The duo of Steven Hess (of LOCRIAN) and Michael Vallera (of Luggage), better known as Cleared, announced last week that the latest album, Of Endless Light, will be released via the London label Touch. on September 23rd.

This is experimental ambient sound exploration at its finest from two experts that have been working together since their debut back in 2011.

Tenci have released the lead single, "Two Cups", from their forthcoming album, A Swollen River, A Well Overflowing, which is due out November 4th, 2022 via Keeled Scale. "Two Cups" is accompanied by the John TerEick directed video below.

This is the Indie Folk group lead by the inventive singer/songwriter Jess Shoman. She is joined by Curtis Oren on saxophone and guitar, Izzy Reidy (Izzy True) on bass, and Joseph Farago (Joey Nebulous) on drums.

Tenci will be touring in November in support of their new album and you can catch them at Sleeping Village on November 19th.

Bonelang have released a new single called "Gladiator Glory". This is the first new music from the duo of Samy. Language and Matt Bones since the released of their May 2022 EP "Nervous Oracle".

"Gladiator Glory" was released in partnership with AWAL, and features contributions from The Game and local emcee Kweku Collins.

The Roof Dogs have released the first single, "Weather", from their forthcoming album, Here You Are, which is due out via Earth Libraries in the Spring of 2023.

This is the work of Andrew Marczak on guitar and synthesizers, Sean Maher on bass guitar, Jack Brereton on the drums, and Jesse Cheshire on guitar.

The group will be returning from a West Coast tour in early September for a free show at The Empty Bottle on September 19th with Free Range and Ted Tyro.

Photo by Ethan Benavidez

Etzkorn Wong has released his debut EP, "Mobile, Almost". Across the project’s four track Wong blends Synth Pop with elements of Hip Hop, R&B, and darker elements of Pop.

Frances Luke Accord have released their second single, "Friend You’ve Been", of 2022. This follows last month’s "This Morning" which featured Liz Chidester. On "Friend You’ve Been" the duo of Nicholas Gunty and Brian Powers are joined by Katie Van Dusen on violin and Tom Nania on guitar.

You can catch Frances Luke Accord at Golden Dagger on September 22nd with Chris Dupont.

Doom Metal band Unto the Earth have released the lead single, "Awake the Elders", from the forthcoming debut album, The Dawning, which is due out this October.

This is the work of Mike Yoshida, Simeon Papacostas, Jed Jacobs, and Brant Maze.

You can catch Unto the Earth at Reggie’s on September 2nd with Book of Wyrms.

Urbana-band four piece Garage Band Kangaroo Court have released their second single, "Spark Ranger". This follows the band’s debut single, "Something’s Gotta Give", which was released back in June.

This is the work of Jake Luce (Vocals/Rhythm Guitar), Garrett Frank (Lead Guitar), Cody Spiezio (Drums), and Shravan Raghuram (Bass).

Kangaroo Court will be performing as part of Pygmalion 2022 in Urbana September 22nd to the 24th along with Girl K, Soft and Dumb, Victor Internet, and many more.

Ugly Nate recently released their debut album, Dream Sequence.

This is the four-piece LoFi Pop group featuring Nathaniel Herrera (Vocals/Guitar), Japneet Chaabra (Drums), Matthew Agari (Keyboard), and Cole Burrell (Bass).

The group and DJ Chevy Chase documented the band’s performance earlier this month at Bookclub and the video is below.

Black Metal group Warforged recently released the second single, "Sheridan Road", from their forthcoming sophomore album, The Grove | Sundial, which is due out via The Artisan Era on September 9th.

The album’s lead single, "Bliss Joined to the Bane", was released back in May and was accompanied by the video below.

Electronic artist Bounte (aka Dean Dunakin) has teamed up Boston’s Brian Graupner on his latest EP "The Graupner Dichotomy" which is due out on September 1st via Tigersquawk Records.

The EP blends Dunakin musical stylings with two of Graupner’s most diverse sounding projects, The Gothsicles and Gasoline Invertebrate.

ZORILA recently released a new EP called "Addison". This is the band’s follow-up to their 2019 debut album, Sidney.

This is the work of Stewart Arp (Vocals/Guitar), Henry Arp (Bass/Vocals), Nate Finn (Guitar), and Anthony Hish (Drums).