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Hunting rhythm.
Gathering noise.

Liquid at room temperature.Tap the mercury. It always gathers back.

Hunter-gatherer

Art rock and indie soul from Chicago. Formerly Fall Classic.

Now booking festivals for 2027

Press

The three members of Hunter-gatherer, backlit against black

“Curious and unpredictable…
mixes genres and influences seamlessly.”

Jessica Hopper, Chicago Tribuneon the album Gospel, released as Fall Classic

Fourteen years on Chicago stages

Most of them as Fall Classic. Hunter-gatherer is the same band under a new name, with a new album and its eyes on festival season.

  • Metro
  • Lincoln Hall
  • Bottom Lounge
  • Sleeping Village
  • Empty Bottle
  • Hideout
  • Schubas

Festivals

Summer Camp Music Festival

and festival stages across the Midwest

Listen before you book

Moody, hypnotic, and built on rhythm. Somewhere between Fela Kuti and Radiohead.

Released as Fall Classic

  • Equals
  • Over Under
  • Never Mind
  • Both Ends of the Rope
  • Gospel
  • Man/Other Beasts
  • Nerves

Hunter-gatherer on Spotify

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Every show is a ritual

Analog soul and digital grit, carried by grooves that keep a crowd moving. Picture it on your stage at dusk.

Hunter-gatherer playing a rooftop show at dusk under a pergola strung with bulbs, the singer shouting into the mic with his white offset guitar, church domes on the skyline and a seated crowd in front
Rooftop show at dusk, Chicago
The drummer, locs swinging, singing into a mic behind a red drum kit in front of a gold curtain
Black and white photo of the singer, eyes closed at the mic, playing a white offset guitar on a dark club stage
Hunter-gatherer in front of a striped projection screen on a lit club stage, the singer's hair mid-whip, drummer and bassist either side
Seen from above at night, a packed backyard crowd under string lights watches Hunter-gatherer play on a small deck stage
Black and white photo of Hunter-gatherer playing in a concrete room under a line of string lights to a seated crowd
Hunter-gatherer on the Hideout stage in Chicago under strings of bulbs, the singer and bassist flanking a red drum kit beneath the green HIDEOUT sign

For promoters

Everything you need to put us on a bill, on one card.

Lineup
Three-piece
Home base
Chicago, Illinois
Sound
Art rock and indie soul, somewhere between Fela Kuti and Radiohead
Set length
30 to 75 minutes
Catalog
Four albums, EPs and singles, and five short films
Active since
2012, first as Fall Classic
Stages
Summer Camp Music Festival, Metro, Lincoln Hall, Empty Bottle, Hideout, Sleeping Village
Press
Chicago Tribune (Jessica Hopper) on the album Gospel

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