Chicago basement Indie Pop glowup!

FFO: Hippo Campus · COIN · Dayglow ❤️☠️🖤

Five bands. All Wisconsin. All volume. Throwdown with the locals, it’ll be fun, we promise!

FFO: Sevendust · Breaking Benjamin · Nonpoint ❤️☠️🖤

A sweaty swirl of banjos, bellows, and back-alley exorcisms lies ahead with this one. Holy Locust are headed to Club G for a night of folk punk! Don’t miss out!

FFO: Ramshackle Glory · Pigeon Pit · Amigo The Devil ❤️☠️🖤

Dirtnap Records are bringing an absolutely insane three-day fest to our very famous stage! Milwaukee Record summed it up best, check it out!

Dirtnap Records are bringing an absolutely insane three-day fest to our very famous stage! Milwaukee Record summed it up best, check it out!

Dirtnap Records are bringing an absolutely insane three-day fest to our very famous stage! Milwaukee Record summed it up best, check it out!

Chicago’s own is rolling through X-Ray Arcade like a synth-metal tornado.

FFO: Daughters · Swans · Lightning Bolt ❤️☠️🖤

Punk Rock Saves Lives are bringing a huge benefit show to X-Ray to benefit victims of the recent floods!

If you’ve ever wanted to feel like you’re slow dancing in a dream inside a VHS tape that’s melting, this is that.

FFO: Nothing, Slowdive, Cloakroom ❤️☠️🖤

Houston, we have feels. These emo/indie space cadets serve up starry-eyed heartbreak bangers you've gotta experience for yourself.

FFO: Naï Harvest · Mom Jeans · Rookie Park ❤️☠️🖤

YO this show is not at X-Ray. Head to SABBATIC for this huge dose of death metal.

DEAD7 deal in metalcore that’s all haymaker riffs, gut-punch breakdowns, and zero time for catching your breath.

FFO: Bad Omens · Sleep Token · The Plot In You ❤️☠️🖤

Come light a candle and lose yourself in the fog.

FFO: Christian Death · Rudimentary Peni · T.S.O.L. ❤️☠️🖤

Killer robot parts, radioactive wasteland vibes, and enough neon grit to make your VCR sweat.… You can’t stop VHS Night!

Straight outta the Northeast and built like a concrete wall, these hardcore bruisers bring the kind of set that feels like a basement show in a barbed wire factory.

FFO: XweaponX · Sunami · Drain ❤️☠️🖤

If corpse paint, pig squeals, and circle pits are your love language, you already know what’s up.

FFO: Cradle of Filth · Carnifex · Whitechapel ❤️☠️🖤

Imagine a punk rock ghost train driven by My Chemical Romance and Danny Elfman. If you’ve ever wanted to mosh in a velvet cape, this one’s for you.

FFO: The Dresden Dolls · Gogol Bordello · Creeper ❤️☠️🖤

Things are about to get real weird in the best way. You know him from The Cramps, The Gun Club, and Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, but this is Kid doing his own freaky thing.

FFO: The Cramps · Nick Cave · Thee Oh Sees

If you’ve ever rage-quit over a wood shortage or bartered wheat like your life depended on it, this one’s for you. Come meet up for an afternoon of tabletop gaming and more with Subspace!

We’re kicking off of the best time of year with food and drink specials plus screenings of the classics Halloween II and Elvira: Mistress of the Dark! Don’t forget to wear your best horror T-shirt!

Hard times are coming to our very famous stage… Don’t miss Cro-Mags!

Messy, sparkly, and weirdly cathartic, this is nth wave emo wrapped in hyperpop goodness.

FFO: Jane Remover · Fraxiom · glaive ❤️☠️🖤

Get ready for a night of emo and indie on our very famous floor!

It’s Hell’s Bells with better outfits, Dirty Deeds done with consent, and Back in Black, but make it fashion. AC/DC walked so GayC/DC could strut.

Started as one guy and a guitar, now it’s a full-blown folk-rock crew with Chicago roots and a knack for turning sad songs into singalongs.

FFO: Mt. Joy · Caamp · The Backseat Lovers ❤️☠️🖤

Modem sounds like a cold war dance party in a neon bunker. They mix synth-pop, punk attitude, and just enough weird to keep it interesting. Catch ‘em at Club Garibaldi in Bayview!

FFO: Kælan Mikla · Boy Harsher · Tamara Luonto ❤️☠️🖤

We’re back again at Bay View Bash! All day, all ages and all free!

Get ready for fall with Graveyard Gallery!

Glitchy transmissions from the occult coming in to alert you that there's post-apocalyptic synth lurking in the shadows at MKEULTRA!

FFO: Juno Reactor · This Morn’Omina · Aesthetic Perfection ❤️☠️🖤

Alright, Myspace alumni, this one's for you! Somehow it's been 20 years since Suck Out The Poison came out, and you're gonna wanna scream the entirety of it in the pit! 

FFO: The Chariot · Maylene & The Sons of Disaster · Everytime I Die

Songs that drip with shoegaze shimmer and indie-rock ache, like if Mazzy Star ghostwrote your diary during a thunderstorm.

FFO: Slowdive · Snail Mail · Soccer Mommy ❤️☠️🖤

Cloakroom are headed to our very famous stage!

Knifeplay and Euphoria Again are headed our way for a night of crushing, blown-out slowcore.

FFO: Whirr · Have a Nice Life · Duster ❤️☠️🖤

Conan plays doom metal that’s slow, loud, and absolutely massive. It’s all crushing riffs, no nonsense, and yes, it will rattle your teeth in the best way.

FFO: Bongripper · Electric Wizard · Monolord ❤️☠️🖤

Denver crust metal madness! Victim of Fire are headed to MKEUltra! Don’t miss out!

FFO: Hell Gate · Warhammer · Barbarian Swords ❤️☠️🖤

This band has perfected the art of turning panic attacks into pop‑punk anthems. Spanish Love Songs are headed to Falcon Bowl in Riverwest!

FFO: The Menzingers · The Wonder Years · The Hotelier ❤️☠️🖤

Kinda dark, kinda dreamy, definitely the move if if you’re into moody tunes and low lighting.

FFO: Drab Majesty · Cold Cave · The Chameleons

Loud, retro, cool as hell…like if The Ronettes got into a bar fight with The Sonics (and won). You’ll swear it’s straight outta the '60s, but louder and way less polite.

FFO: Shannon & The Clams · Black Lips · Death Valley Girls ❤️☠️🖤

This event is sponsored by our friends at WMSE!

This one's gonna float you into a pink-hued dream dimension. Shoegaze, noise-pop, and warm fuzzy feelings all in one night.

FFO: Tamaryn · Hatchie · Glare ❤️☠️🖤

If you’re into heavy stuff with some bounce, this one’s for you.

FFO: UnityTX · Vein.fm · Knocked Loose ❤️☠️🖤

Warm, scrappy East Coast emo that makes you wanna smile and sob at the same time. You don’t need a helmet to see Sports at our very famous arcade!

FFO: Panucci’s Pizza · Michael Cera Palin · Glocca Morra ❤️☠️🖤

Sad kids, rejoice, your heroes have returned.

FFO: American Football · Mineral · Into It. Over It. ❤️☠️🖤

Equipment are headed to our very famous stage for a night of world-class midwest emo.

FFO: Joyce Manor · Modern Baseball · Tigers Jaw ❤️☠️🖤

Don’t fear the White Reaper-Rock and roll music from Louisville, Kentucky! this ain’t your grandma’s backyard gig.

FFO: Ty Segall, Japandroids, King Tuff ❤️☠️🖤

Punk the way it’s meant to be. Loud, fast, and with something to say. It’s the kind of set that makes you want to yell along even if you don’t know the words yet.

FFO: Tilt · Bratmobile · The Distillers ❤️☠️🖤

Frankie and the Witch Fingers deal in blown-out psych-punk with new wave glitches and just enough grease to stain your soul. Wild live show, serious pedalboard chaos, zero chill.

FFO: Ty Segall · Oh Sees · Thee Sacred Souls ❤️☠️🖤

Winter makes the kind of music you put on when you’re walking home alone and pretending you’re in a movie (just me?). It’s hazy, nostalgic, and a little bit sparkly in that “I’m processing something, don’t talk to me” kind of way.

FFO: Men I Trust · Jay Som · Beach House ❤️☠️🖤

Fire up the grill… Mutilation Barbecue is headed to Cactus Club for an evening of gory death metal!

FFO: Sanguisugabogg · 200 Stab Wounds · Undeath ❤️☠️🖤

These maniacs rip full game soundtracks live while their speedrunner plays through the game in real time on stage. We’re turning X-Ray into Bowser’s Castle, so come hang!

STAGE DIVE.

The bad news is that you aren’t invited. The good news is that you can rent us out for your own shindig sometime — get in touch!

Think mathy breakdowns, throat-shredding vocals, and enough time signature changes to make your dad’s classic rock playlist cry. Fallfiftyfeet are headed to Sugar Maple, don’t miss out!

FFO: Botch · The Chariot · Every Time I Die ❤️☠️🖤

Ever wish your lo-fi daydreams had a little more bite? You got it!

FFO: Built to Spill · Grandaddy · Sparklehorse ❤️☠️🖤

If you're not sweating by the third song, check your pulse.

FFO: Cleopatrick · Nirvana · Queens of the Stone Age ❤️☠️🖤

Baltimore pride, zero compromise.

FFO: Trash Talk · Turnstile · Scowl ❤️☠️🖤

Like if The Crow had a synth setup and a fog machine that never turns off. Vosh are headed to Club Garibaldi! Don’t miss out!

FFO: Boy Harsher · She Past Away · SRSQ ❤️☠️🖤

You don’t watch this band…you get abducted by them! (into interdimensonal jams)

FFO: Gong · Boredoms · Silver Apples

The only thing you have to fear on Thalloween is missing this spooky night of crushing metalcore mayhem!

Alien Boy head to Falcon Hall for a night of indie rock!

Trying to mosh your Monday? Bayway from NJ has got your back.

FFO: E.Town Concrete · Fury of Five · Bulldoze ❤️☠️🖤

A night of local metal on our very famous stage! Hope you’re ready to throw down!

This band has the soundtrack to your next main character moment COVERED. They’re dreamy, cinematic (like if you lived inside of your favorite indie movie), and super vibey.

FFO: Tame Impala · Local Natives · Explosions in the Sky ❤️☠️🖤

From the outer edges of the fuzziverse comes Kal-El, Norway’s heavy-hitting doom ‘n’ roll export. For fans of fuzz, Sabbath worship, and soundtracks to space battles you (probably) didn’t survive.

FFO: Monolord · Kadaver · Red Fang 

Long Island heart. Hardcore roots. All guts, no gimmicks.

FFO: Taking Back Sunday, Silent Majority, The Movielife 💔☠️🖤

Patrick Wolf makes emotional, genre-fluid art pop that somehow sounds like both a breakup and a renaissance fair. He’s been out of the game for a minute, but the new stuff’s got the same moody magic people got hooked on in the MySpace era.

FFO: Rufus Wainwright · ANOHNI · Owen Pallett ❤️☠️🖤

VORTXZ is rolling up from Houston with indie rock, alt grit, and Rock en Español that’ll rattle your fillings. Don’t miss them at Falcon Hall in Riverwest!

FFO: Zoé · The Strokes · Café Tacvba ❤️☠️🖤

Vintage surf vibes with a side of go-go chaos. Catch the wave or get wrecked!

FFO: La Luz · The Ventures · Shannon & The Clams ❤️☠️🖤

This ain’t your average bang-your-head-and-go-home gig. This is sorcery-level musicianship.

FFO: Orchid · Lord Dying · Yob ❤️☠️🖤

Skip the TV Party tonight… Black Flag is headed to our very famous stage. Don’t worry, we’ve got a Six-Pack waiting for you!

FFO: Circle Jerks · Dead Kennedys · Minor Threat (but really, do we even need this section?)
❤️☠️🖤

Weakened Friends is all big riffs, sing-alongs, and the kind of energy that makes you want to start a band with your best friends. Loud, fun, and impossible not to vibe with.

FFO: Mannequin Pussy · Slothrust · illuminati hotties ❤️☠️🖤

One minute you’re laughing at a lyric, the next you’re genuinely into the groove and wondering how you ended up in a full-blown singalong. It’s loud, it’s loose, and it doesn’t take itself too seriously. Just show up, grab a beer, and let things get a little weird.

FFO: Tenacious D · Andrew WK · Flight of the Conchords ❤️☠️🖤

The Haunt head to our very famous stage! Don’t miss out!

Filthy garage punk straight from DC.

FFO: Stiff Richards · Wine Lips · Bad Nerves ❤️☠️🖤

Graveripper and Sadistic Force are bringing a high-volume onslaught of gruesome blackened thrash to our very famous stage!

One part Wisconsin, one part London, fully chaotic Los Angeles energy.

FFO: Walk The Moon · X Ambassadors · Against The Current ❤️☠️🖤

Punk rock for anyone who grew up bored in the suburbs and never quite outgrew the urge to scream about it.

FFO: The Offspring · Alkaline Trio · MxPx ❤️☠️🖤

Expect riffs that punch, vocals that scream like your inner demons, and at least one dude doing windmills in the pit.

FFO: Knocked Loose · Jesus Piece · Bleeding Through ❤️☠️🖤

If you like your metal face-melting and your pits borderline apocalyptic, this is your church service.

FFO: Lorna Shore · Fit For An Autopsy · Vulvodynia ❤️☠️🖤

Cursive AND AJJ? Yeah, you already know you need to be at this one.

FFO: The Appleseed Cast · mewithoutYou · Thursday ❤️☠️🖤

Indie folk that starts off feeling kinda breezy, then sucker punches you (just a little). It’s honest, it’s catchy, and it somehow makes falling apart sound kinda hopeful.

FFO: Oliver Hazard · Knox Hamilton · Briston Maroney ❤️☠️🖤

Songs that sound like your childhood Wii got sold for $30 and your crush never texted back, but make it catchy.

FFO: Brave Little Abacus · The Front Bottoms · Modern Baseball ❤️☠️🖤

Don’t miss Teethe at our very famous arcade!

Oliva Barton is headed to our very famous stage!

Some artists sound like they’re channeling a ghost. Marissa Nadler sounds like she IS the ghost...plus the moonlight, the fog, and the flickering candle in the window.

FFO: Chelsea Wolfe · Emma Ruth Rundle · Weyes Blood ❤️☠️🖤