La Crosse Wisconsin's duo known as RIG TIME! has extensively toured the US for the past few years, creating a dedicated fanbase in every corner of the country. They do not play La Crosse very often, primarily because they tour so much. Self-described as "Wisconsin Heavy", Rig Time's sound is influenced by hardcore, doom, nu metal and other extreme music. Outburn magazine compared the band to early Godflesh, and New Noise Magazine said comparisons include Harm's Way and Xibalba. For fans of Left Behind, Twitching Tongues, Kublai Khan, Integrity, and The Acacia Strain.
BALTIC TO BOARDWALK has been all over the upper Midwest music scene for over a decade, and has toured extensively through the US as well. Based in Fargo North Dakota, this hardcore band is currently on a tour that takes them through North Dakota, Nebraska, Missouri, Ohio, Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin, with the only Wisconsin date being at the Warehouse.
Touring with Baltic across the US is another North Dakota band, melodic punk rockers PASS THE FLASK.
La Crosse's SOMBER SEASON is a new emo punk band that is starting to turn some heads acrosse the upper Midwest.
ELK STARTLED BY THUNDER at the central Wisconsin based punk band that sings about nature and politics.