams on Spotify alone and building a loyal, ever growing community of fans affectionately known as the BADDIES. Championing self-worth, confidence and emotional honesty – especially for young women navigating a complex world – CHEZ makes anthems for those unafraid to stand tall to their own truth. Her undeniable presence has seen her tour nationally across Australia, supporting global acts like Set It Off, Scene Queen, PVRIS and Taylor Acorn. In May/June 2025, CHEZ will head to the UK and Europe with AViVA, marking her first run of international shows. CHEZ is more than just a voice, she’s a movement, making space for a new generation of confident, empowered, emotionally-aware BADDIES.
Cardiff’s HIMALAYAS’ story began when teenagers Joe Williams (lead vocals/guitar) and Mike Griffiths (lead guitar/vocals) started performing in small venues around Wales, and soon captured the attention of hungry fans and music industry tastemakers alike. Later joined by drummer James Goulbourn and completed by Louis Heaps on bass. Sharing a mutual love of Queens Of The Stone Age, Muse, Royal Blood and Iggy Pop, HIMALAYAS quickly honed their unique blend of dark, cinematic fast-paced rock featuring barbed wire riffs and snarling vocals.
The four-piece has been touring consistently, playing key festivals including SXSW, Mad Cool and Reading & Leeds along with high-profile supports with the likes of Stereophonics and Manic Street Preachers.
Newly signed to Nettwerk Records, their highly anticipated debut album, ‘From Hell To Here’ is released in May 2023, it was recorded in Wales with Steffan Pringle and mixed in LA by Grammy Award-winning producer, Dave Sardy (Royal Blood, Josh Homme, Rage Against The Machine). Early singles from the album have picked up enthusiastic support across radio and press and reactions at all their live shows have been incredible, with Louder Than War predicting, “…this is the sound that will fill stadiums.” HIMALAYAS have put everything into making their debut album and they’re only just getting started.
Chicago pianist/producer C3zR blends electronic elements, ear-worm hip-hop beats, vintage lo-fi, symphonic textures, and stylistic jazz instrumentation. A frequent collaborator with local and rising talent, his diverse musical approach has reached a growing fanbase.
Based in Grand Rapids, MI, Candid Antics is a six-piece jazz fusion group rapidly gaining recognition as a top local act. They’ve earned accolades including winners of the 2023 Walk the Beat competition, finalists in the 2023 ‘The Stray’ Battle of the Bands, and official artist performances at the SXSW festival in Austin, Texas. Playing a style of music dubbed “party-fusion” that combines intricate harmonies with timeless grooves, they breathe new life into the golden era of fusion, bringing it to the modern age.
The premier group in audio based fine dining experiences, please enjoy: The Waitstaff.
Noe Noel is one of Chicago’s most exciting stand up comedians. With six years of professional experience, he has shared the stage with nationally renowned talents like Janeane Garofalo, Sam Tallent, Zainab Johnson, and Nate Jackson. Noe is a regular at some of the country’s top comedy clubs, including Zanies, The Laugh Factory, Comedy Bar, Comedy Works, The Comedy Store, and The Improv.
Beyond Chicago, his curated shows have entertained audiences across the U.S., with productions in Seattle, Las Vegas, New York, Denver, Miami, Atlanta, Memphis, Tulsa, Dallas, and more. While widely celebrated as a local favorite, Noe remains relentless in his pursuit of a breakout moment.
A true creative, he explores multiple artistic outlets, including video art, storytelling, and film, bringing a unique perspective and depth to his craft.
Comedienne…… Im just me, why r y’all so mad #PRIMADONNA Snapchat:shawty _nyce
Comedian Dream Chasing. #TuskegeeUniversityAlumnus. Come join the journey.
In 2025 Soft Blue Shimmer find themselves searching for new ways to push sonic boundaries, both on and off stage. For the past six years, the indie outfit have been creating music that transcends genre definitions. Their latest LP “They Will Leave Us With Nothing” is out now.
Woolworthy is a dynamic pop-punk/power-pop band hailing from the vibrant music scene of Chicago. Formed by members Rudy Gonzalez and Rick Uncapher, the band burst onto the local scene in 1995, showcasing their raw and energetic songs influenced by bands like The Replacements, Goo Goo Dolls, Soul Asylum, and Superchunk.
Award winning multi-instrumentalist Dave Bainbridge joins forces with Lord of the Dance vocalist and fellow multi-instrumentalist Sally Minnear to bring a spellbinding evening of music that will, in equal measure, have you jigging in (or out of!) your seat or bring a tear to your eye. A compelling mix of powerful and ethereal vocal songs (including the occasional emotive Gaelic ballad), instrumental tracks – jigs/reels/slow airs/evolving soundscapes and virtuoso improvisation on keyboards, electric guitar, bouzouki and cowbell! All held together with Dave’s humerous banter.
Matt Dorsey is a singer songwriter multi-instrumentalist from Orange County, CA. He’s played with Beth Hart, In Continuum, Dave Kerzner, Circuline, Simon Collins, ProgJect, and is a founding member of Sound of Contact. This page is dedicated to his original music.
Alberta Death Metal
From small beginnings of John Mayer Soundcloud covers to milestones any artist dreams of, Christian French has been a continuous pop force since his 2016 debut. The Indiana native has always aimed to bring more with his music; self-expression, authenticity, and most importantly, continuous progress towards life’s silver-lining. French expresses hardships of anxiety, doubt and insecurity in a way that offers an optimistic twist, as shown in his EP’s “bright side of the moon” & “good things take time”, while his most recent EP “the space between” shows a deeper, darker perspective of the artist’s every day life while navigating the hardships and challenges that come with growing up.
Through French’s 1 billion streams across all platforms, the unwavering passion and culture from his fans can be seen through his 5 successful North American headline tours, including his recent 28-show “The Space Between” tour in 2023. Now, with Christian French making the choice to become an independent artist for the first time since 2018 & diving increasingly more into his own writing and production, fans will begin seeing facets of French that cut much deeper with new realizations, perspectives, and self-truths as 2024 unfolds.
Whimsical death metal from Northwest Indiana, featuring ghouls spinning tales about Jerma, fantasy monsters, and annoying people.
3 Piece Extreme Metal from the 219
the macks are a knife
Formed in 1995 by Makoto Kawabata at the same time as the Acid Mothers Temple Soul Collective. The group released its debut album in 1997 on PSF Records (Japan), and it was selected as one of the year’s best albums in the The Wire magazine (UK). In 1998 the group played their first tours of the US and Europe. Since then the group has released a huge number of albums on labels from many different countries. As of 2017, the group has released around 80 albums. Every year since 1998, they have toured extensively in the US and Europe, and more recently have started performing around Asia and in Japan too. The group has performed in collaboration with many musicians including psychedelic originators Gong and Guru Guru, Simeon (Silver Apples), Nik Turner (Hawkwind), and the Occitanian trad singer Rosina de Peira. Japanese collaborators have included Afrirampo, Tatsuya Yoshida (Ruins), Maso Yamazaki (Masonna), Seiichi Yamamoto (Boredoms), Jun Kuriyama (The Ox), and many others.
To begin with the group had a floating line-up with contributions from many members of the AMT Soul Collective. But as tours became more frequent, the group began to coalesce around a core touring line-up. Other bands were created with Acid Mothers Temple as part of their name (AMT & The Cosmic Inferno, AMT SWR, AMT & The Space Paranoid, AMT & Infinity Rising Zero, Acid Mothers Gong, Acid Mothers Guru Guru, Acid Moon Temple, etc.), but AMT & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O. has continued to function as the mothership and main lineage for all our activities.
In 2016, twenty one years since the group’s founding, there was a major shift in the line-up and “Next Generation” was added to the name. We now view the first twenty years as chapter one in our story, and we are now turning the page to start chapter two. The group played more than 100 shows in each year, toured in Europe, North America, South America, Oceania and Asia, also Japan. They also played many festivals (Glastonbury Festival in UK, Levitation in US and France, Rock In Opposition in France, Standon Calling in UK, Kuala Lumpur Experimental Film, Video & Music Festival in Malaysia, LUC fest 貴人散步音樂節 in Taiwan, etc).
During pandemic, they launched their official Bandcamp, have released more than 60 albums (including many unreleased materials), and have toured in Japan in each year. And they played the streaming festival “Levitation Sessions”. They organized “Acid Mothers Olympic 2021” against “Tokyo Olympics 2021”, they originated and played a new style of “music sports”. Finally the group went to the first European tour in Autumn 2022 and North American tour in Spring and Autumn 2023, after pandemic. 2024, the group will tour in Europe in Spring and North America in Autumn.
The current touring line-up is: Kawabata Makoto, Higashi Hiroshi, Satoshima Nani,
Sawano Shozo and Jyonson Tsu since 2022.
Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O. :
Kawabata Makoto : guitar, speed guru
Higashi Hiroshi : synthesizer, fishin’god
Jyonson Tsu : vocal, guitar, bouzouki, midnight whistler
Satoshima Nani : drums, another dimension
Sawano Shozo : bass, hex man
Boasting over 1.5M combined followers, Luke Eisner and Gus Ross make up the duo, VOILA. They are a fully independent band respectively from Wisconsin and London, who are now based in Los Angeles, California. They met on their first day in LA at USC’s Thornton School of Music and have been inseparable ever since. The Emmy nominated pair self produce, write & perform their own songs.
Their noteworthy success has been increasing rapidly over the years and they continue to grow exponentially, with their hit single Figure You Out having just gone Gold in the US. They have tripled their monthly listeners on Spotify in the past 18 months, now with 3.2M monthly listeners, and 25M streams per month.
They have sold-out every headline show that they’ve played including their latest Spin The Bottle Tour with Chrissy Costanza of Against The Current. Their 2025 Europe Tour Sold Out in less than 48 hours. The band’ s FOURTH studio album, “The Last Laugh (Part I)” is set to be released on June 20, 2025.
good kissing music <3
eva, colin, aidan, and riley
Makeout Palace is a Boston-based band of friends that defies easy classification with their electrifying blend of alternative rock, post punk, and indie pop. The band is composed of—Eva Levin on bass/vocals, Colin Ratcliff on guitar, Riley LePere on sax/flute, and Aidan Shapero on drums—melding a diversity of influences from The Beatles to Black Country New Road into an irresistibly hooky sound. Over the past three years, they’ve gigged Boston’s music scene, releasing two albums, including ‘MAKEOUT PALACE!,’ delivering raw and in-your-face live performances
Griffin Benton is an alternative rock singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist from Detroit, MI. Blending massive guitar riffs, anthemic vocals, and gritty lyrics, he’s developed a unique sonic fingerprint that’s sure to leave you craving more. Benton is a tormented mixture of instrumentals that borrow from Queens of the Stone Age, Foo Fighters, and Jack White, fused with the baritone vocal styles of singers like Billy Idol, Alex Turner, and David Bowie. His most recent album, In A Darker Shade, is a moody record packed to the brim with stories of heartbreak, sex, and loss; all crooned over an unforgiving, gloomy soundtrack. Singles debuted on KCRW and WRIF radio, with the album now exceeding a million streams and sending Griff around the country to play to hungry fans. After suffering a near-fatal accident in late 2024, Griffin has found himself back in his studio picking up pieces and preparing two new albums for 2025 releases. And always remember, GRIFF DOES IT DARKER.