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Belleisle

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Belleisle is releasing their debut EP Across The Open Field on March 4th. The group, lead by the deep vocals of Brett Bakshis, perform somber, orchestral tunes that somewhat reminiscent of The National.

You can help Belleisle celebrate the EP release on March 4th at Hungry Brain with Carbon By Carbon.

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Zigtebra

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Zigtebra has released a new single and video called “All Night”. The duo has vowed to released a new song and video every month this year.

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Otto Rollo

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Otto Rollo is the work of David Seeber. He recently released his Collected EP’s, Vol. 1 through Florida’s Illuminated Paths. His work is combination of samples, found sounds, and lo-fi instrumentation.

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Sunset

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Sunset is Chris Broach of Braid and Steve Znavor of The Firebird Band. They are preparing to release their debut album, Turn Out The Lights, on April 7th via Broken World Media. The duo released a video for the album lead single, “National Monument”.

You can catch Sunset at Chop Shop on March 10th.

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Boy Johnny

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Boy Johnny is the electronic folk-pop of John Tsingas. He recently released his latest album Marine Scale. This is an expiremental journey with many layers of sounds, melodies, and samples.

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Weekly Free

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The Whistler has launched their new weekly music digest Weekly Free. Each week they will be giving posting a free song or collection of songs recorded live at The Whistler.

The first release is from Chicagoan and current-LA resident, Cosmic Son (aka Jeremiah Chiu).

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The Walters

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The Walters recently released a video for their new single “She’s Gonna Leave You”.

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Meat Wave

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Meat Wave released the first two singles from their forthcoming album, The Incessant, which is due out Feb 17th. The album was recorded by Steve Albini and will be released by SideOneDummy Records. The band also released a video for the led single “”Run You Out”.

The will be celebrating the release of the new album on Feb 25th at Empty Bottle with Paper Mice.

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Gal Gun

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Gal Gun recently released a the first single, “Heartbleed”, from their forthcoming debut album. The song is pure power pop and a great deal of fun.