New Music, Emerging from your Local Scene
Last year R3id released an epic, incredibly ambitious album called A Is For Ella. Musically, she blends dream pop, folk, and elements of musical theater but it is the overarching story the album tells that is wildly compelling.
You can catch R3id at Golden Dagger on September 9th with The Phantom Broadcast and Fuzzy Poser.
photo by Leon Farrant
SIZZLE is an EP by the artist known as Floated recently released on Totally Real Records and it’s just the sort of synth-stained downtempo dreamwave planetarium soundtrack rolled up in a tangerine swisher with marmalade skies projected on the dome’s ceiling that you didn’t realize you needed until you heard it and realized that you need these five crystalline tracks in your life designed for floating high above this beleaguered blue marble of ours for the duration of 12 minutes and 2 seconds or for even longer if you put the EP on repeat.
Either way, David Maine a.k.a. Floated has got you covered from the opening ambient wash of lead-off track “3AM Intro” (an ideal hour for giving SIZZLE a spin!) which soon envelopes the listener in slow-motion-placid-on-the-surface swirling amniotic-cosmic sonic afterbirth alongside ricocheting lo-fi beats and vinyl surface noise and disembodied seraphic voices…
…to the record-closing “End of the World Outro” a mellow best-case apocalyptic scenario that sounds something like if Claude Debussy rose from the grave and gave his 1909 piano miniature “Voiles” an upgrade with sub-bass tones and chiming guitars ostinatos and Air-esque blunted vocals the latter of which being an appropriately Gallic reference point for the undead Debussy.
And then finally there’s the penultimate track and single “Me and My Cat Are Busy TTYL” (see above for a WORLD PREMIERE sneak peek at the music video!) a chilled out track that perfectly captures the feline grace of a tuxedo-clad tabby chilling out in the chill-out room coming down after a full day of pogo dancing to happy hardcore for hours on end after snorting crushed MDMA pills off the teats of a hard partying puss in go-go boots even though the video for the song (directed by Floated, edited by Brendan Dean) depicts a more innocent domestic scene.
And at long last just in case you’re curious about this enigmatic “Floated” character and would like a snappy biographical profile here’s the skinny quoted straight from the Totally Real press release: "Floated is the Brooklyn-based project of producer & songwriter David Maine. A classically trained pianist and multi-instrumentalist, Maine was previously the bass player for the band Frankie Cosmos who he toured and recorded with for four years, often alongside his brother Aaron Maine (of Porches).
In 2018, Maine began refining his voice as a solo musician in his bedroom studio. Floated is his outlet to cultivate an imaginative and focused sonic world, capturing snapshots of his life in music and coloring them with inspirations, spanning from vaporwave to grimy upbeat electronic-RnB.” (Jason Lee)
Experimental trio Bitchin Bajas have released the opening track, "Amorpha", from their forthcoming double LP, Bajascillators, which is due out via Drag City on September 2nd.
This is the work of Cooper Crain, Rob Frye, and Daniel Quinlivan.
"Amorpha" is accompanied by the Kyle Armstrong created video below.
You can catch Bitchin Bajas at Constellation on October 16th.
Photo by Katoman
Lunchbreak recently released a new single called "Percy". This is the second single from this solo project of Eric of trdml following up last month’s "Superman".
Brady have released their debut full-length album, You Sleep While They Watch, via Flesh & Bone Records. The album’s lead single, "Power Suck", is accompanied by the video below.
This is the work of Sam Boyhtari (Vocals/Guitar), Jake Morse (Drums), Kacey Keith (Bass), and Clara McCoy (Guitar/Synth).
You can catch Brady at The Fallout (2230 S. Ashland) with Old Coke, Sleepwalk, and Lowfaith on August 27th.
The Dead Bolts recently released visuals for their latest single "The Throes".
This is the first new music from the group since the release of their 2021 album Pretty and Burnt Out.
You can catch The Dead Bolts on August 27th as part of Up In Smoke Fest.
Bleach Party recently released the lead single, "Totally Fine", from their forthcoming EP, "Acrylic Blends", which is due out on September 10th.
This is the Indie Rock of Meg MacDuff (Vox/Guitar), Bart Pappas (Guitar), Richard Giraldi (Bass), and Kaylee Curran (Drums).
You can help Bleach Party celebrate the release of "Acrylic Blends" on Sept. 10th at The Empty Bottle with North By North and XYZXYZ.
French Police have released a new single called "Cocaine Dolphins". This is the group’s first single since the release of their "Onyx" EP back in May.
This is the Indie Pop group with dark and cold twist fronted by Brian Flores. They will be touring the country this October and returning home for a show at Thalia Hall on October 19th.
We are proud to be able to premiere the new EP, "Huzam", from Karim Nagi which will officially be released tomorrow, August 19th.
"Huzam" is not only the title of this EP, but it is an Arab maqam musical scale that starts and ends on a microtone.
This project was performed by four Chicago-based native Arab musicians; Karim Nagi (Egypt) is the composer and percussionist, using a fish skin riqq Arab tambourine. Ronnie Malley (Palestine) performs on the oud lute, and was crucial to the album recording process. The ensemble is completed by Naeif Rafeh (Syria) playing the nay flute, and Emad Roushdy Ibrahim (Egypt) on the Arabic-tuned keman violin.
Husband and wife duo Elena Buenrostro and Travis Newgren (aka Soft and Dumb) have released the fourth single, "Honeydew", from their forthcoming self-titled debut album which is due out on September 2nd.
You can catch Soft and Dumb at Sleeping Village on September 2nd with Brinstarr, and Morinda.
Meat Wave have released the latest single, “What Would You Like Me To Do”, from their forthcoming album, Malign Hex, which is due out via Swami Records on October 14th.
This is the punk trio of Ryan Wizniak (drums), Joe Gac (bass) and Chris Sutter (vocals, guitar), and Malign Hex will be their fourth studio album.
You can catch Meat Wave at Empty Bottle on November 12th.
Pink Frost has released the second single, "Two Faces", from their forthcoming album, Until the Summer Comes, which is due out via Under Road on September 16th.
This is the work of Adam Lukas (guitars, vocals), Alex Shumard (bass, piano, vocals), Paige Sandlin (guitar, maracas), Nate Furstenau (drums), and Angela Mullenhour (vocals). Until the Summer Comes is the first new album from the group since 2017’s New Minds.
You can catch Pink Frost at Sleeping Village on August 20th with Bodega.
