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Toloro “Private Either”

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Toloro recently announced that his next album, Private Either, will be offically released on May 13th. Last week he released the album on YouTube accompanied by "Wavelength", the experimental 1967 Michael Snow film.

This album is comes on heels of his most album, Channel Zero: Forgotten Media, which just dropped back in February.

Toloro is the work of Taylor Ford of Origami Button and is a blend of indie Pop and downtempo electronic music.

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Panda Riot “E.S.P.”

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Local vets Panda Riot are back with a new single called "E.S.P.". This is the first single from their forthcoming fourth full-length album and first since 2017, Extra Cosmic, which is due out on June 10th.

This is quartet fronted by the shimmering vocals of Rebecca Scott. On this album she is joined by founding band member Brian Cook along with Cory Osborne (Airiel, Tom Spacey, Lightfoils) and Brian Hilderbrand.

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Rob Clearfield & Quin Kirchner “Concentric Orbits”

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Local abstract percussionist Quin Kirchner has teamed up with France-based pianist Rob Clearfield to create a new album called "Concentric Orbits" which was released via Astral Spirits/Spacetone Records on April 1st.

The duo have worked together in past with Clearfield appeared on Kirchner’s 2020 album The Shadows and The Light.

You can catch Kirchner performing as part of Hanging Hearts with Chris Weller and Cole Degenova at The Whistler on April 13th and on April 15th as a member of the Rob Clearfield Quartet at Fulton Street Collective.

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Into It. Over It. “Reciprocity”

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Into It. Over It. have release a split EP called "Reciprocity" with the Austin based quartet Hikes.

This is the work of Evan Thomas Weiss, Adam Beck, Joe George Shadid and Matthew Frank.

Into It. Over It. will be touring the Midwest and East Coast this June with Pool Kids and Couplet.

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Forest Management “Palm Life”

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Forest Management has released the first single, "One After Another", from his forthcoming fifth full-length album, Palm Life, which is due out April 22nd.

This is the experimental drone music of John Daniel, and this album marks his return to the use of tape as a source of texture and composition.

You can catch Forest Management on May 1st at Garfield Park Conservatory with Elton Aura and Lala Lala.

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Walcot “Another Man”

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Walcot has released the second single, "Another Man", from their forthcoming debut EP "Songs for the Disenfranchised".

This is the group that was formed here in Chicago back in 2016 and is led by the now Charlotte based Asher George.

The EP’s lead single, "Dreamin’ Away", was the group’s debut single and was released late last year.

On this EP George is joined by Mario Gonzales (background vocals and acoustic guitar), Chuck Lacy (drums), Chris Mahieu (keys/organs), and Matthew Thompson (upright bass, production).

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Devon Kay & the Solutions “Grieving Expectation”

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Devon Kay & the Solutions has released their latest album, "Grieving Expectation", via Pure Noise Records.

This album’s lead single, "No One is Thinking About You (Or Anyone Else for That Matter)", was released last month and is accompanied by the video below.

You can help Devon Kay & the Solutions celebrate the release of their album April 8th at Beat Kitchen with Gosh Diggity.