Beat Maker Radius (aka Radius Etc, Ramon Norwood) announced that the follow-up to 2013’s Infinite Roots Vol. 1 will be released this August but Diggers Factory and Juno Records. The preorders will be fund the production and distribution of the limited 300 physical copies, so it is important that you show you support upfront.

Below is a track that will appear on Infinite Roots Vol. 2, “Frigid In Pilsen (MC Instrumental)”.

The King of Mars is a 7 piece rock and funk band that formed in 2015 at Columbia College. Today they released their new single, “For A Ride”, across all major platforms. The single is filled powerful horns and the vocals of John Bruner.

You can catch The King of Mars at SPACE on June 22nd with The Dip.

Friday Pilots Club have released an amazing John LeVert directed video for their new single “Gold and Bone”. This is the indie pop sounds of Caleb Hitunen and Drew Polovick, and the duo’s third new single of 2018.

Last month the band released a video for “Would You Mind”, and in March they released “Bad As Hell”.

Brontë Fall is the Americana band founded and lead by Teri Bracken. The band released their debut album, Silhouette Dances, a year ago, and recently began recording new music.

Bronte Fall will be performing at The Hideout on May 22nd to close out the Songwriter’s Round Chicago. The event will feature songwriters Nikki Morgan, Eric Quigley, Dina Bach, Phillip Michael Scales, and Teri Bracken of Bronte Fall.

Royal Hands have partnered with Broken Shaker at The Freehand Hotel to create a new music series called “time|space: an exploration in sonic improvisation”. This will be a series of improvised performances from different bandleader’s organizing a new trio each month. The goal is to offer "improvised psychadelia that embodies higher level contemplation through emotion, acceptance of imperfection, and patience within a larger body of work”. These events will take place the last Thursday of every month and will feature the talents of Jon Deitemeyer, Quinlan Kirchner, Matt Ulery, Xavier Breaker, Daniel Villarreal-Carrillo, Rob Clearfield, Anthony Abbinanti, and more.Jon Deitemeyer, Quinlan Kirchner, Matt Ulery, Xavier Breaker, Daniel Villarreal-Carrillo, Rob Clearfield, Anthony Abbinanti, and more.

This series kicks off May 31st at The Freehand Hotel with a trio organized by the talented Makaya McCraven, who released a tremendous LP, Highly Rare, back in November via International Anthem.

Spyder Ryde is the trio of Jessie Oleson, Zohair Hussain, and Sarah Jane Quillin ( Desert Liminal). The trio released their first single, the dream-pop gem “Best Behavior”, back in February.

You can catch Spyder Ryde at Sleeping Village on May 25th with Hi-Ker, Copilot, and Rafting.

Adam Gogala fronts the Folk Punk Americana band known as Blind Adam and The Federal League. Late last month the band released their self-titled debut LP, and recently an great video for the LP’s sad second single “Another Lonely Weekend”. This video was filmed on location at The Native in Logan Square. The band’s first single was “Happy Hour”, which had a video flimed in part at Empty Bottle. If you love Beer, Chicago, Rock N’ Roll, you will love this band.

You can catch Blind Adam and The Federal league at InnJoy in Logan Square on May 20th and at Emporium Wicker Park on June 14th.

Deanna Devore has released the second single, “Seven Eight”, from her forthcoming album. Both this song and March’s “A Cause” demonstrate the beat and synth heavy, R&B influenced, direction Devore’s music is taking.

You can catch Deanna Devore at SPACE in Evanston on May 17th with Josh Rouse.

Byzantine Time Machine released a new single last week called “Trapped in the Sultan’s Palace” via Outtallectuals. The trio of George Lawler, Eve Monzingo, and Ronnie Malley came together to create this mixture world and electronic music. The piece features heavily the G Clarinet and a Middle Eastern instrument called the Oud.

Desert Liminal is the Dream Wave sounds of Sarah Jane Quillin (of Spyder Ryde) and Rob Logan. The duo released their debut LP, Static Thick, late last year and have been performing around the City ever since. Below is their video for “Heavy Heads”.

You can catch Desert Liminal at Empty Bottle (Free Show) on May 21st with Fauvely, The Knees, and Corey Flood (Philly), and at Whistler (Free Show) on June 13th.

Magick Numbers (aka David Merline) released a new LP, Transcendental Flight, last week. This follow the EP, "Where Do I begin?", which came out just last month.

This new LP is filled with Ambient, electronic and psychedelic sounds which provide a perfect backdrop for walking the city streets.

Yesterday, Puddle Splashers released an amazing new video of William Covert of Space Blood performing a track, “Nova Express”, from his forthcoming solo album.

William will be performing his first solo show at Burlington Bar tonight, May 11th, with Imelda Marcos and Parlour.