Bone & Bell is part breath, part bellow. Led by artist and multi-instrumentalist Heather Smith, Bone & Bell combines haunting vocal harmonies and finger picking patterns to create a dissonant prayer: both heavenly and tension-filled.

The beginning:

Beginnings are often simple. For Bone & Bell, it all started with a baritone ukulele and a voice. Over the years, Heather accumulated a series of ukuleles and with them wrote a series of songs. Loom, Bone & Bell's first EP, is a sampling of those songs. It was recorded at home by Jason Tuller and was released September 2010.

The build:

Just six months after releasing Loom on the internet, Bone & Bell was opening for Oscar award winning Marketa Irglova (Tomorrow Never Knows Festival), performing live on National Public Radio (WBEZ's 848) and recording a session at Daytrotter. The remaining year has included highlights like opening for Peter Bjorn & John and playing the first Brilliant Corners of Popular Amusements Festival.

The future:

Bone & Bell has evolved over time. What was once a solo effort has become a quintet. Heather recently joined forces with Ryan Farnham (drums- formerly of Catfish Haven), Rick Roberts (bass, keys) and Jason Tuller (guitar, bass).

A new album is anticipated for Spring 2012.

Emerging from the rooftops of Chicago in 2007, Netherfriends are that bastard-psych-pop-catchy as hell band that you've been searching for. They recently signed with indie label Emergency Umbrella. Their debut 6 song EP "Calling You Out," fused heavily layered arrangements with group sing-a-longs, spare pianos, synths, glockenspiels and other hard to place, but familiar sounds. The three-piece psychedelic pop band grabbed some early spark and attention from places like Blender and RCRD LBL and have played at both SXSW in Austin and CMJ in New York City. Netherfriends features Shawn Rosenblatt (vocals, guitar, keys, drums, and samples) a freshly minted college graduate of music composition, planning to put his education to use from the road. At the moment, he has many different individuals play with him live.