Listener

Listener instrumentalist Chris Nelson’s orchestrations of horns, guitars, and drums (heck, even a banjo) are brilliant musical arrangements, even aside from the vocals.

AlternativeAudiotreeJune 2, 2012

Balance And Composure

According to Balance and Composure, they can be loud, quiet and everything in between. A pretty apt description in a nutshell.

AlternativeAudiotreeMay 7, 2012

La Dispute

La Dispute is a five-piece post-hardcore band from Grand Rapids, MI.

AlternativeAudiotreeMarch 23, 2012

Hidden Hospitals

Hidden Hospitals is an alternative progressive rock band from Chicago, IL.

AlternativeAudiotreeFebruary 16, 2012

The Gorilla Press

Chicago’s experimental post-rockers, The Gorilla Press, continue to make great impressions all around the city.

AlternativeAudiotreeFebruary 7, 2012

Tomorrows Bad Seeds

Tomorrows Bad Seeds, “leaders of the new school” is a five piece American band from Hermosa Beach, California formed in 2004. A perfect mix of rock, pop, punk, reggae and hip-hop guaranteed to hook you.

AlternativeAudiotreeJanuary 28, 2012

Just Like Vinyl

Just Like Vinyl was formed in the spring of 2010 by former Fall Of Troy frontman Thomas Erak and guitarist/vocalist Jake Carden of Seattle band The Filthy None.

AlternativeAudiotreeJanuary 22, 2012

Sainthood Reps

Formed in the winter of 2009, Sainthood Reps play a moody mix of post-grunge, hard rock, and post-hardcore.

AlternativeAudiotreeDecember 10, 2011

Northpilot

Be it the dark and ominous winter or the bright and enthusiastic summer, Northpilot’s music pays homage to its Midwestern stomping grounds, incorporating its dynamic sound into a live performance which one reviewer hails as “…being shot through a cannon into a brick wall of sound.“

AlternativeAudiotreeDecember 6, 2011

Loyal Divide

For the past four years, Chicago’s Loyal Divide has been creating sounds that inspire more than just your average hipster head-bob.

AlternativeAudiotreeDecember 2, 2011

Bailiff

The band is new, but the musicians have been around for years. Bailiff is LOUD, smooth, and collected.

AlternativeAudiotreeNovember 29, 2011

Way Yes

With layered African & Brazilian rhythms, whimsical guitar lines and dreamy electronic touches, Way Yes makes sure you’ll never think of Ohio the same way again.

AlternativeAudiotreeNovember 17, 2011

ElixirOnMute

ElixirOnMute is an American progressive/fusion rock band from Boston, MA.

AlternativeAudiotreeNovember 14, 2011

The Parlotones

The Parlotones are known for their electric, polished stage performances delivered against the backdrop of their deftly crafted and darkly romantic lyrics.

AlternativeAudiotreeOctober 24, 2011

Screaming Females

Screaming Females is an independent rock band, often labeled as a punk rock band, from New Brunswick, New Jersey.

AlternativeAudiotreeOctober 20, 2011

A Lull

Chicago’s A Lull is nearly impossible to describe without qualifiers.

AlternativeAudiotreeSeptember 27, 2011

Bear Hands

Dylan Rau started Bear Hands to spite a romantic rival. In disconnecting himself from the love triangle (and successfully copulating with several other humans) he was able to write about 70 new and exciting songs.

AlternativeAudiotreeSeptember 22, 2011

O'Brother

There is an abiding circle: one where romance and tragedy exist together and hope coincides with desperation as a coil in nature as much as the unseen. In this understanding lies the dark themes and bruising medium of O’Brother.

AlternativeAudiotreeJuly 24, 2011

The Memorials (Session #2)

The Memorials make music that is intelligent and calculated, exhibiting certain pop sensibilities within the scope of songs that rock out.

AlternativeAudiotreeMay 13, 2011

Jacob Bullard

Michigan wanderer, Jacob Bullard was pulled from the cold water of Grand Traverse Bay and set to run an eye-wide-life. Jacob was raised in the crow-calling, long grass, orchard crested hills of Northern Michigan.

AlternativeAudiotreeApril 15, 2011