Saxophone great Mars Williams was one of the founding members of the local Grammy-nominated Acid Jazz collective Liquid Soul. His bandmates recently found out that he was battling […]
Chicago / SynthPop
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Softmax “Longing”
Softmax recently released the second single, “Longing”, from her forthcoming EP, “Any Minute Now“, which is due out on December 1st via London’s Psychotic Reaction Music. This new […]
Avant-Indie / Chicago
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Church Chords “She Lays on a Leaf”
Church Chords has released the third single, “She Lays on a Leaf“, from their forthcoming album, elvis, he was Schlager, which is due out on February 23rd via […]
Alt Rock / Classic indie / Indie Rock / NYC / Uncategorized
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Big Moon over Williamsburg
Words by Willa Rudolph The London-based four-piece band Big Moon recently played an epic show at Music Hall of Williamsburg (on 11/15/23 with local faves May Rio and […]
Alt Rock / Dreampop / Hip Hop / NYC / Shoegaze
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Meds drop debut single on an “Unexpected Visit,” with mental health advocacy as prime directive
Words by Jason LeeAlbum artwork by Ana BeckerPhotography by Kylie Squiers Meds is a project focused on mental health advocacy and on supporting and declaring solidarity with those […]
Chicago / Sou-Pop
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m.e.h. “Wake Up”
m.e.h. has released her third single of 2023, “Wake Up“. For this track she teamed up with local vocalist Drew the Kiiid and producer Matt Sterling, and it […]
Chicago / Indie Rock
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Midcentury Llama “Sapphire, Ruby”
Midcentury Llama recently released a new single called “Sapphire, Ruby“. This single is accompanied by the Sally Marian Rubin and Maria Spadafore directed video below. This is the […]
Alt Rock / Classic indie / Grunge / NYC / Uncategorized
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Sample Size delivers fun-sized yet full-blown rave-up with “Fake Our Freedom”
Words by Jason LeePhoto by Julia Travaglia Whenever we visit our local corporate-behemoth chain drugstore like Duane Reade or Walgreens (same freakin’ thing since 2010!) we always delight […]
Chicago / Classic indie
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Thompson Springs “Standby”
Thompson Springs are preparing to release their latest album, Standby, on December 1st. The album’s first single was released earlier this year and is called “Out of Range”. […]
Chicago / Indie Rock
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Stress Positions “White Leech”
Stress Positions recently released the second single, “White Leech”, from their forthcoming album, Hash Reality, which is due out via Three One G on December 3rd. The band […]
Chicago / Indie Rock
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Friko “Crashing Through”
Friko has released the lead single, “Crashing Through”, from their forthcoming album, Where we’ve been, Where we go from here, which is due out via ATO Records on […]
Alt Rock / Chicago
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GRAYLAND “Change”
GRAYLAND has released its fifth single, “Change“, which features the vocals of Andy Hilligoss of joyful. This is a virtual band/project that enlists a new vocalist and new […]