Okay Alright is primarily the work of Bryce Waitkus of War Is Over. Last year he released a collection of song he had written and self-recorded while in High School. They were somewhat raw demos, but showed a lot of promise.

On August 9th Bryce will be releasing his new album, Tomorrow, When We Wake, and it is a huge leap forward. He continues with his mostly acoustic bedroom pop approached, but this album is flushed out with the help of the vocals of Leyla Rose and professional production.

Okay Alight is sleepy Americana in the vein of the quieter moments of Bright Eyes or Wilco, but so exciting to be coming for an up and coming 18 year old musician. We are proud to be able to premiere the album’s first single “Human” below.

Back in 2016 director Bradley Pontecore followed punk band Voice of Addiction around the country for four and half weeks documenting what it means to be a touring punk band. The result is a new documentary called “Punk Band”.

There will be a screening of the movie at Beat Kitchen on August 17th followed by a concert featuring Voice of Addition, Blood People, Vortis, and Blind Adam and the Federal League.

Last year The Footlight District released their self-titled debut album filled with blues drenched garage rock. This is a family band consisting of Sarah, Gracie, Faith, Hannah & Cecil Scarbrough. The band has a raw and honest approach both in sound and lyrics that is compelling and endearing. They have been touring around the midwest consistently and are hopefully working on some new music.

You can catch The Footlight District at Chop Shop on August 18th with Little Boy Jr., The Punch, and Los Black Dogs.

Varsity has released an amazing new video for their single “A Friend Named Paul”. The track is taken from their latest LP, Parallel Person, which was released back in April via Babe City.

You can catch Varsity on August 31st at Beat Kitchen with LVL UP and Fran.

Blaqrock released the first single, “Shutter Speed”, from their debut album "No Love for Blaqkid” (out August 5th) last month. Blaqrock merges the world of rap and rock in a way that hasn’t really been done before. This is not the Judgement Night Soundtrack, and not Limp Bizkit. This is the original collaboration of Gardner Mcfadden III (Vocals), Daniel Delgado (Drums), Myles Bacon (Guitar) and Mike Ewers (Bass Guitar).

You can help Blaqrock celebrate the release of the album on August 19th at Reggie’s as part of the Summer Scorcher Event with The Aviators, STRLING and more.

Campdogzz have released a third single, “Southern”, from their new album In Rounds which is out today via 15 Passenger. This is gritty indie rock of Mike Russell, Jess Price, Nicholas Enderle , Andrew Rolfsen, and Matt Evert. On “Southern” the power of Jess’ vocals really shines through creating the perfect breezy end of summer song.

You can catch Campdogzz at Hungry Brain tomorrow night, August 4th, with Wet Mouth.

Sunglow is the warped electronic pop sound collage music of Daniel Lynch of Bummerville. Last week he released his fourth LP, Hog Heaven, via Furious Hooves. This is the follow-up to 2017’s Great Time of Day, and is a collection of works recording over the last five years. Lynch’s work incorporates samples, synth, and just the right amount strangeness to make this 21 track continous flow album a really enjoyable listen. 

Rookie released their second single, “Let’s Get It Right”, yesterday, and continue to build upon their vintage sound. What drives this sound is the blend of harmonies with roaring guitar solos.

You can catch Rookie at Subterranean on August 28th with wavy id, Bloom, and Kachi. They will also be at Empty Bottle on Sept. 19th with Town Criers and The Nude Party.

Forest Management is the moniker of ambient drone musician John Daniels, and 21st Century Man is the name of his new album. He spent nearly four years on this project and will be releasing it in to the world on August 17th via Terrible Cloud Records. The album’s first single is called “Flying Through The Night” and can be streamed below along with “Mother”, the album’s closer.

The Phones have released a great cover of the Weezer song “Longtime Sunshine” and a beautifully shot video below.

This the trio of Matthew Rao, Chance Duffy, and Robert Neyrinck. They released a collection of demos and a couple of covers back in February. They are definitely a band to watch.

Zach Porlier is the bass player for Valaska and he is preparing to release his sophomore solo EP, “Swing and a Miss” on August 10th. On the album Zach plays every but drums, and enlists Charlie Thornton of Radar for that.

The album’s first single is “Cyndi, What Did We Do Now?”, and can be streamed below.

Sonny Falls has released a second single, “Flies”, from their tremendous sophomore album, Some Kind of Spectre. The album is due out on August 10th via Sooper Records.

You can help Sonny Falls celebrate the release of their album on August 17th at Empty Bottle with Longface, Coaster, and Malci.