Hardcore band Porcupine is preparing to release a new EP called “Zomia” on October 1st. The band released the EP’s first single “Masochist” last week and it is a force to be reckoned with.

The release event for this EP will take place on December 21st at The Waiting Room in Naperville.

Bitchin Bajas (Cooper Crain, Dan Quinlivan and Rob Frye) have released the first single, "Consciousness 1”, from their forthcoming 7 CD Box Set, Rebajas, which will be released on Sept. 28th via Drag City. This is collection takes you through the trio’s full catalog and back again, including their sides of three split records. It is almost 7 hours of music!

You can catch Bitchin Bajas at Sleeping Village on October 30th with TALsounds.

Crazy Bread is the collaboration of Ryley Walker and Max Allison (of Good Willsmith), and they are preparing to release their debut EP called “Vocoder Divorce” on Sept. 21st via Astral Spirits. The project was recorded live on one day back in March of 2017. This is the height of DIY lo-fi being recorded without overdubs with just guitar and cassette deck. 

Below you can stream the EP’s first single “Drug Facts”, and from the sound of this track, this is an unqiuly expiremental project from both musicians. 

Saint Bahr is the indie pop sounds of 18 year old Mia Bahr. She released her debut EP, “chi”, this week which explores her life as a queer person of color growing up in Chicago.

If that wasn’t enough to hook you in, the EP also feature production work from Illuid Haller. This EP follows a recent wave in high quality independent pop coming out of Chicago and around the world. At 18, Mia Cleary has an incredible career ahead of her and this EP is an inimate, honest, collection of  lyrics over fun and inventive beats. 

Punk Band A.M. Stations are preparing to release their new LP, Nonsense, on September 28th via 1980 Records. This is the trio’s first release since their 2015 EP, “Sign of The Times”.

Below you can stream the album’s lead single “Things That Just Happen”.

Fauvely has released a second single, “Savannah”, from her forthcoming LP, Tides, which will be released on October 5th via Midwest Actions.

You can catch Fauvely on October 4th at The House Cafe (Dekalb) with Bear The Voyager, Jon Howard, and Zachary "Sonny" Edwards, and on October 11th at Schubas opening for Laura Veirs.

Lala Lala has released a third single, “Dove”, from their forthcoming LP, The Lamb.

The Lamb will be released via Hardly Art on Sept 28th, and you can catch Lala Lala on Sept. 28th at Empty Bottle.

Details on the forthcoming debut full-length album, Room 25, from Noname have surfaced. The album will be dropping this Friday, September 14th. The cover art for the album is by the amazing Bryant Giles, and the tracklist is below.

1.Self
2. Blaxploitation
3. Prayer Song
4. Window
5. Don’t Forget About Me
6. Regal
7. Montego Bae
8. Ace
9. Part of Me
10. With You
11. no name

Kid Elvis is the indie pop of Connor Hibber, and he has released a new single called “whoo”.

This is his fourth single in 2018, all building towards a debut album in the coming months. Each single has been accompanied by a uniquely creative video.

The O’My’s released a new video for the single “Idea”, and dropped their full-length album, Tomorrow, last week. The single feature Chance The Rapper and the video was directed by Jason Peterson / Annex.

You can catch The O’My’s at Park West on Sept. 28th with Kaina and Sen Morimoto, and Tasha.

DJ Slugo (aka Thomas Kendricks) has been on the scene for over 30 years and has seen Chicago’s Ghetto House and Juke music through many phases over that time. This week he will be releasing his first executive produced, self-released, vinyl only album, “The Co-Sign”. The album was recently released to Soundcloud (below), but only 1,000 vinyl copies were pressed.

He will also be releasing an album called "The Archives” on October 26th via Sermon 3 Recordings. This is a collection of classic tracks that had never seen proper release.

DJ Slugo will be celebrating the vinyl release of his latest project, “The Co-Sign”, on Thursday, Sept 13th at Gramaphone Records (2843 N. Clark).

The Curls released a new video and single called “Bad Boi” last week. The video was directed and edited by New Trash. This is the third single the band has released in 2018, and may be one of their best.

You can catch The Curls on October 3rd at The Owl.