BEST OF 2021: Top Nine Local Releases

Covering a wide range of genres from indie pop to hardcore to progressive metal from some new faces […]

FIRST FRIDAYS: September 2021

September’s submission queue gives us a really wild collection covering of eleven tracks covering a wide range of […]

PUNK PLAYLIST VOL.2

Chris DeQuick, recording engineer and punk scene veteran curates another ninety-minute Chicago punk playlist available on YouTube and Spotify featuring a wide range of up and coming artists and scene veterans

FIRST Fridays: May 2021

Presenting our First Friday new music list for May, 2021. This month we’re featuring a variety of different […]

Mel’s Birthday List

Today we’re celebrating curator Melissa Flowers’ birthday. For her birthday, Mel curated a 90-minute playlist of some of her favorite bands from many different scenes and genres from our area.

FIRST FRIDAYS: April 2021

Presenting our First Friday new music list for April, 2021. This month we’re featuring a variety of different […]

GUEST LIST: Brian Santostefano

Hardcore punk music in general is cathartic for me. I eat it and breathe it daily. All of the bands I’ve played in have been fast hardcore punk bands, it’s really a style that identifies with me. With my photography, I’m all about capturing the raw emotion. Especially with Artists that move around and come off more intense, abrasive, or scary. It feels like a chain reaction with the audience. The whole room is engaged. That’s my favorite. I love being in the front and actually being a part of the show.

FIRST FRIDAYS: March 2021

Presenting our First Friday new music list for this month. We’re tweaking the format to include new music […]

Q & A with Bumsy and the Moochers

Bumsy and the Moochers is Ska/Punk sextet based in the Chicago suburbs. The band has quickly become a staple in the Midwestern ska/punk scene since putting out their first full-length, “Bored Up” in 2015. Since then they have been independently released another EP “Easily Distracted”, a second full-length, “Spaced Out” in 2018 and a live album. The group is currently promoting their latest single, “Youth”, which is featured on our February 2021 Ska/Punk Volume 1 playlist. We did a brief Q & A with Cait Edwards, the lead vocalist and guitarist to talk through the band’s history, how they’ve been holding up during the pandemic and what’s in store for Bumsy & The Moochers in 2021.