Hozac Records released the latest from Nones, Midwestern Family Values, this week. You can grab it digitally here or order the gold vinyl edition here. Below is the wonderfully frightening track "Ugly Head".

Walking Bicycles have released the first single, "Impending Doom", from their forthcoming LP To Him That Wills The Way. The new album, the band’s first since 2009, will be released on August 12th through the local label Highwheel Records.

You can catch Walking Bicycles on June 20th at The Hideout and on August 11th for the record release show at The Empty Bottle.

The new album, Still Life, from Dawn Golden (aka Dexter Tortoriello of Houses) was released this week by Downtown Records. As Dawn Golden Dexter delves further in the downtempo electro-soul world than with Houses.

You can currently stream Still Life over at Hype Machine. Below is the Diplo remix of "All I Want".

Twin Peaks have released the first single from their forthcoming album, Wild Onion. The track is called "Flavor" and the new album is available for preorder.

Twin Peaks will be performing next in Chicago on July 19th at Pitchfork Music Festival.

Umbra & the Volcan Siege released their latest album Somedays Coming Soon this week. The new album features the track "Stick It" which was also turned into the amazing video below.

Collages are the musical experimentations of Jesse Bustamante. Earlier this Spring he released song called Windy City Mirage. The tracks have a washed out and patchwork sound but underneath there is a very present musicality and beauty. There are so many contrast elements that the sound is heard to define, but like in the track "Way of the Wind" the result is wonderful Dream Pop.

Cedar Avenue Crew has return with a new compilation that includes tracks from Opposites, Louis Armstrong Band, Beef, The Inebriati, and Squince. This months theme is "Mustaches".

Owls (Tim Kinsella, Mike Kinsella, Sam Zurick, Victor Villarreal) are back with Two, the long awaited follow-up to their 2001 self-titled debut album. The four men were originally together in the early ’90 as Cap’n Jazz. These four musicians have been involved in numerous project over the latest two decades and Owls is among the finest.

You can catch Owls at Subt on May 16th to celebrate the release of Two.

Todd Kessler and The New Folk recently released a new video for his track "Put You In My Pocket" from their 2012 album Sea Fever. The video was animated by the talented Sara Lim.

Todd Kessler will performing as part of a benefit at City Winery Chicago on May 31 for Below the Belt: Fighting For Women’s Pelvic Health.

Good Willsmith is one of the more original and truly inventive bands in Chicago. Back in March the trio of Maxwell Allison, Natalie Chami, and Doug Kaplan released latest album The Honeymoon Workbook (Umor Rex). The album is an adventure in sound that nearly moves beyond music into something much more ambitious.

Check out the video for the track "If anything happens to me, my password is Lady Lass".

Santah is back with a new 7" single called "Awwh Man". This is the band’s first release from their 2012 album You’re Still a Lover.

You can catch Santah at Schubas on May 16th with Carbon Tigers and The Bonesetters to celebrate the release.

Stolen Silver are self-releasing their new full-length album, We Have Everything We Have Nothing, this week. The band has released three singles from the album over the last nine months to built the excitement. The most recent and my favorite is "Prefontaine" which focuses on holding on to a relationship you feel rapidly slipping away.

You can catch Stolen Silver with Julie Meckler and Brian McSweeney celebrating the release of their album at The Hideout on May 10th.