A Lull has released a new single called "Try Anything", and it is available for free download on soundcloud or itunes.

Young Man has released a new single, "Unfair", from their upcoming album Beyond Was All Around Me. The new album will be released on April 9th on Frechkiss Records.

You can catch Young Man on April 8th at Schubas.

Magic Milk has released a video for the lead track from their recent ep, NAVKLIMEHTEVAS, called "Black Rolls Royce".

You can catch Magic Milk at Empty Bottle on April 25th.

Ty Maxon returns to the Hideout on Friday, March 29th! Small Houses and Sean Hoots(of Hoots and Hellmouth) will also be joining the bill. Join us! Calling Of The Crows is definitely a record that needs to be listened to in its entirety. Just checking out a couple songs doesn’t really give you the full effect.

Luckily after about a minute of the first track, “To Theoda,” you won’t want to turn it off. Instead it will take over your headspace and flow through your body until it quietly drifts away with the final notes of the seven and a half minute “Mostly Everything.” It leaves you asking, like Maxon himself, “What have you done to me?” -Music Defined

A truly strange performance by Names Divine on the local children’s program Chic-A-Go-Go, but they are a unique band.

I can’t think of a better way to spend your Easter than with this band. You can catch them at The Burlington Bar with San Francisco’s Tartufi and Gozz on March 31st.

Project Film is currently putting the finishing touches on their sophomore album due later this year. The band recently appeared at Sofar Sounds.

Last year Moon Furies moved to Brooklyn but they are returning this week in support of their latest single, "La Cabeza".

You can catch Moon Furies with The Perfect Kiss, Loyal Divide, and Glass Lux on March 28th at Double Door.

Jackpot Donnie have an ep called Mayday! and will be celebrating this release with a show at Metro on March 29th with The Future Laureates, Molehill, The Scissors. This is the band’s second EP and first release since 2010, their debut album "Music Nightly" was released back in 2008.

Jackpot Donnie is a unique blend of reggae rhythms and rock and have really made a mark around town with their live performances.

Dexter Tortoriello and Megan Messina (aka Houses) are back with new full-length album, "A Quiet Darkness", being released by Downtown Records on April 16th. The album includes the single "The Beauty Surrounds" which was released back in February, and kicks off with the track below "Beginnings".

"And ask if we’re ready for something less obscure."

It is hard to say what is and isn’t obscure these days, but pulling up to the house turned intimate, 20 to 30 person, concert venue in the Western Suburb of Batavia one might expect to be in for something slightly obscure. On the chalkboard out front it is written, "Tonight: Felix & Lyons and Venna". The Office is located in the same parking lot as a church and for this 7pm show I arrived along side church patrons. Entering the venue it is clear how The Office got its name. It shares space with an accounting firm, but the performance space has been well designed. It is complete with dark blue walls, local art work, and a yarn and thumbtack piece that will amaze.

Felix & Lyons took the stage first, and despite having released their debut album, Something Between Us, back in the fall, I had not previewed their album prior to the show. Reading up on facebook, I found out that they consider themselves the modern day Johnny Cash and June Carter, and after the first song it was clear why. The playful give and take between the two vocalists, Christian Felix and Kendra Lyons, was mesmerizing. Their set included two covers, Mumford & Sons and Amy Winehouse, and was compelling start to finish. It is clear that the band is a pure mixture of the two leads musical tastes, Felix is little bit country and Lyons is a little bit pop.

Venna was up next to perform a stripped down, three person amped up acoustic set. This was the band’s first show with physical copies of their new full-length album. The trio play a loose but warm and passionate set that included many of the songs from their new album, Third Generation Hymnal.

Overall, it was a fantasic night of music in a small and inviting near living room of a space.

Electro-pop duo Eight Bit Tiger have released a new single and video. "An Education" takes the Eight Bit Tiger’s version of EDM to next level, and despite relocating to Sweden last year you can still hear their Chicago roots.

The Deli Chicago is proud to be hosting the local debut of the new video from Hemmingbirds. "Toxic Noise" comes from the band’s latest album The Vines of Age. The video was directed by Kevin Larson and was filmed Maine West High School in Des Plaines.

You can catch Hemmingbirds with Brooklyn’s Les Racquet at The Whistler on April 8th.