Carlie (aka Emily Carlile Nichols) has release her first two singles, “Spare Me” and “Better Suitor”. This is powerfully minimal independent Pop, and follows up her previous work as Emily Nichols nicely.

You can catch Carlie tonight, March 8th, at Tonic Room with Gibbz and on March 24th at The Boxcar.

Lexi Jones (of Phoenix Uncaged) has released her debut single, “Greetings from the Graveyard”. The single is accompanied by a Jake Neumann directed video, and gives you some insight into the song and Lexi herself.

The single is one of those classic jangling guitar pop songs with a beautiful melody and an underlying sadness. Think classic Tonya Donelly or, for a more modern comparison, Phoebe Bridgers.

Mick Jenkins found himself in Jamaica to film the video for his latest single, “Consensual Seduction”, from his 2018 album, Pieces of a Man. The track features the talented Corinne Bailey Rae, and is just one of the truly standout tracks from this album.

Mick is currently on a European tour and does not have any hometown shows schedule at this time.

Tiny Kingdoms released a new space-themed single last week, “Space Camp” b/w “Cadets”. This is the band’s first release since their 2018 album, Realms.

This is the work of Jake Newling (Drums), Nico Miura (Guitar/Vocals), Nick Collis (Bass), and Ryan Mitchell (Guitar).

You can catch Tiny Kingdoms at Cobra Lounge tomorrow, March 8th, with Boss Fight, Holy Pinto, and Retirement Party.

The Embryos formed back in 2017 from the ashes of Honda Pavarotti and Cooled Out Babies and released their debut album, “Open The Kimono”, in 2018. They kicked off 2019 by releasing and EP called “Singles Club Volume 1” and are now preparing to release Volume 2 in the coming months.

This is the Power Pop of Brian Daley, Joseph Daley, Finn Swingley, and George Drag. They name check Big Star, Teenage Fan Club, and XTC in describing themselves and that is a great starting point for their really enjoyable sound.

Aviatrix On Fire is the dark Synth duo of producer Lucian Black and Vocalist Jax Allos. They released their debut EP, “Beta”, back in 2016 and have since released three singles. The most recent single was released last month and is called “Worship”.

You can catch Aviatrix on Fire at Underground Lounge on March 30th with WHI†Ξ ЯING and several others.

Lala Lala and Audiotree have release the band’s performance of “Water Over Sex” from their 2018 debut album, The Lamb. Their line-up for this set included the talented, and everywhere, Nnamdi Ogbonnaya on bass.

Lala Lala will be performing two sold out shows at Lincoln Hall this month, but were also named as one of the many local artists (Ric Wilson, Tasha, Dreezy, Whitney, Grapetooth) to be included in the 2019 Pitchfork Music Festival line-up taking place on July 19 to the 21st.

Dan Rico has released a new single, “DRE@M VACA$ION”, from his forthcoming album, Ba$ement Pop.

You can catch Dan Rico at Empty Bottle for a free show with Vamos and Rich Jones on March 25th.

15 Passenger announced today that they will be reissuing the debut album from Campdogzz called Riders In The Hills of Dying Heaven this Friday, March 8th. This will also mark the first time the album will be available on vinyl. Below is a cool new trailer for the album that gives a brief window into the band’s life at the time of recording the album back in 2015/2016.

You can catch Campdogzz on March 22nd at Sleeping Village with La Luz and Wild Powwers and on March 30th at Metro with American Football and Sam Prep.

Diana & The Dishes have embarked on an ambitious project for 2019 that they are calling the Monthly Mini Club. Each month, from January to August, this year they plan to release a new two or three song single. It’s music as a subscription service and will be worth every penny from the sound of the first six songs below.

This is the piano driven theatrical pop of Diana Lawrence (piano, vocals), Dave Saenger (guitar), David Keller (cello), Dan Thatcher (bass) and Bob Parlier (drums).

You can catch Diana Lawrence at Hey Nonny on March 12th with Todd Kessler and others performing in the round.

Pool Holograph has released a new single called “Stage Fright”. This track will be part of a new split 7” with Courtesy that is due out this summer via Land and Sea Dept.

Pool Holograph will be taking over SXSW next week, but you can catch them on March 22nd at Thalia Hall with Varisty, Rookie, and Stuyedeyed.

She Killed In Ecstasy (aka SKIE) released their debut EP, "The Fatal", late in 2018. This is the modern take on late ’90’s Trip Hop from Shane, Risky, and Griffin.

They recently released a video for the EP’s lead single, “Dissension”, which was directed by Kevin E. Epperson.