Acoustic punk stalwarts Elliot Lozier (of We the Heathens and Atrocity Solution) and Taylor Dittman (Broken Bow, Hermit Stew) culled Doom Scroll’s lineup from a circle of friends with similarly high-profile, long term projects. They’re joined by Chatterbox and the Latter Day Satanist’s singer-songwriter Micah Butler, Jon Pizarro of the black metal/folk project Dead Work and Marissa Sendejas, who has pursued a longtime solo career when not making music as a member of CLDS, Chad Hates George or Days N Daze. During the quarantine’s touring hiatus, these road warriors Voltron-ed from afar for a colossal debut album, Immoral Compass. The band describes its sound as “aggressive, melodic punk/crust wave” with complex instrumentation and layers of harmonies knitted from decades of music appreciation and performance.

Hey, howdy! We're Constant Headache, a Folk Punk band from Chicago! We released our first official EP 'Greetings From' back in September of 2022, and since then this project has grown beyond what anyone could have imagined. Now bolstered by a roster of seven musicians, performers, and friends, we pride ourselves in our ability to always put on an energetic show brimming with emotion! We can't wait to meet you and scream and dance and party together!!!

New Tone from Chicago. Rude Echoes' debut EP "Unfriendly Reminder" communicates themes of relentless self-improvement, community, and resistance, all set against a backdrop of ska punk, keytar solos bouncing off dynamic horn lines, and reggae breakdowns with permeating vocals. If you find yourself walking the streets of Chicago, stop and listen. Rude Echoes are resonating through the streets!

Initially forged from the experimental soundwork of Pasha Petrosyan (vocals/guitar), Flash Flash Comfort emerged from Chicago's fertile psych/post-punk scene in 2014 as its own distinctive amalgam. The first iteration of the project yielded the band's debut album, Chill Night (2016), followed by the EP Reverse Resolution (2018). After a seven-year dormancy, Flash Flash 2.0—featuring Al Kolot on synths, Luke MacRoberts on bass, and Ben Karas on drums—found its way back into the city's circuit of live music bars and DIY venues. Since 2025, the four-piece has brought its propulsive and hypnotic soundscapes to live audiences across Chicagoland, from Psych Night appearances at Café Mustache to CHIRP Radio's monthly showcase at The Whistler. Central to the mix are Kolot's shape-shifting synths that transform the scenery in real-time—one moment scintillating, the next hazy and full-bodied—and Karas' long, ritualistic builds that let patterns fracture and bloom. Constrained within MacRoberts' clean, Aksak-inspired basslines, Petrosyan's baritone flirts with spoken word: confessional and emotionally bare, yearning yet omniscient, like a narrator reflecting on a past life. The result is a high-voltage industrial-jungle atmosphere—brutalist yet vividly alive—where rhythm and melody quietly bend the room itself.