MIKE GALLAGHER AND ZZAJE
APPLES FOR ARCHERS
THE MINOR LEAGUE
KOSHA DILLZ
Kosha Dillz is a world class improv artist that has recieved major attention for his dedication to success. He has played every kind of gig,ranging from shows with Rza of the Wu Tang Clan and Matisyahu, to the Legendary Yo gabba Gabba childrens show. He is most known for his ability to improv in front of thousands of people an rap in hebrew and spanish combined.
CHRIS WEBBY
Originally from Connecticut, Chris Webby is an American rapper best known for his versatile flow, creative punchlines, pop culture references, and love for cartoons. He is also the founder of the independent record label, EightyHD Music.
KIDD RUSSELL
Alternative Hip Hop artist, Backyard Hero, Paying it forward, Never Fade, North Avenue Productions, No Fans Just Neighbors. Pulaskiville, IL. In the studio with Cisco Adler of Shwayze. Rocked shows with Shwayze, Modsun, The Flobots, G Easy, Common, The roots, Uncle kracker, The Deans List, Oncue, Rockie Fresh, Chris Webby, AER and more…
ELFAMAIL
WORLD WAR 10,000
Founded in 2011, World War Ten Thousand finds its influences in punk, rock and black metal as well as beer and whiskey. With sonic guitar riffs and driving drum and bass lines, their sound can best be described as skinbeam. The band has played numerous Chicago clubs over the past 10 months.
PIXIES “COME ON PILGRIM”
VIOLENT FEMMES “VIOLENT FEMMES”
Violent Femmes is the debut album by Violent Femmes. Mostly recorded in July 1982, the album was released by Slash Records on vinyl and on cassette in April 1983
THE UNIPHONICS
The Uniphonics have created waves of excitement across the United States since forming out of the Iowa City music scene in 2007. Their jam band approach to hip hop has led them to performances at countless major festivals and venues across the country. They’ve played on bills with some of their biggest influences, including George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic, Rusted Root, Karl Denson, The Roots, and Primus.
MICHAEL SCHAEFER-MURRAY PRESENTS
THE ROCK STAR POETRY PROJECT
THE HEPSOUNDS
VO ERA
Recording Artist Vo Era is a very soulful passionate vocalist, musician, and composer……
He was born and raised on Chicago’s South side. He hit the music scene with a song in his heart and a guitar in his hand. With the love and support of his eclectic audience, Vo has performed at venues such as Reggie’s Music Joint, The Wild Hare, Winestyles (SOLO), The Underground Wonder Bar, and many clubs in the Chicago land area. Vo Era’s unique sound fuses poignantly simple lyrics with funky soulful guitar rhythms. He knows how to musically take a common phrase and paint the most colorful and extraordinary picture of life’s most common occurrences. You can identify his acute skill and life experience within his music. He’s currently a New York native and rapidly expanding in the BIG APPLE. So far he’s graced the stage at Sugar Bar, Billie’s Black, and Village Underground. He has a new hot single entitled “Honey” that’s now available in all digital stores. His debut album entitled “Honey” as well will drop August 13,2013. This is only the beginning of Vo’s Era!!
CHEER UP MOON CAT
In Feb. of 2010 we began to play rock ‘n roll music. Since then, we have recorded multiple albums and have played many shows (give or take a few). Our songs range from poppy and melodic to eerie and bluesy. I reckon those feet will be a tappin’
SHAPELESS
THE PARTY FOUL
WEYE
FATHOMS
POVERTY HASH
THE MOSE WANTED BAND
SONIC AVENUES
WASHBACK RAVEN
SUN AND MOON
RABBIT CHILDREN
ZZAJÉ®
MENDELSSOHN
STEPHANIE TONNEMACHER
SWEET RAY LAUREL
WILSON
OVREVOLT
Ovrevolt (pronounced over-volt) is the culmination of a twenty-plus year songwriting and performing partnership between guitarist John Menich and vocalist Brad Reamer who, in various formations of the band, have performed with such heavies as Ronnie Montrose, James Young (Styx), Anthrax, Randy Jackson (Zebra), and most recently, REO Speedwagon. In its current formation, Ovrevolt is powered by the potent combination of drummer Gary Kouba and bassist Michael Strack, both veterans of the Chicago music scene and accomplished musicians in their own right. Drawing inspiration from their surroundings, Chicago’s Ovrevolt uses the blues as a jumping off point, just as the English architects of rock did forty-some years ago, and meld it with unlikely influences to create something very heavy and unforgettable. Ovrevolt connects the dots between late 60’s English blues, early 70’s hard rock, Middle-Eastern devotional music, and 90’s grunge to form a cohesive sound that isn’t afraid to go off in tangents but never forgets the melody.
WEINLAND
THE REX COMPLEX
Led by accordionist/vocalist Rex Hussmann and drummer Jeremy Gustin, Brooklyn-based The Rex Complex pounds roots ruckus songs into people’s nervous system often resulting in a joyous shock. According to the Boston Phoenix the band “specializes in voodoo psych-blues tantrums (with a smidge of Primus).”
RAILBIRD
Railbird is an experimental pop band from Brooklyn. Their debut album, No One was self-released March 2011.
GABRAHM VITEK
JACKSON BAILEY
ARMY OF INFANTS
They’re not an army (there’s only two of them) and they’re not infants (although they are young), but Army of Infants still has a lot going for them — like their bluesy guitar riffs and ’90s-style grunge singing that would make Kurt Cobain put down his needle and take notice.
TRAPHICK JAMM
SCATTERGUN
Since its inception, Scattergun is a rock band that has simply played what it likes, making for sets that may wander down both familiar side streets and those less explored – typically ending up at a place where both the audience and the band can have a good time.
ALT COUNTRY BUFFET
MOON FURIES
DON PRESTON AND BUNK GARDNER OF ZAPPA’S MOTHERS OF INVENTION
PHOTOSIDE CAFE
COSMIC RAILROAD
EMILY HENDERSON
KATELYN EPPERLY
HARRIS & THE MOOD
GRAHAM PARSONS & THE GO-ROUNDS
TIN LYNOTT
ROBBIE GOLD
RATTLERS
GRAVESIDE MANNER
QUESTIONS OF MADNESS
After leaving The Chasm in 2003, bassist Alfonso “Poncho” Polo (left) felt that after almost 20 years of playing in different bands, the whole “music thing” began to feel more like a chore or a job. Rather than quitting the music business for good, Poncho decided to take a break from music completely. But in the spring of 2009, Poncho’s love for his music resurfaced but rather than just joining a band, he decided to work on his own project. Harnessing musical inspiration from bands like Root, Candlemass, Mercyful Fate, Solitude Aeternus, Trouble, Black Sabbath, My Dying Bride, Cathedral and Bolt Thrower, Poncho incorporated lyrics based on reality, fantasy and personal experiences into his songs. After forming the basis of the sound he was after, Poncho named the project Question Of Madness.
MOBILE DEATHCAMP
Based out of Toledo, Ohio, MOBILE DEATHCAMP has been sawing clubs in half, and leaving crowds with their collective jaws on the floor since the band’s inception in 2008. Formed by Todd Evans at the end of his 6 year stint as Beefcake The Mighty with the legendary shock rockers, GWAR, and joined in aural battle by Boe Skadeland and Chad Smith, this musical terror pocket has been consistently leveling venues across North America.
MASTERS
THE ADICTS
ARMY OF MONSTERS
MALEVOLENT CREATION
Arising from the heavy metal hotbed of Florida in the early ’90s (but originally from Buffalo, New York), Malevolent Creation helped define the sound and style of American death metal. After issuing their seminal 1991 debut, the gore-soaked Ten Commandments, the band underwent some personnel and stylistic changes, moving toward a more progressive, technical death metal sound that they continued to mine on subsequent outings like Eternal (1995), Warkult (2004), Invidious Dominion (2010), and The 13th Beast (2019).
FULL BLOWN CHAOS
THE ABSENCE
Florida’s THE ABSENCE came onto the scene in 2005 with their crushing, Erik Rutan-produced Metal Blade Records debut, “From Your Grave.” The album and its two follow-ups, 2007’s “Riders of the Plague” and 2010’s “Enemy Unbound,” showcased the perfect mixture of heart-wrenching melodies and skull-pounding aggression, truly making them one of the premiere bands of the melodic death metal scene. THE ABSENCE further ensconced their reputation via several tours supporting some of the biggest names in metal, including Cannibal Corpse, The Black Dahlia Murder, Amon Amarth, Goatwhore, Kataklysm, Destruction and Entombed.
And then they seemingly disappeared.
Despite some setbacks in personnel coupled with a desire by some band members to explore new terrain recording/performing with additional groups or working in related fields producing or handling live sound/tour managing for others, THE ABSENCE was merely put on hold until the time was right to return. Last year, the regrouped outfit of singer Jamie Stewart, drummer Jeramie Kling (Venom, Inc., Infernaeon, Necromancing The Stone) and bassist Mike Leon (Soulfly, Cavalera Conspiracy, ex-Havok, ex-Arsis), along with the addition of celebrated guitar duo Joey Concepcion (Sanctuary, Jasta, Armageddon) and Taylor Nordberg (Soilwork, Ribspreader), teased fans with the face-melting “Septic Testament.” The reaction was phenomenal and motivated the band to continue writing and recording their epic return, and be absent from the scene no more.
THE ABSENCE’s new album, “A Gift For The Obsessed,” further proves why All Music Guide called the group “the greatest Swedish melodic death metal band ever to emerge from Florida.” Mixed at Sweden’s Panic Room (Watain, Scar Symmetry) and mastered at the country’s Ghost Ward Studios (Katatonia, Opeth), and featuring a striking layout by HKB Design (Sepultura), the album deftly mixes melodic death and thrash with incendiary guitar playing, pyrotechnic drumming and a sense of renewed hunger. Over its 10 blistering tracks – including a cover of Suicidal Tendencies’ “You Can’t Bring Me Down” featuring guest vocals by Soilwork / The Night Flight Orchestra front man Bjorn “Speed” Strid – the group not only shows no signs of rust whatsoever, but also sounds more potent than ever.
AGACEE
NOVAKANE
CHRIS CAPALANO
CHRIS CAPALANO (THE SCHOLARS)
BRANDUN DESHAY
