Lever / The Kinky Fingers / American Breakfast / Color Card

LEVER Lever is a 4-piece bipolar grunge pop band from Chicago, IL taking influences from bands like Nirvana, The Vines, Wavves, Silverchair, Jimi Hendrix, The White Stripes and The Beatles. They've played in offices, community colleges, at wrestling shows and even flea markets. Be on the lookout for Lever's debut album "Hover Bored" out this summer (2015). THE KINKY FINGERS Colorado's kool-aid kids and Denver's ghost band. Critics say they're a "Tarantino film for the blind." AMERICAN BREAKFAST American Breakfast is a garage-punk band from Logan Square, Chicago. COLOR CARD In 2008, long-time friends Eden Sierotnik and Kyle Irwin moved to Chicago in pursuit of creating music. Musicians already, they collaborated on songs and created demos in their apartment under the name Color Card. In 2009, Ben Kaufmann, then interning at Engine Studios, invited them to record a few of their songs. After recording at Engine, Sierotnik and Irwin continued to write and in 2010 they produced an EP entitled Zegary. Drawing from a folk aesthetic, much of the album was done with acoustic instruments. Though adding a minimal synthesized textures, however, the EP was recognized as an experimental record. The following year, they released another set of songs entitled Vacation, which demonstrated their improving production quality and songwriting. With a heavier focus on electric guitar and bass, their material became easier to perform live. With a selection of songs from both releases, Color Card performed at venues such as the Bottom Lounge, the Empty Bottle, the Beat Kitchen, the Whistler, and the Subterranean, among others around Chicago. They were also invited to perform on WESN 88.1 in Bloomington and have been aired on WLUW 88.7 and WBEW 89.5 in Chicago. In August of 2012, Color Card released their third collection of entitled So Long. It has already garnered attention from Chicago Tunes, the Whistler Blog, and the Chicago Reader. Fading out the use of an acoustic drumset, much of the percussion is synthesized. Irwin and Sierotnik harmonize for much of the record allowing their voices to blend with other instruments. The band continues to perform music from all three albums and is planning to begin writing new material in early 2013.