New Music, Emerging from your Local Scene
Mother Nature is back with a new single and video called "MOMENTZ". This is duo of Klevah and TRUTH and they find themselves ripping into a tremendous new beat from fellow Chicagoan BoatHouse.
This is the first new music from the duo since the release of their highly acclaimed 2020 Portalz.
Metal brand From Those Ashes have released the opening track, "Drown The Earth In Sorrow", from their forthcoming EP, "Lamentations", which set to be released on February 26th.
From Those Ashes is the work of Aaron Pokoj (Vocals/Guitar), Jose "Mop" Valles (Lead Guitar), Ryan Compton (Bass), and Omar "Pockets" Diaz (Drums).
Sean McCole of Life of Death has released a new single called "Fade Away". This is his second single since the release of his debut EP, "The Color, Envy", back in 2020.
Life of Death also released a new single, "Disco Decor", earlier this month. Here he is joined by Andrew Green, Dan Silberman, Sean Jacobi, Ben Norsworthy and Sonya Major.
Horsegirl has released a new video for their debut single single "Ballroom Dance Scene". The single will also see its official 7" vinyl released via Sonic Cathedral on April 2nd and be backed with "Sea Life Sandwich Boy".
This is the youthful Indie Pop trio of Penelope Lowenstein, Gigi Reece, and Nora Cheng. This single has taken the world by storm since first being released digitally back in November.
At first I thought Charismatic Megafauna must be the name of a rubber-suited mecha monster featured on an old episode of Super Sentai which would be pretty exciting. But instead it’s the name of the new Psymon Spine album which is nearly, if not equally exciting, depending on your feelings about the hyperkenetic Japanese teen superhero live action TV drama versus the Brooklyn-based band that co-founded the Secret Friend immersive art and music party series alongside POND magazine.
Anyhow the album in question strikes me as sounding just like the cool airport lounge music of the future we were all promised as children. But instead we got phone charging stations and Cinnabon franchises rather than having sleekly-funky space-age psych-pop bands paid to serenade harried travelers and to maybe even make them dance.
But going to airports isn’t too appealing these days so it’s all good. We’re all far better off sitting at home in front of our computers and luckily that’s just where Psymon Spine is playing an album release party to be livestreamed tonight at 8PM EST as the most recent installment of BABY TV alongside openers Dream Chambers and Hypoluxo, the latter of whom were featured not so long ago on this very blog. (Jason Lee)
Damon Locks & Black Monument Ensemble has released visuals for the title track from their forthcoming, NOW, which is set to be released via International Anthem on April 9th.
This is the work of Angel Bat Dawid (clarinet), Ben LaMar Gay (cornet & melodica), Dana Hall (drums), Damon Locks (samples & electronics), and Arif Smith (percussion).
Locks had this to say about "Now (Forever Momentary Space)"; this "is about the moment outside of the timeline where everything is possible. That moment is now."
Natalie Bergman (of Wild Belle) has released the second single, "Shine Your Light on Me", from her forthcoming solo debut album, Mercy, which is due out via Third Man Records on May 7th.
The album’s first single, "Talk To The Lord", was released on January 21st and is accompanied by the video below.
This album finds Bergman returning to her religious roots following the tragic loss of her father.
Post Punk group Nude Model has released a new single, "Heartbeat", from their forthcoming album, Love Games. The new album is set to be released later this year via No Trend Records. All sales from the 500 run Flexi single of "Heartbeat" will be donated to support Assata’s Daughters.
This is the work of Michael Guarrine (singer), Daniel Collins (guitarist), Jeffrey Kmieciak (bassist), Matt Pelkey (percussion), and Ari Neiditz (drummer).
Astrachan has released a new single and Andrew Child animated video called "Scandal". This is the second single from Astrachan’s forthcoming self-titled debut album which is due out on May 7th.
This is the solo project of Ben Astrachan of the duo Berta Bigtoe, and "Scandal" is a Psych Pop/Folk gem that features the bass playing of Ryan Gebhardt of the band Stanley.
Semiratruth has released a new album called Mira. This project features production from Morgan (aka Morgan Varnado) and Semiratruth delving deeper into world of experimental Hip Hop.
Moontype, Ben Cruz, Emerson Hunton, and Margaret McCarthy, have released the first two singles, ""About You" and "Ferry", from their forthcoming debut album, Bodies of Water, which is due out April 2nd via Born Yesterday.
The most recent single is "About You" and is accompanied by the wonderfully animated video from Ellie Tremayne below.
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Dre Izaya has had a very productive year thus far with the release of three singles and a full length album all in the last month. Back on January 20th he kicked off his year by dropping the powerful "Sun Don’t Shine" which features the talented Oliv Blu. The single’s B-side also features a great Chicago vocalist Alex Banin and is called "More Than Friends".
Now Izaya is back with a new, emotional LP called I Fall Apart When They Leave which was released this week via Loop Theory. The album is heavily focused around the subject of lost love and was almost entirely produced by Izaya himself.
