If I told you New York’s alt rock scene is back, you might ask who’s responsible. Best known for their uninhibited, intoxicating live performances, Cab Ellis is the underground revival’s best-kept-secret. With a penchant for stage diving, spitting beer into mosh pits and splitting guitar strings center stage, the band stirs a certain chaos and confusion in young fans while conjuring a deep nostalgia for a bygone era in older listeners.

At the age of sixteen, frontman Connor Abeles began rapping over YouTube beats at his family’s desktop computer in Hagerstown, Maryland. In 2018, Abeles moved to Los Angeles, where he met a group of USC jazz students and formed what would become the first full band iteration of Cab Ellis. While in LA, Cab Ellis released Nighttime OCD, their self-produced debut album, and The East Coast Hold On, with the help of legendary producer Gordon Raphael (The Strokes, Regina Spektor).

In 2021, Abeles moved across the country to New York. Since then, Cab Ellis has completed two national tours and has sold-out iconic venues like Bowery Ballroom, Mercury Lounge and Baby’s All Right. In an age where everything is polished and perfect, Cab Ellis’ live show and sound are a complete rebellion. Backed by an army of 6 jazz musicians bucking against the confines of their traditional training, Abeles’ heartfelt, explosive energy is capable of uniting a room full of strangers into one anarchic being.

Cab Ellis is set to release Live at Mercury Lounge, a collection of 15 live recordings, in the Spring of 2026, with their 4th studio album to follow later in the year.

The Dead Bolts. A true Rock band of the Modern Age, hailing from Chicago, IL.

The Dead Bolts didn’t come up through the industry – they earned every room they walked into. Eddie Hennessy, John Rolence, James Ryan, Matt Paske, Tyler Hancock, and Pat Corbett – six guys from the South Side who built the kind of band that feels less like a music project and more like a crew you want to be around. Their live show reflects exactly that. The kind of music that evokes Fontaines D.C., Local Natives, and early Kings of Leon.

They’ve sold out rooms across Chicago, played Thalia Hall and Metro, and toured the entire country crammed in an SUV named Vancis with no crew and no safety net. Just a relentless belief in what they’re doing.

Now with their third record on the way and the momentum of Beau Monde still carrying, The Dead Bolts are stepping into a bigger moment with everything that got them here still fully intact. Raw, loud, and absolutely worth the drive.