We are proud to be able to premiere the new single, “Famous Bones”, from songwriter and producer William Steffey. The single is taken from his forthcoming LP, Reality Jockey, which will be released on March 12th. This is Steffey’s first solo release since leaving Boolean Knife.

Steffey will be hosting a listening party on March 15th at Esquina (4602 N Western Ave).

Butcher and The Florist is the Synth-Pop duo of Kendel Lester and Jody Miller. They recently released their debut single, “Ordinary Love”, which is a dance floor ready track, screaming for endless remixes.

Last year the duo drop a collection of covers, including a fun take on the Bee Gee classic “Stayin’ Alive”.

Warm Human (aka Meredith Johnson) has released a second single and video called “Y U" from her forthcoming LP, Ghastly. The video was directed by Chuck Norment and Meredith herself.

Her album is set to be released on March 8th which is timed perfectly for her to make her SXSW debut next week.

The local label Readymade Utopia has released a new single, “Colorless”, from Madison-based Bedroom-Pop musician Eduard.

This is introspective and cinematic chamber pop complete with an impressive amount of strings. What a great first offering and addition to the growing Readymade Utopia stable.

Indie Folk musician Max Subar has released the latest single, “Without You”, from his forthcoming EP, “What The Story Says” which is due out on April 12th. This is the second single that Max has released since his 2017 debut EP, “In A Dream”.

You can help Max celebrate the release of his new EP at The Whistler on April 11th with Henry True.

Bill Mackay will be releasing his next album, Fountain Fire, via Drag City on March 22nd. He has already released the first two singles from the album, opening track “Pre-California” and “Try It On”.

Below is the amazing Timothy Breen directed video for “Pre-California”.

You can catch Bill Mackay on March 29th with Forest Management, Miranda Winters, and Mariapaz Camargo at The Hideout.

Chicken Happen has released the first single, “Lazy”, from their forthcoming album Burn In The U.S.A. This is the first new music from the band since 2016’s EP, “Let’s Be Real”.

This the garage rock of Lilly Choi, Zack Hjelmstad, Mark Gianforte, and Dan Schuessler.

You can help Chicken Happen celebrate the release of their album on March 11th at Empty Bottle with Drilling For Blasting and Tinkerbelles.

Rock duo Drilling For Blasting has released the first single, “Butter”, from their forthcoming debut full-length album, Fingers Are The Best Eyes. The album will be releasing later this Spring via Underground Communique Records.

This is the work of Douglas Ward and Kammy Lee who have been working together since 2013.

You can catch Drilling For Blasting on March 11th at Empty Bottle with Tinkerbelles and Chicken Happen.

Okay Alright (aka Brycen Waitkus) released a new single called “Good Light” today. This is the first new music from Brycen since his 2018 album Tomorrow, When We Wake, and first since leading his hometown of Chicago for California.

The track is lovely bedroom folk filled out perfectly by the backing vocals on Corinne Lykins.

Absolutely Not has released a terrifying, but darkly funny, Dave Rentauskas directed video for their latest single “Glitch”. The premise of the video imagines Trump as a Michael Myers like figure as his physically attacks the individuals that he currently only verbally and politically attacks.

The track is taken from their latest album, Problematic, which will be released this Friday, March 1st.

You can catch Absolutely Not at Empty Bottle on March 2nd with NO MEN and Paper Mice.

Sooper Records announced this week that they will releasing the next album, Rip’s Cuts, from Synth Rock band Woongi. This will be the band’s first album since 2017’s Music for Prophet and first with the label.

The band released the first single, “Fire’s Dead”, from the album which is accompanied by the Alex Jensen directed video below.

You can catch Woongi with Little Church on March 8th at Cole’s and at Empty Bottle on May 13th for the record release event with Liam Kazar and Blush Scars.

Rich Jones will be releasing a new single called “Overcoats” on Friday, March 1st. The track was produced by and features The O’My’s on guitar and organ, and is stripped down ballad from local singer/rapper.

This is the second single Jones has released in 2019, following-up last month’s “No Clue”, both following his acclaimed 2018 album, The Shoulder You Lean On.

Photo by Katie Levine