STRING THINGS

Rock 95.5 brought their Sonic Sessions series into the FRET12 shop for an afternoon with The Funeral Portrait, an intimate set shaped by the kind of access radio still does...

Described as "a true force of nature" in modern soul, Brother Wallace is the next great in a long line of musical masters from his home state of Georgia, and...

Olive Vox, the young Dallas-based alt-rock band took a break from their tour to pop into FRET12 and record a session. 

A supergroup born of three incredible musicians from the Empty Bottle scene, we were lucky enough to capture this musical equinox at one of our FRET12 Sessions at the Salt...

Sparkle Carcass, self-proclaimed trailblazers of “Chicago Dive-Bar Country” blew through our shop and chopped it up with us about music, songwriting, and what it means to be an alt-country act in Chicago.

Restless creative energy and sharp contrasts define Sunvolume. Founded in 2020, by Justin Sanetra (guitar, vocals), Jimmy Russell (bass), and Brett Sassetti (drums), their recorded output to date reveals a...

Some bands don’t walk into a scene—they seep into it. Giant Pit of Glass is one of those Chicago bands that sound like the city looks after midnight: hazy, slow,...

The String Thing IPA launch was pure energy—a night of music, community, and electric atmosphere at Hop Butcher’s taproom, with Ganser delivering a powerhouse performance.

For nearly seven years, Hollyy has been perfecting their unique take on neo-soul. Fusing classic indie rock with R&B and soul to create a warm, groove saturated sound that’s attracted...

Few things pair as perfectly as beer and live music. That’s why we teamed up with Chicago’s Hop Butcher For The World to create something that feels right at home on stage or in the crowd: String Thing IPA.

We caught Baroness on a day off from the first half of their tour playing their legendary first two albums Red & Blue in their entirety. Four our session, they crushed two tracks from Stone and followed those with incredible instrumental tracks off Red and Blue.

With Finom, Macie Stewart and Sima Cunningham come together to create genre defying experimental rock, indie pop, bouncy art rock — whatever combination of adjectives best suggest a band with...