New Music, Emerging from your Local Scene
Producer and Rapper Myquale has released his latest single "Never or Now". The accompanying video below was filmed in on location in Cairo, Egypt.
This is his second single of 2021 following-up "Gansta Party" which was released back in March and featured Trapo.
DJ and Producer Eris Drew has released her lastest album, Quivering In Time, via the label she co-owns with Octo Octa (aka Maya Bouldry-Morrison), T4T LUV NRG.
According to a statement Drew put out last month on her facebook page, "The album is filled with love, hope and the anxiety of the present. All the tracks exist somewhere between house, breaks and bass, with a lot of scratching, vinyl collages, turntable manipulations, hand-played keys, mutated guitars, hand percussion and other hopefully beautiful chaos".
We agree and would add that Drew draws deep on her Chicago House roots while adding fresh experimentation and live instrumentation to create a sound that would easily fill a small club, a beach party at sunset, or a stadium.
Touched By Ghoul has released the lead single, "Better Than Me", from their forthcoming album, Cancel The World, which is due out on December 3rd via Under Road Records.
This is the work of former Sybris singer/guitarist Angela Mullhouer, along with guitarist Andrea Bauer, bassist Alex Shumard and drummer Paige Sandlin.
Warm Human (aka Meredith Johnston) has released a new single and video called "Gimme A Reason" via House of Feelings records. This is her first single of 2021, and first on House of Feelings, after releasing a wonderful series of single last year.
When asked to explain the history of this song Johnston had this to say; "I am a terrible sleeper, I have a parasomnia where I wake myself up scratching my arms, outstretched like a zombie. Other days I wake up wondering why I slept so poorly, but when I sit up, my sheets are wrapped around my neck. This video is a visual manifestation of involuntary self torture, the feeling of drowning in your own consequences, whether in dreams or in waking life."
Local rock vets The Goldstars have released what may be a brand new Halloween classic, "Stroll in Hell". The new single does lean heavily of the sounds and style of "Monster Mash", but gives the classic tune a fresh and modern prospective.
Singer/Songwriter Jennifer Hall has released her latest single, "Why Cut Time". This is her second single of 2021 following-up "SFA" which was released back in January.
You can catch Jennifer Hall at Sleeping Village on December 1st with Tommy Bravos and Denara Auriel.
nombreKARI has released his debut mixtape, "Children Play With Fire", in collaboration with Fourtunehouse.
The mixtape’s lead single, "Break", dropped back in August and is a great introduction the "Fire" you will be playing with on this mixtape.
Doom Flower are preparing to release their self-titled LP on November 19th via Record Label. This primarily the work of the duo of Jess Price (Campdogzz) and Bobby Burg who were joined by Areif Sless-Kitain on drums and Matt Lemke.
The group has released a series of single from the project over the last several months with the most recent being "Thrill Wheel".
Tasha has released the latest single, "Bed Song 1", from her forthcoming album, Tell Me What You Miss The Most, which is due out on November 5th via Father/Daughter Records.
When asked about "Bed Song 1" Tasha had this to say, “This is one of the first songs I wrote from the album, and came to encompass many of the feelings that I go on to continue exploring throughout the rest of the songs. It ties in some themes from the last record (solitude, bed time) while also revealing a new type of sadness and aching not often explored in my songwriting. It is a song about love ending, and wanting to linger in the imagining of it at its best, its warmest, and its most tender, while you try to let it go. It’s about reminiscing before the end has even come, relinquishing your heart so as to keep the sadness away just a little longer.”
You can catch Tasha at Sleeping Village on November 13th and November 20th.
Pedway recently released the second single, "The Infrared", from their forthcoming LP, Vitalic, which is set to be released on November 2nd via ears&eyes.
This is the expiremental jazz trio of Caroline Davis (alto saxophone), Matthew Golombisky (electric bass), and Quin Kirchner (drums).
This is the first new music from the trio since 2013’s Passion Ball, and the project was culled from 3 hours of live material recorded at The Whistler and Cafe Mustache in 2017. Unfortunately, this was the last time the trio, who know live in three very different areas of the world, performed together.
Courtesy recently released the lead single, "Zapps", from their forthcoming album, Check the Milk, which is due out on November 19th via Seasick Records. This is the duo of Drew Ryan and Kirk Rawlings.
You can catch Courtesy on December 10th at Empty Bottle.
