The Alt-Country group Claire and The Bears recently released their self-titled debut EP. The band has been working on this project for well over a year and it is clear that their hard work and fundraising has result in a great finished product.

This is the work of Roy A. Freeman, John Szymanski, Sean McGill, Austin D. Oie, and Claire Feeney.

You can help the band celebrate the release of their EP on November 2nd at GMan Tavern with Impulsive Heats and Lauren Anderson. You can also catch them on December 6th at Montrose Saloon with Brick Briscoe and Vaudevileins.

Photo by Sarah Elizabeth Larson Photography

The Addisons recently released a new single called “Fake It”. This is the first new music we have received from the ’90’s-influenced Indie Rock band since their 2018 EP “Here It Comes Again”.

This is the work of Tom Counihan (vocals, guitar), Dave Lysien (vocals, guitar), Jesse Carmona (drums), and Rick Uncapher (bass).

Ness Heads has released visuals for the first single, “Pull Me Up”, from her forthcoming EP, “Numb", which is due out on October 25th.

You can catch Ness Heads on October 17th at Schubas with Ajani Jones and Khary.

Lavisher has released a new single, “Garment”, from their forthcoming debut album, Drastic Shadows, which will be released on October 18th via Nefarious Industries.

Lavisher is lead by the vocals and guitar of Gavin Cushman III, and this album follow’s their 2017 self-titled debut EP.

Legendary Doom Metal group Novembers Doom are celebrating their 30th anniversary by releasing a new album called Nephilim Grove on November 1st.

You can currently stream the album’s title and its opening track, “Petrichor”, below.

Novembers Doom is hosting a listening party at Metal Monkey Brewing in Romeoville on October 25th.

Jackson Davis has released the second single and title track from his forthcoming album, In The Morning. This is inventive Dream Pop that Davis is masterfully recording on his own in his local apartment. The album’s first single was dropped back in April and was called “Hold My Hand”.

You can catch Jackson Davis at Burlington Bar on November 1st with Bestman, Palm Ghosts, and Cat Daiquiri.

Dehd has released a new single called “Letter”. This is comes on the heels of their breakthrough album, Water, which was released via Fire Talk back in May.

Dehd is currently touring Europe with Twin Peaks.

Jennifer Hall has released a new single called “In The Water”. This is the first new music we have had from Hall since 2015, and we are so happy to have her voice back in our ears!

Bossa IV (aka Matthew McGarry) is preparing to release his latest album, Forget Your Name, on October 18th. This is the first new music we have had from McGarry since 2016’s Votive, and it was motivated by an unusual and sudden bout of deafness. The album was written after he lost all of the hearing in his left ear due to something called sudden sensorineural hearing loss. It only lasted for ten days, but he was told at the time that it may be permanent.

Below is the video for the album’s lead single “Forever Numb”.

You can catch Bossa IV on October 16th at Downstairs (at SubT) with Kid Hawk and King Tut’s Tomb.

Joe Goodkin released his latest album, Paper Arrows, today. This is the first new music from this singer/songwriter since 2017, and is a tribute to the band of the same name he founded over a decade ago.

Compared to his previous EP’s this album is more stripped down, raw, intimate approach from Goodkin and it really pays off.

Jack Larsen has released a new single called “Vanity”, the latest from his debut full-length album Mildew. The album is scheduled to be released on October 23rd via Closed Sessions.

You can help Larsen to celebrate the release of Mildew at Schubas on November 19th.

DPCD has released his sophomore album, False Virtue, and the video for the album’s lead single, “No Will”, below. This is primarily the work of singer and songwriter Alec Watson.

For this album Watson was joined by Samantha Connour, Jesse Bielenberg, Kenan Serenbetz, and Ethan Parcell.

Watson’s music is perfect for a cool Fall Midwestern evening, and that could not be felt more than in the album’s closing track “Moon Gazing”.