Hotel Burgundy with Scam Likely, Shoobie, The Nile Club

Hotel Burgundy – The Baton Rouge band was launched by three high school friends: lead singer and guitarist Josh Rovira, lead guitarist Evan Hendry, and rhythm guitarist and keyboardist Jacques du Passage. When the trio got to LSU, they completed the band by adding bassist Jonathon Hidalgo and drummer Jack Bidleman. The band members balance their student lives and social lives all while playing shows and jamming throughout Baton Rouge.

This five-piece band found its stride amid pandemic boredom, as its members took their unexpected free time to hone in their skills, make original music and master covers for live shows at venues like Fred’s and The Varsity. Hotel Burgundy is known for its high energy performances and alternative rock sound inspired by modern bands like Cage the Elephant and classic icons like Led Zeppelin.

Scam Likely is a Milwaukee-based indie-punk band featuring Dondiego on guitar, Cary Dean Elger on drums, Charlee Grider on vocals and guitar and Thierry Diatta on bass. The band describes itself as Gothic-punk rock, but the group’s sound is more akin to a cocktail whose recipe calls for the grit of ‘90s grunge acts and the sleaze and jangle of early 2000’s indie-rock revival bands like The Strokes. Garnish that drink with a touch of Riot Grrrl attitude, and you have Scam Likely.

Shoobie – Emerging from the depths of the valley, a band comprised of Leah David, Nick Matteson, Nick Morrissey, Isaac Lamers and Parker Sweeney explode on to the scene with their own brand of impassioned sweat inducing rock ‘n’ roll sure to make your bones jump inside your flesh.

The Nile Club – The Nile Club is a band who writes and self records music for all. Named after an abandoned pyramid-shaped nightclub in Wisconsin, they deliver a noisy and chaotic take on indie music.