Sick Day is a Chicago-based deviant folk musician with catchy lyrics and subtly powerful stage presence. Inspired by everything they see, Sick Day has a powerful effect on listeners. The band was founded in Spring 2019...

Chicago group The Inventors are a four piece rock band that formed in 2014, taking their influences from almost every genre in the musical spectrum – punk, indie, rock, folk, you name it. The band started as a group of...

Chicago based surf-garage band VIETRAHM has been reportedly pummeling the planet with their special blend of psychedelic punk rock since 2015. The exceptional debut single “Louie” first arrived in March of 2016...

Chicago based foursome WILD SKIES came together through a series of Craigslist ads posted by Ohio transplant and singer/songwriter Aaron Lechlak while searching for band members to help with studio work in early 2014. ...

Those of Willow is the instrumental classical/acoustic duo of Grant Chapman and Ross Blomgren, originally from Chicago but now based out of Grayslake. They’ve worked together for over seven years to establish their...

Vices describe themselves as “a noisy, punky, mathy 3-piece. Two of us are old friends from Michigan, reunited in Chicago along with a new bass player, playing loud shows and using a lot of distortion. We clearly...

Today, genre-bending and experimental musician Ben Strick (Moonlapse) has released his third studio album, Viridis, with the exceptional single Dark Root Omen featured as today’s Daily Dose. “Musically,...

Chicago Illinois indie rock band TYPESETTER recently issued an excellent four track split with LIVING ROOM a few months back on July 16th. You can grab limited copies of this 7″ via their Bandcamp page below on white...

Four-piece Chicago band Sunjacket formed in 2013, and their debut LP, Mantra, is on the way this fall. They just released the album’s second single, Creepy, which is today’s Dose. It was produced by Fraser...

Four-piece Chicago band Sunjacket formed in 2013, and their debut LP, Mantra, is on the way this fall. They just released the album’s first single, Not Enough, which is today’s Dose. The track was...

Menacerno is a female-fronted rock band based in Chicago who boasts a Midwest pedigree. Guitarists, Peter Neumer and Brian Matson’s complementary songwriting styles are indicative of a lifelong of friendship –...

Diamond Youth is a rock group out of from Baltimore, Maryland with members from Chicago, Illinois and Richmond, Virginia. The band started off by dropping a few EP’s in 2011, notably DMND, Don’t Lose Your Cool...

“Chicago’s Jonas Friddle & The Majority are a eight piece, band Members are Jonas Friddle, Geoff Dolce, Andrew Green, Anna Jacobson, Andrew Wilkins, Maria McCullough, Bailey Doyle, & Evan...

Chicago indie rock band Fort Frances is putting the finishing touches on their new release “Alio” coming 4/22/16, and in the last few months released the self-reflective piece, “Building a Wall”, a...

Bahhaj Taherzadeh is the creative force behind the moniker We/Or/Me, pulling together beautiful dark passionate folk songs in his hometown in Chicago. Bajjah apparently often writes songs in his car on his lunch breaks at...

Chicago garage-glam band The Handcuffs have announced the release of their their first-ever cassette on the East Nashville-based Semi-Pro Records on October 17, to commemorate Cassette Store Day. The tape-only release,...

Chicago musician Rob Merz and his band Static in Verona are back with his third album “Odd Anthem“, which released on August 28th. After the draining three-year process it took to make Static in Verona’s...

Independent band Skippin’ Rocks, say that they cram themselves into a 60sq ft practice space in Chicago, and have churned out 2 EPs this year. Their latest, Dressed for Rejection, was released in July and is...

The original track by Chicago’s own Professor Kliq, “Plastic & Flashing Lights”, has been around for ages. He felt it could use a bit of a face lift and even a name change, in light of Patator...

It’s a good day when you stumble across such a soulful track as the downtempo-laced ‘Numb’ by Janelle Kroll via Soundcloud’s explore feature. New York based songwriter Kroll is apparently best known...

Signal-to-Noise is the brand new project by Michael Downing, a talented electro-rock songwriter & producer based in Chicago who draws on influences from a diverse range of favorites (e.g. Grizzly Bear, Andrew Bird, and...

Chicago’s Star Tropics began as original members Scott (lead guitar) and Loren (bass, vocals) found themselves huddled around a drum machine. Searching for the sound that would eventually define the band, Star Tropics...

You may remember our daily feature on multi-talented Chicago musician Rob Merz and his project, STATIC IN VERONA. Well, we ran across his fantastic sophomore album again while casting our net into the musical sea over at...

Today’s Dose, by Chicago based Jason Maek and Zaena is from their ‘Visual Album’ Maek Pandamonium, which is not your normal album. It is their debut, and is 17 music videos (totalling over an hour long)...

Chicago-based Dann Morr (with his band The Dashing Bastard Sideshow) just released his first album Shouting Into the Wind on Squirrel Trap Records. Since the 1990s Dann Morr has been a singer and multi-instrumentalist in...

They’re from Chicago, and this is from their recent album #GetNastyAndRich, The Gnar Wave Rangers sent us this track. Check out the album via the BandCamp link below. Also the video they sent us. We don’t know...

Chicago analog synth psych-pop outfit Oscillator Bug released the first track from their forthcoming full length album Bursts of the Million recently. Oscillator Bug’s Zaid Maxwell has been making music in the Windy...

Flynn & Collins is a Chicago indie pop project which looks to have formed in 2013, and who recently released the excellent seven song EP, Waves, officially out about a week ago on June 23rd. We recently ran across a...

“Chicago band Static in Verona just released its second full-length album, “Everything You Knew Before You Knew Everything,” a collection of atmospheric indie pop songs with subtle experimental and...

Sonic adventurer James Hrabak is in the midst of a musical revival with his new project Slack Armada, a solo effort that embraces ambient, post-rock, electronic, downtempo, and shoegaze music with an emotionally rich and...

Chicago post-punk band YEESH recorded this great single in Spring 2012 at Jennings Recording Studio, and released mid-June last year. They’ve also got a newer five song EP ‘Yeesh EP’ recorded earlier this...

Born and raised in the suburbs of Chicago, Mike Else, AKA Professor Kliq, has been creating music with computers since 1999 in a variety of styles and genres. All original works have been released under a Creative Commons...