HAUNTER
Progressive Black/Death Metal
CAVERN
Cavern is a Maryland stoner/post-rock trio.
FRENCHY AND THE PUNK
Fusing foot-stompin’ bohemian cabaret folk, French chanson and `80’s punk, with vaudeville charm, steampunk flair and pixie spirit this Euro-American duo seamlessly blends raucous, danceable melodies and rhythms with cheeky stories sung in English and French.
THE NATHANIEL JOHNSTONE BAND
The Nathaniel Johnstone Band hails from Seattle, WA, lead by multi-instrumentalist Nathaniel Johnstone (violin, viola, banjo, mandolin, and guitar). Their vibrant sound crosses boundaries and borders, resulting in a blend of European, Middle Eastern, and South American music with Jazz, Rock, Surf, Folk, Gothic, and Steampunk influences.
Joining the band on stage is world-renown bellydance fusion artist Tempest, adding another incredible level to the band’s dynamic stage show. All together, they provide an incredible audio-visual experience that delivers solid, reliable music and high-quality entertainment – all while getting folks up and dancing!
THE MEN THAT WILL NOT BE BLAMED FOR NOTHING
The Men That Will Not Be Blamed for Nothing are a steampunk band from London. Their name is a reference to the chalked graffiti discovered above a section of blood-stained apron thought to have been …
MORAL VOID
Hardcore / Punk / Metal / D-beat / Crust from Chicago IL.
DECENT CRIMINAL
With a high energy blend of punk, surf and power-pop, Northern CA’s, DECENT CRIMINAL, offer catchy, upbeat songs that mercilessly collide with abrasive and often melancholy undertones, to bring forth a style that’s playfully compatible while still feeling inadvertently raw.
CLAY BORRELL
Clay Borrell is a 19 year old singer/songwriter and entertainer from Minneapolis, Minnesota. At the age of 12, Clay started filming short comedy skits, school projects and soon keeping up with this hobby by doing cover songs of a current favorite song by Jason Mraz or whatever caught his attention. At the age of 16, Clay’s long time friend and video cohort Alex Ernst (Vine, Digifest) introduced Clay to his current manager on a partnered video project. Soon following, Clay flew out to LA and began to record his very first song and debut single, “Hello L.A.”. Since it’s release, Clay has played concerts across the country and been on multiple promotional tours spreading the word. He has also attended and performed at VidCon, Playlist Live recently. In the midst of promoting and performances Clay has finished his much anticipated debut EP which will be released in 2015! With the accompanying release, Clay’s goal is to share his music and passion for living life to the fullest with as many people as possible. See you in 2015 and on friends, expect Clay in a city near you soon!
GREGORY BOYD & TEN FOOT TAIL
Whether performing with Ashish Khan the world’s foremost Sarod Master or opening for Bob Dylan, or performing at New York’s Lincoln Center, Boyd has always had one mission; to do things a little differently; a little off the beaten path. When Boyd decided to join the US Navy and perform in the US Navy Steel Drum Band, this ethic was truly put to the test. Deciding that the normal usage of performing Caribbean Steel Drums was not enough, Boyd set out to recreate the instrument and use it in as many different ways he possibly could, all the while singing and performing as many different musical styles as possible in order to gain a rich understanding of what the instrument can and will do.
VARAHA
VARAHA’s music is a cinematic journey that defies genre limitations, and immerses us in its evocative, dynamic, and melancholic moods
MAGICK POTION
Magick Potion is a power ambient duo from Chicago USA.Consisting of Classical Pianist Vivian Yanzhe Yu and Bassist Jason Wayne Sneed, melting their individual styles, creating rich textured soundscapes. Known for their signature, eerie dark and beautifully cosmic sound. Using sub sonic frequencies to lull and terrify the listener, taking them on a journey to another dimension.
COOPERS GROVE
Cooper’s Grove is a band of brothers doing battle on the local and national scene. Pouring heart and soul into each of their compositions. A band with true Midwest values writing about real life experiences. The listener walks away with a sense of fellowship and a catchy tune to remind them we’re all in this together.
OCEAN DAYS
The loving sounds of those passed. The yearly ritual of erasing things. Ocean Days is a simple three piece indie band bringing the not so simple feeling of 20-something angst. You will be reminded of Elliot Smith, From Indian Lakes, Bon Iver, Foxing, and many others.
SCHOOL OF ROCK (AllStars)
“The School of Rock AllStars are top teenage musicians from around the globe, touring North America and wowing crowds with classic and modern rock and roll hits. They are joined by School of Rock house bands that showcase the area’s local talent.”
ABSENT MIND
Absent Mind is a 5 piece hardcore band from Chicago, IL formed in 2015.
SOUR BRUTHERS
All original rock with a country twang!
WESTERN STAR
Raised mostly in a holler on the border of West Virginia and Virginia. Formed in summer of 2013 while working on a cattle ranch in East Texas. This family band is a second generation alt-country four piece that brings garage-rock speed and power, southern rock harmonies and straight up kickassery to their music. They played their first real gig together in October 2013 during ACL at the HIckoids’ Corn Lover’s Fiesta in Austin, and in the spring of 2014 during SXSW at Jeff Smith’s Saustex Records showcase.
SEAN ROUSE
Comedy Central, HBO’s Jim Norton Down and Dirty
ANDY ANDRIST
HBO’s Jim Norton Down and Dirty, Writer for the Man Show, The Unbookables documentary
COME BACK ALICE
Southern Gypsy Funk band. Soulful vocals, melodic guitars, gypsy violin and funky bass & drums make up some of many styles present in CBA’s sound.
GALLOWS BOUND
Being raised in the heart of the Blue Ridge Mountains and stemming from three chord punk rock provides for a unique twist on traditional instruments. With their first album “Empty Flask, Empty Heart”, the songs are described as an “aggressive yet melodic collection” ranging from fast and punchy tales of rambling and love, to dark and soulful songs birthed from whiskey and regret.
“Their live set is performed as impeccably as their studio set, and you really can feel how much energy, love, and emotion is poured not only into their writing, but into their performance.”
KINGS OF SPADE
KINGS OF SPADE dish out a raw and grungey blend of urban funk, dirty blues, deep soul and rock. Don’t let the tattooed arms or florescent mohawk of the lead singer fool you. Her whaling vocals are fiery, passionate, and a unique hybrid of soul queens Janis Joplin and Aretha Franklin. Proud of not being boxed in a specific genre, the KINGS can remind you of a classic fist-pumping rock band in one number, take you for a dance-pop ride in the next, and then charge straight into an old smokey blues riff. Their shameless dancing, foot-stomping, and highly energetic live show has landed them gigs at LA’s House of Blues, The Avalon, and The Viper Room, as well opening for world-famous acts like Bon Jovi, Daughtry, Mutemath, Everclear, Rival Sons, and the Deftones. They just finished their 2nd studio album in Nashville, TN with Grammy nominated producer Dave Cobb which will be released on February 14th 2014. Their song “Boys In The Band” is featured on the film soundtrack for the Warner Brother’s released “Utopian Society.” Title track of their 2009 debut album “Crave” was also featured in a Roxy breast cancer awareness commercial. In 2012 KOS kicked off a cross-country tour at the Autumn Lights Festival in Los Angeles capturing fans in Arizona, Austin, Boston, Vermont, and New York. They launched an extensive 22 show US Mainland Tour in March 2013 which included a performance on Good Morning Austin on Fox 7 news and showcases at the Blind Pig Rooftop Stage, the Texas Rockfest Stage, and Red Gorilla Music Festival in Austin.
SERENA ISABELLI
Serena is a musician who covers and writes original songs.
J. BERNARD BOWSE
J. Bernard Bowse is a jazz pianist, vocalist, and songwriter. He began his classical training at the age of 11 in California. After graduating from high school in Massachusetts, he became part of the Marine Corps Band in which he performed as a pianist, percussionist, and singer for more than four years throughout the US, Australia, Thailand, and Japan. In 2011, he moved to Chicago to pursue a Bachelor of Music in Piano Performance at Columbia College Chicago where he studied piano with the well-known teachers Sebastian Huydts and Donald Neale, and voice with equally renowned Martez Rucker, Sharon Carlson, and Sandra Cross. He has performed at different venues around Chicago including Singer Salon, Davenport’s, Andy’s Jazz Club, Original Mothers, and PianoForte as a solo performer, accompanist, and backup singer. He is currently preparing his debut EP which will be released in Spring 2016.
CHINAA
Gospel/Inspirational Artist.
SUPA BWE
If you don’t know Supa Bwe, you know his sound. The 29-year-old Chicago rapper has championed a combustible blend of hip hop, pop-punk, and R&B and helped carve out what would become a fertile, crowded lane occupied by younger stars like Lil Uzi Vert, XXXTENTACION, Trippie Redd, and YNW Melly. And yet, Supa is still constantly producing personal stylistic flourishes that no other artist could possibly replicate. On “Rememory,” from his new EP Just Say Thank You, he enlists Chance the Rapper to craft a dewy, electric piano-driven lullaby in which Bwe bounds in from left field and snatches the mic, instantly turning the track on its side with his singular singing voice—the sweet, sticky, Auto-tuned caterwaul of a lovesick feral cat.
CALLAGHAN
“Chicago punk band from back in the day”
Stumbling out of the local bar punk rock and roll featuring current/ex-members of the Bollweevils, Muchacha, Antabuse and some others you’ve never heard of but probably shared a drink with.
ODDCOUPLE
BOATHOUSE
QARI
DON ZUZULA
solo set by Don Zuzula of The Tosspints
The Tosspints’ style of music has been influenced by 3 lifetimes of living through the school of hard knocks, brought to bear from war, loss, degradation, and hard drinking. A band created entirely by a family who has had to make it through life the hard way and use their experience to create songs about the more distressed side of being human. Their fast paced no nonsense stage show drives songs straight into the audience one after the other, pushing their own style of up tempo minor chord melodies out with the highest possible energy level.
Made up of brothers Don Zuzula (guitar, vocals), a combat veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom and younger brother and Zak Zuzula (bass, vocals), a history teacher, along with drummer John Johnson, they draw from their world experience and working class upbringing in the rust belt city of Saginaw Michigan for their poetically dark yet uptempo songs.
Their powerful stage presence and unending barrage of music from the beginning of their set to the end of the dark, yet high energy show has earned them spots on stage with iconic underground rock heroes such as The Dropkick Murphys, The Tossers, Murder by death, The Young Dubliners, The Goddamn Gallows, Skinny Lister and Flatfoot 56, as well as earned festival showcases from The Michigan Irish Music Festival, 2013 CBGB’s Festival in New York City, and the George Killians Irish Red Ruckus in Boston, MA. Their songwriting skills have been recognized in the 2011 John Lennon Songwriting Contest where they earned a finalist position and their powerful fan support has earned them a spot on the 2012 Vans Warped Tour Ernie Ball Stage and Alternative Press Magazine Detroit’s Band of the Month for December 2012.
RYLR
RYLR is an instrumental trio from Chicago with Trevor Shelley de Brauw, Steven Hess, Colin DeKuiper
TODAY IS THE DAY
Over two decades, TODAY IS THE DAY has toured the world with Motörhead, Helmet, The Melvins, Morbid Angel, Converge, NapalmDeath, Neurosis, Eyehategod, Unsane, and many more. The current lineup consists of founder Steve Austin, drummer Jeff Lohrber and bassist Sean Conkling.
THE EVENING ATTRACTION
What is there to be said about the evening attraction? Should we talk about Joey’s Addiction to Beach Boy LPs or maybe Miles’ pomade preferences? Paul Ansani, Nick Tumminello, Joey Abaroa and Miles Malin are a quartet of Rock’n’Rollers making tracks that swing, bop, rattle and roll. You’ll soon be able to find their new single online and at the very record stores they spend their time and money in. The Kids Don’t Care For Rock’n’Roll/ Tea Party, is the forthcoming single recorded directly to 2” tape at Chicago’s own Treehouse Records, where their first full length “Almost Desperate”, was recorded nearly 2 years ago. These 2 brand new cuts contain riffs that Keith Richards could get behind, and vocal harmonies that The Zombies would rubber stamp… and all they want to do is share them with you. Peace and love
SECRET RATS
This band is 12 days old. Jay does drums and vox. Raymond does guitar and vox. Joe does bass and more bass.
OKETO
Creative Collaborations
MAB
My A**hole Brother (MAB)
Based out of the Western Suburbs of Chicago. Small time band that just likes to jam. Thanks for Listening!
-MAB
TERROIR
terroir(/Ter’Wär/) is a good old fashioned rock and roll three piece out of Chicago. Terroir’s Mission Statement: If we didn’t rock your fucking face off, we didn’t do our job.
SNOWBLYND
With a sound labeled “Motor City Dixie,” Snowblynd provides listeners with real, rooted rock ‘n roll and an unmistakable outlaw country attitude. These influences are not only present in their music, but are also present in their live performances as well.
Snowblynd began as a group of teenagers born into the wrong generation who wanted to hear and play real rock ‘n roll for real rock ‘n roll fans. Brad Williams – vocals, Ryan Smith – guitar, Greg Wyld – guitar, and Barry Damron – drums, began honing their craft in local clubs and lounges, and generating a decent amount of buzz while struggling to find a bass player who shared their vision. During their very first show, there were more people in the bar than ever before. They also won the Columbus Battle of The Bands competition in 1999.
Snowblynd began recording their debut CD without a bass player when they stumbled upon the perfect solution: head engineer and bass player Joe Viers. Joe filled in on bass for a few songs during the recording, and the chemistry between them all was undeniable. It didn’t take long for Joe to become a permanent member. The recent addition of Nate Hollman and his Hammond B3 has polished the band off with the perfect, finishing touch and has created a unique sound that no one else has in Columbus. Their talent and fan base helped them land opening slots for national acts like Tesla, Blackberry Smoke, Black Oak Arkansas, Black Label Society, Bret Michaels, Jackyl, David Allen Coe, Molly Hatchet, Whitelion, Union, and the Bullet Boys.
SPLOR
1 parts shred, 2 parts prog, a hint of improv, garnish with gnar. The perfect splor.
Chi-town based prog-rock for today’s hungry xsplorerz
SAMMY TRAMP
Sammy Tramp is a wandering hobo and loveable scamp and one of the most original performers in the neo vaudeville, cabaret, and burlesque scene. She graduated from Columbia College Chicago in 2006 with a Bachelor’s degree in theater. A lifetime lover of silent films, slapstick comedy, and all things old timey it was only fitting that she joined and helped create the Silent Theatre Company, a company based out of Chicago that specialized in bringing silent films to life on stage. The company’s inaugural show, Lulu, in which she played the title role, was a critic and fan favorite heralded by the New York Times, The Chicago Tribune, Variety, and The San Francisco Chronicle among others. She left Chicago in 2010 and began performing as a soloist as well as creating and directing original shows in St. Louis; The Happy and Humpy Traveling Medicine Show and then the very popular Beggar’s Carnivale in which she is the artistic director. She is also one of the co-producers of Van Ella Production’s Show-Me Burlesque and Vaudeville Festival which began in 2010 in St. Louis. Most recently, Sammy has created a one-of-a-kind old fashioned, moving picture company called The Traveling Flicker Factory. The Flicker Factory tramps from town to town, works with locales and performers within that location and puts together a comedic silent film written, directed, and edited by Sammy. Sammy’s unique brand of high energy slapstick comedy and hat and cane juggling and manipulation has taken her around the world performing and headlining in everything from burlesque festivals, vaudeville shows, street festivals, music festivals, silent film events, children’s events, concerts, private parties, and cabarets. Feverishly dedicated to the art of pantomime, silent film, live entertainment, vaudeville, and all things old timey, Sammy vows to honor the past by making it modern and relevant again.
Are you looking to liven up your event, make your audiences laugh, and “oooh” and “ahhh?” You should hire the one and only Sammy Tramp!
VIOLET VENDETTA
Violet Vendetta is a nationally touring circus, aerial and burlesque performer based in Chicago
GAEA LADY
Gaea Lady has been moving in mysterious ways since she was 3 years old and hasn’t ever given it up. An enchantress by nature, she sees her body as her instrument to express herself. Studying classical forms to start her career, her attention soon went the way of the ethereal including fire, hoops and hypnotizing fabrics. Dabbling amid any form she can get her toes on, her style borrows from the graceful and energetic mix of all she’s studied in the past. Featured in the Kiss Kiss Cabaret , at Untitled’s Unbridled, The Naughty Little Cabaret, The Drifter, and with Pyrotechniq Fire Troupe, she travels all over the United States performing & teaching. become enchanted.
BLACK JAKE & THE CARNIES
The idea for Black Jake and the Carnies came to Jake in 1999, when he had an ecstatic vision of a band playing fast-paced music on traditional instruments, full of entertaining gimmicks, props, and crowd interaction,” says the band. “The original incarnation of the band started in 2002, and played one disastrous Halloween Show before breaking up. Jake kept the vision alive and kept writing songs over the next four years until one day in 2006 he decided to get a band back together. A few guys who knew some guys down the street eventually turned into a new Black Jake & the Carnies overnight. Through various line-up changes over the years, they’ve continued to deliver Jake’s vision to the delight of unsuspecting audiences in both the U.S. and Europe.
The band, comprised of Black Jake (banjo, vocals, songwriting, tambo-snare pedals), Scotty Karate (“Honkey-Tonk-Machine” — drums, lap steel, mandolin, vocals), KK (guitar, vocals), and Ozzie Andrews (upright bass, banjo bass, sousaphone), are four hard-working men from Washtenaw County, Michigan who wallow in the imagery of sideshows and carnivals. “When you grow up in a small town, you have hair down your back and everyone’s a redneck, you get called a freak a lot,” Jake told Detroit’s Metro Times in 2011. “So I get attracted to the outcasts, the freaks, being somebody who’s on display.”
VOURTEQUE
Vourteque is a fixture in the national neo-vintage and vintage remix movement. A staple in The Hangar at The Electric Forest Festival, a twice returning Dj for the San Francisco Edwardian Ball, founder of the Rouge! dance party series, and manager of the Lords & Ladies stage at the massive Theatre Bizarre in Detroit, Vourteque is a dj and performer who fuses vaudeville, circus, and burlesque with electro-swing and neo-vintage beats. As a variety performer he’s been seen at The Slipper Room in New York, The Lagunitas Beer Circus in Chicago, The Castle in Tampa, The Gatsby in Austin and many more. Vourteque’s also a part owner of Dead 2 Me Records with two releases under his belt including The Iron & Jazz Age with its lauded electro-swing cover of “Magic Dance” and the grim industrial blues track “No Teeth”.
RAY GUNN
The reigning 2013 King of Burlesque! He’s the rough and tumble Johnny… and like your morning cup of coffee, he’s strong, black, and keeps you going all day long! Ray, has headlined at burlesque festivals and shows across the U.S., Canada, Australia, and New Zealand with his smoldering, sexy, and frequently avant garde solo acts. Trained in contemporary dance, acrobatics, capoeira, and pole dancing, Ray creates imaginative works of strip-tease art that show off his athletic ability and inspired choreography. Ray served on the creative team of ‘Beggar’s Carnivale’ in St. Louis and recently was a featured presenter at Burlycon in Seattle. He is quickly becoming known for his large menu of insightful burlesque and dance workshops.
ELLE CASAZZA
Elle Casazza personifies her music, bold, fearless and ethereal. Based in Chicago, Elle writes and performs music that is the love child of blues, soul, jazz and pop. “There’s no one way to describe the music I write, it’s a culmination of all the music I love to sing.” Her powerful vocals send chills to those who listen. Elle performs along with the Elle Casazza Band to create an energetic live show that won’t soon be forgotten.
Listening to Amy Winehouse, Billie Holiday, KT Tunstall, Joni Mitchell and Ella Fitzgerald have influenced Elle’s eclectic writing style. Elle has performed at Daley Plaza, the Auditorium Theatre in Chicago, Ace Bar, SPACE, the Jazz Showcase, and other venues in the Chicago area.
Elle’s debut EP For Your Pleasure will be released Spring 2013. The EP shows off all of the styles Elle sings in, each song acting as a window into her life. Elle is looking forward to what 2013 has to
ROYAL OUTSIDERS
Royal Outsiders (previously The Central Standard) are an alternative indie rock band from Chicago, IL. After meeting in college, founders Steven Phillips (lead guitar) Alex Garrison (lead vocalist) began jamming in small campus apartments off and on for several years. Soon after graduating, the duo began collaborating on new original material in a Illinois suburban basement. After an introduction from a coworker, the two met with acclaimed producer Sean O’Keefe and began discussing recording a self-funded EP. A month later the duo completed production on their debut EP and quickly added new members Mike Bronk (bass), Manny Miller (rhythm guitar) and Jack McKee (drums) to complete the outfit.
Under the name Royal Outsiders, the band has began writing new material in the same basement the original duo began their first material. Influenced by an eclectic mix of genres ranging from southern inspired rock and blues to modern indie rock, the band has continued to hone in on its sound with the goal to record a full length album in the near future. Armed with new material, the band has begun to make waves in the Chicago music scene with aspirations of making its footprint known on a national basis.
ASSASSINATION SQUAD
We’re a punk rock band based in Chicago, IL. Formed in early 2012 in South Korea. Relocated to Chicago in September 2015.
BRI INGRAM
Driven by a childhood calling to singing Brianne Ingram (Pronounced Bree-Inn) and a deeper desire to express herself and tell the stories of her soul, Chicago songstress Bri Ingram is equally passionate about what she puts into her music as she is about what the listeners, take from it. Her history to this point includes stints as a sit-in vocalist for local blues outfits, (Rosas Lounge, Kingston Mines, House of Blues) a recorded effort with a folk-rock project and, most recently, the release of her debut EP I Am. The title is in itself an exlamation of her lifelong desires to use her gift of voice and storyteller’s soul as a channel to express the high (and low) lights of her life. Collaborating with Minneapolis based songwriters, musicians and producers, Bri accomplishes this feat with a power and maturity that lies subtle under bright, catchy compositions. I Am is an eclectic fusion of Pop, Rock, Country and Soul. ” Vocalists she’s been linked to include a roster of ambitious, stylistically unique influences such as Bonnie Raitt, Joss Stone, Adele, Faith Hill, and Gwen Stefani.
“Chicago songstress, Bri Ingram is an amazing talent whose new EP album, Bri I Am, will speak to your heart, especially if you have an affinity for candidly honest songwriting.”
LITTLE KIDS ROCK
We are dedicated to ensuring that all students have the opportunity to unlock their inner music-maker. That is Little Kids Rock’s mission, and since 2002, we have given more than 400,000 underserved schoolchildren across the U.S. access to fun, engaging, Modern Band music classes and brand new instruments at no cost to the students, teachers, or school districts.
Little Kids Rock trains public school teachers and donates all of the instruments, curricular resources and support they need to ensure that their kids receive the right to rock! What makes Little Kids Rock different is that they do more than just donate instruments like guitars, drums and keyboards; they build lasting music programs that focus on teaching kids to perform, improvise and compose the popular music genres that they already know and love, like rock, pop, blues, hip-hop, country, reggae and R&B.
ASHLER ACOUSTIC
Edward Ashler is a guitarist-singer songwriter out of Chicago, IL. His influences range from heavy metal to hip hop to classic rock. He blends all of these influences into a unique acoustic set that melds components from all of these genres into a live set of unique originals mixed with occasional covers. He played lead guitar in Chicago based band Object Deleted and has most recently been playing acoustic shows with the Chicago-based production company Jproductions. Ashler is currently working with Chicago-area producer Drew Neely at Evolution Studios to record a new acoustic record due for release in May of this year.
AARON KELLY
The shadow cast by the city of big shoulders is a shade where a certain imagination gets ignited. Perhaps it’s all the train tracks that harken back to when Chicago was truly freight handler to the nation, sending catalog dreams speeding over steel to far off corners of the country.
Aaron Kelly grew up in Plainfield, IL, thinking big and making plans, and wondering where those trains were going to. Falling under the influence of Townes Van Zandt, Hank Sr., John Prine, and contemporaries Todd Snider and Hayes Carll, his songs aren’t too dissimilar from those crates and packages of the last century. They carry the promise that something good is coming. These are songs meant to ease a burden and bring a smile, carefully crafted and made to last.
Aaron has been featured by American Songwriter Magazine, and will release his first solo album in December 2015, after zig-zagging across the country for the last 7 years with his band, Overman.
ORDER OF THE OWL
With a backstory as epic as their name, Order of the Owl brings some of Atlanta’s most die-hard musicians together in onegrowling beast of a band. Fronted by Zoroaster’s Brent Anderson, the sound is decidedly metal, but drummer Corey Pallon’s classic rock influence and guitarist Casey Yarbrough’s driving progressive chords give new life to the usual detuned fare Atlanta’s grown so famous for
GRAVES AT SEA
Graves at Sea was formed in 2002 by friends Nick Phit and Nathan Misterek, with then members Roger Williams & Steve Klatz (RIP). After self-releasing the demo titled Documents of Grief, they toured extensively and were quickly noticed by Greg Anderson of Southern Lord/Sunn, who released their 7″ Cirrohosis/Atavist Arise in 2004. Later in 2005 the band released a split with friends Asunder on Life is Abuse (cd) and 20 Buck Spin (vinyl).
In 2007 Graves at Sea went through a line up change when Nathan moved to Oakland and Nick moved to Portland, OR. After playing two final shows with Chiyo Nukaga (Noothgrush) on drums and Miguel Veliz (ex-Sourvein, The Roller) on bass, the band broke up in 2008.
In 2012, however, they decided to reunite with Chiyo on drums and Greg Wilkinson (Brainoil) on bass, but due to touring restraints, Chiyo and Greg decided to step down.
The current line up is Nick Phit (guitar), Nathan Misterek (vocals), Bryan Sours (drums, ex-Subarachnoid Space) and Jeff Mcgarity (bass, ex-Preta) making Graves at Sea once again a touring and recording band. In 2013 they recorded a split with Loss and a split with Sourvein, all with new material and have numerous tours planned far in to 2014.
JAY SQUAYED
Songs about things and the things that follow those things
DJ SHIFTEE
Samuel Morris Zornow, better known as DJ Shiftee, is a New York City based DJ and turntablist.