The latest video from music blog sensation Active Child feature Chicago’s How To Dress Well in top falsetto form. The video is for the track "Playing House".

Last week, Yours Truly posted a video of How To Dress Well performing "Cold Nites".

Young Man has released a video for their new track "Nothing". The track comes from their new album Ideas of Distance which will be released by Frenchkiss Records on Sept. 27th.

Young Man will be performing at Subt tonight, Sept. 16th. with Grouplove.

The latest video from Couch Potatoes/Living Room Songs comes Jazz Ensemble Snaarj. The band is currently working on recording a new album in Bloomington, IN, and just reached their goal to fund it through Kickstarter.

You can check out the band’s 2010 album "Road Snacks" here.

A Lull have released the perfect video to close out summer. The video for their track "Some Love" was directed by Anthony Ciannamea, and the track of course appears on Confetti (Mush Records).

A Lull performs at Eckhart Park on Sept. 18th as part of Brilliant Corners of Popular Amusements with Dan Deacon and others.

Kid Static is working on his second solo album which will be called The Album. As you will hear in the video below, Static has been working on this project for years, and is looking for support to get it finished. Below the video is a track he recorded with Alpha MC and VerBS called "Carry The Sister". Static relocated to LA a little while back, but he has a long history in the Chicago hip hop scene. You can show you support for Kid Static here.

The new video for "Virginia" from The Damn Choir has been released. You can check it out below. A lot of Chicago love in this one. 

With Brontosaurus playing at Middlewest Fest tomorrow I thought it would be a great time to post a interview with the band that the Deli Staff put together recently.

Brontosaurus has had a great year, releasing their debut LP Cold Comes To Claim, performing at SXSW, and gaining a lot of new fans.

You can read out interview here, and you can check them at Smltwn Skate Shop (229 E. Lincoln Hwy, Dekalb) tomorrow at 1pm as part of Middlewest Fest.

Middlewest Fest kicks off today in Dekalb and features some of the best Chicago has to offer. If you are headed out to the corn field’s of Dekalb here is a brief preview of band’s you should check out.

Tonight, Friday, at The Van Buer Plaza you should be sure to catch Empires (6pm) and Maps & Atlases (7pm). It’s a Lollapalooza reunion! Don’t worry, Gold Motel plays tomorrow. After that head over to the House Cafe for Loose Lips Sink Ships (11:50pm). This band performs instrumental guitar rock in line with Do Say Make Think.

Tomorrow, Saturday 9/10, is when the big guns come out. Smltwn Skate Shop has bands all day including Brontosaurus at 1pm, Marky Hladish (of Felix Culpa) at 8:40pm, and Owen at 9:30pm. You can check out the full schedule here, but also performing on Saturday at various location will be Gold Motel, Company of Theives, The Island of Misfit Toys, Kid You’ll Move Mountains, and Future Rock among so many others.

Local emcee and graffiti icon Seel Fresh has released a video for the title track from his upcoming ep Fresh to Def. The track was produced by Cash Hits, formerly known as Cashous Clay (Maybach Music), who also has a few other beats on the project. This the first video off the ep which is slated for an October release.

Now that summer is over, The Cool Kids have released their video for the track "Summer Jam" which features Maxine Ashley. The track is off of their debut When Fish Ride Bicycles.

The latest installment of Small Chicago features the sounds of Hospital Garden. The band transplanted a few years ago from Dayton, OH, but they have fully become an important part of the Chicago scene.