Beware, My Lovely’s sound is deeply rooted in their influences of rock, blues, soul, punk, and everything in between. While mainstream influences do not go unnoticed, the band recognizes the influences of their influences. Our band is fronted by the immeasurable powerful and gritty vocals of Lisa Marchese who is arguably the best female vocalist in the city of Chicago. Her deeply moving and soulful singing will elicit anyone’s attention within an earshot and stop people dead in their tracks. Beware, My Lovely’s songs are melodic and crisp while maintaining the rough edges of their influences. The raw and classic rhythms of Bob L’s guitars are rousing to the senses and provide the backbone to the music. The addition of Mark DeLao’s bass and John Nachay’s drums underscore the music with their primal pulse. The band’s simple philosophy of “If it’s not good, don’t play it” certainly shows in the music and, in turn, will rock even the most novice of music lovers to their core.

Craig Bell was an original member of the highly influential Cleveland, Ohio punk band Rocket From The Tombs in the Mid 1970’s. Heralded as an important protopunk group, they were little known during their brief lifetime, though various members later achieved renown in Pere Ubu and the Dead Boys. Craig, meanwhile, migrated to the East Coast where he founded the bands Saucers, The Plan, & The Bell System in the fertile Connecticut music scene of the late 70’s & 80’s. Now living in Indianapolis, Craig has enlisted some of your favorite local degenerates, and fine musicians all, from The Dockers, Order of the Black Hand, The Relatives, and Hypnotic Velvet Propellers. We play old-old school style punk from the time before mohawks & niches. Craig describes their style as “enthusiastically skeptical”. Have a listen….

The Drexels / Maximum Post Punk Rock-n-Roll. 77 classic punk rock, old school straight ahead hard rock-n-roll with high energy indie edge.

Ayanami is a rock band from Chicago, IL, promoting the release of their new LP, Heliotrope – A ten-song LP, drenched in fuzzy guitars, eminently singable choruses, and thundering drums. According to the band, the record is as much a love letter to 70s guitar hero theatrics and the alternative rock of the 80s and 90s as it is a reaction to a perceived narrowing in the world of guitar-based music, where polar opposites dominate and divide music fans. “We don’t want to be the precious indie rock band, or the angry-all-the-time metal band. We think there’s underused space in-between the two,” says frontman Jason Gallagher.  Ayanami is a band determined to make a bold statement – there’s still a place for music that sounds unapologetically huge.