Byzantine Time Machine released a new single last week called “Trapped in the Sultan’s Palace” via Outtallectuals. The trio of George Lawler, Eve Monzingo, and Ronnie Malley came together to create this mixture world and electronic music. The piece features heavily the G Clarinet and a Middle Eastern instrument called the Oud.

Desert Liminal is the Dream Wave sounds of Sarah Jane Quillin (of Spyder Ryde) and Rob Logan. The duo released their debut LP, Static Thick, late last year and have been performing around the City ever since. Below is their video for “Heavy Heads”.

You can catch Desert Liminal at Empty Bottle (Free Show) on May 21st with Fauvely, The Knees, and Corey Flood (Philly), and at Whistler (Free Show) on June 13th.

Magick Numbers (aka David Merline) released a new LP, Transcendental Flight, last week. This follow the EP, "Where Do I begin?", which came out just last month.

This new LP is filled with Ambient, electronic and psychedelic sounds which provide a perfect backdrop for walking the city streets.

Yesterday, Puddle Splashers released an amazing new video of William Covert of Space Blood performing a track, “Nova Express”, from his forthcoming solo album.

William will be performing his first solo show at Burlington Bar tonight, May 11th, with Imelda Marcos and Parlour.

Chris Salveter (aka Judson Claiborne) surprisingly released a new single, “I Want My Undeveloped Pre Frontal Cortex Back”, last month. This is the first new music from the band since 2013’s We Have Not Doors You Need Not Keys.

Salveter did form a new band back in 2016, The Electric Breastpumps, and released a single, but has been silent since.

It’s unclear if this will lead to more music or not. Judson Claiborne was one of my personal favorites of last decade and it is just great to hear Chris’ voice again.

The Cool Kids dropped a new single called “Ripple” today. It’s a song about the future of the Strip Club economy if Cryptocurrency does take over as the world’s perferred method of payment. “Takin’ BitCoin in the Strip Club” is just a great line, but who hasn’t wanted to make "noise with the Litecoin"?

You can catch The Cool Kids at Temperance Beer in Evanston with Slick Rick on July 21st.

Jean Deaux released a new single this week called “Energy”. This is the first single from her upcoming debut EP which is due out later this summer. “Energy” was produced by UK’s ROMderful and follows last month’s single “SSN (They Say)”. Jean is currently on tour with SABA.

Circuit des Yeux released a stunning acoustic video of her performing “Brainshift” for Line of Best Fit. This is the title track from her 2017 LP, Reaching For Indigo.

Circuit des Yeux will be performing at Pitchfork Music Festival on July 21st.

Maps & Atlases announced last month that they were returning with a new LP called Lightlessness Is Nothing New. The album, their first since 2012, will be released on June 1st via Barsuk Records and is their first album without Erin Elders.

Below is the lyric video for the LP’s second single “Ringing Bell” and the first single “Fall Apart”.

You can catch Maps & Atlases at Lincoln Hall on June 28th with Prism Tats.

Courtesy recently released their third album, Hey, via Moon Glyph. This is the follow-up to 20015’s Slow Bruise, and the trio’s first release since adding Doug Malone.

Below is the NSFW video for the album’s title track. It demonstrates the band unique blend of electronics, hushed vocal harmonies, and Psychedelic funk.

Courtesy will celebrate the new album on May 12th at The Hideout with Malci and SPVD (Josh Condon from Glyders).

Towkio has really out done himself with the unbelievable new video for “Morning View”. The video was shot at the Los Angeles YouTube Space and directed by Todd Barrett. The track is taken from his recently released LP, WWW, and features beautiful vocals from SZA.

Local H released a new single this week called “Innocents (Edited for Television)”. It is unclear if this is part of a new album or just a one off, but regardless it is great to have Local H back. This follows-up the band’s Live In Europe album, which was released back in February, and is the first new music from the band since 2015’s Hey, Killer.

Local H is currently on tour with Everclear and Marcy Playground, and will be near Chicago in Joliet at The Forge on June 16th.