Recently Magical, Beautiful released a new full-length album called "Here Come The Wild Waves". This is the band’s first album in their current configuration, and it was four years in the making. Magical, Beautiful has long been the project of Tyson Torstensen, but on this fantastic, dub-psych album Tyson is joined by Nick Broste, Charlie Vinz, and Alance Ward.

Below is "Silverado" from "Here Come The Wild Waves". You can purchase the album here and stream it and purchase it digitally here.

The Black Tape have been a mainstay in the Chicago scene for awhile now and recently performed their track "I Love You" for Living Room Songs.

The latest video from Backstage Chicago features Chicago’s answer to Ice-T’s Body Count, The Wild Onion People performing their track "Wild Chile" at Liar’s Club. There is also a short interview at the end.

Long-running Chicago rock outfit The Voodoo Kings will be playing two sets @ The Montrose Room on Friday, July 15. The show is free with the password “voodoo” and the first set is at 9 PM.

The song “Animal” from VDK’s American Lights has been picked up by the company Song And Film for licensing opportunities. “When I See Her,” from the same album, was featured in the motion picture Deal starring Burt Reynolds and produced by Seven Arts Pictures / MGM.

Time Out Chicago calls Montrose Room one of Chicago’s “Top 5″ suburban bars!

The Opus just dropped a new single that features talented crew The Gent$ (Pugs Atomz, Wes Restless, and ILL Legit). The track is called "International" and you can stream or download it here for free.

The Opus will be performing a free show at Millenium Park on July 16th at 12pm.

From the opening explosion of the debut album, Roger, from the Evanston band The Canoes on the track "We’ll Meet in Minnesota" I knew I was hearing something special. The band has such a full sound, that borrows from some of the best bands of the early ’90’s like Cracker and Dinosaur Jr. It so refreshing to hear that straightforward fuzzed out roar of the guitar again, and that sound carries through out the album.

Thematically the album deals heavily with what it means to live in the Midwest and specifically Chicago (see, "Illinois, Chicago"). You can tell this is a home recording and at times the vocals get a bit washed out, but this is solid debut from a band with a lot potential and an approach that more bands should embrace. You can download Roger for free from the band’s bandcamp page.

The Canoes are performing on July 28th at Abbey Pub with The Singleman Affair and Jesse W. Johnson.