Mutts have released the music video for "Symmetry" which comes from their 3rd self-released EP The Tells of Parallels. The band plays a free show at the Empty Bottle on Thursday, June 16th. Email your name and "6/16" to rsvp@emptybottle.com before Thursday for free admission, or it’s $8 at the door. Also playing – Yeti vs. Yeti and Manic Zamboni. More info and free music at our website. Mutts are also slated to release their first full-length album late this year, and you can follow it’s progress at our Youtube page.

Company of Thieves have released the music video for "Death of Communication" which comes from their new album Running From A Gamble. The band will be performing at Ravina with Darryl Hall and John Oats on June 26th. 

Perhaps one of Chicago’s best kept secrets, hip-hop recording artist The Boy Illinois recently released a new music video for single "I Quit". A loose track released in between his second solo project, Inhale Pt. 2 and critically acclaimed third solo project, Inhale Pt. 3, "I Quit" is a lyrically dark track and visual song displaying Illinois at a point in his career where he felt like giving it all up. A side not often seen or displayed by artists. Check it out. Video directed by Xack Gibson of Bag Fry Productions.

The latest video on Giant System comes from the band Cool Memories.

Thomas Fricilone (aka Heartichoke) has released a new ep called Litost. The six song project is available on his tumblr and will only cost you a tweet.

Heartichoke will be performing a free show at Saki on June 12th at 4pm.

Living Room Songs has posted a video with the Lakeview band Lee. I can’t seem to find a website to link to, but I am loving the song they performed called "Your Language".

The duo of Nicholas Kelley and Nicholas Papaleo have only been together for a year, but have pulled together a debut effort that is polished, wildly entertaining, and that reaches into several areas of music. The are piano-driven, epic soundscapes and math-rock moments alike. Though just six tracks "Cold Comes To Claim" covers an impressive amount of ground. The opener "Beware" is a call to order for the listener as it shifts and morphs throughout its five-plus minutes. The track is grand and stripped-down all in the matter of minutes.

If I had to draw comparisons to Brontosaurus I would reluctantly say Death Cab For Cutie or possibly Cold War Kids. However, I do feel Brontosaurus has managed to cover more ground that Cold War Kids. The second track on the LP is "Bloodlines", and it begins with a classical guitar solo and then builds and broods through the labored melodies this duo has created. My favorite on the album is "Designed Disabled", mainly because of the effects they have put on the vocals. I feel it is one of the more inventive tracks on the album. "Cold Comes To Claim" will be released on June 14th.

Brontosaurus is departing on an East Coast tour on June 14th that will end here in Chicago on July 7th with a free (with rsvp, rsvp@emptybottle.com) show at Empty Bottle with Color Radio.

My Gold Mask have released two new remixes of their tracks "Violet Eyes" and "‎Ghost In Your Bed" in the last few weeks from artist Baryshnikov and Robots With Rayguns.

My Gold Mask is performing at Ribfest on June 10th at 7pm.