5 Songs With Friends

California born and raised Alex Siegel is creating his own style of “bedroom pop.” Influenced by jazz, bossa-nova, folk, and hip-hop, the musician / producer creates resonant songs that tap his eclectic inspirations to invite listeners on a journey somewhere warm, beautiful and new. Alex is a multi-instrumentalist who has worked as a session musician and performed with various touring artists such as Malian guitar virtuoso Vieux Farka Touré (Alex on keyboards) and Nine Pound Shadow (Alex on drums). He is also a member of psychedelic pop group Amo Amo, whose debut LP was produced by Jim James (My Morning Jacket). Combining elements of 60’s pop with the warm low end of hip-hop and the sweeping soundscapes of electronic music, Alex’s songs are powerful, honest and familiar, yet something altogether new. Alex plays all the instruments on his tracks, in addition to writing and singing the songs. Formerly of the musical project Waterstrider, Alex now releases music under his given name. Some of his biggest inf

KIEFF is a post punk outfit from Leiden and Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Their energetic live shows are filled with tempo changes, chorus and delay making the whole experience something to not forget about. Currently KIEFF have finished a mixtape, which will be released in November 2019 and they are working on their full length debut album, due to release in 2020. Featured Song Name: Yr Monkey

Lollygagger is a Chicago rock band. Their bio: "Fuck you dad" Featured Song Name: Stone

Naomi Belet is a singer, songwriter, actor and director from Sydney, Australia. Her music is mostly characterized by lovelorn piano playing and lyrics that are perhaps a bit too personal, combined with excessive vocal layering and obnoxiously catchy hooks. Her most recent project, “NOTHING LASTS FOREVER: [a love story]” was a 90 minute autobiographical musical combining beatboxing, acoustic originals, and some good old-fashioned heartbreak. Featured Song Name: Drive

The Danbury Lie combines eastern psychedelic influences with a foundation in classic stoner rockbands like Pink Floyd, Alice in Chains and Down. The result is a trippy and meditative sound, highlighted by instrumentalist Rob Loncto’s recent experimentation with electric bouzouki and mandolin as lead instrument. The Danbury Lie began in Connecticut and over the past several years has recorded albums in Seattle, British Columbia and Hawaii. Featured Song Name: Robert Loncto

Oh My God! It’s The Church is like nothing you’ve ever experienced before and yet also as familiar as your Grandmammy’s biscuit tin. Nominated as ‘Live Act of The Year’ at the AIF Festival Congress Awards, this Leftfield Church service has their audiences rolling in the aisles and dancing on the pews! With Shotgun Weddings, Absinthe baptisms and hymns to set your Soul on fire, it truly is a Church service like no other. After a monumental 2018 which saw this all singing, all dancing, party church service traverse the globe, conducting services to a congregation of over 100,000 gleeful sinners, including festival Main Stage appearances at Bestival, Shambala, Wilderness and many more, Oh My God! It's The Church are now preparing for their busiest and most high profile year to date. Their Debut single PREACHIN' was released worldwide on Good Friday 2019 and a UK tour is running throughout May. Featured Song Name: PREACHIN'

Deformed in 1987 by Don of the Dead (bass) with Jer the Butcher (guitar), Gregoroth (vocals) and Behemoth Bill (drums), the spawn called NunSlaughter began spewing forth the sonic vomit known as Death Metal. Taking from the learning experience of their earlier bands Death Sentence and Bird of Prey they shunned the vile confines of a studio for the oppressive darkness of a basement tomb to release their first demo in 1987 christened "Ritual of Darkness". The raw sound of "Ritual…" established N.S. as purveyors of true Death Metal. The band's line up experienced its first of many mutations in 1989, with Jer and Bill being replaced by Rick Rancid (guitar) and John Sicko (drums). NunSlaughter's second bastard offspring came screaming through the birth canal shortly thereafter, dragging its fetid placenta, "The Rotting Christ". The next band-member morphogenesis occurred in 1991 when Gregoroth and Sicko slithered away. Von the Impaler latched on as a drummer and Don of the Dead (still on bass) became NunSlaughter

Bonelang is Matt Bones and Samy.Language. They've been making music together since the age of 13. They've got their debut album, Sunny, Sonny. , coming out June 17th. They are headlining the Metro on June 21st for the album release.

Nomadic Orchestra is a five-piece instrumental dance band based in Cape Town. The primary goal of Nomadic Orchestra is to get people moving. The band makes an infectious kind of high-energy dance music - even the most prudish find themselves unconsciously tapping their feet. Nomadic Orchestra is strongly influenced by traditional music from the countries of South-Eastern Europe: Macedonia, Romania and Serbia. They are also influenced by Klezmer, gypsy and circus music as well as contemporary western party music. Their musical training brings a strong jazz aesthetic to the band, and thus an emphasis on improvisation. The music that the Nomads play is original and composed by members of the band. Featured Song Name: Charles Mingus

Jeb Bush Orchestra plays not boring funk

Jason Buice (pronounced “Bice”) is releasing a 5 song EP entitled Both Sides June 7, 2019, Produced by David George and recorded and mixed by Pat Tomek (The Rainmakers). Jason is a singer-songwriter living in Lawrence, KS. Both Sides contains five original songs written by Jason Buice and arranged by David George. Many local artists appear throughout the album including Kristin Hamilton (Under the Big Oak Tree), Mark Verbeck (Scotch Hollow) and touring bluegrass artist Caleb Ryan Martin. The album is best described as Indie Folk/Americana music. Featured Song Name: Cuts Deep

Jank Setup is a diverse group of artists who converged to form an innovative high-energy 8 piece band. Each member comes from a differing musical and cultural background, and adds a different flavor to the music. 
Formed in New Orleans in 2017, they are greatly inspired by classic and modern Soul, Funk, Jazz, Afro, and Hip Hop artists including James Brown, Parliament, and Fela Kuti, and more recently, Anderson Paak, Vulfpeck, and Tom Misch. 

The dynamic and high-spirited performance style of the band is cultivating a growing and equally enthusiastic fan base, and the band brings over 500 people regularly to local venues including Gasa Gasa, The Hi-Ho Lounge, and The Howlin' Wolf. Featured Song Name: In Motion

Formed in early 2017 hemordroid was a result of simon fritchley (bass), simon leigh- mac(drums), and aaron cutforth (guitar)wanting to produce a bigger heavier sound as a three-piece with songs built around driving riffs, thinking outside of the general constructs of a song and it’s generic structures. With inspiration deriving from such bands as helmet, fugazi, Weezer and the Melvins to name a few,Hemordroid have a well honed tightness to their music that draws the listener into its groove and then drops them from a great height into a heavy pit of filth all in one motion Featured Song Name: Honeybee

Gold Celeste is a Norwegian psychedelic pop band blending an animated and vibrant sonic palate of refreshing guitars, nimble drums, frisky bass guitars, bursting organs, and earnest, lyrical vocals. Featured Song Name: The Best Trip Song Link: https://soundcloud.com/gold-celeste/the-best-trip

Located in Bulgaria, released 4 albums under Cactus Erectus - Lollicorpse, Popcorps (released on bluff.corps and Suck Puck Records located in Ukraine), Dolores Candle Smooth Funeral, Strange Stories (29.01.2018) - (22.04.2019); Founder of Bluff.corps Records and bluff.corps clothing line. Member of Quite Polite Corpse (breakcore with live drums). Percussionist in Agape (Acoustic Indie). Produce beats as Cactus Erectus also. Featured Song Name: I thing we all might have died back in 2012

Team Tremolo is a five piece heavy shoegaze band from Wichita, KS. Featured Song Name: Slipping the Noose

The Styrofoam Turtles are a grungy trio out of Asheville, North Carolina. With DIY ethic and attitude blended with pop sensibilities, they offer a new direction on modern rock. Featured Song Name: Grunge Monkey

The TVC is Spencer Riley combining fresh and up and coming artists with his timeless, west coast inspired production. It’s funky, it’s rock, it’s powered by an undying love for music and money. The TVC follows up his biggest release yet, Kiss (EP), with another dynamic collection of rhythmic, energetic, and addictive tracks titled, "A West Coast Vision"

International Folk Music Awards 2017 Artist of the Year Ordinary Elephant captivates audiences with their emotionally powerful and vulnerable songs, letting the listener know that they are not alone in this world. The collaboration of husband and wife Pete and Crystal Damore, their connection, and their influences (such as Gillian Welch, Guy Clark, Anais Mitchell) all meet on stage. "Two become one, in song...hand-in-glove harmonies surprise the listener with focused intensity and musical mastery," says Mary Gauthier. Their forthcoming album, Honest, was recorded in Nashville with producer Neilson Hubbard (Mary Gauthier, Sam Baker). Nashville studio staples Will Kimbrough (guitar) and Michael Rinne (bass) tastefully contribute only what is needed, letting the songs speak for themselves. Featured Song Name: Jenny & James

Chali 2na is a founding member of Jurassic 5 and Ozomatli. Chali 2na + Cut Chemist at Chop Shop: https://www.chopshopchi.com/event/1853411-chali-2na-cut-chemist-chicago/