The Bunker Live presents indie-original solo artists and bands to lovers of live music via a unique livestream experience via YouTube Audience interacttion with band between songs, an up-close and intimate performance on TV, Mobile Phone or Tablet.

Shows on Tuesdays and Thursdays starting at 8:30 PM Central Time

Upcomming Shows!

Everyday Fantastic, Thur, Dec 11

Everyday Fantastic is a 3 piece pop-rock group based out of Chicago, IL.Christopher Steibel, Mitchell Gabel, and Ryan Lampe met their freshman year of college at Indiana University. Since the band, Everyday Fantastic has played at prominent venues across Chicago such as Schuba's Tavern, Beat Kitchen, Subterranean, Cubby Bear and HVAC. The band has also opened for touring groups like The Mowgli's and Red Rum Club.

Matt Shultz, Tue, Dec 16

Combining the poetic with the blunt realities of life and a healthy dose of dark humor, Collective Fictions weaves together narratives depicting peoples’ tragedies, triumphs, and all the strangeness that lies in between.

Collective Fictions is a new project from Matt Shultz, the singer, guitarist, and songwriter for the now deceased punk band Vulgar Commons. Feeling like the punk genre is a young person’s game and tired of his knees hurting from doing power slides across beer drenched (and possibly tetanus inducing) stages, Matt decided to start this project. He discovered that Indie/folk music is more reflective of where he is in life during one of his frequent bouts of vagrancy and has begun playing shows. He is planning on having an EP released at the beginning of next year and a full album by the end of it.

Ashe Brothers. Tue, Jan 6

The Ashe Brothers are a set of musical twins who operate sonically with the synchronization of a single musical brain. Their tight vocal harmonies and bombastic instrumental precision makes them a songwriting duo to be reckoned with. You’ll hear sounds reminiscent of The Grateful Dead, Pink Floyd, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, and the Everly Brothers, mixed uniquely into an intimate package. You won’t want to miss this!

Currently residing in sunny Southern California, The Ashe Brothers have been sharing their eclectic sound on a professional level for the past decade. Their main inspirations hail from the great writers and performers of the psychedelic 60’s and 70’s, putting a modern spin on an otherwise classic sound. They’ve released an EP entitled “The Machine” and an album entitled “Melancholy Days.” They’re currently working on a second full length album, so keep your ears peeled for some great unreleased music. They can’t wait to return to their home state of Illinois and perform on The Bunker Live!

AJ Rosales, Tue,Jan 13

AJ Rosales is a genre-bending acoustic artist that has been making waves on the Chicago scene with his soulful and progressive take on being a singer-songwriter. His music has been featured on WXRT, Q101, Chicago Independent Radio Stations, WGN Live Broadcasts, and even wafted through the halls of the venerable Abbey Road Studios.

Following up on his lauded 2021 album Manifestations, 2025 saw the release of the stripped-down and live-performance based Phasedrift album. Described as a “Timeless folk journey” (Static Multimedia) and containing "confidence, imagination, and mastery" (Selective Memory Magazine), his emotive songwriting is entirely his own and rich with texture.

Matt Sandelin, Thur, Mar 12

Chicago's Matt Sandelin brings his high energy live show to the Bunker Live for an evening of indie rock and pop punk jams.

Matt Sandelin is an Indie Rock Pop Punk artist based in Chicago IL. The Sophomore EP “IN MY HEAD” is now streaming on all platforms plus three singles from the upcoming third EP to release in 2026. Matt and his band have recently played live shows at venues in Chicago such as House of Blues, HVAC Pub, Gman Tavern, Beat Kitchen, and more.

CHEF, Thur, Mar 19

Grab your aprons, let’s cook!

Originated out of Chicago, C.H.E.F. bakes ian a strong variety of ingredients to its sound; including funk, psychedelia, blues, alternative, hip hop, jazz, classic rock, and electronic. Our latest single, Let Loose, is out now!

Polarizer, Thur, TBD

With two official releases and a handful of singles to their name, Chicago alternative act Polarizer sought to make a definitive statement when they embarked on creating their album, “Love From The Underground.”

The 12-track LP, produced by Noam Wallenberg (who helmed their 2013 debut as well), marries the spacey textures and ethereal vocals found in their previous work with muscular grooves and brawny guitar riffs.

The backbone of their evolved sound comes courtesy of drummer/vocalist Johnathan Schiller and bassist Chris Shen, who had been performing live with the group since 2016 but hadn’t yet been featured on a recording. Each contributed original material to the group of songs that would form “Love From The Underground.”

The Nobodies, TBD 2026

The Nobodies (Chicago USA) combine a punk-derived recklessness and garage-rock sensibility with lyrical wit, Western swing, and a bittersweet vulnerability. Their songs will help you forget your troubles and remember your triumphs!

The Nobodies will be releasing their first EP - Even The Score, Vol. 1 - in October 2025.

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