Chicago File Report is a month-to-month sequence highlighting a number of the new native music that has caught the ear of Reader workers.
Alkilith, Thy Darkish Majesty
The brand new EP from Alkilith, the minimalist dungeon-synth venture of Zak Kiernan, arrives simply weeks after he helped arrange the Nice Lakes Dungeon Siege in Fort Wayne. Regardless of (or due to) its serene solemnity and vintage air, Thy Darkish Majesty is a shot of pure ambient bliss.
Blinker, Stinker
Blinker’s new five-song EP units on a regular basis musings to dejected piano ballads and free, typically fuzzy indie rock. “Care” mocks the rebranding of mass consumerism as “retail remedy”—notably applicable for the vacation procuring season.
Cassius Tae, Moments in Want
Rapper Cassius Tae launched his first full-length venture in 2015, however he nonetheless doesn’t have the profile he deserves. His new album, Moments in Want, hits exhausting with gorgeous manufacturing and gospel prospers, and his lyrics draw on his life experiences and observations in his characteristically susceptible, easy type.
Annalee Koehn, Instruments of an Unseen Hand
Visible artist, designer, and educator Annalee Koehn blends Americana, nation, people, and different rootsy kinds on the brand new Instruments of an Unseen Hand, and it’s a pleasure from begin to end. One observe fuses the normal “John Riley the Shepherd” with a heartrending tackle the Rolling Stones’ “Play With Hearth,” and album opener “How the Rain It Fell” units up a sorrowful dance between Koehn’s husky voice with Jess Baldissero’s limber fiddle.
Meth. and See You Subsequent Tuesday, Asymmetrics
This cut up launch from Chicago steel iconoclasts Meth. and Bay Metropolis grind lords See You Subsequent Tuesday proves that even an apparently ridiculous experiment can go diabolically proper. The bands every wrote three songs, traded solely the drum tracks, and used these as the inspiration for their very own materials. The ensuing album (which incorporates six further songs) can cease you in your tracks with its frantic violence and lightless density.
Mom Nature, Caps n Stemz
As Mother Nature, MCs Klevah and TRUTH make eclectic hip-hop whose playful, bumping beats and impassioned lyrical supply purpose to coach and empower. In simply 4 temporary tracks, their EP Caps n Stems exudes knowledge and charisma with an open vibe that makes it really feel like an informal gathering the place everybody’s welcome.
Extra native releases out in November:
Bleak Finish aka Bernie Bleak, Sunt Lacrimae Rerum: A Complete Discography
Bosses, Many Worlds
Cilic, Cilic
Kieran Daly, Two Pieces for Fixed Media Pitched Instruments Voice Zero Build
Double A, Heavy Hitters
Earthburner, Permanent Dawn
Ifeanyi Elswith, Gyaltingz
Ghetto Blaster, Gimme the Good Ol’ Daze
Graphics, The Great Unconfusing
Honey Dijon, Cunty
Kasia, From Kasia, With Love
Pat Leary, Live at Midnight Tea
Molder, Catastrophic Reconfiguration
Ro Moore, Neon Brown
Morpho, Morpho Season
Orillia, Orillia
Pet Peeves, Slapstick in the Birdroom
Psalm One & Optiks, Is This a Safe Space?
Silver Abuse, Ruff Kutz 2012-2014
SiP, Leos Ultras
The Slaps, Mudglimmer
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