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Jason Ajemian & The HighLife

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Jason Ajemian & the HighLife announced the details of their new album Riding The Light Into The Birds Eye yesterday. The album will be released on August 9th through Sundmagi, and will feature eight new tracks including "Bliss Is This" below. Ajemian is a long-time member of Chicago’s improvastional jazz scene, and has applied just enough structure and guidance to allow the band to lay down some incredible tracks.

The band is releasing a series of interesting videos in advance of this release that may or may not have anything to do with anything.

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How To Dress Well “Just Once”

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How To Dress Well will be releasing an ep called Just Once on 7/12 through Your Truly’s Love Ink label. The four song ep will be released as a 10" and also digitally. These are beautiful orchestral tracks that lement a lot of the same issue Tom Krell tackled on his debut Love Remains. A portion of the proceeds from the release will go to mindfreedom.org.

In the video below Krell talks about what prompted him to create this ep. How To Dress Well will be performing at Pitchfork Music Festival on July 17th.

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From Our Open Blog: Mutts @ Empty Bottle

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Mutts have released the music video for "Symmetry" which comes from their 3rd self-released EP The Tells of Parallels. The band plays a free show at the Empty Bottle on Thursday, June 16th. Email your name and "6/16" to rsvp@emptybottle.com before Thursday for free admission, or it’s $8 at the door. Also playing – Yeti vs. Yeti and Manic Zamboni. More info and free music at our website. Mutts are also slated to release their first full-length album late this year, and you can follow it’s progress at our Youtube page.

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Van Ghost Live at Summer Camp

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Van Ghost has a new single called "Domino Effect" that will be released at some point this summer, but it has been pushed back while they head west for a few days. However, the band did released a bootleg of their set at this years Summer Camp Festival yesterday. The set includes a version of "Domino Effect", and it can be downloaded for free below.

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From Our Open Blog: The Boy Illinois “I Quit”

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Perhaps one of Chicago’s best kept secrets, hip-hop recording artist The Boy Illinois recently released a new music video for single "I Quit". A loose track released in between his second solo project, Inhale Pt. 2 and critically acclaimed third solo project, Inhale Pt. 3, "I Quit" is a lyrically dark track and visual song displaying Illinois at a point in his career where he felt like giving it all up. A side not often seen or displayed by artists. Check it out. Video directed by Xack Gibson of Bag Fry Productions.