Luggage has released visuals for the first single and title track, “Shift”, from their forthcoming album.

Luggage was formed back in 2014 by bassist Michael John Grant and drummer Luca Cimarusti, of Basic Cable at the time, along with Michael Vallera.

Shift will be released November 22nd via Corpse Flower Records and is available for pre-order here.

You can catch Luggage DJing at Empty Bottle on October 6th with Martin Bisi, Mako Sica, and Billington/Shippy/Wyche.

Crown Larks recently announced that their upcoming show at Sleeping Village on September 23rd will be their last of 2019. The band will be sharing the stage that night with Over Ow and Desert Liminal, and promise to make this an amazing night. I am sure that it being $1 beer night at Sleeping Village will help.

The last new music with have received from the band is 2017’s sophomore LP, Population. The band plans to take the next 8 months or so to hide away in the studio and work on their next album.

Los Gold Fires recently released their sophomore album, Renegade. The album’s lead single, “Ya No Llores”, was released over a year ago and was accompanied by the fantastic video below.

This is the Psych Rock of Edgar Díaz (Lead Vocals, Keyboard), Marc Rendon (Guitar, Vocals), Siul Reynoso (Guitar, Vocals, Keyboard), Chace Wall (Bass, Vocals, Keyboard), and Cristóbal Mora (Drums).

You can catch Los Gold Fires on November 3rd at Lincoln Hall opening for The Ocean Blue.

Sci-Fi Sleep Cycles have released a new EP called “You, Tomorrow”. This is the trio’s second release of 2019, following up their full-length cassette, Waning Days of Babylon, which was released back in April via Joyless Youth.

This is the Emo Rock of Jack Curtin (Guitar/Vocals), Connor Lane (Bass), and Tim Stotz (Drums).

Indie Pop Artist Jack Larsen has released a video for his latest single “Spirit”. This is Larsen’s second single of 2019 and fourth since the release of his 2018 debut album, Push-Ups.

“Spirit” is taken from Larsen’s forthcoming sophomore album, Mildew, which is set for release next month via Closed Sessions. The album is inspired by this past winter, which found Larsen bedridden in Logan Square apartment and eventually led to the discovery of a severe mold allergy.

Kidd Kenn has released a new single called “Bougie Fellow” and announced he has signed with Island Records to release his forthcoming mixtape, “Child’s Play”.

The single release was accompanied by visuals, but it looks like those have been taken down. In the video, Kenn is immortalized into three different “Kenn” dolls with personality traits ranging from bougie, friendly to evil. Perhaps it was not cleared with Mattel prior to using “Kenn” dolls.

You can catch Kidd Kenn on September 14th at the second annual Camp Smokey Bear Festival along with Z Money, Queen Key, HappyBirthdayCalvin, and others.

Alt-Rockers Lavisher have announced that there debut full-length album, Drastic Shadows, will be released on October 18th via Nefarious Industries.

Lavisher is lead by the vocals and guitar of Gavin Cushman III, and this album follow’s their 2017 self-titled debut EP.

Photo by Myles Arwine

The Hecks have released a second single, “Flash”, from their forthcoming album, My Star, which is due out via Trouble In Mind on October 11th.

You can help The Hecks celebrate the release on October 7th at Empty Bottle with Juiceboxxx.

Half Moon Science is the Hip Hop collective of Noble Dru, Therapy, & Wendell Scott. Last week they released their latest album “A Loaf of Bread, A Container of Milk & A Stick of Butter” via Beatmonstas Entertainment.

The album is primarily instrumental and finds the three beat makers trading off tracks with ease. The two tracks with lyrics feature contributions from D.J. Rob-Ski, Sense, and Rafiqi Green.

Half Moon Science is hosting a listening party for the album at Riverwest Public House Cooperative in Milwaukee on September 27th.

Phys Edison has been making superb instrumental Hip Hop for over a decade but has been especially prolific over the last three years. This month he released his second collection of beats of 2019 and mixtape called Dripping Through Daisies.

EDM producer Micro has a new EP called “Move” which is coming out on September 20th. You can currently hear the EP’s opening track, “Head 2 Toe”, below.

This is Micro’s third EP of 2019 and she is a part of a collective/label called Flower Witch.

Experimental artist Asher White has released a new album called Ancient Collect. On the album White creates an array sounds with traditional instruments, but also employs room sounds, cardboard, metal, and other forms of programming.

However, for as abstract this may sound White finds many moments of beauty and melody through out the project.