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Local singer-songwriter Morgan Orion has released a new single you can stream on YouTube, and buy as a digital download for $1 on his Kickstarter campaign. Listen to the slide guitar riddled love song “Genevieve” …

Mark Kozelek’s project Sun Kil Moon drops a new record tomorrow called Universal Themes, a follow up to the spectacular Benji from 2014. That’s the album art right there. Kozelek spent some time in Champaign-Urbana last year …

Wasn’t it just a matter of time until this happened? Local band Bones Jugs N Harmony doesn’t have much crossover in music or style with the hip hop group they their name from, however, they …

Local band The Chemicals aren’t the bragging type…but they do have a brand new album out called A New Language, which you can exclusively stream here on Smile Politely until the album’s official release on …

buzz Magazine has just released a pretty stellar C-U covers compilation called “Covering Our Tracks: CU Covers CU” — which you can stream at their Bandcamp below. Check out the whole article linked above, which …

Bryce Hays plays guitar in local bands Withershins and The Marathon Guitarkestra, but is also responsible for a solo project, Dr Responsible. Dryads, his new tape, falls somewhere between ambient and trip hop, with chill …

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 9, 2014 Contact:  Ryan Schiele, Communication Director ryan@fosterclub.com, 503-717-1552 Illinois’s Dani Townsend Visits Washington DC and The White House to Spread Foster Care Awareness This week, FosterClub member Dani Townsend visited …

Motes are quietly one of the most talented local bands in C-U. If you had any doubts about that, their new single “Freeway” is debuted here to set you straight. The see-saw of Elizabeth Majerus’ …

Per Stereogum‘s premiere this morning — HUM’s Matt Talbott appears on a new track by Cloakroom (above), a band who recently recorded their new record at Talbott’s Earth Analog studio. Check out the track over …