PHA’TAL

Lyrical Roulette” is just a Warning Shot from Pha’tal at you rap cats until the release of his highly anticipated project “Phuck Yo Favorite Rapper”. After you hear this, you may not ever look at your favorite rapper the same!

KILLA KYLEON

Killa Kyleon keeps the heat coming. He teams up with fellow Houston rappers Slim Thug and Kirko Bangz for “My City.” This is off of Killa’s EPLean On Me: The Adventures of Joe Clark.

IN THE AISLES

Beginning as just a “jam-band”, In The Aisles is finding its niche in the local music scene, and turning into one of the Chicago-land’s up and coming Rock acts.. The sound can be described as a amalgamation of Alternative Rock, with an melodic Grunge/Punk sound.. In a world where honest music seems to be fading away, very few bands express such raw emotions with a full sound as In The Aisles. In The Aisles has formed a unique and passionate fan base, with there powerful music and highly talked about live shows…This 3 piece has quickly risen to local recognition, and its safe to say that, In The Aisles will continue to exceed all expectations put in front of them. If you haven’t heard their music, it’s just a matter of time…………

 

ROBBY KRIEGER’S JAM KITCHEN

Robert Alan Krieger, born January 8, 1946, in Los Angeles, is a musical performer and The Doors guitarist. He attended UCLA. “The first music I heard that I liked was Peter and the Wolf. I accidentally sat and broke the record (I was about seven). Then I listened to rock ‘n’ roll – I listened to the radio a lot – Fats Domino, Elvis, The Platters.

“I started surfing at fourteen. There was lots of classical music in my house. My father liked march music. There was a piano at home. I studied trumpet at ten, but nothing came of it. Then I started playing blues on the piano?no lessons though. When I was seventeen, I started playing guitar. I used my friend’s guitar. I didn’t get my own until I was eighteen. It was a Mexican flamenco guitar. I took flamenco lessons for a few months. I switched around from folk to flamenco to blues to rock ‘n’ roll.

“Records got me into the blues. Some of the newer rock ‘n’ roll, such as the Paul Butterfield Blues Band. If it hadn’t been for Butterfield going electric, I probably wouldn’t have gone rock ‘n’ roll.

I didn’t plan on rock ‘n’ roll. I wanted to learn jazz; I got to know some people doing rock ‘n’ roll with jazz, and I thought I could make money playing music. In rock ‘n’ roll you can realize anything that you can in jazz or anything. There’s no limitation other than the beat. You have more freedom than you do in anything except jazz – which is dying – as far as making any money is concerned.

“In The Doors we have both musicians and poets, and both know of each other’s art, so we can effect a synthesis. In the case of Tim Buckley or Dylan you have one man’s ideas. Most groups today aren’t groups. In a true group all the members create the arrangements among themselves.”

OUTSHINE

Outshine from Gothenburg, Sweden, is a hardrock/metal band with Gothic and Melodic vibes with influences from Type O Negative, Life Of Agony, Tool and dark, melancholy music. The concept of the band was formed in the south of Sweden by guitarist Jimmy Norberg back in the late 1995.

The band started off more as a studio project and between ´95-´03 a number demos was recorded and just a handful legendary shows was performed. Outshine and the demo “Revive” released 2002 marked a start of something bigger. The band was named the best unsigned act in Sweden and this was the starting point for the band as it is today. Founder Jimmy Norberg had a clear picture of where the band should head and the debut EP “Memories” recorded in ’05 got great reviews and radio air time in USA, Sweden, France and Spain. The first full length album “Bad Things Always End Bad” was released in May ’07, followed up by “Until We Are Dead” in 2009 and now the band has released the new album “Prelude To Descent” June 7th 2013. The band went on a Scandinavian tour with Paradise Lost in September 2013.

Between 2006 and spring 2013 Outshine has done 6 US tours, creating a huge fan base, getting a lot of radio airtime and making ground for upcoming tours. Their 2nd album “Until We Are Dead” was released in Europe April 16th 2010 and got great reviews in Swedish as well as in European/US press. The new album “Prelude to Descent” was released June 7th and has gotten great reviews, astonishing viral reach on the web with 19.000 new fans in 3 months and counting. A world wide promotion will be done for the album together with Swedish and European tour dates.

“Until We Are Dead” 2009 and the new album “Prelude To Descent” 2013 was recorded by Svein Jensen at Grand Recordings (M.A.N, Transport League, Hide The Knives, Sister Sin, Troublemakers), produced by Jimmy Norberg and Svein Jensen and mastered by Göran Finnberg (The Haunted, Opeth, Dark Tranquillity, In Flames).

CAPSIZE

Order “I’ve Been Tearing Myself Apart” on vinyl: www.capsize.merchnow.com

BEING AS AN OCEAN

Being as an Ocean is an American melodic hardcore band from Alpine, California, formed in 2011. They are currently unsigned. They have released three full-length albums, Dear G-d…, How We Both Wondrously Perish and a self titled album released on June 30, 2015. How We Both Wondrously Perish was released in May 2014 and charted at number 57 on the Billboard 200 in America.

MORE KILLER

MORE KILLER is Michael Kostal (Guitar/Vocals), Paul Gulyas (Bass), and Paul Roots (Drums). Prepare yourself for a mixture of eccentric rock and roll that includes true stories, dynamics, instrumentals, a sense of humor, and musical interplay. The songs sweat as they bounce from sweet melodies to in your face grooves. Recommended.

SMOKER

Spawning from Stephen Paul Smoker’s solo recordings, SMOKER is a 5-piece psych outfit born inside the sweaty depths of Chicago’s south-side Pilsen neighborhood. Their debut EP “Violent Sun / Violent Fun” was released in 2010 followed by extensive touring that helped shaped the band’s personality and sound. Their first LP, “Ripe Fruit”, was released in 2012 on clear vinyl from Kilo Records.

 

CROSSTOWN BAND

CrossTown is Original Power Blues/Rock with a Memphis Soul feel and a Spiritual “Point Of View”. The songs are inspired and thought provoking… The performances are always high energy and spontaneous… CrossTown puts ALL their heart and soul into EVERY performance!

YOUNG LYXX

FRIENDS OF THE UNIVERSE

With a combined experience of 75 years, The FOTU is a supernatural force to be reckoned with. Band leader Andrew Wagner started performing on the mean streets of Iowa City in 2008, and has since honed his craft as a songwriter and lyricist. Combining pop hooks, tasteful three-part harmonies and electro-infused funk – The FOTU has easily found many fans in the Chicagoland area – and continues to grow…

The group started as a rock cover band in 2011 and has since morphed into the self-produced monstrosity it is today. The FOTU has been known to include modified versions of covers – everything from The Beatles, The Talking Heads, Ray Charles and Radiohead – in their sets of original music. It has been said that The FOTU tips bar staff too generously.

The current band line-up, now featuring female vocalist Jenna DiGiulio, has been rehearsing in the woods of Palos Park for the last year – mastering audio-production and unconventional recording techniques.

In various other projects, members of FOTU have been playing together for the last decade in everything from High-School Jazz Bands to The Chicago Blues Fest. The Friends of the Universe‘ free-spirited and socially-minded attitude is evident in both their lyrics and live performance. Are you a friend of the universe?

CALLOW

“Callow = Band of Horses + Roky Erickson + Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. What punk rock would have been had it evolved from The Velvet Underground’s airy slowness rather than their minimalism.” -SLUG Magazine

Callow, consists of Red Moses (lead vocals, guitar), and Sami Knowles (keys, percussion, vocals).

The two combine their musical talents in 2009 after their gardening business went under during America’s economic crash. They sold their belongings to live on the road, and they’ve never looked back. Red is a life-long musician who has been writing music and performing in bands for most of his life. Sami is a professional dancer who has translated her embodied sense of music in an unconventional way; she sings, plays the keys and drums simultaneously.

Their albums Orb Weaver (2012) and Blue Spells (2013) are elegantly dark and sonically searing collections of songs that create rock operatic overtures with shadowy vocals flowing over the memorable, echo-latent instrumentation. Callow is a chillingly talented duo who has committed their lives to creating music, and influencing audiences with their heavy and vivid art songs. – Jordannah, Deli Mag SF

“Callow’s sound is haunting and beautiful, with angst and tension balanced with primal minimalism.” – SF Chronicle

EVIL ARMY

After 4 years of missing in action, EVIL ARMY return to continue the mission of exterminating all the dayglo “party thrash” posers!

DETHLEHEM

Dethlehem… a band of warriors on a quest to achieve maximum XP and deliver face-melting metal. When their home realm, Ghorusalem (Pittsburgh, PA), fell to an ancient evil, the group of heroes rose together to do battle under the cursed sky! Influenced by melodic metal, progressive rock, maidens in distress, epic solos, RPGs, and delicious ale, Dethlehem brings a unique, tongue-in-cheek stage show to each realm they visit. Huge inflatable sword battles in the crowd, an 8′ tall fog-breathing stage dragon, treasure goblins, video presentations, and beautiful maidens are not at all uncommon at a Dethlehem show.

Lyrically, Dethlehem tell their mythos linearly across a series of albums known as “The Ghorusalem Codex”, with each song telling of their journey to save their land. “Volume I: Enthroned Upon A Spire” (2009) explained the origin of a treasure-hungry, shapeshifting goblin-dragon named Yagolith and his rise to power over the land of Ghorusalem. Residing in the capital city, Dethlehem (the band’s namesake), Yagolith commanded undead armies, ancient dragons, soul-hags and frost giants to do his bidding. Out of this tyranny, the realm’s only defense were the warriors of Dethlehem, banded together from across the land to defeat the evil plaguing their land. Returning home after their victory against Yagolith, “The Ghorusalem Codex, Volume II: Of Magick & Tyranny” (2011) finds the warriors learning that their villages had been destroyed by a new evil. Dregmour, a powerful warlock, is opening ancient portals to an unknown shadow realm to unleash chaotic evil upon Ghorusalem. The warriors of Dethlehem once again band together and quest to completion.

Dethlehem has been leveling up, combining metal, comedy, partying, and fun into an entertaining stage show. Since being selected as a finalist in Metal Insider & Scion’s Top 20 “No Label Needed” unsigned metal band contest in 2010, Dethlehem has picked up momentum with plans to increase their already busy touring schedule. These RPG-Metal warriors have shared the stage with the likes of GWAR, Gojira, Protest the Hero, Powerglove, Alestorm, The Protomen, Last Chance to Reason, Dio Disciples, 3 Inches of Blood, and more! Plans to release a third album to continue their story are in the works for 2014. Make sure to see Dethlehem in a city near you!

DUANE MARK

With his whiskey rasp, Duane Mark sings stories of American life, the old west, the craziness of love, and the good ol’ hard working man.

OLD FOX ROAD

Old Fox Road mainly deals with the struggles we face with life. The passion we put into our music is uncontrollable and we hope it shows. If you ever catch us at a show we hope you enjoy!

SOWFLO

SowFLo, an acronym for (So)uth (W)est (Flo)rida, from the “Paradise Coast” Naples, FL is a refreshing new take on contemporary Reggae music. With a distinct acoustic surf-rock/reggae sound, sowFLo sings a song of light-hearted melodies, whole-hearted lyrics and good vibrations. “We don’t make music, we create movement.”

sowFLo was conceived in 2009 when Jake Dorris (Vox & Ac Guitar) and Joe Records (Producer/Keys) linked up at a local party. The two began collaborating, and everything fell into place soon after. Already involved in the local music scene, the band was completed when close friends; Andre Beaudette (Drums & Percussion), Daniel Sahin (Lead Guitar), Christian Yacono (Bass & Vocal), and Nick Grim (Trombone) committed to the group.

The young reggae band released their self-titled debut EP in 2010, engineered by 5-time Grammy-winner Marc Lee and mastered by none other than Michael Fuller. Since then, their single “Paradise” has amassed over 130,000 views on YouTube, and is in rotation on Aruba’s multiple radio stations.

sowFLo was recently voted #1 SouthWest Florida Reggae Band by over 25,000 online voters for the 1st Annual SPOT Magazine Awards.

Their newest 5-song EP titled “Rising”, continues their working relationship with producer Joe Records, Grammy-winning engineer Marc Lee, and legendary Paul Fakhourie whose production credits include Bob Marley & The Wailers, Eric Clapton, Lauren Hill, Julian Marley, Damian Marley, Nas & Damian Marley, and Stephen Marley, among many others.

“Rising” EP is slated for world-wide release on Thursday, July 18th 2013, followed by a 30-day Midwest Tour. Upon their return sowFLo will be sharing the stage with Inner Circle, Tarrus Riley, Dean Fraser, and Rootz Underground at West Palm’s Summer Jam 2013 on August 31st, and September 1st, 2013

Together, sowFLo exemplifies the message, “Everything is going to be alright,” and lifestyle of being easy.

RICHARD DIAL

“Genre: Coffins In The Attic. A Celebration of Dark Music”

Goth, Death rock, Post punk, Industrial, Goth metal, Darker New Wave

“Genre: James Brown and Funk”

“Genre: Not by the original artist. A night of Covers”

SUZANNE SHELTON

TERRY QUIETT BAND

In just a few years the Terry Quiett Band has become a mainstay across America’s Heartland. From 6th street in Austin…to the windy city of Chicago…through the mountains of Colorado…across the deserts of Arizona…jamming down on Beale Street in Memphis…wherever they go the TQB has won over young and old with their energetic and soulful sound.

Along the way they forged a relationship with a 13-time Grammy-winning producer by the name of Jim Gaines. Jim is a veteran of the blues industry revered for his work with Stevie Ray Vaughn, Carlos Santana, Steve Miller Band, George Thorogood, Luther Allison, Albert Collins and many more.

Jim and Terry first teamed up on the 2011 release “Just My Luck” ( on Lucky Bag Records) taking the Terry Quiett Band sound to an entirely new level. By the end of 2011 it was listed as one of the TOP 100 played CD’s on the Roots Music Report Blues Chart for the year. They joined forces again in the spring of 2012 to record alive CD which was released on July 2012 ” A Night at the Orpheum” is getting fantastic reviews from the blues world with many 5 star ratings.

During this time, the Terry Quiett Band has shared the stage with legends including Buddy Guy, Robert Cray, B.B King, Jonny Lang, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Johnny Winter, Walter Trout, Robin Trower, Tab Benoit, Robert Randolph and the family band, Bernard Allison, Big Head Todd & the Monsters, .38 Special and Los Lonely Boys.

GROOVESESSION

“GrooveSession” from Southern California (Ontario,Ca.) is a must see LIVE band.

Join the Groovement as they are captivating audiences across the US combining authentic songwriting, remarkable musicianship and heart felt dance grooves. A 1960‘s – 70‘s musical throwback performing 1200 shows over the past 7 years honing a true new Southern California sound.This trio does something unique in todays music scene and that is write and perform conscientious rock rooted songs for every generation. Blending elements of rock n’ roll, funk, jazz, soul, reggae, blues or just call them Americana Rock n Soul. GrooveSession is the real deal and are quickly evolving into the modern day version of The Band on steroids… GrooveSession is made up of brothers Manny (drums /lead vox) & Ronnie Sanchez (bass/vox) and Sarven Manguiat (guitar/vox).

They have opened for The Funky Meters, George Clinton’s P-Funk, Little Feat, Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe, Ivan Neville’s Dumpstaphunk, New Riders of the Purple Sage, The Dirty Dozen Brass Band, 7 Walkers, Pimps of Joytime, Tea Leaf Green, The Radiators, Nicki Bluhm & The Gramblers, New Mastersounds, Railroad Earth, Big Sam’s Funky Nation, Ozomatli and many more…

As well as have performed with many of todays greatest including Leo Nocentelli, Michael Hampton, Robert Walter, Leon Mobley, Pat MacDonald, Wally Ingram, Chris Aaron,Tony Brown, Kim Manning, Eric McFadden, and Walter Salas-Humara these guys love it all!

SONUS UMBRA

The past is but prologue. Back in the early 90’s, three science students from the national university in Mexico City, Andres Aullet, Ricardo Gómez and Luis Nasser got together to form a band called RADIO SILENCE. From 1991 to 1994, the band played on, gaining a large cult following and a reputation for intense, unpredictable live performances. Inevitably, the band broke up, but the music and the meme lingered on.

In 1995, Nasser and Gómez moved to the East Coast of the USA under the pretense of pursuing scientific doctoral degrees, but all they really wanted was to find other players and continue what RADIO SILENCE had started. Two fruitless years later the search was abandoned and the two drifted apart; Nasser sulked in his apartment and alternated between writing music and working on his dissertation, while Gomez jammed and played with a number of different bands, ranging from punk rock to Spanish baroque troupes (which included the stretchy pants and full peacock garb).

In 1997, Nasser auditioned for a Baltimore-based band KURGAN’S BANE, led by guitarist Pete Laramee and his brother, drummer Jeff Laramee; a crisp, crunchy hard rock band of exceptional musicianship that had parted ways with their bassist and were on the eve of recording their debut album “Search from Sea to Sea”. These sessions resulted in a a good friendship between Nasser and John Grant of Secret Sound studios in Baltimore, and the later discovery of a vast network of websites promoting underground prog rock made him curious to find out what the internet crowd might think of the material performed by RADIO SILENCE, back in the smoggy, boozy daze of Mexico City.

Nasser and Grant set upon the task of embellishing a demo of original material recorded on 8-track tascam tape machine for release. During the course of this project, Nasser invited Gómez and Aullet back to the fold, and the end result was a disc called “Laughter In The Dark” which, to everyone’s astonishment, earned rave reviews, sold out in months, and inked the band a record deal with the now defunct indie label “Moonchild Records”.

Nasser’s musical chemistry with Jeff Laramee made his addition to the band as a full member in 1998 inevitable, and certain unfortunate legalities forced the band to re-name itself as SONUS UMBRA, which in pig latin roughly means “Shadows Made Of Sound”. Since then, they have released three more critically acclaimed albums: “Snapshots From Limbo” in 2000, “Spiritual Vertigo” in 2003 and “Digging For Zeros” in 2005.

SONUS UMBRA went on indefinite hiatus due to the stress of continued existence in spite of vast geographical limitations: Gómez returned to Mexico City in 2000 where he is professor of mathematics at the National University. Nasser is a professor of physics at Columbia, Chicago and remains committed to recording and performing with his main band MIGHT COULD. Aullet is coding furiously in Sandy Point Idaho and Laramee remained steadfast in Baltimore, drumming with Pete Laramee and running a warehouse with his unusual gifts as both stunt fork-lift driver and a master of depraved English.

Working intermittently with his close MIGHT COULD bandmate Andy Tillotson, he and Nasser wrote music that eventually became “Winter Soulstice”. The process began in late 2008 and concluded in April, 2013. A new incarnation of the band was formed with some of the most accomplished veteran musicians of the Chicago rock music scene, and is ready to release the first new album in 8 years and begin promoting the material live.

 

JAMES AND THE ULTRASOUNDS

James Godwin quietly scribbled things on paper bits while touring U.S. and Europe as the bass player for Jack Oblivian and John Paul Keith. He cautiously started playing them live as a member of the short lived New Mary Jane, which featured 1/2 of Memphis Rock legends The Grifters. During a bumpy and not well remembered summer of 2012 he began recording a batch of songs on a busted up 4 track along with friends/ musicians extraordinaire John Argroves and Dave Shouse. Those songs would become the first Ultrasounds ep “Lovers and Ghosts’, which cost about $30 to make, and sounds as if a cat is trying to claw it’s way out of your speakers.

After about a year of standing around and smoking cigarettes with friend and Memphis guitarist Luke White, the two finally set up a rehearsal with Argroves on drums, and local artist/musician David Johnson on bass.

After a year of shows and writing new songs under their belts, James and The Ultrasounds enter the studio in March to record the follow up to Lovers and Ghosts, with Memphis musicman/media darling Mark Edgar Stuart behind the board, making sure the band doesn’t stink up the joint.

SUPER SUPER

Power pop crew from Rockford, IL known as Super Super cite as main artistic influences such as Cheap Trick, Big Star, Oasis, Arctic Monkeys, and Superdrag, all of whom build their walls of sound with a catchy combination of vocal harmonies and melodic guitars. Like these bands, Super Super have a stalwart faith in great guitar tones and solid, natural songwriting. The Super Super style is upbeat, friendly, and unstoppably groovy, built on seemingly simple rhythms that build to bursting in every track. A kind of patient aggression flows in strong undercurrents through their music, full of verve and vivacity that envelops the listener with the ambiance of a relentlessly good time. This undeniably fun sonic experience is at least partially due to the palpable chemistry of the band members.Vocalist, guitarist Mark Gustafson, drummer David Doyle, Jr., and bassist Ian Zander have been playing together for more than ten years.

AMPHIBIAN LARK

Amphibian Lark is a musical collaboration between Simeon Coxe of Silver Apples and Lydia Winn LeVert.

TEN FOOT POLE

Ten Foot Pole was founded in 1983 as Scared Straight.

Scared Straight was a punk band from Simi Valley, California. The band was formed in 1983 by a group of friends and was originally called S.O.F. Original members were Scott Radinsky, Mike Thompson, Gary Gallanes and Dennis Jagard, who started the band to enter a “Battle of the Bands” competition at a local skate rink. After going through several members and name changes, they began playing with some “Nardcore” bands from nearby Oxnard, California, which helped them gain recognition. All of the Scared Straight records were released by Mystic Records.

In the early 1990s they changed their name to Ten Foot Pole. One of the reasons for the name change was to move away from the “straight-edge” reputation that followed the band with a name like Scared Straight. In the beginning, Ten Foot Pole had a reputation of being a more aggressive, hardcore punk band that likes to party and have fun. The band released two albums under their new name with the old lineup: Swill and Rev. After the release of Rev and a split EP with Sweden’s Satanic Surfers, Radinsky was forced to leave the band due to his professional baseball commitments and Ten Foot Pole’s desire to be a full-time touring band. From then on Dennis Jagard took over lead vocals for the band.

The next albums, Unleashed and Insider, developed a new fan base but lost some old time fans who preferred Scott’s voice. This included decision makers at Epitaph Records, and the next album, Bad Mother Trucker, was released on Victory Records, followed by Subliminable Messages on Go-Kart Records. Various musicians joined and left along the way as the band toured heavily in the US, Europe and Canada. Various members included Glen “Vegas” Murray Eric Cody, John Chapman, Dan Kelly, Chris Dalley, Keith Divel, Chris Del Rio, and Mike Levy who is a Social Studies teacher for Culver City Middle School in Culver City, California, along with Kevin Ruggeri, who is an English teacher for Conestoga High School in Berwyn, Pennsylvania. Lead singer Dennis is a sound engineer, who has mixed for artists including Prince, Beck, AFI and Jimmy Eat World.

On 4 April 2009, the band ended a three-year hiatus with a show at the Riorock festival in Belgium, followed by some shows in California in late 2011 and a short tour in Australia in November 2012.

They were also featured 2000 in the Punk Goes Metal compilations performing a cover of “Love Song” by Tesla.

AGE OF ARES

Formed in the fall of 2012, Age of Ares is quickly becoming a favored band. Age of Ares has played with national acts including Lamb of God, Killswitch Engage, Teastament, Huntress, Chimaira, Vital Remains and have shared the stage with Hate Storm Annihilation on multiple occasions. Their hit song Plagues was featured on the radio station 105.5 The Kat. Age of Ares is preparing for their tour coming up in April of 2014 in which they will be traveling with Bloodsoaked on the Consuming Europe tour, immediately after that opening for the legendary MASTER on the “North American Witch Hunt Tour!”

ELP “TRILOGY”

Trilogy is the third studio album by the English progressive rock band Emerson, Lake & Palmer, released in 1972.

SANTANA “MOONFLOWER”

Moonflower is a studio and live double album by Santana, released in 1977.

THE DOORS “MORRISON HOTEL”

Morrison Hotel (sometimes referred to as Hard Rock Café from the title of the first side of the LP, whose second side is titled Morrison Hotel) is The Doors’ fifth album. It was released in 1970. After their experimental work The Soft Parade was not as well-received as anticipated, the group went back to basics and back to their roots.

MOON TOOTH

“Gut-thumping prog and punk influenced metal that effortlessly blends the high-adrenaline and technical virtuosity of The Dillinger Escape Plan with the snarl of Mastodon.” – Good Times Magazine

Moon Tooth is the new project of long-time friends and collaborators Nick Lee & Ray Marte. The band formed after the breakup of their previous endeavor, Exemption, which released several albums and made many friends touring the east coast during their seven year run from 2005 – 2012. Determined not to let that band’s dissolve slow them down, they immediately began work on a bigger, bolder, more aggressive project that became known as Moon Tooth.

Moon Tooth finds the pair at a new plateau of focus and energy. They quickly found kinship and camaraderie with vocalist John Carbone (Rice Cultivation Society) and bassist Vin Romanelli (Give Up The Goods) who both a bring a great deal of personality to the band’s sound. This band is eager to crush you with some devastating new jams. First EP entitled simply “FREAKS” was released 7/25/13 & recorded, mixed, and mastered by Ray Marte & Moon Tooth at Westfall Recording Co. in Farmingdale, NY from Winter – Summer 2013 but their live show is where the band truly delivers and with many new tunes already in the works for a full-length they will all assure you that you haven’t heard anything yet.

RETROVIRUS

A bruising retrospective of Lydia Lunch’s music from Teenage Jesus, 8 Eyed Spy, Shotgun Wedding until present day featuring Lydia, Weasel Walter (Flying Luttenbachers), Tim Dahl, Bob Bert (Sonic Youth, Pussy Galore).

LYDIA LUNCH

Lydia Lunch has spent decades trolling through the subterranean sick-home black and blues creating a musical legacy that started burning down the house in 1977 with Teenage Jesus and the Jerks, and continues to this day. From No Wave teen terror to Muse of the Cinema of Transgression, whether as hardcore spoken word harbinger or chanteuse provocateur she has relentlessly sought new collaborators with whom to dissect passion, obsession and desire.

DEAD EMPIRES

Dead Empires is a three-piece heavy instrumental progressive metal band from the Hudson Valley, NY.

 

IMPERIAL SAVAGERY

Satanic Death Metal Cruelty

 

SCATTERED HAMLET

“Trucker speed on the war-path baby” bellows Scattered Hamlet front man and founder, Adam Joad, as the four piece band of musical outlaws thunder through another ripping set of what they fondly describe as Rock and Roll, Metal, Southern-Mayhem. Conceived from the minds of Joad and Victory Records veteran, Ari M. (Destrophy/Otep), Scattered Hamlet was created to capture the essence of growing up in the country while giving a nod to the original classic rock and outlaw country pioneers. One part lynyrd Skynyrd and Molly Hatchet and capturing modern rock elements from Down to Buckcherry, Scattered Hamlet has been described as having a little something for all true hard rock fans. The band considers themselves nomads and has their humble origins in various small rural towns around the U.S. and Canada. They make no apologies for their equal love of Harley Davidsons, honky tonks, Les Pauls, Marshalls, shotguns and all three generations of Hank Williams. Featuring Adam Joad ‘The Appalachian Apostle’ (vocals/guitar/harmonica/banjo), Adam Newell ‘The Chicago Bootlegger’ (guitar/slide/vocals), Rich Erwin “The Kentucky Assassin” (Bass/vocals) and Jake Delling le Bas ‘The Irish Thunder’ (Drums), Scattered Hamlet has made two appearances on Van’s Warped Tour (2010/2011), Two appearances at Rocklahoma, played the A2 Festival (Michigan) done product demonstrations at NAMM 2012, completed a full national tour with Jason Charles Miller (Godhead), showcased at SXSW (2011), been support for Cold (eleven Seven Records), Texas Hippie Coalition (Carved Records), Alien Ant Farm, Jackyl, Supersuckers, Tracii Guns, Matt Toka (Warner Brothers), Alex Skolnik, Mushroomhead, Hed Pe, Taproot and Primer 55. SH continues to follow their blue collar approach to making music, touring and promotion, that allowed them to establish a loyal following through setting up Hell Rider (fan club) chapters around the United States and beyond. SH Currently Endorses: Planet Waves, Evans, Promark, D’addario Strings, Jagermeister, Martin Guitars, JamHub and Deering Banjos.

F.B.F.

Dennis, Shad, and Larry have been friends for over 20 years, and have been in and out of bands with each other over the time. But now that they are older, wiser, and a bit more seasoned, they are doing what they love for the fun of it the way they used to.

With so many different styles and influences coming from each member, each and every song has a natural feel with individual textures. Keep an eye out for them at your town sometime… and give them a listen. They may end up being one of your favorites.

SISTER SPEAK

Sister Speak is a collaboration of musicians supporting the expression of the woman’s voice. Sister Speak has toured nationally and played over 500 shows, including appearances on Canada’s Global TV, opening for major artists such as Air Supply at Humphrey’s in San Diego, at NAMM, House of Blues San Diego, The Belly Up, Hard Rock Cafe, at various festivals and all over the USA and western Canada. In 2011 they were nominated ‘Best New Artist’ at the San Diego Music Awards.

Led by singer/songwriter Sherri-Anne, Sister Speak combines Sher’s captivating vocals and unique guitar stylings with drummer Lisa Viegas’s dynamic percussive beats. Sister Speak has performed with a variety of artists – Sam Cathcart, Swift Pony & Stephen Gentallali to name a few. Their most recent line-up features vocal harmonies and lead guitar by the soulful Tolan Shaw, and tasteful bass guitar grooves by Jacob Miranda.

Sister Speak’s presence is inspiring and refreshing, lending to a wide range of genres – mainly “Alternative/Blues & World.” With 2 live CD’s and a 2012 Demo under their belt, Sister Speak is currrently working on their DEBUT full-length album! Estimated release: November 2013

BLACK IRISH TEXAS

Emerging from the local cut-throat and highly competitive music scene of Austin, comes Black Irish Texas. And out of the proclaimed live music capital of the world they have exploded on the scene like a whiskey drenched force to be reckoned with. They have shared the stage with such International acts as Dropkick Murphys, Flogging Molly, Social Distortion, and the Street Dogs just to name a few, as well as local Austin legends such as the Dicks and the Flametrick Subs.

The band started in 2004 after a few lineup changes and many tribulations, they have managed to keep their anything-but-common spaghetti western/Americana/punk infused Irish American act together just long enough to finally release their debut album “To Hell with the King.”

With backing from Jameson Irish whiskey and support from legions of local and regional fans they released their first full length album and have been running all over the country throwing their no holds barred Irish American party gaining devout followers everywhere they play.

Black Irish boast members of Austin favorite’s such as Mr. Lewis and the Funeral Five, Flatcar Rattlers, Los Hispanos,UK, The Bulemics, and Hipsterectomy just to name a few. With members from each of those bands bringing to the table their own particular styles and influences, your current line-up of James Fitzsimmons on guitar and vocal duties, Mark Maughmer II on fiddle, James Sheeron on drums, Shannon McMillan on upright bass and Bil David Zarate on banjo, you are basically looking at a powder keg lit by a few shots of Jameson. And what a site it is.

Do not, I repeat, do NOT try and pigeonhole these guys as an Irish pub drinking band, regurgitating overheard covers of “danny boy” and “whiskey in the jar” . In high demand at every venue from Stubb’s and Emo’s Austin to the Abbey pub in Chicago, Black Irish Texas is a coming to a venue near you. See what they’re doing at their website. www.blackirishtexas.com, and be on the look out for new releases roomered to release by the end of 2014..

CHICAGO SOUL SOLUTION

Chicago Soul Solution plays the best of Memphis soul from Stax, Hi and other related labels, then we head north to Chicago for some sides of Chess, VeeJay, OKeh and other great labels from our famed Record Row.

Chicago Soul Solution is unique in that it primarily comprised of members who are Chicago public school music educators and/or parents in addition to their roles as professional working musicians (one of Chicago’s best-kept secrets is it’s school music teachers).

OBSIDIAN TONGUE

Founded in January 2009 as a solo project by Brendan James Hayter.
An album was recorded on a Tascam 4-track in the summer of 2009, only to be discarded and used as demo material to find other members. Greg Murphy joined the band in November 2009.

Satisfied with their sound as a duo, they recorded a demo of all new songs in February 2010, once again on the same 4-track cassette recorder that begun the project. 100 copies were dubbed and hand-numbered and sold at shows when Obsidian Tongue begun playing live in the Spring of 2010.

After another demo, the Subradiant Architecture demo in 2011, their debut album “Volume I: Subradiant Architecture” was recorded and mixed onto vintage tape machines in March 2012 at Mystic Valley Studio in Medford by Alex Garcia-Rivera. The album was tracked on 2″ tape and mixed down onto 1″ tape. The sound is organic and raw, allowing the compositions and natural tones of the instruments to speak for themselves.
They self-released the album on CD under their own newly founded imprint Dissociation Records on May 25, 2012, backed by a distribution deal with Ragnarok Records.

The release was followed with another string of live performances within their native region of New England, including a direct support slot opening for black metal titans Agalloch and Fen in October 2012. This was followed by their first tour in November 2012, trekking across the east coast for 2 weeks. The journey proved to be a success and the band intends to tour much more in the future.

With nearly 5 hours of music composed and ready for release, the duo will continue exploring and celebrating the psychedelic, cathartic and unifying principles of extreme metal until the end of their days.

GOJIRA

It has always been hard to put a tag on GOJIRA, one of France’s most extreme bands the country’s musical pallet has ever known. But then again, the band has never really sought out such a tag, instead letting the music do the talking, preferring introspection and intelligence over preconceived notions and preexisting tags. Ever since the 1996 formation in town of Bayonne in the southwest of France, GOJIRA has been an ever-evolving experiment in extreme metal ultimately built upon a worldly, ever-conscious outlook with roots firmly-planted both in the hippie movement and an environmentally-conscious, new age mentality. This time, with The Way of All Flesh, GOJIRA harnesses a spiritual consciousness as well, but still culminates in a sound wholly heavy.

Originally dubbed Godzilla, after the scaly, green film star with an equally huge reputation as the newfound band’s sound, the brothers Duplantier – guitarist/vocalist Joe and drummer Mario – and fellow Frenchmen Jean Michel Labadie on bass and Christian Andreu on guitar, quickly released several demos, ultimately changing the band’s name and independently releasing the first GOJIRA album, Terra Incognita, in 2001, offering up a brief glimpse into the giant GOJIRA would eventually become through persistent hard work and years of toiling in the metal underground.

After the 2003 release of the band’s follow-up, The Link, throughout Europe and the subsequent live DVD release the next year, of the aptly-titled The Link Alive, 2005 brought the release of From Mars To Sirius, the band’s breakthrough release, garnering high praise and a North American release through Prosthetic Records in 2006. Fans of not only heavy, extreme music took notice, but so did the intellectual world, thanks to Sirius’ thoughtful and expansive inner examination of the world at hand and the consequences of humanity’s struggle to coexist without harm. The metal world was amused and amazed: much of it hadn’t yet seen an equally intelligent and pummelingly heavy release that was as expansive and open as it was dense and concise.

Following the immense praise of From Mars To Sirius and recurring trips across the Atlantic for North American touring alongside the likes of Lamb of God, Children of Bodom, and Behemoth among others, GOJIRA established its stranglehold on the extreme metal spectrum with a linguist’s touch, a lyricist’s finesse, and a crushingly heavy live show that left audiences astounded, establishing the band’s live performance as a spot-on recreation of the band’s increasingly adept and intelligent studio output.

While 2007 wrapped with GOJIRA again touring North America on the Radio Rebellion Tour alongside Behemoth to the best reaction yet, the dawn of 2008 saw a nearly 10 month wait for while the band assembled The Way of All Flesh, one of the year’s most anticipated records. This time revolving around the undeniable dilemma of a mortal demise, GOJIRA’s soundtrack to the situation seems fitting. Shifting ever-so-slightly from the eco-friendly orchestra of impending doom on From Mars To Sirius to the band’s new message of the equally uncontrollable inevitability of death, The Way of All Flesh melds the open and airy progressive passages GOJIRA has become famous for with the sonically dense sounds and bludgeoningly heavy rhythms that makes the band an equally intelligent force as it is unmatchably heavy.

Featuring a guest vocal spot on “Adoration For None” from Lamb of God’s Randy Blythe – one of GOJIRA’s most vocal supporters from their first moment making an impression in the Americas – and the now familiar Morbid Angel-isms of The Way Of All Flesh’s title track join the angular riffing more akin to Meshuggah on “Esoteric Surgery” and the epic, artful plodding of the nearly 10-minute “The Art of Dying,” showing that GOJIRA have indeed opened a new bag of tricks for The Way Of All Flesh, while not abandoning the sound that first showed a massive promise of potential on Sirius.

“It’s more inventive than From Mars To Sirius and at the same time more straight to the point,” GOJIRA frontman Joe Duplantier says of The Way of All Flesh. “The whole album is about death, death is like a step on the path of the soul. The mystery surrounding this phenomenon is just so inspiring, and death is the most common thing on earth.”

“This album is also a ‘requiem’ for our planet,” Duplantier continues. “We don’t want to be negative or cynical about the fate of humanity, but the situation on Earth is growing critical, and the way humans behave is so catastrophic that we really need to express our exasperation about it. It’s not fear, but anger. But we still believe that consciousness can make a difference and that we can change things as human beings.”

NARCOTIC

Narcotic was founded in August of 2012 by original members Jason Geist, Kyle Richier, David Tibbetts, and Pat O’Hara. Narcotic formed with the intention of blending together old school death metal and crust influences, but has since grown to encompass many styles within heavy metal, including black metal, thrash metal, and doom metal. With a vast amount of varying influences that each member brings to Narcotic, Narcotic will continue to grow and push the musical boundaries that confine many of todays metal bands.

THE JAGWEEDS

The Jagweeds salutes it’s Rock and Roll roots with a smile. Featuring; Sergio Castro, Bob Goins, Darin Mullins ans Gary Yek