Mentalease released their first EP, “Push A Button”, since 2014 today. This is the fuzzy and warped shoegaze of Spencer Harris, Wesley Hunt, and Daniel Martinson.

You can catch Mentalease at The Burlington tonight, January 17th, with Forest Management, Esper Werm, and Eric Mewmiller.

Neal Francis has released the first single, “These Are The Days”, from his forthcoming LP which is due out this summer via Karma Chief Records.

Francis is a member of the local funk band The Heard and a duo called Prizes, and is striking out on his as Neal Francis.

This first single, the first of two coming in early 2019, is an R&B influenced rock song in the vein of Dr. John or Leon Russell, and a clear sign of big things to come from Neal Francis in 2019.

You can catch Neal Francis at FitzGerald’s in Berwyn on January 31st and at Concord Music Hall on February 8th opening for Twiddle.

The Evening Attraction has released a new single and video called “Kill For Love”. This is the band’s second single since releasing their latest album, The End, Again, back in March of 2018.

This is the vintage Psych Pop of Miles Mailn (Lead Vocals / Guitar), Paul Ansani (Bass / Harmony Vocals), Joey Abaroa (Lead Guitar), Ryan Flynn (Keys), and Nick Tumminello (Drums).

You can catch The Evening Attraction on February 9th with Naked Giants and Twen at Empty Bottle.

American Wolf recently released a new single called “Growing Pains”. With this single, his first of 2019, he continues to pump out beautifully crafted bedroom pop. With the release of five lush single singles in 2018, it is clear that American Wolf has quickly adapted to the new singles culture of the music industry, and we eagerly look forward to much of the same this year.

The soulful Rich Jones has released a fun video for his latest single, “No Clue”. This is Jones’ first release since his critically acclaimed 2018 album The Shoulder You Lean On. Both the song and video feature the talented Mykele Deville.

Flesh Panthers have released a wonderfully retro new single called “Lecture Line”. This is the band’s second single in recent month’s and follows-up “I Wish I Woulda’ Known” which was released back in October.

You can catch Flesh Panthers at Empty Bottle on January 18th with Railway Gamblers and Bluefish Fellows.

Speed Babes is the Lo-Fi Garage Punk of Jesse Ewan, Mike Mazzola, and Dave Rentauskas. They recently released the first single, “We Sell Your Soul”, from their forthcoming album, Tape Pink, which is due this Spring.

You can catch Speed Babes at Reed’s Local on January 18th with Lollygagger and Djunah.

Singer/Songwriter Anna P has released a new EP called “I Was An Iceberg”. This is thoughtful, honest Folk Pop, and Anna’s first EP since 2017.

You can catch Anna P at Reggies on March 1st with Left Lane Cruiser.

Nefarious Industries announced today that they will be releasing the debut full-length album from Alt-Rockers Lavisher this Spring. The four-piece group released their self-titled debut EP back in 2017 and have been honing their sound ever since.

Lavisher is the work of Gavin Cushman III (vocals/guitar), Colin Morris (bass), Idin Alexander (drums), and Adam Tornheim (guitar). Over the summer they released a wild video for “Syzgy” from their debut EP.

You can catch Lavisher at Burlington Bar on January 26th with Huntsman and Tideshift.

Ester began as the solo project of Anna Holmquist of The Curls and has become a fully realized band over the last year. Back in May she release her debut album, Curtains, and has gather a group of talented musicians to perform these songs and work on the next Ester album coming later this year.

The band includes Katelyn Cohen, Chris Colson, Raul Cotaquispe (of Fran), Will Hulseman, Tim Newsum and Jenn Romero (of The Jellies).

Ester will be performing at a sold out show on January 19th at Schubas with Sontalk, Shortly, and Yoke Lore.

Last month, Ric Wilson released a fun new track called “No Hands”. The track was produced by Madeaon & Lido and blends Funk and Hip Hop, as Wilson has become known to do. On "No Hands", when Sam Veren comes in with the horns the track is really elevated to whole new level.

This fis his first follow-up to the 2018 EP BANBA and is hopefully a great sign of what is to come from Wilson in 2019.

KAVA has released a video for the funky first single, “Amidst the Falling Rain”, from their forthcoming album RedHawk Volume 1 which due out February 14th.

This is Psych Rock Trio of Wilson (Guitar), Marshall Greenhouse (Drums), and Ryan Behling (Bass/Vocals).

You can catch KAVA as part of Wintercamp at Logan Square Auditorium February 15 and 16th. They will be performing interludes between every set.