October 23, 2018• Music, New Artists, Video Premieres
Popdose has a dual treat for you! Chicago’s Faux Co. is the brainchild of songwriter Ben Mackey. Originally from Santa Rosa,...
September 13, 2018• Album Reviews, Music
Moon is chiming echo-laden guitar, post rock bass, propulsive drumming, shifting time signatures, and haunting, ethereal vocals. Formed in...
September 5, 2018• Album Reviews, Music
The Imperial Sound’s blithe synthesis of 21st-century irony and bright, unselfconscious AM-radio pop is both brave and unique. This,...
May 9, 2018• Music, Popdose Exclusives
Chicago singer-songwriter Andy Pratt follows up last year’s acclaimed Horizon Disrupted album (reviewed here on Popdose) with a new...
April 24, 2018• Album Reviews, Music
The Claudettes fuse Chicago piano blues with the full-throttle energy of rockabilly and punk and the sultriness of ’60’s soul to...
December 19, 2017• Album Reviews, Music
There’s a strange familiarity to the sounds coming from the debut self-titled album by Chicago’s Lucille Furs. I know...
August 14, 2017• Music, Popdose Exclusives, Video Premieres
“Regan’s Song,” the latest video collaboration by Razorhouse bandleader Mark Panick and filmmaker and photographer Peter Rosenbaum,...
August 7, 2017• Album Reviews, Music, New Artists
Once again, the city of Chicago is on the radar with this debut release from singer-songwriter Andy Pratt. This young talent mixes...
July 7, 2017• Album Reviews, Music, New Artists
It must be something in the water of Chicago. For the last few years, the city has grown a plethora of bands from all different...
June 9, 2017• Album Reviews, Music
Something different than you’d find me reviewing is this new release from The AV Club, out of Chicago. Understand, this is a...
April 21, 2017• EP Reviews, Music, New Artists
This delightful five-song E.P. comes from Kristina Cottone, who in the Chicago area (and parts elsewhere) is known as the lead singer for...
January 24, 2017• Album Reviews, Music
This debut album, Standing At The Precipice, from Chicago duo Natalie Alms and Ollie Davidson – Almond & Olive – are...
December 9, 2016• Album Reviews, Music
When we first introduced you to Chicago’s Vaudevileins in February 2015, they had just released their E.P. Transmission and were then...
June 8, 2016• EP Reviews, Music
From the glorious musical garden known as Chicago comes this new 4-song E.P. from Hemmingbirds. This trio has been around for...
March 23, 2016• Music, Video Premieres
This great new video and track comes from Chicago’s These Peaches; “So Glad” is the latest focus from the album Almost...
February 26, 2016• EP Reviews, Music, New Artists
Chicago has just been an endless wealth of musical riches for the last two years with new bands/performers cropping up regularly (certainly...
February 8, 2016• EP Reviews, Music
Five years on as a band, this group from Chicago now take on an ambitious project – a five-song E.P. and a ten-track album in the...
December 28, 2015• Music, Popdose Exclusives
Outstanding track from this Chicago power-pop that is a damned good sign of things to come. Offered up as a free track on their...
November 24, 2015• Album Reviews, CD Reviews, Music, New Artists, Popdose
Call it what you will – “alt country”, “americana” and any amount of hyperbole, but Jared Rabin’s debut...
September 9, 2015• Album Reviews, CD Reviews, Music, New Artists
An interesting and damned fine debut from Chicago’s Natalie Myre. This singer-songwriter has a wonderful voice and a way with...
July 21, 2015• Album Reviews, CD Reviews, Music, Popdose
There must be something in the waters of Chicago, because the Windy City keeps spewing out these wonderful bands who have skill, style and...
June 30, 2015• EP Reviews, Music, New Artists
The New Switcheroo are yet another new band from a very vibrant and diverse Chicago music scene; their sound is a combination of roots...
June 8, 2015• Album Reviews, CD Reviews, Music, New Artists, Popdose
An interesting piece; nine songs that, lyrically, paint a not-too-bright series of pictures, but with the quality of the performance and...
May 13, 2015• Music, Single Reviews
Melodic, catchy, beaty and buoyant would be a good way to describe the sound of the Freddy Jones band, as personified by this new track,...
April 10, 2015• EP Reviews, Music, New Artists, Popdose
Hailing from the Windy City, singer-songwriter Laura Joy offers up her sophomore effort – a five-song EP, Between Our Words. ...
January 20, 2015• EP Reviews, Music, Popdose
This is excellent – pure and simple. Chicago singer-songwriter Brandon Cunningham delivers four absolutely stunning tracks on this...
January 16, 2015• EP Reviews, Music, New Artists, Popdose
Very nice and impressive mini-album from Honey & The 45s, a Chicago-based outfit. Mad is a smooth mixture of soulfulness, funky...
April 21, 2014• CD Reviews, Music, Popdose
Chicago-based singer-songwriter Andrew Belle, recently unwrapped his second full length album, Black Bear. The ten-track collection is...
