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You Don’t Want to Miss Summer Camp Music Festival 2018

If you live in the Midwest chances are you’ve heard of Summer Camp Music Festival. The biggest Midwest music festival is back this 2018 and is looking tremendous. With seven stages this music festival has the perfect blend of electronic and jam tunes that draws a crowd of around 20,000 from all across the U.S. […]

Hardcore Heroes, Lionheart, Return to the Scene

The notorious hardcore band from California is finally back together after their year long hiatus. I re-present to you, Lionheart.   Hardcore fans across the world are more than stoked, to say the least. Lionheart’s vocalist Rob Watson ended up telling Altpress, “We fucked up,” after the band parted ways. “Everybody missed it immediately. That’s […]

Have The Front Bottoms Sold Out?

The Front Bottoms came out with their first album in 2008 and since then A LOT has changed for them musically. They used to be a garage band with sad undertones and catchy choruses. Throughout the progression of their musical career they’ve accumulated thousands of fans that aren’t necessarily familiar with their garage-style tones. Can […]

Riot Fest 2017 Ain’t Nothin to Mess With

The best way to describe this festival in one word is – wow. Over 50 amazing artists performing for fans from all over the world. If that wasn’t enough there were also carnival rides, merch booths as far as the eye could see, and acrobatic performances with a motorcycle on a tight-rope! This years Riot […]

Undercoast 2: Riddim Boogaloo

ChiVision Productions is back at it with another brutal North Coast after-party – Undercoast 2. Ecto, Swayo, Tantrum, and more will be breaking your neck until the early morning. Today at the Patio Theater in Irving Park you can expect ChiVision throwing one of the heaviest riddim shows around with a killer sound-system. So Many Spontaneous […]