The Swellers, Martin Atkins, TAB The Band, The Offspring, Smoking Popes, Material Issue

Michigan's The Swellers are gearing up to head out on the road as part of Van's Warped Tour this summer, but before all that they stopped by the JBTV studio for an exclusive performance on the HD sound stage along with an interview over at Reggies Rock Club.  Get pumped to rock out to their melodic punk stylings on this week's episode of JBTV.  After that, we'll be catching up with Martin Atkins, who you may know as founder of Chicago's own Invisible Records, founding member of industrial band Pigface, or as the author of Tour: Smart, the comprehensive guide to the music industry for fledgling bands.  Basically, this guy knows a lot about music and the DIY lifestyle, and will be sharing a bit of his knowledge right here on JBTV.  Jenna Martinelli is going to be on the scene giving us a heads up on up-and-coming indie rock artists TAB The Band.  Then, continuing on with our 25-year JBTV retrospective, we'll be looking back at interviews with two Chicago greats, Material Issue and Smoking Popes, as well as not-from-Chicago-but-still-great California band The Offspring.