FATHOM BLUE
SIK FICTION
BLEED FOR THE FALLEN
Bleed for the Fallen (BFTF) has been molded over nearly a decade of hard work, struggle, and perseverance. Comprised of members who all came from different musical backgrounds and tastes. They bring rock, punk, blues, and above all else metal.
KOLORFULL FIXX
DAN ARANDA
NOTHING IS PROMISED
KING L.A.
CARPE DIEM
THE DISTINCT
THE REVERENDS
JOSH BERKOWITZ
GADA
ROB C SHADOWLIFE
COUGHEE BROTHAZ
PHILLIP MORRIS
Chicago born and raised, Phillip Morris has been described as “one of the ultimate word smiths of hip-hop”
The mixture of Phillip’s unique voice, complex rhyme schemes, anomalous subject matter, coherent freestyles, and comprehensibility has forced the underground hip-hop community to abruptly take notice. Along the way, he began collaborating with members of Chicago’s Tomorrow Music Orchestra. Bassist/Composer Matthew Golombisky, Drummer Quin Kirchner, Cellist Lilianna Zofia, and Violinis…
FIGHTING FOR SCRAPS
Punk rock from mean streets of Chicago’s Southside
Creep / Niko / Cope / Mando
1,2,3
BITERS
Ladies and gentlemen, the Best Rock Band in America. The Biters.
CHRISSY MURDERBOT
YELAWOLF
G-SCOTT
STEFAN PONCE
MARK TULOS
BLAME THE DOG
DUALITY STRUCTURE
FIRE AT WILL!
TRAGEDY IN THE SKY
VILLAGE RIVAL
WATCH CITY
AARON THOMPSON
NORTHERN LIGHT ORCHESTRA
ERICA IOZZO
THE DIEMAKERS
NY Waste- “a nod to the underground 60s rock steady beat”
Windy City Rock- “great for fans of rock and roll”
Babysue- “Cool heavy pop/rock”
The Diemakers are a dynamic power trio in the tradition of Cream that deliver gritty rock-n-roll with scalding guitar riffs and infectious melodies. The Diemakers’ first release, Assault All Your Senses, was recorded by the legendary sound engineer Jim Diamond of Ghetto Recorders studio in Detroit, Michigan. Bands such as The White Stripes, The Sights, and The Ponys have recorded with Diamond. For the past decade, Dominic Harris (guitarist/singer/songwriter) and Jay Harnish (bass) have been playing in bands that have rocked renowned stages throughout the Midwest. The trio is completed by their new drummer, Sharon Harris.
FLUID IMPULSE
SILHOUETTE RADIO
KALEIDOSCOPE
Alternative Groove Rock band from Chicago. Kaleidoscope blends many different styles to give you just what you want to hear.
KILLMEDIA
MIKE MAIMONE
Mutts frontman Mike Maimone “goes from zero to a hundred quicker than most,” according to Daytrotter. Choose Chicago says, “He plays the piano with his feet. He swills whiskey between songs. He shouts and howls. He is an unstoppable music force.” Vern Hester of the Windy City Times adds, “The man has the keyboard style of Fats Waller and Jerry Lee Lewis combined, and a vocal style that clearly recalls Tom Waits and Warren Zevon.”
Maimone has averaged over 100 tour dates each year since 2007, primarily with his band Mutts and as a solo artist, as well as on keyboards for Company of Thieves and Los Colognes. He has opened for Imagine Dragons, Weezer, OK Go, Blues Traveler, and The Hold Steady among others, played Lollapalooza, Sasquatch, Riot Fest, Last Call with Carson Daly, and at notable venues across the country, from The Fillmore in San Francisco, to Emo’s in Austin, to the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York.
Maimone released his solo debut LP Open Mic Nights, Empty Bottle Mornings in 2008. Going on to form Mutts with bassist Bob Buckstaff in 2009, Maimone has subsequently written and self-released 4 more albums and 4 EPs. In 2017 Mutts were named to WXRT’s Local Anesthetic Best-of list for the second time. The most recent LP from Mutts, Fuel Yer Delusion vol. 4, is their fourth consecutive album to chart on the CMJ Top 200. More Mutts music is on the way in 2018, as well as a follow-up solo release featuring his new brass band.
Mike Maimone endorses Lewitt microphones and Nord keyboards, performing at the latter’s NAMM exhibition in 2018.
NOISEAR
MIND ERASER
PETER MURPHY
LIVAN
THE PIRATE TWINS
The Pirate Twins are the DJ team of Scary Lady Sarah and William Faith.
SUBHUMANS UK
Subhumans were, between 1980-85, one of the most prolific and original of the evolving UK punk scene; they were based in England, Musical influences were a mix of Sex Pistols, Damned, and similar punk originators, and prepunk bands like King Crimson and Frank Zappa, which led to a style of punk more intricate in its structure than their contemporaries, without losing the base energy and dynamics of punk. Dick’s lyrics, at once socially aware and heavily critical of social norms, placed them in the anarcho-punk area of the ever-expanding UK punk scene of the early 80s, alongside Crass, Antisect, Conflict, and Flux of Pink Indians.
DAYLIGHT ROBBERY
“Daylight Robbery: Sounds like their records come with a spool of police tape that raps around your stereo as it plays. It cordons off a crime scene, sets the place in noir-ish blacks and whites, expands to ten times its original volume, and carefully inspects and detects.”
-Todd Taylor, Razorcake
ANAMANAGUCHI
We are Anamanaguchi. We make hyper-active, hyper-positive 8-bit jams that epicly wail with guitars and drums.
COBALT AND THE HIRED GUNS
DARLING
A ROCKET TO THE MOON
HARRY BREITNER
MAGIC CHILD
THE STEEL CHOPS
The Steel Chops are bringing rock back to the people. Real music from the heart without prejudice. We are part of the new revolution to regrow the roots and give the ears of the world something to talk about.
GREEN ROOM ROCKERS
From the Muddy Banks of the Wabash River comes the Soul Sonic, Blues Drenched, Sounds of Reggae and Ska that is the Green Room Rockers. Tuff concrete for your dancing feet thats served hot by the slice, for the Right Price.
Honest, raw sounds in an age of plastic and bling. This is the Hoosier Homegrown.
It all began in the (219) around 2001 with a few bedroom sessions (which happened to be painted green) between a few friends. After years of neglect and what could only be explained as providence, GRR became a reality in 2006.
Including members of Indiana Finest bands (Counteractive, the management, the Jims Jims, the Modern Kicks, and Recticide),GRR has come to bring Music with Soul back to the fore front, one basement at a time.So tell your friends, there something new growing amongst the corn…
SAMANTHA AXTON
PREDATOR
Predator is a Progressive Thrash Metal band from Chicago IL.