New Music, Emerging from your Local Scene
Pivot Gang dropped visuals for the song “Hero” on Halloween. The track is taken from their recently released debut album, You Can’t Sit WIth Us. The track feature Saba, Frsh Waters, and MfnMelo and takes the tracks title literally turning the trio into modern day superhero’s.
You can catch Pivot Gang on November 29th and 30th at Metro for what has become an annual celebration of the life and memory John Walt (aka dinnerwithjohn).
We are proud to be able to premiere the latest single, “New Richmond Town”, from the Bluegrass Band Cox’s Army. This is the title track from their forthcoming album which is set to be released on November 8th.
The band was formed back in 2016 and consists of ‘Cousin’ Chuck Cox (Guitar, Lead Vocal) and features Laird Patten (Banjo), Jeff Burke (Mandolin, Baritone Vocal), and Jack Campbell (Bass, Tenor Vocal).
You can help Cox’s Army celebrate the release of their album on November 8th at the Hideout with The Lawrence Peters Outfit and The Family Gold.
It’s hard to pin down exactly what you’re hearing when listening to Glasshealer. With a mix of electronica, noise rock, and a twist of pop-punk, the band’s high energy vibes and emotional lyrics certainly deliver excitement and intrigue. Their latest single “Empty Bottles” is no different.
“Empty Bottles” feels like a more manic, less centered type of new wave. It has the same electronic waves and steady beats, but the vocals are more reminiscent of early 2000’s Brendon Urie; emotional and frequently veering towards sarcastic. The biggest impact from the song comes from its sense of urgency. It pushes you to get on your feet and do something, do anything other than staying stagnant. It’s difficult to maintain such an intense pace without overwhelming the listener, but thanks to how synced in the band is, the song keeps the tempo high and exudes good vibes simultaneously.
-Avril Carrillo
Lala Lala has a new track called “Spy” on the forthcoming Immigrant Rights Benefit compliation from Ruination Records, So Many Singing Vol . 2. They joined on the compilation by 49 other artists including fellow Chicagoans Bill Mackay, V.V. Lightbody, Half Gringa, and Minor Moon.
The album is set to be released on December 6th and the label is currently planning a release event in Chicago on December 13th with details to follow, but with proceeds going to Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights.
Lala Lala (aka Lillie West) will be performing at Sleeping Village on January 16th with Nnamdi and Sen Morimoto.
Oakland-based Hello Yello released two tracks as a duo called My Life As A Teenage Robot. Songs "Lifeguard" and "I Really Loved You," which as the band says are two tracks that lend "…a softer hand to their innovative mash-up of punk and grunge sounds." The project continues a busy year for the group, following the release of their debut EP Love Wins earlier this year, and they just started their North American tour. Catch them and listen in. It’s alternative, grunge and something we can’t put our finger on. –Lucille Faulkner
Lexica, an experimental group formed in the burgeoning arts scene in mid-Nineties Harlem, have released Lost & Left To Be Imagined, an album which up until now never saw the light of day. The 2002 recording, which featured the trippy proto-EDM stylings of Lorraine Lelis, Stephen Krieger, and Erik Laroi, was well-hyped before its release, but ended up in the dustbin of history. However, the band was finally able to unearth it, and with it, the single "Faint Hue", a shimmering song which features Lelis’s layered vocals, the relaxing and haunting beats of Kreiger, and the subtle but powerful guitar work of Laroi. Give this long-lost track a listen for yourself down below. – Will Sisskind
Fran has released a third single, “In My Own Time”, from their formthcoming album, A Private Picture, which is set to be released on November 15th via Fire Talk.
Fran is kicking off a tour this week that will finding them coming home on November 23rd for a show at the Hideout with Tobacco City and Mia Joy.
The Daisy Heaves have released a new single called “If I Could Tell You”. This is the first new music from the duo since their latest EP, Gramophone Ghost, which was released back in January.
This is Dream Pop of Ryan Dahl (Vocals, Guitars, and Bass) and John D’alessandro (Drums).
Pop Punk trio Four Stars have released a new single called “Alacrity”. This is the first new music from the trio since their 2018 debut Ep, “Check, Please!”.
The single is accompanied by the Alex Zarek directed video below.
Mel Senese has release a video for her latest single “Goodbye”. The single, which was released back in August, is her second of 2019 following up “Prey”.
Senese has a modern approach to Pop and Dance Music, with an ear for catchy melodies and compelling choruses.
More indie than folk, more folk than indie, or maybe just perfectly both is the music of Arlington, Massachusetts group Cold Expectations. The band’s latest EP, No Panic In My Veins, opens up with resonant drums and crisp electric guitars. The lead song “Can You Feel The Distance?” displays rich harmonies and lead vocals that are rugged against the clean instrumentation. That same contrast follows in the Growlers-like psych-tinged track “Aliza Don’t Care” which lets its guitar leads linger and its choruses pop. The band keeps things cool and collected and offers music to kick your shoes off to; each tune releases tension. Cold Expectations are what New England cooks up best: comfort indie-folk music. Stream the hopeful track “You Are The Ocean” below and relish in its atmospheric guitar solos. Happy Monday, folks! – Rene Cobar
Post Animal has released a new single called “Safe or Not” to kick off of their tour with Twin Peaks. This is the first new song from the Psych Rock band since the release of their 2018 album, When I Think Of You In A Castle.
This is the work Dalton Allison (bass), Jake Hirshland (guitar/keyboard), Javi Reyes (guitar), Wesley Toledo (drums), and Matt Williams (guitar).
