The Underbelly Hours

Adela, Dan & Josh return with the hot takes and cold drinks on The Underbelly After-Hours!

Among other things, this episode includes Lady Gaga disappointment, a slang lesson with Adela, and an overly detailed analysis of Machine Gun Kelly’s trainwreck musical.

Jams of the week:“The Hill” by Jack Byron“My Grave” by the bellow + the whale

Drink of the week: Sol de Noche, from Dry City Brewery.Roast and Toast: “Jaded” from Dan Asio Music

Minimalist music, video games, ballets, and being a composer in the 21st century are but some of the topics we touch on with Khyaam Haque. He is a Chicago based composer & creator with a fascinating musical history.

Learn about Khyaam’s journey with music, his upcoming projects, Circa Recordings, and the question on most 21st century composers' minds: how do I stand out as a composer in the 21st century?

New music featured on this episode:

“The Void Alone” by Crawl Across the Sky

“The Optimist” by Jack the Acquaintance

An Underbelly Hours episode…without a guest?

That’s right! We wanted to pop open some cans of Hopewell Brewing’s Chocolate stout and talk candidly with y’all about our newest member of the team (Josh Buche), how COVID-19 has affected Chicago and the industry we love, plus “roasting” then “toasting” a new release by a new artist.

Oh yeah - Dan also gets his yearly Greta Van Fleet rant out of his system.

Let us know if you have any thoughts about our rants, or what topics about the music & entertainment industry you’d like to hear about next.

Who else were we going to invite for the first episode of 2021…if not one of the Kings Of 2020 live streaming…Pino Farina himself!

Since this is the 3rd time we’ve featured Pino on the show, we skip past the usual introductions and launch straight into a heart-racing mini-game, talk about Pino’s extensive live streaming history, discuss the future of streams, music trends, and more! Plus the acoustic version of Pino’s new song “ Elegant Touch”.

New music featured on this episode: 

“Grind and Shine” by Me’lo the Generation Hero

“The horses and their men” by Mirabelle Skipworth

It’s Dude, dude. Not The Dude. Not your Dude…just Dude.

But dude - Dude’s good!

Adela kicks off the show with some important topics & updates for the Chicagoland music scene, but is quickly joined first by Dan, and then later DUDE, for some fun stories about rock n roll in Detroit. We meet Tony and Steven, talk about being popular in Spain, chat Detroit vs. Chicago, make an autobiography announcement, and update everyone as to why The Underbelly Hours will be going on hiatus for a few weeks.

“Soundtracks for changing your position in the time-space continuum”…is certainly one way to describe our guests THOMPSON SPRINGS, who swung by our Zoom call to talk about a myriad of things.

In between mourning the tour life, there are stories of strange after-show encounters, a glimpse into 2020 survival, and warm rock ambiance. Check it out!

Plus - Dan and Adela share a couple of tracks they’ve been listening to in their day to day life. Featured music from Ryan Herrick, Eric Crawford (of Aquinas Visions), Demi Clara, Suri, Morgan Gold, and Thompson Springs.

We decide to end the month of September with a little recap about music news in Chicago, brainstorming about streaming, and of course, a rad interview.

This week’s rad guest? Sam Crossland! He’s a multi-genre musician extraordinaire with some cool hair and even cooler tunes. Among other things, we have an honest conversation with Sam about how musicians continue to adjust to a new reality.

…come gather ‘round the laptop screenand listen to our Zoom,for now upon is the timeto chat with Homegrown dudes!

In accordance with Underbelly Hours tradition, Adela & Dan sit down with Aaron Williams (Aaron Williams Band, Homegrown Arts & Music Festival), Andy King (AUX, AUX Populi, If You Need Me), and Brian Shamie (Chicago Sound Check, Daily Herald) to talk about HG FEST 2020, and more.

Subjects range from festival differences in 2020, reflections on the performers, local band songs of the summer, and ways in which each person has had to adapt their projects to meet an uncertain, tumultuous year.

Check it out, and don’t forget to buy your livestream ticket to the Homegrown Arts & Music Festival.

Watch out “Watermelon Sugar”, there’s a new contender for Song of the Summer in town…

Adela and Dan kick off the show by talking to LOUDA about her phenomenal new single “Fresita”, moving to San Fran from Chicago, bilingual writing, and her approach to content creation in 2020.

Then later, we realize that Dan & Skelly Bones are…actually the same person?! We discuss shocking similarities, the artist’s latest few singles, emo to electro, and let out a little bit of steam on rant.

Underground music that is literally… Underground!

This week, Adela & Dan sit down with Jess & Cif from JESS THE SKA KID, a Kenosha based, online radio production that has hosted underground bands from all around the United States. They chat about JSK’s adventures, why Spotify might be hurting more than helping musicians, and of course, delve into some ska.

Then later, Elysian Green has loosened their grip on the jazz books to unveil a flashier, rockier, jam-based group of tunes. We explore why they are changing directions, knowing when to stop a jam, and why they smell like fresh cut grass and cilantro lime.