Local musician Thom Bernasol has been released beautifully soulful folk tracks under the name Brother Thom steadily over the last six months. His most recent is called "1908".

Crown Larks have released the first single from their forthcoming album Blood Dancer. The single is filled with saxophone and thrashing guitars and is called "Blood Mirage".

The album will be released on April 7th and the band will be performing a free show at Empty Bottle on April 6th.

Pet Symmetry formed back in 2012 as a supergroup of sorts with members from Dowsing, Kittyhawk, Mountains for Clouds, and Into It. Over It. The trio of Erik Czaja, Evan Weiss, Marcus Nuccio will be releasing their debut album, Pet Hounds, on May 19th via Asain Man Records. The first single is called "Give Thanks (Get Lost)".

Mike Maimone of Mutts is two events into a year long residency at High Hat Club. Mike will be performing at High Hat (1920 W Irving Park Rd) the first Thursday of the each month in 2015. Throughout the residency he will be joined by local friends and at his next show his guest will be JC Brooks and Yoo Soo Kim.

Thrill Jockey announced this week that they had signed the local musician Haley Fohr who is better known as Circuit des Yeux. The label will be releasing her next album, In Plain Speech, on May 19th.

Haley has deep, lush, and haunting voice that blends seamlessly with looping electronic canvases she creates. Below is a live edition of her older track "Nova 88".

The energetic electro-pop of Rakunk will grab your attention immediately. The duo self-released their debut EP late last month. The break out single from their EP seems to be the catchy "Writing With A Knife".

Pantomime is a new electro-pop trio. They have released a teaser video for their debut single "Hush" and performed their first live show at Schubas this week.

We are proud to present the new video from Laura Joy for her track "Takes A While". The track comes from her sophomore EP Between Our Words.

You can help Laura celebrate her new EP at the Hideout on March 5th.

Jimmy Whispers has released the video for his single "Summer In Pain". The local crooner also announced that he will be performing at Pitchfork Music Festival this summer.

As previously mentioned you can catch Jimmy tonight, 2/17, at Thalia Hall.

S.N.R. is Grant McCloud and Corbin James Melnick and this duo met just last summer but have created an outstanding debut self-titled EP. Combining elements of folk, rock, and dream pop these two really have a sound all their own.

Jimmy Whispers has released a second single from his forthcoming album Summer In Pain. The new single is called "Heart Don’t Know".

You can catch Jimmy Whispers at Thalia Hall with Ariel Pink on Feb 17th.

Rob Jacobs released his latest album this week via the local label International Anthem. The eponymous ethereal folk effort is available on vinyl or cassette.

You can catch Rob Jacobs at Constellation on March 6th with Moon Bros.