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SALEM go storm chasing in the video for their emotional return “Starfall”
SALEM go storm chasing in the video for their emotional return “Starfall”
SALEM go storm chasing in the video for their emotional return “Starfall”
In one of the more unexpected drops in site history, SALEM are back with a gorgeous, overwhelmingly emotional dream-trap ballad, Jack is swole as hell, and like some fucked up simulation-core version of Twister, the Traverse City boys are chasing down tornadoes in our own backyard...
Divino Niño – Made Up My Mind
Divino Niño – Made Up My Mind
Divino Niño – Made Up My Mind
Chicago band Divino Niño's dreamily surreal new single -- featuring b>Will Miller (of Whitney) and Sen Morimoto on trumpet and sax, respectively -- is an essential entry in the modern yacht rock canon...
Sports Boyfriend – Crying in July
Sports Boyfriend – Crying in July
Sports Boyfriend – Crying in July
Chicago's Eileen Peltier aka Sports Boyfriend shares a silky, lo-fi soft-funk jammer, just in time for summer. The dreamily atmospheric "Crying in July" is the second single from her forthcoming EP, coming soon-ish (the rest is ready when it’s ready, says Sports BF). Listen below + cop on bandcamp:
photos: Pitchfork Midwinter Chicago
photos: Pitchfork Midwinter Chicago
photos: Pitchfork Midwinter Chicago
Pitchfork's first-ever Midwinter Festival graced the beautiful Art Institute of Chicago over the weekend, boasting a formidable and diverse lineup that featured Jlin, Deerhunter, DJ Koze, Yves Tumor, Slowdive, Zola Jesus, Kamasi Washington, Joey Purp, and many more...
Sun June – the spookiest thing
Sun June – the spookiest thing
Sun June – the spookiest thing
Austin's Sun June, who released one of the prettiest albums of the year back in June, share a new one for Halloween. Listen to "the spookiest thing" below, and catch Sun June live with Jessica Risker + V.V. Lightbody at a show we're presenting in Chicago on November 15th at the Hideout:
premiere: Tasha – New Place
premiere: Tasha – New Place
premiere: Tasha – New Place
The Father/Daughter crew continues to impress and inspire with their run of 2018 releases, and the latest from Chicago artist, activist, and poet Tasha is another triumph from their already stellar year. Tasha calls the tracks that make up her exquisite debut LP Alone at Last "bed songs" -- which begins to make perfect sense the first time you let the record wash away the stress and heav
video premiere: Major Murphy – Mary
video premiere: Major Murphy – Mary
video premiere: Major Murphy – Mary
Grand Rapids' Major Murphy share the visuals for their sweetly shimmering soft-rock gem "Mary", a highlight from the group's debut LP No. 1, out now on Winspear. The song's Weird Life-directed video finds a stoic sister Mary wandering pensively through the streets of Chicago and becoming mildly dismayed by some drunk teens on the L, before being comforted by the dulcet tones of Major Mur
video premiere: Jessica Risker – I See You Among the Stars
video premiere: Jessica Risker – I See You Among the Stars
video premiere: Jessica Risker – I See You Among the Stars
Chicago's Jessica Risker shares the gorgeous title track and tone-setting opener from her new album, out this spring on Austin label Western Vinyl. "I See You Among the Stars" is a drifting psych-folk lullaby that feels like a comforting, faintly twinkling beacon and guiding light for a love that has veered off course, ultimately meeting a more ominous and melancholy fate...

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