Starve The Arts

RISE! The multi genre blending band, End-Path talks about new releases, tour nightmares, and a bunch of other shit that's just nonsense. Had a blast talking with these guys, check out their newest single, Still A Bitch, on all major listening platforms.

Joe Redmond and Chelsea Esposito help manage, produce, and run High Society Media. High Society Media is a studio that helps bring local rap artist talent into the light and hone their skills as a recording artist.

Rock band Sweetie stopped by to chat about their newest record, making it through the pandemic, and what's next on the agenda for the kickass duo!

Episode 29 features the Deathcore goon squad, Bind The Sacrifice! Just like so many other artists, bands in particular, they haven't all been in the same room with each other in months. However, that hasn't stopped them from recording a slamming heavy record, hopefully on the way, soon!

The puddle of diet mashed punk sauce band, Guardrail returns for round two!! Listen to their new EP, Yikes, out now on Open Your Ears Records! Be sure to follow Starve The Arts on Facebook and Instagram @Starvethearts

The long haired, pop punk dream team, Makena came by to chat about recording their new music during Covid-19. Their new single "Methane" is out now via Famined Records on all major platforms.

Mark & Devon, the stringed boys of the post-hardcore band, Havens, are chock full of gear knowledge, jokes, and... honestly, it's mostly just jokes. Episode 26 w/ Havens is up now!

Chelsea is the owner of the indie metal label, Famined Records. Famined has signed bands all over the world in places like the US, Canada, Europe, Hungary, Turkey, and most recently even acts in Hong Kong and Vietnam.

Ryan Argast, front man for Chicago's finest pop band, Marina City, "stops by" to talk about how the band has been navigating through the Covid-19 crisis and the different types of projects they've been working on to stay busy.

All the way from San Antonio, Texas, The Recasts have been tearing up their music scene by combining aggressive punk rock and heavy metal to melt faces in the dirty south. You can check out their newest music video for "Full Throttle" on their Youtube or Facebook pages.

Evan plays in a two different metal bands, his own solo project called Resuscitate and another band called Triguna. With the music industry very much still shut down, both bands are finding great ways to continue to release content and continue writing.

Nate and Ben are two members of the four piece Madison, WI band, Archers. Their music is a rich blend of Hardcore, Rock, and Metalcore and can fit in with so many different artists. If you haven't listened to Archers, especially their new single, you're slacking HARD!

What genre doesn't this band fall into? Son's of Ra the Post/Progressive/Experimental/Jazz/Metal Fusion band out of Chicago is locked down with the rest of us but still continuing to write music and prepare for the reopening of the Chicago music scene.

Jacques LaMore has definitely had no shortage of genre/media mixing. From his time as the host of the popular Pop-Punk & Pizza Podcast and Bangarang Radio to fronting the Pop Punk band The Projections to being a host at Milner Broadcasting for the morning show, it seems that Jacques has done it all.

My friends in the instrumental band, Lumiel, are a post-rock outfit from Algonquin, IL. Check out their newest EP, Initiates, available for streaming on Youtube and Spotify.

Episode 11 w/ Guardrail has been back catalogued from my previous library These Diet Punks in Guardrail are one of Chicago's best punk bands out right now! Be sure to check out their music video for Screaming Bloody Mary and you can catch them March 6th at a SUPER intimate venue called The 105 in Naperville, IL.

Episode 13.5 has been back catalogued from my previous libraryFools' Brew is a straight up heavy metal band hailing from Chicago, IL. With an all original set AS WELL as full covers set, this is a band you need to see live! Catch them on February 28th at Wire in Berwyn, IL or on March 14th at Brauer House in Lombard.

Winter's Gate is a progressive metalcore band from Charlotte, North Carolina. They just released a brand new single called Manaan back in November, available on all streaming platforms!

Lowcountry is a hardcore band hailing from the northwest region of Indiana. Check them out on Spotify, iTunes, youtube and all other streaming platforms!

Tanzen is a progressive metal band from the city of Chicago. These guys have been tearing it up around the Chicago music scene and are going to be releasing more brand new music very soon!