The Keener Family released their debut album, Tender Beast, back in December. This is the Psych Country sound of Christopher Keener along with an array of friends including Aubrey Ann Howard, Taylor Bacon, Robbie Hamilton, Robby Haynes, and more.

The album’s lead single is called “Raised on The Roar” and is accompanied by the mousetrap video below.

Local Hip Hop Vet Verbal Kent has teamed up with Ghana’s Recognize Ali and Lord Beatjitzu to form Dueling Experts. The group recently released their self-titled debut via Mello Music.

Here is what Kent had to say about the project: "I had a treasure trove of beats from legendary Lo-Fi beat maker Lord Beatjitzu that I needed to put to use…and sonically me and Ali were right there. The beats sound like they were dropped on the floor, almost beta like quality while at the same time exemplifying that 90’s RZA peak."

Rahkii has released the first single, “No Capes”, from her forthcoming debut album Capes which is due out February 21st.

This is just third single from the talented emcee and singer in as many years, but a great indicator of the powerful direction this album is heading in.

The Outfit have released the first single, “Come Alive”, from their forthcoming sophomore album, Viking, which is due out March 27th.

This is the Hard Rock of Mark Nawara (Drums), Matt Nawara (Guitar), Mike Gorman (Bass), and Andy Mitchell (Vocals/Guitar).

Comedic Hip Hop trio Handsome Naked has released their latest single “Heat Check”. Both the song and its accompanying visual are guaranteed to make you laugh as they take Brad Kemp’s hard hitting production as a bed for their lyrical “Heat Check”.

Glass Lux has returned with Radio Silence, their first album since 2014’s Eat Flesh. This is Synth heavy Electro-Pop of Alfonso Mayen, Emily Morse, and Leo Saucedo.

The album was two years in the making and manages to blend fun, New Wave, danceable pop with deeply personal and raw lyrics.

Photo by: Shami Choudhry

Emo Punk Trio Billow has released a new single called “Disengage”. This is the first new music from the group since their 2019 EP “Wrecks”.

You can catch Billow at Byers Brewing in Dekalb on February 15th with Binx, Middle Aged Overdose, and Lightweights.

Andrew Slutsky (aka LFT2WRT) formerly of Good Luck Jane has spent the last eight years creating a concept project that fit together like a puzzle similar to a rubies cube. The project contains 54 songs, and he released the first three tracks, "1", "00", and “02”, earlier this month.

Below is the video for “02” and here is the story behind the song in Andrew’s own words.

Evan Uhlmann has released the first single, “Dying Again”, from his forthcoming album, Tea Lady, which is due out on March 27th.

This single is filled with the sad hopefulness of someone in a moment of transition. It blends mourning for the past with a nervous excitement of what might lay ahead.

Trumpeter and Producer Gerald Bailey has released a new single called “Trail”. This is a mixture of jazz, drone, and ambient music that is designed to take the listener on a journey, and is accompanied by artwork from Preeti Samraj.

We are proud to be able to give you a sneak peak at the full album from Sy Somebody, “Life is cruel, let’s be friends…” one day before it’s official release on January 31st.

The album is primarily the work of Casey Meeghan, but it finds he collaborating with the likes of David Vandervelde & Frank Lenz (Father John Misty) to Maceo Vidal-Haymes (The O’My’s, Chance The Rapper).

Meeghan had this to say of the project, " On this album, I wanted to capture the feeling of when an acid trip turns from euphoria to paranoid freak-out”.

You can catch Sy Somebody at the Hideout on February 22nd.

We are proud to be able to premiere the first single and title track, “No Direction”, from the forthcoming third studio album from Jared Rabin.

This song is a corner bar, Americana, blue collar, instant classic, and a great introduction to the album which is dropping on March 27th.