Chicago Bands

Chicago has a rich local music scene, including the acts below. This page is still in production, as I hope to add links, descriptions, and more bands soon.

1,000 Vertical Feet
The 2 Plus 2
72 Hours
A&R
A Birdsong Valentine
A Quiet Capture
Abstract Giants
Action Finger
The Adornments
Airiel
Aktar Aktar
Algren
Andrew Belle
Animal City
American Taxi
Archie Powell and the Exports
The Assembly
Athens
The Attraction
The Barcait Couture
BBU
Bear Claw
Bicycle, Tricycle
Big Science
Bird Ate My Donut
The Bitter Tears
Black Dog
Blah Blah Blah
Blane Fonda
Blasted Diplomats
The Bears of Blue River
The Blissters
Blueblood
Bluemoonrevue
Boho Paisley
Bottle Rocket Blue
Bound Stems
Breakers Broken
Brandan Losch
Bright Like Japan
Brighton, MA
The Brother Whys
Bullet Called Life
Bullets in Madison
Bully in the Hallway
Butterfly Assassins
Button Pushers
Califone
Calvin Marty and the Sunken Ship
Camera
Catfish Haven
The Cathy Santonies
Cavashawn
Cave
Ceiling Stars
Cobalt and the Hired Guns
Color Radio
Coltrane Motion
Company of Thieves
Conductive Alliance
Constantine and the Emperors
The Cortlandt Homes
Crooks and Children
Cyclesomething
Daily Void
Danger is my Middle Name
Daniel Knox
David Costa
Debello
Detholz!
Dick Prall
Digital Mindy
The Dirty Rooks
Dot Dot Dot
Easy Prey
Echo Son
Elipse
Empire State Express
Empires
Escape From Earth
EVA
Ezra Furman
Face Time Police
Facing Forward
Farewell Captain
The Felix Culpa
Fishing with Spoons
Flatbed Orange
Flowers for Dorian
The Fold
Gemini Club
Gia Margaret
Glasko
The Glide
Glorious Noise
Goodbye Satellite
Goodbyehome
Grammar
The Great Society Mind Destroyers
GreenSugar
Greyce
Gunner's Daughter
The Hallow
Hay Perro
Haywood Yards
Helicopters
Hey Champ
High Gloss Black
Hollus
Honest Engines
Horse and the Sea
Hospital Garden
Hotel Ahead
House of Normandie
Hudson Branch
The Hue
I Fight Dragons
Icepaw
Icy Demons
IJ Quinn
Ike Reilly Assassination
In Tall Buildings
Inept
Inkbat
The Innocent
The Ivorys
Janus
Jerome Holloway
Jessica Sonner
Joe Pug
Johnny Rumble
Johnny Thunders and The Heartbreakers
Kaspar Hauser
The Kickback
Kid You'll Move Mountains
Killer Whales
King Sparrow
Last Fast Action
The Lavellas
Left Brain Heart
Lemmy Caution
The Lifeline
Lights Over Bridgeport
Local H
The Locals
Lophophora
Love and Squalor
Love in October
Love Raid
Lovers in Arms
Loyal Divide
Lucid Ground
Lying Delilah
The M's
Made In Hollywood
Magas
Makeshift Prodigy
Mannequin Men
Maps & Atlases
Mason's Case
Mazes
Meqqa
Mic Terror
Mike Mangione
Mike Reeb
Mikkey Halsted
Milk & Honey
Mira Mira
Miss Alex White and the Red Orchestra
Miss Jackie and The Sass
Mittens on Strings
Model Stranger
Mother Electric
The Moves
Moxie Motive
Moxxy
Mr. Bear
Mr. Russia
Mucca Pazza
My Gold Mask
Nathan Xander & Witchouse
Netherfriends
Office
Ohtis
Old Fake
On the Run
Otter Petter
Panda Riot
Paperplant
Par Avion
Pelican
Percolator
Pet Lions
Pistols at Dawn
The Poison Arrows
Pool of Frogs
Press Gang
Prizzy Prizzy Please
Qualms
Quasar Wut-Wut
Rabble Rabble
The Race
Raise High the Roof Beam
Raised on Zenith
Real Lunch
The Redfords
The Right Now
The Rikters
Rob Nicholas
Robbie Zar
Robot Lounge
Russian Circles
Saltillo
Sars Flannery
Scott Wesley
Seth Bradley
Shelley Miller
Shock Stars
The Silents
The Singleman Affair
Skybox
Sleeper Car
Sleeping at Last
The Smith Westerns
Snowsera
State and Madison
The Streets on Fire
Sunday Morning Chameleon
Surrender Dorothy
Surround Sound
The Sweeps
Sybris
Take the Panda
Team Band
Tell Your Friends
Them vs. Them
This Is Me Smiling
Tiger Bones
Tijuana Hercules
Tiny Tron
Todd Kessler and the New Folk
Tom Schraeder & His Alter Ego
Tomorrow Never Knows
Treaty of Paris
Triumph and Parade
Tyler Jon Tyler
Twilight Revival
Unicycle Loves You
Universe
V Sparks
Vacations
Van Ghost
Verona Red
Victorian Halls
The Villains of Verona
Wally Dogger
Walter Meego
White Hot Knife
White Tie Affair
White Mystery
The Wiitala Brothers
Wild Peaks
The Window Theatre
Wyatt
YeaBig+KidStatic
Yawn
The Yearbooks
The Yolks
The Young Sea
Yourself and the Air
Youth Dekay

If you're a Chicago band and would like to be listed here, please contact me at tracy@groundwm.com