New Music, Emerging from your Local Scene
Pillars and Tongues have released a free alternate version their track "Oaky (doting)" which appeared on their album The Pass and Crossing. The track is called "Oaky (doting, in late summer)", and played or downloaded below.
MP3: Oaky (doting, in late summer)
Very Truly Yours official video for "Girls Tell You Secrets," out on vinyl through Cloudberry Records. Filmed on Super 8 Ektachrome at Montrose Beach in Chicago.
Archie Powell & The Exports are putting the finishing touches on their new album, but in the meantime they have released a new video for their track "The Darndest Things".
You can catch them Sunday, Oct. 9, at the Chicago Marathon and then again on October 28th at the Elbo Room.
Netherfriends (aka Shawn Rosenblatt) has released a new autumn themed track called "Fall (in love every night)". He also recently released an ep called Netherfriends Does Baraka which finds him redoing the soundtrack for the movie Baraka.
The 8-piece pop collective Panoramic & True kicked off their Fall tour with a free performance at The Whistler this week. Below are the remain dates on the tour and a video filmed at The Hideout over the summer.
Thu Oct 6: Swing State, Lake Villa, IL
Fri Oct 7: Circle A Cafe, Milwaukee
Sat Oct 8: Deagan Music, Chicago
Tue Oct 18: Uncommon Ground Wrigleyville (acoustic set)
Sun Oct 23: Live appearance on Local Music Chicago, Radio UIC
Sat Oct 29: Live appearance on Airplay, WNUR Northwestern
Thu Nov 3: The Hideout, Chicago
Andrew Bird has released a track called "Hospital" which appears on the soundtrack for the new film Norman.
Last month John Bellows performed at the Logan Square art-space Comfort Station. Here is an emotional and heart-felt performance on "The Straightest Line" from that show.
Thomas Comerford will his new album Archive + Spiral through Spacesuit Record on October 25th. Comerford is a talented filmmaker and frontman for the band Kaspar Hauser. You can preview this solo project below.
Download: Thomas Comerford "Robert Bresson" (mp3)
The release show for Archive + Spiral will take place on November 3rd at The Hideout with w/ Panoramic and True and Eiren Caffal.
Rockie Fresh was recently in Brooklyn performing with The Cool Kids and KarmaloopTV followed him around to capture "A Day in The Life of Rockie Fresh".
Rockie’s newest project, Driving 88, is coming this fall.
Yesterday Daytrotter posted their session with The Sea and Cake. The band performed five tracks include two from the recent release "The Moonlight Butterfly".
The band will be performing next in Chicago at Empty Bottle on December 17th.
Panda Riot is back in the studio working on some new material and early this weekend a released a demo for the track "Serious Radical Girl".
Filligar is preparing a new album that will be released next but they sent us a two track preview. Below is "Knock Yourself Out" from the yet to be titled project due out early in 2012.
