The Nettes have released a new single called "The Loudest Voice". This is the Folk pop trio of Alex Fiolek, Kristina Cottone, and Sonya Major, and the group recently performed another single from their forthcoming album, "Another Bet", on the car, music, and food driven local podcast Car Con Carne.

You can catch The Nettes at Uncommon Ground (3800 North Clark St) on March 31st with Christine Melody, and Sara Jean Stevens.

Composer, recording artist and performer, saxophonist Shawn Maxwell is preparing to release his 11th studio album, Story at Eleven, tomorrow, March 24th.

This is the first new music from Maxwell since his 2021 album, Expectation & Experience. For this project he took a slightly different approach, and has composed a long-form piece broken into four distinct movements.

On this album Maxwell is joined by Collin Clauson (Rhodes, Wurlitzer, B-3), Michael Barton (Electric Bass), and Greg Essig (Drums).

MIIRRORS are preparing to released their long awaited debut album, Motion And Picture, this Friday, March 24th, via Pravda Records.

This is the Alt Rock of Brian McSweeney, Shawn Rios, Dmitri Rakhuba, Patrick Riley, and Andre Miller.

You can catch MIIRRORS at the Hideout on April 8th with Pink Frost.

Mute Duo have released the second single, "Trust Lanes", from their forthcoming album, Migrant Flocks, which is due out on April 14th via American Dreams.

This is the project of pedal steel guitarist Sam Wagster and drummer Skyler Rowe.

You can catch Mute Duo at Empty Bottle on April 13th with Helen Money and Ibises.

Photo Credit: Ricardo Adame

Alga has released a new double single called "Can You / The Castle".

This is the first new music from Alga in 2023 and the follow-up to last year’s double single "Truck Driver / Star"

The Brownsville, TX darkwave duo Twin Tribes have released a remix of the WINGTIPS song "Innocent Blood" from their 2019 debut album Exposure Therapy.

The remix is available via the Toronto-based label Artoffact Records.

Pinnings recently released debut album, Squid Kid. This is the lo-fi, bedroom folk of local musician and actor Kieran McCabe.

The album took McCabe over two years to compile, and last August he released the album’s lead singles "Northern Whales" b/w "Southern Sharks".

Gregory Uhlmann has released the second single, "Homecoming", from his forthcoming third studio album, Again and Again, which is due out April 28th via Northern Spy Records.

This follows the album’s title track which was released last month. "Homecoming" is accompanied by the Steven Stallings directed video below.

photo credit: Alexa Viscius

Gabacho has released his long-awaited debut album, Parque. The most recent single, "When We Go", is accompanied by the El Cursi directed video below.

We are proud to be able to premiere the latest single, "Turn the Silence Off", from Lia Caton.

This single was written by local singer/songwriter Anita Lin, but is masterfully performed by Caton.

You can catch Lia Canton at The Studio in Lockport on June 23rd.

Friko have released a new single, "Crimson to Chrome", via Fire Talk Records.

This is the work of frontman Niko Kapetan, bassist Bailey Minzenberger, and drummer Luke Stamos.

The trio is out on a month long tour that kicked off back on 10th at Empty Bottle and will find them playing SxSW over the next few days.

Flutist & Multi-Instrumentalist Em Spel (aka Emma Hospelhorn) has released a new single called "Ghost Story". This is the first new music from Emma since the release of her 2022 album, The Carillon Towers.

On this new single she is joined by V.V. Lightbody (guitars), Mabel Kwan of Ensemble Dal Niente (Synthesizer), and Eric Ridder (drums).

You can catch Em Spel at Constellation on March 18th with Mesonjixx and Amanda DeBoer Bartlett.

photo credit: Evan Jenkins