Bev Rage & The Drinks have released the latest single, "Machines Get Cleaned", from their forthcoming album, Exes and Hexes, which is due out this August.
You help the group celebrate the release of the album on August 13th at Schubas with No Men.
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Em Spel “Names”
Flutist & Multi-Instrumentalist Em Spel has released the second single, "Names", from her forthcoming debut album, The Carillon Towers, which is due out on May 20th.
Spel, a member of Ensemble Dal Niente, enlisted the help several of the City’s finest musicians including V.V. Lightbody, Katinka Kleijn, Eric Ridder and Matt Oliphant to help on this project.
You can catch Em Spel at Constellation Chicago on May 26th with Health&Beauty and Elenna Sindler.
Photo by Evan Jenkins
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TAFOYA “Shadows”
TAFOYA has released the lead single "Shadows" from their forthcoming debut EP "Freedom" which is due out on June 17th.
This is the Rock trio fronted by guitarist Mike Tafoya who is joined by Craig Cederholm (Percussion-Vox) and Leslidiana F. Biocic (Bass-Vox).
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The Looniest Toon “Can’t Wake Up”
The now Chicago-based Psych Pop artist The Looniest Toon has released her first single of 2022 "Can’t Wake Up".
This is the project of Rebecca (Bex) Gaspelin and the new single features Brandon Miller on bass and written at the start of Pandemic when she was living in New Orleans.
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Glded “All Ready”
Glded (aka Ben Harper) has released a new single called "All Ready". This is the second single this year from the Singer/Songwriter this year along side "Huron St."
Harper blends Pop, Electronic, and Folk to create sound that is beautifully compelling.
You can catch Glded at the Hideout on May 14th with Joyfriend and Morgan Powers.
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Imelda Marcos “Albularyo”
Experimental rock trio Imelda Marcos has released a new EP called "Albularyo". This is the first EP from Dave Cosejo and Matt Durso since adding vocalist Donna Diane (also of Djunah).
The group also released a video for the EP’s first two tracks "forbidding gestures" and "year of contortion".
You can help Imelda Marcos celebrate the release of their EP on May 9th at Empty Bottle with Moritat and Courtesy. They will also be performing on June 10th at Empty Bliss.
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Blind Adam and the Federal League “All Your Favorite Bands”
Blind Adam and the Federal League have released a new single called "All Your Favorite Bands". This is the first new music from the group since the release of their of 2021 album An Act of Desperation.
The single is a cover of the title track from 2015 album from Dawes.
The group recently had to back out of their remaining dates of their tour with The Bouncing Souls due to Covid related issue. This cost the band some money and left them with a lot of extra merch. You can take a look at with they have for sale here.
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Cloud Houses “Know You (Acoustic Version)”
Cloud Houses has released an acoustic version of their 2020 debut single, "Know You". The single also appeared on the six piece Indie Pop group’s 2021 debut EP "Heartbreak Soirée".
This is the work of Kendall Parchman, Katie Stack, Trent Henry, Bianca Barcenas, Erol Hasenof, and Bryan Lesser.
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Indign “Exile”
Thrash metal group Indign recently released their sophomore album, Retribution, via GreatApe Records. Now they have released a video for the album’s latest single "Exile".
This is the work of Constantin Iliescu (Vocals), Manny Canchola (Vocals, Guitar), Mike Pantano (Guitar), Sean Langworthy (Bass), and Jason Equi (Drums).
You can catch Indign at The WC Social Club in West Chicago on May 27th and at Northern Illinois Metal Fest on June 17th.
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EXCLUSIVE: The artist known as LEONE brings on the heartbreak with “Talk To Me”
Okay, it’s the middle of the night as I’m writing this and I’ve had a few glasses of cheap Malbec from a bottle acquired at my local hooch hut with the double-paned glass and I’m just trying to figure out what to say about this extremely intense, emotionally unprotected song by LEONE, and its accompanying video slated to debut on the Deli today (here it is! directed by Rosie Soko!) and for starters I’m gonna say first of all that you should probably help yourself to a glass or three of cheap wine (except for recovering alcoholics, we respect you!) to get in a fitting mindspace for “Talk To Me” because it’s not a sober song at all and I don’t even mean this in the alcohol-imbibing sense but rather in the sense of being “muted, sensible, or solemn” because as a musical artist LEONE is none of these things (and thank goodness for that!) being very much willing to “lay it on the line” to the extent that you’ll be “laying it on the line” just by listening and viewing the video below that is if you’re fearless and foolhardy enough to check out this EXCLUSIVE PREMIERE not available to the general public until tomorrow (those clueless suckas!) and I’m just warning you that you’ll soon be huddled in your shower in the fetal position just like LEONE is in the music video because there’s no double-paned glass to protect you when it comes to “Talk To Me.”
With assistance by Peter Savad (co-production, mixing and mastering) “Talk to Me” is the second single and second music video from LEONE’s upcoming solo EP slated to be released in early summer (title TBD) and according to LEONE—formerly knows as Richie Bee and formerly known as frontman for the queer glam (redundant, I know!) band DEITRE for those keeping score at home—“I made a choice to get very personal and literal with this upcoming EP both lyrically as well as visually. I really wanted to paint the picture of the actual events that took place." And personally I love it when glamsters and punk rockers write power ballads because power ballads are supposed to have power goddammit, not to mention serious drama, and this one certainly ticks off both boxes.
And if you’re going to go out on a confessional limb and write a song about “the feeling of desperation after experiencing a lost connection” and a “song [that] personifies the loneliness that can live within a relationship” then it helps if you already understand battling-demons-thru-disclosure, not to mention transcendence-thru-transgression and ecstasy-thru-abjection, like any good glammy-punky rocker should and seriously just go watch Phantom of the Paradise or Velvet Goldmine if you don’t believe me.
And here’s one cool thing that LEONE does musically to capture this state of agonized longing and vulnerability, a state that would lead someone to declare “you’re giving me the same ol’ silly lies / wrap my arms around you tight / so you know that I’m here” and that’s having the confidence to spend three-plus minutes slowly-but-surely ratcheting up the tension starting with delicate acoustic guitar and gradually adding new musical layers before finally bursting open like an overripe plum and it’s certainly fulfilling when it happens.
And so it’s extra gutting when the song recedes back into itself in its final moments and you realize (as made even clearer by the music video) that this damn-bursting explosion of emotional release was only in LEONE’s head and that in reality he’s still trapped in a heartbreaking “lonely together” co-dependent relationship mired in a state of communication breakdown and I hope you’ll excuse me while I go and curl up in the shower.
But lest I end this review on a downer note, based on these two songs by LEONE, here’s a new musical artist who knows how to write shattering, ravishing songs which, let’s face it, play an important role in this world because who amongst us hasn’t suffered the loss of a loved one, whether on the physical plane (see “Monochrome Colors” above) or on the emotional plane. And how better to begin healing than with music that confronts trauma head on and turns it into something exquisite. (Jason Lee)
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Spread Joy “Repetition”
Spread Joy has released the lead single, "Repetition", from their forthcoming sophomore album, II, which is due out on May 13th via Feel It.
The single is accompanied by the Bárbara Baron directed video below.
You can catch Spread Joy at the Hideout on May 11th with Spllit and Floatie.
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Dear Life Records “You Were Alone”
The Philly based label Dear Life Records recently released a beautifully curated tribute album to one of the finest songwriter’s that has ever called Chicago home, Owen Ashworth (Casiotone for the Painfully Alone, Advance Base), callled "You Were Alone: An Owen Ashworth Almanac".
The album features contributions for local musicians Tenci, Serengeti, and Gordon Ashworth, along side an array of musicians like Karl Blau, Pedro the Lion, Dear Nora, and more.
All money from this release will be donated to Beyond Hunger in Oak Park.