The Right Now is turning 10 and will be celebrating with the concert at Martyrs on April 27th with 56 Hope Road.

JBTV recently released the footage of The Right Now’s live performance in their studio.

Sofar Chicago has released Jofred’s live performance of “D4L”. This track is taken from the Emcee’s 2017 album, Tulpa.

Jofred recently made waves at SXSW and is truly an artist to watch.

SABA has released his new LP, Care For Me. The album features contribution from Chance The Rapper, Kaina, and theMIND. Below is the albums’s latest single, "Smile".

SABA will be touring the country this Spring and will be performing in Chicago on July 20th at Pitchfork Music Fest.

The Claudettes recently released their latest album, Dance Scandal At The Gymnasium, via Yellow Dog Records. The band blends blues, soul, punk, and more into a sound that is all their own. It’s somewhere on the venn diagram of Little Richard, Fiona Apple, and Nirvana.

You can catch The Claudettes performing a Free show at Emporium Chicago (Wicker Park) on April 27th with The Cell Phones.

Deeper has released the first single, “Pink Showers”, from their forthcoming self-titled debut LP which is due out via Fire Talk Records on May 25th. This Post-Punk group, consisting of Nic Gohl (singer and guitarist), Mike Clawson (guitarist), Shiraz Bhatti (drummer) and Drew McBride (bassist), has been building a local following since 2015 and is ready for the national attention their New York based label can bring.

You can help Deeper celebrate the new album on May 18th at Empty Bottle.

Joan of Arc has released the first single, “Truck”, from their forthcoming LP, 1984. The album is scheduled to be released via Joyful Noise Recordings on June 1st and the band will be embarking on a headlong US tour this summer.

Jessica Risker (of Deadbeat) has released a video for the title track of forthcoming solo LP, I See You Among The Star. The album will be released on May 4th via Western Vinyl and is an eight song psych-folk gem.

You can help Jessica celebrate the new album on May 8th at Empty Bottle with Ty Maxon and Emily Ritz.

Paul Cherry released his debut LP, Flavour, last week via Chicago’s Feeltrip Records. Cherry has transformed himself from a lo-fi garage rocker into a master dream pop. Below is the video for LP’s first single “Like Yesterday” and the album’s second single, “Your Letter”.

Paul Cherry will be touring the country this Spring and will be back in Chicago for Pitchfork Music Festival on July 21st.

KaraJishi is R&B influence Pop Duo of Chicago-based producer Ben Strick and LA-based singer/songwriter Elijah Blake. Recently, the duo has released their first single “Give Up the Ghost”.

Ezra Furman has released a video for his new single “Suck The Blood”. This track is taken from Ezra’s recently released LP, Transangelic Exodus.

The Sea and Cake have released a second track from their forthcoming LP, Any Day. “These Falling Arms” is a beautiful, airy, song that closes out the album which will be released on May 11th via Thrill Jockey.

The Sea and Cake recently announced a Spring European tour (below), but you can catch them on May 23rd at Empty Bottle for a 7pm and 10pm show.

Instrumental Rock trio RLYR have released a new single, “Artificial Horizons”, from their forthcoming LP, Actual Existence. The album, their sophomore release, is due out April 13th via The Flenser. The trio is a supergroup of Chicago instrumental rock featuring Steven Hess (Locrian, Cleared), Colin DeKuiper (Bloodiest, ex-Russian Circles), and Trevor Shelley de Brauw (Pelican, Chord).

You can catch RLYR at Beat Kitchen on April 21st with Sweet Cobra, Fotocrime, and Paletazo.