One of the hottest bands on the internet, Vancouver’s Teen Daze, has partnered with our very own Houses to create a track called “Destiny”. The publicist for Teen Daze made it sound like there will be more to come from this exciting combination.

Suns, a fairly new Chicago band consisting of former members of Wax On Radio, Blame Twilight, etc. have released two new EP’s for FREE via their website. Go download them now and feel free to donate a few bucks so they can get them pressed. – Brendan Losch

This week’s Giant System video feature one of my favorite new bands in the Village. The band will be performing at Lincoln Hall on July 14th. 

Netherfriends is finishing his 50 Songs 50 States tour when lands back in Chicago for Pitchfork Music Festival on July 17th. He will also play at Double Door on the 18th.

Chicago’s psychedelic folk rock outfit, Machinegun Mojo, is releasing their full length record "Souvenirs from the Other Side of Here" and have pre-released two of the tracks off the record for FREE DOWNLOAD JUST FOR YOU!!!! The record is set to be released on August 15th, but they need your help to get it completed. Check out their Kickstarter Project page and pre-order "Souvenirs from the Other Side of Here" today for just $10. You can also receive even more ridiculously awesome rewards by donating more money to the project. The boys need to raise $3000 by August 2nd, so every dollar counts and every donation is GREATLY APPRECIATED!! For every pledged donation, Machinegun Mojo has some awesome rewards lined up for you, from free CDs, to t-shirts and posters, to a personalized thank you letter and a home cooked dinner right in your kitchen by the Mojo boys themselves. Seriously, they will cook you dinner. So download the new songs, pre-order the CD, and come see the boys live on August 12th at the Double Door. Tickets are only $5. Thanks for listening and thanks for your support.

Paskey makes something along the lines of new-wave alternative pop-rock. Influences orbit The Killers, R.E.M., U2, New Order and Joy Division. Imagine rhythmic programming, synths, echoing guitar lines, hushed vocals. A modern artist with a summer cottage in 1987. Just released a video for "These Saturday Nights" that was recorded on a hundred-dollar camera and edited over four evenings. For a limited time you can download the latest album, "What Goes Up," for free from the band’s website.

This week Jenny Gillespie put her new album Kindred on bandcamp for her fans and the world to stream. The physical edition of the album will be released on July 13th, but you can now become familiar with this new and beautiful album before the release show on July 17th at Martyrs. Kindred picks up where last year’s Light Year album left off, and pushes forward. One of my favorite tracks from the album has to be “Golden Central”. It is an elegant piano ballad in the same vein as Sarah McLaughlin or Tori Amos.

Kindred is a sonically rich album that should garner much national attention. You can see Jenny Gillespie perform at Martyrs on July 17th.

I don’t think this video could be any better. You have Ok Go, Ira Glass, The Muppets, and Zach Galifinakis.

Highwheel Records announced yesterday that they will be releasing the sophomore album from Unicycle Loves You on September 7th. It’s been two years since the last release from this band, and from the sounds of the first single from the album, “Mirror, Mirror” is pushing forward with their off-kilter brand of psych-pop.

Unicycle Loves You will be performing as part of Sketchbook X at Chopin Theatre on June 25th.

Crooked Creek Records is releasing the latest album from the most compassionate band in town, The Giving Tree Band on September 21st. The album will be called The Joke, The Threat, and The Obvious, and will be filled with folk, bluegrass, and jam band goodness. Leading up to the release the band will be releasing a series of webisodes explaining the band, it’s history, and the process of the new album.

The Giving Tree Band will be performing at Fitzgerald’s in Berwyn on July 2nd, The Cubby Bear on July 3rd, and at Naperville’s Ribfest on July 4th.

I can’t think of a better day to go “Skinny Dippin’”! The new video from Essex Channel has finally been released. The band celebrated the release over the weekend, and are still giving away their entire music catalog for free all this year.

For their latest music video Oh My God has recruited Myspace/MTV starlet Miss Tila Tequila. The video follows a very seductive-looking Tila (in her first rock-video cameo) as she investigates provocative sounds coming from a gas-station bathroom.

Oh My God will be performing on the Center Stage at Wicker Park Fest on August 1st.