Producer, Beat Maker, Composer Harry James has released his sophomore album, Harried, via Potions Music NYC.

For this album James some of the city’s finest musicians including Keefe Jackson, Dave McDonnell, Gerald Bailey, Hope Arthur, and Bill MacKay.

Dream Pop musician George Arthur Calendar is back with his second single of 2022, "Honey Bebe".

The new single is accompanied by the wild self-directed video below.

Annie’s Takeout recently released a new two song EP called "W-wired". This is the work of the duo of Preston Treece and Collin McCormick.

You can catch Annie’s Takeout tonight, December 2nd, at The Raven Room (4702 N. Ravenswood) with Division Point, Blue Car, and Harrision Gordon Has A Band.

Post-Punk group Ghost Forest has released the first single, "Le Savage", from their forthcoming self-titled debut album which is due out on December 9th.

This is the work of drummer James Kimball (The Laughing Hyenas, Mule), singer and guitarist Scott “Gub” Conway (Gauge, Even in Blackouts), and bassist Brant McCrea (creator of the infamous cult film, Chicago Rot and the band The Streetwisemen).

You can catch Ghost Forest at Empty Bottle on December 11th with Salvation, Masonic Wave, and Something Is Waiting, and on December 30th at Reggie’s Rock Club with Interesting Bricks, Conan Neutron & The Secret Friends, and Fresh Hell.

Broken Demeanor recently released a new single called "Under Your Wing".

This is the work of Damian H. Quijas, Marz Quilapio, Jessie Rodriguez, and Grant Potter.

Cut Your Losses have released their latest single, "Don’t Talk". This is the Pop Punk quartet’s second release of 2022 following up their EP "Growing Pains" from back in January.

This is the work of Isabella Martinez, Alexander Criminger, Joseph Martinez, and Joshua Lines.

You can catch Cut Your Losses at Downstairs (at SubT) on December 17th with The Sunflower Headlights.

Park National has released the first single, "Dirty Shoes", from this forthcoming EP "I’m Here and This is Real" which is due out on December 2nd.

These are the Indie Emo sounds of Chicago native, now Boston-based, Liam Fagan.

Rocky Point Holiday recently released a new single called "The Ending". This is the project of Billy Perkins, and this is his fourth single this year.

You can catch Rocky Point Holiday at Beat Kitchen on December 18th with Unturned, honey creek, and Bottom Bracket.

Backroom recently released their debut album, Lost In Translation. The album’s single, "Cheater", is accompanied by the video below.

This is the LoFi basement punk of Fiona Garrity, Amar, and Noah Soulsby.

Cassettes on Tape recently released two new single, "Highwater" and "Hopeful Sludge". These singles are the fifth and sixth from the Alt Rock quartet in 2022.

This year also marks the ten year anniversary of the band’s debut EP "Cathedrals".

a small bird has released a new single called "copycat". This is the first is a new series of new singles from the Evanston-based musician also known as Agatha Eydenberg.

This single and the ones that are set to follow were mastered by folie.

Chicago-based singer/songwriter Lia Caton has teamed up with Nashville’s Candy Fernaux on a beautiful cover of the classic Holiday tune "Beautiful Star of Bethlehem”.

The song was written by the late R. Fisher Boyce but truly entered the canon when the The Judds recorded it for their 1987 Christmas album.

Caton and Fernaux take a traditional approach, but will absolutely help any listener usher in the Holiday season with a little down home flair.