A hard-boiled private dick dances with Death, who arrives in the form of a beautiful moll, in the debut video for “Talk Talk” from Chicago’s Kerosene Stars. Set to the band’s bouncy brand of power pop, the video for “Talk…
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Mark Kozelek, take note: a supine folk ballad, “Pitch” from Chicago’s Moon Bros. is coaxed from every inch of creator Matt Schneider’s being. Shambolic, bucolic and absolutely necessary, “Pitch” is the first organic rumination from Schneider’s forthcoming These Stars, to…
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Quick studies, Chicago’s Tuff Slang step out with debut single, “Nothing All the Time.” Having spent time in former bands, including Secret Colours, Dirty Rotten Sunshine and A Lull, the trio of Cody Messick, Justin Frederick and Aaron Vincel penned…
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As if plunking Pink Floyd down at CBGBs circa 1975, Chicago quintet The Ritz Club open its eponymous EP with “Walk Away,” a multi-faceted trip through the past four decades of post-punk experimentation. At only four songs, The Ritz Club…
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Freaks for Geeks, Chicago’s musical amphisbaena, draw from rock and hip-hop influences to create a bipolar hybrid of sludge jams and jaunty indie pop. Set to release TIN, their latest EP, on 9 February, Freaks for Geeks have released an…
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Tell me about yours And I will tell you mine Inspired by Mary Oliver’s poem “Wild Geese,” Weatherman pianist/vocalist Annie Higgins wrote the music and lyrics to the trio’s latest single of the same name. A serene piano ballad, Higgins,…
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How quickly a contrarian view of life can change when forced to address impending middle age and the threat of premature mortality. Such is the crux of At 35, the new 7″ release from Chicago’s The Gunshy. Composed of four…
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Delivering muscular post-punk anthems, Chicago’s Negative Scanner bring the noise on “Would You Rather” with their pummeling two-guitar attack. Born in 2012 following the dissolution of Tyler Jon Tyler, Negative Scanner have two 7″ singles to their name. Set to…
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Id and ego Deftly confound Making fragments of intended sound The above is an apt description of the piecemeal build constructed by Chicago duo Brontosaurus on “Safe to Surface,” the first single from their forthcoming sophomore album Our Animal Ways….
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Marrying the gothic strains of Bauhaus, the post-punk of Joy Division, the experimentalism of Earthling-era Bowie and industrial menace of Ministry, Chicago’s Killwave resurrect the artful aggression that’s missing in today’s rock landscape with their sophomore release, Death By Distortion….
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A tie-dyed riff plays on an infinite loop, inevitably joined by ambient sounds before the entire enterprise succumbs to a tsunami of sound. Such is the state of things with Chicago’s Axis: Sova who channels Cream and Black Sabbath on…
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Adding to the minor canon of rock songs by the likes of Donovan, Frank Zappa, Robert Pollard and Gaslight Anthem about shirts, Chicago punk quartet The Bomb contributes “Silent Fall,” a coy ode to a misplaced garment that doubles as…
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