• Allá (Crammed Discs)
• Bitmoth
• Geoff Buesing
• The Claps
• Jordan Cohen
• The Crash Davis Spectacular
• DJ STV SLV
• Multi-Panel

• OFFICE (Scratchie Records)
• Justin Petertil
• Scare Quotes
• J. Schnable
• SIGHUP
• bill van loo
• Seth Vanek
• We Can and We Must
• Eric Ziegenhagen

Either because we’ve played with them, enjoy their music, or just consider them friends, give these other local acts a visit.

• The Aluminum Group
• Baby Teeth
• The Bon Mots
• Bound Stems
• Brighton, MA
• Catfish Haven
• The Changes
• The Dials
• Dogme 95
• Doppler Shift
• The Fake Fictions
• Greenlight
• Head of Femur

• Indian
• The Lesser Scene
• The M’s
• Cameron McGill
• Midstates
• Stephanie Morris & The Rest
• The Scotland Yard Gospel Choir
• Stolie
• Tenki
• The Timeout Drawer
• Velvetron
• Warm Ones
• Zapruder Point

If you’re ever feeling saucy enough to explore the world of music outside of Chicago, check out these out-of-town bands, who are not only excellent, but friends of ours to boot.

• Aqueduct
• Charlemagne
• DeVotchKa
• Earlimart
• Elf Power
• Edith Frost
• Headlights
• Hopewell

• The Impossible Shapes
• Jetpack
• Kaiser Chiefs
• Mark Mallman
• The North Atlantic
• Palaxy Tracks
• Saturday Looks Good to Me
• What Made Milwaukee Famous

Here's a list of some other web spaces we inhabit and/or find interesting. Enjoy!

• Alex Mechlin - Director of Canasta's "Microphone Song" music video
• badresa.com - Theresa Killebrew’s Chicago music zine
• bopo.net - Superfan Mat Calvert’s personal site
• Canasta on Facebook - Pretty self-explanatory
• Canasta on Last FM - Also self-explanatory
• Cherry Bomb - Revolutionizing the distribution of free music and films
• Clava / 4Deuces Studio - One of Chicago’s finest recording/mixing studios
• The Deadbolt - Film/TV/DVD/music criticism site for which Matt writes
• dequeued.net - Ex-member Jeff’s personal site
• Gabriel Sound Garage - Gabi’s vintage amps
• Galactic Pizza - The best pizza in Minneapolis; check out the Paul Bunyan!
• Ian Wilson - Ian's website for his music, blog and more
• J. Schnable - Ex-member Josh’s blog for his electronica recordings
• Kitchen Chicago - Ex-member Jeff’s current, non-musical project
• Kyle Mann Combo - Kyle's indie jazz-pop trio
• Last Alley Productions - Chicago booking collective with which Matt works
• The Lava Brothers - Prog-pop band belonging to Josh and his brothers
• A Million Things to Do - Designer of Canasta's website, Brandon Durham
• North Branch Studio - Another of Chicago’s finest recording/mixing studios
• Rainbow House - Violence prevention and outreach organization
• Restaurant Club - A likely place to find Canasta
• Robert Buscemi - Renaissance funnyman and talking cigarette
• Run With It Management - Music industry whirlwind Neptali Figueroa
• Sarah Hadley Photography - Canasta’s favorite photographer
• Satellite Booking - Agency that books friends Edith Frost and Baby Teeth
• Seaworthy Southeast Thesaurus - Ex-member John’s personal site
• selfsimilar.net - Colin’s personal site
• Tense Forms - A brilliant Chicago arts collective
• Yahoo! Games - Learn about and play canasta, the card game!