Chicago

Monogamy “Never Seen You Dance”​

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The Indie Pop trio Monogamy are back with a new single called "Never Seen You Dance".

The single, paired with another new track called "Traspasada", will receive a limited release on the new local label Flintlock records on July 29th.

This is the work of Adriana Scurto (vocals), Sam Johnson (guitar, vocals), and Don Lyons (electronics, percussion, vocals, tenor sax). For this single the group enlisted the help of Jordan Reyes on keys, melody chimes, and vocals.

You can help Monogamy celebrate the release of the new single on July 29th at Cole’s Bar.

Chicago

Soft and Dumb “never wanna”

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Husband and Wife duo Soft and Dumb recently released a new single, "never wanna", from their forthcoming self-titled debut full-length album which is due out September 2nd.

This is the Indie Rock of Elena Buenrostro and Travis Newgren, and "never wanna" is accompanied by the self-directed video below.

You can catch Soft and Dumb at Sleeping Village on July 21st with Cola and Friko. They will also be at Sleeping Village for the album release show on September 2nd with Brinstarr and Morinda.

Chicago

Modern Nun

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Modern Nun have a busy month planned which includes two live shows and a the release of their second single of the summer "Courthouse".

Their new single will be released this Friday, July 8th, and follows "Cherries" which dropped last month.

You can catch Modern Nun on July 7th at Beat Kitchen with Ok Cowgirl, Work Wife, and Dwaal Tape. They will also be opening for Wet Leg at Empty Bottle on July 29th, but that show is sold out.

NYC

Bans Off Our Bodies playlist

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CLICK HERE to hear the brand new Deli playlist Bans Off Our Bodies and read on for more deets…

Over the past 1-3/4 years you may’ve noticed that yr humble musical servant and scribe, who happens to possess one Y chromosome. has been oft inclined to write about music featuring strong, uncompromising female voices (caveat: some of whom may not identify as female)…

…which is less by design and more b/c of all of the kickass indie/underground music routinely produced by those who are “marginalized” by entrenched power brokers due to whatever set of factors one of which of course being gender…

…factors such as the SCOTUS ruling on abortion which stripped roughly half the populace of bodily autonomy, a right to privacy, and a good measure of human dignity or at least attempted to do so…

…which is beyond infuriating and beyond this writer’s ability to fully comprehend in terms of the sheer horror show this must be for those most directly affected…

…and so as always I turn to music, which isn’t going to directly fix any of this but which at least is one of the best salves for trauma out there, not to mention a potent source of inspiration, a motivator for action, a path to understanding, a means to express fury and grief and all the feelings…

…ergo the 73-song playlist (over 40 of which have associated music videos, keep scrolling below!) which isn’t made up of “protest songs” per se (not mostly, anyway) but rather songs that could be helpful in the aforementioned ways. Or hell maybe you just need to rock out for 4 hours solid so please enjoy and thanks to all the brilliant musicians. (Jason Lee)

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Chicago

Charlie Reed “Holding On”

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Charlie Reed has shared the shared the latest single, "Hold On", from their forthcoming album, Eddy, which is due out on July 21st via Earth Libraries. The new single is accompanied by the Alexa Viscius (of Bnny) directed video below.

This is the work of Luke Trimble, Nolan Chin, Nora Chin, Colin Croom, Nick Beaudoin, Justin Vittori, and Tyler Bixby.