Briar Rabbit announced a small spring tour last week that kicks off on March 27th at Hard Rock Cafe. He has been working on his new album, tentatively called "From Your Bones".

One of his new tracks is called "Bad Blood" and he recently performed it at Uncommon Ground.

Puritan Pine blends the sweet harmonies of 60s girl groups with the rough guitars and energy of 90s indie rock. You can love The Ronettes, Weezer and Flipper and still make solid musical sense. Puritan Pine is living proof. See and hear it for yourself this Friday night at Township, 2200 N. California.

Sample some advance tracks from Puritan Pine’s debut EP, Boomerang, on Facebook or Soundcloud. Puritan Pine plays with The Orions, The Sentinels and Handsome Lady. Catch four bands for $5. Guaranteed to beat staying at home folding your laundry while listening to the public radio pledge drive, watching the Rand Paul filibuster or waiting for the next drone attack. The music begins at 9.

Nick Zanca (aka Mister Lies) has released a video for his track "Hounded". The track comes from his debut full-length album, Mowgli.

Nick will be touring for most all of March and April including several SXSW shows. You can find all of his upcoming events here.

Psychic Twin have released a video for their track "Strangers" which is also their debut single on Polyvinyl. The band was also recently featured on #Areacode.

You can catch Psychic Twin tomorrow night, March 8th, at Schubas with On an On and Kid Color.

Hidden Hospitals are hitting the road this month in support of their latest ep, EP 002. The tour kicks off in Pontiac, MI on March 6th and wraps up here at Township on March 20th. The tour also includes several SXSW appearances.

You can find all of Hidden Hospitals dates on the band’s website.

Breaker Records Video Series recently hosted Deanna Devore, and had her perform her song "Next To You". If you haven’t checked out Devore’s recent album X Number of Days (self-released, Jan. 2013) you should do so now.

You can catch Deanna Devore at Metro on Friday, March 8th.

Patrick Stratton (aka Stratus) is a local EDM producer on the rise. His debut single "Alarm" was released last week on Ultra Music.

Stratus will be taking part in the mega EDM festival, Spring Awakening, coming to Soldier Field this June.

The Tossers have released a video for their track "Emerald City" which is the title track for their latest album which comes out today, March 5th. The video features a lot of great current and vintage Chicago shots.

You can catch The Tossers at Metro on March 16th.

Psychic Twin (Erin Fein and Brett Sanderson) are releasing their debut single, Strangers, on Polyvinyl this week. The duo recently shared the b-side, "Dream State".

Psychic Twin is heading down to SXSW this month but first you can catch them at Schubas with On An On on March 8th.

Black Matt and RMB Justize are better known as Cool Neighbors and are currently working on Cool Neighbors Vol. 4. Last week they released "The Info" in preparation.

David Bachmann and Nicholas Flandro (aka Univore) are back with a new project, "Beasts From A Silk Womb". This is the creative duo’s third project, and each have been very different. This project is a "loose interpretation of the modern and traditional mythologies of the end times, as predicted both by societies’ deliberate or incidental adherence to cyclic cosmology and by the frequent overzealous portraits of the rapture phenomenon put forth by multiple religious sects". Interested, I was. Clocking in a just 34 minutes, this project is truly unique and fascinating. You can stream the whole album here.

Univore is currently creating a short film to coincide with the album.

"Five of a Kind", our, Mutts, second official video from the album Separation Anxiety, was directed, filmed and edited by Ian Scott McCullough. The point of having kids playing a graphic game of "Cowboys & Indians" was to unsettle the viewer. Many deep-seeded divisions in our society still exist – and the root of the problem is barely addressed due to our complacence that "it’s getting better." But there is much more to do, and this video is intended to rattle us out of consciously and subconsciously passing down habits of intolerance.

We apologize if the narrative is painful for those who’ve lost young loved ones to senseless violence. But hopefully the positive message will win out, and this video will compel more people to "cut the strings" that bind us to segregation and hatred. Also attached is the last track from Separation Anxiety. It leads into our next release – Object Permanence – an unplugged album available on April 2nd, with the Chicago release show at the Hideout on April 4th. Pre-order and preview our first amp-less LP here. Then pre-order release show tickets for a chance at winning our ONE extra vinyl test pressing.