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[Notable Album Release] Rue Royale – Guide To An Escape

Rue Royale is another band that comes my way via the inimitable Brendan Losch, who never fails to impress with his musical selection (check his blog, Count Me Out). The Royale husband and wife duo are friends with Losch from their Chicago days, but have since moved to the UK, which is noticeable […]

Lee

Like Pioneers

Let’s call it friends re-introducing themselves to the idea of making music together.

Chicago’s Like Pioneers are set to physically release their debut album, Piecemeal, August 17, and it’s all sorts of awesome. Like Pioneers are six friends from various now-defunct groups who decided they just wanted to have some fun and play music […]

Lee

Panda Riot

Panda Riot, a four-piece out of Chicago (well, technically a five-piece – they consider the drum machine a member…), recently released their latest EP, Far & Near, and it’s some sunny (I know, as if you needed MORE sun) dream pop, closely aligning itself with the sound of much-hyped School of Seven Bells.

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[MP3] Light Pollution: "Oh, Ivory!"

Chicago’s Light Pollution released a new mp3, “Oh, Ivory!” in support of their forthcoming debut full length, Apparitions, which drops June 15 via Carpark. Musicians love the ghost themes and apparently Light Pollution is joining the crowd with the title to their debut. But they’ve certainly got a unique blend of instruments, mixing […]

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[MP3] Scenic Square: "I Don't Want To Go"

Brought to my attention by Taylor over at Music For Kids Who Can’t Read Good, Scenic Square, four guys out of Chicago, make some intimately delicate electronica (imagine that in these days of hard hitting electropop!) and sound extraordinary in the process. “I Don’t Want To Go” is catchy from the get go with […]

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The Damn Choir

The Damn Choir, a folk foursome out of Chicago, recently released their first full-length album Faithful Fools. As if the album name doesn’t already imply some fairly depressing music, the guys describe themselves as “sad-bastard” music (hey, we have a good friend who describes himself like that too ;)). Gordon Robertson heads up […]

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New demos from Chicago singer/songwriter Brendan Losch

Hey, remember when we featured Brendan Losch’s band Bullets In Madison (who then quickly rose to my top played charts)? Well Losch is also a solo artist (and runs a music blog, Count Me Out, as I previously mentioned) and has been recording several new demos of late. He sent a couple over […]

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Sufjan is free of conceptual restraints (read: new album coming!)

Sufjan Stevens has been popping his head out of the muck of obscurity a bit in the past few months, which is great because he rocks. He’s said in interviews, though, that he’s been in something of a creative rut, which explains the lack of a new album. His most recent is Illinoise, […]

Lee

the Soil & the Sun

Allow me to preface this post by saying this band is NOT my discovery, but I will most certainly write about them as if they are. (I stole ’em from Tart over at love shack, baby – visit her blog, people!)

The Soil & the Sun comes to us from that Tarty Chicago […]

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Shadows on a River earn comparisons to Radiohead and Elliott Smith

Shadows on a River’s debut album, Shadows on a River, has been compared to Radiohead and Elliott Smith. While I think there is some truth to these comparisons, especially on a couple songs in particular (most notably, “In Business,” which sounds like an actual mix between the two), Shadows on a River have […]