New York’s Rok Lok Records recently released the latest cassette from Swim Ignorant Fire (aka Stephen Holliger), Belly of the Whale. The release spans 30 minutes in three separate tracks, and is filled beautiful tones and moments. Holliger’s music can best be described as ambient, and it is so easy to get lost in the incredible textures he creates.

The Oarsmen have released the first single, "First Flight" from their upcoming album Writing House. The album will be released by Tandem Shop on Sept 24th. The Oarsman is fronted by Marcus Maloney, formerly of Honest Engines and Many Places, and this is the follow-up to their debut ep Easel.

The much anticipated mixtape from Katie Got Bandz, Drillary Clinton, dropped today. The release features contributions from King L., GunPlay, Dreezy, and more.

If you are sitting in your office, eating a PB&J at your desk, wondering what kind of hobbies Chief Keef claims as his own; you are in luck. I’ll give you a hint, drugs, cars, and money. Surprised? I was as well.

This downtempo, sleepy, cliché filled gem appears on the forthcoming "Almighty Sosa" mixtape.

Willis Earl Beal has released the first single, "Everything Unwinds", from his forthcoming album Nobody Knows. The album will be released on Sept. 9th via HXC Recordings / XL, and features a guest appearance by Chan Marshall of Cat Power.

1. Wavering Lines
2. Coming Through (featuring Chan Marshall)
3. Everything unwinds. 
4. Burning Bridges
5. Disintegrating
6. Too Dry Too Cry
7. What’s the deal?
8. Ain’t Got No Love
9. White Noise
10. Hole In The Roof
11. Blue Escape
12. Nobody knows. 
13. The Flow

Kate Quinby released her debut album, Tribute to Water, earlier this month. The album is sung in three languages and fifty percent of all album sales go to the Dwon Madiki Partnership (DMP) in Uganda, an organization which Quinby co-founded. Kate recently appear on WBEZ’s Global Notes. She is a talented musician with a compassionate global focus.

You can catch Kate this Saturday, June 29th at Uncommon Ground on Devon.

The new EP from Scott Lucas & The Married Men, "Cruel Summer", drops this week and as the titled suggests features a wonderfully dark cover of the classic Bananarama hit. Last week the band released a video for title track via AV Club with an exclusive live performance found here.

You can catch Scott Lucas & The Married Men celebrating the release of their new EP at The Hideout on June 27th.

Tree (aka Tremaine Johnson) released his latest mixtape, Sunday School II, last month, and now has dropped a music video for the track "Busters". The track features production by Toronto’s Frank Dukes.

Named "Best Hyped Youngsters Who Can’t Play Your Neighborhood Bar" by the The Reader last week, Twin Peaks are blowing up right now as they should be. The band’s new album, Sunken, will be released by Autumn Tone on July 9th, and the album’s latest single is "Fast Eddie".

The band recently announced that they will be playing Riot Fest this Fall, but you can catch Twin Peaks this week at Metro on June 27th for The Reader’s "Best of Bash".

In their new video for the title track of their latest album, "Beway", Laughing Eye Weeping Eye prove that they put the "freak" in freak-folk. Their sound may delve into the stranger or darker side of music, but there is something oddly beautiful in it as well.

Beway was released on the 11th and can be purchased here. You can catch Laughing Eye Weeping Eye at Hungry Brain on July 9th with Alloy Fox, The Tinycakes and Hannis Pannis.

The debut ep from the e.d.m. trio known as Handsome Tyrants is impressive and unique for the genre. The six song released blends elements of dream-pop, ambient soundscapes, and an array of mind blowing sounds and textures. The lead track "Hannibal" leans heavily on drone with an creepy trumpet cutting through the mist with a repeated broken wail. "Lighthouse" breaks the drone as it build methodically into a steady dance track. The sparse vocals add more traditional element to the track as the ghostly vocalist laments, "Where are we now?". The ep third track, "Random Call", moves even closer to a traditional rock feel almost completely abandoning the sonic haze of the first two tracks.

Through out the ep the trio plays with beats, sounds, and distant vocals to create an atmosphere that is unique and impressive for a debut.

You can catch Handsome Tyrants at Hostel Earphoria on July 13th with Shapers, ONO, C. Batteries, & El is The Sound of Joy or at Empty Bottle on Aug. 5th with Chandeliers, Gel Set and Spider To The Fly.

Is there a better to start a Friday then with a little Hardcore? Harm’s Way released a new video this week for their track "Mind Control". The new track comes from their forthcoming EP Blinded which will be released on July 23rd via Deathwish.

Harm’s Way will be touring Europe all summer.