Barking Cat is a local garage band who will be headlining Beat Kitchen on April 18th and performing with Sun God Ra, Vague Waves, and Green Cosmic Circus.

Below is their debut EP Demo which was released last September.

Cooler By The Lake has released a unique video for their song "Not Innocent". The track comes from their 2014 LP Summer’s Over. The video features 17 amazing people from around the world who were sourced through the site Fiverr.

Holt (formerly Hollywood Holt) is back and now signed to Kayne’s G.O.O.D. Music. His first release on the label is a cover of Kavinsky’s "Nightcall" from the Drive soundtrack which features a contribution from Emily Morse of Glass Lux.. This is a very different sound for Holt but still produced by Million $ Mano. Holt, as  strong member of Treated Crew, has a full album ready but an offical relase date has not been announced.

Genevieve has released an amazing video for her song "Colors". The video is Wizard of Oz inspired and the track comes from Genevieve’s debut solo EP by the same title.

Colin Morris has released his debut EP, Could Be Anything. Colin is a multi-instrumentalist songwriter and plays a catchy brand of power pop.

You can catch Colin at Martyrs on April 23rd.

Claire Watkins and Ian Young are Scout Ripley. The duo released their debut EP Image Fiction via the local label Aerial Ballet back in November. The EP is filled with driving and meaningful Orchestral Pop.

You can catch Scout Ripley at Abbey Pub on April 3rd with Fields and Planes and Pool Holograph.

Hidden Hospitals released their debut full-length album, Surface Tension, this week. The band hand released a series EP’s over the last few years, but really stepped it up on this effort.

You can help the band celebrate the release on April 3rd at Double Door with Mighty Fox, Common Shiner, and Soft Speaker.

JC Brooks & The Uptown Sound released a new single and video before departing for SXSW. The new track is called "You Can’t Break Me". It is an ode to the harsh Chicago winter and the perfect song to hear on the first day of Spring.

The band will be performing next in the area on April 10th at Durty Nellie’s in Palatine.

Tincho has released a new single called "I Remember". Tincho is the lo-fi indie pop sounds of Marty Kaleta and we can not wait to see what he does next.

My My My will be performing at Metro on March 21st with One More Moon, Joe Renardo, Buckman Page, and Rearden Roark.

Below is their live performance of "Diamonds (This Is It)" from their recently released album Tigers On The Dance Floor.

The Giving Tree Band are releasing a new live album, Like A Freight Train, on April 7th (preorder). They recently released a video of a live performance of "These Days" by Jackson Browne.

The band is constantly on tour and down at SXSW this week. You can catch them next at City Winery on May 2nd with Hot Buttered Rum.

Pet Symmetry have releases a new single, "Class Action Force (Useless Tools)" from their forthcoming album, Pet Hounds. The album will be released on May 19th via Asian Man Records and can be preorder here.