Newcomers Budway Ferris have released their first single, "Mountain Song". The band is fronted by Budway himself along with Kelsey Tortorice and backed by Jake Gold (guitar), Benji Jacobs (bass) and Elliot Borg (drums). I am not sure what mountains they are singing to here in Chicago but I love the tune and am looking forward to big things to come.

You can catch Budway Ferris at Quenchers Saloon on April 30th with Heroin Chic and The Glass Eyes.

Morris Carpool is a trio that blurs the line between Country and Americana. The debut LP, American Dreamin’ was released last week and is filled with blue collar tales of love, labor, and struggle.

NixonLove is the work of the talented Liz-E Gavillet. She is a part of Good Bear Records and over the last month she has released several singles, "No Money", "Within Your Cage", and "Nawrk". She also released two solid covers and a video for her track "Landslide".

Earlier this month we announced that Graham Czach will be releasing his new EP, Star by Star, on May 2nd. He recently released the first single from the EP, "Out of the Dark".

You can catch Graham Czach at Double Door celebrating the release on May 2nd with Todd Kessler, Cellrs, and Backyard Cohort.

Travis Lee Wiggins and Essex Chanel have released a new album, Some Strange Fantasy, their first since 2009’s Love Is Proximity. The album was constructed to follow the drastically changing midwest seasons. The band recommends the listener do the following; Listen while sipping a fresh cup of medium-roast coffee. Kick back on a Saturday afternoon at home as the warm spring sun peeks in through half-drawn shades. Flavors are highlighted with a little Mary Jane. Perfect for long drives with the windows cracked. 

You can pick up a physical copy of Some Strange Fantasy here. 

Loppa Albon is the lo-fi dream-pop persona of Alex Lappin. He released a new cassette last week called Plumblossums via Hellhole Supermarket Records.

Rapids are teaming with the local label Artistic Integrity to have their debut EP, Traction, released on vinyl on May 5th.

You can catch Rapids at Beat Kitchen on May 10th.

Last month we announced the new live EP from Jason Narducy and Split Single. He recently released a video for his track "Fragmented World".

You can catch Split Single at Schubas on May 1st with Furry Things.

Weatherman is the trio of Jason Toth, Annie Higgins, and Joshua Dumas. They are releasing their next single, "Night Games/Dopamine" via La Société Expéditionnaire on May 12th. This is the second of three single that will be combined into an EP this Fall.

"Night Games" finds Annie Higgins shining on both vocals and piano, while "Dopamine" is churning electronic instrumental track.

You can catch Weatherman at the CimmFest/Chicago Mixtape 4-Year Anniversary Party at the Hideout on Saturday, April 18 with Santah, Pet Lions and more.

Signal-to-Noise is the moniker of the thought dream-pop musician Michael Downing. He released his amazingly lush and introspective debut album I Won’t Let the World Become a Prison last week.

Downing will be performing a few of the tracks for the album acoustically tonight, April 13th, at Kafein Coffee in Evanston.

Dream-folk group Sedgewick is releasing their debut EP "Gardens" and celebrating with a performance at Throne Room on April 25th with Jack And The Bear and Ben Joseph.

Below is my favorite track from the EP, its first single, "Beneath The Fireworks".

Former New York Mayor is the acoustic folk pop of Jimmy Chrzan and Mike Bremmer. The duo has released two EP’s in 2015 with the most recent, EP 2, coming earlier this month.