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Jamila Woods “ZORA (LIVE)”

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Jamila Woods has released a fantastic live version of "ZORA" from her 2019 album LEGACY! LEGACY!. When performed live this track really comes alive and is filled big bluesy guitars and Jamila’s passion for the story she is telling.

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Hollow Bastion “Doot Doot”

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Seventeen year old Hollow Bastion has released her debut single, "Doot Doot". She is clearly influenced by artists like Snail Mail, but that is not to take anything away from her clear talent and songwriting ability.

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Deeper “Secret Your Tape”

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Deeper has released a collection of rarities, demos, and covers called "Secret Your Tape" that spans their work over the last three years. This closely follows the released of their latest album, Auto-Pain, back in March.

This is the work Shiraz Bhatti, Nic Gohl, and Drew McBride. The trio currently has a European tour scheduled to kick off in Denmark on November 6th.

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Brett Naucke “EMS Hallucinations”

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Brett Naucke has released the single edit of "Hallucinations IV" from his forthcoming album EMS Hallucinations which is set to be released on September 11th via American Dreams.

The album is actually two side long ambient, pulsing, electronic drone creations made using Buchla 200 and Serge Modular Systems. This is synth music for synth heads, but still accessible for all music fans.

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LURK “Pressure Points”

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Punk band LURK has released and new double single, "Pressure Points b/w Trample (Acoustic)", and are planning to drop more new music at the end of the month. This is the first new music from the group since their 2019 EP "Electro-Shock". The song "Trample" is taken from the band’s 2018 EP "Hi-Fi" and the band is working on a couple more stripped takes on their catalog.

This is the work of vocalist Kevin Kiley, Bassist Dan Durley, Drummer Pedro Unzueta and Guitarists Alex Rackow and Kevin Maida.

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Hali Palombo “Hell”

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Hali Palombo recently participated in a new Germany-based podcast called "Weekly EP". The podcast challenges musicians from around the world to create a new album in just days and then premiere it on the podcast.

Hali’s album is called "Hell" and is an experimental, ambient project built upon field recordings and short wave radio interval signals.

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Coach House Sounds Returns

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Coach House Sounds is back with the purpose of raising funds for Chicago Independent Venue League. This is the former live music session site founded by Matt Baron that ran from 2008 to 2012. Baron has released twelve sessions from a wide range of Chicago musicians including Ryley Walker, Judson Clairborne, White Mystery, Kid Static, ONO, and more via bandcamp.

All proceeds from the sale of these sessions are being donated to Chicago Independent Venue League.

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Snow Burial “Painting the Streets With Our Blood”

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Post-Metal trio Snow Burial has recently released a new "Painting the Streets With Our Blood". This single is complete with seven remixes from folks like Dallas Thomas (Pelican), Mark Solotroff (Anatomy of Habit/BLOODYMINDED), and more.

This is the work of Ben Bowman, Brandon Seef, and Andrew Thiermann, and this is the first new music from Snow Burial since their 2019 sophomore album, Ostrava.

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Typesetter #7

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Typesetter has released a collection of previously unreleased recordings from the session leading up to the released of their 2018 album Nothing Blues. The new album, #7, also contains four live recordings including a cover of Propagandhi’s "Today’s Empires, Tomorrow’s Ashes".

This is the work of Alex Palermo (bass and vocals), Kyle McDonald (guitar and vocals), Marc Bannes (guitar and vocals), Matt Gonzalez (drums and percussion), and Sarah Bogosh (keys, percussion, vocals and brass).