While the world may not have had the best year, but the local music scene saw the rise of many young talented musicians (Horsegirl, Billy Joel Jr., ira […]
Chicago / Indie Rock
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Dust Bunnies “Catfish”
Dust Bunnies recently released their debut album, Catfish. The album’s lead single, “Run Me Up”, is accompanied by the video below. This is the indie folk rock of […]
Alt Pop / Alt Rock / Classic indie / Electronic / Grunge / Indie Rock / NYC / Uncategorized
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Willa’s fave NYC-Adjacent tracks of 2025
Words by Willa Rudolph As I write my roundup for some NYC-adjacent faves for the year 2025, I notice what these young artists have in common: Each in […]
Chicago / Indie Rock
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Winefred RT “Linoleum Floor”
Winefred RT recently released the second single, “Linoleum Floor”, from her forthcoming debut album, Anything Better To Do. This is project of Zoe Bockhorst and her debut album […]
Avant-Indie / Chicago
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Pelican “Cascading Crescent”
Pelican has released the lead single, “Cascading Crescent”, from their forthcoming EP, “Ascending“, which is due out on January 20th via Run For Cover. The new single is […]
Chicago / Indie Rock
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Vatos Tristes and Rotundos at Lincoln Hall (1.3.26)
Vatos Tristes and Rotundos are preparing to release a split EP called “Para Siempre” next month. The EP will contain seven songs, three from each group and one […]
Chicago / Indie Rock
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Billy Joel Jr. “Girlfriend / Twin Bed”
Billy Joel Jr have released their latest album, Ur a Star. The most recent single from the album, “Girlfriend / Twin Bed”, is accompanied by the video below. […]
Avant-Indie / Chicago
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Macie Stewart “The World Doubles in Size”
Macie Stewart has released a limited number cassettes of her 2024 installation piece, “The World Doubles in Size” and made it available to stream on bandcamp. In 2024 […]
Avant-Indie / Chicago
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Mathien “Inundate”
Singer songwriter Mathien is back with a new album called Inundate. The album officially comes out in 2026 but he released it early on bandcamp for December’s bandcamp […]
Chicago / Indie Rock
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Midwestern Dirt “Vegas Ten Years Ago”
Midwestern Dirt recently released a new single called “Vegas Ten Years Ago“. This is the band’s third single of 2025, and third since the release of their 2023 […]
Chicago / Indie Rock
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The Knee Hi’s at Sleeping Village (12.7.25)
The Knee Hi’s released their latest single, “Oh My“, last month. They blend garage rock, glam, and pop into a vintage sound that is undeniable. You can catch […]
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Griefeater “Evelyn”
Griefeater have released the opening track, “Evelyn”, from their forthcoming album, Worn, which is due out on December 5th. These are the Dark Emo sounds of Erik Gleim, […]