Grant Milliren looks ahead to a brighter summer with ‘Comeback Kid’ single
Naperville singer-songwriter Grant Milliren is a man of plans. After last year’s touring season was
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New EP ‘Find Me Here’ showcases High Wire’s strengths
With four singles already out in the world, Chicago pop-punk band High Wire completes its five-piece puzzle with today’s drop of “Find Me Here: Part 1.”
Tiny Kingdoms solidifies its pop-rock sound with new single, video ‘All I Know’
Tiny Kingdoms veers further into upbeat, joyful pop-rock territory with its new single “All I Know.”
Fresh tracks: Align, Rise Against, Fauvely, In Time, Mock Nine, Molehill and more
Recent music and video releases from Chicago and suburban artists
Take the Reins spins a local classic to mark 30 years of ‘International Pop Overthrow’
West suburban punk band Take the Reins celebrates three decades of Material Issue’s “Valerie Loves Me” with a cover release and limited edition merchandise.
Fresh tracks: Saba, Bubbles Erotica, Frankii Davis, Marwood’s Fall, Born of Osiris, The Noise-Machine, High Wire and more
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OK Cool takes frustrations, connections head-on with sophomore EP ‘Surrealist’
Bridget Stiebris and Haley Blomquist already knew they could play well together, as their years in The Weekend Run Club showed. But with their side project’s second EP, they prove to themselves they can also write.
Wolf Rd tells both sides of the breakup story with poignant new single, video
So whose fault is it anyway? Wolf Rd contends both sides are to blame in its new single and video
Fluorescents bandmates debut studio project The Armoury with new single ‘Luna’
Guitarist Tyler Milka and drummer Alex Klump step back to a project from back before they were in a band together.
Fresh tracks: Alex Bracy, Cellrs, Polarizer, E Woods, Eddy and the Arsons, Oslo, Validity and more
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Lockdown exploded with a new project, debut EP for DuPage’s Dan Milligan
When COVID-19 hit, Dan Milligan of the Joy Thieves and Libido Funk Circus turned his energies to a new project with a virtual bandmate.
Of Thought and Feeling puts angst of overthinking into a new video
A band breakup caused North Aurora musician Lucas Bennett to start envisioning a new project. With a handful of songs and random lyrics, he launched his musical experiment, Of Thought and Feeling.
Fresh tracks: Gazebo Effect, OK Cool, Align, Million Miler, Demi Clara, Opshional, Chevelle and more
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When the Sun Sets turn themselves ‘Inside Out’
When the Sun Sets is a band built on a mission: To connect with people
Premiere: Jeff Schaller and The Long Way Home on the move with new EP
“I just think I’m angry at what’s happening to people.” Jeff Schaller’s punk roots are showing in the band’s new EP.
Marina City’s ‘Trust Fund Baby’ launches the band’s new phase
West suburban Marina City presents a powerful new pop song for fans.
Hollyy takes a modern approach to a classic genre with new singles
With an updated spin on a retro genre, the band Hollyy gets to truly celebrate its influences in a standout style.
Fresh from 2021
Discover new music from the Chicago and suburban music scenes here on this regularly updated playlist
Fresh tracks: Colleen Wild, TLB, Liz Phair, Emily Blue, Fredo Disco, Sean McCole, Isaiah Grass and more
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New EP a beautiful portrait of life by The Bellow & the Whale
Quarantining out near nature helped inspire the musical duo The Bellow & the Whale to release this week’s EP release.