New Music, Emerging from your Local Scene
Last month Real Friends released their latest LP, Composure, and just wrapped up a headlining spot on the final Warp Tour.
Last week they announced a headlining tour kicking off October 17th in support of their album. Below is the video for the album’s lead single “From The Outside”.
You can catch Real friends at House of Blues on November 25th with Boston Manor, Grayscale, and Eat Your Heart Out.
Gilligan Moss is the electronic dance and pop duo of Evan Dorfman and Ben Cronin, but began as a solo project from Evan. Ben joined Evan after the release of “Ceremonial” in 2015. The duo has been touring and remixing ever since.
“What Happened? EP” will be released on August 24th via Virgin EMI and is their first official release as a duo. Over the last few months they have released two singles from this EP, “Want U So Bad” (video below) and “Fever”.
Gilligan Moss will be touring this Fall with The Midnight, but do not have any hometown shows planned at this time.
We are proud to premiere the first single, “Breathe”, from the forthcoming EP, “Foreigner”, from Taught Abroad. The new EP, his first since 2016’s “Harmonizer”, will be released on September 6th. This is the first of two EP’s Taught Abroad will be releasing in 2018. Together the EP’s show the two sides, light and dark, of love and self-worth.
Taugut Abroard is solo project of muliei-instrumentalist Chris Sadek and on “Breathe” he blends his signature falsetto with a blend or R&B and Electro-Pop.
You can help Taught Abroad celebrate the release of the new EP on September 6th at Emporium with Chnnll and Vesper.
Puddle Splashers has released a live performance of “Milk & Honey” from What Gives. The track is taken from their 2017 debut full-length album, Feels Good.
What Gives has been together since 2014 and is the radio-ready indie pop of Andy Hendricks, Joe Henderer, Delia Hornik, Marcus Nuccio, and Corey Willis.
Minor Moon released a new single this week called “Sacrificial Animal” via Ruination Record Company. This is the band’s second single this year following up March’s “It’s Okay”. Both singles are leading towards the band’s second full-length album which is planned for early 2019.
You can help the band celebrate the new single tonight, August 17th, at The Hideout with Angela James and S.M. Wolf.
Jordan Reyes returned to Chicago earlier this year with the hopes of launching a record label that would help him tell the story of and tell a story through experimental music. The result is American Damage and we recently had the opportunity to ask Jordan a few question about the label, his music, and the future of both.
You can read the full interview here and you can pre-order his new album, “Afraid of Death”, here.
American Damage will be releasing “Your Future Is Metal” from Ono on August 25th. They will be also be releasing “Predation Risk" from Crepuscular (aka Minneapolis’ Tina Dahl) and “Jo” from Chelsea Bridge (aka Mallory Linehan from Mkot Pt and Looms) on September 21st.
Jean Deaux released a new Phoelix produced single called “Back 2 You” this week. She is preparing for the release of her new EP, “Krash”, which is due out this fall. This is he second single this year following up from “Energy”.
The single moves fast and works almost as stream of conscious piece with a ton of energy and funk.
Ohmme has released a third single, “Peach”, from their forthcoming LP, Parts, which will be released on August 24th via Joyful Noise.
You can help Ohmme celebrate the release of Parts at Thalia Hall on August 25th.
Hitter is a supergroup of DIY Chicago’s Garage Punk featuring Hanna "Hazard" Johnson (Vocals) and Madalyn "Maddog" Garcia (Bass) of Lil Tits with Ryan "Wizkid" Wizniak (Drums) of Meat Wave and Adam "Lucky" Luksetich (Guitar) of Foul Tip.
Hitter released collection of demos digitally and on cassette last week and it is filled with raw, dirty, gritty rock.
Punk bank Uglybones released their sophomore record, Sunshine, today, August 15th, via Don’t Panic Records. The album focuses on a single day in someone’s life and the array of emotions and activities that may take place.
You can help the band celebrate the release on August 17th at Galaxie 2.0 (4437 N. Ravenswood) and on Sept. 8th at Cobra Lounge.
New Senses released their debut double EP, “The Future of Anything/Not Meant to Last”, back in May. Their music is invented resting somewhere between Psych Rock and Post Rock. The four piece group consists of Rob Piotrowski, Harish Vijayaganesh, J Akio Pinkl-Honda, and Nick Zbasnik.
They recently put together an ambitious European tour that will take them to Poland, Germany, and Czechia.
