Many Places have released their their new EP, Plurals. This is the follow-up to the band’s 2013 Tandem Shop EP, Home + Departed.

You can catch Many Places at The Burlington on June 13th with The City States and Minor Characters.

Advance Base (aka Owen Ashworth) has released an animated video for his track "Our Cat" from the 2011 EP by the same name. He also released a nice cover of the CCR track "Lodi" today via his soundcloud. If you haven’t picked up the Ordinal release of Casiotone For The Painfully Alone live in Sydney limited vinyl release, I suggest you check that out as well. 

The Lemons have released a split 7" with Tokyo’s Teen Runnings via Gary Records. The Lemons contribution includes the incredible garage-pop tune "Lemoncita". The band is currently at the top of the retro psych-pop game.

You can catch The Lemons at Auxiliary Arts Center (3012 W. Belmont) on June 20th with Flower Girl.

Rooftop Sessions Chicago has launched their Spring/Summer season with a great performance from Jared Bartman. He performed "Quiet and Still" with additional vocals from Stephanie Bartman. Jared’s latest album, Misery Makes Strange Bedfellows, was released last fall.

You can catch Jared at Uncommon Ground on Clark with Briar Rabbit on June 28th.

Empires have release a new single from their forthcoming EP How Good Does It Feel. The EP will be released on June 17th. The band also released a video recently for the EP’s title track.

You can catch Empires at House of Blues on June 24th.

The deluxe reissue of American Football’s 1999 self-titled debut album was release on May 20th and debuted at #68 on Billboard’s 200 Charts. The band has released a nostalgic video for the classic track "Never Meant".

Chuck Inglish (The Cool Kids) released a video for his track "Legs" (ft. Chromeo) yesterday. The track was released back in January and is the third single from his debut solo album Convertibles. Inglish also partnered with djbooth.net to launch a "Legs" remix contest.

You can catch Chuck Inglish who is touring with Asher Roth on June 19th at The Bottom Lounge.

Ace Reporter recently released a cover of St. Vincent’s song "Year of The Tiger". The band, fronted by Chris Synder, released their latest album Yearling XL back in April.

You can catch Ace Report at Milwaukee’s Summerfest in July and at Schubas on August 23rd.

As we discuss daily Chicago has so many amazing bands, but it is not often that we get to discuss the local craft beer scene. Great beer and great music seem to go hand in hand as recently seen with the Dogfish Head and Julianna Barwick collaboration on Rosabi. Not to be out done Drew Fox’s 18th Street Brewing has teamed with one of the funkiest band’s in Chicago, The Jordan Years to create Homemade Hustler Session IPA. The band had one request for the new beer: That its color should resemble that of the cheap beer they drank exclusively during the sessions for the “Homemade Hustler” album. Drew agreed, making sure to note, though, that the beer’s resemblance to macro brewed American lagers would end at its color.

Homemade Hustler is the name of The Jordan Years 2013 album and now it is a tasty looking brew as well. There will be two release events for the new collaborative beer, both on June 14th. One will take place at 18th Street Brewery’s Gary location and will start at noon. Every beer bought from the brewery comes with a download of the band’s album.

The Jordan Years will be performing along with Chicago artists Phal and Cojack. The limited edition “Homemade Hustler” beer will be available for purchase in 22oz. bottles. Later that night, The Jordan Years will perform at The Tonic Room in Chicago. The bar will have “Homemade Hustler” on tap. The show starts at 11pm and MC ADaD will also perform.

The Fox & The Hounds is a unique combination of theater, burlesque, and rock. Fronted by the talented Kendel Lester, the band blends a dramatic and at times seductive aesthetic with sounds ranging from classic rock to cabaret. Back in 2012 the sextet released their self-titled debut album and now they are releasing a ’40’s detective noire style video for the track "Desert Spring Rose". Below is the track and we will have the video for you tomorrow.

The band will be celebrating the release of the video tomorrow night, June 6th, at Underground Wonder Bar (710 N Clark St) with Local Motive.

Heroin Chic released a new single recently called "We Live In Clouds". The duo, Michael Heringhaus and Aaron Joseph, have a gritty post-punk basement sound that becomes nearly dream-pop on this hazy summer track.

Simpleton & Cityfolk have released a new video for their track "Le Moyne & Hoyne" which appears on their recent ep Wild Hearts Can’t Be Broken.

You can catch Simpleton & Cityfolk along with many other great bands at Green Music Fest on June 22nd.