Lightleak released an album called Heads/ back in January, and this month they will deliver the follow-up /Tails. This is the project of Dustin H. Currier, and /Tails […]
Chicago / Singer Songwriters
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Marian Runk “Two Wires and a Spark”
Marian Runk is preparing to release her latest album, Two Wires and a Spark, on September 13th. Last month she dropped the album third single, “More”, which followed-up […]
Chicago / Grunge
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The Jesus Lizard “Rack”
The Jesus Lizard are back and are preparing to release their first new album, Rack, since 1998’s Blue on September 13th via Ipecac Recordings. This is group lead […]
Chicago / Singer Songwriters
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Hannah Sandoz “moss unfurling”
Hannah Sandoz is preparing to release a new EP called “Held and Holding” on September 30th. She released the EP’s first single, “moss unfurling”, back in May. You […]
Punk / San Francisco
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We Are the One: San Francisco Punk, 1970s-1980s (Haight Street Arts Center, San Francisco)
Words by Russ Skelchy San Francisco is famously known for the “flower power” hippie movement of the 1960s, but in the late ’70s, it emerged as ground zero […]
Alt Pop / Dreampop / Indie Rock / NYC
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Basalt Jar scores “Wild Wins” with sophomore single perfect for summer turning to fall
Words by Jason Lee Season change. Summer turns to fall. Fall turns to winter. Winter skips over spring and goes straight to summer thanks to global warming. You […]
Chicago / Dreampop
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Humdrum “See Through You”
Humdrum recently released the lead single, “See Through You”, from his forthcoming album, Every Heaven, which is due out on October 18th via Slumberland Records. This is the […]
Chicago / Indie Rock
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Ur Mom “Fortuna”
Ur Mom recently released the second single, “Fortuna“, from their forthcoming debut album. They released the album’s first single, “OCD”, back in June. The group, fronted by Maura […]
Alt Pop / Indie Rock / NYC
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Pop Music Fever Dream’s “Another Screen” is a rampaging <cri de cœur> k-hole of a song just as addictive as the screen culture it critiques (with interview)
Words by Jason Lee. Cover image by Sydney Tate. To go straight to the interview with T. Seeberger skip to the bottom of this piece. All interpretive analysis […]
Alt Rock / Grunge / Indie Rock / NYC / Punk / riot grrrl
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Sleazeball: Le Bang’s Single Release Show for “Wannabe”
Header image by T Goodwin / Words by Willa Rudolph Everyone’s favorite Euro-trash-coded punk rock trio Le Bang released a new single “Wannabe” via House of Feelings on […]
Chicago / power trios
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The Feeders @ Reggie’s Rock Club (10.04.24)
The Feeders have recently released a self-titled EP. This is the first new music from them since 2021’s Kerchoo album. This is the Power Pop of John Perrin […]
Chicago / SynthPop
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Alexis Plaen “Needle in a Groove”
Indie Pop artist Alexis Plaen has released her debut single, “Needle in a Groove“. The single focuses on Plaen’s frustration with a world driven by profit, and was […]