Friko has released a collection of demo versions of a few of the songs from their recent EP "Whenever Forever".

Friko have a busy summer planned, and you can catch them at Schubas on June 16th, at Sleeping Village on July 21st, and Lincoln Hall on August 20th.

The Handcuffs have released their debut album "Burn the Rails". Back in April we shared the video for the album’s lead single, "I Cry For You", and now we bring you the video for their latest single "Love Me While You Can".

You can catch The Handcuffs on June 25th kicking off Day two of Pravada Fest at Sketchbook Brewing in Skokie.

Snow Ellet has released the second single, "Can’t Hear the Phone", from his forthcoming EP, "Glory Days", which is set to be released on June 10th via Wax Bogeda.

You can help Snow Ellet celebrate the release of the EP at Beat Kitchen on June 15th with Arcadia Grey and Gosh Diggity.

Totally Cashed has recently released their second single of 2022, "Good Times", from their new EP, "Totally Totally Cashed Cashed", which is officially out today.

The group is played as secret release event tonight, June 3rd, with the always wild Scarlet Demore, Fundamental Kink, and Cut Your Loses. You can DM the band for the address.

You can also catch Totally Cashed at Reggie’s Music Joint on June 19th with Pray For Death and Crash Birmingham.

We are proud to be able to premiere the first single, "Shooting Straight", from the forthcoming 8th studio album, Again the Beginner, from Al Rose.

"Shooting Straight" will officially be released tomorrow, June 3rd, and Rose’s new album will be released on July 8th.

For this album Rose is joined by Steve Hashimoto (Bass), Steve Doyle (Electric guitar, mandolin, dobro), Lance Helgeson (Drums), and Maury Smith (Vocals, banjo, bouzouki, electric guitar) among others.

They genre-bending quartet Worry Club recently released their debut EP, "ur not real". The EP gathers together a series of singles the group has released over the last couple of years with several new tracks.

One of those singles is a collaboration with John the Ghost called "Lately", and it is accompanied by the Zack Zagula directed video below.

You can catch Worry Club at Subterranean on July 24th with Tom The Mail Man.

Many Places are back with a new single called "Know Your Lines". This just the second single from the group since the release of their 2020 album Disappearland.

This is the work of Kevin Rieg, Nick Godden, Geoff Dolce, Matthew Hennessey, and Neil Erker.

Daniel Medina (aka biiirds) has released his latest album, Green Valley. This beautifully intricate and textured ambient music, and the follow-up to his 2020 album Blue Mountain.

biiirds also recently appeared on A Compilation For Ukraine from the German label Jogger.

Cool Heat has released the final single, "Slow Burn", from his forthcoming full-length debut album, Nowhere, which is due out on June 10th via Spirit Goth.

These are the Lo-Fi dream pop sounds of Eden Sierotnik who was formerly with the group Color Card.

Sammy Cannillo recently released the first single, "Ignore!", from her forthcoming third EP, "A Letter to Send".

On this EP she is joined by Joe Marcus on Bass and Dave Brandwein on Drums.

You can help Sammy celebrate the release of the new EP on July 15th at Golden Dagger with Impulsive Hearts. For this show she will be joined on stage by Jeff Mills, Meagan Hickman, Joe Marcus, and Dave Brandwein.

Photo by Sarah Guinan

Gentle Heat have released their latest album, Sheer, via Flesh and Bones Records. The album’s lead single, "WDYG", is accompanied by the Jake Stolz directed video below.

This is Dream Pop of David Algrim (Guitar, Vocals, Keys), Sarah Clausen (Keys, Vocals), Tim Mack (Drums), Leon Owusu (Bass), and Joe Suihkonen (Guitar).

Old Joy has released a new single called "Feelin Far". This is the second single from the Alex Reindl from project to be released this year following up "Say When" which arrived back in March.