Icky Blossoms bloomed from the blizzards of 2011 in Omaha ,Ne. Consisting of three multi-dimensional artists, Derek Pressnall, Nik Fackler and Sarah Bohling, Icky Blossoms draw from old friendships, rhythmic experiments and a love for robust melodies to create music stretching from hazy pop to pulsing dance. Music that feels familiar yet so unfamiliar, like the sun heating your face, old haunts, or falling in love.

Arthur and the Librarian is a folk/indie band formed by Arthur Gregory Crittenden and Aubrey Howard, with friends filling in along the way. Their music is best listened to on a sunny day.

Great Isaac is a folk rock quintet based out of South St. Louis. Forming in May 2011 after all frequenting the same bar, their dynamic harmonies and dark lyrics often get them compared to the likes of Neutral Milk Hotel, Mumford & Sons, and The Good Life. Their line-up (which consists of Steve Lickenbrock on guitar & vocals, Casey Kell on drums, Jeremy Theel on bass, Scott Wilson on banjo, Nick Ebeling on piano & backing vocals, and part-time trumpet player Chris Kepley) lends itself to the diversity of those comparisons, and their initial 45-minute set of completely original material does not fail to deliver.