BIB
When you hear Omaha, Nebraska, you might think of steak, Warren Buffet, or Saddle Creek Records. But you probably don’t think of hardcore. In comes BIB. noisey, blown out hardcore from the middle of nowhere. Following the “everything louder than everything else approach” to their demo, Bibs already colossal riffs sound like an avalanche when the bottom drops. Squirmy effected vocals veer their sound from huge to weird. Live, sometimes seen with 3 guitar players, Bib takes their wall of sound to a whole new level that will leave your eardrums vibrating.
Read more about BIB on Stereogum.
CAT PISS
A three-piece merging wittiness with creative diligence, Cat Piss walks the line between being a band that doesn’t care enough or cares too much, finding a happy medium that comes to the band like second nature. The members balance technicality and personality in their performances, songwriting, and recording processes.
Read more about CAT PISS at Nebraska News Service
HEAD OF FEMUR
HEAD OF FEMUR is the willfully weird orchestral pop brainchild of pop auteurs. They received rave reviews by tastemaker's like Magnet, Chicago Tribune, New York Times, and Pitchfork. Hysterical Stars was released by SpinArt Records in 2005 and led to a year of touring with the likes of Wilco, Bright Eyes, Deerhoof, and Andrew Bird.
CHEW
Chew is psychedelic, but whatever the back psychedelia is. The antithesis of glossy pop riffs and recycled arrangements, Chew manages to squeeze and contort multiple genres in a fuzzed out freak out of a live performance.
Read more about CHEW at Immersive Atlanta
Little Brazil
Little Brazil is a rock band formed by Landon Hedges of Desaparecidos and formerly of The Good Life. Bands they've played alongside include Criteria, Cursive, Grant Hart, Guided By Voices, Make Believe, Mike Watt, The Meat Puppets, Nada Surf, Tegan and Sara, The Thermals & many more.
Child of Night
Child of Night is a Darkwave band from Columbus, Ohio. This “secretive cell,” has a mission: “to produce psychologically infectious sonic explorations.
Read more about Child of Night at Post-Punk.com
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