Fri, Mar 9 - 9pm - $8

Terrible Spaceship, Chicago’s premier science fiction dance band, rediscovers media from the past and resuscitates it into a modern music and video multimedia experience. Utilizing both samples and live instrumentation for its original scores, the band has been described by the Chicago Tribune as "equally influenced by Danny Elfman, Portishead and Orson and H.G. Welles." It's science fiction you can dance to.

Slovakian male & female duo of songwriters Longital invite comparisons to Nordic brethren Sigur Ros, playing bowed guitars and singing in an exotic language. The similarities end there, however. Schooled as a jazz musician and steeped in the music of the East melted with electronics, Daniel Salontay joined together with poet and folk singer Shina to create a sound informed by music from far-flung reaches of the globe but still distinguished by its Eastern European provenance. Their sound has been described as „Camille and Spoon smoking around a Slavic midsummer bonfire, like Animal Collective with a European pedigree. ” Eddie Cooney in his five star review for the R2 Magazine UK praised their latest album („Teraz“) as „Strange in its originality and beautiful in its profundity, this is music like you have never heard before...”. Longital describe themselves as indie pop, continuously developing their own approach to blending song and experiment, acoustics and electronics, in sophisticated yet catchy and upbeat ways. This couple of dedicated musicians choose to follow the path of the heart and surrender to their music completely. Despite the relatively short period of existence, Longital is one of most export-ready Slovak band with touring experience in 12 European countries and the US tour in 2010. Longital has performed at the following showcase festivals: Region Conference Budapest, SXSW Austin, Europavox, MaMA Paris, Waves Vienna, Glimps Gent. Plans for 2012 include showcases at SXSW Austin, Canadian music fest Toronto and new album due to be relased in October. The duo has decided to leave musical traces instead of carbon ones, and travels with their technologically advanced and ultralight setup by trains mainly. 

The Band was born in the city of Chicago in October of 2006 out of the ashes of Starrunner and Stoker Ace, reuniting Scott Shellberg and Ryan Behling from the Hundo days. In the beginning, RON was a 2-man band that never left the studio (with Scott and Ryan sharing instrumental duties on their recordings). They released 9 albums digitally that consist of over 150 songs. But late last year, RON joined forces with drummer Mike Maerz to form a live ensemble.Ryan has been singing all his life in various professional projects including Starrunner, Hundo, Ball in the House, Henderson Inches and Jesus H. Whoppner. He is also a founding and current member of AfroZep, a collective of Chicago musicians playing Zeppelin songs in Afrobeat and Afropop style. Scott has been playing bass in the Chicago scene since the mid-90s in various bands including Stoker Ace, Starrunner, Hundo and the Del Ray Melvins.In addition to their gigantic catalog of digital releases, RON has recently released a full-length self-titled album available at www.rontheband.com. 

Hailing from the windy city, BambiRaptor was formed in 2009 by five friends with different musical influences but a similar sense of humor and perspective on the ever evolving music scene. We mix Dance Rock with Synth Pop. Gentle and aggressive vocal melodies intertwine to compliment beautifully detailed, effects driven guitar hooks. The music is inspired by art, literature, pop culture, personal experiences, humor, obscure subcultures and kittens on the internet. We play Super fun, highly energetic performances with plenty of hijinks.