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Dark Fog Dark Fog

As one of Chicago’s premier psych-rock bands, Dark Fog takes an unconventional and authentic approach... 

CAVE CAVE

On the mostly instrumental Neverendless, local psych-rock quartet CAVE give new meaning to the phrase... 

Motor City Drum Ensemble Motor City Drum Ensemble

First launched in 2007, Danilo Plessow’s current solo project actually owes its name to that other... 

Communist Daughter Communist Daughter

This Midwestern group is not as full of angst as you might expect, given that they use the title of... 

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Bad Weather California Bad Weather California

Self-described as “not next level, but street level,” Bad Weather California are a reminder of what... 

Two Gallants Two Gallants

Adam Stephens and Tyson Vogel are Two Gallants, literally and figuratively speaking. The San Francisco-based... 

Class Actress Class Actress

All puns and play-on-words aside, Brooklyn sweetheart Elizabeth Harper has been slowly but surely making... 

Gauntlet Hair Gauntlet Hair

From the opening salvo of reverb-drenched distortion, melodic vocal yelps and heavy cymbal crashes,... 

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Chairlift Chairlift

I learned a little bit of who I was on the album…and I think that comes through on stage. story by Jessica Millman Highly imaginative and loveably strange, Brooklyn-based electro-pop duo Chairlift shares ideas about humanity through a mix of emotional lyrics and captivating, theatrical sounds. Does You Inspire You (2008) and the upcoming January... [Read more of this innerview]

Dawes Dawes

We were very proud to play at Occupy Wall Street and hope that despite whatever happens with this movement, I hope that people take away the realization that it’s still possible to be heard. I think that’s the whole point. story by Hilary Telford Hailing from the North Hills region of Los Angeles, Dawes played post-punk before discovering... [Read more of this innerview]

Grouplove Grouplove

If we get a little encore, we close usually with the song ‘Slow’ and that goes into this 10-minute improv jam with a big translucent plexi-board and we do live art and then an encore. story by Lisette Media Besides the 2001 John Cusack/Kate Beckinsale romantic comedy, serendipity is described as “the phenomenon of finding valuable or agreeable... [Read more of this innerview]

Secret Colours Secret Colours

I work at Beat Kitchen and we have these regulars that come in — these 40-year-old dudes with giant earrings and funny hats. They come in by themselves every single night and they just order Tecate and a glass of whiskey, and they just sit there. I bet they’re thinking about Mogwai. story by John Taylor Secret Colours certainly isn’t the... [Read more of this innerview]

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