American Football has shared the video for their latest single “Sillhouettes”. The single comes from their forthcoming LP, American Football (LP3), which will be released on March 22nd via Polyvinyl.

The video was beautifully directed by Shawn Brackbill and stars Kendra Smalter and Cale Parks

You can catch American Football at Metro on March 30th.

American Grizzly released a new single called “In The Distance” to kick off 2019. This is whiskey-fueled barroom rock at its finest with just a touch of Americana. This is single is the band’s first release since their self-titled EP was released back in February.

American Grizzly is the work of Jack Doyle, Dennis Wilson, Marty Funk, Anthony Perez, and Matt Ladd.

Bur recently released their latest album, Sample Quincy, via the local label Dark Circles Records. This is the innovative rock sounds of Jeremy Kush (vocals/guitar) and Juan Jauregui (bass) along with Colin Burns (guitar), Anthony Vaccaro (drums) of Gal Gun.

Sonically, Bur brings a fierce and noisy guitar sound with catchy melodies and shoegaze undertone.

Linquency is a electronic music project of the musician formerly known as Glocque. He found some acclaimed back in 2015 for the release of Gloves Brain Transplant, and is now back with we a new EP as Linquency called “Desurfacing”.

The sounds of the three track EP is a mixture of acid house, industrial, and vintage electronica.

Topaz has released a 4th single, “Deep Down”, from his forthcoming LP, High Society, which is due out on January 29th.

This is dreamy Psych Pop of one and band Zach Johnson.

Great Deceivers have released the first single, “Checked Out Forever”, from their forthcoming LP, In Spirit. This is the band’s follow-up to 2017’s Some, and it will be officially released on January 19th.

This is the throwback Indie Rock sounds of Seth Engel (Drums), Russell Harrison (Vocals/Guitar), Ben Rudolph (Bass/Vocals), and Max Green (Guitar/Vocals).

You can help Great Deceivers celebrate the release on January 19th at Empty Bottle with Floatie, Spritis Having Fun, and Grandkids.

Noiseferatu is the project of bedroom pop producer A.J. Hubbard. He released his debut album, You Must Get Discouraged!, on New Year’s Eve.

The album is filled with sadness, struggle, lo-fi beauty, and several surprising samples. On “What’s So Heavy?” Hubbard samples and alters “Quiet Storm” by Smokey Robinson. It adds an electronic element to what is primarily an acoustic album.

Flying Potion released their self-titled debut album on January 1st. This is the Psych Rock band that has been together since 2015 and is fronted by the pedal steel playing Jam Cornelius. He is joined by Ross Tasch (bass), Joel Cornelius (drums), and Drew Suarez (guitar).

The album blends elements of Psych Rock with touch of Jam Band and the always present twang the pedal steel brings to the mix.

Family Vacation has released their debut full-length album, America. This light-hearted indie rock that will make you smile and, depending on your age, feel a little nostalgic for your early twenties.

This is the work Libertyville friends Jake Chatfield, Max Niemann, Bob Crandell, Alex Niemann, and Pete Cimbalo.

Smashed Plastic is a new vinyl pressing plant located at 4200 W. Diversey, and run by Stephen Polutnik, John Lombardo, and Andy Weber. They are kicking off their business in style with a Grand Opening event on February 2nd that will feature a diverse line-up that includes Bleach Party, Diagonal, Lawerence Peters Outfit and Serengeti.

Smashed will be the first vinyl pressing plant in Chicago in nearly 40 years, and hope to create a path for Chicago band’s, and artist’s from around the country, to get their music out in the beloved vinyl format. The plant will be utilizing a fairly new type of technology for making this vintage format, the Steamless WarmTone vinyl press. You can read more about the technique and Smashed Plastic here.

2018 saw the emergence of many of strong, soulful, dynamic female artists, and one that may have not received the attention she deserves is Claire Bryant. She released her album, Somebody New, back in July, and through out the albums effortlessly blends R&B, Funk, and soul with lyrics that present someone who has fun, but is always in control.

Lake Shore Dive posted a fun video interview with Claire this week that you can check out below.

You can catch Claire Bryant on January 5th at Elbo Room.

Chicago Soul Jazz Collection recently released their latest album, Soulophone. This is detailed jazz of John Fournier, Marques Carroll, Andrew Vogt, Keith Brooks, Kyle Asche and Amr Marcin Fahmy.

The group is throwing a free release party for Soulophone on February 13th at Wire in Berwyn.