The Never and the North

TINY BIT OF GIANTS BLOOD are a Chicago band who, after their debut “Gigantosaur” album in 2020, were described by New City as “so ready for an arena, you want to build one for them.” Equal parts Tony Rogers and John Scholvin (The Good), Jackie Schimmel (Sunshine Boys, Justin Roberts), and Larry Beers (Charming Beggars, Sonia Dada, Mucca Pazza), they're now putting finishing touches on a second full-length release, “1-9-7-5,” side one of which is a new heavy rock opera about a generation of elder people shipped off into dangerously deep space. This is a band that walks in the officially world’s largest pair of functioning platform heels; Fee Waybill blessed them with his own hands when they shared a bill at Milwaukee’s Summerfest. The Big Takeover described TBGB as “Catchy, vibrant, and sonically bold…” Pop-a-Looza credited them with “equal parts bombast, joy, and purpose…” and Strutter imagined they are “like Queen meets The Sweet, and a bit of The Darkness.” VIVI ROGERS, daughter of Tony, is a powerful new voice who has already performed at LA's Grammy Museum. She's working on her debut EP, "Smile, You're Seventeen," and is currently on a mini tour from Liverpool, England, where she studies at Sir Paul McCartney’s performing arts university. THE NEVER AND THE NORTH is the more-indie-pop-folk-sided intercontinental collab between Vivi and Tony; their first single “The Oak and the Leafroller” is available on headphones everywhere.