Dexter Tortoriello of Houses and Dawn Golden & Rosy Cross has released a free collection of a ll of the remixes his has done over the past year. The collection can be streamed or downloaded below and includes tracks by Sun Airway, Active Child, A Lull, and more.

Evan Thomas Weiss (aka Into It. Over It) has released a new split 7" single with Such Gold through No Sleep Records. Later this month he will be in the studio recording his debut full-length album for No Sleep.

Into It. Over It also has a project coming out this fall with that was recorded here in Chicago at Drasik Studios with Koji.

Have you ever wanted to watch Ezra Furman make out with a series of random people? Well, today is your lucky day. Paste has premiered the video for the band’s new track "Bloodsucking Whore" which appears on Mysterious Power (Red Parlor, April 2011).

The band is performing at Ribfest Chicago on June 11th at 7:45pm on the South Stage. 

The debut album "Bones" from the punk group Cave Bear is available for free as a digital download for a limited time. All you have to do is go to their website before June 14th and either tweet or "like" the album and you will get it for free.

The band is celebrating the release of the album on June 13th with a free show at Empty Bottle with Cloud Mouth, Coping, and Living & Wrestling.

Los Angeles musician Active Child just announced the details of his debut full-length album You Are All I See which will be released on August 23rd through Vagrant. The first single from the album features Chicago’s How To Dress Well and is called "Playing House".

How To Dress Well will be performing at Pitchfork Music Fest on July 17th.

Kidz in the Hall have premired a new six part reality show that will document the creation of their new ep Here Now. This is part of MTV’s series "Sucker Free".

Rockie Fresh is back with a new project called The Otherside Redux which is remixes and b-sides from his previous release The Otherside. The album drops on June 29th and features contributions from Lil B, Casey Veggies, Naledge, Phil Ade, Rich Hil, and many others. The video below is from the track "Sofa King Cole".

It was only a matter of time before this signing took place. If you have ever heard the vintage sounds of JC Brooks and the Uptown Sound you know why the new partnership with Bloodshot Records is very fitting. The band will release their Bloodshot Records debut album,Want More, later this fall.

The band will be performing on June 16th at Ravina with Robert Plant & The Band of Joy, and at The Taste of Randolph Street on June 18th at 5pm.

The Loneliest Monk have announced the details of their next release and it will be a 7" called "Hiding Places/He Is The Bad One". The single will be released by Kilo Records on July 8th.

The band will be celebrating the release on July 8th at Reggies Rock Club with Stephen Paul Smoker and Flying Cars.