Rabble Rabble releases a brand new song and video. The song titled "Cole’s Bathroom" is loosely based off of graffiti about the band/members in the Logan Square bar’s bathroom. Check out the video and download the song for free via the band’s bandcamp page.

Rabble Rabble will be playing a apocalypse party on Dec.21st 2012 at the Empty Bottle with Magic Milk and Vamos.

Sisters Renee and Grace Kuhl (aka The Kuhls) released the first single from their forthcoming debut full-length album, Holy Rollin’ last week. The track is called "Grimjack" and it is a good example of the way these two combine influences from ’90’s Alt-rock to boozed drenched Country Western. This album with the band’s follow to their 2011 ep.

You can catch The Kuhls at Township on December 15th.

Den released a new three song 7" via Retrograde Tapes last week. The noisy and aggressive trio will be working with the local label BLVD Records in 2013 for perhaps a full-length album. The trio is Ian Piirtola, Ray Keenan, and Adam Harris, who is also the founder of Retrograde Tapes.

It was way back in December of 2008 that Ragged Claws released their debut ep The Sleepwalk, but the trio is back with the 7 track effort Imagined Kings. Lead by the vocals and guitar of Paul Kremer, the trio has taken their time with this album, but it is worth the wait. From the shifting strut of the bi-lingual, "Frida", to the romantic tropical sea shanty "Maui", this album is one of the best Chicago releases of the year. The album is available on bandcamp and you can pay what you like for it.

You can catch Ragged Claws @ The Fulton Street Collective (200 W. Fulton St) on Dec. 14th and at The Whistler on Jan. 14th.

Today we bring you the haunting, but enchanting side project of Adam Harris from Den. Kraken Mare is largest known body of liquid on the surface of Saturn’s moon Titan, but it is also the moniker that Harris uses to explore the ambient spaces of sound and electronic. "Iapetus Ocean" is Harris’ first release on Skell Batch, but his second as Kraken Mare.

It has been a while since we’ve heard from Rob Merz (aka Static In Verona), but he is returning in 2013 with a new full-length LP Everything You Knew Before You Knew Everything.To give fans a taste of is to come he has released a free 5-song ep, "Some Things You Knew", culled from the new album.

You can download the new ep, as well as the last two Static in Verona releases, here for free.

What an incredible year it has been for Natalie & Elliot Bergman, better known as Wild Belle. They released two successful and seductive singles, toured all over the country, and signed to Columbia Records. 2013 will kick out with a tour with Tori Y Moi and the release of their debut full-length, Isles. The duo appeared on Conan last week and performed "It’s Not Too Late".

You can catch Wild Belle at Metro on Dec. 9th with Of Montreal.

My My My released their new single "Starting to Change" yesterday, and they are celebrating the release with a show tonight at Beat Kitchen. The band will be conducting an interesting gift raffle at the show with proceeds helping to fund future recording costs.

Here is the list of items they will be raffling: Leather jacket from The Alley, artwork by the amazing Erin Kroll, DVDs, goodies from Starbucks, a fancy bathrobe from AegeanStore.com, beauty products, and gift certificates from Beat Kitchen, Stage 773, Emerald City Theatre, Three Aces, iTunes, Shell, Amazon.com, Renessence Salon, and Massage Envy.

Doors open tonight at 7:30pm and Chaperone and Seventeen Sisters will also be performing.

Lore City is Laura Mariposa & Eric Bessel, a duo that formed in Brooklyn in 2011, but have relocated to Chicago. They played a haunting brand of psych rock and released a full-length album, Absence & Time, back in September. Lore City is methodical, but still gorgeous and sharp.

You can catch Lore City at Subt on Dec. 6th and at Abbey Pub on Dec 9th.

Mutts celebrated the live premiere of their new video last and here is the Chicago premiere of "God, Country, Grave".

My Gold Mask released the first single from their forthcoming release Leave Me Midnight today. The track is called "Further It Gets", and the album is slated for an early 2013 released. Gretta Rochelle and Jack Armondo have been worked on the album for most of 2012 and plan to make a big splash and hit the road in 2013 to support their project.

You can catch My Gold Mask with Tilly and The Wall on Dec. 31st at Subt.

Mutts are releasing a new video for their track "God, Country, Grave" from their recent album Separation Anxiety. The Deli will be the home of the Chicago online premier on December 5th, but you can see the video first at release party and performance at L & L Tavern (3207 North Clark St) on Dec. 4th.