CLAD IN DARKNESS
The inception of Clad in Darkness began in the winter of 1999 for guitarists John Benter and Coy Scottberg. Meeting in high school the two shared a common passion for music in general and metal especially. The idea was always to create epic far reaching soundscapes that transgressed the conventions of metal. Soon after the band would be complete with the addition of ex-Sapphist drummer Brian Rendina, with fellow members Casey Hogan handling the vocals and Chris Shive playing bass.
CLAIRE STAHLECKER
CLAPS
CLASSIC ALBUMS
CHICAGO GREEN
The first band to play Reggies. Many of the members are now touring around the world playing stadium shows with various artists. They love Wings, Apple Pie and hate Malort.
CHARLEY KREBS
CHICAGO JUNGLE BOP SYNDICATE
CHICAGO MIKE
In the USA, he’s been called Texas-Sized Mike; In Europe, they know him as Chicago Mike. Mike Beck has been performing for more than fifteen years. Possessing a diverse repertoire of more than 500 songs, Mike has developed a loyal following on two continents. Whether performing solo, with his acoustic duo Big Eyed Beans From Venus, or with his full Electric Beans Rock & Soul Revue, audiences return again and again to enjoy his high-energy live performances.
CHICAGO SOUL UNDERGROUND
Chicago Soul Underground is a new house production group from the city where house began. After networking in a popular Chicago studio Dj Pap and Matthew Kerr meet and began creating music together. In an industry of dance music where producers have no knowledge in formal songwriting, theory, and competent musicianship CSU prides itself on these ideals and necessities for good music. This duo is the perfect musical relationship where Dj Pap is more of the studio sensei with a vast knowledge in all regards to the studio. A few of his amazing attributes to this project is that he is excellent at creating sonic landscapes through synthesizers, programming drums and midi data, a knowledge and history of recording instruments, and his skills with editing and mastering are above average. On the other hand Matthew is the maestro in the group. With formal training in music Matthew records, plays, and creates all of the melodic parts and ideas to these songs. Matthew’s songwriting and performing are always growing and expanding due to his busy schedule as a live performer and music educator. Dj Pap’s partake in the worldwide house community is also very impressive and give CSU a somewhat seniority with labels all across the globe Dj Pap is well known and well respected Dj and producer with the top names in the dance music Industry. The music that CSU creates is saturated with funk, old school house, Motown, blues, and soul. CSU’s music sounds like music that you heard when times were easier, when life was a little slower and people loved more. The music that CSU creates also transcends the average house track being that these two top producers are actually writing songs that can work in any style, yet CSU has an additiction to house music that makes you want to dance and live life to its fullest.
CHICAGO THRASH ENSEMBLE
CHICAGO WINTER
LED ZEPPELIN 2
LED ZEPPELIN 2: The Live Experience recreates the sights, sounds, and pure rock & roll euphoria of a prime Led Zeppelin concert. Resplendent in satin and denim, LZ2 delivers the intense, raw energy and dynamics of songs such as Whole Lotta Love, Stairway to Heaven, Kashmir, Dazed and Confused and many more from the entire catalog of Zeppelin studio, live and bootleg recordings.
CHIEF
CHILDREN’S MASTERPIECE THEATRE
CHILDSIZE MONSTER PISTOL
CHIMERA TWILIGHT
CHIP THE RIPPER
CHIVALRIES
CHRASH
CHRIS HAWKES
CHRIS MACCARTHY / PET ROBOT
Pet Robot is made up of:.. Chris MacCarthy – Vocals, Guitar, Treatments.. Ian Bell – Bass, Guitar.. Jeff Belcher – Drums .. ..
Chris MacCarthy is a solo artist from Chicago, IL (native of Grand Forks, ND). …. Chris has frequently played a variety of Chicago’s best clubs such as Subterranean, The Hideout, Uncommon Ground, The Note, Elbo Room, Gunther Murphys, Wise Fools, Lilly’s Bar, Hoghead McDunna’s, Silvies, Red Line Tap, Heartland Cafe, Pint, U.S. Beer Company, The Mutiny, The Big Horse Lounge, The Gallery Caberet, and Phyliss Musical Inn. Chris has also been a featured artist and has performed live on a variety of radio shows including Chicago’s “Fearless Radio”. …. In October 2002 Chris was selected personally by Matt Sweeney (Zwan / Chavez) to perform at the infamous Jack Sweeney Open Mic at the Hideout, sharing the stage with Billy Corgan along with the other members of Zwan, and Rick Nielsen (Cheap Trick).
CHRIS MURRAY
Chris Murray is a unique force on today’s music scene. He earned a strong reputation as a dynamic performer and gifted songwriter armed only with an acoustic guitar. Life has led Chris down a musical path to the very roots of reggae music. From trading songs on acoustic guitar and singing, to jamming and recording, Chris has served his apprenticeship with the finest musicians associated with the genre. He has collaborated with countless talented musicians from around the globe, and his journeys have taken him throughout the world being inspired and inspiring people’s lives.
CHARM
CHASE
CHASE COY
CHASE LONG BEACH
CHASING THRILL
CHATTY CATHY
CHEAP TIME
CHEATER SLICKS
Started in Boston in 1987, the Cheater Slicks have built a huge body of recorded trash-garage-noise-melancholy pop-psychedelic dementia-rock n’ roll that has gone largely unrecognized by the music press and has made many garage rock purists run for the door. Their music is sometimes abstract and always intrusive and confrontational. Real connoisseurs of truly intense music have recognized the brilliance of this criminally over-looked band.
Founded in 1988, the Cheater Slicks began as a four piece that included a bass player – first with Merle Allin (GG’s brother) and then with Alpo (former member of the Real Kids). After a couple of years the band decided to scale their line up down to a three piece – doing away with bass altogether. The Cheater Slicks recorded for a series of independent labels until in 1992 they called In The Red their home with their third album “Whiskey”. In 1995 they recorded their fourth album, “Don’t Like You”, with long time fan / friend Jon Spencer as producer. The band toured heavily behind this album with the likes of the Blues Explosion, Mudhoney and the Red Aunts. Their live shows were played at deafening volume. They gained a much larger fan base. Bands such as Mudhoney and the New Bomb Turks have covered their songs. In 1996 the band relocated to Columbus, Ohio where they remain to this day. They have become more reclusive and misanthropic than ever. They have recorded two albums since their relocation – their epic double CD, “Forgive Thee”, and their latest album, “Refried Dreams”.
CHEER-ACCIDENT
Hailing from the singularly vibrant musical hotbed known as Chicago, CHEER-ACCIDENT has been a creative, vital force in rock music for over 30 years. They constantly strive to surprise their audiences and themselves through relentless reinvention. From dreamy pop to angular art-rock, CHEER-ACCIDENT strikes a powerful balance between personalized and unique studio wizardry and the visceral excitement of a well-honed, explosive live rock band. The band is currently a septet, comprising of various members who have come and gone throughout the past two decades. Their body of work is unparalleled in its ambition and originality, and their most recent releases, “Putting Off Death” and “Here Comes The Sunset” (to name just two, on Cuneiform and Skin Graft, respectively) demonstrate how the band continues to improve with each passing year.
Current lineup:
Jeff Libersher- guitar, trumpet, vocals
Alex Perkolup- bass
Mike Hagedorn- trombone, slide trumpet, tuba
Thymme Jones- drums, vocals, trumpet
Laura Boton- vocals
Cory Bengtsen- woodwinds, synth, drums
DroneLayer- keyboards, vocals
CHELLA H
Chella H (Jennifer LowEnd) is known for her edgy, witty & entertaining street anthems. This spittress out of Chicago has been garnering a lot of notable attention as of late. She’s recently been featured in XXL magazine, All Hip Hop, Thisis50.com and on MTV’s Sucker Free just to name a few. Unsigned and taking the windy city by storm, her street presence is unmatched, as her fan base continues to grow steadily.
CHEMLAB
CHENEY’S GUN
CHERISH THE BURLESQUE GODESS
CHESTER BROWN
Chester Brown is a five-piece band who heralds a slew of original compositions and an array of covers. From Chesterton Indiana, they have been performing live for over a decade now, with over 1400 shows under their belt. Pulling from a seemingly endless musical library, they draw on elements of Rock, Funk, Country, Blues, RnB, and Jazz. While they are not your atypical Jam-Band, they can and do indeed jam!
CHICAGO AFROBEAT PROJECT
Chicago Afrobeat Project celebrates the release of its new album What Goes Up with a very special Reggies show featuring guests JC Brooks, Ugochi, Legit, and Akenya. Sure to be a special night given the critic reviews of the record:
NY Times “…a work of fearless diagnostics and badly needed affirmation…”
PopMatters “…Not a single track holds back…”
Afropop Worldwide “….a great fluidity and musicality that is theirs and theirs alone, and the result is a supremely listenable….”
ThrdCoast “…an exuberant album…. executes on the original but also evolves it, pushing it to new and intriguing places.”
Fake Shore Drive “This is dope and refreshing…. I think it’s something we could all get behind.”
CHIRP “…will have you up on your feet and dancing… guaranteed.”
The story of Chicago Afrobeat Project begins a short 15 years ago. In 2002, a group of musicians sharing a common interest in West African rhythms met to jam in a West side artist loft on Chicago’s Lake Street. Quickly they realized that mixing afrobeat with Chicago house, indie rock, hip-hop, or jazz opened new avenues for experimentation. Something clicked. The group had found a collective calling.
Fast-forward 15 years, hundreds of tour dates, and four studio releases, and the group has found new ways of interpreting afrobeat through American urban sounds. Through it all, CAbP has been at the center of the emergence of the North American afrobeat scene. In its newest release, What Goes Up (September 29, 2017) the band features special guest and legendary innovative drummer Tony Allen, as well as many Chicago vocalists and MCs.
Allen, once exclaimed by Brian Eno as “perhaps the greatest drummer who ever lived,” plays kit on all 10 tracks, recording his signature beats behind the band and vocalists. This collaboration makes Chicago Afrobeat Project the first American afrobeat band to produce a full-length studio record with Tony Allen.
Taking the vocal helm on the album are Akenya (Noname, Chance the Rapper), JC Brooks, Kiara Lanier, Legit (Chance the Rapper), Ugochi, Oranmiyan and Rico Sisney/Maggie Vagle (Sidewalk Chalk). The band’s new vocal-laden approach makes the songs of What Goes Up concise and intentional, and markedly different from CAbP’s prior recordings.
A staple of the American live music scene for years, the band’s live show now combines its historically instrumental style with the new vocal approach. Crowds feed off the spontaneity of the soloists and enthusiasm of the band.
Chicago Afrobeat Project has been a 100% independent artist since day one, with its new release What Goes Up following suit.
CECIL OTTER
CEILING STARS
CELEBRITY AUTOPSY
CENOBITES
Cenobites have been playin off and on since 1995, but did not start playin shows til late 2007
CENTAURUS
Centaurus creates sounds you’ve never heard before…a criminally tight band.” – The Chicago Music Player…. If metal is your religion, Centaurus is your instrumental church. Built on the foundation of guitar riffs, the pillars stretch to the sky and overtake all that lies ahead with inhumanly fast drum beats and an eclectic mix of music influences that almost sound like world music on minute, with traces of melodic metal as to listen to as pop, as well as tracks from tried and true heavy, progressive music.
THE CENTRAL STANDARD
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 The Central Standard, 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.
CEPHALIC CARNAGE
CERTAIN DAZE
Follow into a Certain Daze… psychedelic classic rock blend that transcends generations and genres. Their unique sound immerses fans from all walks of life.
CERTAIN STARS
Forwarding the melodic sound and powerpop of bands such as Superchunk and Big Star, Certain Stars’ songs are catchy and full of melodic hooks and rock drive. Certain Stars has great conviction and energy, live.
They’ve got two full length CDs, an EP, and a vinyl single under their belt, with a new full length release expected in early 2019.
CESARIO MAGNIFQUE
CHAD REX
CHALI 2NA
With his unmistakable baritone voice and 6-and-a-half-foot charm, Chali 2na has established himself as one of hip-hop’s most celebrated and charismatic personalities. Most well-known for co-founding music groups, Jurassic 5 and Ozomatli, Chali released his debut solo album “Fish Outta Water” in 2009. Since then, he has toured the world ten times over with his band known as House of Vibe and has collaborated with some of the industry’s most recognized and respected DJs and Musicians.Breathing visual life into his music past, Chali embarked on a 6-year journey to produce”Against the Current”, a multi-media project that combines a 5-part series of genre bending EPs with a coffee table art book featuring his own original paintings, drawings, and photography. After Relocating From Chicago to LA in the early 80’s when he was entering his teens, he was instantly engulfed by the worlds of hip hop and graffiti. Instinctively successful at marrying the two together, as his music career began to flourish, his artistic talents also expanded past the walls of city streets and onto canvases and into galleries.Now, as Chali’s catalogues continue to grow he is finding unique ways to share his art with the world, and demand for it is rapidly growing
CHANDELIERS
Putting a danceable twist on art rock, Krautrock, and avant-garde influences, Chandeliers’ kaleidoscopic electronic jams are artful yet accessible. Together the quartet of Chris Kalis, Harry Brenner, Scott McGaughey, and Lisa Armstrong have played with adventurous indie rock bands like Icy Demons, Killer Whales, and Michael Columbia and began making electronic music in 2004 as an escape from Chicago’s chilly winters, debuting live early the following year at University of Chicago. Their first recording, the Circulation EP, arrived two years later and the albums The Thrush, Dirty Moves, and Roulé (a split with like-minded Chicagoans Mahjongg) revealed more layers of Chandeliers’ entrancing energy. In 2011, Cinema 16 commissioned the group to perform original live scores to Wallace Berman’s “Aleph”; and Elmen Etting’s 1933 nature/dance film “Oramunde”. The grooves continued on the 2012 album Founding Fathers, deemed “one of the most exciting records to come out of the Chicago underground in a long time” by the Chicago Tribune. Chandeliers have performed at the WIRE Adventures in Modern Music Festival and Tomorrow Never Knows Festival. The group’s music has received praise from Pitchfork, The Fader, MTVHive, AdHoc, Chicago Tribune, WBEZ, Vocalo, AllMusic, CHIRP, WNUR, WFMU, KCRW, The WIRE, and many others. They have performed the music of Terry Riley, Moondog, Steve Reich, and the Residents. Chandeliers are preparing a number of singles, a full length LP, and a score to the feature film “Orders” for release in 2016.
CHAPERONE
CHAPTERS
CHARITY
CHARLES HAYES
Charles Hayes learned blues while his dad played guitar with neighbor Washboard Sam. From his first pro gig backing up Sonny Boy Williamson, Charles has been hitting the jukes laying out hard edged guitar blues from Mississippi to California to Illinois. This is blasting 50s styled blues that’s smokin’ hot and juicy!