Antigone Rising has been rising, if you will, for years and on Saturday night they showcased their drive, desire and belief to a very receptive Summerfest crowd at the U.S. Cellular/Leinie’s stage. They also showed Milwaukee what Lilith Fair and others already know: these girls rock.

The Greenwich Village-based, all-female rock band features sisters Kristen Henderson (rhythm guitar/percussion/vocals) and Cathy Henderson (lead guitar/vocals), Dena Tauriello (drums), Jen Zielenbach (bass) and lead vocalist Cassidy. Starbucks is exclusively selling the band’s major label debut on its Hear Music label and their single “Don’t Look Back” is poised to launch these ladies into stardom.

Their nearly 50-minute set on Saturday featured several tunes from their debut, “From the Ground Up." “What” rocked with a blistering guitar solos while tunes like “Don’t Look Back” and “Broken” showed the softer, acoustic side of Cassidy and her friends. They ended their set with a sing-a-long "Fat Bottom Girls."

Make no mistake about it, Cassidy has star written all over her. Her stage presence and spunk were infectious and her voice, powerful. You could see how the entire band feeds off her energy, her sass and her confidence.

With Cassidy’s moxy and the musical prowess of the rest of Antigone Rising, you can expect to see and hear big things from them in the future. They play a special Starbucks “Ultimate Coffee Break” show on Thursday at Chicago's Riverside Plaza and are rumored to be coming back through Milwaukee later this summer. If you missed them on Saturday, buy the disc and catch these rising stars sooner than later.